Buddhism and its relation to women and prostitution in Thai society
... sangha because the monks are not necessarily trained to renounce and withstand worldly ...
... sangha because the monks are not necessarily trained to renounce and withstand worldly ...
Dharma Essays
... that teachers more often that not began with ignorance, to help prove why there is birth and death. Ignorance became a kind of first cause, even though the Buddha always taught that no first cause can be found. If ignorance exists, it is because there are causes that give rise to and deepen ignoranc ...
... that teachers more often that not began with ignorance, to help prove why there is birth and death. Ignorance became a kind of first cause, even though the Buddha always taught that no first cause can be found. If ignorance exists, it is because there are causes that give rise to and deepen ignoranc ...
the complete issue - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... in the lives of people today, then the theories and teachings must be brought into dialogue with contemporary thought. The historical development of Buddhist thought has itself been motivated by such interactions. The development of Indian Buddhism was motivated by interactions with Hindu religious ...
... in the lives of people today, then the theories and teachings must be brought into dialogue with contemporary thought. The historical development of Buddhist thought has itself been motivated by such interactions. The development of Indian Buddhism was motivated by interactions with Hindu religious ...
A Golden Ring
... from ignorance and its consequential attachments and prejudices. We should not be fooled by the limiting effect of concepts; rather we should live a life of natural purity and openness. In fact, these three concepts can be deduced from one another: (1) Things are impermanent, hence there is no secur ...
... from ignorance and its consequential attachments and prejudices. We should not be fooled by the limiting effect of concepts; rather we should live a life of natural purity and openness. In fact, these three concepts can be deduced from one another: (1) Things are impermanent, hence there is no secur ...
On Compassionate Killing and the Abhidhamma’s Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... reference to them. Vinaya judgments set legal precedents, and it would have been important to clarify the facts on which the judgment was based if the Vinaya report required qualification in the way the commentators suggest. There must also be some doubt, on the commentarial account, as to whether t ...
... reference to them. Vinaya judgments set legal precedents, and it would have been important to clarify the facts on which the judgment was based if the Vinaya report required qualification in the way the commentators suggest. There must also be some doubt, on the commentarial account, as to whether t ...
Surun-Khanda D. Syrtypova
... 2) Recitation of the "Hymn for the 21 Tārās» (Tib. rJe btsun sgrol ma phyag tshal nyi shu rtsa gcig), 3) Recitation of the "Hymn for Khadiravaṇī Tārā» (Tib. rJe btsun seng ldeng nags sgrol gyi bstod pa), 4) Recitation of the "Hymn for Cintāmaṇi Tārā» (Tib. sGrol dkar yid bzhin 'khor lo'i bstod pa), ...
... 2) Recitation of the "Hymn for the 21 Tārās» (Tib. rJe btsun sgrol ma phyag tshal nyi shu rtsa gcig), 3) Recitation of the "Hymn for Khadiravaṇī Tārā» (Tib. rJe btsun seng ldeng nags sgrol gyi bstod pa), 4) Recitation of the "Hymn for Cintāmaṇi Tārā» (Tib. sGrol dkar yid bzhin 'khor lo'i bstod pa), ...
ekaf emulator
... recent misdemeanors. Thus, for good social relationships the development of gratitude would be a useful factor. The Buddha taught the importance of this noble virtue by His own conduct. As a sign of gratitude to the Bodhi tree that gave Him protection on the night of enlightenment, He kept gazing at ...
... recent misdemeanors. Thus, for good social relationships the development of gratitude would be a useful factor. The Buddha taught the importance of this noble virtue by His own conduct. As a sign of gratitude to the Bodhi tree that gave Him protection on the night of enlightenment, He kept gazing at ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... on the process of identity-shaping through the sharing of spirituality where whiteCaucasian American persons reject the cultural values and lifestyles that they were brought up in so as to live in accordance to the Native American spiritual traditions. Using axiomatic poetry developed from ethnograp ...
... on the process of identity-shaping through the sharing of spirituality where whiteCaucasian American persons reject the cultural values and lifestyles that they were brought up in so as to live in accordance to the Native American spiritual traditions. Using axiomatic poetry developed from ethnograp ...
Buddhist Empowerment & Life Transformation
... To study Good Deed Approach as life plan for empowerment and life transformation. To integrate the spirituality with life planning for life transformation. ...
... To study Good Deed Approach as life plan for empowerment and life transformation. To integrate the spirituality with life planning for life transformation. ...
The Prince and the Monk: Shōtoku Worship in Shinran`s Buddhism
... Kannon as a female divinity (19). The confusion between Shōtoku and Kannon in these secondary accounts is largely due to ambiguities in the language used to describe the content of the dream. As Lee shows, Shinran elevated Shōtoku to a level on a par with Kannon by referring to them both as guze (wo ...
... Kannon as a female divinity (19). The confusion between Shōtoku and Kannon in these secondary accounts is largely due to ambiguities in the language used to describe the content of the dream. As Lee shows, Shinran elevated Shōtoku to a level on a par with Kannon by referring to them both as guze (wo ...
Buddha as Therapist: Meditations
... Buddha's principles and methodology and a large literature was generated expounding the fundamentals (the Dharma) and its analysis (Abhidharma). Different schools developed and made their own commentaries. The process is still continuing, now restimulated by the encounter between Buddhism and modern ...
... Buddha's principles and methodology and a large literature was generated expounding the fundamentals (the Dharma) and its analysis (Abhidharma). Different schools developed and made their own commentaries. The process is still continuing, now restimulated by the encounter between Buddhism and modern ...
British Buddhism: Teachings, Practice and Development
... and his teachings? Which forms of spiritual practice have they adopted, and which moral precepts do they follow? How do they organize monastic and lay groups, and what kinds of sacred space and iconography have they created? Beyond these lies a more overarching question: has Buddhism in Britain mere ...
... and his teachings? Which forms of spiritual practice have they adopted, and which moral precepts do they follow? How do they organize monastic and lay groups, and what kinds of sacred space and iconography have they created? Beyond these lies a more overarching question: has Buddhism in Britain mere ...
Buddhist Economics
... Our libraries are full of books offering well-reasoned, logical formulas for the ideal society. Two thousand years ago, Plato, in The Republic, wrote one of the first essays on politics and started a search for an ideal society, which has continued to the present day. Plato built his ideal society o ...
... Our libraries are full of books offering well-reasoned, logical formulas for the ideal society. Two thousand years ago, Plato, in The Republic, wrote one of the first essays on politics and started a search for an ideal society, which has continued to the present day. Plato built his ideal society o ...
dhamma texts - International Meditation Centres
... when he declared to his disciples that this “Burmese Independence Day” was the “Buddha Sāsana Independence Day” and we observed it as one of the special days of the tradition beginning in 1951 when the Vipassanā Association was formed in the office of the Accountant General. One of the first actions ...
... when he declared to his disciples that this “Burmese Independence Day” was the “Buddha Sāsana Independence Day” and we observed it as one of the special days of the tradition beginning in 1951 when the Vipassanā Association was formed in the office of the Accountant General. One of the first actions ...
PDF - Open Journal Systems
... It is a well-known fact that Buddhism has attracted Westerners partly because of the relative ease with which Buddhist perspectives can be related to secular and psychological ones. Buddhism differs in many ways from Christianity, not requiring belief in a God or in theological doctrines. Buddhism a ...
... It is a well-known fact that Buddhism has attracted Westerners partly because of the relative ease with which Buddhist perspectives can be related to secular and psychological ones. Buddhism differs in many ways from Christianity, not requiring belief in a God or in theological doctrines. Buddhism a ...
Questioning Karma: Buddhism and the Phenomenology of the
... scholars and used in ways that excuse indifference to others’ suffering in some popular interpretations. Despite its centrality in South Asian thought, karma has multiple meanings within its Indian context as well as its Western reception. The consequent need to clarify and rethink karma calls for a ...
... scholars and used in ways that excuse indifference to others’ suffering in some popular interpretations. Despite its centrality in South Asian thought, karma has multiple meanings within its Indian context as well as its Western reception. The consequent need to clarify and rethink karma calls for a ...
eBook - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... the first essay compares Einstein’s quantum theory, notion of escape velocity and black holes and views on energy for expanding universe, with the Buddhist concepts of matter, dynamic flux, and double truth drawn from the Abhidhamma; the second essay analyzes dependent origination, relativity and mo ...
... the first essay compares Einstein’s quantum theory, notion of escape velocity and black holes and views on energy for expanding universe, with the Buddhist concepts of matter, dynamic flux, and double truth drawn from the Abhidhamma; the second essay analyzes dependent origination, relativity and mo ...
twofold mystery - Iowa Research Online
... One does not attach to “there is,” nor to “there is not.” Not only does he not attach to attachment, but neither to non-attachment.1 (Cheng Xuanying) Different interactions between Buddhism and Daoism have occurred since Buddhism entered China in the 1st century. Buddhism, as an Indian religion, fir ...
... One does not attach to “there is,” nor to “there is not.” Not only does he not attach to attachment, but neither to non-attachment.1 (Cheng Xuanying) Different interactions between Buddhism and Daoism have occurred since Buddhism entered China in the 1st century. Buddhism, as an Indian religion, fir ...
Exorcising Luther - University of Canterbury
... had their own individual relationships with God that did not require ritual or priests. They could separate their daily life from their religious life which again was something that confused me. People appeared to be less bound together as a community and more in search of their own salvation. Like ...
... had their own individual relationships with God that did not require ritual or priests. They could separate their daily life from their religious life which again was something that confused me. People appeared to be less bound together as a community and more in search of their own salvation. Like ...
this PDF file
... Students of Buddhism use to discover early on in their studies that it is misleading to speak of a 'church' in early Buddhism. Christian ecclesiastical phenomena like priests, Sunday services, sermons, parishes and communal prayers, let alone a centrally organized institution like the Roman catholic ...
... Students of Buddhism use to discover early on in their studies that it is misleading to speak of a 'church' in early Buddhism. Christian ecclesiastical phenomena like priests, Sunday services, sermons, parishes and communal prayers, let alone a centrally organized institution like the Roman catholic ...
The Criteria of Goodness in the P¯ ali Nik¯
... nirvanic virtues. The problem is that many Buddhists, at least at the beginning of their spiritual practice, act morally not so much motivated by nirvanic virtues, but rather by nonnirvanic virtues such as craving for a proximate goal such as a good rebirth. Even practitioners who act ethically aimi ...
... nirvanic virtues. The problem is that many Buddhists, at least at the beginning of their spiritual practice, act morally not so much motivated by nirvanic virtues, but rather by nonnirvanic virtues such as craving for a proximate goal such as a good rebirth. Even practitioners who act ethically aimi ...
The Different Paths of Buddhism : A Narrative
... the hardships of ordinary life, Buddhists have been able to find humor. In a commentary to the text of the Dhammapada, a story is told about some old monks who became friends with an old woman, the wife of a former member of their group. When the old woman died, the monks were inconsolable. In order ...
... the hardships of ordinary life, Buddhists have been able to find humor. In a commentary to the text of the Dhammapada, a story is told about some old monks who became friends with an old woman, the wife of a former member of their group. When the old woman died, the monks were inconsolable. In order ...
The Other Side of Zen - Princeton University Press
... which it was embedded. Zen was portrayed as a pure and timeless truth, untainted by the social and political institutions of medieval and early modern Japan. Furthermore, both popular and academic writing about all three major Japanese Zen schools—Sôtô, Rinzai, Ôbaku—presented Zen as a unique tradit ...
... which it was embedded. Zen was portrayed as a pure and timeless truth, untainted by the social and political institutions of medieval and early modern Japan. Furthermore, both popular and academic writing about all three major Japanese Zen schools—Sôtô, Rinzai, Ôbaku—presented Zen as a unique tradit ...
Yury Khokhlov: The Xi Xia Legacy in Sino-Tibetan Art
... Tangut, Chinese and Tibetan. The majority of the population was bilingual, speaking both Tangut and Chinese; the Tibetan language was also widely used and learning Tibetan was compulsory for Buddhist monks.[6] The Tangut language belongs to Tibeto-Burman family. A script, devised by the order of the ...
... Tangut, Chinese and Tibetan. The majority of the population was bilingual, speaking both Tangut and Chinese; the Tibetan language was also widely used and learning Tibetan was compulsory for Buddhist monks.[6] The Tangut language belongs to Tibeto-Burman family. A script, devised by the order of the ...
History of Buddhism in India
Buddhism is a world religion, which arose in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India), and is based on the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama who was deemed a ""Buddha"" (""Awakened One""). Buddhism spread outside of Magadha starting in the Buddha's lifetime.With the reign of the Buddhist Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, the Buddhist community split into two branches: the Mahāsāṃghika and the Sthaviravāda, each of which spread throughout India and split into numerous sub-sects. In modern times, two major branches of Buddhism exist: the Theravāda in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and the Mahāyāna throughout the Himalayas and East Asia.The practice of Buddhism as a distinct and organized religion lost influence after the Gupta reign (c.7th century CE), and declined from the land of its origin in around 13th century, but not without leaving a significant impact. Buddhist practice is most common and Buddhism remains a major presence in the Himalayan areas such as Sikkim, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, the Darjeeling hills in West Bengal, and the Lahaul and Spiti areas of upper Himachal Pradesh. Buddhism has been reemerging in India since the past century, due to its adoption by many Indian intellectuals, the migration of Buddhist Tibetan exiles, and the mass conversion of hundreds of thousands of Hindu Dalits. According to the 2001 census, Buddhists make up 0.8% of India's population, or 7.95 million individuals.