The Beatnik Buddhist: The Monk of American Pop
... of Buddhism consisted mostly of reading secondary texts by other American and European Buddhists of his time, reading translated Buddhist sūtras, and conversing with other men of (more often than not) about equal knowledge. Kerouac first discovered Buddhism when he found a reference to Hindu Philoso ...
... of Buddhism consisted mostly of reading secondary texts by other American and European Buddhists of his time, reading translated Buddhist sūtras, and conversing with other men of (more often than not) about equal knowledge. Kerouac first discovered Buddhism when he found a reference to Hindu Philoso ...
Gotami-apadana
... after they became saints; the stories are known as Monk’s Verses (Theragatha) and Nun’s Verses (Therigatha) and are ascribed to about five hundred and fifty monks and forty nuns (Walters, 113). After the changes in post-Asokan society, the stories of ascetic monks and nuns renouncing the world and ...
... after they became saints; the stories are known as Monk’s Verses (Theragatha) and Nun’s Verses (Therigatha) and are ascribed to about five hundred and fifty monks and forty nuns (Walters, 113). After the changes in post-Asokan society, the stories of ascetic monks and nuns renouncing the world and ...
Buddhist Psychology: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
... to us from the great masters is such that you might find this book a little academic. Believe me when I say, however, that this is a manual for living and is meant to be used as such. If you challenge what you read at every opportunity, analyzing and investigating from the point of view of your own ...
... to us from the great masters is such that you might find this book a little academic. Believe me when I say, however, that this is a manual for living and is meant to be used as such. If you challenge what you read at every opportunity, analyzing and investigating from the point of view of your own ...
On the Buddhist roots of contemporary non-religious
... academic discussion on the Buddhist roots of contemporary non-religious mindfulness practice, and, based on various perspectives of the history of Buddhist doctrine and practice, I argue that most of these presentations seem to be inadequately one-sided simplifications and generalisations. I continu ...
... academic discussion on the Buddhist roots of contemporary non-religious mindfulness practice, and, based on various perspectives of the history of Buddhist doctrine and practice, I argue that most of these presentations seem to be inadequately one-sided simplifications and generalisations. I continu ...
eBook - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... Buddhism never found the need to give new interpretations to its teachings. Newly verified scientific discoveries never contradict the teachings of the Buddha as their spirit and methodologies are scientifically valid. Buddhism’s principles can be maintained under any circumstances without changing ...
... Buddhism never found the need to give new interpretations to its teachings. Newly verified scientific discoveries never contradict the teachings of the Buddha as their spirit and methodologies are scientifically valid. Buddhism’s principles can be maintained under any circumstances without changing ...
BP2 M3 L03upload2 - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... three times. For the Proponents of the Great Exposition, the three times are particulars or instances of substances. An example to understand the three times to be particulars of substances is this. A golden cup is made from gold. This golden cup is melted down and transformed into a golden plate. L ...
... three times. For the Proponents of the Great Exposition, the three times are particulars or instances of substances. An example to understand the three times to be particulars of substances is this. A golden cup is made from gold. This golden cup is melted down and transformed into a golden plate. L ...
Violence and (Non-)resistance: Ahiṃsā Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... between ethics and religion, belief and faith, and knowledge and experience. I suggest that it is, despite a theoretical ambiguity, also “determinative” insofar as experience itself presents moral agents with unequivocal demands to act, or not act, on the bases of often nonconceptualized processes. ...
... between ethics and religion, belief and faith, and knowledge and experience. I suggest that it is, despite a theoretical ambiguity, also “determinative” insofar as experience itself presents moral agents with unequivocal demands to act, or not act, on the bases of often nonconceptualized processes. ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... both before and during the time of the Buddha in relation to the rise of Buddhism with special reference to the Buddha’s response to the mutual conflict between the spiritualist and the materialist world-views. Lecture 2: “Dependent Origination” (paṭiccasamuppāda) as the early Buddhist doctrine of c ...
... both before and during the time of the Buddha in relation to the rise of Buddhism with special reference to the Buddha’s response to the mutual conflict between the spiritualist and the materialist world-views. Lecture 2: “Dependent Origination” (paṭiccasamuppāda) as the early Buddhist doctrine of c ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... make a thorough investigation of himself in order to find out whether or not he can be accepted as fully enlightened.] AN I Sutta 65: Kālāma Sutta [The Sutta states that one should select a doctrine to follow on the ground of important moral considerations, which are in turn based on one’s own exp ...
... make a thorough investigation of himself in order to find out whether or not he can be accepted as fully enlightened.] AN I Sutta 65: Kālāma Sutta [The Sutta states that one should select a doctrine to follow on the ground of important moral considerations, which are in turn based on one’s own exp ...
A New Approach to Gaudapadakarika
... through these three factors the stubborn mind can easily be pacified. When the mind becomes low-spirited the yogin should cultivate analytical thinking, exertion and joy because through these factors the low-spirited mind can easily be awakened (Samyutta V, 12 ff). The S. Siddhi discusses this point ...
... through these three factors the stubborn mind can easily be pacified. When the mind becomes low-spirited the yogin should cultivate analytical thinking, exertion and joy because through these factors the low-spirited mind can easily be awakened (Samyutta V, 12 ff). The S. Siddhi discusses this point ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Dependent Co-arising and that consciousness which survives death also evolves under the same principle.] SN 22: Khandhasaṃyutta: [The Suttas in this section present a detailed analysis of the five aggregates with an emphasis on their subjectivity to the three characteristics of existence.] MN 14 ...
... Dependent Co-arising and that consciousness which survives death also evolves under the same principle.] SN 22: Khandhasaṃyutta: [The Suttas in this section present a detailed analysis of the five aggregates with an emphasis on their subjectivity to the three characteristics of existence.] MN 14 ...
Sabba Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... While science is based mainly of second and third-hand measurements, the Buddha‟s teaching is a first person discourse. In Western culture, when something is said to be “subjective” means that it is based merely on one‟s own ideas and opinions (that is, inside of oneself) and therefore should not be ...
... While science is based mainly of second and third-hand measurements, the Buddha‟s teaching is a first person discourse. In Western culture, when something is said to be “subjective” means that it is based merely on one‟s own ideas and opinions (that is, inside of oneself) and therefore should not be ...
BSTC6079 Early Buddhism: a doctrinal exposition
... Dependent Co-arising and that consciousness which survives death also evolves under the same principle.] SN 22: Khandhasaṃyutta: [The Suttas in this section present a detailed analysis of the five aggregates with an emphasis on their subjectivity to the three characteristics of existence.] MN 14 ...
... Dependent Co-arising and that consciousness which survives death also evolves under the same principle.] SN 22: Khandhasaṃyutta: [The Suttas in this section present a detailed analysis of the five aggregates with an emphasis on their subjectivity to the three characteristics of existence.] MN 14 ...
INTRODUCTION - Reggie Pawle
... my Zen practice. To integrate Zen and psychology was not a question for me of if it was possible. It had to be possible. For me both were dealing with the same fundamental matter. Thus I began to search for ways to integrate the two. This integration has been an experience with mixed results. In var ...
... my Zen practice. To integrate Zen and psychology was not a question for me of if it was possible. It had to be possible. For me both were dealing with the same fundamental matter. Thus I began to search for ways to integrate the two. This integration has been an experience with mixed results. In var ...
Recent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
The Gohonzon - laureldistrictstudy
... "As for the characters of the Lotus Sutra [the Gohonzon], a blind person cannot see them at all. A person with the eyes of a common mortal sees them as black in color. Persons in the two vehicles see them as void. Bodhisattvas see various different colors in them, while a person whose seeds of Buddh ...
... "As for the characters of the Lotus Sutra [the Gohonzon], a blind person cannot see them at all. A person with the eyes of a common mortal sees them as black in color. Persons in the two vehicles see them as void. Bodhisattvas see various different colors in them, while a person whose seeds of Buddh ...
The Four Noble Truths
... The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha There are very many great deeds of the Buddha recorded but these can be summarized into the twelve most important, most famous deeds. The first of these twelve deeds was when the Buddha was teaching in the paradise of Tushita which is in the god realm.1 While the Buddh ...
... The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha There are very many great deeds of the Buddha recorded but these can be summarized into the twelve most important, most famous deeds. The first of these twelve deeds was when the Buddha was teaching in the paradise of Tushita which is in the god realm.1 While the Buddh ...
Changing Buddhist Practice in Burma
... one way to become emancipated from the Wheel of rebirth is through meditation. This is a practice in which monks and others can provide assistance but where one has to rely on one's own effort and action to attain the enlightenment. ...
... one way to become emancipated from the Wheel of rebirth is through meditation. This is a practice in which monks and others can provide assistance but where one has to rely on one's own effort and action to attain the enlightenment. ...
Influences of Previous Psychedelic Drug
... they had always been; they just spoke of bad "vibrations" and "karma" instead of arguments at work and car accidents. It was as if, having seen a very inspiring movie on how their lives could be changed for the better, they kept going to see movies of this genre instead of applying the lessons of th ...
... they had always been; they just spoke of bad "vibrations" and "karma" instead of arguments at work and car accidents. It was as if, having seen a very inspiring movie on how their lives could be changed for the better, they kept going to see movies of this genre instead of applying the lessons of th ...
Pedagogical Development of Zen Buddhism and Taoism for Taos
... backpacking. The philosophies of Zen Buddhism and Taoism will be briefly brought up while in the classroom and selected introductory readings will be handed out to students as material that can be read while on the trail. These philosophies will provide a unique perspective from a different culture ...
... backpacking. The philosophies of Zen Buddhism and Taoism will be briefly brought up while in the classroom and selected introductory readings will be handed out to students as material that can be read while on the trail. These philosophies will provide a unique perspective from a different culture ...
Great Disciples of the Buddha
... that of a teacher, the Supreme Teacher who reveals the unique path to final deliverance. In the earliest form of the Teaching, as represented by the P›li Canon, no essential difference divides the goal attained by the Buddha himself from that realized by his disciples. For both the goal is the same, ...
... that of a teacher, the Supreme Teacher who reveals the unique path to final deliverance. In the earliest form of the Teaching, as represented by the P›li Canon, no essential difference divides the goal attained by the Buddha himself from that realized by his disciples. For both the goal is the same, ...
Karma - University of Bristol
... • These can be either ‘habitual’, that is grounded in deeply ingrained good habits (such as going to the the temple on full moon days, making offerings to the Buddha and Saṅgha or listening to sermons) or bad habits (such as excessive drinking, lying and stealing). • Or ‘proximate’ karma, that mean ...
... • These can be either ‘habitual’, that is grounded in deeply ingrained good habits (such as going to the the temple on full moon days, making offerings to the Buddha and Saṅgha or listening to sermons) or bad habits (such as excessive drinking, lying and stealing). • Or ‘proximate’ karma, that mean ...
faith and renunciation
... faith”. Saddhā seems to be a step beyond intellectual knowledge, because intellectual knowledge can easily be affected by the detrimental influence of defilements. Summing up, the individual, by observing experience through confidence, sees all phenomena as impermanent, conditioned, and turns passio ...
... faith”. Saddhā seems to be a step beyond intellectual knowledge, because intellectual knowledge can easily be affected by the detrimental influence of defilements. Summing up, the individual, by observing experience through confidence, sees all phenomena as impermanent, conditioned, and turns passio ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian tradition
... experiences that are not in some sense reliant on the mind. This mental transformation is almost invariably held to depend upon, and to be brought about finally by, oneself for there can also be no transformation of one’s own mind without on some level one’s own active involvement or participation. ...
... experiences that are not in some sense reliant on the mind. This mental transformation is almost invariably held to depend upon, and to be brought about finally by, oneself for there can also be no transformation of one’s own mind without on some level one’s own active involvement or participation. ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian
... experiences that are not in some sense reliant on the mind. This mental transformation is almost invariably held to depend upon, and to be brought about finally by, oneself for there can also be no transformation of one’s own mind without on some level one’s own active involvement or participation. ...
... experiences that are not in some sense reliant on the mind. This mental transformation is almost invariably held to depend upon, and to be brought about finally by, oneself for there can also be no transformation of one’s own mind without on some level one’s own active involvement or participation. ...