An Examination of the Meaning and Difference between Mind and
... The last, right concentration, being in eighth position, was ...
... The last, right concentration, being in eighth position, was ...
JIABU, Vol. IX, 2016 - International Association of Buddhist
... discuss the difficult ideas that traditional studies are often afraid to consider. We all need to be literate on the controversial issues; we must lead discussions on the global stage where these issues are discussed so that policy-makers and shareholders will take our ideas seriously – ideas from B ...
... discuss the difficult ideas that traditional studies are often afraid to consider. We all need to be literate on the controversial issues; we must lead discussions on the global stage where these issues are discussed so that policy-makers and shareholders will take our ideas seriously – ideas from B ...
The Four Realities True for Noble Ones: Ariyasacca Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... intercourse with the former wife? It is sacca, Lord.” [Horner 1: 36]). The general format of such questions and answers can be formalized as (saccaṃ kira + A? saccaṃ/na saccaṃ), in which A is usually a proposition. The formalization of the example above results in the following ...
... intercourse with the former wife? It is sacca, Lord.” [Horner 1: 36]). The general format of such questions and answers can be formalized as (saccaṃ kira + A? saccaṃ/na saccaṃ), in which A is usually a proposition. The formalization of the example above results in the following ...
The Transformation of the Monastic Ordination
... Asian Theravāda countries.8 The temporary ordination there also functions as a rite of passage that is undergone before marriage, with particular emphasis placed on the merit (puṇya) generated by the ordination for the parents. However, it is in principle accessible to all male candidates regardless ...
... Asian Theravāda countries.8 The temporary ordination there also functions as a rite of passage that is undergone before marriage, with particular emphasis placed on the merit (puṇya) generated by the ordination for the parents. However, it is in principle accessible to all male candidates regardless ...
Title: Wisdom, Compassion, and Zen Social Ethics: the Case... Sŏngch’ŏl, and Minjung Buddhism in Korea
... gap still exists, in reality, between the two. Chinul explains this bounded state of sentient beings on three levels: the first involves being bound through outside phenomena, the second, through inner desire, and the third, through the desire for enlightenment. One can identify them as epistemologi ...
... gap still exists, in reality, between the two. Chinul explains this bounded state of sentient beings on three levels: the first involves being bound through outside phenomena, the second, through inner desire, and the third, through the desire for enlightenment. One can identify them as epistemologi ...
The Tree of Enlightenment
... and a number of Buddhist friends to deliver four series of lectures covering some of the major traditions of Buddhism. e lectures were popular, and thanks to the efforts of Mr. Yeo Eng Chen and others, they were recorded, transcribed and printed for limited free distribution to students of the Dhar ...
... and a number of Buddhist friends to deliver four series of lectures covering some of the major traditions of Buddhism. e lectures were popular, and thanks to the efforts of Mr. Yeo Eng Chen and others, they were recorded, transcribed and printed for limited free distribution to students of the Dhar ...
REINCARNATION IN BUDDHISM: AN ANALYSIS FROM ISLAMIC
... the world and man, issues on mind and body and the concept of the soul. It is not that easy to separate between the worldview of the Malays and the influences that were introduced by other traditions.7 Although Malays are Muslims, the influence of traditional beliefs is still strong among them. Thes ...
... the world and man, issues on mind and body and the concept of the soul. It is not that easy to separate between the worldview of the Malays and the influences that were introduced by other traditions.7 Although Malays are Muslims, the influence of traditional beliefs is still strong among them. Thes ...
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... escape the scope of the Brahma's net. Violation then does not have a reality with substance. Hence, a genuine awareness of the meaning of violation not only includes realization of the mistake made by the act of violation but, more importantly, the emptiness of violation itself. Violation is non-sub ...
... escape the scope of the Brahma's net. Violation then does not have a reality with substance. Hence, a genuine awareness of the meaning of violation not only includes realization of the mistake made by the act of violation but, more importantly, the emptiness of violation itself. Violation is non-sub ...
M1-Dhamma-tj3
... will exist – Siddhartha was just one. • Dharma has always existed and can be expressed in different ways. • Trikaya – earthly, heavenly and transcendent. Siddhartha became earthly. • Many enlightened beings and Bodhisattvas can be contacted. ...
... will exist – Siddhartha was just one. • Dharma has always existed and can be expressed in different ways. • Trikaya – earthly, heavenly and transcendent. Siddhartha became earthly. • Many enlightened beings and Bodhisattvas can be contacted. ...
Toward a Buddhist Theory of Structural Peace: Lessons
... Structural violence (Galtung, 1969) is a well-established concept in peace and conflict research. It suggests that violence, as a harming, incapacitating effect on the human body, mind, and spirit, exits not only in its direct, physical form, but also in an indirect, structural form. Structural viol ...
... Structural violence (Galtung, 1969) is a well-established concept in peace and conflict research. It suggests that violence, as a harming, incapacitating effect on the human body, mind, and spirit, exits not only in its direct, physical form, but also in an indirect, structural form. Structural viol ...
The Six Paramitas - Chan Meditation Center
... Samantabhadra, Bodhisattva of Great Actions and Great Functions; Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion; and Ksitigarbha, Bodhisattva of Great Vows. These great bodhisattvas vowed to help sentient beings reach liberation before attaining their own buddhahood. Therefore, if we must make a distinc ...
... Samantabhadra, Bodhisattva of Great Actions and Great Functions; Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion; and Ksitigarbha, Bodhisattva of Great Vows. These great bodhisattvas vowed to help sentient beings reach liberation before attaining their own buddhahood. Therefore, if we must make a distinc ...
The criteria of the Noble Eightfold Path
... Sammā-saṅkappa should go down to the last part of it; but it never happens. The second, the path has only eight factors. There are no more factors. The path is not complete even if a single factor added or recommended into the eightfold; it should be taken out. Sammā diṭṭhi Now, what is the Sammā d ...
... Sammā-saṅkappa should go down to the last part of it; but it never happens. The second, the path has only eight factors. There are no more factors. The path is not complete even if a single factor added or recommended into the eightfold; it should be taken out. Sammā diṭṭhi Now, what is the Sammā d ...
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... continents in expanse”, as Jonathan Silk has put it, and is commonly labelled as ‘Buddhism’.7 Over the last few decades, this field has drastically changed its methods and spectacles. As a rule, it has excited the interest of an increasing amount of academic disciplines; slowly but surely let go its ...
... continents in expanse”, as Jonathan Silk has put it, and is commonly labelled as ‘Buddhism’.7 Over the last few decades, this field has drastically changed its methods and spectacles. As a rule, it has excited the interest of an increasing amount of academic disciplines; slowly but surely let go its ...
JBE Research Article Good or Skilful? Kusala in Canon and Commentary ISSN 1076-9005
... which are found the expression: (he succeeds in) the method, the dhamma that is skilful ( ¤àyaü dhammaü kusalaü).36 Usually this makes the point that, whether householder or renunciant, he can succeed if he follows the right way i.e. the eightfold path. Similar usages occur in the plural too.37 So ...
... which are found the expression: (he succeeds in) the method, the dhamma that is skilful ( ¤àyaü dhammaü kusalaü).36 Usually this makes the point that, whether householder or renunciant, he can succeed if he follows the right way i.e. the eightfold path. Similar usages occur in the plural too.37 So ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism
... There is an interpretive issue about the claim that the Buddha was omniscient which threatens to undermine the point being made in the text. One understanding of omniscience implies that the Buddha’s epistemic states were marked by perfect apprehension of reality, and relative to this notion (of per ...
... There is an interpretive issue about the claim that the Buddha was omniscient which threatens to undermine the point being made in the text. One understanding of omniscience implies that the Buddha’s epistemic states were marked by perfect apprehension of reality, and relative to this notion (of per ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... There is an interpretive issue about the claim that the Buddha was omniscient which threatens to undermine the point being made in the text. One understanding of omniscience implies that the Buddha’s epistemic states were marked by perfect apprehension of reality, and relative to this notion (of per ...
... There is an interpretive issue about the claim that the Buddha was omniscient which threatens to undermine the point being made in the text. One understanding of omniscience implies that the Buddha’s epistemic states were marked by perfect apprehension of reality, and relative to this notion (of per ...
On the naturalization of karma and rebirth | SpringerLink
... We seem to have no choice but to turn to religion when faced with questions such as: Why was I born into this world? What is my purpose on earth? And what happens after death? In the Christian and Muslim framework, belief in God or Allah is what determines whether people will end up in hell or enjoy ...
... We seem to have no choice but to turn to religion when faced with questions such as: Why was I born into this world? What is my purpose on earth? And what happens after death? In the Christian and Muslim framework, belief in God or Allah is what determines whether people will end up in hell or enjoy ...
Tradition and Change: Two Buddhisms in the Bible
... the adaptation of the Burmese Buddhist monks of this study. The American attraction to Buddhism seems to be the practice of meditation. A part of this project focuses on that. Every subject of this study agrees on the importance of the practice. But, it seems to be the Americans who have made it the ...
... the adaptation of the Burmese Buddhist monks of this study. The American attraction to Buddhism seems to be the practice of meditation. A part of this project focuses on that. Every subject of this study agrees on the importance of the practice. But, it seems to be the Americans who have made it the ...
Bhikkhave Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Past scholars, such as Bechert, developed theories in relation to the use of the two, i.e. why one form rather than another was used—but today, with our current understanding of oral and manuscript traditions, the most obvious reason for the two ways of declining the plural vocative is simply that t ...
... Past scholars, such as Bechert, developed theories in relation to the use of the two, i.e. why one form rather than another was used—but today, with our current understanding of oral and manuscript traditions, the most obvious reason for the two ways of declining the plural vocative is simply that t ...
Meaning without Ego - Journal of Philosophy of Life
... strive to turn around those who would act negatively towards these same conditions.23 If there is no word for meaning in life in early Buddhism how can we derive from early Buddhist theories of knowledge what meaning might mean? The process of rebirth or saṃsāra is because there is dukkha, ultimatel ...
... strive to turn around those who would act negatively towards these same conditions.23 If there is no word for meaning in life in early Buddhism how can we derive from early Buddhist theories of knowledge what meaning might mean? The process of rebirth or saṃsāra is because there is dukkha, ultimatel ...
Buddhist Practice as Play: A Virtue Ethical View
... My concern is not to which ethical theory Buddhist ethics “belongs” according to this or that text or body of texts. I think this can never be definitively established as if it were a matter of fact, because it is not. It is a hermeneutical matter, and as such there is more than just one way to look ...
... My concern is not to which ethical theory Buddhist ethics “belongs” according to this or that text or body of texts. I think this can never be definitively established as if it were a matter of fact, because it is not. It is a hermeneutical matter, and as such there is more than just one way to look ...
gcse religious studies
... rich family, surrounded by comfort and luxury. He was so protected that he was never allowed leave the palace grounds. He married young and had a son. Siddhartha was not happy behind the walls of the palace and one day he decided to escape. There he was shocked by what he saw. Outside the palace wal ...
... rich family, surrounded by comfort and luxury. He was so protected that he was never allowed leave the palace grounds. He married young and had a son. Siddhartha was not happy behind the walls of the palace and one day he decided to escape. There he was shocked by what he saw. Outside the palace wal ...
Is Colorado Buddhism Green? - Digital Commons @ DU
... Through comparing the attitudes and behaviors between Buddhist practitioners and nonBuddhists, I analyzed whether (1) Buddhist practitioners have more environmental concerns about the earth, and (2) their daily activities reflect their pro-environmental behaviors. For those Buddhist practitioners wh ...
... Through comparing the attitudes and behaviors between Buddhist practitioners and nonBuddhists, I analyzed whether (1) Buddhist practitioners have more environmental concerns about the earth, and (2) their daily activities reflect their pro-environmental behaviors. For those Buddhist practitioners wh ...
Western Buddhist Motivations for Vegetarianism, 9(3): 385-411. Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion,
... they n'ere thoueht to result in future injury to oneself. The Buddha's first teachine, the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths, lays out the philosophical context for non-harming by explaining the nature, oriein, and cessation of suffering. To stop the sufferinu of aneuish, attachment, grasping, desir ...
... they n'ere thoueht to result in future injury to oneself. The Buddha's first teachine, the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths, lays out the philosophical context for non-harming by explaining the nature, oriein, and cessation of suffering. To stop the sufferinu of aneuish, attachment, grasping, desir ...
The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation
... The importance of the jhanas in the Buddhist path can readily be gauged from the frequency with which they are mentioned throughout the suttas. The jhanas figure prominently both in the Buddha's own experience and in his exhortation to disciples. In his childhood, while attending an annual ploughin ...
... The importance of the jhanas in the Buddhist path can readily be gauged from the frequency with which they are mentioned throughout the suttas. The jhanas figure prominently both in the Buddha's own experience and in his exhortation to disciples. In his childhood, while attending an annual ploughin ...