Sati Journal Volume 1 - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... need to study the texts extensively and in depth, always inquiring how we can apply such practices to our lives in the most realistic and beneficial manner. The second major process that we learn from the Buddha is what I have called self-transcendence. Though the Buddha speaks about eliminating unw ...
... need to study the texts extensively and in depth, always inquiring how we can apply such practices to our lives in the most realistic and beneficial manner. The second major process that we learn from the Buddha is what I have called self-transcendence. Though the Buddha speaks about eliminating unw ...
āgama and aṅga in the early buddhist oral tradition
... Regarding the principle of waxing syllables, items in longer lists can be arranged into subgroups that are often based on some thematic or formal connection, and these subgroups then internally follow the principle of waxing syllables. From the viewpoint of oral transmission, 35 a conveniently struc ...
... Regarding the principle of waxing syllables, items in longer lists can be arranged into subgroups that are often based on some thematic or formal connection, and these subgroups then internally follow the principle of waxing syllables. From the viewpoint of oral transmission, 35 a conveniently struc ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... field for about a millennium now, and has been regarded with reverence not only among modern Indian historians and national leaders but also among Western Indologists, for about a century and a half, it would appear almost an impertinence on our part to put forth a view which goes against it. Howeve ...
... field for about a millennium now, and has been regarded with reverence not only among modern Indian historians and national leaders but also among Western Indologists, for about a century and a half, it would appear almost an impertinence on our part to put forth a view which goes against it. Howeve ...
Are There Ethical Implications of Karma?
... vaden and Mahayana views of ethical training and karma and inconsistent with classical texts and meanings insofar as the time and place of his work is different. In his most recent work, Buddhism in the Public Sphere, Hershock is careful to note that the global challenges facing us today also pose c ...
... vaden and Mahayana views of ethical training and karma and inconsistent with classical texts and meanings insofar as the time and place of his work is different. In his most recent work, Buddhism in the Public Sphere, Hershock is careful to note that the global challenges facing us today also pose c ...
Prereadings For Cultivating The Heart-min
... the causes of mental-emotional imbalances. The Buddhist second truth is based on natural relationships, principles and irrefutable facts of life. With a Buddhist perspective, dukkha arises because of interdependent interactions between external (objective) events in the environment and/ or internal ...
... the causes of mental-emotional imbalances. The Buddhist second truth is based on natural relationships, principles and irrefutable facts of life. With a Buddhist perspective, dukkha arises because of interdependent interactions between external (objective) events in the environment and/ or internal ...
Business and Buddhist Ethics - Center for Ethics of Science and
... This excerpt shows that the essence of the concept of producing benefit according to Buddhism lies in that benefit leading to happiness both for oneself and for others. Benefit is received not only by oneself and not only by others. Thus the Buddhist idea of creating benefit refers to a harmonizing ...
... This excerpt shows that the essence of the concept of producing benefit according to Buddhism lies in that benefit leading to happiness both for oneself and for others. Benefit is received not only by oneself and not only by others. Thus the Buddhist idea of creating benefit refers to a harmonizing ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... andwhileI was yetmerely theBodhisatta notfully-awakened....""In addition [Skt:bodhisattva], to referring to thepresentlifeofGotama,theterm"bodhisattva" is also used in relation to thepenultimate lifeofGotamainTusita(Pali:Tusita) heaven,as wellas hisconceptionand birth.12 In latercanonicaltexts,the b ...
... andwhileI was yetmerely theBodhisatta notfully-awakened....""In addition [Skt:bodhisattva], to referring to thepresentlifeofGotama,theterm"bodhisattva" is also used in relation to thepenultimate lifeofGotamainTusita(Pali:Tusita) heaven,as wellas hisconceptionand birth.12 In latercanonicaltexts,the b ...
patriarch ` svision
... mind. This is a method of ‘direct’ perception whereby the dichotomy of subject-object is radically and permanently altered so that dualism is cut-off at its root. This is not the end of the mind, as it continues to exist and function whilst in the enlightened state, but it does signify a very import ...
... mind. This is a method of ‘direct’ perception whereby the dichotomy of subject-object is radically and permanently altered so that dualism is cut-off at its root. This is not the end of the mind, as it continues to exist and function whilst in the enlightened state, but it does signify a very import ...
Great Buddhist Places Of Worship
... Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:54:00 GMT buddhist worship buddhist temple, ... perhaps the best known are the pagodas of china and japan. another typical buddhist building is the stupa, ... PLACE OF WORSHIP - WIKIPEDIA Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:59:00 GMT a place of worship is a specially designed structure or consec ...
... Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:54:00 GMT buddhist worship buddhist temple, ... perhaps the best known are the pagodas of china and japan. another typical buddhist building is the stupa, ... PLACE OF WORSHIP - WIKIPEDIA Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:59:00 GMT a place of worship is a specially designed structure or consec ...
Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns
... arduous and sometimes seemingly fruitless effort before they could attain the goal. ...
... arduous and sometimes seemingly fruitless effort before they could attain the goal. ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... emphasis and closer study of Hindu sacred lore by a more recent and very eminent writer, namely Mahámahopádhyáya Dr. Pandurang Váman Kane, it will be convenient to examine this view after setting out the observations and arguments of Dr Kane. This scholar has written a chapter on the Causes of the D ...
... emphasis and closer study of Hindu sacred lore by a more recent and very eminent writer, namely Mahámahopádhyáya Dr. Pandurang Váman Kane, it will be convenient to examine this view after setting out the observations and arguments of Dr Kane. This scholar has written a chapter on the Causes of the D ...
Essentials of Buddhism
... the glory of your son’s achievements nor shall I hear his words of wisdom.” The king was very much moved by the words of Asita. To him there was glory in the thought of his son as ruler of all India and beyond whereas the life of a hermit was mean, cheap and poor in comparison. The king became thoug ...
... the glory of your son’s achievements nor shall I hear his words of wisdom.” The king was very much moved by the words of Asita. To him there was glory in the thought of his son as ruler of all India and beyond whereas the life of a hermit was mean, cheap and poor in comparison. The king became thoug ...
Icono-Conservatism and the Persistence of Śākyamuni
... Haribhadra, who was then the preceptor of Vikramasila, saved the people from these misguided and evil Sravakas: he explained to them the kriyayogas, and "he preached most extensively the five Tantras of the insiders, namely the Samaja, Mayajala, Buddha-samayoga, Candra-guhyatilaka, and Manjusri-krod ...
... Haribhadra, who was then the preceptor of Vikramasila, saved the people from these misguided and evil Sravakas: he explained to them the kriyayogas, and "he preached most extensively the five Tantras of the insiders, namely the Samaja, Mayajala, Buddha-samayoga, Candra-guhyatilaka, and Manjusri-krod ...
Buddhist emptiness and Christian trinity
... prevalent mistake of identifying the interrelatedness that physics has discovered with the beyondness expressed by shünyatä. The implicate order is not the Absolute or G o d . It is just the interrelatedness of phenomenal reality. What religions call " G o d " is beyond this duality of implication a ...
... prevalent mistake of identifying the interrelatedness that physics has discovered with the beyondness expressed by shünyatä. The implicate order is not the Absolute or G o d . It is just the interrelatedness of phenomenal reality. What religions call " G o d " is beyond this duality of implication a ...
The Oral Composition and Transmission of Early Buddhist Texts
... somewhat obscure, it certainly seems to imply that students were made to learn fixed texts by heart. Again, there are many references to reciting the Pitimokkha. On one occasion, for example, the Buddha refused to recite the Piihmokkha because the assembly of monks was not pure.'" And finally, there ...
... somewhat obscure, it certainly seems to imply that students were made to learn fixed texts by heart. Again, there are many references to reciting the Pitimokkha. On one occasion, for example, the Buddha refused to recite the Piihmokkha because the assembly of monks was not pure.'" And finally, there ...
Observations on the Reform of Buddhism in Nepal
... Skt. acaryabhiseka), by virtue of which they are introduced to the secrets of the Vajrayana ...
... Skt. acaryabhiseka), by virtue of which they are introduced to the secrets of the Vajrayana ...
Read article - Dickinson Blogs
... integrating the empiricism of the practitioners in the research hopefully presents a preliminary understanding of the research phenomenologically. It should be noted here that as author I am also a supporter of engaged Buddhist practice, being a practitioner/researcher (not uncommon in the study of ...
... integrating the empiricism of the practitioners in the research hopefully presents a preliminary understanding of the research phenomenologically. It should be noted here that as author I am also a supporter of engaged Buddhist practice, being a practitioner/researcher (not uncommon in the study of ...
The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology
... of environmental determinism. On the contrary, it points to a f requently over looked but highly significant social as well as environmental relationship be tween the food resources of an ancient society and great new developments in its cultural life . The rice plant had an inherent capacity to p ...
... of environmental determinism. On the contrary, it points to a f requently over looked but highly significant social as well as environmental relationship be tween the food resources of an ancient society and great new developments in its cultural life . The rice plant had an inherent capacity to p ...
A Field Guide to Socially Engaged Buddhism
... able to answer over the course of our inquiry. Sallie King, who has written much on the subject, gives a clear and eloquent expression of this tension: “is there a form of Buddhism with sufficient unity among its various examples and sufficient difference from other forms of Buddhism to go by the si ...
... able to answer over the course of our inquiry. Sallie King, who has written much on the subject, gives a clear and eloquent expression of this tension: “is there a form of Buddhism with sufficient unity among its various examples and sufficient difference from other forms of Buddhism to go by the si ...
Vows and Declarations of Votaries of the Lotus Sutra and
... “Shoju is to be practiced when throughout the entire country only the Lotus Sutra has spread, and when there is not even a single misguided teacher expounding erroneous doctrines…. But the time for shakubuku is very different from this. It is a time when many different sutras and teachings spring up ...
... “Shoju is to be practiced when throughout the entire country only the Lotus Sutra has spread, and when there is not even a single misguided teacher expounding erroneous doctrines…. But the time for shakubuku is very different from this. It is a time when many different sutras and teachings spring up ...
Alternative Traditions
... These reviews (and I would have written more of them if I had had more time), together with a much smaller number of reviews of books which, though not dealing with Buddhism, were of interest from a (Western) Buddhist point of view, made their appearance in the quarterly FWBO Newsletter between the ...
... These reviews (and I would have written more of them if I had had more time), together with a much smaller number of reviews of books which, though not dealing with Buddhism, were of interest from a (Western) Buddhist point of view, made their appearance in the quarterly FWBO Newsletter between the ...
Wu Ch`eng-en`s Monkey as an Allegory for Buddhism
... the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as does the Buddhist expert Pannyavaro. According to Pannyavaro, Guanyin is a Bodhisattva who helps people reach enlightenment due to her compassion for others. In the story, the pilgrims meet with Kuan-yin several times; Kuan-yin intervenes whenever the pilgrims seem ...
... the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as does the Buddhist expert Pannyavaro. According to Pannyavaro, Guanyin is a Bodhisattva who helps people reach enlightenment due to her compassion for others. In the story, the pilgrims meet with Kuan-yin several times; Kuan-yin intervenes whenever the pilgrims seem ...
2010 - Mikaela Campbell
... “According to the Buddha, true satisfaction cannot be found in satisfying the desires of a "self" viewed as separate from everything else; true satisfaction can be found in each moment if life is viewed from the perspective of „no-self.‟” Overcoming the senses enables a Buddhist pilgrim to recognize ...
... “According to the Buddha, true satisfaction cannot be found in satisfying the desires of a "self" viewed as separate from everything else; true satisfaction can be found in each moment if life is viewed from the perspective of „no-self.‟” Overcoming the senses enables a Buddhist pilgrim to recognize ...
Buddhism and its Relationship to Dvaravati Period
... The lay community is meanwhile dependent on the sangha to perform religious rituals and rites of passage, such as funerals and marriage ceremonies, as well an essential educational role, particularly in regard to writing and literacy ( Bechert and Gombrich 1991 : 13–14; Bunnag 1991 : 167). Perhaps e ...
... The lay community is meanwhile dependent on the sangha to perform religious rituals and rites of passage, such as funerals and marriage ceremonies, as well an essential educational role, particularly in regard to writing and literacy ( Bechert and Gombrich 1991 : 13–14; Bunnag 1991 : 167). Perhaps e ...
Laymen saints - The Dharmafarers
... Then there is the second, in-between, group (the lotuses bobbing up and down on the water level), hesitating between the true and the false, wavering between good and evil. They would either be saved or be lost, depending on whether or not they hear the Dharma. To mix the metaphors in a helpful way, ...
... Then there is the second, in-between, group (the lotuses bobbing up and down on the water level), hesitating between the true and the false, wavering between good and evil. They would either be saved or be lost, depending on whether or not they hear the Dharma. To mix the metaphors in a helpful way, ...