Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
... The notion of nirvana originally used the image of extinguishing a fire. Although the attainment of nirvana, ultimate liberation, is the focus of the Buddha’s teaching, its interpretation has been a constant problem to Buddhist exegetes, and has changed in different historical and doctrinal contexts. ...
... The notion of nirvana originally used the image of extinguishing a fire. Although the attainment of nirvana, ultimate liberation, is the focus of the Buddha’s teaching, its interpretation has been a constant problem to Buddhist exegetes, and has changed in different historical and doctrinal contexts. ...
Story of the Nun Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā
... have proven to possess considerable, enduring appeal. Exceptional even by these high standards is Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā, as she is author, protagonist, or inspirer of some of the world’s earliest poetry by women, of a great epic dedicated to her and of popular songs and movies that are still played in ...
... have proven to possess considerable, enduring appeal. Exceptional even by these high standards is Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā, as she is author, protagonist, or inspirer of some of the world’s earliest poetry by women, of a great epic dedicated to her and of popular songs and movies that are still played in ...
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... published outside their own country to keep up in their fields—a quite astounding finding of disinterest in their profession beyond national borders, and possibly indicative of ethnocentrism ([8], p. 6). This is disturbing, given the fact that part of our obligation as teachers is to educate student ...
... published outside their own country to keep up in their fields—a quite astounding finding of disinterest in their profession beyond national borders, and possibly indicative of ethnocentrism ([8], p. 6). This is disturbing, given the fact that part of our obligation as teachers is to educate student ...
歷屆英文考題(至2016年)
... 1) A true Buddhist is the happiest of beings. He has no fears. He is always calm and cannot be upset by changes. It is because he sees things as they are. 2) At the beginning you will find it difficult to concentrate on your breathing. You will be surprised how your mind runs away. But if you contin ...
... 1) A true Buddhist is the happiest of beings. He has no fears. He is always calm and cannot be upset by changes. It is because he sees things as they are. 2) At the beginning you will find it difficult to concentrate on your breathing. You will be surprised how your mind runs away. But if you contin ...
An introduction to the origin of Buddhist Stupa
... railing fence around the mound and umbrella. In addition, there are also other features; they are enclosure wall (torana-s) and circular terrace (medhi). How the Buddhist got the stupa with umbrella, four gates and circumference fence around the stupa is hushed question unless a person is familiar f ...
... railing fence around the mound and umbrella. In addition, there are also other features; they are enclosure wall (torana-s) and circular terrace (medhi). How the Buddhist got the stupa with umbrella, four gates and circumference fence around the stupa is hushed question unless a person is familiar f ...
digitising_skt_buddhist_texts
... other texts from Chinese sources In viewing the above literature it is quite difficult for us to decide which of these texts is original and whether the texts got enlarged or abridged in course of time to suit the varying degrees or capacity of devotees. The traditional view seems to take Satasahasr ...
... other texts from Chinese sources In viewing the above literature it is quite difficult for us to decide which of these texts is original and whether the texts got enlarged or abridged in course of time to suit the varying degrees or capacity of devotees. The traditional view seems to take Satasahasr ...
„What is Mahāyāna? And what are Mahāyāna scriptures?“ (Part II)
... knowledge, those new theses, in part themselves polemical, that have put those older pictures to the test, doubted them, attacked them fundamentally, or even entirely destroyed them. Among them there is also the suggestion that „Mahāyāna“ could have been kind of a rebellious or insurgent movement in ...
... knowledge, those new theses, in part themselves polemical, that have put those older pictures to the test, doubted them, attacked them fundamentally, or even entirely destroyed them. Among them there is also the suggestion that „Mahāyāna“ could have been kind of a rebellious or insurgent movement in ...
Title Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten: origin and meaning of Buddhist
... (Buddha’s teachings). Adrian Snodgrass1 expressed in the “Symbolism of the Stupa” that the philosophy of Tathagatagarbha revealed “a conjunctively whole universe” to effect interdependence of everything that constitute it. Hence, like Zen Buddhism, everyone has the Buddha nature. Not so, even an ins ...
... (Buddha’s teachings). Adrian Snodgrass1 expressed in the “Symbolism of the Stupa” that the philosophy of Tathagatagarbha revealed “a conjunctively whole universe” to effect interdependence of everything that constitute it. Hence, like Zen Buddhism, everyone has the Buddha nature. Not so, even an ins ...
Title Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten: origin and meaning of Buddhist
... (Buddha’s teachings). Adrian Snodgrass1 expressed in the “Symbolism of the Stupa” that the philosophy of Tathagatagarbha revealed “a conjunctively whole universe” to effect interdependence of everything that constitute it. Hence, like Zen Buddhism, everyone has the Buddha nature. Not so, even an ins ...
... (Buddha’s teachings). Adrian Snodgrass1 expressed in the “Symbolism of the Stupa” that the philosophy of Tathagatagarbha revealed “a conjunctively whole universe” to effect interdependence of everything that constitute it. Hence, like Zen Buddhism, everyone has the Buddha nature. Not so, even an ins ...
1 Website of BESS (Buddhist Education Services for Schools Inc
... necessarily mean that such a person is a practising Buddhist. In the same way you can belong to another religion, yet you could be practising teachings of the Buddha. To that extent you will ...
... necessarily mean that such a person is a practising Buddhist. In the same way you can belong to another religion, yet you could be practising teachings of the Buddha. To that extent you will ...
Neither the Same nor the Other
... Is it because for as long as we live we have to constantly ask ourselves: “What is the truth?” Despite this insatiable curiosity, I will, in the discussion that follows, leave the question of the “hereafter” reality of near death experiences in the so-called phenomenological “bracket” (epoché), and ...
... Is it because for as long as we live we have to constantly ask ourselves: “What is the truth?” Despite this insatiable curiosity, I will, in the discussion that follows, leave the question of the “hereafter” reality of near death experiences in the so-called phenomenological “bracket” (epoché), and ...
charles s. prebish - Penn State`s history department
... "The Cybersangha: Buddhism on the Internet." In Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet. Edited by Lorne Dawson and Douglas Cowan. New York: Routledge, 2004, pp. 135-147. "Varying the Vinaya: Creative Responses on Modernity." In Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Traditio ...
... "The Cybersangha: Buddhism on the Internet." In Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet. Edited by Lorne Dawson and Douglas Cowan. New York: Routledge, 2004, pp. 135-147. "Varying the Vinaya: Creative Responses on Modernity." In Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Traditio ...
in practice - Edward Reid Engineering
... All major Buddhist traditions acknowledge the foundation of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This book draws upon the wisdom of these richly diverse traditions, through abundant quotes interspersed throughout, to create “one sangha.” Although all traditions acknowledge the underpinning ...
... All major Buddhist traditions acknowledge the foundation of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This book draws upon the wisdom of these richly diverse traditions, through abundant quotes interspersed throughout, to create “one sangha.” Although all traditions acknowledge the underpinning ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series ARC2014-1094
... (Buddha’s teachings). Adrian Snodgrass1 expressed in the “Symbolism of the Stupa” that the philosophy of Tathagatagarbha revealed “a conjunctively whole universe” to effect interdependence of everything that constitute it. Hence, like Zen Buddhism, everyone has the Buddha nature. Not so, even an ins ...
... (Buddha’s teachings). Adrian Snodgrass1 expressed in the “Symbolism of the Stupa” that the philosophy of Tathagatagarbha revealed “a conjunctively whole universe” to effect interdependence of everything that constitute it. Hence, like Zen Buddhism, everyone has the Buddha nature. Not so, even an ins ...
File - INTERNATIONAL CH`AN BUDDHISM INSTITUTE
... diverse range of Buddhistic philosophy and meditational derived subjects. Ch’an Master Ru Xiang is this edition’s featured teacher. He offers an explanation of ‘Sila’ or ‘moral discipline’ as the foundation for a good and efficient meditation practice. This is in accordance with the teaching of Mast ...
... diverse range of Buddhistic philosophy and meditational derived subjects. Ch’an Master Ru Xiang is this edition’s featured teacher. He offers an explanation of ‘Sila’ or ‘moral discipline’ as the foundation for a good and efficient meditation practice. This is in accordance with the teaching of Mast ...
Contributions to the Study of Popular Buddhism: The Newar
... showed to me while I researched Buddhism in their community. My studies would not have been possible without the kind toleration and guidance of countless other individuals in Katmandu's Buddhist community and I thank the beloved Newar upasakas. I am also grateful to acknowledge research funding fro ...
... showed to me while I researched Buddhism in their community. My studies would not have been possible without the kind toleration and guidance of countless other individuals in Katmandu's Buddhist community and I thank the beloved Newar upasakas. I am also grateful to acknowledge research funding fro ...
Six Perfections - The Huntington Archive
... persuade oneself that it is never appropriate to become angry. The Buddhist texts give many examples of this inner debate to be reflected on in order to develop and increase patience. One of the popular examples is that of an angry person hitting you with a stick: When an angry person is hitting yo ...
... persuade oneself that it is never appropriate to become angry. The Buddhist texts give many examples of this inner debate to be reflected on in order to develop and increase patience. One of the popular examples is that of an angry person hitting you with a stick: When an angry person is hitting yo ...
Current Issue - Buddhism in Ottawa
... throughout the week during the sittings and the walking meditation is much harder, and perhaps not really something that can be shared. Certainly I experienced no flashing of white light as one person reported -- and which Ajahn Sona explained can be a sign that one has moved to a deeper state of co ...
... throughout the week during the sittings and the walking meditation is much harder, and perhaps not really something that can be shared. Certainly I experienced no flashing of white light as one person reported -- and which Ajahn Sona explained can be a sign that one has moved to a deeper state of co ...
Learning the Buddha`s Great Compassion
... of oso and genso, where oso is the state of departing this world for the Pure Land, while genso is that of returning from it to a worldly existence, both originally emanating from the single source of Amida Buddha. The reason for returning is to seek salvation for those suffering in this world. Reve ...
... of oso and genso, where oso is the state of departing this world for the Pure Land, while genso is that of returning from it to a worldly existence, both originally emanating from the single source of Amida Buddha. The reason for returning is to seek salvation for those suffering in this world. Reve ...
Three Dimensions of Buddhist Studies
... whole of the Tibetan Buddhist medical tradition, may be cited as an instance of Buddhist teachings, for, according to Tibetan Buddhist tradition, they are attributed, to the Buddha himself (Clark: 10).4 Insofar as health maintenance is viewed by Buddhists simply as a means to assist them in their pu ...
... whole of the Tibetan Buddhist medical tradition, may be cited as an instance of Buddhist teachings, for, according to Tibetan Buddhist tradition, they are attributed, to the Buddha himself (Clark: 10).4 Insofar as health maintenance is viewed by Buddhists simply as a means to assist them in their pu ...
Justice, Kamma and Dhamma: Does Kamma in
... fatalistic and too deterministic. It is true that in the Indian religious tradition such theories of karma are not unknown. But the same does not hold for the Buddhist theory of karma articulated in various discourses in the Pali canon. We have to admit that there can be a gap between the ‘ideal’ th ...
... fatalistic and too deterministic. It is true that in the Indian religious tradition such theories of karma are not unknown. But the same does not hold for the Buddhist theory of karma articulated in various discourses in the Pali canon. We have to admit that there can be a gap between the ‘ideal’ th ...
Japanese Buddhism and the Meiji Restoration
... “nothingness” theories of Kitaro Nishida, to entirely academic interpretations of Buddhism based on Master Någårjuna’s M‡lamadhyamakakårikå, which came through Chinese (Tr: Kumåraj·va) and was translated into Japanese as the “Churon.” Studying these different theories in modern-day Japan will not yi ...
... “nothingness” theories of Kitaro Nishida, to entirely academic interpretations of Buddhism based on Master Någårjuna’s M‡lamadhyamakakårikå, which came through Chinese (Tr: Kumåraj·va) and was translated into Japanese as the “Churon.” Studying these different theories in modern-day Japan will not yi ...
As mentioned in the verse of The Foundation of All Good Qualities:-
... the emptiness of persons and the emptiness of the aggregates in order to achieve liberation. ~ Knowledge obscurations What is a knowledge obscuration? There is this mistake or fault that is the appearance of true existence. Whatever appears to us sentient beings always appears to be truly existent. ...
... the emptiness of persons and the emptiness of the aggregates in order to achieve liberation. ~ Knowledge obscurations What is a knowledge obscuration? There is this mistake or fault that is the appearance of true existence. Whatever appears to us sentient beings always appears to be truly existent. ...
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya
... was on this basis that the 250oth anniversary of his passing into final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. Hi ...
... was on this basis that the 250oth anniversary of his passing into final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. Hi ...