The Wisdom November 2010 - Leicester Buddhist Vihara
... bear results (Vipaka) in this life. All the other kamma will pass over to the very next birth or to any future birth until one attains the final liberation of Nibbana. Most of our kamma falls into indefinitely effective category; very few of bad kamma will bear bad fruit in this life. This is one po ...
... bear results (Vipaka) in this life. All the other kamma will pass over to the very next birth or to any future birth until one attains the final liberation of Nibbana. Most of our kamma falls into indefinitely effective category; very few of bad kamma will bear bad fruit in this life. This is one po ...
Buddhism Reconsidered - Digital Commons @ Liberty University
... elucidating tIlese early ideas tIlrough comparisons WitIl modem philosophers like Wittgenstein, Quine, and William James. The tIlesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter introduces early Buddhist philosophy, giving tile necessary background for later criticisms. The last iliree chapters ...
... elucidating tIlese early ideas tIlrough comparisons WitIl modem philosophers like Wittgenstein, Quine, and William James. The tIlesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter introduces early Buddhist philosophy, giving tile necessary background for later criticisms. The last iliree chapters ...
Buddhism: The Awakening of Wisdom and Compassion
... wisdom of knowing the discriminative aspect of all existences, the wisdom of Bodhisattvas. How did these phenomena arise? From where? In what way? What were their results? Third, “Overall and Perfect Knowledge Wisdom” is the exhaustive and perfect perception and comprehension of the truth of life a ...
... wisdom of knowing the discriminative aspect of all existences, the wisdom of Bodhisattvas. How did these phenomena arise? From where? In what way? What were their results? Third, “Overall and Perfect Knowledge Wisdom” is the exhaustive and perfect perception and comprehension of the truth of life a ...
Rethinking, Protecting and Transmitting the Tangible and
... today of modern scientific and technical methods, the statue is essentially preserved. Yet, since there has been no awareness to further research and protection of the spirit of the Giant Buddha, some elements which constitute that spirit were ignored or even damaged. These included the natural envi ...
... today of modern scientific and technical methods, the statue is essentially preserved. Yet, since there has been no awareness to further research and protection of the spirit of the Giant Buddha, some elements which constitute that spirit were ignored or even damaged. These included the natural envi ...
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 ...
Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Then Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī approached the Buddha again, paid homage with her head at the Buddha’s feet and, standing back to one side, said: “Blessed One, can women attain the four fruits of recluse-ship? For that reason, [can] women in this right teaching and discipline leave the household out of fai ...
... Then Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī approached the Buddha again, paid homage with her head at the Buddha’s feet and, standing back to one side, said: “Blessed One, can women attain the four fruits of recluse-ship? For that reason, [can] women in this right teaching and discipline leave the household out of fai ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... course to be taken in relation to her following of 500 Sàkyan women, who had come together with her in quest of higher ordination. In reply to this question, the Buddha promulgated Cv X.2, according to which bhikkhus on their own should give the higher ordination to female candidates. Considering th ...
... course to be taken in relation to her following of 500 Sàkyan women, who had come together with her in quest of higher ordination. In reply to this question, the Buddha promulgated Cv X.2, according to which bhikkhus on their own should give the higher ordination to female candidates. Considering th ...
skillful means - The Dharmafarers
... 14 RENUNCIATION. Bhikshus, later, while still young, a black-haired young man endowed with the blessing of youth, in the prime of life, though my mother and father wished otherwise and wept with tearful faces, I shaved off my hair and beard, put on the saffron robe, and went forth from the household ...
... 14 RENUNCIATION. Bhikshus, later, while still young, a black-haired young man endowed with the blessing of youth, in the prime of life, though my mother and father wished otherwise and wept with tearful faces, I shaved off my hair and beard, put on the saffron robe, and went forth from the household ...
Buddhism and Western Psychology
... Dalai Lama continually stresses that his approach to Buddhism is about increasing happiness. Padmasiri de Silva (2000) points out how more attention is given to psychology in Buddhism than in any other major spiritual discipline. Levine (2000) suggests a number of commonalities between Buddhism and ...
... Dalai Lama continually stresses that his approach to Buddhism is about increasing happiness. Padmasiri de Silva (2000) points out how more attention is given to psychology in Buddhism than in any other major spiritual discipline. Levine (2000) suggests a number of commonalities between Buddhism and ...
astract - University of West Florida
... Dalai Lama continually stresses that his approach to Buddhism is about increasing happiness. Padmasiri de Silva (2000) points out how more attention is given to psychology in Buddhism than in any other major spiritual discipline. Levine (2000) suggests a number of commonalities between Buddhism and ...
... Dalai Lama continually stresses that his approach to Buddhism is about increasing happiness. Padmasiri de Silva (2000) points out how more attention is given to psychology in Buddhism than in any other major spiritual discipline. Levine (2000) suggests a number of commonalities between Buddhism and ...
Mahayana Buddhism
... only by Buddhas. He was elated at the hope held out by Buddha Sakyasirpha that he would also in due course become a Buddha. He had no more doubt about the truth and solemnity of the words of Buddha, and he would never mistake those as the beguiles of Mara. He was reminded by Buddha that he had forgo ...
... only by Buddhas. He was elated at the hope held out by Buddha Sakyasirpha that he would also in due course become a Buddha. He had no more doubt about the truth and solemnity of the words of Buddha, and he would never mistake those as the beguiles of Mara. He was reminded by Buddha that he had forgo ...
Robert F. RHODES - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese
... born in India, had become a major presence in the Chinese religious scene by this time, and the Japanese quickly adopted it as the most advanced spiritual system then available. While the so-called “Six Nara Schools” 1 are usually cited as the representative schools of Buddhism during the Nara perio ...
... born in India, had become a major presence in the Chinese religious scene by this time, and the Japanese quickly adopted it as the most advanced spiritual system then available. While the so-called “Six Nara Schools” 1 are usually cited as the representative schools of Buddhism during the Nara perio ...
Sutra of the Medicine Buddha
... tive karma changes for the good. “The drifting life is cast aside for one of spiritual dedication” (John Blofeld). With the removal of greed, anger and delusion, most other illnesses, however physical their symptoms, are also eventually cured. b) Transference of merit Some of us may ask whether the ...
... tive karma changes for the good. “The drifting life is cast aside for one of spiritual dedication” (John Blofeld). With the removal of greed, anger and delusion, most other illnesses, however physical their symptoms, are also eventually cured. b) Transference of merit Some of us may ask whether the ...
Be a Lamp Upon Yourself
... In the Buddha's time, He once came across the village of the Kalama’s. The Kalama’s were among the smartest and most intellectual people in India. Together, they went to ask the Buddha, "How do we know what you teach is true? All the other spiritual teachers (there were more than 60 religious belief ...
... In the Buddha's time, He once came across the village of the Kalama’s. The Kalama’s were among the smartest and most intellectual people in India. Together, they went to ask the Buddha, "How do we know what you teach is true? All the other spiritual teachers (there were more than 60 religious belief ...
The Buddha - JBE Online Books
... The most recent research, however, suggests that these dates are too early and that the Buddha may have lived closer to our own time, perhaps from 490-410 B.C.E., or 480-400 B.C.E. Chronological precision is not really possible since due to the nature of the sources all dates from this period are ac ...
... The most recent research, however, suggests that these dates are too early and that the Buddha may have lived closer to our own time, perhaps from 490-410 B.C.E., or 480-400 B.C.E. Chronological precision is not really possible since due to the nature of the sources all dates from this period are ac ...
The Relocalization of Buddhism in Thailand
... areas where the process of change has been most intense, and among a growing urban middle class (Suwanna 1990). These have been described by Pattana (2005:462) as emerging forms of “civic religion” which may have little to do with mainstream Buddhism, or “civil religion.” Swearer (1999:224) claims t ...
... areas where the process of change has been most intense, and among a growing urban middle class (Suwanna 1990). These have been described by Pattana (2005:462) as emerging forms of “civic religion” which may have little to do with mainstream Buddhism, or “civil religion.” Swearer (1999:224) claims t ...
The Middle Way
... these characteristics? Take your time and see if you can find it. For most Buddhists the absence of self becomes clear as we can meditate on how all phenomena arise, endure, and pass away. It is actually much easier to test than what you may think. Take any thought on your mind, take any feeling you ...
... these characteristics? Take your time and see if you can find it. For most Buddhists the absence of self becomes clear as we can meditate on how all phenomena arise, endure, and pass away. It is actually much easier to test than what you may think. Take any thought on your mind, take any feeling you ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... would be called Dharma masters or Fashi. They are like teachers whose lectures we do not attend or those who do not directly teach us. All these terms are characteristics of education and are not found in religion. For further examples of how Buddhism is an education, we can examine Chinese way plac ...
... would be called Dharma masters or Fashi. They are like teachers whose lectures we do not attend or those who do not directly teach us. All these terms are characteristics of education and are not found in religion. For further examples of how Buddhism is an education, we can examine Chinese way plac ...
Laymen saints - The Dharmafarers
... blame and fear in the otherworld. This too may refer to the rich field, especially those who at once awaken upon hearing the teaching. It is for the sake of the rich fields, for the love of the medium fields and not forgetting the poor fields that the Buddha resolves ―to set the wheel of truth in mo ...
... blame and fear in the otherworld. This too may refer to the rich field, especially those who at once awaken upon hearing the teaching. It is for the sake of the rich fields, for the love of the medium fields and not forgetting the poor fields that the Buddha resolves ―to set the wheel of truth in mo ...
The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... The ascetics knew only asceticism. Picking up his staff and begging bowl, he left themand his five disciples, disillusioned, left him. With Sujata's food in his hands, he sat down under the sacred Bo-tree. For he wanted to eat it undisturbed. There he was assailed by Mara the temptress. "She came to ...
... The ascetics knew only asceticism. Picking up his staff and begging bowl, he left themand his five disciples, disillusioned, left him. With Sujata's food in his hands, he sat down under the sacred Bo-tree. For he wanted to eat it undisturbed. There he was assailed by Mara the temptress. "She came to ...
The Dhammapada
... The ascetics knew only asceticism. Picking up his staff and begging bowl, he left themand his five disciples, disillusioned, left him. With Sujata's food in his hands, he sat down under the sacred Bo-tree. For he wanted to eat it undisturbed. There he was assailed by Mara the temptress. "She came to ...
... The ascetics knew only asceticism. Picking up his staff and begging bowl, he left themand his five disciples, disillusioned, left him. With Sujata's food in his hands, he sat down under the sacred Bo-tree. For he wanted to eat it undisturbed. There he was assailed by Mara the temptress. "She came to ...
Suttas as History: Four Approaches to the "Sermon on the Noble
... tradition,the bulk of the seventeen thousand-oddsuttasin the Tipitakahave become increasingly irrelevantto historiansworking in the field. As one of those historians, and despite my wholeheartedsupportfor attempts at recovering a postcanonical TheravadaBuddhist history, I find this fact unsettling. ...
... tradition,the bulk of the seventeen thousand-oddsuttasin the Tipitakahave become increasingly irrelevantto historiansworking in the field. As one of those historians, and despite my wholeheartedsupportfor attempts at recovering a postcanonical TheravadaBuddhist history, I find this fact unsettling. ...
Reconstructing the Confucian Dao
... as he matured he came to direct his efforts primarily toward the moral and cultural “self-strengthening” (to use a nineteenth-century term) that he felt was necessary for Song China to regain its rightful place in the world.3 In Analects 18:6, Confucius is quoted as saying, “If the Way prevailed in ...
... as he matured he came to direct his efforts primarily toward the moral and cultural “self-strengthening” (to use a nineteenth-century term) that he felt was necessary for Song China to regain its rightful place in the world.3 In Analects 18:6, Confucius is quoted as saying, “If the Way prevailed in ...
a facilitator`s guide to
... The third great Buddhist king, Tri Ralpachen, was a grandson of King Trisong Detsen. Said to be an emanation of Vajrapani, he ruled Tibet from 815 to 838, when forces threatened by the spread of ...
... The third great Buddhist king, Tri Ralpachen, was a grandson of King Trisong Detsen. Said to be an emanation of Vajrapani, he ruled Tibet from 815 to 838, when forces threatened by the spread of ...
The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of
... get support and give blessings and deliver others.” He rose from his seat and with the monks returned to his hometown, staying at the root of a tree in a forest. His parents heard of this and ordered his wife: “Adorn yourself, putting on the clothes and ornaments that our son was fond of when at hom ...
... get support and give blessings and deliver others.” He rose from his seat and with the monks returned to his hometown, staying at the root of a tree in a forest. His parents heard of this and ordered his wife: “Adorn yourself, putting on the clothes and ornaments that our son was fond of when at hom ...