The Bodhi and the Cross: Icons of the Two Spirit-Odysseys
... The Buddha and Jesus truly provide a tale of two sages from the East, though their vision of man and life show a clear contrast. Both address the basic anthropological enigma of the precariousness of human life and existence. The root causes had to be diagnosed and a therapy prescribed. Jesus came t ...
... The Buddha and Jesus truly provide a tale of two sages from the East, though their vision of man and life show a clear contrast. Both address the basic anthropological enigma of the precariousness of human life and existence. The root causes had to be diagnosed and a therapy prescribed. Jesus came t ...
Unity of Faiths - Buddhism
... compassion to beggars, and showed no interest in adornments or making attachments such as marriage. In parallel with the Buddha who as a young prince was affected by the sight of human suffering, she told her father, the King, that she would only marry if he could promise that the man would save her ...
... compassion to beggars, and showed no interest in adornments or making attachments such as marriage. In parallel with the Buddha who as a young prince was affected by the sight of human suffering, she told her father, the King, that she would only marry if he could promise that the man would save her ...
Siddhartha Gautama
... born in 560 B.C.E. in Lumbini, what is now Nepal. Some legends says that “The Buddha” talked and walked at birth and meditated at a young age. During the celebration of Siddhartha’s birth an unexpected guest, respected by many made his presence, the revered hermit and astrologer “Asita”. He prophesi ...
... born in 560 B.C.E. in Lumbini, what is now Nepal. Some legends says that “The Buddha” talked and walked at birth and meditated at a young age. During the celebration of Siddhartha’s birth an unexpected guest, respected by many made his presence, the revered hermit and astrologer “Asita”. He prophesi ...
Buddhist Examination Study Guide Buddhist Examination Study Guide
... ( T ) 45. To prevent one from going astray in the practice of meditation, one should base his/her practice on the mind of compassion and the observation of pure precepts. ( T ) 46. What arises is subject to change and destruction so nothing is permanent. ( T ) 47. The contribution of Buddhism to the ...
... ( T ) 45. To prevent one from going astray in the practice of meditation, one should base his/her practice on the mind of compassion and the observation of pure precepts. ( T ) 46. What arises is subject to change and destruction so nothing is permanent. ( T ) 47. The contribution of Buddhism to the ...
What Does It Mean To Be Enlightened?
... mind. For most of us, from the time we are born right up to the time of our death, our minds face outwardly, engaged in a tireless quest for pleasure and sensual gratification, for the enhancement of our self, for the confirmation of our sense of ego-identity. Very few people stop and turn around to ...
... mind. For most of us, from the time we are born right up to the time of our death, our minds face outwardly, engaged in a tireless quest for pleasure and sensual gratification, for the enhancement of our self, for the confirmation of our sense of ego-identity. Very few people stop and turn around to ...
The first three topics (the two truths, the four noble truths, and the thre
... Taking refuge in the (causal and resultant) three Jewels constitutes the gateway to Buddhist practice; it is the gateway to entering deeply into the teachings by the Buddha. However, it is not only im ...
... Taking refuge in the (causal and resultant) three Jewels constitutes the gateway to Buddhist practice; it is the gateway to entering deeply into the teachings by the Buddha. However, it is not only im ...
Victor van Bijlert PhD Department of Religious Studies, The VU
... ‘freak of human nature, and that as a religion, utterly unlike any other religion in the world’ (The English Writings, vol 3:491). Rather ‘Buddhism must have its inherent relation and resemblance to that spiritual endeavour in ancient India which led men to leave aside their material possessions an ...
... ‘freak of human nature, and that as a religion, utterly unlike any other religion in the world’ (The English Writings, vol 3:491). Rather ‘Buddhism must have its inherent relation and resemblance to that spiritual endeavour in ancient India which led men to leave aside their material possessions an ...
wesak - PowerPoint - Full Moon Meditations
... such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadness, fear, frustration, disappointment, and depression. Although there are different degrees of suffering and there are also positive experiences in life that we perceive ...
... such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadness, fear, frustration, disappointment, and depression. Although there are different degrees of suffering and there are also positive experiences in life that we perceive ...
File - World Religions
... benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha). In early Indian Buddhism, the term was used to refer specifically to Buddha in his former lives. These stories are told in the Jataka tal ...
... benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha). In early Indian Buddhism, the term was used to refer specifically to Buddha in his former lives. These stories are told in the Jataka tal ...
Taking Refuge: Where Practice Begins
... means that we commit ourselves to that effort, knowing that what we learn will help us along the way. By the Sangha we may mean several things. Traditionally the Sangha means all those over the last 2500 years who have reached enlightenment by following the Buddha’s teachings. Knowing that all these ...
... means that we commit ourselves to that effort, knowing that what we learn will help us along the way. By the Sangha we may mean several things. Traditionally the Sangha means all those over the last 2500 years who have reached enlightenment by following the Buddha’s teachings. Knowing that all these ...
recent writing on the anthropology of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
... descent to the Buddha himself; the island's monasteries and temples, many of them controlling large areas of productive land, were in the hands of an odd group of semi-monks known as ganninanse, who administered monastic property but had lost both the tradition of ordination and the commitment to ce ...
... descent to the Buddha himself; the island's monasteries and temples, many of them controlling large areas of productive land, were in the hands of an odd group of semi-monks known as ganninanse, who administered monastic property but had lost both the tradition of ordination and the commitment to ce ...
What Is Buddhism? - Southwark Diocesan Board of Education
... Key Questions: (opportunities for discussions / debates) Where is the right and wrong in this story? What would you have done the same / differently? When was the last time that you showed an act of random kindness? What did you do? How did it make you feel? Why is this story important to ...
... Key Questions: (opportunities for discussions / debates) Where is the right and wrong in this story? What would you have done the same / differently? When was the last time that you showed an act of random kindness? What did you do? How did it make you feel? Why is this story important to ...
Buddhism: The Call to Awaken
... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHSfiK AtPzk – Written reflection: How is Tom’s experience ...
... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHSfiK AtPzk – Written reflection: How is Tom’s experience ...
the significance of pagoda
... built a stupa over it and paid homage to it. In the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, the Buddha is represented as saying that there were four classes of people who were worthy of being honoured by having stupas built over their remains, namely Buddhas, pacceka Buddhas, Arahants and universal monarchs. Jainism ...
... built a stupa over it and paid homage to it. In the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, the Buddha is represented as saying that there were four classes of people who were worthy of being honoured by having stupas built over their remains, namely Buddhas, pacceka Buddhas, Arahants and universal monarchs. Jainism ...
Asian Studies Colloquium Syllabus
... 2) Weekly one-page reflection papers on the impact that week’s text has had on you and how you think the text made your reaction possible. In particular, attend to how the text made you feel certain things and what literary techniques it employed to do so. More details forthcoming. The first reflect ...
... 2) Weekly one-page reflection papers on the impact that week’s text has had on you and how you think the text made your reaction possible. In particular, attend to how the text made you feel certain things and what literary techniques it employed to do so. More details forthcoming. The first reflect ...
The masters go West: A story of Buddhism`s adaptation to new
... sustainable development which coincides with the respect of nature, all sentient beings and non attachement to material possession which are two Buddhist concepts. The notion that modern civilisation and the supremacy of economy created a deep "mal de vivre" was debated in Europe in the late 1980s b ...
... sustainable development which coincides with the respect of nature, all sentient beings and non attachement to material possession which are two Buddhist concepts. The notion that modern civilisation and the supremacy of economy created a deep "mal de vivre" was debated in Europe in the late 1980s b ...
CONTENTS What is Buddhism? The Four Noble Truths The
... conditions created by his father, to shelter him from the realities of life. While being driven in his carriage outside the palace he saw four signs which changed his view of the world: an old man, a sick person, a corpse and an ascetic. At the age of twenty-nine he decided to renounce the world to ...
... conditions created by his father, to shelter him from the realities of life. While being driven in his carriage outside the palace he saw four signs which changed his view of the world: an old man, a sick person, a corpse and an ascetic. At the age of twenty-nine he decided to renounce the world to ...
Voice of Buddha CD Booklet
... enough. We have to approach it not just from the head but also from the heart – even the belly. The responses he evokes are therefore heartfelt and visceral. He pulls off the truly unusual feat of being simultaneously scholarly and vivid; deeply traditional and yet bang up to the minute. As it deve ...
... enough. We have to approach it not just from the head but also from the heart – even the belly. The responses he evokes are therefore heartfelt and visceral. He pulls off the truly unusual feat of being simultaneously scholarly and vivid; deeply traditional and yet bang up to the minute. As it deve ...
Buddhist Views on Overcoming Obstacles to Universal Friendship
... are the outsiders, that is, those who have not chosen to become Buddhist.4 It is worth noting that the logic of the texts we have examined so far lead to the conclusion that one can be a true monk, and therefore a true Brahman, only by choice, never by birth; this amounts to saying that one cannot b ...
... are the outsiders, that is, those who have not chosen to become Buddhist.4 It is worth noting that the logic of the texts we have examined so far lead to the conclusion that one can be a true monk, and therefore a true Brahman, only by choice, never by birth; this amounts to saying that one cannot b ...
Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures: Essays on Theories and Practices
... lume (Between Cultures: Buddhism and Psychotherapy in the TwentyFirst Century, Boston University, September 10-11, 2004) was unique most importantly because the participants submitted their presentation papers ahead of time and all participants read them beforehand so they could meet in seminar form ...
... lume (Between Cultures: Buddhism and Psychotherapy in the TwentyFirst Century, Boston University, September 10-11, 2004) was unique most importantly because the participants submitted their presentation papers ahead of time and all participants read them beforehand so they could meet in seminar form ...
YEAR 6 Unit A2 – The Buddhist Community
... “To the Buddha for refuge I go” “To the Dhamma for refuge I go” “To the Sangha for refuge I go” For Buddhists these are a refuge because they are ‘the only sure things in life, which can be relied on to bring them happiness’. The Sangha is the community, or fellowship, of those who follow the teachi ...
... “To the Buddha for refuge I go” “To the Dhamma for refuge I go” “To the Sangha for refuge I go” For Buddhists these are a refuge because they are ‘the only sure things in life, which can be relied on to bring them happiness’. The Sangha is the community, or fellowship, of those who follow the teachi ...
Buddhism
... The third of the trainings was wisdom - a product of the first two trainings. It represented the highest stage of spiritual cultivation and progress. The laity, due to lack of skill in meditation, were not expected to reach the same depth of wisdom as monks or nuns, but could work towards a good reb ...
... The third of the trainings was wisdom - a product of the first two trainings. It represented the highest stage of spiritual cultivation and progress. The laity, due to lack of skill in meditation, were not expected to reach the same depth of wisdom as monks or nuns, but could work towards a good reb ...
Arhats in Buddhism
... In early Indian Buddhism, arhatship was dependent on freeing oneself of the “fetters”--the mental bonds that kept one bound to samsāra.11 However, the difference between the Theravada arhat and the Mahāyāna bodhisattva is that arhatship placed an emphasis on individual salvation.12 In Mahāyāna Buddh ...
... In early Indian Buddhism, arhatship was dependent on freeing oneself of the “fetters”--the mental bonds that kept one bound to samsāra.11 However, the difference between the Theravada arhat and the Mahāyāna bodhisattva is that arhatship placed an emphasis on individual salvation.12 In Mahāyāna Buddh ...
Chapter Two THE BUDDHIST CONCEPT OF LIBERATION IN THE
... around Magadha and finally settled at a place called Uruvelā, the market town of Senāni for a new spiritual trip. Here he made up his mind to devote himself to the severest forms of asceticism that had been generally believed to be the best way to attain liberation. The Buddha’s practices of ascetic ...
... around Magadha and finally settled at a place called Uruvelā, the market town of Senāni for a new spiritual trip. Here he made up his mind to devote himself to the severest forms of asceticism that had been generally believed to be the best way to attain liberation. The Buddha’s practices of ascetic ...
DAOIST CHONGXUAN (TWOFOLD MYSTERY) THOUGHT AND
... exchange between Buddhism and Daoism. The representatives of the three teachings (Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism) found an opportunity to explain their teachings as well as defend accusations against them, demonstrated the significant influence of the state on religion. They certainly played a s ...
... exchange between Buddhism and Daoism. The representatives of the three teachings (Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism) found an opportunity to explain their teachings as well as defend accusations against them, demonstrated the significant influence of the state on religion. They certainly played a s ...