Practices and wisdom in Nichiren Buddhism
... I encountered Buddhism and counselling around the same time. While I was an undergraduate university student interested in psychology and counselling, my mother introduced me to an international lay Buddhist organization, the Soka Gakkai International, which belongs to the Japanse school of Buddhism ...
... I encountered Buddhism and counselling around the same time. While I was an undergraduate university student interested in psychology and counselling, my mother introduced me to an international lay Buddhist organization, the Soka Gakkai International, which belongs to the Japanse school of Buddhism ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... Sangha. This institution not only consists of those who have decided to devote their lives to striving for Enlightenment; it also preserves the memory of the Buddha’s Teaching. Thus, in a metaphor central to Buddhism, the Buddha is the great physician, the Dhamma is the remedy he prescribes, the San ...
... Sangha. This institution not only consists of those who have decided to devote their lives to striving for Enlightenment; it also preserves the memory of the Buddha’s Teaching. Thus, in a metaphor central to Buddhism, the Buddha is the great physician, the Dhamma is the remedy he prescribes, the San ...
BSTC6079 Early Buddhism: a doctrinal exposition
... is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materi ...
... is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materi ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materi ...
... is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materi ...
Teachings in Chinese Buddhism
... believers, and eternal fire for un-believers. Human behavior and actions (both in the heart and externally) were not taken as measures for this judgment. The standard of judgment was simply whether one had faith or not. The slogan “Let live the believer, condemn the unbeliever” exhibits a fiercely m ...
... believers, and eternal fire for un-believers. Human behavior and actions (both in the heart and externally) were not taken as measures for this judgment. The standard of judgment was simply whether one had faith or not. The slogan “Let live the believer, condemn the unbeliever” exhibits a fiercely m ...
Selected Translation of Miao-Yun Part One and Two
... believers, and eternal fire for un-believers. Human behavior and actions (both in the heart and externally) were not taken as measures for this judgment. The standard of judgment was simply whether one had faith or not. The slogan “Let live the believer, condemn the unbeliever” exhibits a fiercely m ...
... believers, and eternal fire for un-believers. Human behavior and actions (both in the heart and externally) were not taken as measures for this judgment. The standard of judgment was simply whether one had faith or not. The slogan “Let live the believer, condemn the unbeliever” exhibits a fiercely m ...
The Ch`an Tsung in Medieval China: School, Lineage, or What?
... school that produced it. and even if !he school in question was distinguished chiefly by a shared belief in that lineage. it would be a mistake to think of the membership of the school and that of the lineage as somehow coextensive. For one thing, lineages always included dead people, and schools (a ...
... school that produced it. and even if !he school in question was distinguished chiefly by a shared belief in that lineage. it would be a mistake to think of the membership of the school and that of the lineage as somehow coextensive. For one thing, lineages always included dead people, and schools (a ...
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
... narrative like that of Fa-hien than by reading didactic descriptions and argumentative books. Such has been my own experience. The books which I have consulted for these notes have been many, besides Chinese works. My principal help has been the full and masterly handbook of Eitel, mentioned already ...
... narrative like that of Fa-hien than by reading didactic descriptions and argumentative books. Such has been my own experience. The books which I have consulted for these notes have been many, besides Chinese works. My principal help has been the full and masterly handbook of Eitel, mentioned already ...
The Revival of the Bhikkhuni Order and the Decline of the Sasana
... The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkhun! order with an overall decline of the Dharma or the Buddha’s dispensation is not only that it attributes to the Buddha a prediction that has not come true, but also that it stands in direct opposition to the passages surveyed above, which ...
... The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkhun! order with an overall decline of the Dharma or the Buddha’s dispensation is not only that it attributes to the Buddha a prediction that has not come true, but also that it stands in direct opposition to the passages surveyed above, which ...
Compassion in Buddhist Psychology
... In the path of awakening explained by the Buddha, mindfulness is key. To cultivate mindfulness is to cultivate conscious awareness of present experience without judgment. As noted, the sufferings of transience and self-centered conditioning are mediated by unconscious habits of reification—the mind’ ...
... In the path of awakening explained by the Buddha, mindfulness is key. To cultivate mindfulness is to cultivate conscious awareness of present experience without judgment. As noted, the sufferings of transience and self-centered conditioning are mediated by unconscious habits of reification—the mind’ ...
EMPEROR YONG ZHENG
... self-nature was pure goodness. The two concepts mean the same. Then why do we need Three Teachings? Why do we have so many religions in this world? It is because people are different, thus they must be taught accordingly. Some people choose to adopt Taoism. Some people follow Buddha. Some follow Jes ...
... self-nature was pure goodness. The two concepts mean the same. Then why do we need Three Teachings? Why do we have so many religions in this world? It is because people are different, thus they must be taught accordingly. Some people choose to adopt Taoism. Some people follow Buddha. Some follow Jes ...
Tokharian Buddhism in Kucha - Sino
... Beginning with issue no. 171, Sino-Platonic Papers has been published electronically on the Web at www.sino-platonic.org. Issues 1–170, however, will continue to be sold as paper copies until our stock runs out, after which they too will be made available on the Web. Please note: When the editor goe ...
... Beginning with issue no. 171, Sino-Platonic Papers has been published electronically on the Web at www.sino-platonic.org. Issues 1–170, however, will continue to be sold as paper copies until our stock runs out, after which they too will be made available on the Web. Please note: When the editor goe ...
Buddhist Pilgrimage
... on land, sea or across desert. Nowadays travelling by plane and airconditioned bus is easier and faster, but preparations are essential, especially finding out the significance of each holy shrine. With this knowledge, one is able to associate each place with a certain event in the Buddha’s life and ...
... on land, sea or across desert. Nowadays travelling by plane and airconditioned bus is easier and faster, but preparations are essential, especially finding out the significance of each holy shrine. With this knowledge, one is able to associate each place with a certain event in the Buddha’s life and ...
Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
Buddhism From Within.qxd
... Each of the basic principles discussed in these chapters could well be the topic of a whole book in itself. What is said here is not the final word on anything. And, since one of the interesting things about Buddhism is that it recognizes that no words can completely capture what it is pointing to, ...
... Each of the basic principles discussed in these chapters could well be the topic of a whole book in itself. What is said here is not the final word on anything. And, since one of the interesting things about Buddhism is that it recognizes that no words can completely capture what it is pointing to, ...
Chapter 4 THE CONCEPT OF FAITH IN MAHĀYĀNA BUDDHISM
... disciples. According to some disciples, the teachings in Nikāyas are the thoughts of the Buddha himself, so they thought that, nobody has right to make any change in his thoughts. Some other disciples thought that, in order to preach and spread the thoughts of the Buddha it was necessary to interpre ...
... disciples. According to some disciples, the teachings in Nikāyas are the thoughts of the Buddha himself, so they thought that, nobody has right to make any change in his thoughts. Some other disciples thought that, in order to preach and spread the thoughts of the Buddha it was necessary to interpre ...
The Chinese Buddhist Ritual Field
... supplemented with an examination of broader contexts surrounding rituals. 3 Charting the range, development, meanings, and effects of the Chinese Buddhist cultus falls beyond the scope of this article. Here, my intent is to sketch a significant subset of the contemporary cultus and to describe the m ...
... supplemented with an examination of broader contexts surrounding rituals. 3 Charting the range, development, meanings, and effects of the Chinese Buddhist cultus falls beyond the scope of this article. Here, my intent is to sketch a significant subset of the contemporary cultus and to describe the m ...
Yeshe Tsogyal: Symbol of Female Enlightenment, Empowerment
... endured. However, Yeshe Tsogyal’s story is not one of resignation and despair. On the contrary, she proved that women in dire situations can turn their lives around and not only transcend their unfortunate circumstances but attain high spiritual realizations on the spiritual path. Due to her amazing ...
... endured. However, Yeshe Tsogyal’s story is not one of resignation and despair. On the contrary, she proved that women in dire situations can turn their lives around and not only transcend their unfortunate circumstances but attain high spiritual realizations on the spiritual path. Due to her amazing ...
2) Indian Buddhism - Kagyü Pende Gyamtso
... some modern Buddhists, it also consists of laymen and laywomen, the caretakers of the monks, those who have accepted parts of the monastic code but who have not been ordained as monks or nuns. According to the scriptures, The Buddha presented himself as a model and beso ...
... some modern Buddhists, it also consists of laymen and laywomen, the caretakers of the monks, those who have accepted parts of the monastic code but who have not been ordained as monks or nuns. According to the scriptures, The Buddha presented himself as a model and beso ...
Siddhartha Savage: The Importance of Buddhism in Huxley`s Brave
... systems and the importance of the Middle Way, including discussions of Prince Gotama and the Four Sights in the 1930 essay “Vulagarity in Literature,” and would in turn help to form the centre of Brave New World. Aldous and Maria Huxley’s visit to India most certainly gave rise to elements of Brave ...
... systems and the importance of the Middle Way, including discussions of Prince Gotama and the Four Sights in the 1930 essay “Vulagarity in Literature,” and would in turn help to form the centre of Brave New World. Aldous and Maria Huxley’s visit to India most certainly gave rise to elements of Brave ...
The Sentient Reflexivity of Buddha Nature: Metaphorizing
... says, “Many scholars think that we have Buddha Nature like a seed, and that as we practice, it then transforms into the fully enlightened state. But…this Buddha-nature is not like a seed.”In other words Buddha Nature is not dormant but is rather active and integrally entwined in one’s sentient mode ...
... says, “Many scholars think that we have Buddha Nature like a seed, and that as we practice, it then transforms into the fully enlightened state. But…this Buddha-nature is not like a seed.”In other words Buddha Nature is not dormant but is rather active and integrally entwined in one’s sentient mode ...
Dharma Essays
... craving, grasping, coming to be, birth, and old age and death. Ignorance is not just in the past. It is present now, in each of our cells, and each of our mental formations. If there were no ignorance, we would not become attached to things. If there were not ignorance, we would not grasp the object ...
... craving, grasping, coming to be, birth, and old age and death. Ignorance is not just in the past. It is present now, in each of our cells, and each of our mental formations. If there were no ignorance, we would not become attached to things. If there were not ignorance, we would not grasp the object ...
orthodox chinese buddhism
... to participants in activities sponsored by Dharma Drum Mountain, the Buddhist organization that Sheng Yen founded. The original target audience for the book was Taiwanese intellectuals in the 960s. Yet the questions Sheng Yen raises have continued to be engaging to Chinese-speaking people, both Bud ...
... to participants in activities sponsored by Dharma Drum Mountain, the Buddhist organization that Sheng Yen founded. The original target audience for the book was Taiwanese intellectuals in the 960s. Yet the questions Sheng Yen raises have continued to be engaging to Chinese-speaking people, both Bud ...
No Inner Core
... of objects and persons, and the interior world of ego and self, are only conceptual constructs created by the mind out of the elemental dhammas. Abhidhamma thus restricts itself to terms that are valid from the standpoint of ultimate realities: it describes reality in terms of ultimate truth. Thus ...
... of objects and persons, and the interior world of ego and self, are only conceptual constructs created by the mind out of the elemental dhammas. Abhidhamma thus restricts itself to terms that are valid from the standpoint of ultimate realities: it describes reality in terms of ultimate truth. Thus ...