The Phor Tay Experience - Than Hsiang Research Center
... devoted their whole life to Phor Tay to promote Buddhist education in Penang. In 1937 Venerable Fa Fang was instructed by his master Venerable Tai Xu (太虚大师) to come to South Asia and India to preach Mahayana Buddhism. When he was preaching in Phor Tay Institution, he encouraged the members to progre ...
... devoted their whole life to Phor Tay to promote Buddhist education in Penang. In 1937 Venerable Fa Fang was instructed by his master Venerable Tai Xu (太虚大师) to come to South Asia and India to preach Mahayana Buddhism. When he was preaching in Phor Tay Institution, he encouraged the members to progre ...
Ruppert , Brian - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... 一 a Buddha relic fashioned into a jewel~was enshrined there.1 In this paper, I will examine the relationship between the Japanese royal regalia一 the so-called mirror, sword, and jewel— and Buddhism by analyzing representations of the wish-fulfilling jewel in the medieval era. Through tracing the gen ...
... 一 a Buddha relic fashioned into a jewel~was enshrined there.1 In this paper, I will examine the relationship between the Japanese royal regalia一 the so-called mirror, sword, and jewel— and Buddhism by analyzing representations of the wish-fulfilling jewel in the medieval era. Through tracing the gen ...
BE2 Mr Lye Voon Seong-Buddhism and Education
... members decided to convert the free school into a proper primary school. In 1946 through the effort of Wang Nong Shu, Chen Shao Ying and others, the Bodhi Primary School was successfully registered as a subsidiary of the Phor Tay Institution. After its registration, the primary school immediately s ...
... members decided to convert the free school into a proper primary school. In 1946 through the effort of Wang Nong Shu, Chen Shao Ying and others, the Bodhi Primary School was successfully registered as a subsidiary of the Phor Tay Institution. After its registration, the primary school immediately s ...
The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
... Some call it "seeing," some call it "knowing," and some describe it in religious terms. Whatever the name, it is our reach for a new level of consciousness. Of the many forms this search has taken, perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a ...
... Some call it "seeing," some call it "knowing," and some describe it in religious terms. Whatever the name, it is our reach for a new level of consciousness. Of the many forms this search has taken, perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a ...
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... Some call it "seeing," some call it "knowing," and some describe it in religious terms. Whatever the name, it is our reach for a new level of consciousness. Of the many forms this search has taken, perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a ...
... Some call it "seeing," some call it "knowing," and some describe it in religious terms. Whatever the name, it is our reach for a new level of consciousness. Of the many forms this search has taken, perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a ...
Ancient Chinese philosophical advice: Can it help us find happiness
... Great abundance seems empty, but does not fail. Great truth seems contradictory, great cleverness seems stupid, great eloquence seems awkward.”(Laotze, Tao The Ching). But no social condition could limit our efforts to be happy, we can lose anything in society, but still be happy. Taoism distinguis ...
... Great abundance seems empty, but does not fail. Great truth seems contradictory, great cleverness seems stupid, great eloquence seems awkward.”(Laotze, Tao The Ching). But no social condition could limit our efforts to be happy, we can lose anything in society, but still be happy. Taoism distinguis ...
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... Buddhism originated in Northern India about six hundred years before the Christian era. Its founder was Buddha Gautama (560 B.C. — 480 B.C.), also ...
... Buddhism originated in Northern India about six hundred years before the Christian era. Its founder was Buddha Gautama (560 B.C. — 480 B.C.), also ...
Theravada Buddhism And The British Encounter
... that nibbana (liberation – the goal of the Buddhist path) is achievable in this life, and the philosophic Buddhism of my Pali and Abhidhamma teachers. There was also an anti-Christian face, which surfaced in accusations that Christians were involved in ‘unethical conversions’, and in conspiracy theo ...
... that nibbana (liberation – the goal of the Buddhist path) is achievable in this life, and the philosophic Buddhism of my Pali and Abhidhamma teachers. There was also an anti-Christian face, which surfaced in accusations that Christians were involved in ‘unethical conversions’, and in conspiracy theo ...
Sogdians and Buddhism - Sino
... Ùa⋲ (Tashkent), Boc˝ra (Bukhara), Keππ (∏ahr-i-Sabz), Kuπ˝niya (west of Samarqand), and Khw˝rizm (Khiva). Around the time of the Northern Wei dynasty (384-540) the name K’ang-chü continued to appear, but K’ang kuo (K’ang country) was increasingly often used in later Chinese sources. Thus K’ang-chü, ...
... Ùa⋲ (Tashkent), Boc˝ra (Bukhara), Keππ (∏ahr-i-Sabz), Kuπ˝niya (west of Samarqand), and Khw˝rizm (Khiva). Around the time of the Northern Wei dynasty (384-540) the name K’ang-chü continued to appear, but K’ang kuo (K’ang country) was increasingly often used in later Chinese sources. Thus K’ang-chü, ...
Wu Yankang, "The Revered Master Deep Willows and the Hall of
... thereafter a continuing close relationship. Lay Devotee entrusted Nanjô Bunryû to acquire in Japan and Korea writings by eminent past worthies of Sui and Tang times (sixth to tenth centuries) to send back to China, in all more than three hundred items. Among those were many that had long ceased to e ...
... thereafter a continuing close relationship. Lay Devotee entrusted Nanjô Bunryû to acquire in Japan and Korea writings by eminent past worthies of Sui and Tang times (sixth to tenth centuries) to send back to China, in all more than three hundred items. Among those were many that had long ceased to e ...
List of Osho`s English Discourse DVD Mp3`s
... Ah, This! Ancient Music In The Pines And The Flower Showered Communism Zen Fire Zen Winds Dang Dang Doko Dang Dogen, The Zen Master: A Search And A Fulfillment Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing ...
... Ah, This! Ancient Music In The Pines And The Flower Showered Communism Zen Fire Zen Winds Dang Dang Doko Dang Dogen, The Zen Master: A Search And A Fulfillment Hsin Hsin Ming: The Book Of Nothing ...
Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their
... archetypes embodying awakened spiritual human qualities and his examples of individuals who personify these aspects. In naming, describing, and illustrating the individual bodhisattvas, his book is an informative and valuable resource.” —Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author of Goddesses in Everywoman an ...
... archetypes embodying awakened spiritual human qualities and his examples of individuals who personify these aspects. In naming, describing, and illustrating the individual bodhisattvas, his book is an informative and valuable resource.” —Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author of Goddesses in Everywoman an ...
Buddhism in Canada - A Handful of Leaves
... with the fact that our immigration policies were once rather unapologetically based on race (or, to put it another way, were generated by racism). After World War II, as racism became increasingly discredited, Canadian and American policy makers and cultural leaders rejected these policies as ineffe ...
... with the fact that our immigration policies were once rather unapologetically based on race (or, to put it another way, were generated by racism). After World War II, as racism became increasingly discredited, Canadian and American policy makers and cultural leaders rejected these policies as ineffe ...
the complete issue - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... two cultures is the “warfare” model of the relation between science and religion, given its most classic expression in Andrew Dickson White’s A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). In contrast to both the two cultures and warfare models of the relation between scien ...
... two cultures is the “warfare” model of the relation between science and religion, given its most classic expression in Andrew Dickson White’s A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). In contrast to both the two cultures and warfare models of the relation between scien ...
Charisma in Buddhism
... One of the main characteristics of a cult is its leader’s charisma. In this case, I was also concerned at the lack of continuity of Buddhist work in the two countries, where I work. For reasons which I have discussed in the main text, Buddhism, History and Society, Malay sians and Singaporeans have ...
... One of the main characteristics of a cult is its leader’s charisma. In this case, I was also concerned at the lack of continuity of Buddhist work in the two countries, where I work. For reasons which I have discussed in the main text, Buddhism, History and Society, Malay sians and Singaporeans have ...
Ashé Journal 3.1
... their higher possibilities, so that their mythologies shall be changed into strictly scientific conceptions. It is intended to preserve of the old religions all that is true and good, but to purify their faith by rejecting superstitions and irrational elements, and to discard, unrelentingly, their e ...
... their higher possibilities, so that their mythologies shall be changed into strictly scientific conceptions. It is intended to preserve of the old religions all that is true and good, but to purify their faith by rejecting superstitions and irrational elements, and to discard, unrelentingly, their e ...
buddhist view in compassion
... In the Bible a variety of Hebrew and Greek words are used which fall within the general semantic range of the English word "mercy." They include such terms as "loving-kindness” ,"to be merciful" , "to have compassion" , and "grace”. [ Colin Brown, The New International Dictionary of New Testament Th ...
... In the Bible a variety of Hebrew and Greek words are used which fall within the general semantic range of the English word "mercy." They include such terms as "loving-kindness” ,"to be merciful" , "to have compassion" , and "grace”. [ Colin Brown, The New International Dictionary of New Testament Th ...
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 ...
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 ...
Transplanting Buddhism: - Unisa Institutional Repository
... desist from in the future, defines the "little tradition". 5 Redfield's influence in Buddhist studies can be seen, for instance, in Melford Spiro's distinction between "nibbanic" and "kammatic" Buddhism in Burma. 6 These terms will here be used in a slightly different sense than Redfield might have ...
... desist from in the future, defines the "little tradition". 5 Redfield's influence in Buddhist studies can be seen, for instance, in Melford Spiro's distinction between "nibbanic" and "kammatic" Buddhism in Burma. 6 These terms will here be used in a slightly different sense than Redfield might have ...
Faxian`s Biography and His Contributions to Asian Buddhist Culture
... conflagration suddenly broke out and everything was destroyed except the Mahāparinirvana Sutra. This amazed the neighbors (Shi, 1992). It is worth mentioning that after translating Buddhist scriptures (about in 413 CE), Faxian finished writing the above mentioned Record of Buddhist Kingdoms to recor ...
... conflagration suddenly broke out and everything was destroyed except the Mahāparinirvana Sutra. This amazed the neighbors (Shi, 1992). It is worth mentioning that after translating Buddhist scriptures (about in 413 CE), Faxian finished writing the above mentioned Record of Buddhist Kingdoms to recor ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... Ethnographic observations were conducted at events where US-Americans gathered to learn about and practice Buddhist religious/spiritual traditions. In addition, interviews were conducted with US-Americans who were both learning and teaching Buddhism. The grounded theory method was used for data anal ...
... Ethnographic observations were conducted at events where US-Americans gathered to learn about and practice Buddhist religious/spiritual traditions. In addition, interviews were conducted with US-Americans who were both learning and teaching Buddhism. The grounded theory method was used for data anal ...
Buddhism in India - Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
... purpose of Dhamma is to reconstruct the world’ (Ambedkar 1987: 322). With these words, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the famous leader of India’s untouchables, interpreted Buddhism as a world-transforming religion. This meant a threefold challenge: to Brahmanism, the main exploiting system of traditional Indian ...
... purpose of Dhamma is to reconstruct the world’ (Ambedkar 1987: 322). With these words, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the famous leader of India’s untouchables, interpreted Buddhism as a world-transforming religion. This meant a threefold challenge: to Brahmanism, the main exploiting system of traditional Indian ...
Buddhism in India
... purpose of Dhamma is to reconstruct the world’ (Ambedkar 1987: 322). With these words, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the famous leader of India’s untouchables, interpreted Buddhism as a world-transforming religion. This meant a threefold challenge: to Brahmanism, the main exploiting system of traditional Indian ...
... purpose of Dhamma is to reconstruct the world’ (Ambedkar 1987: 322). With these words, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the famous leader of India’s untouchables, interpreted Buddhism as a world-transforming religion. This meant a threefold challenge: to Brahmanism, the main exploiting system of traditional Indian ...
Siddhartha Savage: The Importance of Buddhism in Huxley`s Brave
... the American way of life, adding that “nowhere, perhaps is there so little conversation . . . Hence there appears to be even more vitality in the Americans than there really is” (175). This fierce experiential contrast is one that is mirrored in Brave New World and Huxley’s visits to India and Calif ...
... the American way of life, adding that “nowhere, perhaps is there so little conversation . . . Hence there appears to be even more vitality in the Americans than there really is” (175). This fierce experiential contrast is one that is mirrored in Brave New World and Huxley’s visits to India and Calif ...