Maitreya, the Future Buddha
... The story of Maitreya, the future Buddha, became a tradition that has played some role, often a central one, in the cultural history of virtually eVe:~y period and every area of Buddhist Asia. Indeed, one finds a variety of quite distinctive expressions of that tradition, a variety that often obscur ...
... The story of Maitreya, the future Buddha, became a tradition that has played some role, often a central one, in the cultural history of virtually eVe:~y period and every area of Buddhist Asia. Indeed, one finds a variety of quite distinctive expressions of that tradition, a variety that often obscur ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... Dhamma which the Buddha set in motion is the symbol chosen to adorn the flag of the modern state of India. The lions on the same capital are on the state seal. Thus India recalls its “righteous ruler.” Aśoka is a towering figure for many other reasons too, but we confine ourselves to his role in Buddhi ...
... Dhamma which the Buddha set in motion is the symbol chosen to adorn the flag of the modern state of India. The lions on the same capital are on the state seal. Thus India recalls its “righteous ruler.” Aśoka is a towering figure for many other reasons too, but we confine ourselves to his role in Buddhi ...
Death, Buddhism, and Existentialism in the Songs of TCS (PFD)
... come to our house and chant prayers and I would fall asleep listening to these prayers. Perhaps because when I was young I passed by the gates of the house of Buddhism, there still remains in my unconscious, along with fragments of Eastern and Western culture that I have accumulated, the words of Bu ...
... come to our house and chant prayers and I would fall asleep listening to these prayers. Perhaps because when I was young I passed by the gates of the house of Buddhism, there still remains in my unconscious, along with fragments of Eastern and Western culture that I have accumulated, the words of Bu ...
ABSTRACT SIMPSON, EMILY PATRICIA. Religious Turmoil: The
... Dharma Bums, showed the strain clearly. As Kerouac’s best-known Buddhism-centered work, The Dharma Bums was inspired by the time Kerouac spent with Gary Snyder, who had a major impact on Kerouac’s practice of Buddhism. Lastly, in Big Sur the conflict explodes full force in Kerouac’s soul-searing dep ...
... Dharma Bums, showed the strain clearly. As Kerouac’s best-known Buddhism-centered work, The Dharma Bums was inspired by the time Kerouac spent with Gary Snyder, who had a major impact on Kerouac’s practice of Buddhism. Lastly, in Big Sur the conflict explodes full force in Kerouac’s soul-searing dep ...
The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth
... largely because the golden age of Chan was long past, and most scholars assume that Chan communities were in decline during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In fact, as this book will show, Chan Buddhists were extremely active in this period, and various Chan communities had been rebuilt according to th ...
... largely because the golden age of Chan was long past, and most scholars assume that Chan communities were in decline during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In fact, as this book will show, Chan Buddhists were extremely active in this period, and various Chan communities had been rebuilt according to th ...
The Evolution of the Precepts
... teachings); the course of training for the disciples was not made known, the Patimokkha was not established. After the disappearance of these Enlightened Ones, these Blessed Ones, after the disappearance of the disciples enlightened under those Enlightened Ones, those last disciples of various names ...
... teachings); the course of training for the disciples was not made known, the Patimokkha was not established. After the disappearance of these Enlightened Ones, these Blessed Ones, after the disappearance of the disciples enlightened under those Enlightened Ones, those last disciples of various names ...
Keizan Study
... Buddhist sect. Second, Keizan was the school‟s true founder. Keizan had established the new school‟s institutional base and had determined its fundamental religious practices. Third, the name “Sōtō school” originated at Sōjiji. Because Dōgen had rejected the designation “Sōtō,” Sōjiji had become the ...
... Buddhist sect. Second, Keizan was the school‟s true founder. Keizan had established the new school‟s institutional base and had determined its fundamental religious practices. Third, the name “Sōtō school” originated at Sōjiji. Because Dōgen had rejected the designation “Sōtō,” Sōjiji had become the ...
Hachiman`s Initial Rise to Prominence
... 幡能 (1916–2002) who devoted virtually his whole scholarly life to this topic.3 In particular, Nakano is to be credited for tracing many legendary aspects of Hachiman to specific beliefs and practices in Kyushu from where Hachiman originated. In recent years, however, critics such as Iinuma Kenji 飯沼賢司 ...
... 幡能 (1916–2002) who devoted virtually his whole scholarly life to this topic.3 In particular, Nakano is to be credited for tracing many legendary aspects of Hachiman to specific beliefs and practices in Kyushu from where Hachiman originated. In recent years, however, critics such as Iinuma Kenji 飯沼賢司 ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... 2009:182). These are not the first or last people to have this opinion, and some scholars believe that Buddhism could once again flourish in Thailand if its people were to abandon the practice and use of such amuletic items, protective magic and superstitious ways (McDaniel, 2006:101). However, this ...
... 2009:182). These are not the first or last people to have this opinion, and some scholars believe that Buddhism could once again flourish in Thailand if its people were to abandon the practice and use of such amuletic items, protective magic and superstitious ways (McDaniel, 2006:101). However, this ...
The Reiki Symbols
... However, when it comes to the other two symbols, arriving at the true meaning of the jumon has been a more complicated matter. These symbols are not kanji characters, and in the 'western' lineage of Reiki we had only been aware of the 'romanized' written form of their jumon. We have to remember that ...
... However, when it comes to the other two symbols, arriving at the true meaning of the jumon has been a more complicated matter. These symbols are not kanji characters, and in the 'western' lineage of Reiki we had only been aware of the 'romanized' written form of their jumon. We have to remember that ...
1 1. What are Jizo? Jizo are statues of Buddhist boddhisattvas. Many
... The functions of Jizo have continued since the middle ages and through the Edo period to this day. In conclusion, at least for Kanazawa City, it is incidental that the places Jizo were erected to memorialize the dead or to obtain benefits in this world through the observance of Buddhist teachings we ...
... The functions of Jizo have continued since the middle ages and through the Edo period to this day. In conclusion, at least for Kanazawa City, it is incidental that the places Jizo were erected to memorialize the dead or to obtain benefits in this world through the observance of Buddhist teachings we ...
Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra
... present Studies, entitled "Some of the Important Theories Expounded in the Lankavatara." The author has prepared for the benefit principally of his Japanese and Chinese readers a glossary of the Sanskrit technical terms found in the book. This he hopes to be of use in their perusal of Sanskrit Buddh ...
... present Studies, entitled "Some of the Important Theories Expounded in the Lankavatara." The author has prepared for the benefit principally of his Japanese and Chinese readers a glossary of the Sanskrit technical terms found in the book. This he hopes to be of use in their perusal of Sanskrit Buddh ...
The Quintessence of Secret (Esoteric) Buddhism
... religious rules, as they are normally accustomed to. Practitioners of other sects are encouraged to live by the precepts of their religion. Everyone will gradually experience many supernatural principles, depending on the individual’s extent of religious commitment and devotion. 10. This Yantra is s ...
... religious rules, as they are normally accustomed to. Practitioners of other sects are encouraged to live by the precepts of their religion. Everyone will gradually experience many supernatural principles, depending on the individual’s extent of religious commitment and devotion. 10. This Yantra is s ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... discussed in counselling context. In accordance with this concept, a multi-interplay counselling framework is illustrated. This framework provides the research and counselling fields with an alternative means. It may stimulate academia and counselling practitioners to look into the practicality and ...
... discussed in counselling context. In accordance with this concept, a multi-interplay counselling framework is illustrated. This framework provides the research and counselling fields with an alternative means. It may stimulate academia and counselling practitioners to look into the practicality and ...
Buddhist_Text_Transl..
... Kumarajiva (5th century) headed a team of over 800 in a decade-long translation project of the Tripitaka (Buddhist Canon). Because of this work, nearly the entire Buddhist Canon of over a thousand texts exists today in Chinese. Now as Buddhism is being planted in Western soil, the same translation w ...
... Kumarajiva (5th century) headed a team of over 800 in a decade-long translation project of the Tripitaka (Buddhist Canon). Because of this work, nearly the entire Buddhist Canon of over a thousand texts exists today in Chinese. Now as Buddhism is being planted in Western soil, the same translation w ...
Buddhist-Christian Dialogue and Action in the
... By using our own neologism ‘radical orthopraxis’, we will show how these two thinkers go back to the root of their respective religious traditions, in search for the inspirational principles to guide their liberating praxis in the Theravada countries of modern Asia; and how they also strive to penet ...
... By using our own neologism ‘radical orthopraxis’, we will show how these two thinkers go back to the root of their respective religious traditions, in search for the inspirational principles to guide their liberating praxis in the Theravada countries of modern Asia; and how they also strive to penet ...
How Mindfulness Becomes Mindlessness – A Hermeneutical
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
Syncretism in the study of Quanzhen Taoism from essence to
... receiving the Khan’s endorsement creates an establishment that is truly greater than anything seen before for a Taoist movement. So vast was the movement that Yao Sui estimates between two and three million became followers.6 As a result of Qiu Chuji’s journey to the Khan, the Xi you ji records, Eve ...
... receiving the Khan’s endorsement creates an establishment that is truly greater than anything seen before for a Taoist movement. So vast was the movement that Yao Sui estimates between two and three million became followers.6 As a result of Qiu Chuji’s journey to the Khan, the Xi you ji records, Eve ...
Dy, Ari C. (2013) Marginal Buddhists: religion and identity of a
... room all indicated that family life would never be the same again. It was the first death in the family. The patriarch had become an ancestor. After Angkong1 was buried, a Chinese altar, with the accompanying table for making offerings, was purchased and installed in the dining room. His portrait an ...
... room all indicated that family life would never be the same again. It was the first death in the family. The patriarch had become an ancestor. After Angkong1 was buried, a Chinese altar, with the accompanying table for making offerings, was purchased and installed in the dining room. His portrait an ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... alone the Pāli Nikāyas , though they are basic for the study of both the concept and the practice of lial piety in Buddhism. us Zongmi’s comparative study is limited in scope. We understand that Zongmi had a strong wish to reconcile the con ict between Confucianism and Buddhism. erefore in his stu ...
... alone the Pāli Nikāyas , though they are basic for the study of both the concept and the practice of lial piety in Buddhism. us Zongmi’s comparative study is limited in scope. We understand that Zongmi had a strong wish to reconcile the con ict between Confucianism and Buddhism. erefore in his stu ...
The Seeker`s Glossary of Buddhism
... Buddhism, which first appeared a year ago. The text is a compendium of excerpts and quotations from some 350 works by monks, nuns, professors, scholars and other laypersons from nine different countries, in their own words or in translation. The editors have merely organized the material, adding a f ...
... Buddhism, which first appeared a year ago. The text is a compendium of excerpts and quotations from some 350 works by monks, nuns, professors, scholars and other laypersons from nine different countries, in their own words or in translation. The editors have merely organized the material, adding a f ...
Now - Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
... an administrative position at Qixia or another large monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun purs ...
... an administrative position at Qixia or another large monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun purs ...
Chapter 1 - Princeton University Press
... base our understanding of the terms on their positive forms, which (unlike the negative ones) are all well attested in Classical Greek. His declaration is presented as the foundation of his teaching, and modern scholars’ intensive analysis of the entire passage and the other ancient testimonies has ...
... base our understanding of the terms on their positive forms, which (unlike the negative ones) are all well attested in Classical Greek. His declaration is presented as the foundation of his teaching, and modern scholars’ intensive analysis of the entire passage and the other ancient testimonies has ...
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism
... some part in this process. Some people prefer to use the Indian word upAya, meaning simply a ‘means’ or a ‘strategem’, whether employed by oneself or by others. Others prefer the longer expression ‘skilfulness in means’, which focuses on the special ability of an enlightened being, a buddha or a bod ...
... some part in this process. Some people prefer to use the Indian word upAya, meaning simply a ‘means’ or a ‘strategem’, whether employed by oneself or by others. Others prefer the longer expression ‘skilfulness in means’, which focuses on the special ability of an enlightened being, a buddha or a bod ...
