On the naturalization of karma and rebirth | SpringerLink
... should be denied. Besides, the so-called ‘supernatural’ may be because of our narrow setting of the concept of nature. Rebirth is a concept that is not merely a physical one, but an axiological one similar to the concepts of good and beauty. Once we are able to embrace a wider concept of nature, the ...
... should be denied. Besides, the so-called ‘supernatural’ may be because of our narrow setting of the concept of nature. Rebirth is a concept that is not merely a physical one, but an axiological one similar to the concepts of good and beauty. Once we are able to embrace a wider concept of nature, the ...
Whole-body relics in Chinese Buddhism
... as a pan-Buddhist phenomenon and only Japanese whole-body relics can be considered well-researched. A number of monographs in Japanese and one in Italian describe the Japanese mummies in depth.6 Though some of these publications include important research about China we know much less about the prac ...
... as a pan-Buddhist phenomenon and only Japanese whole-body relics can be considered well-researched. A number of monographs in Japanese and one in Italian describe the Japanese mummies in depth.6 Though some of these publications include important research about China we know much less about the prac ...
Annotation assignment
... One section that I thought was very effective was the one on Shinto and Religion. In this section,I thought some of the contrasting information was really effective. One example is the discussion of Shinto in comparison to religions with omnipotent deities. “Shinto is atheistic in that it does not r ...
... One section that I thought was very effective was the one on Shinto and Religion. In this section,I thought some of the contrasting information was really effective. One example is the discussion of Shinto in comparison to religions with omnipotent deities. “Shinto is atheistic in that it does not r ...
Dark and Bright Karma
... killing someone out of compassion for the happiness of the greatest number or for defending Buddhism. (Harvey 2000: 255-270). ...
... killing someone out of compassion for the happiness of the greatest number or for defending Buddhism. (Harvey 2000: 255-270). ...
A Comparison of Buddhist Philosophy with Western Codes of Ethics
... Teleology is an ends-oriented theoretical school of thought that encompasses both utilitarian and virtue ethics. Theoretical postulates of each are outlined. Utilitarianism. The main tenet of utilitarianism is that “the greatest pleasure and least pain for the greatest number is the criterion for wh ...
... Teleology is an ends-oriented theoretical school of thought that encompasses both utilitarian and virtue ethics. Theoretical postulates of each are outlined. Utilitarianism. The main tenet of utilitarianism is that “the greatest pleasure and least pain for the greatest number is the criterion for wh ...
eBook - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... years ago, Buddhism had first spread from India to the rest of Asia, where it became a major religion in many countries in South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Although references to Buddhism had also been made in the West in early times, its presence there had been insignificant. With the ons ...
... years ago, Buddhism had first spread from India to the rest of Asia, where it became a major religion in many countries in South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Although references to Buddhism had also been made in the West in early times, its presence there had been insignificant. With the ons ...
S t Zen in Meiji Japan: The Life and Times of Nishiari
... TheBuddhistleadersoftheMeijiPeriodhadtorespondnotonlytogovernment pressure–likeorderstoclarifytheboundariesanddoctrinesoftheirrespectivesects,orthe decriminalizationofpriests’marrying–buttheywerealsochallengedbythevigorousandvital laycentered“NewBuddhi ...
... TheBuddhistleadersoftheMeijiPeriodhadtorespondnotonlytogovernment pressure–likeorderstoclarifytheboundariesanddoctrinesoftheirrespectivesects,orthe decriminalizationofpriests’marrying–buttheywerealsochallengedbythevigorousandvital laycentered“NewBuddhi ...
current dialogue - World Council of Churches
... theological justifications for doing so, are as old as the church itself, they need to be re-stated for each generation. In the past few centuries, when the colonial missionary movement was strong, the realization that in many colonized countries there were religious people who were devout adherents ...
... theological justifications for doing so, are as old as the church itself, they need to be re-stated for each generation. In the past few centuries, when the colonial missionary movement was strong, the realization that in many colonized countries there were religious people who were devout adherents ...
Guru Padmasambhava in Context
... urban system, while the Buddhist foundations, in overall, managed to overcome the crisis (Olivieri 2014). The second moment (that may have occurred not earlier than the 7th century CE) hit particularly the Buddhist foundations in the countryside. According to the archaeological data, most of the Bud ...
... urban system, while the Buddhist foundations, in overall, managed to overcome the crisis (Olivieri 2014). The second moment (that may have occurred not earlier than the 7th century CE) hit particularly the Buddhist foundations in the countryside. According to the archaeological data, most of the Bud ...
There is Only One Mindfulness: Why Science and Buddhism Need
... Lama directs Buddhist followers to place their mind on four different objects of placement. These objects include (i) admiration and respect (for the Buddha and/or teacher), (ii) compassion, (iii) the divine/subtle body (that the meditation practitioner possesses), and (iv) emptiness. He then instru ...
... Lama directs Buddhist followers to place their mind on four different objects of placement. These objects include (i) admiration and respect (for the Buddha and/or teacher), (ii) compassion, (iii) the divine/subtle body (that the meditation practitioner possesses), and (iv) emptiness. He then instru ...
Where Does the Cetanic Break Take Place?
... generally limit their attention to akratic action; however, Amélie Rorty, in an influential article, broadens her focus to include emotional response and perceptual classification, which, when voluntary, can also constitute varieties of akratic response (Rorty 1980). I argue in the next section that ...
... generally limit their attention to akratic action; however, Amélie Rorty, in an influential article, broadens her focus to include emotional response and perceptual classification, which, when voluntary, can also constitute varieties of akratic response (Rorty 1980). I argue in the next section that ...
The Terracotta Plaques of Pagan: Indian Influence
... Subsequently the region experienced carving of innumerable sculptures related to Buddhist religion. The difficulty related to transportation of sandstone from C̣unāra and scarcity of stone at local level compelled the patrons to think over using local natural resources in more innovative way. The re ...
... Subsequently the region experienced carving of innumerable sculptures related to Buddhist religion. The difficulty related to transportation of sandstone from C̣unāra and scarcity of stone at local level compelled the patrons to think over using local natural resources in more innovative way. The re ...
Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... Piety and the Monks in the Practices of Indian Buddhism: A Question of Sinicization Viewed from the Other Side,” mainly used Indian Buddhist epigraphical material, and concluded his research on filial piety in Indian Buddhism by saying that “although [the practice of filial piety] receives no very d ...
... Piety and the Monks in the Practices of Indian Buddhism: A Question of Sinicization Viewed from the Other Side,” mainly used Indian Buddhist epigraphical material, and concluded his research on filial piety in Indian Buddhism by saying that “although [the practice of filial piety] receives no very d ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... especially Chinese, Buddhism, the dearth of papers on early Buddhism and on eravāda was surprising. No panel was devoted either to Pali or to eravāda. Less than half a dozen papers used Pali sources, and the few papers on eravādin topics were mostly on culture (e.g., art history, Jātaka performan ...
... especially Chinese, Buddhism, the dearth of papers on early Buddhism and on eravāda was surprising. No panel was devoted either to Pali or to eravāda. Less than half a dozen papers used Pali sources, and the few papers on eravādin topics were mostly on culture (e.g., art history, Jātaka performan ...
British Buddhism: Teachings, Practice and Development
... This study examines the origins, development and characteristics of the seven largest Buddhist organizations in Britain, including both traditional schools and more controversial ‘new Buddhist movements’, to determine how and to what extent they are changing from their Asian roots and whether any fo ...
... This study examines the origins, development and characteristics of the seven largest Buddhist organizations in Britain, including both traditional schools and more controversial ‘new Buddhist movements’, to determine how and to what extent they are changing from their Asian roots and whether any fo ...
Newsletter Archives
... Sir John Woodroffe was the first ever Western scholar to take the study of Tantra in detail. He is considered as the "founding father of Tantric studies". Woodroffe, who actively propagated Tantrism, also defended Tantra against its several critics. He was also responsible for presenting Tantra as a ...
... Sir John Woodroffe was the first ever Western scholar to take the study of Tantra in detail. He is considered as the "founding father of Tantric studies". Woodroffe, who actively propagated Tantrism, also defended Tantra against its several critics. He was also responsible for presenting Tantra as a ...
Is South AsiaŁs Buddhist Leader the Gyalwang Drukpa an
... reconstructive dialectics of negative identity” (Jun 2014), to custom-fit the ecofeminism articulated by theologian Rosemary Radford Reuther (of which more will be said below). The extent to which the Gyalwang Drukpa is determined to behave like an ecofeminist is significant for Vajrayāna Tibetan Bu ...
... reconstructive dialectics of negative identity” (Jun 2014), to custom-fit the ecofeminism articulated by theologian Rosemary Radford Reuther (of which more will be said below). The extent to which the Gyalwang Drukpa is determined to behave like an ecofeminist is significant for Vajrayāna Tibetan Bu ...
“Beautiful Women Dig Graves”: Richard Baker-roshi
... Parliament of Religions.14 The distinctive characteristics of Zen would significantly affect the interpretive double movement of later audiences, and it is necessary to discuss these distinctions briefly. In general, Zen has long been understood as a branch of Mahayana Buddhism, which “seeks direct ...
... Parliament of Religions.14 The distinctive characteristics of Zen would significantly affect the interpretive double movement of later audiences, and it is necessary to discuss these distinctions briefly. In general, Zen has long been understood as a branch of Mahayana Buddhism, which “seeks direct ...
Paper - VII - History of Buddhism and Jainism upto 1000 A.D.
... As far as the teaching of the Buddha is concerned, it was well preserved through oral tradition, till it was put to writing in the fourth council. To verify their authenticity, time and again, six historical Thervada Councils were held. Oral teachings of the Buddha, popularly known as Theravada teac ...
... As far as the teaching of the Buddha is concerned, it was well preserved through oral tradition, till it was put to writing in the fourth council. To verify their authenticity, time and again, six historical Thervada Councils were held. Oral teachings of the Buddha, popularly known as Theravada teac ...
as a PDF
... Two Levels of Truths]. This being is different from that being and that being is different from this being. Hence there exist ten thousand different things in the world. What this indicates is that this knot in the net is different from that knot and that knot is different from this knot [in the net ...
... Two Levels of Truths]. This being is different from that being and that being is different from this being. Hence there exist ten thousand different things in the world. What this indicates is that this knot in the net is different from that knot and that knot is different from this knot [in the net ...
Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... franco-Belgian school have now been universally adopted by all scholars working in this field, whatever the country they May live in. This is the basic change which has taken place in the last twenty years. At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hu ...
... franco-Belgian school have now been universally adopted by all scholars working in this field, whatever the country they May live in. This is the basic change which has taken place in the last twenty years. At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hu ...
Justice and the Khmer Rouge
... era and what does it offer survivors/victims? What is the Buddhist concept of justice towards the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge and what does it offer survivors/victims? How do these notions of justice toward the Khmer Rouge meet and diverge? Do they mutually reinforce each other? ...
... era and what does it offer survivors/victims? What is the Buddhist concept of justice towards the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge and what does it offer survivors/victims? How do these notions of justice toward the Khmer Rouge meet and diverge? Do they mutually reinforce each other? ...
Justice and the Khmer Rouge: concepts of just
... era and what does it offer survivors/victims? What is the Buddhist concept of justice towards the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge and what does it offer survivors/victims? How do these notions of justice toward the Khmer Rouge meet and diverge? Do they mutually reinforce each other? ...
... era and what does it offer survivors/victims? What is the Buddhist concept of justice towards the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge and what does it offer survivors/victims? How do these notions of justice toward the Khmer Rouge meet and diverge? Do they mutually reinforce each other? ...
orthodox chinese buddhism
... For a time after the book was published in 965, it did not evoke much attention, for at that time there were very few readers among Taiwanese Buddhists. Furthermore, people eager to read about Buddhism were a lonely group, especially considering that in those days most Chinese literature on Buddhis ...
... For a time after the book was published in 965, it did not evoke much attention, for at that time there were very few readers among Taiwanese Buddhists. Furthermore, people eager to read about Buddhism were a lonely group, especially considering that in those days most Chinese literature on Buddhis ...
Karma, Character, and Consequentialism
... categories in view of incompatible metaphysical presuppositions. If this view is correct, our enquiry is at an end. I suggest, how-ever, that this view is mistaken and that karma can be analysed successfully using Western ethical concepts. Next I seek to clarify the nature and mode of operation of k ...
... categories in view of incompatible metaphysical presuppositions. If this view is correct, our enquiry is at an end. I suggest, how-ever, that this view is mistaken and that karma can be analysed successfully using Western ethical concepts. Next I seek to clarify the nature and mode of operation of k ...
Buddhism in Vietnam
Buddhism in Vietnam (Vietnamese: 'đạo Phật or Phật giáo') as practiced by the ethnic Vietnamese is mainly of the Mahayana tradition. Buddhism may have first come to Vietnam as early as the 3rd or 2nd century BC from South Asia or from China in the 1st or 2nd century AD. Vietnamese Buddhism has had a symbiotic relationship with certain elements of Taoism, Chinese spirituality, and the Vietnamese folk religion.