twofold mystery - Iowa Research Online
... One does not attach to “there is,” nor to “there is not.” Not only does he not attach to attachment, but neither to non-attachment.1 (Cheng Xuanying) Different interactions between Buddhism and Daoism have occurred since Buddhism entered China in the 1st century. Buddhism, as an Indian religion, fir ...
... One does not attach to “there is,” nor to “there is not.” Not only does he not attach to attachment, but neither to non-attachment.1 (Cheng Xuanying) Different interactions between Buddhism and Daoism have occurred since Buddhism entered China in the 1st century. Buddhism, as an Indian religion, fir ...
Buddhism in America - A Handful of Leaves
... brief sketches of key ideas and historical developments in Buddhist history. Their chief purpose is to orient readers to the basic vocabulary and general geography of Buddhism in Asia, a grasp of which is essential to any understanding of Buddhism in the United States. At various points I draw analo ...
... brief sketches of key ideas and historical developments in Buddhist history. Their chief purpose is to orient readers to the basic vocabulary and general geography of Buddhism in Asia, a grasp of which is essential to any understanding of Buddhism in the United States. At various points I draw analo ...
steve odin PEACE AND COMPASSION IN THE MICROCOSMIC
... and Tendai (Chinese: T’ien-t’ai) Buddhist philosophy rooted in the Buddhist scripture known as the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law (Japanese: Myôhô renge kyô), otherwise known as the Lotus Sutra (Japanese: Hoke-kyô). More specifically, this holographic or microcosmic– macrocosmic paradigm is articu ...
... and Tendai (Chinese: T’ien-t’ai) Buddhist philosophy rooted in the Buddhist scripture known as the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law (Japanese: Myôhô renge kyô), otherwise known as the Lotus Sutra (Japanese: Hoke-kyô). More specifically, this holographic or microcosmic– macrocosmic paradigm is articu ...
Janussoni Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... would receive any offerings made to them. The Buddha answers by saying that only the “departed” (peta) can receive such offerings and, in fact, need the merits of such wholesome deeds. 1.5.2 In connection with the brahminical giving to their departed (peta), the Buddha tells Jāṇussoṇī, “For, brahmin ...
... would receive any offerings made to them. The Buddha answers by saying that only the “departed” (peta) can receive such offerings and, in fact, need the merits of such wholesome deeds. 1.5.2 In connection with the brahminical giving to their departed (peta), the Buddha tells Jāṇussoṇī, “For, brahmin ...
Introduction - Nichiren Buddhism Library
... This belief made faith in the saving power of the Buddha Amida look increasingly attractive. Amida is a Buddha who is said to preside over a paradise known as the Pure Land of Perfect Bliss. As a bodhisattva, he took a vow to save all people who call upon his name and to see that, after death, they ...
... This belief made faith in the saving power of the Buddha Amida look increasingly attractive. Amida is a Buddha who is said to preside over a paradise known as the Pure Land of Perfect Bliss. As a bodhisattva, he took a vow to save all people who call upon his name and to see that, after death, they ...
Unmasking Buddhism
... When it comes to the question of who can speak in the name of Buddhism, it is tempting to reply that, obviously, Buddhists can. However, it is less easy to determine who, in fact, Buddhists are. In the absence of criteria accepted by all, it could be said that a Buddhist is someone who declares hims ...
... When it comes to the question of who can speak in the name of Buddhism, it is tempting to reply that, obviously, Buddhists can. However, it is less easy to determine who, in fact, Buddhists are. In the absence of criteria accepted by all, it could be said that a Buddhist is someone who declares hims ...
Untitled - Terebess
... When it comes to the question of who can speak in the name of Buddhism, it is tempting to reply that, obviously, Buddhists can. However, it is less easy to determine who, in fact, Buddhists are. In the absence of criteria accepted by all, it could be said that a Buddhist is someone who declares hims ...
... When it comes to the question of who can speak in the name of Buddhism, it is tempting to reply that, obviously, Buddhists can. However, it is less easy to determine who, in fact, Buddhists are. In the absence of criteria accepted by all, it could be said that a Buddhist is someone who declares hims ...
Avataṃsaka Sūtra
... • The Three Vehicles are just expedient means. The Small Vehicle does not exist, and there is in fact only one vehicle, the Great Vehicle. • While realizing the nature of sameness of all dharma (samadharmatā), all practitioners converge in the same One Vehicle. • Therefore, the Prajñāparāmitā Sūtra ...
... • The Three Vehicles are just expedient means. The Small Vehicle does not exist, and there is in fact only one vehicle, the Great Vehicle. • While realizing the nature of sameness of all dharma (samadharmatā), all practitioners converge in the same One Vehicle. • Therefore, the Prajñāparāmitā Sūtra ...
Buddhism and the race question - UNESDOC
... will therefore be made to provide a biographical sketch of Lhe Founder or to give an account of his doctrines or their history where this has no bearing on the problem. It may, however, be said that a movement which spread into m a n y countries and has lasted two thousand five hundred years has und ...
... will therefore be made to provide a biographical sketch of Lhe Founder or to give an account of his doctrines or their history where this has no bearing on the problem. It may, however, be said that a movement which spread into m a n y countries and has lasted two thousand five hundred years has und ...
Library Web list - Dec 13
... Scriptures and Ceremonies at Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book Daily Buddhist Devotions Daily Buddhist Devotions Zen is for Everyone: The Xiao Zhi Guan text The Zen Teaching of In ...
... Scriptures and Ceremonies at Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book Daily Buddhist Devotions Daily Buddhist Devotions Zen is for Everyone: The Xiao Zhi Guan text The Zen Teaching of In ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... life, conversion and subsequent activities as a Buddhist teacher until 1994. His book Entering the Diamond Way (first published in 1985 - second edition 1999), originally written in German,3 covers the years of his conversion and Buddhist training in the Himalaya from 1968-1972. His book Riding the ...
... life, conversion and subsequent activities as a Buddhist teacher until 1994. His book Entering the Diamond Way (first published in 1985 - second edition 1999), originally written in German,3 covers the years of his conversion and Buddhist training in the Himalaya from 1968-1972. His book Riding the ...
carrying Buddhism
... called “Amaravati” style Buddha images and their importance for the development of Buddhist art in Southeast Asia. A number of scholars, however, have written about the identification and dating of Amaravati style images (Barrett 1954, Dohanian 1965, Schastok 1994, Brown 2011), and there is broad co ...
... called “Amaravati” style Buddha images and their importance for the development of Buddhist art in Southeast Asia. A number of scholars, however, have written about the identification and dating of Amaravati style images (Barrett 1954, Dohanian 1965, Schastok 1994, Brown 2011), and there is broad co ...
Economic and Political Weekly June 9, 2007 2177
... the ahirvar from Bundelkhand, the dhusiya and the jaisvara from eastern Uttar Pradesh. They were bearing different names according to the regions and there was neither connubium nor commensality among them. In Kanpur town they became “tanners” – as the British translated their name chamar – what mos ...
... the ahirvar from Bundelkhand, the dhusiya and the jaisvara from eastern Uttar Pradesh. They were bearing different names according to the regions and there was neither connubium nor commensality among them. In Kanpur town they became “tanners” – as the British translated their name chamar – what mos ...
On Wang Enyang`s Dharmalaksana Confucian Thought
... better than this. He said the theory of displaying emotions “is in line with the doctrine of honesty of the Mean, and accords with the Buddhism of Tiantai Sect and Xianshou Sect. Even the writer of New Dharmalaksana Theory (according to the author, here referring to Xiong Shili) is not better t ...
... better than this. He said the theory of displaying emotions “is in line with the doctrine of honesty of the Mean, and accords with the Buddhism of Tiantai Sect and Xianshou Sect. Even the writer of New Dharmalaksana Theory (according to the author, here referring to Xiong Shili) is not better t ...
Recent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond
... Again, the Buddha would likely only consider the type of free will that is relevant to the Buddhist path—and thus the only form of free will that is worth cultivating—that of regulated will, on the one hand, and he would likely consider that type of free will that consists of unregulated will to be ...
... Again, the Buddha would likely only consider the type of free will that is relevant to the Buddhist path—and thus the only form of free will that is worth cultivating—that of regulated will, on the one hand, and he would likely consider that type of free will that consists of unregulated will to be ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism
... lord, and culminates in distinguishing yourself in the world” (Ames 2009: 105). The last sentence about “distinguishing yourself in the world” could also be translated more literally as “having one’s name stand out for future generations” (Ch. míng lì yú hòushì 名立於後世). In any case, we see here the e ...
... lord, and culminates in distinguishing yourself in the world” (Ames 2009: 105). The last sentence about “distinguishing yourself in the world” could also be translated more literally as “having one’s name stand out for future generations” (Ch. míng lì yú hòushì 名立於後世). In any case, we see here the e ...
Nothing Higher Than the Truth: Modern Theosophy, Buddhism, and
... the “Higher” wisdom of South Asia was followed by an early re-location of Society headquarters from New York, to Madras, India in 1878. There are many thought-provoking outcomes of these historical developments, which reflect several transnational and modernizing trends. This paper considers how, th ...
... the “Higher” wisdom of South Asia was followed by an early re-location of Society headquarters from New York, to Madras, India in 1878. There are many thought-provoking outcomes of these historical developments, which reflect several transnational and modernizing trends. This paper considers how, th ...
First Exam
... What reasons does Huston Smith provide for treating Confucianism as a religion? What additional reasons did Professor Shrader provide in class? Are you convinced? Why? Explicate, and briefly discuss, the impact of Confucianism on China and other parts of Asia. Huston Smith presents three senses in w ...
... What reasons does Huston Smith provide for treating Confucianism as a religion? What additional reasons did Professor Shrader provide in class? Are you convinced? Why? Explicate, and briefly discuss, the impact of Confucianism on China and other parts of Asia. Huston Smith presents three senses in w ...
Tara Mahayana Buddhist Centre - Forms
... written by its living spiritual guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. The books used for the study programmes are published by Tharpa Publications, a notfor-profit corporation that is part of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (charity number 1015054). All profits from ...
... written by its living spiritual guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. The books used for the study programmes are published by Tharpa Publications, a notfor-profit corporation that is part of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (charity number 1015054). All profits from ...
goto-jones_zombie mindfulness manifesto
... revolutionary 1960s (and the growth of transcendentalism) into a more widespread and mature growth of Buddhism in the USA (and somewhat in Europe); and finally the practice of mindfulness begins to emerge as (also) a universalizing and secularized discourse in a clinical and therapeutic ...
... revolutionary 1960s (and the growth of transcendentalism) into a more widespread and mature growth of Buddhism in the USA (and somewhat in Europe); and finally the practice of mindfulness begins to emerge as (also) a universalizing and secularized discourse in a clinical and therapeutic ...
Buddhism and the earth : environmental thought in early Buddhist
... postpones his/her own enlightenment to help others on the same path. One of the ramifications of the theory of ...
... postpones his/her own enlightenment to help others on the same path. One of the ramifications of the theory of ...
Return Tranquility
... UHOLJLRQWKDWLVIXOO\FRPSDWLEOHZLWKPRGHUQVFLHQWL¿FWKLQNLQJ Some question whether Buddhism would become the religion of the modern world? Others are greatly grieved, however, that the new generation of Westerners is turning East. Amazingly, although Christianity spread in the East through hig ...
... UHOLJLRQWKDWLVIXOO\FRPSDWLEOHZLWKPRGHUQVFLHQWL¿FWKLQNLQJ Some question whether Buddhism would become the religion of the modern world? Others are greatly grieved, however, that the new generation of Westerners is turning East. Amazingly, although Christianity spread in the East through hig ...
Islam and Buddhism
... society since the dawn of history, some individuals have tried to stand out and draw attention to themselves by their life style, clothing, hairstyles, or distinctive way of speaking. They've managed to stir up public reaction and attract interest at the same time. In recent years, Western societies ...
... society since the dawn of history, some individuals have tried to stand out and draw attention to themselves by their life style, clothing, hairstyles, or distinctive way of speaking. They've managed to stir up public reaction and attract interest at the same time. In recent years, Western societies ...
Buddhism: A Select Bibliography
... Santa Barbara City College (2008) Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the ...
... Santa Barbara City College (2008) Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the ...
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.