Global Religious Traditions, 1760-1922
... Aìsurì-kalpa: A Witchcraft Practice of the Atharva-Veda, The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda: Containing the Earliest Speculations of the Brahmans on the Meaning of theSacrificial Prayers, and on the Origin, Performance and Sense of the Rites of the Vedic Religion, The ...
... Aìsurì-kalpa: A Witchcraft Practice of the Atharva-Veda, The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda: Containing the Earliest Speculations of the Brahmans on the Meaning of theSacrificial Prayers, and on the Origin, Performance and Sense of the Rites of the Vedic Religion, The ...
Going Against the Grain: A Historical and - ORCA
... The new concept of askēsis, involving training the will against a life of sensual pleasure, was exemplified by the Stoics who advocated the idea of bringing the passion of the body under the kingly command of reason to achieve apatheia––a state of mind where one is not disturbed by the passions.4 Ro ...
... The new concept of askēsis, involving training the will against a life of sensual pleasure, was exemplified by the Stoics who advocated the idea of bringing the passion of the body under the kingly command of reason to achieve apatheia––a state of mind where one is not disturbed by the passions.4 Ro ...
PDF - SGI Quarterly Magazine
... human suffering. The founder of Buddhism, Gautama, also known as Shakyamuni, born on the Indian subcontinent around 400 BCE, perceived that suffering is an inevitable part of life and was motivated to find a way to free people from it. Shakyamuni’s teachings were passed down through the oral traditi ...
... human suffering. The founder of Buddhism, Gautama, also known as Shakyamuni, born on the Indian subcontinent around 400 BCE, perceived that suffering is an inevitable part of life and was motivated to find a way to free people from it. Shakyamuni’s teachings were passed down through the oral traditi ...
Violence and (Non-)resistance: Ahiṃsā Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... de Silentio), Clements recognizes—in experience, and through the testing of extreme circumstance—such an ethical relation as already sacred, and therefore as being foundational to any rationalizable religious or ethical frame to which it might be subsumed or appended. This is unusual in the Buddhist ...
... de Silentio), Clements recognizes—in experience, and through the testing of extreme circumstance—such an ethical relation as already sacred, and therefore as being foundational to any rationalizable religious or ethical frame to which it might be subsumed or appended. This is unusual in the Buddhist ...
buddhist-inspired options: aspects of lay religious life in the lower
... change was by no means irrelevant for certain religious developments, particularly where it concerned imperial support for specific doctrinal interpretations or monks and monasteries, it was less relevant to local religious life throughout the Lower Yangzi region. There are several indications that ...
... change was by no means irrelevant for certain religious developments, particularly where it concerned imperial support for specific doctrinal interpretations or monks and monasteries, it was less relevant to local religious life throughout the Lower Yangzi region. There are several indications that ...
Foundations of Ethics and Practice in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
... Foundations of Ethics and Practice in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism Buddhahood. While Zhili himself may not be proposing anything inconsistent here (since for him nianfo was not an “easy way” at all but a serious practice), the scholar is still confronted by a tradition that, among its various authori ...
... Foundations of Ethics and Practice in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism Buddhahood. While Zhili himself may not be proposing anything inconsistent here (since for him nianfo was not an “easy way” at all but a serious practice), the scholar is still confronted by a tradition that, among its various authori ...
Jennifer Kieser - Missouri Western State University
... filled with hot coals” o Some other stories tell of how Ashoka supposedly “killed 99 of his brothers, sparing only one” in order to get the throne for himself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka#Early_life) ...
... filled with hot coals” o Some other stories tell of how Ashoka supposedly “killed 99 of his brothers, sparing only one” in order to get the throne for himself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka#Early_life) ...
here - Harvard Negotiation Law Review
... Lawyers and their Clients,”1 Professor Leonard Riskin candidly states that he does not know whether recent efforts to introduce mindfulness meditation to lawyers and law students are “harbingers of a larger movement or a few flashes in a few pans.”2 If the potential benefits of mindfulness meditatio ...
... Lawyers and their Clients,”1 Professor Leonard Riskin candidly states that he does not know whether recent efforts to introduce mindfulness meditation to lawyers and law students are “harbingers of a larger movement or a few flashes in a few pans.”2 If the potential benefits of mindfulness meditatio ...
Lesson 6 - Castlemilk High School
... stick closely to the eightfold path and this is easier for Monks and Nuns. Lay buddhists will find it more difficult. ...
... stick closely to the eightfold path and this is easier for Monks and Nuns. Lay buddhists will find it more difficult. ...
On the Buddhist roots of contemporary non-religious
... Plank’s characterisations have been influential in many Nordic studies of the topic (see Frisk 2011; Gottfredsen 2014; Hornborg 2012b; 2014; Jääskeläinen 2013). For example, Anne-Christine Hornborg cites Plank in equating Buddhist mindfulness (sati) with vipassanā meditation to contrast ‘Western’ he ...
... Plank’s characterisations have been influential in many Nordic studies of the topic (see Frisk 2011; Gottfredsen 2014; Hornborg 2012b; 2014; Jääskeläinen 2013). For example, Anne-Christine Hornborg cites Plank in equating Buddhist mindfulness (sati) with vipassanā meditation to contrast ‘Western’ he ...
Good Question, Good Answer
... among drug addicts. In 1987 another Thai monk, Ven. Kantayapiwat was awarded the Norwegian Children’s Peace Prize for his many years of work helping homeless children in rural areas. And what about the large scale social work being done among the poor in India by the Western Buddhist Order? They hav ...
... among drug addicts. In 1987 another Thai monk, Ven. Kantayapiwat was awarded the Norwegian Children’s Peace Prize for his many years of work helping homeless children in rural areas. And what about the large scale social work being done among the poor in India by the Western Buddhist Order? They hav ...
FROM BUDDHA`S LIPS TO FREUD`S EARS: A
... 2 THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN PSYCHOTHERAPY ................................................................... 29 Cultural Setting .................................................................................................................. 29 Freud’s Theory of Psychoanalysis ................... ...
... 2 THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN PSYCHOTHERAPY ................................................................... 29 Cultural Setting .................................................................................................................. 29 Freud’s Theory of Psychoanalysis ................... ...
Exhibition Notes - The Mindful Art of Thich Nhat Hanh
... Nobel Peace Prize, and has been described by The New York Times as “second only to the Dalai Lama” among Buddhist leaders influential in the West. His powerful teachings and bestselling writings on the practice of mindfulness have reached an audience of millions. go as a river It all began more than ...
... Nobel Peace Prize, and has been described by The New York Times as “second only to the Dalai Lama” among Buddhist leaders influential in the West. His powerful teachings and bestselling writings on the practice of mindfulness have reached an audience of millions. go as a river It all began more than ...
UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA LAWRENCE THE REH
... long history of humanity. Until now there are many followers of both religions worldwide. “Over the past century, the number of Catholics around the globe has more than tripled, from an estimated 291 million in 1910 to nearly 1.1 billion as of 2010, according to a comprehensive demographic study by ...
... long history of humanity. Until now there are many followers of both religions worldwide. “Over the past century, the number of Catholics around the globe has more than tripled, from an estimated 291 million in 1910 to nearly 1.1 billion as of 2010, according to a comprehensive demographic study by ...
Macho Buddhism: Gender and Sexualities in the Diamond Way
... fact ... Tibetan Buddhism in its Western varieties does not have much to do with sexuality except perhaps at the level of imagery and symbolism. The general atmosphere of a Dharma group is if anything rather puritanical, especially in the more traditionalist and conservative groups.’ 26 Nydahl also ...
... fact ... Tibetan Buddhism in its Western varieties does not have much to do with sexuality except perhaps at the level of imagery and symbolism. The general atmosphere of a Dharma group is if anything rather puritanical, especially in the more traditionalist and conservative groups.’ 26 Nydahl also ...
Lay Ritual in the Early Buddhist Art of India
... jewelry, and turbans for the men and headgear for the women. Although there are scenes that include foreigners wearing foreign dress, these individuals are also attired in secular, not monastic, clothing. Almost all of the known early relief carvings depicting lay activities occur as part of the ico ...
... jewelry, and turbans for the men and headgear for the women. Although there are scenes that include foreigners wearing foreign dress, these individuals are also attired in secular, not monastic, clothing. Almost all of the known early relief carvings depicting lay activities occur as part of the ico ...
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... speak and write English. 1031 From Publishers Weekly According to Ward's delightful account of a stay in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, there are many things that the Buddha never taught. One is the extreme rigor of the Pah Nanachat monastery, involving rising at 3 a.m. for chanting, walking on g ...
... speak and write English. 1031 From Publishers Weekly According to Ward's delightful account of a stay in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, there are many things that the Buddha never taught. One is the extreme rigor of the Pah Nanachat monastery, involving rising at 3 a.m. for chanting, walking on g ...
Goryeo Dynasty () - Asian Art Museum | Education
... By Dr. Kumja Paik Kim Few people are aware that the name Korea is derived from the name Goryeo in Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), the focus of the exhibition now on view and of this workshop. It was during this period that Korea became known to the world outside East Asia through Western travelers to Chi ...
... By Dr. Kumja Paik Kim Few people are aware that the name Korea is derived from the name Goryeo in Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), the focus of the exhibition now on view and of this workshop. It was during this period that Korea became known to the world outside East Asia through Western travelers to Chi ...
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... Early Indian Buddhism tremendously diverse in doctrines and practices Oral canon of authoritative teachings first compiled within a few years of Şakyamuni’s death, but not recorded in writing until 1st century BCE – Tripitaka (“Three Baskets”): Sūtra (discourses of the Buddha) Vinaya (monastic regul ...
... Early Indian Buddhism tremendously diverse in doctrines and practices Oral canon of authoritative teachings first compiled within a few years of Şakyamuni’s death, but not recorded in writing until 1st century BCE – Tripitaka (“Three Baskets”): Sūtra (discourses of the Buddha) Vinaya (monastic regul ...
Navayana Buddhism - Social
... council at Rajagrha, under the leadership of Kashyapa. Upali recited the monastic code (Vinaya) as he remembered it. Ananda, Buddha's cousin, friend, and favorite disciple – and a man of prodigious memory! – recited Buddha's lessons (the Sutras). The monks debated details and voted on final versions ...
... council at Rajagrha, under the leadership of Kashyapa. Upali recited the monastic code (Vinaya) as he remembered it. Ananda, Buddha's cousin, friend, and favorite disciple – and a man of prodigious memory! – recited Buddha's lessons (the Sutras). The monks debated details and voted on final versions ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism
... think Buddhism is threatened by the Western philosophical problem. It is natural that the first Buddhist scholars to consider whether Buddhism is threatened by this Western philosophical dilemma would be inclined to defend Buddhism by embracing compatibilism, because compatibilism may be described, ...
... think Buddhism is threatened by the Western philosophical problem. It is natural that the first Buddhist scholars to consider whether Buddhism is threatened by this Western philosophical dilemma would be inclined to defend Buddhism by embracing compatibilism, because compatibilism may be described, ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... think Buddhism is threatened by the Western philosophical problem. It is natural that the first Buddhist scholars to consider whether Buddhism is threatened by this Western philosophical dilemma would be inclined to defend Buddhism by embracing compatibilism, because compatibilism may be described, ...
... think Buddhism is threatened by the Western philosophical problem. It is natural that the first Buddhist scholars to consider whether Buddhism is threatened by this Western philosophical dilemma would be inclined to defend Buddhism by embracing compatibilism, because compatibilism may be described, ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... Welcome to the 3rd Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Universities. This volume is long overdue, for too many or numerous reasons, none of which should be recollected. It’s here now, and we are excited to see it finally in print. The IABU has been functioning for several years now, ...
... Welcome to the 3rd Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Universities. This volume is long overdue, for too many or numerous reasons, none of which should be recollected. It’s here now, and we are excited to see it finally in print. The IABU has been functioning for several years now, ...
Understanding in Theravada Abhidhamma
... In the Mahāvastu, over the course of many lives, Gautama is said to have developed supramundane abilities including: a painless birth conceived without intercourse; no need for sleep, food, medicine, or bathing, although engaging in such "in conformity with the world"; omniscience, and the ability t ...
... In the Mahāvastu, over the course of many lives, Gautama is said to have developed supramundane abilities including: a painless birth conceived without intercourse; no need for sleep, food, medicine, or bathing, although engaging in such "in conformity with the world"; omniscience, and the ability t ...
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.