Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization
... nibalism, suttee, and nakedness, while offering, in addition to the Gospel, literacy, Western medicine, technology, law, and science; he would be an aggressive ‘‘saver of souls,’’ working to supplant false religions; and, because of his ‘‘missionary spirit,’’ he would be the epitome of Christian life ...
... nibalism, suttee, and nakedness, while offering, in addition to the Gospel, literacy, Western medicine, technology, law, and science; he would be an aggressive ‘‘saver of souls,’’ working to supplant false religions; and, because of his ‘‘missionary spirit,’’ he would be the epitome of Christian life ...
The Ch`an Tsung in Medieval China: School, Lineage, or What?
... underscanding ofBuddhistscbools or "sects" back into the ancient Chinese term /Sung. My remarks here are directed chiefly 10 the very influential and otherwise high quality Japanese scolarship in !he field known as zensbiishi or "history of !he Ch' an /Sung." In Japan today the term zenshiirefers, i ...
... underscanding ofBuddhistscbools or "sects" back into the ancient Chinese term /Sung. My remarks here are directed chiefly 10 the very influential and otherwise high quality Japanese scolarship in !he field known as zensbiishi or "history of !he Ch' an /Sung." In Japan today the term zenshiirefers, i ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... study of Ikkyū included extensive translations of the master’s poems, and the epigraph at the front of that volume is a quote from Kenneth Patchen’s The Journal of Albion Moonlight: “The greatest masters foster no schools. / They imitate themselves until the matter is ended.”19 The same year that sa ...
... study of Ikkyū included extensive translations of the master’s poems, and the epigraph at the front of that volume is a quote from Kenneth Patchen’s The Journal of Albion Moonlight: “The greatest masters foster no schools. / They imitate themselves until the matter is ended.”19 The same year that sa ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... In terms of the overall domain of religion/spirituality and its relationship to communication, to date, several communication scholars have written on this topic — Bhawuk’s (2003) case studies on creativity in Indian spiritual traditions, Cheong’s (Cheong, Huang, & Poon, 2011; Cheong & Poon, 2009) ...
... In terms of the overall domain of religion/spirituality and its relationship to communication, to date, several communication scholars have written on this topic — Bhawuk’s (2003) case studies on creativity in Indian spiritual traditions, Cheong’s (Cheong, Huang, & Poon, 2011; Cheong & Poon, 2009) ...
Dharma Essays
... misunderstood in many ways. One way has been to see them as a way to explain why there is birth and death. The Buddha usually began the twelve links with old age and death to help us get in touch with suffering and find its roots. This is closely linked to the teachings and practice of the Four Nob ...
... misunderstood in many ways. One way has been to see them as a way to explain why there is birth and death. The Buddha usually began the twelve links with old age and death to help us get in touch with suffering and find its roots. This is closely linked to the teachings and practice of the Four Nob ...
Popular Buddhist Texts From Nepal : Narratives and Rituals of
... of the most remarkable and complex in Asia and this study admittedly takes a limited sample of it into consideration. Drawing upon texts still used in the modern period, I aim to reconstruct premodern observances from a chaotic pattern that simultaneously mixes archaic traditional continuities with ...
... of the most remarkable and complex in Asia and this study admittedly takes a limited sample of it into consideration. Drawing upon texts still used in the modern period, I aim to reconstruct premodern observances from a chaotic pattern that simultaneously mixes archaic traditional continuities with ...
Buddhism and Responses to Disability, Mental Disorders and
... below, edited collection by TIWARI (1986) 'Suffering: Indian Perspectives' - though with the caution that most of the authors are Western scholars of Indian thought, rather than Indian scholars giving representative Indian perspectives). 1.2 Buddhism and Disability in the 21st Century 1.2.1 Influenc ...
... below, edited collection by TIWARI (1986) 'Suffering: Indian Perspectives' - though with the caution that most of the authors are Western scholars of Indian thought, rather than Indian scholars giving representative Indian perspectives). 1.2 Buddhism and Disability in the 21st Century 1.2.1 Influenc ...
Questioning Karma: Buddhism and the Phenomenology of the
... of action and reality? This cannot be the case insofar as the Dharma addresses and unfolds the realities of human and sentient life in order to (at least pragmatically) engage and respond to them. Both cultivating a Buddhist life and awakening entail prescriptive statements of what should be done in ...
... of action and reality? This cannot be the case insofar as the Dharma addresses and unfolds the realities of human and sentient life in order to (at least pragmatically) engage and respond to them. Both cultivating a Buddhist life and awakening entail prescriptive statements of what should be done in ...
The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient
... up their everyday lives and dedicated themselves to the pursuit of enlightenment. But of course everyone can’t be a monk, and it was left to lay Buddhists to lead ethical lives and provide the material support the monastics needed, so that in some future time (perhaps in a future life) they might ha ...
... up their everyday lives and dedicated themselves to the pursuit of enlightenment. But of course everyone can’t be a monk, and it was left to lay Buddhists to lead ethical lives and provide the material support the monastics needed, so that in some future time (perhaps in a future life) they might ha ...
Buddhist Hard Determinism: No Self, No Free Will, No Responsibility
... Reductionism at first makes more sense than common sense realism. On further analysis, however, reductionism is revealed to have its own difficulties. Although Siderits focuses on more subtle examples of such difficulties, I will illustrate the difficulties of reductionism by way of examples that st ...
... Reductionism at first makes more sense than common sense realism. On further analysis, however, reductionism is revealed to have its own difficulties. Although Siderits focuses on more subtle examples of such difficulties, I will illustrate the difficulties of reductionism by way of examples that st ...
Buddhism and its relation to women and prostitution in Thai society
... provided through the sangha, that could offer a direct outlet to attaining nibbana. This would also provide women with a better social outlet than the degrading work conditions of prostitution. My analysis will be based in part on on-the-ground observations and materials from travel to Thailand duri ...
... provided through the sangha, that could offer a direct outlet to attaining nibbana. This would also provide women with a better social outlet than the degrading work conditions of prostitution. My analysis will be based in part on on-the-ground observations and materials from travel to Thailand duri ...
Course Handbook for 2015-2016 Office hours
... This course focuses on the archaeological sources for studying the history and development of Buddhism, whilst taking into account the problems and tensions between text and material-based frameworks of analysis. It tracks the early origins of Buddhism in the Gangetic valley of India during the mid ...
... This course focuses on the archaeological sources for studying the history and development of Buddhism, whilst taking into account the problems and tensions between text and material-based frameworks of analysis. It tracks the early origins of Buddhism in the Gangetic valley of India during the mid ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... their worldviews and conceptions of self, suffering, and healing. The findings are based upon in-depth ethnographic data gathered about devout Japanese Buddhist women who all have some active connection with Søtø Zen Buddhist practice.2 With their collaboration, I began to see the intimate relations ...
... their worldviews and conceptions of self, suffering, and healing. The findings are based upon in-depth ethnographic data gathered about devout Japanese Buddhist women who all have some active connection with Søtø Zen Buddhist practice.2 With their collaboration, I began to see the intimate relations ...
PDF - UWA Research Portal
... have sought to reconnect to their Buddhist past to reconstitute a sense of national identity and to deal with the economic and spiritual insecurities of the new market economy. This dissertation is an exploration of lay Buddhist experiences in Ulaanbaatar connected to two different imaginings of Bud ...
... have sought to reconnect to their Buddhist past to reconstitute a sense of national identity and to deal with the economic and spiritual insecurities of the new market economy. This dissertation is an exploration of lay Buddhist experiences in Ulaanbaatar connected to two different imaginings of Bud ...
Minnan Eisai and Hirado - The Introduction of - NAOSITE
... esoteric Tendai school (天台宗), one of the dominant Buddhist schools in this time period. Rinzai was therefore not the first form of Zen Buddhism that was introduced to Japan. It was, however, the first school that developed into an institutionalized independent monastic organization. After its introd ...
... esoteric Tendai school (天台宗), one of the dominant Buddhist schools in this time period. Rinzai was therefore not the first form of Zen Buddhism that was introduced to Japan. It was, however, the first school that developed into an institutionalized independent monastic organization. After its introd ...
The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners
... comments that supplementary factors are given in the Atthasālinı̄ (The Expositor). Three of these correspond to the Ājı̄vatthamaka Sı̄la: 63. Abstinence from wrong Bodily Action (kāya duccarita-virati) 64. Abstinence from wrong Speech (vacı̄ duccarita-virati) 65. Abstinence from wrong Livelih ...
... comments that supplementary factors are given in the Atthasālinı̄ (The Expositor). Three of these correspond to the Ājı̄vatthamaka Sı̄la: 63. Abstinence from wrong Bodily Action (kāya duccarita-virati) 64. Abstinence from wrong Speech (vacı̄ duccarita-virati) 65. Abstinence from wrong Livelih ...
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
... To be sure, the Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, not unlike other great historic religions, defines ideal goals of moral perfection and ultimate self-transformation and the means to attain them, but at the same time, Southeast Asian Buddhism also provides the means by which people cope with day ...
... To be sure, the Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, not unlike other great historic religions, defines ideal goals of moral perfection and ultimate self-transformation and the means to attain them, but at the same time, Southeast Asian Buddhism also provides the means by which people cope with day ...
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
... To be sure, the Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, not unlike other great historic religions, defines ideal goals of moral perfection and ultimate self-transformation and the means to attain them, but at the same time, Southeast Asian Buddhism also provides the means by which people cope with day ...
... To be sure, the Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, not unlike other great historic religions, defines ideal goals of moral perfection and ultimate self-transformation and the means to attain them, but at the same time, Southeast Asian Buddhism also provides the means by which people cope with day ...
Lay Buddhist Practice - Buddhist Publication Society
... These days there are many books on Buddhism, some reliable and some speculative, so that a Buddhist living in a country where his religion is quite newly introduced is likely to have some difficulty in discerning what is really the teaching of the Buddha. However, this difficulty can be overcome by ...
... These days there are many books on Buddhism, some reliable and some speculative, so that a Buddhist living in a country where his religion is quite newly introduced is likely to have some difficulty in discerning what is really the teaching of the Buddha. However, this difficulty can be overcome by ...
The Prince and the Monk: Shōtoku Worship in Shinran`s Buddhism
... Kannon as a female divinity (19). The confusion between Shōtoku and Kannon in these secondary accounts is largely due to ambiguities in the language used to describe the content of the dream. As Lee shows, Shinran elevated Shōtoku to a level on a par with Kannon by referring to them both as guze (wo ...
... Kannon as a female divinity (19). The confusion between Shōtoku and Kannon in these secondary accounts is largely due to ambiguities in the language used to describe the content of the dream. As Lee shows, Shinran elevated Shōtoku to a level on a par with Kannon by referring to them both as guze (wo ...
Zen Buddhism and Media - DUO
... sources with Buddhist content, books and articles, as well as video sources such as YouTube, will also be referred to. All of these various forms of communication can be categorized as media. These media sources, the analysis of them and how Zen Buddhists utilize them, will constitute the main body ...
... sources with Buddhist content, books and articles, as well as video sources such as YouTube, will also be referred to. All of these various forms of communication can be categorized as media. These media sources, the analysis of them and how Zen Buddhists utilize them, will constitute the main body ...
Archaeology of Buddhism in South Asia
... This Conference is an important catalyst to draw world's attention to the archaeological heritage of South Asia as a region that flourished both in culture and religion since ancient times. This is a region that gave birth to great religions and civilizations which shaped the rich and alluring way o ...
... This Conference is an important catalyst to draw world's attention to the archaeological heritage of South Asia as a region that flourished both in culture and religion since ancient times. This is a region that gave birth to great religions and civilizations which shaped the rich and alluring way o ...
alms round - Singapore
... in voidness,' he should consider thus: 'On the path by which I went to the village for alms, or in the place where I wandered for alms, or on the path by which I returned from the almsround, was there any desire, lust, hate, delusion, or aversion in my mind regarding forms cognizable by the eye? If, ...
... in voidness,' he should consider thus: 'On the path by which I went to the village for alms, or in the place where I wandered for alms, or on the path by which I returned from the almsround, was there any desire, lust, hate, delusion, or aversion in my mind regarding forms cognizable by the eye? If, ...
JBE Research Article Good or Skilful? Kusala in Canon and Commentary ISSN 1076-9005
... concerned with mastery of jhàna or iddhi can also be mentioned at this point.33 The notion of skill in theory or practice develops further both in the Pali commentarial literature and in the Mahàyàna.34 This brings me to the very large number of passages in which kusala is linked with dhamma, either ...
... concerned with mastery of jhàna or iddhi can also be mentioned at this point.33 The notion of skill in theory or practice develops further both in the Pali commentarial literature and in the Mahàyàna.34 This brings me to the very large number of passages in which kusala is linked with dhamma, either ...
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 ...
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.