Buddhist Social Theory?
... therefore could not have known about the extraordinary psychological and social effects of literacy, much less the equally significant consequences of the printing press. He was also unfamiliar with nation-states, corporate capitalism, universities and scientific institutes, high-tech warfare, the U ...
... therefore could not have known about the extraordinary psychological and social effects of literacy, much less the equally significant consequences of the printing press. He was also unfamiliar with nation-states, corporate capitalism, universities and scientific institutes, high-tech warfare, the U ...
First Exam
... those features as well as the manner in which they were challenged by the Buddha. Huston Smith lists seven characteristics of “original Buddhism”. Identify, and briefly discuss, those seven characteristics. ...
... those features as well as the manner in which they were challenged by the Buddha. Huston Smith lists seven characteristics of “original Buddhism”. Identify, and briefly discuss, those seven characteristics. ...
a facilitator`s guide to
... The Cessation of Suffering: Understanding its cause, we see that suffering ends when we let go of attachment to ego and its habitual tendencies. ...
... The Cessation of Suffering: Understanding its cause, we see that suffering ends when we let go of attachment to ego and its habitual tendencies. ...
Is Colorado Buddhism Green? - Digital Commons @ DU
... Through comparing the attitudes and behaviors between Buddhist practitioners and nonBuddhists, I analyzed whether (1) Buddhist practitioners have more environmental concerns about the earth, and (2) their daily activities reflect their pro-environmental behaviors. For those Buddhist practitioners wh ...
... Through comparing the attitudes and behaviors between Buddhist practitioners and nonBuddhists, I analyzed whether (1) Buddhist practitioners have more environmental concerns about the earth, and (2) their daily activities reflect their pro-environmental behaviors. For those Buddhist practitioners wh ...
The Buddha and The Cross: The Development of
... most of the early Irish Buddhists left Ireland to be ordained or to practice in Asian countries like Japan and Burma (Cox 4). Some of these early Buddhists include Captain C. Pfounds, an Irish military officer whose service in the Opium Wars led him to Japan. After the war, he stayed, beginning a l ...
... most of the early Irish Buddhists left Ireland to be ordained or to practice in Asian countries like Japan and Burma (Cox 4). Some of these early Buddhists include Captain C. Pfounds, an Irish military officer whose service in the Opium Wars led him to Japan. After the war, he stayed, beginning a l ...
Journey to Mindfulness: The Autobiography of Bhante G.
... Reading these amazing stories, one might conclude that spiritual people are somehow very different from regular people. As for me, I can claim no miracles. I have been a simple person all my life. Early on I learned that if I worked hard, I would usually get good results— nothing supernatural about ...
... Reading these amazing stories, one might conclude that spiritual people are somehow very different from regular people. As for me, I can claim no miracles. I have been a simple person all my life. Early on I learned that if I worked hard, I would usually get good results— nothing supernatural about ...
permissions - poetry of China
... them in the whole context of Buddhist "mindfulness" or awareness, which in its most elementary from consists in the "bare attention" which simply sees what is right there and does not add any comment, any interpretation, any judgment, any conclusion. It just sees. Learning to see in this manner is t ...
... them in the whole context of Buddhist "mindfulness" or awareness, which in its most elementary from consists in the "bare attention" which simply sees what is right there and does not add any comment, any interpretation, any judgment, any conclusion. It just sees. Learning to see in this manner is t ...
Buddhist Hard Determinism: No Self, No Free Will, No Responsibility
... Most scholars of this period attempted to show that Buddhism was not vulnerable to the dilemma that consists of the prima facie incompatibility between determinism (or its Buddhist cousin, dependent origination) and free will. Early-period scholars attempted to circumvent this dilemma by arguing for ...
... Most scholars of this period attempted to show that Buddhism was not vulnerable to the dilemma that consists of the prima facie incompatibility between determinism (or its Buddhist cousin, dependent origination) and free will. Early-period scholars attempted to circumvent this dilemma by arguing for ...
this PDF file
... These ways of seperating the Buddhist ascetics from others serve to profile the sangha in the eyes of the authors of those passages. One feature which may be regarded implicite in these instances is the soteriological argument: the connection of sangha membership and salvation. This is clearly expli ...
... These ways of seperating the Buddhist ascetics from others serve to profile the sangha in the eyes of the authors of those passages. One feature which may be regarded implicite in these instances is the soteriological argument: the connection of sangha membership and salvation. This is clearly expli ...
Urban Dharma Newsletters
... and are paying the utmost reverence to this branch of the Bodhi Tree under the shade of which the Master achieved Enlightenment. Monks from Sri Lanka have had an important role in spreading both Theravada and Mahayana throughout South-east Asia. It was in Sri Lanka, in the 1st century AD during the ...
... and are paying the utmost reverence to this branch of the Bodhi Tree under the shade of which the Master achieved Enlightenment. Monks from Sri Lanka have had an important role in spreading both Theravada and Mahayana throughout South-east Asia. It was in Sri Lanka, in the 1st century AD during the ...
Chinese challenges to Buddhism
... Dàoshēng, the last of the great neo-Daoistic Buddhists, thus had some notion of the doctrine of universal Buddha-nature even before the final chapters of the full-length Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra14 had arrived in the south. On the basis of the Lotus Sutra, he had already argued that if the truth is one, ...
... Dàoshēng, the last of the great neo-Daoistic Buddhists, thus had some notion of the doctrine of universal Buddha-nature even before the final chapters of the full-length Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra14 had arrived in the south. On the basis of the Lotus Sutra, he had already argued that if the truth is one, ...
Buddhist Studies in Germany and Austria 1971
... mar, metrics, astronomy, medicine), Mahayanasutras, kavya and drama. It is thus an extremely important tool for the study of the phraseology of Buddhist Sanskrit as used in the canonical texts of the Sarvastivada school.8 Most of the canonical texts found in Turfan belong to that school. The diction ...
... mar, metrics, astronomy, medicine), Mahayanasutras, kavya and drama. It is thus an extremely important tool for the study of the phraseology of Buddhist Sanskrit as used in the canonical texts of the Sarvastivada school.8 Most of the canonical texts found in Turfan belong to that school. The diction ...
the sociology of early buddhism - Assets
... Certainly there are ways of accounting for these two oddities. One, which must be noticed at once but will here be put on one side for a while, is that the account of the Buddha’s original message given above is false, or at least misrepresented by the omission of its public, ethical and social dime ...
... Certainly there are ways of accounting for these two oddities. One, which must be noticed at once but will here be put on one side for a while, is that the account of the Buddha’s original message given above is false, or at least misrepresented by the omission of its public, ethical and social dime ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... to thepresenceand scope ofthebodhisattva ideal in TheravadaBuddhism it (theonlyextantschoolofHTnayana Buddhism), be beneficial to the sources that the may investigate briefly identify withMahayanaBuddhism and the?ravaka-yana with bodhisattva-yana ...
... to thepresenceand scope ofthebodhisattva ideal in TheravadaBuddhism it (theonlyextantschoolofHTnayana Buddhism), be beneficial to the sources that the may investigate briefly identify withMahayanaBuddhism and the?ravaka-yana with bodhisattva-yana ...
The Therīgāthā - Buddhist Publication Society
... admiring comments from a very notable woman among them, Caroline Rhys Davids (who also rendered the anthology into metrical English).2 Inquirers into the status of women within the Theravāda tradition in particular have time and again drawn this remarkable text3 into their various disquisitions.4 Ye ...
... admiring comments from a very notable woman among them, Caroline Rhys Davids (who also rendered the anthology into metrical English).2 Inquirers into the status of women within the Theravāda tradition in particular have time and again drawn this remarkable text3 into their various disquisitions.4 Ye ...
Word of the Buddha
... While it may well serve as a first introduction for the beginner, its chief aim is to give the reader who is already more or less acquainted with the fundamental ideas of Buddhism, a clear, concise and authentic summary of its various doctrines, within the framework of the all-embracing ‘Four Noble ...
... While it may well serve as a first introduction for the beginner, its chief aim is to give the reader who is already more or less acquainted with the fundamental ideas of Buddhism, a clear, concise and authentic summary of its various doctrines, within the framework of the all-embracing ‘Four Noble ...
puñña kusala sukka
... pleasures of a happy one, are common motives among Buddhists. We should note, however, that while some meritorious actions will be purposefully aimed at these goals, others are thought of as simply having such results without their being aimed for — an important point to which we will return. The te ...
... pleasures of a happy one, are common motives among Buddhists. We should note, however, that while some meritorious actions will be purposefully aimed at these goals, others are thought of as simply having such results without their being aimed for — an important point to which we will return. The te ...
Buddhism and Science
... compatible with science. This is not because, as Buddhists, we ought to feel ‘under threat’ from science. As I shall explain later, we can still carry on happily in our practice without worrying about whether the latest developments in modern cosmology or biology conflict with our beliefs. However, ...
... compatible with science. This is not because, as Buddhists, we ought to feel ‘under threat’ from science. As I shall explain later, we can still carry on happily in our practice without worrying about whether the latest developments in modern cosmology or biology conflict with our beliefs. However, ...
Significance of Vas and Katina
... of time. They traveled distances, from place to place, teaching and preaching the dharma and meditating. As stated in the Mahavaggapali the Buddha instructed the monks thus, “Go forth, O monks for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, for the welfare, benefit and happiness of gods and ...
... of time. They traveled distances, from place to place, teaching and preaching the dharma and meditating. As stated in the Mahavaggapali the Buddha instructed the monks thus, “Go forth, O monks for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, for the welfare, benefit and happiness of gods and ...
THE IMPACT OF THE BUDDHIST DOCTRINE OF KARMA ON THE
... Theravāda texts, karma is one’s own responsibility. It is what one created. If one performs a good deed, one will have a good return and if one performs evil, then one will surely get an evil result. No person or thing can interfere with this truth. On the contrary, Mahāyāna Buddhism proposes the ro ...
... Theravāda texts, karma is one’s own responsibility. It is what one created. If one performs a good deed, one will have a good return and if one performs evil, then one will surely get an evil result. No person or thing can interfere with this truth. On the contrary, Mahāyāna Buddhism proposes the ro ...
Saṃyukta-āgama and the Potential of the Ten Courses of Action
... courses of action, will lead to a good rebirth just as surely as ghee will rise above water. 5 Not only can a good rebirth be expected from them, but when well developed the ten wholesome courses of action even lead to awakening. 6 For those who have attained full awakening the ten wholesome courses ...
... courses of action, will lead to a good rebirth just as surely as ghee will rise above water. 5 Not only can a good rebirth be expected from them, but when well developed the ten wholesome courses of action even lead to awakening. 6 For those who have attained full awakening the ten wholesome courses ...
521. Snodgrass, Judith
... to restructure Christianity around a new conception of the nature of self, a psychological and scientific conception that he described in his book The Soul of Man (1890). He founded The Open Court, a weekly journal, with the intention of propagating these ideas. As the masthead of the journal tells ...
... to restructure Christianity around a new conception of the nature of self, a psychological and scientific conception that he described in his book The Soul of Man (1890). He founded The Open Court, a weekly journal, with the intention of propagating these ideas. As the masthead of the journal tells ...
Is There a Soul? - The Dharmafarers
... 1.2 NO-SELF, NOT-SELF OR NON-SELF. During the first decade of Sutta Discovery translation project, I have rendered anattā as ―not-self,‖ mainly persuaded by Thanissaro (1996, 2001), partly also out of deference for a learned monk‘s view. However, reflecting on the modern philosophical discussions on ...
... 1.2 NO-SELF, NOT-SELF OR NON-SELF. During the first decade of Sutta Discovery translation project, I have rendered anattā as ―not-self,‖ mainly persuaded by Thanissaro (1996, 2001), partly also out of deference for a learned monk‘s view. However, reflecting on the modern philosophical discussions on ...
Buddhist philosophy
Buddhist philosophy is the elaboration and explanation of the delivered teachings of the Buddha as found in the Tripitaka and Agama. Its main concern is with explicating the dharmas constituting reality. A recurrent theme is the reification of concepts, and the subsequent return to the Buddhist Middle Way.Early Buddhism avoided speculative thought on metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics, and epistemology, but was based instead on empirical evidence gained by the sense organs (ayatana).Nevertheless, Buddhist scholars have addressed ontological and metaphysical issues subsequently. Particular points of Buddhist philosophy have often been the subject of disputes between different schools of Buddhism. These elaborations and disputes gave rise to various schools in early Buddhism of Abhidhamma, and to the Mahayana traditions and schools of the prajnaparamita, Madhyamaka, buddha-nature and Yogacara.