Lin-chi and the True Man Without Rank
... Lin-chi’s description of the true man fits the ideal Ch’an Master (or student): brisk and lively, with no roots at all. The “inner agent” clings to nothing: “the man of the Way leaves no trace of his activity.” That which is beyond form cannot really cling to form at all — but it can cling to a mist ...
... Lin-chi’s description of the true man fits the ideal Ch’an Master (or student): brisk and lively, with no roots at all. The “inner agent” clings to nothing: “the man of the Way leaves no trace of his activity.” That which is beyond form cannot really cling to form at all — but it can cling to a mist ...
The Four Noble Truths: A Scientific Perspective
... my brain cells began to develop, I started to accumulate cerebral infonnation arising from external stimulations. After birth there was undoubtedly an exponential growth in the amount of infonnation that was generated by my six senses and was stored in my brain. This process is expected to continue ...
... my brain cells began to develop, I started to accumulate cerebral infonnation arising from external stimulations. After birth there was undoubtedly an exponential growth in the amount of infonnation that was generated by my six senses and was stored in my brain. This process is expected to continue ...
The Fundamentals of Buddhism- BSMG Mtg. 09 14 16
... The Buddhist teaching of interdependence asks us to explore the reality of objects and their connection to ourselves more than any other teaching I know of. The main idea here is that EVERYTHING is interdependent. Nothing that exists, including you, exists in and of itself, without dependencies, and ...
... The Buddhist teaching of interdependence asks us to explore the reality of objects and their connection to ourselves more than any other teaching I know of. The main idea here is that EVERYTHING is interdependent. Nothing that exists, including you, exists in and of itself, without dependencies, and ...
Wishing to Engage in the Path of Liberation
... i. Does Hinayana has five paths? If so what are they? j. Hinayana practitioner who attained the third path gains the direct insight. Which one it that? k. For Hinayana Hearer practitioner in order to liberate from cyclic existence (samara), which emptiness do they apply as an antidote? l. For Hinaya ...
... i. Does Hinayana has five paths? If so what are they? j. Hinayana practitioner who attained the third path gains the direct insight. Which one it that? k. For Hinayana Hearer practitioner in order to liberate from cyclic existence (samara), which emptiness do they apply as an antidote? l. For Hinaya ...
Attitudes to Euthanasia in the Vinaya and Commentary By Damien Keown
... fit. This ground would seem applicable to the present case. The monks were, as far as we can tell, competent rational adults. They wished to die because they had made the judgement that their lives were Ònot worth livingÓ and that they would be Òbetter off dead.Ó This was a free choice consequent up ...
... fit. This ground would seem applicable to the present case. The monks were, as far as we can tell, competent rational adults. They wished to die because they had made the judgement that their lives were Ònot worth livingÓ and that they would be Òbetter off dead.Ó This was a free choice consequent up ...
Acarya Santaraksita
... Dharmakirti. The Sanskrit original of this work is lost but the Tibetan translation still exists. The second one contains memorial verses of a summary of the Tattvas. It criticises the moral and diciplinary part of the Buddhist and non-Buddhist systems. His other works are preserved in Tibatan trans ...
... Dharmakirti. The Sanskrit original of this work is lost but the Tibetan translation still exists. The second one contains memorial verses of a summary of the Tattvas. It criticises the moral and diciplinary part of the Buddhist and non-Buddhist systems. His other works are preserved in Tibatan trans ...
A Curriculum on Buddhist Psychology and Therapy/Coaching
... The present curriculum on Buddhist psychology, psychotherapy and coaching is a learning program presenting a comprehensive Buddhist psychology which fits mainstream practice and includes cutting-edge methods of assessment, therapy and coaching. Timewise it varies from a 1 day workshop to a 16-day co ...
... The present curriculum on Buddhist psychology, psychotherapy and coaching is a learning program presenting a comprehensive Buddhist psychology which fits mainstream practice and includes cutting-edge methods of assessment, therapy and coaching. Timewise it varies from a 1 day workshop to a 16-day co ...
A Buddhist`s Reflections on Religious Conversion
... allowing that all these feelings of personal identity do have some foundation. There is a reality to them. They are not entirely ungrounded fantasies. In the technical language of Buddhism, these intuitions of personal identity are conventional truths (sammati-sacca). It would be impossible to funct ...
... allowing that all these feelings of personal identity do have some foundation. There is a reality to them. They are not entirely ungrounded fantasies. In the technical language of Buddhism, these intuitions of personal identity are conventional truths (sammati-sacca). It would be impossible to funct ...
Word File - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... center. The fact that the Ôshû Fujiwara clan sought to realize a Buddhist-based governance ideal is reflected in the temples, gardens, residences, and other structures they built, as well as in the unique form and construction of the cluster of buildings that formed the political and administrative ...
... center. The fact that the Ôshû Fujiwara clan sought to realize a Buddhist-based governance ideal is reflected in the temples, gardens, residences, and other structures they built, as well as in the unique form and construction of the cluster of buildings that formed the political and administrative ...
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... than any cognitive information about the world. Liberation of mind is not allegiance to any picture of how the world is. In fact, it is described only negatively, precisely as the lack of any identifiable predicates. The possibility of a definitive right view about reality, the bare “being so” of an ...
... than any cognitive information about the world. Liberation of mind is not allegiance to any picture of how the world is. In fact, it is described only negatively, precisely as the lack of any identifiable predicates. The possibility of a definitive right view about reality, the bare “being so” of an ...
Buddhism and the West
... began to experience some of the benefits of these practices. Their minds became calmer and clearer and they felt happier. This was only to be expected. Meditation can be defined, at least provisionally, as the raising of the level of consciousness by working directly on the mind itself, or, alternat ...
... began to experience some of the benefits of these practices. Their minds became calmer and clearer and they felt happier. This was only to be expected. Meditation can be defined, at least provisionally, as the raising of the level of consciousness by working directly on the mind itself, or, alternat ...
Samsara, Karma, and Self-Enlightenment: A Buddhist Perspective
... world is ultimately a just place. The word Karma is derived from the Sanskrit Kri, to do; then karma literally means action, work or deed. Any sort of purposeful activity whether mental, verbal, or physical, is viewed as Karma. It covers all that is incorporated in the phrase “thought, word and deed ...
... world is ultimately a just place. The word Karma is derived from the Sanskrit Kri, to do; then karma literally means action, work or deed. Any sort of purposeful activity whether mental, verbal, or physical, is viewed as Karma. It covers all that is incorporated in the phrase “thought, word and deed ...
Theravāda Buddhism and John Dewey’s Metaethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... not they lead to the desired end, and whether that leads us into a regress. Two regresses might seem to threaten, one regarding the ultimate source of one’s values, and another regarding how far one should go in examining the consequences of a course of action. First, it cannot be denied that our ev ...
... not they lead to the desired end, and whether that leads us into a regress. Two regresses might seem to threaten, one regarding the ultimate source of one’s values, and another regarding how far one should go in examining the consequences of a course of action. First, it cannot be denied that our ev ...
Chan Buddhism
... • “meditation (lamp) is the essence of wisdom (light), and wisdom (light) is the function of meditation (lamp) • Meditation to wisdom is like the lamp to the light; wisdom to meditation is like the light to the lamp • Quoted Vimalakirti sutra regarding “the straightforward mind” • Don’t slander scri ...
... • “meditation (lamp) is the essence of wisdom (light), and wisdom (light) is the function of meditation (lamp) • Meditation to wisdom is like the lamp to the light; wisdom to meditation is like the light to the lamp • Quoted Vimalakirti sutra regarding “the straightforward mind” • Don’t slander scri ...
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... perhaps not intellectually but with our innermost heart, the eternity of life, and remain unswayed by our ever-changing circumstances while confidently challenging ourselves. ...
... perhaps not intellectually but with our innermost heart, the eternity of life, and remain unswayed by our ever-changing circumstances while confidently challenging ourselves. ...
The Great Perfection of Tibetan Buddhism
... “thought” or “thinking” and watch the thought disappear on its own. You do not look into the content of the thoughts whether they are positive, negative, neutral, spiritual, or anything else. The content is immaterial, the process is paramount. After doing this for some time, one finds that one’s th ...
... “thought” or “thinking” and watch the thought disappear on its own. You do not look into the content of the thoughts whether they are positive, negative, neutral, spiritual, or anything else. The content is immaterial, the process is paramount. After doing this for some time, one finds that one’s th ...
Document Word - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... center. The fact that the Ôshû Fujiwara clan sought to realize a Buddhist-based governance ideal is reflected in the temples, gardens, residences, and other structures they built, as well as in the unique form and construction of the cluster of buildings that formed the political and administrative ...
... center. The fact that the Ôshû Fujiwara clan sought to realize a Buddhist-based governance ideal is reflected in the temples, gardens, residences, and other structures they built, as well as in the unique form and construction of the cluster of buildings that formed the political and administrative ...
are buddhists idol - worshippers
... gain their salvation through the intercession of a third party and these are the very people who -pass caustic remarks inferring that Buddhists are idolaters and are praying to the image of a man who was dead and gone. A person’s physical body may disintegrate and dissolve into the four elements bu ...
... gain their salvation through the intercession of a third party and these are the very people who -pass caustic remarks inferring that Buddhists are idolaters and are praying to the image of a man who was dead and gone. A person’s physical body may disintegrate and dissolve into the four elements bu ...
Mysticism – Final Paper
... West, David L. McMahan) This allows people to “try out” Buddhism without necessarily abandoning their existing religious affiliation. Several terms have become popular to describe these people, including “Buddhist sympathizers”, “night-stand Buddhists”, and “client Buddhists”; the latter specificall ...
... West, David L. McMahan) This allows people to “try out” Buddhism without necessarily abandoning their existing religious affiliation. Several terms have become popular to describe these people, including “Buddhist sympathizers”, “night-stand Buddhists”, and “client Buddhists”; the latter specificall ...
Conference abstracts – PDF
... Zeitzen [in press]), and where Buddhism arranges encounters between different kinds of economies, including Buddhist economic ethics. At this market, you can buy everything that you need for your Tibetan Buddhist practice – as a lay person, nun or monk. It can be a complicated matter, however, to sh ...
... Zeitzen [in press]), and where Buddhism arranges encounters between different kinds of economies, including Buddhist economic ethics. At this market, you can buy everything that you need for your Tibetan Buddhist practice – as a lay person, nun or monk. It can be a complicated matter, however, to sh ...
merit-making by offering the giant paddy heap
... selfcenteredness, compassion to indifference, merit-making to accumulation of wealth, and belief in one’s own kamma to masquerading. ...
... selfcenteredness, compassion to indifference, merit-making to accumulation of wealth, and belief in one’s own kamma to masquerading. ...
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.