The Four Noble Truths: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
... And I wanted to make it as accessible and relevant as possible. Today vastly more books on Buddhism are available than even ten or fifteen years ago, but many are either translations of great texts and therefore quite traditional in style, or else they are written by Western scholars and hence acade ...
... And I wanted to make it as accessible and relevant as possible. Today vastly more books on Buddhism are available than even ten or fifteen years ago, but many are either translations of great texts and therefore quite traditional in style, or else they are written by Western scholars and hence acade ...
Sakya Newsletter: Fall 2005
... On infinite life: Amitayus (Sanskrit) is the name of a Buddha (who sometimes pretends to be a bodhisattva) and it means infinite life, time immeasurable and boundless life. This is an expression that surprises people in the west. People tend to think about escape rather than infinite life. Śāntideva ...
... On infinite life: Amitayus (Sanskrit) is the name of a Buddha (who sometimes pretends to be a bodhisattva) and it means infinite life, time immeasurable and boundless life. This is an expression that surprises people in the west. People tend to think about escape rather than infinite life. Śāntideva ...
Compassion in Buddhist Psychology
... and helps bring out this potential in others, while cruel, malicious and envious states of mind do the opposite. In Buddhist meditation systems, compassion is also closely connected with love, sympathetic joy, and equanimity—called the “four immeasurable attitudes”—as bases for powerful meditative i ...
... and helps bring out this potential in others, while cruel, malicious and envious states of mind do the opposite. In Buddhist meditation systems, compassion is also closely connected with love, sympathetic joy, and equanimity—called the “four immeasurable attitudes”—as bases for powerful meditative i ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian tradition
... experience in teaching Buddhism at school and university level. They have also taught Buddhist thought in the context of centres for Westerners who are interested in practising Buddhism. In writing they have borne in mind the interests and difficulties of such students, particularly students coming ...
... experience in teaching Buddhism at school and university level. They have also taught Buddhist thought in the context of centres for Westerners who are interested in practising Buddhism. In writing they have borne in mind the interests and difficulties of such students, particularly students coming ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian
... experience in teaching Buddhism at school and university level. They have also taught Buddhist thought in the context of centres for Westerners who are interested in practising Buddhism. In writing they have borne in mind the interests and difficulties of such students, particularly students coming ...
... experience in teaching Buddhism at school and university level. They have also taught Buddhist thought in the context of centres for Westerners who are interested in practising Buddhism. In writing they have borne in mind the interests and difficulties of such students, particularly students coming ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
... migrated from Orissa on the northeastern coast of the Indian subcontinent, and also from the Deccan in the southeast. In migrating to these areas, they had also brought their own culture and religion with them. Initially, the contact between the Hindu traders and the Mon peasants must have been limi ...
... migrated from Orissa on the northeastern coast of the Indian subcontinent, and also from the Deccan in the southeast. In migrating to these areas, they had also brought their own culture and religion with them. Initially, the contact between the Hindu traders and the Mon peasants must have been limi ...
1 FABIO RAMBELLI LECTURE 7 TRANSMISSION OF THE
... number of documents concerning several temples written over a period of three or four centuries. Moreover, temples often had different regulations. It is therefore particularly difficult to give a complete account, but in the remaining part of this section I will attempt to sketch a general picture ...
... number of documents concerning several temples written over a period of three or four centuries. Moreover, temples often had different regulations. It is therefore particularly difficult to give a complete account, but in the remaining part of this section I will attempt to sketch a general picture ...
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... built ca. 645, was a large-scale wooden construction modeled on Chinese prototypes; but while this model proved popular in Japan too, in Korea it was not continued. Here the relic cache was hidden under the central pillar. where it was discovered in 1964 following a theft. The T'ongdo-sa prototype ( ...
... built ca. 645, was a large-scale wooden construction modeled on Chinese prototypes; but while this model proved popular in Japan too, in Korea it was not continued. Here the relic cache was hidden under the central pillar. where it was discovered in 1964 following a theft. The T'ongdo-sa prototype ( ...
Protecting Oneself and Others Through Mindfulness – The Acrobat
... pervasion of the whole world with benevolence that should be maintained in any bodily posture, the discourse continues by enjoining that "one should practise this mindfulness". 38 This expression hints at a close relationship between the practice of mindfulness and the opening of the heart achieved ...
... pervasion of the whole world with benevolence that should be maintained in any bodily posture, the discourse continues by enjoining that "one should practise this mindfulness". 38 This expression hints at a close relationship between the practice of mindfulness and the opening of the heart achieved ...
(1) Book
... transmitting through oral tradition for a long time till they had been compiled. Probably, the compilation should have taken place either in the sixth or seventh century A.D.. There is every possibility to say that the compilers had given these names since such names never occur within the texts. ...
... transmitting through oral tradition for a long time till they had been compiled. Probably, the compilation should have taken place either in the sixth or seventh century A.D.. There is every possibility to say that the compilers had given these names since such names never occur within the texts. ...
use of theses - ANU Repository
... Rhys Davids is of the same opinion: "Gautama was born and brought up and lived ...
... Rhys Davids is of the same opinion: "Gautama was born and brought up and lived ...
Theravada Philosophical Exposition of the Supramundane (Lokuttara)
... cannot be practised while absorbed in jhāna, since insight meditation requires investigation and observation, which are impossible when the mind is immersed in one-pointed absorption. But after emerging from the jhāna the mind is cleared of the hindrances, and the stillness and clarity that then res ...
... cannot be practised while absorbed in jhāna, since insight meditation requires investigation and observation, which are impossible when the mind is immersed in one-pointed absorption. But after emerging from the jhāna the mind is cleared of the hindrances, and the stillness and clarity that then res ...
The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry
... The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry The striking difference with almost all other Buddhist lineages in the world, excluding Zen, lies in the fact that in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism the significant importance is given to the explanation of the path and the spiritual realization pre ...
... The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry The striking difference with almost all other Buddhist lineages in the world, excluding Zen, lies in the fact that in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism the significant importance is given to the explanation of the path and the spiritual realization pre ...
Mount Meru - Just be Good
... small city in the state of Bihar, India. A massive stupa was discovered in 1998 which is now thought to be the largest and tallest Buddhist stupa in the world. Originally 150 ft. tall, it now stands at about 104 ft. which is still 1 foot taller than the famous Borobodur Stupa in ...
... small city in the state of Bihar, India. A massive stupa was discovered in 1998 which is now thought to be the largest and tallest Buddhist stupa in the world. Originally 150 ft. tall, it now stands at about 104 ft. which is still 1 foot taller than the famous Borobodur Stupa in ...
BLIAQ Newsletter - Chung Tian Temple
... In 77 years as a monk in Dharma propagation, there was nothing he could not ‘give’ In the Main Hall of Tathagata Building of Foguangshan, Venerable Master Hsing Yun had heartfelt exchanges with devotees from Hong Kong, Kinmen, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung and overseas, explaining the origin o ...
... In 77 years as a monk in Dharma propagation, there was nothing he could not ‘give’ In the Main Hall of Tathagata Building of Foguangshan, Venerable Master Hsing Yun had heartfelt exchanges with devotees from Hong Kong, Kinmen, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung and overseas, explaining the origin o ...
Transcript of the teachings by Geshe Chonyi
... Using the analogy of the wheel to explain the Noble Eightfold Path:1. The higher training of wisdom overcomes the discordant class and is likened to the spokes of the wheel that are able to overcome foes and destroy the enemies. 2. The higher training of ethics is likened to the hub of the wheel as ...
... Using the analogy of the wheel to explain the Noble Eightfold Path:1. The higher training of wisdom overcomes the discordant class and is likened to the spokes of the wheel that are able to overcome foes and destroy the enemies. 2. The higher training of ethics is likened to the hub of the wheel as ...
The Sati Journal - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... Buddhism.” After a forty-year career in the Department of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Rita Gross has been recognized by Khandro Rinpoche as a Dharma teacher (lobön) in the Vajrayāna lineage. Caroline Rhys Davids is the subject of the essay by Dawn Neal, ...
... Buddhism.” After a forty-year career in the Department of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Rita Gross has been recognized by Khandro Rinpoche as a Dharma teacher (lobön) in the Vajrayāna lineage. Caroline Rhys Davids is the subject of the essay by Dawn Neal, ...
The Words of the Lotus Sutra in Nichiren`s Thought
... single verse of this Sutra of the Lotus Blossom of the Wonderful Dharma, or even gaze with reverence upon a roll of this scripture as though it were the Buddha himself ” (30c), and also says that a stupa erected to the Lotus Sutra need not ...
... single verse of this Sutra of the Lotus Blossom of the Wonderful Dharma, or even gaze with reverence upon a roll of this scripture as though it were the Buddha himself ” (30c), and also says that a stupa erected to the Lotus Sutra need not ...
File - Drukpa Mila Center
... The Tea Ceremony is to welcome Karma Rinpoche who has recently returned to the states from Bhutan. The tea ceremony brings auspiciousness to the upcoming events, purification, removal of obstacles, and blessings for all who attend. Following the ceremony, Rinpoche will share his personal story about ...
... The Tea Ceremony is to welcome Karma Rinpoche who has recently returned to the states from Bhutan. The tea ceremony brings auspiciousness to the upcoming events, purification, removal of obstacles, and blessings for all who attend. Following the ceremony, Rinpoche will share his personal story about ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... Frauwallner believed that the Vinayas of these four schools are so similar because they are the products of one missionary enterprise, and that their Vinayas, therefore, can be traced back to the same text that was current at the starting point of the missions, i.e. Vidisæa¤.4 What the Vinayas of th ...
... Frauwallner believed that the Vinayas of these four schools are so similar because they are the products of one missionary enterprise, and that their Vinayas, therefore, can be traced back to the same text that was current at the starting point of the missions, i.e. Vidisæa¤.4 What the Vinayas of th ...
BUDDHISM: SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION
... ABSTRACT: The conception that Buddhism has of the world could be considered as the Buddhist Philosophy of Nature. This buddhist conception of the world is one of the principal links of Buddhism with science. Buddhism has a dynamic conception of reality. This manifests itself in the peculiar doctrine ...
... ABSTRACT: The conception that Buddhism has of the world could be considered as the Buddhist Philosophy of Nature. This buddhist conception of the world is one of the principal links of Buddhism with science. Buddhism has a dynamic conception of reality. This manifests itself in the peculiar doctrine ...
Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... May live in. This is the basic change which has taken place in the last twenty years. At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hundred years, from the time of the Buddha to about the beginning of the Christian era. The status of the Pali Canon is her ...
... May live in. This is the basic change which has taken place in the last twenty years. At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hundred years, from the time of the Buddha to about the beginning of the Christian era. The status of the Pali Canon is her ...
The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal
... Abou t this Pub licati on It is my great pleasure to introduce this first volume of this new series, a study by the Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo, member of the academic staff at Hamburg University. In this book he investigates the genesis of the bodhisattva ideal, one of the most important concepts in ...
... Abou t this Pub licati on It is my great pleasure to introduce this first volume of this new series, a study by the Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo, member of the academic staff at Hamburg University. In this book he investigates the genesis of the bodhisattva ideal, one of the most important concepts in ...
Human-Centered Buddhism--One that Accords with Dharma
... Indian Buddhism. As I stated in the preface of my book, The Buddhism of India: I am deeply convinced that during its long period of evolution, Buddhism must have suffered distortions through the torrent of changing conditions. To investigate Buddhism’s original tenets, to understand how it has chang ...
... Indian Buddhism. As I stated in the preface of my book, The Buddhism of India: I am deeply convinced that during its long period of evolution, Buddhism must have suffered distortions through the torrent of changing conditions. To investigate Buddhism’s original tenets, to understand how it has chang ...
TRUTH - As given to the Buddha
... “He who controls his own destiny, despite the gods or other people; and he who has defeated his own vanities and evil: him, do I call a Brahma.” (Again, Brahma meaning the upper-class of mankind.) Oh, the Buddha knew what the word “Brahma” meant in his part of the world. (The Buddha was the son of a ...
... “He who controls his own destiny, despite the gods or other people; and he who has defeated his own vanities and evil: him, do I call a Brahma.” (Again, Brahma meaning the upper-class of mankind.) Oh, the Buddha knew what the word “Brahma” meant in his part of the world. (The Buddha was the son of a ...
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni, or simply the Buddha, was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in northeastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.The word Buddha means ""awakened one"" or ""the enlightened one"". ""Buddha"" is also used as a title for the first awakened being in a Yuga era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (Pali sammāsambuddha, Sanskrit samyaksaṃbuddha) of the present age. Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the śramaṇa movement common in his region. He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kosala.Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.