e lotus Journal of the Birmingham Buddhist Vihara Issue No. 35
... unpleasant is suffering; separation from the pleasant is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates of clinging are suffering”. Bhante discussed the suffering of the foetus in the womb, of the mother giving birth, of aging with cracking of teeth, white hair, sto ...
... unpleasant is suffering; separation from the pleasant is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates of clinging are suffering”. Bhante discussed the suffering of the foetus in the womb, of the mother giving birth, of aging with cracking of teeth, white hair, sto ...
A Western Student`s Meditation Experience Under The Guidance of
... [Perfections developed in past lives], you gave it direction and most meaningful engagement in your inspirationally challenging and genuinely productive method. I shall be with Anicca as long as I live, and as often as I do, my spirit shall gratefully acknowledge the Gurugyi who made it possible. Yo ...
... [Perfections developed in past lives], you gave it direction and most meaningful engagement in your inspirationally challenging and genuinely productive method. I shall be with Anicca as long as I live, and as often as I do, my spirit shall gratefully acknowledge the Gurugyi who made it possible. Yo ...
Fundamentals of Buddhism
... an important element in the cultural heritage of the people. The fact that a large section of the Chinese Community as well as the small but influential Srilankan Community acknowledge Buddhism as the primary force shaping their religious ideals and moral values is more than proof of this. Nonethele ...
... an important element in the cultural heritage of the people. The fact that a large section of the Chinese Community as well as the small but influential Srilankan Community acknowledge Buddhism as the primary force shaping their religious ideals and moral values is more than proof of this. Nonethele ...
Buddhism: The Awakening of Wisdom and Compassion
... wisdom of knowing the discriminative aspect of all existences, the wisdom of Bodhisattvas. How did these phenomena arise? From where? In what way? What were their results? Third, “Overall and Perfect Knowledge Wisdom” is the exhaustive and perfect perception and comprehension of the truth of life a ...
... wisdom of knowing the discriminative aspect of all existences, the wisdom of Bodhisattvas. How did these phenomena arise? From where? In what way? What were their results? Third, “Overall and Perfect Knowledge Wisdom” is the exhaustive and perfect perception and comprehension of the truth of life a ...
Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... Piety and the Monks in the Practices of Indian Buddhism: A Question of Sinicization Viewed from the Other Side,” mainly used Indian Buddhist epigraphical material, and concluded his research on filial piety in Indian Buddhism by saying that “although [the practice of filial piety] receives no very d ...
... Piety and the Monks in the Practices of Indian Buddhism: A Question of Sinicization Viewed from the Other Side,” mainly used Indian Buddhist epigraphical material, and concluded his research on filial piety in Indian Buddhism by saying that “although [the practice of filial piety] receives no very d ...
carrying Buddhism
... The sixth century in South and Southeast Asia appears to be a period of several major cultural and artistic changes. The period needs to be bracketed by the proceeding fifth and the following seventh centuries as the dating of the various shifts and innovative creations can rarely be dated precisely ...
... The sixth century in South and Southeast Asia appears to be a period of several major cultural and artistic changes. The period needs to be bracketed by the proceeding fifth and the following seventh centuries as the dating of the various shifts and innovative creations can rarely be dated precisely ...
THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND ITS `BODIES`: PHYSICAL BODIES
... scholars find themselves, poses a host of problems. While we cannot hope to resolve these issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, J ...
... scholars find themselves, poses a host of problems. While we cannot hope to resolve these issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, J ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... formulations of filial piety can either be bent in the direction of an allencompassing universalist concept, or on the contrary be appropriated as an instrument to justify particularism and enforce submissive behaviors. II. Filial Piety as a Genre of Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Literature The theme of ...
... formulations of filial piety can either be bent in the direction of an allencompassing universalist concept, or on the contrary be appropriated as an instrument to justify particularism and enforce submissive behaviors. II. Filial Piety as a Genre of Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Literature The theme of ...
Contentment, Compassion and Wisdom, a Buddhist Perspective
... And now, let’s talk about the Contentment itself. What is the definition of contentment? In order to understand what contentment means, we have to understand what its opposite is. We have to understand its essence and also what practice we need to do, if we want to develop contentment. In order to ...
... And now, let’s talk about the Contentment itself. What is the definition of contentment? In order to understand what contentment means, we have to understand what its opposite is. We have to understand its essence and also what practice we need to do, if we want to develop contentment. In order to ...
Lecture 100: Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa Page 1 Lecture
... put it on top of the robes. In this way there was a hemisphere on top of a cube. And the Buddha said: Make my stupa like this. And this was in fact the earliest form of the stupa. If you look at the archaeological remains of Buddhist sites in India, we find that this is in fact the oldest form of th ...
... put it on top of the robes. In this way there was a hemisphere on top of a cube. And the Buddha said: Make my stupa like this. And this was in fact the earliest form of the stupa. If you look at the archaeological remains of Buddhist sites in India, we find that this is in fact the oldest form of th ...
dhamma texts - International Meditation Centres
... involved in helping with the planning and organizing of the Council were also given titles when the honours list came out on Buddha Jayantī Day. A group of officers of the Buddha Sāsana Council were given the title of Wunna Kyaw Htin (WKH) for services rendered. I felt very privileged to be included ...
... involved in helping with the planning and organizing of the Council were also given titles when the honours list came out on Buddha Jayantī Day. A group of officers of the Buddha Sāsana Council were given the title of Wunna Kyaw Htin (WKH) for services rendered. I felt very privileged to be included ...
New Books Toni Bernhard.
... This absolutely gorgeous book introduces the reader to one of the great heritages of Buddhist art anywhere in the world, the collection of Buddhist cave art in Dunhuang, in western China. Buddhist cave art has been one of the enduring media for preserving the legacy of a great tradition in Asia. The ...
... This absolutely gorgeous book introduces the reader to one of the great heritages of Buddhist art anywhere in the world, the collection of Buddhist cave art in Dunhuang, in western China. Buddhist cave art has been one of the enduring media for preserving the legacy of a great tradition in Asia. The ...
Chapter 4 THE CONCEPT OF FAITH IN MAHĀYĀNA BUDDHISM
... of Discourse: Being a Translation of the Kathāvatthu from Abhiddhamma Piṭaka (London: PTS, 1979) 111-24. Of these five points of doctrine, the first four are primarily concerned with the implications of the qualities attainable by an Arhat and the rest one is concerned with that of the Four-staged P ...
... of Discourse: Being a Translation of the Kathāvatthu from Abhiddhamma Piṭaka (London: PTS, 1979) 111-24. Of these five points of doctrine, the first four are primarily concerned with the implications of the qualities attainable by an Arhat and the rest one is concerned with that of the Four-staged P ...
Essence of Zen.vp
... heard to remark that they had learned a lot about the Mahayana, the Theravada, and various other schools, but where, they asked, was Buddhism? When were they going to hear about that? For most of them, however, light eventually dawned, and by the end of the week they had begun to realize that, despi ...
... heard to remark that they had learned a lot about the Mahayana, the Theravada, and various other schools, but where, they asked, was Buddhism? When were they going to hear about that? For most of them, however, light eventually dawned, and by the end of the week they had begun to realize that, despi ...
The Buddhist Transformation of Silla Kingship: Buddha as a King
... were accorded the sacred status or Buddha. Wei-shu records that the influential monk Fa Kuo used to say, “Emperor T’ai-tsu is enlightened and likes the Buddha dharma. He is the Tathagata of today. Monks must and should pay him obeisance.” Since monk Fa Kuo equated the ruler of his times with the Bu ...
... were accorded the sacred status or Buddha. Wei-shu records that the influential monk Fa Kuo used to say, “Emperor T’ai-tsu is enlightened and likes the Buddha dharma. He is the Tathagata of today. Monks must and should pay him obeisance.” Since monk Fa Kuo equated the ruler of his times with the Bu ...
gcse religious studies
... the palace grounds. He married young and had a son. Siddhartha was not happy behind the walls of the palace and one day he decided to escape. There he was shocked by what he saw. Outside the palace wall he saw an old man, a sick man, a dead man and a monk. He realised that he knew nothing about suff ...
... the palace grounds. He married young and had a son. Siddhartha was not happy behind the walls of the palace and one day he decided to escape. There he was shocked by what he saw. Outside the palace wall he saw an old man, a sick man, a dead man and a monk. He realised that he knew nothing about suff ...
Buddha as Therapist: Meditations
... fundamentals (the Dharma) and its analysis (Abhidharma). Different schools developed and made their own commentaries. The process is still continuing, now restimulated by the encounter between Buddhism and modernism. This material is a treasure trove for contemporary psychologists as well as for sch ...
... fundamentals (the Dharma) and its analysis (Abhidharma). Different schools developed and made their own commentaries. The process is still continuing, now restimulated by the encounter between Buddhism and modernism. This material is a treasure trove for contemporary psychologists as well as for sch ...
Lay Ritual in the Early Buddhist Art of India
... are later encountered in virtually every regional and sectarian manifestation of Buddhism not only in India but everywhere Buddhism has traveled. Further, these practices are still ubiquitous throughout the Buddhist world today—more than two thousand years after the carvings were made. Shakyamuni’s ...
... are later encountered in virtually every regional and sectarian manifestation of Buddhism not only in India but everywhere Buddhism has traveled. Further, these practices are still ubiquitous throughout the Buddhist world today—more than two thousand years after the carvings were made. Shakyamuni’s ...
Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Sy
... deepen in significance to accord with the practitioner’s emotional, mental, psychological, philosophical, and spiritual capacities. In the Buddhist scriptures each of these numerical lists may be further subdivided into various aspects or components. The six perfections, for example, are each divide ...
... deepen in significance to accord with the practitioner’s emotional, mental, psychological, philosophical, and spiritual capacities. In the Buddhist scriptures each of these numerical lists may be further subdivided into various aspects or components. The six perfections, for example, are each divide ...
Lesson 6 - Castlemilk High School
... restlessness, ignorance, craving for existence in world of form, and craving for existence in the non-material world. ...
... restlessness, ignorance, craving for existence in world of form, and craving for existence in the non-material world. ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... today. The other four forms are deviations of this one. The second form is religious Buddhism. Although originally not a religion, it has become one in the past few hundred years. Today, it is difficult to deny this. Why? The external form of Buddhism today is indeed that of a religion. It is no lo ...
... today. The other four forms are deviations of this one. The second form is religious Buddhism. Although originally not a religion, it has become one in the past few hundred years. Today, it is difficult to deny this. Why? The external form of Buddhism today is indeed that of a religion. It is no lo ...
wheel of dharma - Buddhist Churches of America
... old style, via “snail mail.” In fact, I would like to see more written materials for people. I actually would like to see a twenty-some page seasonal journal that would reach out to all the people in this country someday. Why do I think this way? I believe that there are two types of information. On ...
... old style, via “snail mail.” In fact, I would like to see more written materials for people. I actually would like to see a twenty-some page seasonal journal that would reach out to all the people in this country someday. Why do I think this way? I believe that there are two types of information. On ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... Currently, there are at least five forms of Buddhism. The first form is the traditional Buddhism that I have just discussed. It is the education of the Buddha’s teachings. This original form is rarely seen today. The other four forms are deviations of this one. The second form is religious Buddhism ...
... Currently, there are at least five forms of Buddhism. The first form is the traditional Buddhism that I have just discussed. It is the education of the Buddha’s teachings. This original form is rarely seen today. The other four forms are deviations of this one. The second form is religious Buddhism ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... time, till it became the “great Sutta of the perfect Nirvāṇa” which we now have in our Pāli Canon. (Winternitz, History of Indian Literature 2, 1972:39; cf 41 f) In his article, “The Traditional Date of Kanishka,”5 J F Fleet tries to show that the sutta could not have been composed later than 375 BC ...
... time, till it became the “great Sutta of the perfect Nirvāṇa” which we now have in our Pāli Canon. (Winternitz, History of Indian Literature 2, 1972:39; cf 41 f) In his article, “The Traditional Date of Kanishka,”5 J F Fleet tries to show that the sutta could not have been composed later than 375 BC ...
Buddhist Teachings
... Vajrayana is the use of subtle vital energies to transform the mind. The gross mind is neutralized and the subtle mind “rides” on the clear light of bliss. This inner light is considered the only aspect of existence that is eternal. Once uncovered, one is said to be capable of attaining Buddha-hood. ...
... Vajrayana is the use of subtle vital energies to transform the mind. The gross mind is neutralized and the subtle mind “rides” on the clear light of bliss. This inner light is considered the only aspect of existence that is eternal. Once uncovered, one is said to be capable of attaining Buddha-hood. ...
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.