Ksitigrabha sutra - Khyentse Foundation
... If, in the future, kings, prime ministers, nobles, when they see aged ones suffering from disease, women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits a ...
... If, in the future, kings, prime ministers, nobles, when they see aged ones suffering from disease, women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits a ...
In One Lifetime: Pure Land Buddhism
... the goodness of all the beings there, his Pure Land has innumerable wonders and advantages, all of which arise from the great vows, deeds, and purity of all the beings there. Through his vows, Amitabha helps all beings create the causes to plant the roots of goodness. With his deeds, he creates the ...
... the goodness of all the beings there, his Pure Land has innumerable wonders and advantages, all of which arise from the great vows, deeds, and purity of all the beings there. Through his vows, Amitabha helps all beings create the causes to plant the roots of goodness. With his deeds, he creates the ...
To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat
... issue. And he was not the only one. We read of a particular ascetic who was highly esteemed by the people of Vesali despite having taken a vow to consume only meat and alcohol (Digha Nikaya III,9). There are several places in the Vinaya, the rules for Buddhist monks and nuns, where eating meat is me ...
... issue. And he was not the only one. We read of a particular ascetic who was highly esteemed by the people of Vesali despite having taken a vow to consume only meat and alcohol (Digha Nikaya III,9). There are several places in the Vinaya, the rules for Buddhist monks and nuns, where eating meat is me ...
The Arya Dharma of Sakya Muni, Gautama Buddha. The Ethics of
... The religion of the Jews was a purely fighting religion with Jehovah as the commander-in Chief of the Judaic forces. All the wars were carried on by the people of Judah under the command of Jehovah. All the tactics of the military dictator were adopted by Jehovah. When he could not manage the Jews H ...
... The religion of the Jews was a purely fighting religion with Jehovah as the commander-in Chief of the Judaic forces. All the wars were carried on by the people of Judah under the command of Jehovah. All the tactics of the military dictator were adopted by Jehovah. When he could not manage the Jews H ...
Mahayana Buddhism
... Emperor Asoka, flowed quietly without heing affected by the political changes. During the Maurya period, the early and historical Buddhism became divided into eighteen or more sects, on account of their different views about the interpretation of Buddha's teachings. One of these viz., the Mahasanghi ...
... Emperor Asoka, flowed quietly without heing affected by the political changes. During the Maurya period, the early and historical Buddhism became divided into eighteen or more sects, on account of their different views about the interpretation of Buddha's teachings. One of these viz., the Mahasanghi ...
Two Nichiren Texts
... time, Hønen was the first Nembutsu priest to disregard the Lotus Sutra in his writings and teaching. Equally galling to Nichiren was the fact that Nembutsu devotionalism was extremely popular, attracting many commoners as well as members of the samurai class. The practice of worshiping Amitåbha was n ...
... time, Hønen was the first Nembutsu priest to disregard the Lotus Sutra in his writings and teaching. Equally galling to Nichiren was the fact that Nembutsu devotionalism was extremely popular, attracting many commoners as well as members of the samurai class. The practice of worshiping Amitåbha was n ...
Edwin Arnold - What-Buddha
... the power of the word and of persuasion during more than half a century, and when he died in the arms of his disciples it was with the serenity of a sage, who was certain that he had found the truth’. (The above translation of the French quotation is by Mr Francis Story.) To Gautama has consequently ...
... the power of the word and of persuasion during more than half a century, and when he died in the arms of his disciples it was with the serenity of a sage, who was certain that he had found the truth’. (The above translation of the French quotation is by Mr Francis Story.) To Gautama has consequently ...
- Nishi Hongwanji L.A.
... After Shinran Shonin was pardoned from his exile in Echigo, he moved to a place called Inada and stayed in a cottage where he completed the first draft of his major work “The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization of the Pure Land Way (Kyo-Gyo-Shin-Sho).” One day, a samurai warrior visited Shinran ...
... After Shinran Shonin was pardoned from his exile in Echigo, he moved to a place called Inada and stayed in a cottage where he completed the first draft of his major work “The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization of the Pure Land Way (Kyo-Gyo-Shin-Sho).” One day, a samurai warrior visited Shinran ...
sample - Casa Fluminense
... Though Tamura does discuss Tendai thought in this book, it is really about the Lotus Sutra, and very little of what is known about the Lotus Sutra has changed since Tamura wrote it. There are a variety of opinions on certain matters related to the history of the Sutra, such as why the Sanskrit origi ...
... Though Tamura does discuss Tendai thought in this book, it is really about the Lotus Sutra, and very little of what is known about the Lotus Sutra has changed since Tamura wrote it. There are a variety of opinions on certain matters related to the history of the Sutra, such as why the Sanskrit origi ...
Original `Toro Nagashi` in America Reverend Kakei Nakagawa
... where each person’s difficulties becomes the difficulties for the group. There is a willingness to sacrifice for each other, and a tremendous amount of empathy. Each person will try to understand as best as possible that they too might face that same problem, and therefore, selflessly work to help e ...
... where each person’s difficulties becomes the difficulties for the group. There is a willingness to sacrifice for each other, and a tremendous amount of empathy. Each person will try to understand as best as possible that they too might face that same problem, and therefore, selflessly work to help e ...
A Buddhist View of Happiness
... 1. Right Understanding. This of course is the understanding of the Buddha’s teachings. These teachings appeal to us on many levels: intellectual, emotional, logical, spiritual. They are very straightforward and specific in that they spell out very painstakingly how and why we suffer and how this suf ...
... 1. Right Understanding. This of course is the understanding of the Buddha’s teachings. These teachings appeal to us on many levels: intellectual, emotional, logical, spiritual. They are very straightforward and specific in that they spell out very painstakingly how and why we suffer and how this suf ...
whether under the name of Buddha or that of Samkarâchârya
... faithful congregation, thus making it incontestable that Buddhism does not teach final annihilation, we shall be referred to authorities to whom such teaching is ascribed. And let us say at once: Men are no authority for us in questions of conscience, nor ought they to be for anyone else. If anyone ...
... faithful congregation, thus making it incontestable that Buddhism does not teach final annihilation, we shall be referred to authorities to whom such teaching is ascribed. And let us say at once: Men are no authority for us in questions of conscience, nor ought they to be for anyone else. If anyone ...
Gautama Buddha was born in Helabima
... Ramayana2are still available in India. Any name of a person or of a village mentioned in Tripitaka cannot be seen in any book, any text or any paper written in India. All these names of the people, the cities or the places stated in Tripitaka in the very ancient time like 2000 years ago, are the in ...
... Ramayana2are still available in India. Any name of a person or of a village mentioned in Tripitaka cannot be seen in any book, any text or any paper written in India. All these names of the people, the cities or the places stated in Tripitaka in the very ancient time like 2000 years ago, are the in ...
A Buddhist`s Reflections on Religious Conversion
... passes out of being.” Immediately after that, a chorus of celestial beings shouted “Truly the Lord has founded the highest kingdom of truth, which neither ascetic nor priest nor god nor Mara [the personification of death] nor [the supreme god] Brahma can overturn.” The Buddha’s first talk to his fiv ...
... passes out of being.” Immediately after that, a chorus of celestial beings shouted “Truly the Lord has founded the highest kingdom of truth, which neither ascetic nor priest nor god nor Mara [the personification of death] nor [the supreme god] Brahma can overturn.” The Buddha’s first talk to his fiv ...
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
... description of various mountains like Himalaya, Kailasha, Sumeru, Kanchana and various rivers and trees like Ganga, Niranjana, Jamuna and trees like Tala, Asoka, Lodhra etc. and descriptions of traditional seasons shows his skill on the field of geography and Botany and other medical science. In vie ...
... description of various mountains like Himalaya, Kailasha, Sumeru, Kanchana and various rivers and trees like Ganga, Niranjana, Jamuna and trees like Tala, Asoka, Lodhra etc. and descriptions of traditional seasons shows his skill on the field of geography and Botany and other medical science. In vie ...
as PDF doc - ExEAS - Expanding East Asian Studies
... Note: Names are given in pinyin (Jenner translation) and Wade-Giles (Waley/Yu translations), plus any alternate names used in translations. Note that in Chinese practice, the family name comes first, then the personal name, as in Chen Xuanzang, where Chen is the family name. ...
... Note: Names are given in pinyin (Jenner translation) and Wade-Giles (Waley/Yu translations), plus any alternate names used in translations. Note that in Chinese practice, the family name comes first, then the personal name, as in Chen Xuanzang, where Chen is the family name. ...
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... especially practice on the channels and winds. Based in tantras associated with Vajrasattva, Vimalakirti and King Dza. These teachings also involve visualizations wherein the deity is generated instantly (as compared to gradually as is done in the lower tantras). appearances: T. nang wa. Literally, ...
... especially practice on the channels and winds. Based in tantras associated with Vajrasattva, Vimalakirti and King Dza. These teachings also involve visualizations wherein the deity is generated instantly (as compared to gradually as is done in the lower tantras). appearances: T. nang wa. Literally, ...
Buddhism (World Religions)
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
The Great Compassion and Fraternity in Mahayana - Purdue e-Pubs
... beliefs and culture, and to vow to alleviate their sufferings and misunderstanding with forbearance everywhere and in any realm of life? A passage in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (大方廣佛華嚴經) reads as follows: “Through the adornment of humility to accomplish forbearance and softness in mind, one attends to fol ...
... beliefs and culture, and to vow to alleviate their sufferings and misunderstanding with forbearance everywhere and in any realm of life? A passage in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (大方廣佛華嚴經) reads as follows: “Through the adornment of humility to accomplish forbearance and softness in mind, one attends to fol ...
Navayana Buddhism - Social
... knowledge he had gained was far too difficult to communicate to others. Legend has it that Brahma, king of the gods, convinced Buddha to teach, saying that some of us perhaps have only a little dirt in our eyes and could awaken if we only heard his story. Buddha agreed to teach. At Sarnath near Bena ...
... knowledge he had gained was far too difficult to communicate to others. Legend has it that Brahma, king of the gods, convinced Buddha to teach, saying that some of us perhaps have only a little dirt in our eyes and could awaken if we only heard his story. Buddha agreed to teach. At Sarnath near Bena ...
Canonical Jātaka Tales in Comparative Perspective
... version of this discourse. The setting at the background of these two tales is a discussion between a sceptic and a Buddhist monk. During this discussion, the monk employs several examples to illustrate his arguments. One of these examples contrasts a clever caravan leader to a foolish one,16 anothe ...
... version of this discourse. The setting at the background of these two tales is a discussion between a sceptic and a Buddhist monk. During this discussion, the monk employs several examples to illustrate his arguments. One of these examples contrasts a clever caravan leader to a foolish one,16 anothe ...
Noh Sotoba Komachi
... (Komachi on the Stupa) This play features Ono no Komachi, one of the six great poets of the early Heian Period, also famous for her beauty and her many suitors whose infatuation she allegedly mocked. In the Edo Period, her name became synonymous with a “beautiful woman,” in particular used with regi ...
... (Komachi on the Stupa) This play features Ono no Komachi, one of the six great poets of the early Heian Period, also famous for her beauty and her many suitors whose infatuation she allegedly mocked. In the Edo Period, her name became synonymous with a “beautiful woman,” in particular used with regi ...
Buddhism, Children and the Naga
... behind to make his great departure. The Vessantara Jataka tells the story of the Buddha’s former life in which a simple request results in the future Buddha willingly giving away his children to an evil Brahmin. The future Buddha’s belief and will to protect virtue was greater than the love for his ...
... behind to make his great departure. The Vessantara Jataka tells the story of the Buddha’s former life in which a simple request results in the future Buddha willingly giving away his children to an evil Brahmin. The future Buddha’s belief and will to protect virtue was greater than the love for his ...
08_chapter 3
... Mahapadana Suttanta6, gives details of the six Buddha-s prior to Gautama. This discourse is attributed to the Buddha himself, who gives the time, caste, family, length of life, etc. of these predecessors of his. In the Buddhavamsa, a later work belonging to the Khuddaka Nikāya, the number increases ...
... Mahapadana Suttanta6, gives details of the six Buddha-s prior to Gautama. This discourse is attributed to the Buddha himself, who gives the time, caste, family, length of life, etc. of these predecessors of his. In the Buddhavamsa, a later work belonging to the Khuddaka Nikāya, the number increases ...
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.