歷屆英文考題(至2016年)
... 34. Suffering is often the result of how we __________ life situations. 35. True Mahayana practitioners __________ even this attachment to nirvana. 36. Fundamental ignorance is __________ our misconception of a self, the 'I' that governs our experiences. 37. Ordinary people see existence ___________ ...
... 34. Suffering is often the result of how we __________ life situations. 35. True Mahayana practitioners __________ even this attachment to nirvana. 36. Fundamental ignorance is __________ our misconception of a self, the 'I' that governs our experiences. 37. Ordinary people see existence ___________ ...
Shikantaza(Just Sitting) - sotozen-net
... He emphasized that they must practice zazen “to the exclusion of all other activities” as the Fifth Ancestor Hongren on Mt. Huangmei did (Shobogenzo Zazengi (“Instructions for Zazen”)). As for the second aspect, if we do practice as a means to an end, that practice would end its role when the goal i ...
... He emphasized that they must practice zazen “to the exclusion of all other activities” as the Fifth Ancestor Hongren on Mt. Huangmei did (Shobogenzo Zazengi (“Instructions for Zazen”)). As for the second aspect, if we do practice as a means to an end, that practice would end its role when the goal i ...
The Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels On Women`s Inabilities
... spell of one line, [or] a spell of two lines, three lines, four lines, many lines, [even] a spell of a hundred-thousand lines, [with the thought]: ‘this will cause me to be freed from dukkha,’ searching in this way for dukkha, the arising of dukkha, the path [leading to liberation from] dukkha, and ...
... spell of one line, [or] a spell of two lines, three lines, four lines, many lines, [even] a spell of a hundred-thousand lines, [with the thought]: ‘this will cause me to be freed from dukkha,’ searching in this way for dukkha, the arising of dukkha, the path [leading to liberation from] dukkha, and ...
Bahudhātuka-sutta On Women‖s Inabilities Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... spell of one line, [or] a spell of two lines, three lines, four lines, many lines, [even] a spell of a hundred-thousand lines, [with the thought]: ―this will cause me to be freed from dukkha,‖ searching in this way for dukkha, the arising of dukkha, the path [leading to liberation from] dukkha, and ...
... spell of one line, [or] a spell of two lines, three lines, four lines, many lines, [even] a spell of a hundred-thousand lines, [with the thought]: ―this will cause me to be freed from dukkha,‖ searching in this way for dukkha, the arising of dukkha, the path [leading to liberation from] dukkha, and ...
There is Only One Mindfulness: Why Science and Buddhism Need
... mindfulness by scholars, researchers, and Buddhist teachers, we argue that, in actual fact, the Buddha taught only one type of mindfulness. Indeed, there is little (if any) ambiguity in the original teachings expounded by the Buddha in terms of how mindfulness should be interpreted and practised. Ac ...
... mindfulness by scholars, researchers, and Buddhist teachers, we argue that, in actual fact, the Buddha taught only one type of mindfulness. Indeed, there is little (if any) ambiguity in the original teachings expounded by the Buddha in terms of how mindfulness should be interpreted and practised. Ac ...
Meaning of Conversion
... commit oneself wholeheartedly to the Buddha’s teaching, allowing it to change one’s whole way of life. Being a Buddhist is a full-time occupation, not a hobby or an intellectual pastime; it is something to be taken seriously. And when you take something seriously, all sorts of practical questions a ...
... commit oneself wholeheartedly to the Buddha’s teaching, allowing it to change one’s whole way of life. Being a Buddhist is a full-time occupation, not a hobby or an intellectual pastime; it is something to be taken seriously. And when you take something seriously, all sorts of practical questions a ...
The criteria of the Noble Eightfold Path
... defined in the discourses without employing any personal language. For example, the fourth path, Sammā-kammanta, is defined as pāṇātipātā veramaṇī, adinnādānā veramaṇī, and kāmesu micchācārā veramaṇī. In this definition a person is not taken in. Thus all the first four path factors are defined in th ...
... defined in the discourses without employing any personal language. For example, the fourth path, Sammā-kammanta, is defined as pāṇātipātā veramaṇī, adinnādānā veramaṇī, and kāmesu micchācārā veramaṇī. In this definition a person is not taken in. Thus all the first four path factors are defined in th ...
Zhuan Falun (Volume II)
... successfully cultivate Buddhahood by chanting sutras, but they won’t succeed if they fail to shed human attachments. Their minds are focused on Buddha, after all, though, so after passing away they wander about in the temple, and follow along as others cultivate. That’s how it is for them. You can’t ...
... successfully cultivate Buddhahood by chanting sutras, but they won’t succeed if they fail to shed human attachments. Their minds are focused on Buddha, after all, though, so after passing away they wander about in the temple, and follow along as others cultivate. That’s how it is for them. You can’t ...
Ascetic Figures Before and in Early Buddhism: The Emergence of
... In the first place it raises questions with regard to the alleged uniqueness of the Buddha himself if he is not the only being imputed to have achieved enlightenment entirely by his own efforts. Secondly, how ought we to understand the role and function of his teaching and his significance as a medi ...
... In the first place it raises questions with regard to the alleged uniqueness of the Buddha himself if he is not the only being imputed to have achieved enlightenment entirely by his own efforts. Secondly, how ought we to understand the role and function of his teaching and his significance as a medi ...
Ethics in accounting: Exploring the relevance of a
... discussions on ethics in business and in accounting. Thirdly, given the global nature of modern business and accounting affairs, an appreciation of differences in the social and moral beliefs of different people is critical for moving towards harmonious perspectives on ethics. Finally, the Buddhist ...
... discussions on ethics in business and in accounting. Thirdly, given the global nature of modern business and accounting affairs, an appreciation of differences in the social and moral beliefs of different people is critical for moving towards harmonious perspectives on ethics. Finally, the Buddhist ...
Theravāda Buddhism and John Dewey’s Metaethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... things are good in themselves while others are only good or bad depending on whether they lead to those goods. In other words, he rejects the distinction between intrinsic and instrumental goods. Rather, the goodness of an end depends on the means adopted as well as its own role as a means for furth ...
... things are good in themselves while others are only good or bad depending on whether they lead to those goods. In other words, he rejects the distinction between intrinsic and instrumental goods. Rather, the goodness of an end depends on the means adopted as well as its own role as a means for furth ...
Agon Shu unites Buddhist traditions in Fire Rites
... finally Japan. And Tibetan Buddhism was transmitted from India to Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and Bhutan. Tibetan Buddhism is mainly based on the Tantric Buddhism of latestage Mahayana Buddhism. But Tibetan Buddhism also has elements close to those of early Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism thus has a strong sp ...
... finally Japan. And Tibetan Buddhism was transmitted from India to Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and Bhutan. Tibetan Buddhism is mainly based on the Tantric Buddhism of latestage Mahayana Buddhism. But Tibetan Buddhism also has elements close to those of early Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism thus has a strong sp ...
the buddha speaks the sutra about karma
... Lord Buddha and is reproduced here in its entirety: "Once upon a gathering attended by 1,250 followers, the venerable Ananda, after circling thrice with folded hands around the Buddha and bowing with respect asked: "In the present dark age where the majority of our people are indulgent in unrighteou ...
... Lord Buddha and is reproduced here in its entirety: "Once upon a gathering attended by 1,250 followers, the venerable Ananda, after circling thrice with folded hands around the Buddha and bowing with respect asked: "In the present dark age where the majority of our people are indulgent in unrighteou ...
Good Question, Good Answer
... took note of many of the questions, added some that I was often asked and thus Good Question Good Answer came into being. What was meant to be of use mainly for Singaporeans has, to my surprise and satisfaction, gone on to have an international readership. Over 150,000 copies of the English edition ...
... took note of many of the questions, added some that I was often asked and thus Good Question Good Answer came into being. What was meant to be of use mainly for Singaporeans has, to my surprise and satisfaction, gone on to have an international readership. Over 150,000 copies of the English edition ...
CHAPTER FIVE THE SOCIAL ETHICS IN BUDDHISM AND TAOISM
... others, one protects oneself. By practice, by development, by cultivation of the establishment of mindfulness one protects oneself and others. By tolerance, by nonviolence, by loving-kindness, by sympathy one protects others and oneself.‖ 16 Man is born into society, brought up in society and he con ...
... others, one protects oneself. By practice, by development, by cultivation of the establishment of mindfulness one protects oneself and others. By tolerance, by nonviolence, by loving-kindness, by sympathy one protects others and oneself.‖ 16 Man is born into society, brought up in society and he con ...
Lesson 14 – The Four Sublime Abodes
... materialistic working environment, we are subjected to unjust criticism and abuses. Most people are perturbed when affected by such favorable or unfavorable states. One is elated when praised, depressed when blamed. True equanimity, however, should be able to meet all these severe tests and to regen ...
... materialistic working environment, we are subjected to unjust criticism and abuses. Most people are perturbed when affected by such favorable or unfavorable states. One is elated when praised, depressed when blamed. True equanimity, however, should be able to meet all these severe tests and to regen ...
No Hinayana in Buddhism
... Pali (or Sanskrit) texts would have used it in other connections as an opposite of maha – big. But they don't. The opposite of maha is “culla”, so this is the normal word for “small”. The term Hinayana is an echo of a debate long dead – or rather a debate where the one party is dead and the other on ...
... Pali (or Sanskrit) texts would have used it in other connections as an opposite of maha – big. But they don't. The opposite of maha is “culla”, so this is the normal word for “small”. The term Hinayana is an echo of a debate long dead – or rather a debate where the one party is dead and the other on ...
Document
... Oral canon of authoritative teachings first compiled within a few years of Şakyamuni’s death, but not recorded in writing until 1st century BCE – Tripitaka (“Three Baskets”): Sūtra (discourses of the Buddha) Vinaya (monastic regulations) Abhidharma (philosophical and psychological commentaries) ...
... Oral canon of authoritative teachings first compiled within a few years of Şakyamuni’s death, but not recorded in writing until 1st century BCE – Tripitaka (“Three Baskets”): Sūtra (discourses of the Buddha) Vinaya (monastic regulations) Abhidharma (philosophical and psychological commentaries) ...
Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
the two traditions of meditation in ancient india
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
Introduction Self or non-self? Three turnings of the wheel of dharma
... This and the other talks of the Buddha were collected in the S tra-pi aka. They were interpreted and systematised in the advanced teaching (abhidharma) which was the source of systematic commentaries and treatises in the eighteen Abhidharma schools that developed over the first 500 years after the B ...
... This and the other talks of the Buddha were collected in the S tra-pi aka. They were interpreted and systematised in the advanced teaching (abhidharma) which was the source of systematic commentaries and treatises in the eighteen Abhidharma schools that developed over the first 500 years after the B ...
Siddhartha Savage: The Importance of Buddhism in Huxley`s Brave
... author’s knowledge has identified what is in some ways a striking similarity between the story of the Buddha and the story of Brave New World, which is what the current work strives to highlight. Contemporary Huxley criticism has somewhat shifted away from religious and mystical discussions altogeth ...
... author’s knowledge has identified what is in some ways a striking similarity between the story of the Buddha and the story of Brave New World, which is what the current work strives to highlight. Contemporary Huxley criticism has somewhat shifted away from religious and mystical discussions altogeth ...
Volume 7 – No. 1 - Buddhist Discussion Centre
... subsequent understanding, of the relevant literature associated with a topic. The Canon originates from the first Council and authorised Commentaries should ...
... subsequent understanding, of the relevant literature associated with a topic. The Canon originates from the first Council and authorised Commentaries should ...
First Exam
... Explicate, and briefly discuss, the Four Noble Truths. Explicate, and briefly discuss, Buddhist concepts of dukkha and tanha. Identify, and briefly discuss, the various steps of the Eightfold Path. Explicate, and briefly discuss, Buddhist concepts of nirvana, anatta, and anicca. Identify, and brief ...
... Explicate, and briefly discuss, the Four Noble Truths. Explicate, and briefly discuss, Buddhist concepts of dukkha and tanha. Identify, and briefly discuss, the various steps of the Eightfold Path. Explicate, and briefly discuss, Buddhist concepts of nirvana, anatta, and anicca. Identify, and brief ...
The Taste of Freedom
... Fourthly, when great rivers reach the mighty ocean they abandon their former names and lineage, and instead of being known as the Ganges, the Jumna, and so on, are reckoned simply as `mighty ocean'. In the same way those who `go forth' from home into the homeless life in response to the Dharma-Vinay ...
... Fourthly, when great rivers reach the mighty ocean they abandon their former names and lineage, and instead of being known as the Ganges, the Jumna, and so on, are reckoned simply as `mighty ocean'. In the same way those who `go forth' from home into the homeless life in response to the Dharma-Vinay ...
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.