- Hospice of Mother Tara
... Big celebrations! We were able to host Venerable Namgyel in our newly completed residence during November and December, with the kitchen renovations coming together at the very last minute. Many thanks to everyone who helped with the work that has gone into it and funding the renovations. Special th ...
... Big celebrations! We were able to host Venerable Namgyel in our newly completed residence during November and December, with the kitchen renovations coming together at the very last minute. Many thanks to everyone who helped with the work that has gone into it and funding the renovations. Special th ...
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... Noting that Sariputra absolves the old man of any falsehood in these actions, Pye finds the reasoning interesting: “The emphasis is put not on the fact that the children received a better vehicle than intended, which might after all be taken to cover their failure to receive the specific kinds whic ...
... Noting that Sariputra absolves the old man of any falsehood in these actions, Pye finds the reasoning interesting: “The emphasis is put not on the fact that the children received a better vehicle than intended, which might after all be taken to cover their failure to receive the specific kinds whic ...
Bodhisattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
... patronized by the Guptas. For a long time prior to this Brahminism had been relatively marginalized, or at least not privileged, in the north: apart from the short-lived Śuṅga dynasty, post-Mauryan northern India was dominated by invading Greeks, Scythians, Parthians and Kuṣāṇas, all of whom patroni ...
... patronized by the Guptas. For a long time prior to this Brahminism had been relatively marginalized, or at least not privileged, in the north: apart from the short-lived Śuṅga dynasty, post-Mauryan northern India was dominated by invading Greeks, Scythians, Parthians and Kuṣāṇas, all of whom patroni ...
The Practices of Tibetan Buddhism
... from confusion to enlightenment, a process which takes many years and much sincere effort to accomplish. But even if enlightenment may seem far away, it isn’t - the Buddha, himself a simple human being, achieved it, and taught that everyone else could, too. That’s because everyone has a mind—which t ...
... from confusion to enlightenment, a process which takes many years and much sincere effort to accomplish. But even if enlightenment may seem far away, it isn’t - the Buddha, himself a simple human being, achieved it, and taught that everyone else could, too. That’s because everyone has a mind—which t ...
Guang Ming Digest - Guang Ming Temple
... With an emphasis on not needing to "go some place else" to find enlightenment, he tells us that we can realize our true nature in the here and now, within this precious human birth and this world. When we actualize altruism, joyfulness, and universality, we are practicin ...
... With an emphasis on not needing to "go some place else" to find enlightenment, he tells us that we can realize our true nature in the here and now, within this precious human birth and this world. When we actualize altruism, joyfulness, and universality, we are practicin ...
One Foot in the World
... the highest form of satisfaction that a layman can have. Every society has a code of ethics to be followed by its members. According to Buddhism the minimum code of ethics regulating the life of its adherents is the pañcasila, the Five Precepts. If one practices these virtues, one can have the sati ...
... the highest form of satisfaction that a layman can have. Every society has a code of ethics to be followed by its members. According to Buddhism the minimum code of ethics regulating the life of its adherents is the pañcasila, the Five Precepts. If one practices these virtues, one can have the sati ...
PDF - World Wide Journals
... have resulted from this undertaking by the king. Other Stūpas were erected to venerate the relics of respected teachers, such as those for the Buddha’s disciples Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, who predeceased him, and for the missionaries of Anoka’s time. Evidence for this comes from Archaeological re ...
... have resulted from this undertaking by the king. Other Stūpas were erected to venerate the relics of respected teachers, such as those for the Buddha’s disciples Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, who predeceased him, and for the missionaries of Anoka’s time. Evidence for this comes from Archaeological re ...
A Vision of Peace in the Lotus Sutra
... Sutra, the parable of the three kinds of medicinal herbs and two kinds of trees serves to illustrate a model of symbiosis for all living things, not only human life, “The rain falling from one blanket of cloud accords with each particular species and nature, causing it to sprout and mature, to bloss ...
... Sutra, the parable of the three kinds of medicinal herbs and two kinds of trees serves to illustrate a model of symbiosis for all living things, not only human life, “The rain falling from one blanket of cloud accords with each particular species and nature, causing it to sprout and mature, to bloss ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... compiled in Buddhist Sanskrit. They were most influential in the northwest of India, that is, in Kashmir and Gandhāra (present day Afghanistan). Their Kashmiri branch was also known as the Vaibhāika, while the Gandhārī branch was known as the Mla,sarvâstivāda or Sautrāntika. Interestingly, while t ...
... compiled in Buddhist Sanskrit. They were most influential in the northwest of India, that is, in Kashmir and Gandhāra (present day Afghanistan). Their Kashmiri branch was also known as the Vaibhāika, while the Gandhārī branch was known as the Mla,sarvâstivāda or Sautrāntika. Interestingly, while t ...
Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... way the order of nuns was held to have come into being.9 These are found in: 1. the Vinaya in Four Parts of the Dharmaguptaka tradition, preserved in Chinese translation,10 2. a Vinayamātṛka preserved in Chinese translation, which some scholars suggest represents the Haimavata tradition, although th ...
... way the order of nuns was held to have come into being.9 These are found in: 1. the Vinaya in Four Parts of the Dharmaguptaka tradition, preserved in Chinese translation,10 2. a Vinayamātṛka preserved in Chinese translation, which some scholars suggest represents the Haimavata tradition, although th ...
Awaken17 - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... today who still hold the deep traditional learning necessary to interpret these texts accurately,” she further clarified. BLHP’s vision is to have them all translated and made universally accessible in 100 years’ time, she added. If you would like to find out more or support this project, visit www. ...
... today who still hold the deep traditional learning necessary to interpret these texts accurately,” she further clarified. BLHP’s vision is to have them all translated and made universally accessible in 100 years’ time, she added. If you would like to find out more or support this project, visit www. ...
The Historical Authenticity of Early Buddhist Literature A Critical
... literary sources are normative and therefore historically suspect. Another explanation for such contradictions, probably the most obvious of all, is that the texts are older than the archaeological and epigraphical sources. For example, if a belief or practice which appears in a canonical text is co ...
... literary sources are normative and therefore historically suspect. Another explanation for such contradictions, probably the most obvious of all, is that the texts are older than the archaeological and epigraphical sources. For example, if a belief or practice which appears in a canonical text is co ...
Oct 2014 - Chung Tian Temple
... they can also benefit from the Dharma and the light of wisdom.” In the Opening Ceremony of 2014 BLIA World Headquarters General Conference on the 4th of October, Venerable Master Hsing Yun stated clearly the direction of BLIA’s future development and also strongly expressed his wish of resigning fro ...
... they can also benefit from the Dharma and the light of wisdom.” In the Opening Ceremony of 2014 BLIA World Headquarters General Conference on the 4th of October, Venerable Master Hsing Yun stated clearly the direction of BLIA’s future development and also strongly expressed his wish of resigning fro ...
Untitled - Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto
... returned to the world of men, Nagarjuna began making known the wisdom he had obtained by teaching and writing about prajna and its related systems. The Buddhist tradition holds that over time the essence of the prajnaparamita Sutra was distilled into more and more condensed versions, until it finall ...
... returned to the world of men, Nagarjuna began making known the wisdom he had obtained by teaching and writing about prajna and its related systems. The Buddhist tradition holds that over time the essence of the prajnaparamita Sutra was distilled into more and more condensed versions, until it finall ...
Gotami-apadana
... The Gotami-apadana is the story of Mahapajapati Gotami, maternal aunt and fostermother to the Buddha and, as Walters proposes, the female spiritual counterpart to the Buddha (Walters, 113, 117). Her story is included in a collection of moral biographies, Apadana, which is part of a larger canon, Khu ...
... The Gotami-apadana is the story of Mahapajapati Gotami, maternal aunt and fostermother to the Buddha and, as Walters proposes, the female spiritual counterpart to the Buddha (Walters, 113, 117). Her story is included in a collection of moral biographies, Apadana, which is part of a larger canon, Khu ...
Saṃyukta-āgama and the Potential of the Ten Courses of Action
... it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know about the Buddha's presence and so went to pay him a visit. 25 The Pāli version ...
... it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know about the Buddha's presence and so went to pay him a visit. 25 The Pāli version ...
The Lotus Sutra - Cirencester College
... “Some of the most important principles of Buddhism are only touched upon in passing, as though the reader or hearer is expected to be acquainted with them already, while many of the more revolutionary doctrines are not presented in any orderly fashion or supported by careful or detailed arguments bu ...
... “Some of the most important principles of Buddhism are only touched upon in passing, as though the reader or hearer is expected to be acquainted with them already, while many of the more revolutionary doctrines are not presented in any orderly fashion or supported by careful or detailed arguments bu ...
Introduction of philosophy
... in any situation. The Buddhists believe it is important to think carefully and to make a distinction between good and bad before acting. Buddhists believe that karma is the natural law, therefore, there is no god to change things but only karma with its consequences at any given time to steer your ...
... in any situation. The Buddhists believe it is important to think carefully and to make a distinction between good and bad before acting. Buddhists believe that karma is the natural law, therefore, there is no god to change things but only karma with its consequences at any given time to steer your ...
Introduction to Buddhism
... achieve Nirvana coincided with Daoist egalitarian views as well as the orthodox Confucian doctrine that all could become a Yao or a Shun (Sage). It is no accident that the most successful schools of Buddhism in China were Mahayana sects. The more egalitarian they were the more successful over time. ...
... achieve Nirvana coincided with Daoist egalitarian views as well as the orthodox Confucian doctrine that all could become a Yao or a Shun (Sage). It is no accident that the most successful schools of Buddhism in China were Mahayana sects. The more egalitarian they were the more successful over time. ...
Buddhist Thoughts on Symbiosis—And its Contemporary Implications
... Shakyamuni demonstrated that enlightenment can be reached by practicing penetrating meditation. Meditation allows submersion from the superficial layers of consciousness to the deeper layers beneath. In other words, it is a search for the “cosmos within” using the shallow consciousness of the self a ...
... Shakyamuni demonstrated that enlightenment can be reached by practicing penetrating meditation. Meditation allows submersion from the superficial layers of consciousness to the deeper layers beneath. In other words, it is a search for the “cosmos within” using the shallow consciousness of the self a ...
skillful means - The Dharmafarers
... Then, bhikshus, I thought thus: ‘Why should I, being myself subject to birth, sought what was also subject to birth; … subject to decay; … subject to sickness; … subject to death; … subject to sorrow; being myself subject to defilement, sought what was also subject to defilement? Suppose that I, bei ...
... Then, bhikshus, I thought thus: ‘Why should I, being myself subject to birth, sought what was also subject to birth; … subject to decay; … subject to sickness; … subject to death; … subject to sorrow; being myself subject to defilement, sought what was also subject to defilement? Suppose that I, bei ...
Brahman - TeacherWeb
... Over time, two primary schools of Buddhism developed -Theravada (Teaching of the Elders) portrayed Buddha as a wise teacher and model but not divine -Mahayana (Great Vehicle) developed in the early centuries CE and claimed that help was available for the strenuous journey through bodhisattvas or spi ...
... Over time, two primary schools of Buddhism developed -Theravada (Teaching of the Elders) portrayed Buddha as a wise teacher and model but not divine -Mahayana (Great Vehicle) developed in the early centuries CE and claimed that help was available for the strenuous journey through bodhisattvas or spi ...
A Brief History of Buddhism in Tibet
... The Nyingma school developed in Tibet in the early or first diffusion and its influence on other schools has been very significant. For instance there seem to be few advanced Kagyu practitioners who are not partly Nyingma. Buddhism came to Tibet in the late eighth century CE. Previously there had ...
... The Nyingma school developed in Tibet in the early or first diffusion and its influence on other schools has been very significant. For instance there seem to be few advanced Kagyu practitioners who are not partly Nyingma. Buddhism came to Tibet in the late eighth century CE. Previously there had ...
di l¥c Buddha
... He will be the future Buddha when the time is right for him. 1. His Beliefs: His method of practice was Conciousness-only which he did not believe in the true existence of all things. He believed in the chain of causes and effects in which a thing existed. 2. His Wishes: He is now living in the high ...
... He will be the future Buddha when the time is right for him. 1. His Beliefs: His method of practice was Conciousness-only which he did not believe in the true existence of all things. He believed in the chain of causes and effects in which a thing existed. 2. His Wishes: He is now living in the high ...
Book Dzyan Res. Rep. 4 6.5 - Eastern Tradition Research Institute
... terms. But it does not necessarily follow that the Mahatmas were themselves followers of the schools from which the terms were taken. E.g., “We are not Adwaitees [followers of the Hindu school of advaita or non-dual Vedånta], but our teaching respecting the one life is identical with that of the Adw ...
... terms. But it does not necessarily follow that the Mahatmas were themselves followers of the schools from which the terms were taken. E.g., “We are not Adwaitees [followers of the Hindu school of advaita or non-dual Vedånta], but our teaching respecting the one life is identical with that of the Adw ...
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.