Buddhist Beliefs
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the buddha image at amaravati
... subsequent influences from neighboring traditions. The tradition evolved in Sanchi and Bharhut might have provided the idea of symbolic representations of the Buddha, while its native inspiration is more obvious and stronger in both aniconic and iconic carvings. This, in fact, resulted in recognizi ...
... subsequent influences from neighboring traditions. The tradition evolved in Sanchi and Bharhut might have provided the idea of symbolic representations of the Buddha, while its native inspiration is more obvious and stronger in both aniconic and iconic carvings. This, in fact, resulted in recognizi ...
What is the purpose of life? What do Buddhists say?
... He also saw a sick person and realised that anyone could become ill. One day Siddhartha left the palace and saw an old person which made him realise that one day he would be old. The last person he saw was a holy man, who was poor but happy. He had given up his possessions to lead a spiritual life. ...
... He also saw a sick person and realised that anyone could become ill. One day Siddhartha left the palace and saw an old person which made him realise that one day he would be old. The last person he saw was a holy man, who was poor but happy. He had given up his possessions to lead a spiritual life. ...
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... migrate in the evolution of life; and that subject to the law of karma we must reap what we sow. Yet thou teachest the non-existence of the soul! Thy disciples praise utter self-extinction as the highest bliss of Nirvana. If I am merely a combination of the sankharas, my existence will cease when I ...
... migrate in the evolution of life; and that subject to the law of karma we must reap what we sow. Yet thou teachest the non-existence of the soul! Thy disciples praise utter self-extinction as the highest bliss of Nirvana. If I am merely a combination of the sankharas, my existence will cease when I ...
PDN`s Buddhist Glossary - Prison Mindfulness Institute
... of a stage of enlightenment. Concentrates on individual liberation through examining the twelvefold chain of dependant coorigination, pratityasamutpada. Also the name of the second of the ...
... of a stage of enlightenment. Concentrates on individual liberation through examining the twelvefold chain of dependant coorigination, pratityasamutpada. Also the name of the second of the ...
The "Suicide" Problem in the Pāli Canon
... philosophy we see once again that the transcendence of the individual and his body is the governing principle, yet this time it is expressed in terms of a subduing and subordination at a social level primarily, not by regimenting the body conceived as a physiological or as a psychological mechanism, ...
... philosophy we see once again that the transcendence of the individual and his body is the governing principle, yet this time it is expressed in terms of a subduing and subordination at a social level primarily, not by regimenting the body conceived as a physiological or as a psychological mechanism, ...
Introduction to the Early Buddhist
... Book Literary History of Sanskrit Buddhism (Bombay 1919). For the chapters we are reproducing here Nariman was relying mainly on Maurice Winternitz’ History of Indian Literature, Vol II, pp. 217-282. These chapters concentrate on the early texts which have survived from the Early Buddhist Tradition, ...
... Book Literary History of Sanskrit Buddhism (Bombay 1919). For the chapters we are reproducing here Nariman was relying mainly on Maurice Winternitz’ History of Indian Literature, Vol II, pp. 217-282. These chapters concentrate on the early texts which have survived from the Early Buddhist Tradition, ...
The Meaning of Friendship in Buddhism
... the midst of all our Friends, not only members of the FWBO, but others who have come along this evening to this talk. It’s very natural that we should gather together in this way, because man is a social animal, and to be human at all means to be related to other human beings. The first other human ...
... the midst of all our Friends, not only members of the FWBO, but others who have come along this evening to this talk. It’s very natural that we should gather together in this way, because man is a social animal, and to be human at all means to be related to other human beings. The first other human ...
The Person in Buddhism: Religious and Artistic Aspects Heinrich
... concepts of person. There have been many reasons for this. As the first of these, we may mention the fact that the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, did not answer the meta physical questions posed to him by the Indian Brahman scholars, but rather made clear, by his silence, his refusal, or perhaps his ...
... concepts of person. There have been many reasons for this. As the first of these, we may mention the fact that the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, did not answer the meta physical questions posed to him by the Indian Brahman scholars, but rather made clear, by his silence, his refusal, or perhaps his ...
O neness - Bright Dawn
... Eagles are not common in our area here in central California. The other day we saw an eagle for the first time near our place. Adrienne took some pictures and later at home, Rev. Koyo went on the Internet for some information about eagles. He found a video showing great shots of eagles, together wit ...
... Eagles are not common in our area here in central California. The other day we saw an eagle for the first time near our place. Adrienne took some pictures and later at home, Rev. Koyo went on the Internet for some information about eagles. He found a video showing great shots of eagles, together wit ...
Right Knowledge - What Buddha Said
... view, a clear account of the Buddhist concept of knowledge is presented. The Cankii Sutta mentions an encounter between the Buddha and a Brahmin youth named Kápa.thika who had a high reputation among the Brhamin community for his learning. Kápa.thika is represented as making the claim on behalf of t ...
... view, a clear account of the Buddhist concept of knowledge is presented. The Cankii Sutta mentions an encounter between the Buddha and a Brahmin youth named Kápa.thika who had a high reputation among the Brhamin community for his learning. Kápa.thika is represented as making the claim on behalf of t ...
in practice - Edward Reid Engineering
... At the age of twenty-nine, Siddhartha renounced his lavish life, left his family, and sought the meaning of human life among the greatest teachers of northern India as an ascetic who sometimes, it is said, ate only one grain of rice a day. His quest and his subsequent teachings were rooted in their ...
... At the age of twenty-nine, Siddhartha renounced his lavish life, left his family, and sought the meaning of human life among the greatest teachers of northern India as an ascetic who sometimes, it is said, ate only one grain of rice a day. His quest and his subsequent teachings were rooted in their ...
Siddhartha * Background Information on the Novel, Buddhism
... b. Both Siddhartha and Buddha are logical, scientific, and rational in their approach. c. They do not speak of supernatural phenomena or an afterlife, and they dismiss the possibility of miracles. d. Both are taught self-reliance. e. Love and a deep attachment to anyone or anything is wrong, since i ...
... b. Both Siddhartha and Buddha are logical, scientific, and rational in their approach. c. They do not speak of supernatural phenomena or an afterlife, and they dismiss the possibility of miracles. d. Both are taught self-reliance. e. Love and a deep attachment to anyone or anything is wrong, since i ...
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
... of enlightenment expounded by the Enlightened One on different occasions under different circumstances. In the Book of the Kindred Sayings, V (Samyutta Nikaya, Maha Vagga) we find a special section under the title Bojjhanga Samyutta wherein the Buddha discourses on the bojjhangas appear in diverse w ...
... of enlightenment expounded by the Enlightened One on different occasions under different circumstances. In the Book of the Kindred Sayings, V (Samyutta Nikaya, Maha Vagga) we find a special section under the title Bojjhanga Samyutta wherein the Buddha discourses on the bojjhangas appear in diverse w ...
The Female Wisdom. The Female Aspect in
... 21 volumes of Sūtra teachings in Kangyur12, and some of the Sūtras divisions in Tangyur13, from which Heart Sūtra is probably one of the most famous Buddhist texts. It is defined as the essence of all Prajñāpāramitā’s teachings. The Prajñāpāramitāsūtras14 of Indian Mahayana tradition date already fro ...
... 21 volumes of Sūtra teachings in Kangyur12, and some of the Sūtras divisions in Tangyur13, from which Heart Sūtra is probably one of the most famous Buddhist texts. It is defined as the essence of all Prajñāpāramitā’s teachings. The Prajñāpāramitāsūtras14 of Indian Mahayana tradition date already fro ...
Buddhism, Science and Atheism - Buddhist Publication Society
... scientific knowledge, one finds little evidence to support such a hypothesis. Often theists quite aptly reply to scientific scorn by stating, “You can’t disprove God.” While this is true, neither can one disprove ghosts, goblins, unicorns and the gods of Greek mythology. Nonexistence is difficult to ...
... scientific knowledge, one finds little evidence to support such a hypothesis. Often theists quite aptly reply to scientific scorn by stating, “You can’t disprove God.” While this is true, neither can one disprove ghosts, goblins, unicorns and the gods of Greek mythology. Nonexistence is difficult to ...
Support for the Dying
... sentient beings, spent five eons studying all the Buddha lands. Dharmakara then made forty-eight vows, the fulfillment of which would create the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. He declared that he would not attain Buddhahood unless his vows for a perfect pure land, where all beings would advanc ...
... sentient beings, spent five eons studying all the Buddha lands. Dharmakara then made forty-eight vows, the fulfillment of which would create the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. He declared that he would not attain Buddhahood unless his vows for a perfect pure land, where all beings would advanc ...
The Story of Kisagotami
... Siddhata Guatama was an Indian prince. He lived in an area of Northern India that is now called Nepal. The stories say that when Siddhata was born his father ( The King ) asked some wise men what he would become. All of them agreed that he would be a great man, but they said that if he ever saw suff ...
... Siddhata Guatama was an Indian prince. He lived in an area of Northern India that is now called Nepal. The stories say that when Siddhata was born his father ( The King ) asked some wise men what he would become. All of them agreed that he would be a great man, but they said that if he ever saw suff ...
Buddhism as an Education
... months. In India, the rainy season runs from mid-April to midJuly. Since it was inconvenient to travel and teach during those three months, all the students would come back to meet with the Buddha to receive additional teachings and to learn from each other in class discussions. This was called the ...
... months. In India, the rainy season runs from mid-April to midJuly. Since it was inconvenient to travel and teach during those three months, all the students would come back to meet with the Buddha to receive additional teachings and to learn from each other in class discussions. This was called the ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series ARC2014-1094
... collected the relics into one single stupa southeast of Rajagriha. Anyway, the original stupas were all lost or unidentifiable. About two or three centuries passed with the quiet period2 of early Buddhism, the great Mauryan King Ashoka3 revived Buddhism and built many stupas to house relics of the B ...
... collected the relics into one single stupa southeast of Rajagriha. Anyway, the original stupas were all lost or unidentifiable. About two or three centuries passed with the quiet period2 of early Buddhism, the great Mauryan King Ashoka3 revived Buddhism and built many stupas to house relics of the B ...
Buddhism
... moral behavior can lead to Nirvana (the state of enlightenment) However, before achieving Nirvana one is subject to repeated lifetimes that are good or bad depending on ...
... moral behavior can lead to Nirvana (the state of enlightenment) However, before achieving Nirvana one is subject to repeated lifetimes that are good or bad depending on ...
Tiro,ku a Sutta
... intermediary preta) rather than the Buddhist (suffering) peta. In Aguttara [Jussoi Sutta] passage ―peta‖ may mean nothing more than ―departed.‖ (PvA:BM 35 n60) While almost all of the beings of four of the five realms have some sort of ―realm‖ or common spatial location, apparently only the pret ...
... intermediary preta) rather than the Buddhist (suffering) peta. In Aguttara [Jussoi Sutta] passage ―peta‖ may mean nothing more than ―departed.‖ (PvA:BM 35 n60) While almost all of the beings of four of the five realms have some sort of ―realm‖ or common spatial location, apparently only the pret ...
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested on numerous
... students at FPMT centers recite a certain Mahayana sutra called the Sanghata Sutra. The recitation of this sutra yields enormous benefits for all those who hear or recite it, and has been recommended by Rinpoche specifically in order to generate the merit that will be needed to bring to completion t ...
... students at FPMT centers recite a certain Mahayana sutra called the Sanghata Sutra. The recitation of this sutra yields enormous benefits for all those who hear or recite it, and has been recommended by Rinpoche specifically in order to generate the merit that will be needed to bring to completion t ...
The Meaning of Orthodoxy in Buddhism: A Protest
... an end in itself, but only a means to an end. That end is Enlightenment (sambodhi), the ‘further shore’ of the Buddha’s Parable. To sacrifice the end to the means, by clinging on to it when it has served its purpose, is a procedure as foolish as that of the man who hoisted the raft onto his back aft ...
... an end in itself, but only a means to an end. That end is Enlightenment (sambodhi), the ‘further shore’ of the Buddha’s Parable. To sacrifice the end to the means, by clinging on to it when it has served its purpose, is a procedure as foolish as that of the man who hoisted the raft onto his back aft ...
Gautama Buddha
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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.