EVERYONE NEEDS VINAYA: REFLECTION S ON BUDDHIST
... Vinaya is a term well known in Buddhist countries as the discipline or extensive set of rules that monks follow, or are supposed to follow. As with many aspects of mainstream Buddhism, this common sense understanding is neither wrong nor sufficient. It forgets important perspectives found in the Bud ...
... Vinaya is a term well known in Buddhist countries as the discipline or extensive set of rules that monks follow, or are supposed to follow. As with many aspects of mainstream Buddhism, this common sense understanding is neither wrong nor sufficient. It forgets important perspectives found in the Bud ...
Further Biographies of Nuns
... opportunities for Chinese nuns, I will therefore ask questions like: What were their motives for becoming nuns? What social background did they have? What was their religious practice? Did the nuns teach the dharma? If so, to whom? Did they only teach other nuns, and the laity, or did the nuns also ...
... opportunities for Chinese nuns, I will therefore ask questions like: What were their motives for becoming nuns? What social background did they have? What was their religious practice? Did the nuns teach the dharma? If so, to whom? Did they only teach other nuns, and the laity, or did the nuns also ...
Chinese Ceremonial Music in Mahayana Buddhism in Southern
... The Chinese people in Thailand were keen on trading, while the native Thai people were farmers and gardeners. Chinese people did not conduct business only in Southern Thailand, but also with mainland China. They constantly expanded their business in the area. It is possible that, when the “Chamber o ...
... The Chinese people in Thailand were keen on trading, while the native Thai people were farmers and gardeners. Chinese people did not conduct business only in Southern Thailand, but also with mainland China. They constantly expanded their business in the area. It is possible that, when the “Chamber o ...
The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism
... art connoisseurs that there was a dearth of books dealing with this subject and they all wished that there should be a book which must be authentic and reliable in subject matter and must have contained historical, cultural and religious meanings and artistic value. e Handicraft Association of Nepa ...
... art connoisseurs that there was a dearth of books dealing with this subject and they all wished that there should be a book which must be authentic and reliable in subject matter and must have contained historical, cultural and religious meanings and artistic value. e Handicraft Association of Nepa ...
Tantra In America - Tibetan Buddhism in the West
... transforming the mind and body into the state of an enlightened being—a state of total knowledge, purity, compassion, and physical perfection. Work with the subtle spiritual body is itself done in two different ways. These involve a rigorous discipline of practice and study, including intense work w ...
... transforming the mind and body into the state of an enlightened being—a state of total knowledge, purity, compassion, and physical perfection. Work with the subtle spiritual body is itself done in two different ways. These involve a rigorous discipline of practice and study, including intense work w ...
Tantra In America - Asian Classics Institute
... transforming the mind and body into the state of an enlightened being—a state of total knowledge, purity, compassion, and physical perfection. Work with the subtle spiritual body is itself done in two different ways. These involve a rigorous discipline of practice and study, including intense work w ...
... transforming the mind and body into the state of an enlightened being—a state of total knowledge, purity, compassion, and physical perfection. Work with the subtle spiritual body is itself done in two different ways. These involve a rigorous discipline of practice and study, including intense work w ...
Remembering Within a Sacred Space in Vientiane
... be placed the mortal remains of a soldier. The stupa is topped by a five-pointed golden star. The external façades of the platforms forming the monument are also decorated. The upper-level platforms are adorned with lotus-like petals, and the mid-level platforms feature flower-like panels crowned by ...
... be placed the mortal remains of a soldier. The stupa is topped by a five-pointed golden star. The external façades of the platforms forming the monument are also decorated. The upper-level platforms are adorned with lotus-like petals, and the mid-level platforms feature flower-like panels crowned by ...
Ancient Chinese philosophical advice: Can it help us find happiness
... their own ability, power and effort, while Taoists believed that the laws of nature are all-powerful. “Tao” existed before man and is eternal and un-changeable. For Taoism, people should keep the balances between human beings and Nature, between individuals and society, between oneself and others. E ...
... their own ability, power and effort, while Taoists believed that the laws of nature are all-powerful. “Tao” existed before man and is eternal and un-changeable. For Taoism, people should keep the balances between human beings and Nature, between individuals and society, between oneself and others. E ...
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... their own ability, power and effort, while Taoists believed that the laws of nature are all-powerful. “Tao” existed before man and is eternal and un-changeable. For Taoism, people should keep the balances between human beings and Nature, between individuals and society, between oneself and others. E ...
... their own ability, power and effort, while Taoists believed that the laws of nature are all-powerful. “Tao” existed before man and is eternal and un-changeable. For Taoism, people should keep the balances between human beings and Nature, between individuals and society, between oneself and others. E ...
1.4 Why the Buddha “Hesitated” To Teach B S
... reply to Mra the Buddha explained that his condition of inner freedom was independent of whether he taught or not.18 The other passage is from the Mahparinibbna Sutta, according to which the Buddha renounced his life principle and thereby set an end to his teaching activities because his attendan ...
... reply to Mra the Buddha explained that his condition of inner freedom was independent of whether he taught or not.18 The other passage is from the Mahparinibbna Sutta, according to which the Buddha renounced his life principle and thereby set an end to his teaching activities because his attendan ...
A PDF of the exhibition catalogue may be viewed or downloaded here
... limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa. In the context of Mahayana Buddhism, compassion has a very precise meaning. Stemmin ...
... limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa. In the context of Mahayana Buddhism, compassion has a very precise meaning. Stemmin ...
Exhibition Catalogue - Vassar College WordPress
... limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa. In the context of Mahayana Buddhism, compassion has a very precise meaning. Stemmin ...
... limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa. In the context of Mahayana Buddhism, compassion has a very precise meaning. Stemmin ...
Noble Eightfold Path
... school, tradition after tradition, whether in India, Tibet, Burma, Thailand, Japan, or Sri Lanka, wherever Buddhism has spread, we find reference is made again and again to the Four Noble Truths, and especially to the Noble Eightfold Path. Therefore unless we know about these Truths, and especially ...
... school, tradition after tradition, whether in India, Tibet, Burma, Thailand, Japan, or Sri Lanka, wherever Buddhism has spread, we find reference is made again and again to the Four Noble Truths, and especially to the Noble Eightfold Path. Therefore unless we know about these Truths, and especially ...
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 ...
- SOAS Research Online
... apparently including Buddhism. 7 These early episodes echo a general model of religious persecution, resulting from the attempt to establish through violence a religious orthodoxy. In other cases, which may eventually have caused the decline and ultimate disappearance of Buddhism in India, the attac ...
... apparently including Buddhism. 7 These early episodes echo a general model of religious persecution, resulting from the attempt to establish through violence a religious orthodoxy. In other cases, which may eventually have caused the decline and ultimate disappearance of Buddhism in India, the attac ...
Zhuan Falun (Volume II)
... People had to figure out everything for themselves. Human beings are in delusion and don’t know anything. It’s just very hard for them to gain insight into things. What Buddha Shakyamuni left to man during his lifetime was primarily the monastic precepts. When Buddha Shakyamuni eventually approache ...
... People had to figure out everything for themselves. Human beings are in delusion and don’t know anything. It’s just very hard for them to gain insight into things. What Buddha Shakyamuni left to man during his lifetime was primarily the monastic precepts. When Buddha Shakyamuni eventually approache ...
Download:Three Methods of Merit Accumulation(PDF file)
... this moment or recite the name of Amitabha for a little while, there are very few people who practice the Mantra of Avalokiteshvara at this particular moment. Therefore, from today, we should adopt the habit of reciting this mantra whenever we see any sentient being dying or will be killed. Why is t ...
... this moment or recite the name of Amitabha for a little while, there are very few people who practice the Mantra of Avalokiteshvara at this particular moment. Therefore, from today, we should adopt the habit of reciting this mantra whenever we see any sentient being dying or will be killed. Why is t ...
Papers presented at the International Buddhist Conference, March
... chronicles, that the Buddha himself visited Sri Lanka three times during his lifetime. It was mainly because of its universal teaching that Buddhism has been successful at various times in its history. It was because of this that it enjoyed royal patronage of kings and dynasties, not only at the tim ...
... chronicles, that the Buddha himself visited Sri Lanka three times during his lifetime. It was mainly because of its universal teaching that Buddhism has been successful at various times in its history. It was because of this that it enjoyed royal patronage of kings and dynasties, not only at the tim ...
The Caves of Ajanta, Ellora and Elephanta
... Author Tip: Ajanta is unique among India’s cave sites because it includes not only elements of significant architectural interest, but also well-preserved 5th century wall paintings of a caliber that is unrivaled in the history of Indian art. ...
... Author Tip: Ajanta is unique among India’s cave sites because it includes not only elements of significant architectural interest, but also well-preserved 5th century wall paintings of a caliber that is unrivaled in the history of Indian art. ...
Schopenhauer between Fre - UQ eSpace
... of someone who has “conquered her inner nature”. Liberation is given the attributes of a “pure knowing being” and “undimmed mirror of the world”, but otherwise it is described only negatively, as liberation from “distress”, “alarm”, “craving, fear, envy, and anger”. Schopenhauer repeatedly stresses ...
... of someone who has “conquered her inner nature”. Liberation is given the attributes of a “pure knowing being” and “undimmed mirror of the world”, but otherwise it is described only negatively, as liberation from “distress”, “alarm”, “craving, fear, envy, and anger”. Schopenhauer repeatedly stresses ...
THE GOLDEN LETTERS
... PART ONE: The Three Statements that Strike the Essential Points The Three Statements that Strike the Essential Points, by Garab Dorje A Short Commentary on the Three Statements of Garab Dorje, by H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King: The Root Text, by Patrul Rinpo ...
... PART ONE: The Three Statements that Strike the Essential Points The Three Statements that Strike the Essential Points, by Garab Dorje A Short Commentary on the Three Statements of Garab Dorje, by H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King: The Root Text, by Patrul Rinpo ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal Practice
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
here. - Insight Books
... Buddha. Their lives, their works, their legacy Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births ...
... Buddha. Their lives, their works, their legacy Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births ...