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... II:16)15 and the Lakkhaˆa sutta (DN III:143)16 there are descriptions of the 32 major physical characteristics (lak∑aˆa) of the Buddha. On the soles of his feet there appears a thousand-spoked wheel, but nothing is written about the svastika, trißËla and ßr¥vatsa that also have been depicted on the ...
... II:16)15 and the Lakkhaˆa sutta (DN III:143)16 there are descriptions of the 32 major physical characteristics (lak∑aˆa) of the Buddha. On the soles of his feet there appears a thousand-spoked wheel, but nothing is written about the svastika, trißËla and ßr¥vatsa that also have been depicted on the ...
Introduction to Tibetan “Literature”
... and government dignitaries might cause people to try to sell them on a particular candidate, and so they hid their true intentions and disguised themselves as merchants on business. • Kutsang Rinpoche dressed as a servant, and Losang Tsewang pretended to be the leader of the party. • As they approac ...
... and government dignitaries might cause people to try to sell them on a particular candidate, and so they hid their true intentions and disguised themselves as merchants on business. • Kutsang Rinpoche dressed as a servant, and Losang Tsewang pretended to be the leader of the party. • As they approac ...
exemplars and commentary
... Catholics have faith in a good and loving Creator who has a planned a creation that is also good and loving. Because of this belief, Catholics need to understand why there is suffering that happens to all people a lot and to some people all the time. Catholics believe that we have a free choice or w ...
... Catholics have faith in a good and loving Creator who has a planned a creation that is also good and loving. Because of this belief, Catholics need to understand why there is suffering that happens to all people a lot and to some people all the time. Catholics believe that we have a free choice or w ...
Developing Thai Society with a Thorough Knowledge and
... evidence from those works. In order to do so, he has to be keen and specialize in them. I am afraid I have not put much effort into accumulating knowledge in this area. To speak from this perspective, I therefore feel a little uneasy. However, to talk on the influence of The Three Planes on the mora ...
... evidence from those works. In order to do so, he has to be keen and specialize in them. I am afraid I have not put much effort into accumulating knowledge in this area. To speak from this perspective, I therefore feel a little uneasy. However, to talk on the influence of The Three Planes on the mora ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... philosophy in regard to the insubstantial, selfless nature of reality with as a sense of oneness joining the individual with reality: We become whole when sitting in zazen and entering a state in the sensibility of the Japanese recognition through eloquent poetry of the which we are no longer consci ...
... philosophy in regard to the insubstantial, selfless nature of reality with as a sense of oneness joining the individual with reality: We become whole when sitting in zazen and entering a state in the sensibility of the Japanese recognition through eloquent poetry of the which we are no longer consci ...
how to meditate
... Not only do we see them as permanent and able to satisfy us; at the root of our problems is our fundamentally mistaken view of reality. We believe instinctively that people and things exist in and of themselves, from their own side; that they have an inherent nature, an inherent thing-ness. This mea ...
... Not only do we see them as permanent and able to satisfy us; at the root of our problems is our fundamentally mistaken view of reality. We believe instinctively that people and things exist in and of themselves, from their own side; that they have an inherent nature, an inherent thing-ness. This mea ...
Sabba Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... such statements found in the early Upaniṣads (c500 BCE) were polemical reactions against the Buddha‟s teaching on not-self (anattā). In a number of places in such texts, we find statements clearly contradicting the Buddha‟s teachings.15 The ancient brahmins believed that there was an eternal soul wh ...
... such statements found in the early Upaniṣads (c500 BCE) were polemical reactions against the Buddha‟s teaching on not-self (anattā). In a number of places in such texts, we find statements clearly contradicting the Buddha‟s teachings.15 The ancient brahmins believed that there was an eternal soul wh ...
Exorcising Luther - University of Canterbury
... journey has also led me back to a topic which I examined in my Honours dissertation, the controversy surrounding the Tibetan deity Dorje Shugden and the development of the New Kadampa Tradition in the West. My aim is to uncover the social and political factors which have led to the development of T ...
... journey has also led me back to a topic which I examined in my Honours dissertation, the controversy surrounding the Tibetan deity Dorje Shugden and the development of the New Kadampa Tradition in the West. My aim is to uncover the social and political factors which have led to the development of T ...
Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History
... northern Thailand, while Upper Myanmar may already have been occupied to some extent by Myanmar tribes. As these early settlers did not use lasting materials for construction, our knowledge of their civilisation remains scant. We do know, however, that their way of life was very simple — as it remai ...
... northern Thailand, while Upper Myanmar may already have been occupied to some extent by Myanmar tribes. As these early settlers did not use lasting materials for construction, our knowledge of their civilisation remains scant. We do know, however, that their way of life was very simple — as it remai ...
The Mongolian Big Dipper Sūtra
... appears to be the “original” core of later texts. Yet, might not this Chinese version only be a later Japanese redaction from a/the fuller, and certainly more Daoist influenced text, as found in the Mongolian version? Where do the Uygur fragments and the Singapore text fit into the genealogy? Are th ...
... appears to be the “original” core of later texts. Yet, might not this Chinese version only be a later Japanese redaction from a/the fuller, and certainly more Daoist influenced text, as found in the Mongolian version? Where do the Uygur fragments and the Singapore text fit into the genealogy? Are th ...
List of Osho`s English Discourse DVD Mp3`s
... Live Zen Kyozan: A True Man Of Zen Nansen: The Point Of Departure Nirvana: The Last Nightmare No Mind: The Flower Of Eternity One Seed Makes The Whole Earth Green Returning To The Source Rinzai: Master Of The Irrational The Buddha: The Emptiness Of The Heart ...
... Live Zen Kyozan: A True Man Of Zen Nansen: The Point Of Departure Nirvana: The Last Nightmare No Mind: The Flower Of Eternity One Seed Makes The Whole Earth Green Returning To The Source Rinzai: Master Of The Irrational The Buddha: The Emptiness Of The Heart ...
ANIMAL CRIES AND BUDDHIST MEDITATION: AN APPRAISAL
... to the effectiveness of animal cries for one’s spiritual attainment as reflected in the Pali canon. Accordingly, this paper will scan the Buddhist standpoint of animal cries especially with regard to its progressive influence for the human psyche. However, due to the extensiveness of the scope this ...
... to the effectiveness of animal cries for one’s spiritual attainment as reflected in the Pali canon. Accordingly, this paper will scan the Buddhist standpoint of animal cries especially with regard to its progressive influence for the human psyche. However, due to the extensiveness of the scope this ...
RELS102 AnIntroductionto HinduismandBuddhism Semester1 2017
... Reading: Satipatthāna Sutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Sangha: The Buddhist Community ...
... Reading: Satipatthāna Sutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Sangha: The Buddhist Community ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... for art’s sake but for instructing the audience in regard to the essence of religious experience. A modern commentator on this cultural development, Karaki Junzō, suggests that there are three levels of impermanence articulated in the religio-aesthetics of Japan. The superficial stage is marked by a ...
... for art’s sake but for instructing the audience in regard to the essence of religious experience. A modern commentator on this cultural development, Karaki Junzō, suggests that there are three levels of impermanence articulated in the religio-aesthetics of Japan. The superficial stage is marked by a ...
Founding Human Rights within Buddhism: Exploring Buddha-Nature as an Ethical Foundation
... Two possible doctrinal foundations If human rights cannot be grounded within a Buddhist framework on a notion of human dignity or on the concept of inter-dependent arising, then where can they be founded? In my research, there appear to be two promising grounds, each with their own limitations, and ...
... Two possible doctrinal foundations If human rights cannot be grounded within a Buddhist framework on a notion of human dignity or on the concept of inter-dependent arising, then where can they be founded? In my research, there appear to be two promising grounds, each with their own limitations, and ...
The Ch`an Tsung in Medieval China: School, Lineage, or What?
... alive, and this too is called the zenshii. Japanese Buddhists today, in short, underscand and use the term zenshii in a multivalent way that clearly justifies an English translation as "Zen school" in some cases and "Zen lineage" in o!hers. However, this distinction is only implicit in the modem Jap ...
... alive, and this too is called the zenshii. Japanese Buddhists today, in short, underscand and use the term zenshii in a multivalent way that clearly justifies an English translation as "Zen school" in some cases and "Zen lineage" in o!hers. However, this distinction is only implicit in the modem Jap ...
The Doctrinal Transformation of 20th Century
... century, however, the tathāgatagarbha tradition in its various forms (e.g., Buddha Nature theory) had become the normative expression of Buddhist truth and the philosophical foundation of Buddhist doctrine and practice in East Asia. Mādhyamika philosophy, along with its teachings about emptiness a ...
... century, however, the tathāgatagarbha tradition in its various forms (e.g., Buddha Nature theory) had become the normative expression of Buddhist truth and the philosophical foundation of Buddhist doctrine and practice in East Asia. Mādhyamika philosophy, along with its teachings about emptiness a ...
9 Essays
... a survival strategy, delivering us from life situations which are too painful to be faced, especially without other tools for coping. (Some of us can say, quite honestly, that drinking saved our lives.) But it does become, sooner or later, an analgesic for suffering, And, paradoxically, at some poin ...
... a survival strategy, delivering us from life situations which are too painful to be faced, especially without other tools for coping. (Some of us can say, quite honestly, that drinking saved our lives.) But it does become, sooner or later, an analgesic for suffering, And, paradoxically, at some poin ...
Transplanting Buddhism: - Unisa Institutional Repository
... is to explore the tension caused by Buddhism and its interaction with Africa. In so doing, we shall be viewing the past, present and, tentatively, the future of South African Buddhism. This implies that we are looking at what in other religions, most notably Christianity, would be called "mission" o ...
... is to explore the tension caused by Buddhism and its interaction with Africa. In so doing, we shall be viewing the past, present and, tentatively, the future of South African Buddhism. This implies that we are looking at what in other religions, most notably Christianity, would be called "mission" o ...
July 2013 - Retreat of Awakening
... to hear what we already know in a different sense makes it that much more meaningful because that means we were not alone. Chị Vân said that “climbing the corporate ladder may be ideal but what then?” That was my breaking point. Two weeks prior to camp, I was approached with the opportunity to reloc ...
... to hear what we already know in a different sense makes it that much more meaningful because that means we were not alone. Chị Vân said that “climbing the corporate ladder may be ideal but what then?” That was my breaking point. Two weeks prior to camp, I was approached with the opportunity to reloc ...
To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat
... and that eating meat, even human flesh, is acceptable. “If a savage skewers a man and roasts him mistaking him for something else, he would not be guilty of murder. In fact, the meat would be fit for the Buddha to feast on”. (Suy.2,6,27). Once again, this critique implies that at this time Buddhists ...
... and that eating meat, even human flesh, is acceptable. “If a savage skewers a man and roasts him mistaking him for something else, he would not be guilty of murder. In fact, the meat would be fit for the Buddha to feast on”. (Suy.2,6,27). Once again, this critique implies that at this time Buddhists ...
Selected Translation of Miao-Yun Part One and Two
... Tzu and Chuang Tzu and the later ascetic practices of the Taoists. The philosophical principles of these two thinkers are exceedingly deep and far reaching. They were opposed to the artificial, and demanded a return to what is natural and they searched after an ideal simplicity. But this ideal of th ...
... Tzu and Chuang Tzu and the later ascetic practices of the Taoists. The philosophical principles of these two thinkers are exceedingly deep and far reaching. They were opposed to the artificial, and demanded a return to what is natural and they searched after an ideal simplicity. But this ideal of th ...