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The Phor Tay Experience - Than Hsiang Research Center
... devoted their whole life to Phor Tay to promote Buddhist education in Penang. In 1937 Venerable Fa Fang was instructed by his master Venerable Tai Xu (太虚大师) to come to South Asia and India to preach Mahayana Buddhism. When he was preaching in Phor Tay Institution, he encouraged the members to progre ...
... devoted their whole life to Phor Tay to promote Buddhist education in Penang. In 1937 Venerable Fa Fang was instructed by his master Venerable Tai Xu (太虚大师) to come to South Asia and India to preach Mahayana Buddhism. When he was preaching in Phor Tay Institution, he encouraged the members to progre ...
Journal of Feminist Scholarship
... that contributed to that shift within twentieth-century Anglo-American studies. I am interested in maintaining what I have called feminist reception (gender-inflected reception of texts), though I am agnostic on feminist production—meaning any works that tell you how you should think. Interesting wr ...
... that contributed to that shift within twentieth-century Anglo-American studies. I am interested in maintaining what I have called feminist reception (gender-inflected reception of texts), though I am agnostic on feminist production—meaning any works that tell you how you should think. Interesting wr ...
Untitled - Shambhala Publications
... The important Buddhist doctrine of the two truths-conventional truths and ultimate truths-is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to ...
... The important Buddhist doctrine of the two truths-conventional truths and ultimate truths-is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to ...
Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia
... institutions that we all seem to have a general understanding of, it is worth noting how the topic of monasticism rarely enters into the discourse on religion in a neutral way, as the writings of Edward Gibbon and Max Weber attest.2 Monasteries, as we shall see, have also been contested grounds with ...
... institutions that we all seem to have a general understanding of, it is worth noting how the topic of monasticism rarely enters into the discourse on religion in a neutral way, as the writings of Edward Gibbon and Max Weber attest.2 Monasteries, as we shall see, have also been contested grounds with ...
Meaning without Ego - Journal of Philosophy of Life
... in much of its manifestation…dukkha just is. However, for the Buddha and his followers dukkha was something that needed to be overcome. Metz’s fundamentality theory pushes back the animalistic ego and asserts meaning’s achievement within an ethical framework positively oriented towards the fundament ...
... in much of its manifestation…dukkha just is. However, for the Buddha and his followers dukkha was something that needed to be overcome. Metz’s fundamentality theory pushes back the animalistic ego and asserts meaning’s achievement within an ethical framework positively oriented towards the fundament ...
The Buddha - World Religions eBooks
... The tradition in India was for a pregnant woman to return to her relatives to give birth, and as the time drew nigh Māyā set out from Kapilavastu, the Śākyan capital, to return home. Her journey was interrupted for the child arrived on the way and was born in a delightful grove at a remote spot call ...
... The tradition in India was for a pregnant woman to return to her relatives to give birth, and as the time drew nigh Māyā set out from Kapilavastu, the Śākyan capital, to return home. Her journey was interrupted for the child arrived on the way and was born in a delightful grove at a remote spot call ...
Quintessential Buddhism - QUINTESSENTIAL TIBETAN BUDDHA
... c. One of the basic, minute elements from which all things are made. d. What is subject to age or change (atrophy). e. Spiritual traditions. ...
... c. One of the basic, minute elements from which all things are made. d. What is subject to age or change (atrophy). e. Spiritual traditions. ...
Introduction
... tranquility: [this teaching] had not yet been heard of in former generations when…” (Daniel B. Stevenson and Neal Donner, The Great Calming and Contemplation: A Study and Annotated Translation of the First Chapter of Chih-i’s Mo-ho chih-kuan, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993, p. 99 [hereaf ...
... tranquility: [this teaching] had not yet been heard of in former generations when…” (Daniel B. Stevenson and Neal Donner, The Great Calming and Contemplation: A Study and Annotated Translation of the First Chapter of Chih-i’s Mo-ho chih-kuan, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993, p. 99 [hereaf ...
Sutra of the Medicine Buddha
... tive karma changes for the good. “The drifting life is cast aside for one of spiritual dedication” (John Blofeld). With the removal of greed, anger and delusion, most other illnesses, however physical their symptoms, are also eventually cured. b) Transference of merit Some of us may ask whether the ...
... tive karma changes for the good. “The drifting life is cast aside for one of spiritual dedication” (John Blofeld). With the removal of greed, anger and delusion, most other illnesses, however physical their symptoms, are also eventually cured. b) Transference of merit Some of us may ask whether the ...
Theories on the Foundation of the Nuns` Order –
... Jainas may have been borrowing from the Buddhists.37 Thus it is not self-evident that in the present case the Buddhists borrowed terms like vuhāpeti and pavattinī from the Jainas, since it cannot be excluded that the Jainas loaned such terms from the Buddhists, or else, perhaps the most probable s ...
... Jainas may have been borrowing from the Buddhists.37 Thus it is not self-evident that in the present case the Buddhists borrowed terms like vuhāpeti and pavattinī from the Jainas, since it cannot be excluded that the Jainas loaned such terms from the Buddhists, or else, perhaps the most probable s ...
Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks
... of Buddhism that Tri Song Detsen composed after his imperial council: impermanence and the practice of virtue. It does not seem unreasonable to link these manuscripts found at one of the further corners of the Tibetan Empire with the aims expressed by Tri Song Detsen and his successors. The manuscri ...
... of Buddhism that Tri Song Detsen composed after his imperial council: impermanence and the practice of virtue. It does not seem unreasonable to link these manuscripts found at one of the further corners of the Tibetan Empire with the aims expressed by Tri Song Detsen and his successors. The manuscri ...
Mindfulness Contextualised. The Buddhist tradition
... Mindfulness is associated with the ethically wholesome. In the Questions to King Milinda, sati is described as having two qualities: ‘calling to mind’ and ‘taking possession’. Calling to mind refers to recollecting whether a mental state is skilful or not, so as to know which to pursue and which to ...
... Mindfulness is associated with the ethically wholesome. In the Questions to King Milinda, sati is described as having two qualities: ‘calling to mind’ and ‘taking possession’. Calling to mind refers to recollecting whether a mental state is skilful or not, so as to know which to pursue and which to ...
Sakya Newsletter: Fall 2005
... On infinite life: Amitayus (Sanskrit) is the name of a Buddha (who sometimes pretends to be a bodhisattva) and it means infinite life, time immeasurable and boundless life. This is an expression that surprises people in the west. People tend to think about escape rather than infinite life. Śāntideva ...
... On infinite life: Amitayus (Sanskrit) is the name of a Buddha (who sometimes pretends to be a bodhisattva) and it means infinite life, time immeasurable and boundless life. This is an expression that surprises people in the west. People tend to think about escape rather than infinite life. Śāntideva ...
Noh Sotoba Komachi
... Heian Period, also famous for her beauty and her many suitors whose infatuation she allegedly mocked. In the Edo Period, her name became synonymous with a “beautiful woman,” in particular used with regional names to indicate a beautiful woman of that region, a practice which continues to this day. T ...
... Heian Period, also famous for her beauty and her many suitors whose infatuation she allegedly mocked. In the Edo Period, her name became synonymous with a “beautiful woman,” in particular used with regional names to indicate a beautiful woman of that region, a practice which continues to this day. T ...
The Concept of smṛti in the Yogasūtra: Memory or Mindfulness?
... “Western” practitioners of yoga have introduced mindfulness into yogic vocabulary, usually as a synonym for awareness of the posture, and sometimes also of sensations, feelings and mental states that arise when one is in a yogic posture. Although Buddhist and Yogic traditions have regarded themselve ...
... “Western” practitioners of yoga have introduced mindfulness into yogic vocabulary, usually as a synonym for awareness of the posture, and sometimes also of sensations, feelings and mental states that arise when one is in a yogic posture. Although Buddhist and Yogic traditions have regarded themselve ...
The Opening Of The Eyes
... the various teachings of China, including Confucianism and Taoism, the various non-Buddhist teachings of India, including Brahmanism; and, of course, the various teachings of Buddhism. This covers all of the principal strains of thought that had been transmitted to Japan in the Daishonin's day. The ...
... the various teachings of China, including Confucianism and Taoism, the various non-Buddhist teachings of India, including Brahmanism; and, of course, the various teachings of Buddhism. This covers all of the principal strains of thought that had been transmitted to Japan in the Daishonin's day. The ...
Buddhism in India - Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
... radicalism, pioneered by a ‘shudra’, Jotirao Phule, in Maharashtra, that was marked by strong anti-caste movements both among wide sections of non-Brahmans in south and west India and among Dalits throughout India. A major theme of this wave of movements was to expose the role of Brahmanic Hinduism ...
... radicalism, pioneered by a ‘shudra’, Jotirao Phule, in Maharashtra, that was marked by strong anti-caste movements both among wide sections of non-Brahmans in south and west India and among Dalits throughout India. A major theme of this wave of movements was to expose the role of Brahmanic Hinduism ...
Buddhism in India
... radicalism, pioneered by a ‘shudra’, Jotirao Phule, in Maharashtra, that was marked by strong anti-caste movements both among wide sections of non-Brahmans in south and west India and among Dalits throughout India. A major theme of this wave of movements was to expose the role of Brahmanic Hinduism ...
... radicalism, pioneered by a ‘shudra’, Jotirao Phule, in Maharashtra, that was marked by strong anti-caste movements both among wide sections of non-Brahmans in south and west India and among Dalits throughout India. A major theme of this wave of movements was to expose the role of Brahmanic Hinduism ...
Praying for the Republic
... read through drafts and generously offered critical suggestions. Shital Sharma taught me how to transform anxiety into motivation. I am likewise thankful to my Buddhist teachers, Venerables Xinwu, Juehui, Yinzhi, and Xinyi, who blessed a lone nun’s pursuit of an academic career with their infinite k ...
... read through drafts and generously offered critical suggestions. Shital Sharma taught me how to transform anxiety into motivation. I am likewise thankful to my Buddhist teachers, Venerables Xinwu, Juehui, Yinzhi, and Xinyi, who blessed a lone nun’s pursuit of an academic career with their infinite k ...
Buddhism and Ideology in Japan, 1868-1931
... War I, the prominent Japanese philosopher and cultural historian Watsuji Tetsurō (18891960) was in search of “authentic” culture. He sought to recover the authentic Japanese culture that was, he believed, vanishing from his increasingly modern society. In a vast body of work that spanned nearly five ...
... War I, the prominent Japanese philosopher and cultural historian Watsuji Tetsurō (18891960) was in search of “authentic” culture. He sought to recover the authentic Japanese culture that was, he believed, vanishing from his increasingly modern society. In a vast body of work that spanned nearly five ...
Stages of the Path: Stream Entry and Beyond
... required to reach it, it seems to me to be crucial to understand that Stream Entry is more concerned with vision and understanding in the sense of seeing through false views and false approaches rather than with actual ethical purity, which is what one aspires to develop as one weakens and then erad ...
... required to reach it, it seems to me to be crucial to understand that Stream Entry is more concerned with vision and understanding in the sense of seeing through false views and false approaches rather than with actual ethical purity, which is what one aspires to develop as one weakens and then erad ...
Janusz Chmielewski THE PRINCIPLE OF REDUCTIO AD
... opinion of some of today’s researchers, the results they had achieved could have formed the basis for the further development of empirical disciplines. The whole current of thought, however, remained a short-term and solitary phenomenon without any further continuation and the passages from Mo Tsy t ...
... opinion of some of today’s researchers, the results they had achieved could have formed the basis for the further development of empirical disciplines. The whole current of thought, however, remained a short-term and solitary phenomenon without any further continuation and the passages from Mo Tsy t ...
TYPOLOGY OF NOTHING: HEIDEGGER, DAOISM AND BUDDHISM
... already translated into German in or before the 1920s, and so Heidegger may have read these sources and become influenced by them (May 1996, 26-8). Heidegger, however, only admits Hegel‘s contribution on this point. He cites a statement from Hegel‘s Science of Logic: ―Pure being and pure nothing are ...
... already translated into German in or before the 1920s, and so Heidegger may have read these sources and become influenced by them (May 1996, 26-8). Heidegger, however, only admits Hegel‘s contribution on this point. He cites a statement from Hegel‘s Science of Logic: ―Pure being and pure nothing are ...
Dennett and Phenomenology - Center for Subjectivity Research
... is, we should adopt the intentional stance and interpret the emitted noises as speech acts that express the subject’s beliefs, desires and other mental states. If there are any ambiguities, we can always ask for further clarifications by the subject, and through this process, we will eventually be a ...
... is, we should adopt the intentional stance and interpret the emitted noises as speech acts that express the subject’s beliefs, desires and other mental states. If there are any ambiguities, we can always ask for further clarifications by the subject, and through this process, we will eventually be a ...