The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
... we practice the path that leads to liberation, we will attain Buddhahood. But if we do not practice it, then we cannot expect to reach enlightenment. The choice is entirely ours. It’s in our hands whether we want to find happiness or suffering. But still there is something that comes from the Buddha ...
... we practice the path that leads to liberation, we will attain Buddhahood. But if we do not practice it, then we cannot expect to reach enlightenment. The choice is entirely ours. It’s in our hands whether we want to find happiness or suffering. But still there is something that comes from the Buddha ...
Pilgrimage to the Buddha`s Life Sites
... Seated Buddha, Sarnath Museum. ©John Huntington After his enlightenment, the Buddha gave his first teaching in a deer park at Sarnath. This is referred to as the first turning of the Wheel of the Law (Dharmachakra). It was here that the Buddha also established the order of monks (sangha). Because o ...
... Seated Buddha, Sarnath Museum. ©John Huntington After his enlightenment, the Buddha gave his first teaching in a deer park at Sarnath. This is referred to as the first turning of the Wheel of the Law (Dharmachakra). It was here that the Buddha also established the order of monks (sangha). Because o ...
Pre-Buddhist Elements in Himalayan Buddhism: The Institution of
... psyche. The ways of thinking of a people are shaped by the milieu, which is made up of various layers of culture. Some of the deepest layers of this milieu are rooted in the Little tradition and are of unknown origin. Hence, when a Great tradition moves on to new regions dominated by a Little tradit ...
... psyche. The ways of thinking of a people are shaped by the milieu, which is made up of various layers of culture. Some of the deepest layers of this milieu are rooted in the Little tradition and are of unknown origin. Hence, when a Great tradition moves on to new regions dominated by a Little tradit ...
Edwin Arnold - What-Buddha
... important, as well as over the long ministry of Gautama. But my purpose has been obtained if any just conception be here conveyed of the lofty character of this noble prince, and of the general purport of his doctrines. As to these latter there has arisen prodigious ...
... important, as well as over the long ministry of Gautama. But my purpose has been obtained if any just conception be here conveyed of the lofty character of this noble prince, and of the general purport of his doctrines. As to these latter there has arisen prodigious ...
Introduction to Buddhism in America Today
... I’d begun to feel – as part of my meditation practice – very strong and unusual energies in my body, and my friends told me that Tibetan teachers were especially knowledgeable about esoteric energies ...
... I’d begun to feel – as part of my meditation practice – very strong and unusual energies in my body, and my friends told me that Tibetan teachers were especially knowledgeable about esoteric energies ...
The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of
... thought: “As I understand what the Buddha has said, being in the home life, bound by affection and craving, one does not get to cultivate the holy life fully for one’s entire life. Going forth and being detached is like being in an empty space. Let me now go forth from the home life out of faith and ...
... thought: “As I understand what the Buddha has said, being in the home life, bound by affection and craving, one does not get to cultivate the holy life fully for one’s entire life. Going forth and being detached is like being in an empty space. Let me now go forth from the home life out of faith and ...
BP2 M01 L35 (upload). - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... they are milking a picture of a cow, it works and functions as such. But for us, this is a bit difficult. Those who have direct perception of emptiness see clearly how everything is merely imputed by the mind. They have gained complete mastery and control over their minds and they can do almost anyt ...
... they are milking a picture of a cow, it works and functions as such. But for us, this is a bit difficult. Those who have direct perception of emptiness see clearly how everything is merely imputed by the mind. They have gained complete mastery and control over their minds and they can do almost anyt ...
Emergence of the Pure Land Path: The Mahayana Movement
... (Mahayana) and asserted that it was superior to the existing institutions, which they labeled the “lesser vehicle” (Hinayana), because it holds as its goal the attainment of authentic enlightenment by all beings. The new formulation of practice in the earliest Mahayana Buddhism was, as we have seen ...
... (Mahayana) and asserted that it was superior to the existing institutions, which they labeled the “lesser vehicle” (Hinayana), because it holds as its goal the attainment of authentic enlightenment by all beings. The new formulation of practice in the earliest Mahayana Buddhism was, as we have seen ...
The Great Perfection of Tibetan Buddhism
... Since Vajrayana is presented as a form of Mahayana Buddhism, which considers the Bodhisattva an heroic figure to be emulated, development of the Bodhisattva mindset of universal compassion (Bodhichitta for the seeker of Buddhahood) is required of Mahayana practitioners. Since Dzogchen and Mahamudra3 ...
... Since Vajrayana is presented as a form of Mahayana Buddhism, which considers the Bodhisattva an heroic figure to be emulated, development of the Bodhisattva mindset of universal compassion (Bodhichitta for the seeker of Buddhahood) is required of Mahayana practitioners. Since Dzogchen and Mahamudra3 ...
Tainted Gender: Sexual Impurity and Women in Kankyo no Tomo
... collection of Buddhist tales, Kankyo no Tomo, written in early medieval Japan. The main purpose of this study is to reveal how Japanese Buddhism created a peculiar predicament for women depicting them as being trapped in their work in spite of their active lives in the real world. What led me to thi ...
... collection of Buddhist tales, Kankyo no Tomo, written in early medieval Japan. The main purpose of this study is to reveal how Japanese Buddhism created a peculiar predicament for women depicting them as being trapped in their work in spite of their active lives in the real world. What led me to thi ...
A Concept of Rights in Buddhism
... gauge for judging an action as good or evil. If an action raises the human worth of its agent it is a good action, and if it lowers that person’s human worth, it is a bad one. In the example above, according to the agent-based morality, Mr. Black’s action is wrong not because it infringes on Mr. Red ...
... gauge for judging an action as good or evil. If an action raises the human worth of its agent it is a good action, and if it lowers that person’s human worth, it is a bad one. In the example above, according to the agent-based morality, Mr. Black’s action is wrong not because it infringes on Mr. Red ...
Buddhism of Russia The English language summary presents the
... people know about Sakya tradition so far, though Sakyapa tradition has been very famous in the previous centuries. Due to the political changes Sakyapa has become less known, but I think that it will flourish in these places, due to the previous connection. In fact, in Buryatia, there are many peopl ...
... people know about Sakya tradition so far, though Sakyapa tradition has been very famous in the previous centuries. Due to the political changes Sakyapa has become less known, but I think that it will flourish in these places, due to the previous connection. In fact, in Buryatia, there are many peopl ...
Chapter 5 Buddhism
... “When you open your mind to the truth, then you realize there is nothing to fear. What arises passes away, what is born dies, and is not self--so that our sense of being caught in an identity with this human body fades out. We don’t see ourselves as some isolated, alienated entity lost in a mysteri ...
... “When you open your mind to the truth, then you realize there is nothing to fear. What arises passes away, what is born dies, and is not self--so that our sense of being caught in an identity with this human body fades out. We don’t see ourselves as some isolated, alienated entity lost in a mysteri ...
The Possibility of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response
... virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibility of a Christian virtue ethic to the test. If it turns out that Christianity ...
... virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibility of a Christian virtue ethic to the test. If it turns out that Christianity ...
AW Chapt 16
... search of spiritual peace. During his journeys, he learned great truths that changed his life. By sharing these truths with others, he began the great religion of Buddhism. Buddhism was different from Hinduism in several ways. It was not based on complicated rituals and beliefs in many gods, as Hind ...
... search of spiritual peace. During his journeys, he learned great truths that changed his life. By sharing these truths with others, he began the great religion of Buddhism. Buddhism was different from Hinduism in several ways. It was not based on complicated rituals and beliefs in many gods, as Hind ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... Dharma and honored to have conversed with them about our common human dilemmas. Among those who have been featured in Inquiring Mind are Asian masters with thousands of students worldwide as well as prominent Western teachers who are just now skillfully molding the Dharma into its new body here in t ...
... Dharma and honored to have conversed with them about our common human dilemmas. Among those who have been featured in Inquiring Mind are Asian masters with thousands of students worldwide as well as prominent Western teachers who are just now skillfully molding the Dharma into its new body here in t ...
BUDDHIST FILIAL PIETY: MITIGATING CONFUCIAN DUTY AND
... takes a feminist perspective on this practice, suggesting, “forcing women to refrain from spiritual practice gives men an advantage in their own spiritual cultivation […] Women are made to behave according to sexist statements that claim that women are concerned with nothing but reproduction—a stock ...
... takes a feminist perspective on this practice, suggesting, “forcing women to refrain from spiritual practice gives men an advantage in their own spiritual cultivation […] Women are made to behave according to sexist statements that claim that women are concerned with nothing but reproduction—a stock ...
permissions - poetry of China
... Usually the Master is simply "producing facts" which the disciple either sees or does not see. In the relation between Zen Master and disciple, the most usually encountered "fact" is the disciple's frustration, his inability to get somewhere by the use of his own will and his own reasoning. Most say ...
... Usually the Master is simply "producing facts" which the disciple either sees or does not see. In the relation between Zen Master and disciple, the most usually encountered "fact" is the disciple's frustration, his inability to get somewhere by the use of his own will and his own reasoning. Most say ...
傳統西藏對音樂表演及傳播的態度Traditional Tibetan Buddhist
... Traditional Tibetan Buddhist attitudes towards the performance and transmission of music Sakya Pandita’s and Candragomin’s prescriptions Ricardo Canzio Graduate Institute of Musicology, National Taiwan University There is no wonder in understanding the meaning of matters that are often discussed by ...
... Traditional Tibetan Buddhist attitudes towards the performance and transmission of music Sakya Pandita’s and Candragomin’s prescriptions Ricardo Canzio Graduate Institute of Musicology, National Taiwan University There is no wonder in understanding the meaning of matters that are often discussed by ...
Buddhist Hard Determinism: No Self, No Free Will, No Responsibility
... determinism/indeterminism dilemma. Determinism, it should be noted, resembles the Buddhist causal doctrine of “dependent origination” (pratītya samutpāda). Dependent origination theory asserts the dependence of all conditioned/composite phenomena on previous (and/or simultaneous) impartite microphen ...
... determinism/indeterminism dilemma. Determinism, it should be noted, resembles the Buddhist causal doctrine of “dependent origination” (pratītya samutpāda). Dependent origination theory asserts the dependence of all conditioned/composite phenomena on previous (and/or simultaneous) impartite microphen ...
The Buddha`s Noble Eightfold Path Lecture 50: The Principles of
... their home life as the Victorians called it, continued to conform to Christian ethics. People like Darwin, people like Huxley, even people like Marx. Apart from one or two occasional slips they were models, we may say, of morality in the full sense. But that is all changed now. Now the situation is ...
... their home life as the Victorians called it, continued to conform to Christian ethics. People like Darwin, people like Huxley, even people like Marx. Apart from one or two occasional slips they were models, we may say, of morality in the full sense. But that is all changed now. Now the situation is ...
Observations on the Reform of Buddhism in Nepal
... Centre in Kathmandu for translating the German text of this contribu tion into English in the autumn of 1986 . - We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the Ven. Theras, Bhikkhus, Anägärikäs and lay members of the Buddhist community for their ever-ready willingness to supply information necessa ...
... Centre in Kathmandu for translating the German text of this contribu tion into English in the autumn of 1986 . - We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the Ven. Theras, Bhikkhus, Anägärikäs and lay members of the Buddhist community for their ever-ready willingness to supply information necessa ...
Cross-Cultural Transmission of Buddhist Texts
... represent prime examples of cross-cultural transmission. The polyvalency is, moreover, compounded by the fact that these two arenas, as vastly distant from each other in time and theoretical assumptions as they may be, are nonetheless bound together: our present-day assumptions, motivations and aims ...
... represent prime examples of cross-cultural transmission. The polyvalency is, moreover, compounded by the fact that these two arenas, as vastly distant from each other in time and theoretical assumptions as they may be, are nonetheless bound together: our present-day assumptions, motivations and aims ...