10, June 2008 - lotus bud sangha
... "I know that anger is in me." (2) Acceptance — When we are angry, we do not deny it. We accept what is present. (3) Embracing — We hold our anger in our two arms like a mother holding her crying baby. Our mindfulness embraces our emotion, and this alone can calm our anger and ourselves. (4) Looking ...
... "I know that anger is in me." (2) Acceptance — When we are angry, we do not deny it. We accept what is present. (3) Embracing — We hold our anger in our two arms like a mother holding her crying baby. Our mindfulness embraces our emotion, and this alone can calm our anger and ourselves. (4) Looking ...
Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Transformative Politics
... traditionally operated as a directly democratic community (albeit with a hierarchy of seniority and experience to which deference was expected) that made decisions by consensus. Buddhism argued for the moral equality of all people centuries before Jesus of Nazareth did (even if the practices of the ...
... traditionally operated as a directly democratic community (albeit with a hierarchy of seniority and experience to which deference was expected) that made decisions by consensus. Buddhism argued for the moral equality of all people centuries before Jesus of Nazareth did (even if the practices of the ...
A brief introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya tradition
... The starting point of the Buddha’s teaching is, therefore, a rather realistic view of our current situation, provided we admit to ourselves that the reality of duhkha is undeniable in our experience. The Buddha was neither unworldly nor pessimistic, quite the contrary in fact. The discourses contain ...
... The starting point of the Buddha’s teaching is, therefore, a rather realistic view of our current situation, provided we admit to ourselves that the reality of duhkha is undeniable in our experience. The Buddha was neither unworldly nor pessimistic, quite the contrary in fact. The discourses contain ...
Introduction to Buddhism
... The Story of Buddhism This conceptual distance is complicated further by deep ethical disagreements. Indian morality rationalized the Caste system of unequal moral worth and the intellectual "virtues" of the Brahman class. We can illustrate the moral conflict by telling the story of the Buddha— with ...
... The Story of Buddhism This conceptual distance is complicated further by deep ethical disagreements. Indian morality rationalized the Caste system of unequal moral worth and the intellectual "virtues" of the Brahman class. We can illustrate the moral conflict by telling the story of the Buddha— with ...
Buddhism - John Bowne High School
... What Did It Mean? • This made him understand that every living thing experiences old age, sickness and death •BUT! ONLY religious life can save someone from suffering ...
... What Did It Mean? • This made him understand that every living thing experiences old age, sickness and death •BUT! ONLY religious life can save someone from suffering ...
English - Seattle Buddhist Temple
... one of the leading practitioners of Naikan in the U.S. here to present it more in depth. Gregg has made presentations at the Jodo Shinshu Center and a number of BCA temples. I attended one of his workshops a few years ago and it was excellent. Please look for further information inside this newslett ...
... one of the leading practitioners of Naikan in the U.S. here to present it more in depth. Gregg has made presentations at the Jodo Shinshu Center and a number of BCA temples. I attended one of his workshops a few years ago and it was excellent. Please look for further information inside this newslett ...
Nascent speculative non-Buddhism
... negation of Buddhism is “coded in the same semiotic” (Laruelle) as Buddhism itself: though its terms and aims necessarily differ, a negation of Buddhism is fashioned from the same—namely, decisional and ideological—grammar as “Buddhism.” Non-buddhism, as neither Buddhism nor a negation of Buddhism, ...
... negation of Buddhism is “coded in the same semiotic” (Laruelle) as Buddhism itself: though its terms and aims necessarily differ, a negation of Buddhism is fashioned from the same—namely, decisional and ideological—grammar as “Buddhism.” Non-buddhism, as neither Buddhism nor a negation of Buddhism, ...
Buddhism and its Relationship to Dvaravati Period
... society, and its art and architecture. The analytic approach used here shows that the role of Buddhism within society may differ considerably from that which has been proposed based purely on textual, art historical, or site-specific archaeological evidence. There is some precedence for studies tha ...
... society, and its art and architecture. The analytic approach used here shows that the role of Buddhism within society may differ considerably from that which has been proposed based purely on textual, art historical, or site-specific archaeological evidence. There is some precedence for studies tha ...
BUDDHISM A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism
... Humanism, Humanistic Buddhism and Secular Buddhism are branches of the same tree. A reformation is occurring within Traditional Buddhism. Some Buddhists have become skeptical of faith-based claims and have come to the conclusion that they do not believe in gods, gurus or the supernatural, but they ...
... Humanism, Humanistic Buddhism and Secular Buddhism are branches of the same tree. A reformation is occurring within Traditional Buddhism. Some Buddhists have become skeptical of faith-based claims and have come to the conclusion that they do not believe in gods, gurus or the supernatural, but they ...
Predictions of Women to Buddhahood in Middle-Period Literature Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... how they work for the continued maintenance and renewal of the narrator’s own ideological discourse and authority. The narratives taken up here are literary articulations of the Buddhist path. Primarily, they serve a pedagogical function. They inculcate moral and soteriological agency towards the at ...
... how they work for the continued maintenance and renewal of the narrator’s own ideological discourse and authority. The narratives taken up here are literary articulations of the Buddhist path. Primarily, they serve a pedagogical function. They inculcate moral and soteriological agency towards the at ...
2013, Volume 22, Number 1 - Sakyadhita International Association
... days to create the circumstances to die without regrets. Sometimes as we age, we can become very ill with lifethreatening diseases such as cancer or heart problems. This is common. Many people look on the onset of such sicknesses with dread and horror and hope to die quietly in their sleep with no p ...
... days to create the circumstances to die without regrets. Sometimes as we age, we can become very ill with lifethreatening diseases such as cancer or heart problems. This is common. Many people look on the onset of such sicknesses with dread and horror and hope to die quietly in their sleep with no p ...
Transcript of the teachings by Geshe Chonyi
... Some intelligent students may think, “I have sharp faculties. I will be able to study these great treatises without accumulating merit.” Such students, who focus only on studying and do not perform any purification practices or work at accumulating merit, may learn something but they will never be a ...
... Some intelligent students may think, “I have sharp faculties. I will be able to study these great treatises without accumulating merit.” Such students, who focus only on studying and do not perform any purification practices or work at accumulating merit, may learn something but they will never be a ...
Source Book - RimeShedra.NYC
... Class Nine: Gaining Certainty in the View A. Topics: 1. The view: a) The four seals that epitomize the sutras b) Entering the path of giving up the two extremes c) The main topic, an analysis of the two types of selflessness 2. The four turnings of the mind from the tradition of pith instructions: a ...
... Class Nine: Gaining Certainty in the View A. Topics: 1. The view: a) The four seals that epitomize the sutras b) Entering the path of giving up the two extremes c) The main topic, an analysis of the two types of selflessness 2. The four turnings of the mind from the tradition of pith instructions: a ...
Prince Shotoku and Early Buddhist Japan
... Shōtoku born as son of Prince Tachibana no Toyohi (later Emperor Yōmei, the 31st Emperor of Japan) ...
... Shōtoku born as son of Prince Tachibana no Toyohi (later Emperor Yōmei, the 31st Emperor of Japan) ...
Moore Post Canonical Buddhist Political Thought
... Other interpreters, including myself,15 conclude that while the Buddha clearly did prefer democratic government for the sangha, there is no evidence that he preferred it for lay society, and in fact he explicitly endorsed (enlightened) monarchy in every other canonical passage dealing with desirable ...
... Other interpreters, including myself,15 conclude that while the Buddha clearly did prefer democratic government for the sangha, there is no evidence that he preferred it for lay society, and in fact he explicitly endorsed (enlightened) monarchy in every other canonical passage dealing with desirable ...
Awareness Place Well-Being Centre - Dharma Resources
... Ven. Yao Xiong, it was the opportunity to learn about the Theravada tradition. “I came from a Mahayana background. The Theravada tradition is more common in countries such as Thailand and Sri Lanka. Over here, students at the college get to learn both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions,” he expla ...
... Ven. Yao Xiong, it was the opportunity to learn about the Theravada tradition. “I came from a Mahayana background. The Theravada tradition is more common in countries such as Thailand and Sri Lanka. Over here, students at the college get to learn both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions,” he expla ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... There is an interpretive issue about the claim that the Buddha was omniscient which threatens to undermine the point being made in the text. One understanding of omniscience implies that the Buddha’s epistemic states were marked by perfect apprehension of reality, and relative to this notion (of per ...
... There is an interpretive issue about the claim that the Buddha was omniscient which threatens to undermine the point being made in the text. One understanding of omniscience implies that the Buddha’s epistemic states were marked by perfect apprehension of reality, and relative to this notion (of per ...
PDF - Berkeley Buddhist studies
... reduction,” a method that begins by suspending or bracketing (epoché) questions of ontology and attending instead to the immediacy of the “life-world” (Lebenswelt) or “the things themselves” (die Sache selbst). (Heidegger will use the term Dasein or “being there” to invoke a similar stance.) This mi ...
... reduction,” a method that begins by suspending or bracketing (epoché) questions of ontology and attending instead to the immediacy of the “life-world” (Lebenswelt) or “the things themselves” (die Sache selbst). (Heidegger will use the term Dasein or “being there” to invoke a similar stance.) This mi ...
The Wheel of Life and Death - Triratna-nyc
... our environment, consciously or not, we feel threatened and insecure. We are just one tny, insignifcant, changing being adrif in a vast universe of potentally threatening otherness. We are small and relatvely powerless, what is not us is immense and hugely powerful. Seeing ourselves in this way, our ...
... our environment, consciously or not, we feel threatened and insecure. We are just one tny, insignifcant, changing being adrif in a vast universe of potentally threatening otherness. We are small and relatvely powerless, what is not us is immense and hugely powerful. Seeing ourselves in this way, our ...
Buddhists in U.S. Agonize on AIDS Issue
... News From The Dharma Realm "Thinking that I had some extraordinary means of protection," he said, "I went ahead with my business as if something would take care of it for me." The Vajradhatu International is now based in Halifax, but it was founded 18 years ago in Boulder, where about 900 members n ...
... News From The Dharma Realm "Thinking that I had some extraordinary means of protection," he said, "I went ahead with my business as if something would take care of it for me." The Vajradhatu International is now based in Halifax, but it was founded 18 years ago in Boulder, where about 900 members n ...
Buddhism, Science and Atheism - Buddhist Publication Society
... universe. It is not involved with ethics and morality except that these are facets of anthropology, psychology and related studies. We live in a unique century. Not only are we the heirs of 2,000 or more years of accumulated scientific knowledge; today, at a magnitude unprecedented in all history, t ...
... universe. It is not involved with ethics and morality except that these are facets of anthropology, psychology and related studies. We live in a unique century. Not only are we the heirs of 2,000 or more years of accumulated scientific knowledge; today, at a magnitude unprecedented in all history, t ...
A comparative analysis of causality in Buddhism and African
... transhistorical, transcultural and transdiciplinary. It is simply a universal concept. This does not mean that every culture or forms of knowledge or systems of thought or disciplines have the same conception or understanding of causality. The onus of this paper is therefore, to attempt a comparativ ...
... transhistorical, transcultural and transdiciplinary. It is simply a universal concept. This does not mean that every culture or forms of knowledge or systems of thought or disciplines have the same conception or understanding of causality. The onus of this paper is therefore, to attempt a comparativ ...