The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners
... literally ‘sitting close by’, i.e. a ‘lay adherent’ is any lay follower who is filled with faith and has taken refuge in the Buddha, his doctrine and his community of noble disciples. His virtue is regarded as pure if he observes the Five Precepts (Pañca Sı̄la). He should avoid the following wrong ...
... literally ‘sitting close by’, i.e. a ‘lay adherent’ is any lay follower who is filled with faith and has taken refuge in the Buddha, his doctrine and his community of noble disciples. His virtue is regarded as pure if he observes the Five Precepts (Pañca Sı̄la). He should avoid the following wrong ...
Early Neo-Confucian View of Chinese Buddhism
... the same scale as China itself. Such an important and rather sudden change cannot but raise various questions. ...
... the same scale as China itself. Such an important and rather sudden change cannot but raise various questions. ...
Durkheim, Religion, and Buddhism - TRAN-B-300
... Agni and Varuna;but 'he believes that he owes them nothing and that he has nothing to do with them".... Then he is an atheist, in the sense that he does not concern himself with the question whether gods exist or not (Durkheim1965:46;emphasis added). ...
... Agni and Varuna;but 'he believes that he owes them nothing and that he has nothing to do with them".... Then he is an atheist, in the sense that he does not concern himself with the question whether gods exist or not (Durkheim1965:46;emphasis added). ...
Samsara, Karma, and Self-Enlightenment: A Buddhist Perspective
... death does not enter into our life, yet we carry out our actions. However, if we realize death then we will really comprehend life and this will help us to live profitably. Since ancient times the spiritual writings in almost every society are about the art of living which gets people prepared for d ...
... death does not enter into our life, yet we carry out our actions. However, if we realize death then we will really comprehend life and this will help us to live profitably. Since ancient times the spiritual writings in almost every society are about the art of living which gets people prepared for d ...
THE IMPACT OF THE BUDDHIST DOCTRINE OF KARMA ON THE
... came to China in 200 B.C.E. sounds most sensible. All forms of civilizations, as we can observe, are usually transmitted from one place to another through routes of communication. When the “silk routes” were opened to bridge China and India, though for commercial and political policy, probably, reli ...
... came to China in 200 B.C.E. sounds most sensible. All forms of civilizations, as we can observe, are usually transmitted from one place to another through routes of communication. When the “silk routes” were opened to bridge China and India, though for commercial and political policy, probably, reli ...
Chapter 6 - Hodder Plus Home
... the oldest forms of storytelling. In the past people were appointed Jataka storytellers and they would travel far and wide to teach kindness, compassion, nonviolence, charity, generosity and self-sacrifice through these stories. Buddhists believe that Buddha himself used these stories to explain con ...
... the oldest forms of storytelling. In the past people were appointed Jataka storytellers and they would travel far and wide to teach kindness, compassion, nonviolence, charity, generosity and self-sacrifice through these stories. Buddhists believe that Buddha himself used these stories to explain con ...
A Buddhist Reflection on Suffering in Ashes of Time
... tragic memories about their unfulfilled and unsatisfied cravings for love. The film visualizes the mental/emotional states of these characters through images of an empty desert and waving water, which in a sense involve contrasting implications; while the former implies the static or stillness, the ...
... tragic memories about their unfulfilled and unsatisfied cravings for love. The film visualizes the mental/emotional states of these characters through images of an empty desert and waving water, which in a sense involve contrasting implications; while the former implies the static or stillness, the ...
Theravāda Buddhism`s Meditations on Death and the Symbolism of
... conquest of death and ignorance does not suffice for others. Death must be conquered, wisdom developed, and deathlessness attained in the life of each individual. For this reason Theravada has emphasized systematic methods for people to confront and comprehend death: the meditations on death. Therav ...
... conquest of death and ignorance does not suffice for others. Death must be conquered, wisdom developed, and deathlessness attained in the life of each individual. For this reason Theravada has emphasized systematic methods for people to confront and comprehend death: the meditations on death. Therav ...
Chapter 16 Exam - multiple choice
... How were the diverse, enduring Buddhist communities in northwestern India almost destroyed beginning around the fifth century c.e.? Hint: ...
... How were the diverse, enduring Buddhist communities in northwestern India almost destroyed beginning around the fifth century c.e.? Hint: ...
The Oral Transmission of the Early Buddhist Literature
... Our knowledge of early Buddhism depends entirely upon the canonical texts which claim to go back to the Buddha’s life and soon afterwards. But these texts, contained primarily in the Sutra and Vinaya collections of the various sects, are of questionable historical worth, for their most basic claim c ...
... Our knowledge of early Buddhism depends entirely upon the canonical texts which claim to go back to the Buddha’s life and soon afterwards. But these texts, contained primarily in the Sutra and Vinaya collections of the various sects, are of questionable historical worth, for their most basic claim c ...
The Transformation of the Monastic Ordination
... which they belong by patrilineal descent. It thereby transforms them into Buddhist specialists who continue to be distinguished from common laymen by their full membership in a monastic saṃgha even after they have disrobed. Hence, the bare chuyegu differs fundamentally from the temporary ordination ...
... which they belong by patrilineal descent. It thereby transforms them into Buddhist specialists who continue to be distinguished from common laymen by their full membership in a monastic saṃgha even after they have disrobed. Hence, the bare chuyegu differs fundamentally from the temporary ordination ...
Mental Balance and Well-Being - Santa Barbara Institute for
... Each factor of the model has its own distinct qualities, while it is simultaneously part of the larger whole of the system. This aspect of the model is akin to the term holon (Koestler, 1978), which refers to a system that is both a whole composed of parts and a part composing larger wholes. Therefo ...
... Each factor of the model has its own distinct qualities, while it is simultaneously part of the larger whole of the system. This aspect of the model is akin to the term holon (Koestler, 1978), which refers to a system that is both a whole composed of parts and a part composing larger wholes. Therefo ...
Traditionalist Representations of Buddhism
... Traditionalism is, of course, no more monolithic than any other school of thought. Individual authors develop their thought in accord with their own concerns and preconceptions. There are, however, several themes that appear repeatedly in the Traditionalist representations of religion, and which mol ...
... Traditionalism is, of course, no more monolithic than any other school of thought. Individual authors develop their thought in accord with their own concerns and preconceptions. There are, however, several themes that appear repeatedly in the Traditionalist representations of religion, and which mol ...
What Buddhism Taught Cognitive Science about Self, Mind
... These lines are cited here not to say that Buddhism and cognitive science are in complete disagreement, but that sweeping statements about similarities can be misleading. A statement like «the views of self in contemporary Western discourses in philosophy and science do no seem inimical to that of B ...
... These lines are cited here not to say that Buddhism and cognitive science are in complete disagreement, but that sweeping statements about similarities can be misleading. A statement like «the views of self in contemporary Western discourses in philosophy and science do no seem inimical to that of B ...
Lay Ritual in the Early Buddhist Art of India
... Gaya, Amaravati, and others, reveals that the laity are a principal subject in Buddhist art from what may be its very beginnings.3 That the figures depicted in the early corpus of Buddhist narrative art are members of the laity is evident from their clothing and adornments, which differ strikingly f ...
... Gaya, Amaravati, and others, reveals that the laity are a principal subject in Buddhist art from what may be its very beginnings.3 That the figures depicted in the early corpus of Buddhist narrative art are members of the laity is evident from their clothing and adornments, which differ strikingly f ...
Edwin Arnold - What-Buddha
... Buddhism, is well cited by Professor Max Muller as saying of Prince Siddhartha: ’His life was utterly stainless…His constant heroism equalled his conviction; and although the doctrine that he propounded is false, the personal examples that he gave are irreproachable. He is the perfect model of all t ...
... Buddhism, is well cited by Professor Max Muller as saying of Prince Siddhartha: ’His life was utterly stainless…His constant heroism equalled his conviction; and although the doctrine that he propounded is false, the personal examples that he gave are irreproachable. He is the perfect model of all t ...
NiNi Zhu - Buddhism
... about the dates of the Buddha's birth and death. Many modern scholars believe that the historical Buddha lived from about 563 to about 483 BCE. Many others believe that he lived about 100 years later (from about 448 to 368 BCE). At this time in India, there was much discontent with Brahmanic (Hindu ...
... about the dates of the Buddha's birth and death. Many modern scholars believe that the historical Buddha lived from about 563 to about 483 BCE. Many others believe that he lived about 100 years later (from about 448 to 368 BCE). At this time in India, there was much discontent with Brahmanic (Hindu ...
Buddhist Studies Semester I to IV
... fifty years, Buddhist Studies has grown into a complex field, with historical, philosophical, linguistic, and socio-cultural aspects which are being studied independently as well as in comparative light. New materials came to light in the last century and have created the need for sustained research ...
... fifty years, Buddhist Studies has grown into a complex field, with historical, philosophical, linguistic, and socio-cultural aspects which are being studied independently as well as in comparative light. New materials came to light in the last century and have created the need for sustained research ...
THE BAILIN BUDDHIST TEMPLE: THRIVING UNDER
... Before coming to Hebei Province, Jing Hui worked as the chief editor of the Fa Yin (Voice of Dharma), the official magazine of Buddhist Association of China. Working at the magazine and being involved in the operation of the Buddhist Association of China for nearly a decade, Jing Hui gained remarkable ...
... Before coming to Hebei Province, Jing Hui worked as the chief editor of the Fa Yin (Voice of Dharma), the official magazine of Buddhist Association of China. Working at the magazine and being involved in the operation of the Buddhist Association of China for nearly a decade, Jing Hui gained remarkable ...
Dalit Buddhist movement
The Dalit Buddhist movement (dubbed as Navayana by certain Ambedkerites) is a 19th and 20th-century Buddhist revival movement in India. It received its most substantial impetus from B. R. Ambedkar's call for the conversion of Dalits to Buddhism, in 1956, to escape a caste-based society that considered them to be the lowest in the hierarchy. Ambedkar saw Buddhism as a means to end the caste system in India.