Bodhisattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
... Boucher does not make much of sutra composition in determining early Mahāyāna identity. Instead, he focuses on a different, but just as important, factor in the differentiation of bodhisattva groups from the Buddhist mainstream: the text’s ascetic orientation. This is discussed in chapters three and ...
... Boucher does not make much of sutra composition in determining early Mahāyāna identity. Instead, he focuses on a different, but just as important, factor in the differentiation of bodhisattva groups from the Buddhist mainstream: the text’s ascetic orientation. This is discussed in chapters three and ...
Buddhism and Non-Violent World: Examining a
... right mindfulness41, and right concentration.42 The upshot of the fourth truth is the synergistic effect of three core angles – ethical conduct (right speech, right action, right livelihood, and right effort), mental discipline (right mindfulness and right concentration), and wisdom (right view and ...
... right mindfulness41, and right concentration.42 The upshot of the fourth truth is the synergistic effect of three core angles – ethical conduct (right speech, right action, right livelihood, and right effort), mental discipline (right mindfulness and right concentration), and wisdom (right view and ...
Buddhist Tourism report
... Buddha visited Nalanda several times during the course of his life, and excavations reveal several temples and vihara ruins at the site. Many famous Buddhist scholars had studied or taught at Nalanda, and seeds of religious forms such as Mahâyâna Buddhism were laid here. Kushinagar, in modern day ea ...
... Buddha visited Nalanda several times during the course of his life, and excavations reveal several temples and vihara ruins at the site. Many famous Buddhist scholars had studied or taught at Nalanda, and seeds of religious forms such as Mahâyâna Buddhism were laid here. Kushinagar, in modern day ea ...
Getting back to the source with Agon Shu
... teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, while the Mahayana Sutras were created and falsely attributed to him several hundred years after his death. Kiriyama realized that these incorrect views needed to be corrected and that it was time for Japanese Buddhists to find out about Buddha’s original teachings. S ...
... teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, while the Mahayana Sutras were created and falsely attributed to him several hundred years after his death. Kiriyama realized that these incorrect views needed to be corrected and that it was time for Japanese Buddhists to find out about Buddha’s original teachings. S ...
Niyāmas of Modern Western Interpretations of Theravāda Buddhist Doctrine
... in the suttas, which everywhere show a scientific habit of mind (48, 71, 103). She goes as far as to say that Dhamma as natural law represents the culmination of the Western quest for truth: But how had it been with us, if in olden time some prophet had arisen, who had seen, in a vision of universal ...
... in the suttas, which everywhere show a scientific habit of mind (48, 71, 103). She goes as far as to say that Dhamma as natural law represents the culmination of the Western quest for truth: But how had it been with us, if in olden time some prophet had arisen, who had seen, in a vision of universal ...
清靜經 Scripture of Clarity and Tranquility Translated by Bruce R
... Some of the terms that are used repeatedly are best discussed beforehand for clarity : 道 Dao (Tao) : in the DDJ, Dao is both the natural way of things and the process of following that way; it is left untranslated so that readers may “fill in the blank” for themselves as they read; “the Dao” is used ...
... Some of the terms that are used repeatedly are best discussed beforehand for clarity : 道 Dao (Tao) : in the DDJ, Dao is both the natural way of things and the process of following that way; it is left untranslated so that readers may “fill in the blank” for themselves as they read; “the Dao” is used ...
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... may contribute to pushing the discussion forward. Finally, if it is the case that religion does indeed have something to contribute to its dialogue with the sciences, so much more is it the case that science may benefit not only from the separate insights of two religious traditions, but also from t ...
... may contribute to pushing the discussion forward. Finally, if it is the case that religion does indeed have something to contribute to its dialogue with the sciences, so much more is it the case that science may benefit not only from the separate insights of two religious traditions, but also from t ...
Full-text PDF - College of the Holy Cross
... What one person’s story can do, however, is offer a rich, unique perspective that is “good to think” (Lévi-Strauss 1963, 89). Hijn may or may not be typical in the positivist sense of social science, and her account may or may not accurately describe her daily activities. But in confronting broader ...
... What one person’s story can do, however, is offer a rich, unique perspective that is “good to think” (Lévi-Strauss 1963, 89). Hijn may or may not be typical in the positivist sense of social science, and her account may or may not accurately describe her daily activities. But in confronting broader ...
The Origin and Evolution of Book Printing in China (4)
... Republic; the National Library of China, and many others. A few national libraries, in Syria and Poland for example, could not make use of the Tripitaka in Chinese. Instead they requested large numbers of other Buddhist texts in English. The universities who accepted our donations became worldwide. ...
... Republic; the National Library of China, and many others. A few national libraries, in Syria and Poland for example, could not make use of the Tripitaka in Chinese. Instead they requested large numbers of other Buddhist texts in English. The universities who accepted our donations became worldwide. ...
1 Website of BESS (Buddhist Education Services for Schools Inc
... There are useful teachings in all religions. It is disrespect to pass judgment on other religions. Millions of people follow every religion. We need to respect their faith. However, we ...
... There are useful teachings in all religions. It is disrespect to pass judgment on other religions. Millions of people follow every religion. We need to respect their faith. However, we ...
Justice, Kamma and Dhamma: Does Kamma in
... A key problem any student of Buddhist social, political or legal philosophy faces is to explain this obvious lack of a concept denoting justice and an absence of an explanation of human or social situations exhibiting a concept of justice. When thinking in these lines one is inevitably forced to exa ...
... A key problem any student of Buddhist social, political or legal philosophy faces is to explain this obvious lack of a concept denoting justice and an absence of an explanation of human or social situations exhibiting a concept of justice. When thinking in these lines one is inevitably forced to exa ...
The Buddha and The Cross: The Development of
... Germany, and Australia. Due to Ireland's rich, yet tumultuous religious history, the study also strives to uncover traits of minority religions as they develop in societies with historically entrenched religious majorities (i.e. Buddhism is a slowly emerging minority religion in Ireland's majorly Ch ...
... Germany, and Australia. Due to Ireland's rich, yet tumultuous religious history, the study also strives to uncover traits of minority religions as they develop in societies with historically entrenched religious majorities (i.e. Buddhism is a slowly emerging minority religion in Ireland's majorly Ch ...
Socio-Cultural Aspects of Theravāda Buddhism in Nepal
... society to which it owes its genesis and spreads to other lands and cultures falls under the second pattern. The great religions of the world—Buddhism, Christianity and Islam—owe their "greatness" to the fact that they followed this pattern when they spread far and wide in different societies and cu ...
... society to which it owes its genesis and spreads to other lands and cultures falls under the second pattern. The great religions of the world—Buddhism, Christianity and Islam—owe their "greatness" to the fact that they followed this pattern when they spread far and wide in different societies and cu ...
Ambedkar and Buddhism by Sangharakshita
... There are at present 100,000,000 Untouchables in India, the vast majority of whom are underprivileged in every sense of the term. Each year between four and five hundred of them are murdered by their Caste Hindu compatriots, while thousands more are beaten, raped, and tortured and their homes looted ...
... There are at present 100,000,000 Untouchables in India, the vast majority of whom are underprivileged in every sense of the term. Each year between four and five hundred of them are murdered by their Caste Hindu compatriots, while thousands more are beaten, raped, and tortured and their homes looted ...
Buddhism and its Relationship to Dvaravati Period
... landscape perspective. Apart from Moore (2007), most do not deal specifically with Southeast Asia, focusing instead on India, Sri Lanka, or China. Nevertheless, the works of Fogelin (2003), Gunawardana (1971, 1979), Shaw (2004), and Shaw and Sutcliffe (2001, 2003) provide the point of departure for ...
... landscape perspective. Apart from Moore (2007), most do not deal specifically with Southeast Asia, focusing instead on India, Sri Lanka, or China. Nevertheless, the works of Fogelin (2003), Gunawardana (1971, 1979), Shaw (2004), and Shaw and Sutcliffe (2001, 2003) provide the point of departure for ...
Resource Package Related to Buddhist Chaplaincy
... which contributed the most references. Of the one hundred ten references to the military collected nearly half of them came from the Jataka. This is important because the Jataka are the main source from which the laity obtain Buddhist instruction. Thus, there is an exaggerated importance of the Jata ...
... which contributed the most references. Of the one hundred ten references to the military collected nearly half of them came from the Jataka. This is important because the Jataka are the main source from which the laity obtain Buddhist instruction. Thus, there is an exaggerated importance of the Jata ...
12 ESSAYS ON BUDDHISM
... degraded to lamentably low depths. These are described in graphic detail in the Mahasaccaka Sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya [M.1. 242-5] where the Bodhisatta, while he was yet experimenting in his search for release, is seen indulging in them. Finally the Bodhisatta rejected them as being of no avail. ...
... degraded to lamentably low depths. These are described in graphic detail in the Mahasaccaka Sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya [M.1. 242-5] where the Bodhisatta, while he was yet experimenting in his search for release, is seen indulging in them. Finally the Bodhisatta rejected them as being of no avail. ...
Japanese Buddhism, Relativization, and Glocalization
... calls into question the autonomy of a given religious system and the stability of its different parts. This pressure may affect, for example, the constellation of goods mediated by religion and push for the inclusion of new items (or the exclusion of old ones), or weaken the authority of the superem ...
... calls into question the autonomy of a given religious system and the stability of its different parts. This pressure may affect, for example, the constellation of goods mediated by religion and push for the inclusion of new items (or the exclusion of old ones), or weaken the authority of the superem ...
Comments on the History of Research on Buddhism among Tamils
... began to feel that he needed to study Tamil culture, and if possible, Tamil Buddhism to understand certain aspects of Siṃhala Buddhism. He developed a link program between his department and the University of Yālppāṇam in Īlam. Āḷvāppiḷḷai Vēluppiḷḷai, from the Tamil Department of Yālppāṇam Universi ...
... began to feel that he needed to study Tamil culture, and if possible, Tamil Buddhism to understand certain aspects of Siṃhala Buddhism. He developed a link program between his department and the University of Yālppāṇam in Īlam. Āḷvāppiḷḷai Vēluppiḷḷai, from the Tamil Department of Yālppāṇam Universi ...
Issue 2,2015 - Buddhist Society Victoria
... will continue to do so in the future too. Therefore it is the responsibility of good natured Buddhists that when they see signs of deterioration of Buddha-Sasana they take every possible measure to uplift and revive it back to its original glory. One cannot do this by methods of exhibitionism but by ...
... will continue to do so in the future too. Therefore it is the responsibility of good natured Buddhists that when they see signs of deterioration of Buddha-Sasana they take every possible measure to uplift and revive it back to its original glory. One cannot do this by methods of exhibitionism but by ...
gcse religious studies
... Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama around 2,500 years ago. Siddhartha was born into a rich family, surrounded by comfort and luxury. He was so protected that he was never allowed leave the palace grounds. He married young and had a son. Siddhartha was not happy behind the walls of the palace ...
... Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama around 2,500 years ago. Siddhartha was born into a rich family, surrounded by comfort and luxury. He was so protected that he was never allowed leave the palace grounds. He married young and had a son. Siddhartha was not happy behind the walls of the palace ...
chapter-5 the comparative study between hinduism and buddhism
... One would begin, for example, by remarking that the Vedic doctrine is neither pantheistic nor polytheistic, nor a worship of the powers of Nature except in the sense that Natura Naturans est-Deus and all her powers but the names of God’s acts; that karma is not “fate” except in the orthodox sense o ...
... One would begin, for example, by remarking that the Vedic doctrine is neither pantheistic nor polytheistic, nor a worship of the powers of Nature except in the sense that Natura Naturans est-Deus and all her powers but the names of God’s acts; that karma is not “fate” except in the orthodox sense o ...
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.