3. Interpretative Examples of Controversial Doctrines in the Buddhist
... The Buddha preaches this sermon first and then followed with the Fourfold Noble Truth, so this teaching deserves to be called the real gradual path in its etymological meaning of the term. This doctrine started with: (1) Talk on charity (dana), (2) talk on morality (sila), (3) talk on heavenly pleas ...
... The Buddha preaches this sermon first and then followed with the Fourfold Noble Truth, so this teaching deserves to be called the real gradual path in its etymological meaning of the term. This doctrine started with: (1) Talk on charity (dana), (2) talk on morality (sila), (3) talk on heavenly pleas ...
Zen Buddhism and Persian Culture, V1
... the Chandrabhaga river, but no competent Brahmin could be found to take up the role of priest in the temple. So Samba sought help of Gauramukha, the adviser of the yadu chief, Ugrasena. Gauramukha responded with a suggestion that Samba go to Shakdvipa (see note on Mahabharata 6:11, below[a]) and inv ...
... the Chandrabhaga river, but no competent Brahmin could be found to take up the role of priest in the temple. So Samba sought help of Gauramukha, the adviser of the yadu chief, Ugrasena. Gauramukha responded with a suggestion that Samba go to Shakdvipa (see note on Mahabharata 6:11, below[a]) and inv ...
Buddhism - An Order of Teaching and Service
... astrologer visited the young prince's father - King Śuddhodana - and prophesied that Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man, depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls. Śuddhodana was determined to see his son beco ...
... astrologer visited the young prince's father - King Śuddhodana - and prophesied that Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man, depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls. Śuddhodana was determined to see his son beco ...
BUDDHISM A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism
... all pleasure, and follow a life of extreme asceticism. But this state of being nearly killed him. What saved him was that one day he heard someone speak about the strings on a musical instrument: if a string is too tight it will break and be ruined; if it is too loose, you cannot make beautiful musi ...
... all pleasure, and follow a life of extreme asceticism. But this state of being nearly killed him. What saved him was that one day he heard someone speak about the strings on a musical instrument: if a string is too tight it will break and be ruined; if it is too loose, you cannot make beautiful musi ...
Rotman, Marketing Morality
... Buddhist philosophical explanations of the stages of faith and their corresponding spiritual activities. To this end, I will consider a number of stories from the Divyāvadāna, or “Divine Stories.” The text is a vast compendium of Indian Buddhist narratives written in Sanskrit from the early centurie ...
... Buddhist philosophical explanations of the stages of faith and their corresponding spiritual activities. To this end, I will consider a number of stories from the Divyāvadāna, or “Divine Stories.” The text is a vast compendium of Indian Buddhist narratives written in Sanskrit from the early centurie ...
The Communist Pure Land: The Legacy of Buddhist Reforms in the
... verses of one poem, “Idle Droning,” displayed another complaint against Buddhism’s vices. Since earnestly studying the Buddhist doctrine of emptiness, I’ve learned to still all the common states of mind. Only the devil of poetry I have yet to conquer— let me come on a bit of scenery and I start my i ...
... verses of one poem, “Idle Droning,” displayed another complaint against Buddhism’s vices. Since earnestly studying the Buddhist doctrine of emptiness, I’ve learned to still all the common states of mind. Only the devil of poetry I have yet to conquer— let me come on a bit of scenery and I start my i ...
The New Humanism for World Peace
... also Chinese Confucianism and Taoism, Japanese Shinto and Indian Hinduism, as well as Islam and Christianity. In regards to Lotus Sutra research, we basically take a philological and academic approach to the sutra itself, but also have researchers working on analyzing and developing contemporary int ...
... also Chinese Confucianism and Taoism, Japanese Shinto and Indian Hinduism, as well as Islam and Christianity. In regards to Lotus Sutra research, we basically take a philological and academic approach to the sutra itself, but also have researchers working on analyzing and developing contemporary int ...
regulations for the degree of
... (c) An assessment of candidates’ coursework during their studies may be taken into account in determining their result in each written examination paper; or, where so prescribed in the syllabuses, may constitute part or whole of the assessment of one or more courses. (d) There shall be no appeal aga ...
... (c) An assessment of candidates’ coursework during their studies may be taken into account in determining their result in each written examination paper; or, where so prescribed in the syllabuses, may constitute part or whole of the assessment of one or more courses. (d) There shall be no appeal aga ...
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 ...
Japanese Buddhism and the Meiji Restoration
... “nothingness” theories of Kitaro Nishida, to entirely academic interpretations of Buddhism based on Master Någårjuna’s M‡lamadhyamakakårikå, which came through Chinese (Tr: Kumåraj·va) and was translated into Japanese as the “Churon.” Studying these different theories in modern-day Japan will not yi ...
... “nothingness” theories of Kitaro Nishida, to entirely academic interpretations of Buddhism based on Master Någårjuna’s M‡lamadhyamakakårikå, which came through Chinese (Tr: Kumåraj·va) and was translated into Japanese as the “Churon.” Studying these different theories in modern-day Japan will not yi ...
of Cross-Tradition Exchange Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... and, after the death of her husband, left home to pursue spiritual practice. Her age and the year of her leaving home is unknown. She later reappeared in Miaoli County as a Buddhist nun with the monastic name Fuhui (Li 65-67). Upon her return, she began to perform healing miracles to those who sough ...
... and, after the death of her husband, left home to pursue spiritual practice. Her age and the year of her leaving home is unknown. She later reappeared in Miaoli County as a Buddhist nun with the monastic name Fuhui (Li 65-67). Upon her return, she began to perform healing miracles to those who sough ...
Three Dimensions of Buddhist Studies
... thought, which he maintained is "only a more perfect form of religious thought," (1915/1965: 477) properly supplants the cognitive authority of religion altogether. Thus, for some people science in general and quantum mechanics in particular may indeed be instances of religion, but I would still mai ...
... thought, which he maintained is "only a more perfect form of religious thought," (1915/1965: 477) properly supplants the cognitive authority of religion altogether. Thus, for some people science in general and quantum mechanics in particular may indeed be instances of religion, but I would still mai ...
True Buddhism and village Buddhism in Sri Lanka
... Buddhisms which I find to be real and significant - though I did not hear it explicitly elaborated as a charge against village Buddhism. Elite Buddhists attach great value to the practice of meditation, for laymen (including women) as well as clergy. It is very common for elite Buddhist lay persons ...
... Buddhisms which I find to be real and significant - though I did not hear it explicitly elaborated as a charge against village Buddhism. Elite Buddhists attach great value to the practice of meditation, for laymen (including women) as well as clergy. It is very common for elite Buddhist lay persons ...
Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow
... early nineteenth century for things exotic and oriental. It was this splendid palace that was the venue in 1976 for the introduction to Brighton (now a thriving centre of alternative culture) of another Indian influence: the teaching of the Buddha. The speaker, however, was determined that this infl ...
... early nineteenth century for things exotic and oriental. It was this splendid palace that was the venue in 1976 for the introduction to Brighton (now a thriving centre of alternative culture) of another Indian influence: the teaching of the Buddha. The speaker, however, was determined that this infl ...
Buddhism Across AsiA
... Common Era was crucial in this respect, not only because various forms of the doctrine started penetrating key regions of Asia, but also because some of these receptive regions themselves emerged as important staging centres for the further spread of Buddhism. In addition, the transmission of Buddhi ...
... Common Era was crucial in this respect, not only because various forms of the doctrine started penetrating key regions of Asia, but also because some of these receptive regions themselves emerged as important staging centres for the further spread of Buddhism. In addition, the transmission of Buddhi ...
Dynamics of Sinhala Buddhist Ethno-Nationalism in Post
... nationalism, and there are those who distance themselves from this and promote co-existence. It is important to note that what is now taken for granted as enduring Buddhist traditions were in fact invented in the second half of the 19th century as part of the Sinhala-Buddhist ‘reawakening’.19 In ear ...
... nationalism, and there are those who distance themselves from this and promote co-existence. It is important to note that what is now taken for granted as enduring Buddhist traditions were in fact invented in the second half of the 19th century as part of the Sinhala-Buddhist ‘reawakening’.19 In ear ...
M. A. Buddhist Literature
... semesters I and II and also that of semesters III and IV will be sequential. The syllabus for each paper will be discussed in 40 to 50 clock hours (approximately) during each semester. The external students will be admitted to appear for semester examinations of semesters I, II, III and IV in a sequ ...
... semesters I and II and also that of semesters III and IV will be sequential. The syllabus for each paper will be discussed in 40 to 50 clock hours (approximately) during each semester. The external students will be admitted to appear for semester examinations of semesters I, II, III and IV in a sequ ...
Faithi in Revolution Tricycle Winter 2008
... on either the self-power or the other-power approach. Nichiren’s practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo leads us to discover a power and wisdom that exists within us and at the same time transcends us. It embraces aspects of both the self- and other-power practices. In a sense, then, you seem to s ...
... on either the self-power or the other-power approach. Nichiren’s practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo leads us to discover a power and wisdom that exists within us and at the same time transcends us. It embraces aspects of both the self- and other-power practices. In a sense, then, you seem to s ...
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.