Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... Whatever the origin and function of caste may be, it is clear that contemporary untouchables suffer from a sense of shame that is associated with their low social and ritual status. P. Mohan Larbeer, an Dalit Christian, writes, “When I was doing my seventh standard, I came to know that I belonged t ...
... Whatever the origin and function of caste may be, it is clear that contemporary untouchables suffer from a sense of shame that is associated with their low social and ritual status. P. Mohan Larbeer, an Dalit Christian, writes, “When I was doing my seventh standard, I came to know that I belonged t ...
The Ten Pillars of Buddhism
... As he spoke, it was clear that Sangharakshita was addressing a far larger audience than that which was present at the time. The relevance of his material extended of course to those Order members, present and future, who could not be there on that occasion. But it reached out further than that, to t ...
... As he spoke, it was clear that Sangharakshita was addressing a far larger audience than that which was present at the time. The relevance of his material extended of course to those Order members, present and future, who could not be there on that occasion. But it reached out further than that, to t ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... Chinese characters and cultivated a full set of artistic skills to write them and aesthetic criteria to appreciate them. These were well based on the cultural values of Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. ...
... Chinese characters and cultivated a full set of artistic skills to write them and aesthetic criteria to appreciate them. These were well based on the cultural values of Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. ...
Buddhist-Christian Dialogue and Action in the
... Asanga.3 However, scholarly interests have mainly moved onto the socio-political significance of Buddhadåsa’s reformist movement in the process of modernization in Thailand. The most enduring research topic is the doctrinal and sociological analyses, showing how Buddhadåsa elaborates on the meaning ...
... Asanga.3 However, scholarly interests have mainly moved onto the socio-political significance of Buddhadåsa’s reformist movement in the process of modernization in Thailand. The most enduring research topic is the doctrinal and sociological analyses, showing how Buddhadåsa elaborates on the meaning ...
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... nothingness, into some state that is without a center and without a boundary? ► If it is liberation, passing away or dying out, then into what? ► What happens when a person attains Nibbana? ► Is Nibbana a kind of death from purely mental point of view? ► There are some of the difficult question we t ...
... nothingness, into some state that is without a center and without a boundary? ► If it is liberation, passing away or dying out, then into what? ► What happens when a person attains Nibbana? ► Is Nibbana a kind of death from purely mental point of view? ► There are some of the difficult question we t ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... seated around the room do not move. One of the group leaders begins to speak into the silence, explaining that for the next two hours the women are going to enact a section from the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone. The group leader reads aloud the relevant section of the myth: the scene in whic ...
... seated around the room do not move. One of the group leaders begins to speak into the silence, explaining that for the next two hours the women are going to enact a section from the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone. The group leader reads aloud the relevant section of the myth: the scene in whic ...
on pure land buddhism and ch`an/pure land syncretism in medieval
... and the easy path (ibid.: 12). Julian Pas is more cautious, and argues that Pure Land is better thought of as a “movement” than a school, which “during the Sung (if not before) and afterwards, was integrated into all the other schools, even into Ch’an Buddhism” (Pas 1995: 58). David Chappell draws a ...
... and the easy path (ibid.: 12). Julian Pas is more cautious, and argues that Pure Land is better thought of as a “movement” than a school, which “during the Sung (if not before) and afterwards, was integrated into all the other schools, even into Ch’an Buddhism” (Pas 1995: 58). David Chappell draws a ...
Buddhism and Sustainability-Related Organisational Practices: A Sri
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
Asoka`s Dhamma
... "The Magadha King Priyadal'Sin, having saluted the Samgha hopes they are both well and comfortable. It is known to you, Sirs, how great is my reverence and faith in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Samgha. Whatever, Sil'S, has been spoken by the blessed Buddha, all that is quite well spoken. But, Sil' ...
... "The Magadha King Priyadal'Sin, having saluted the Samgha hopes they are both well and comfortable. It is known to you, Sirs, how great is my reverence and faith in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Samgha. Whatever, Sil'S, has been spoken by the blessed Buddha, all that is quite well spoken. But, Sil' ...
Indigenizing Deities: The Budai Maitreya and the Group of Eighteen
... provided the social foundation for the popularization of religion during the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368). The result of the popularization of religion was the multiplication of deities worshipped by the people and the social popularity of religious rituals (Xu Pingfang 1996, 56). In contras ...
... provided the social foundation for the popularization of religion during the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368). The result of the popularization of religion was the multiplication of deities worshipped by the people and the social popularity of religious rituals (Xu Pingfang 1996, 56). In contras ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal Practice
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
The future cakravartin-maitreyan soteriology in early China
... I would like to start from the survey of the social conditions as well as the indigenous schools of thoughts before I proceed into the discussion of the Maitreyan soteriology in Early China. This is based on an observation of the obvious similarity between Ancient Hindu culture and Early China, and ...
... I would like to start from the survey of the social conditions as well as the indigenous schools of thoughts before I proceed into the discussion of the Maitreyan soteriology in Early China. This is based on an observation of the obvious similarity between Ancient Hindu culture and Early China, and ...
Conversion by the Book: Buddhist Print Culture in Early Republican
... anyone, Chün-fang Yü deserves credit for whatever accomplishments I have been able to achieve in the past seven years. Her kindness, wisdom, patience, and insight have been an inspiration and a source of strength both for me and, I trust, for her other students. During my graduate work at Columbia I ...
... anyone, Chün-fang Yü deserves credit for whatever accomplishments I have been able to achieve in the past seven years. Her kindness, wisdom, patience, and insight have been an inspiration and a source of strength both for me and, I trust, for her other students. During my graduate work at Columbia I ...
The influence of Buddhism on accounting in
... accounting as an integral part of the movement of Buddhism constructed a more complex notion of ownership, a central idea in accounting. Farmland, the most vital holding in an agrarian society, was transformed from a possession to use into a possession to exchange. ...
... accounting as an integral part of the movement of Buddhism constructed a more complex notion of ownership, a central idea in accounting. Farmland, the most vital holding in an agrarian society, was transformed from a possession to use into a possession to exchange. ...
Gurudharma Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... According to tradition, the gurudharmas, “principles to be respected,” were stipulated by the Buddha as a pre-condition for granting his foster mother Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī the higher ordination. The different Vinaya texts report that by accepting these principles to be respected Mahāprajāpatī Gauta ...
... According to tradition, the gurudharmas, “principles to be respected,” were stipulated by the Buddha as a pre-condition for granting his foster mother Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī the higher ordination. The different Vinaya texts report that by accepting these principles to be respected Mahāprajāpatī Gauta ...
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... the 2nd century AD. Fig. 1 shows one of these images. In the centre there is a bodhi-tree (bodhiv¤k∑a), a seat (åsana)2 and the feet or the footprints of the Buddha (buddhapåda).3 These three signs together seem to represent the Buddha without depicting him visibly. This and similar reliefs have oft ...
... the 2nd century AD. Fig. 1 shows one of these images. In the centre there is a bodhi-tree (bodhiv¤k∑a), a seat (åsana)2 and the feet or the footprints of the Buddha (buddhapåda).3 These three signs together seem to represent the Buddha without depicting him visibly. This and similar reliefs have oft ...