Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
... This civil war has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives from all ethnic and religious groups; many Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims have been displaced and religious places have become ruins. Recent estimates suggest that over 64,000 died in the events related to the war and more than two million ...
... This civil war has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives from all ethnic and religious groups; many Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims have been displaced and religious places have become ruins. Recent estimates suggest that over 64,000 died in the events related to the war and more than two million ...
Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
... This civil war has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives from all ethnic and religious groups; many Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims have been displaced and religious places have become ruins. Recent estimates suggest that over 64,000 died in the events related to the war and more than two million ...
... This civil war has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives from all ethnic and religious groups; many Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims have been displaced and religious places have become ruins. Recent estimates suggest that over 64,000 died in the events related to the war and more than two million ...
what, if anything, is mahayana buddhism?
... emphasizes a personal liberation from sam.sāra accessible only to the monk who can devote himself to intensive meditation practice, and so on. This is the Buddhism whose modern living representative is the Theravāda school, and when the term is used it is this which is called H¯õ nayāna, the smal ...
... emphasizes a personal liberation from sam.sāra accessible only to the monk who can devote himself to intensive meditation practice, and so on. This is the Buddhism whose modern living representative is the Theravāda school, and when the term is used it is this which is called H¯õ nayāna, the smal ...
Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars
... some forms of Hinduism. In fact, however, neither Judaism, Islam, nor Hinduism has innate to it an exact terminological equivalent to Christianity' s "theology." l Furthermore, as Yves Congar has noted, Christians themselves only began consistently to apply the term to their s acred theorizing durin ...
... some forms of Hinduism. In fact, however, neither Judaism, Islam, nor Hinduism has innate to it an exact terminological equivalent to Christianity' s "theology." l Furthermore, as Yves Congar has noted, Christians themselves only began consistently to apply the term to their s acred theorizing durin ...
Exhibition Catalogue - Vassar College WordPress
... Above all other considerations, the exhibition focuses on how Avalokiteshvara’s diverse artistic manifestations exemplify limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work ...
... Above all other considerations, the exhibition focuses on how Avalokiteshvara’s diverse artistic manifestations exemplify limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work ...
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... Above all other considerations, the exhibition focuses on how Avalokiteshvara’s diverse artistic manifestations exemplify limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work ...
... Above all other considerations, the exhibition focuses on how Avalokiteshvara’s diverse artistic manifestations exemplify limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work ...
Gotami-apadana
... After the changes in post-Asokan society, the stories of ascetic monks and nuns renouncing the world and attaining nirvana did not possess the traditional appeal for a new group of followers who did not plan to renounce the world (Walters, 114). The challenge for Buddhist leaders was to find somethi ...
... After the changes in post-Asokan society, the stories of ascetic monks and nuns renouncing the world and attaining nirvana did not possess the traditional appeal for a new group of followers who did not plan to renounce the world (Walters, 114). The challenge for Buddhist leaders was to find somethi ...
Transplanting Buddhism: - Unisa Institutional Repository
... interpretations of its central message in the African Initiated Churches. Islam, Hinduism and Judaism have all made their influence felt and are securely settled within sizeable communities, although these are still largely defined by ethnicity. More recently, the socalled New Religious Movements, s ...
... interpretations of its central message in the African Initiated Churches. Islam, Hinduism and Judaism have all made their influence felt and are securely settled within sizeable communities, although these are still largely defined by ethnicity. More recently, the socalled New Religious Movements, s ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... Sanbo Kyodan (Japanese): Fellowship of the Three Treasures, an international Zen Buddhist organisation founded in the 1950s~ a lay stream of Soro Zen that incorporates elements of Rinzai Zen. Samu (Japanese): Work prtlcrice. Temple maintenance that is ...
... Sanbo Kyodan (Japanese): Fellowship of the Three Treasures, an international Zen Buddhist organisation founded in the 1950s~ a lay stream of Soro Zen that incorporates elements of Rinzai Zen. Samu (Japanese): Work prtlcrice. Temple maintenance that is ...
The Skillful Handling of Poison: Bodhicitta and the
... strategy of using the afflictive mental states (kleśas) for progress towards liberation in his Introduction to the Practice of Awakening (Bodhicaryāvatāra). I begin by contrasting two images from the first chapter that represent the power of bodhicitta: the fires destroying the universe at the end o ...
... strategy of using the afflictive mental states (kleśas) for progress towards liberation in his Introduction to the Practice of Awakening (Bodhicaryāvatāra). I begin by contrasting two images from the first chapter that represent the power of bodhicitta: the fires destroying the universe at the end o ...
S t Zen in Meiji Japan: The Life and Times of Nishiari
... hestudiedfortwentyfiveyears.SotherightwaytounderstandtheWestern“transformation” ofBuddhismisnottomeasureitagainstDgen’smonasticismbutinsteadtoask:howhavewe turnedearlytwentiethcenturyJapaneseZenintoourcontemporaryWesternpractice? Isaythisbecausewhat ...
... hestudiedfortwentyfiveyears.SotherightwaytounderstandtheWestern“transformation” ofBuddhismisnottomeasureitagainstDgen’smonasticismbutinsteadtoask:howhavewe turnedearlytwentiethcenturyJapaneseZenintoourcontemporaryWesternpractice? Isaythisbecausewhat ...
buddhist view in compassion
... In the Bible a variety of Hebrew and Greek words are used which fall within the general semantic range of the English word "mercy." They include such terms as "loving-kindness” ,"to be merciful" , "to have compassion" , and "grace”. [ Colin Brown, The New International Dictionary of New Testament Th ...
... In the Bible a variety of Hebrew and Greek words are used which fall within the general semantic range of the English word "mercy." They include such terms as "loving-kindness” ,"to be merciful" , "to have compassion" , and "grace”. [ Colin Brown, The New International Dictionary of New Testament Th ...
CHAPTER TWO King Asoka, Asoka`s Dhamma and
... conducted instruction and discussion sessions (dhammanus[a]ti Dhamma-paripruchcii)~30 King ASoka visited Lumbini, twenty years after he was anointed, to worship (this spot), because the Buddha Sakyamuni was born here. 31 He rebuilt the stiipa of Buddha Konagamana fourteen years after he was anointed ...
... conducted instruction and discussion sessions (dhammanus[a]ti Dhamma-paripruchcii)~30 King ASoka visited Lumbini, twenty years after he was anointed, to worship (this spot), because the Buddha Sakyamuni was born here. 31 He rebuilt the stiipa of Buddha Konagamana fourteen years after he was anointed ...
- SOAS Research Online
... the White Huns in the sixth century and especially the Islamic invasions of India between the eighth and the fourteenth centuries.8 In East Asia, however, it has been noticed that it was usually the increasing power held by the Buddhist monastic community that caused the imperial court or secular au ...
... the White Huns in the sixth century and especially the Islamic invasions of India between the eighth and the fourteenth centuries.8 In East Asia, however, it has been noticed that it was usually the increasing power held by the Buddhist monastic community that caused the imperial court or secular au ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... Frauwallner was correct, the author of the Skandhaka would have described events of the distant past. I want to show that the time separating the origins of the Skandhaka from the events that it describes may be considerably shorter than previously assumed. Thus, the historical value of the work is ...
... Frauwallner was correct, the author of the Skandhaka would have described events of the distant past. I want to show that the time separating the origins of the Skandhaka from the events that it describes may be considerably shorter than previously assumed. Thus, the historical value of the work is ...
FAMILY TIES TO BUDDHIST MONKS AND NUNS IN MEDIEVAL
... Sinologist have always been intricately linked to one another. Although there are studies noting the prominence of family connection in the study o f monks and nuns, past studies have focused mainly on the manipulation and modification o f religion by political figures for solely secular purposes. N ...
... Sinologist have always been intricately linked to one another. Although there are studies noting the prominence of family connection in the study o f monks and nuns, past studies have focused mainly on the manipulation and modification o f religion by political figures for solely secular purposes. N ...
ekaf emulator
... for an insignificant price. With that he bought some honey and sold it with a profit. In this way he made a substantial fortune before long. One day he took thousand pieces of gold to Cullasetthi as a mark of gratitude although he merely over heard some good advise. Gratitude is a meritorious action ...
... for an insignificant price. With that he bought some honey and sold it with a profit. In this way he made a substantial fortune before long. One day he took thousand pieces of gold to Cullasetthi as a mark of gratitude although he merely over heard some good advise. Gratitude is a meritorious action ...