Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... an issue from a variety of perspectives, there is no doubt that some part of Wonhyo’s success as a Buddhist scholar can be attributed to his writing skills. His classical Chinese writing ability is simply superb – on a par with any of the great Chinese scholars of the period. His writing in classica ...
... an issue from a variety of perspectives, there is no doubt that some part of Wonhyo’s success as a Buddhist scholar can be attributed to his writing skills. His classical Chinese writing ability is simply superb – on a par with any of the great Chinese scholars of the period. His writing in classica ...
recognitions and congratulations to hh dorje chang buddha iii
... people of great holiness and virtue wrote to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Throughout the long development of Buddhism over more than two thousand years, there have been illustrious practitioners of high status in each of the various sects. Therefore, the order in which dharma kings and rinpoches are ...
... people of great holiness and virtue wrote to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Throughout the long development of Buddhism over more than two thousand years, there have been illustrious practitioners of high status in each of the various sects. Therefore, the order in which dharma kings and rinpoches are ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... which centre above all on interaction between monks, nuns and the broader society, and the archaeological evidence which somewhat contextualizes this. If used with appropriate sensitivity, the available sources can furnish clues to the actual relationships, in all their permutations, between Buddhis ...
... which centre above all on interaction between monks, nuns and the broader society, and the archaeological evidence which somewhat contextualizes this. If used with appropriate sensitivity, the available sources can furnish clues to the actual relationships, in all their permutations, between Buddhis ...
Untitled - Terebess
... Furthermore, when these ideas are held by a great many people, they end up becoming truth or at least orthodoxy (literally meaning correct opinion). In Buddhism, these ideas form part of what is known as the conventional truth – as opposed to the ultimate truth. This notion of Two Truths, convention ...
... Furthermore, when these ideas are held by a great many people, they end up becoming truth or at least orthodoxy (literally meaning correct opinion). In Buddhism, these ideas form part of what is known as the conventional truth – as opposed to the ultimate truth. This notion of Two Truths, convention ...
Unmasking Buddhism
... Furthermore, when these ideas are held by a great many people, they end up becoming truth or at least orthodoxy (literally meaning correct opinion). In Buddhism, these ideas form part of what is known as the conventional truth – as opposed to the ultimate truth. This notion of Two Truths, convention ...
... Furthermore, when these ideas are held by a great many people, they end up becoming truth or at least orthodoxy (literally meaning correct opinion). In Buddhism, these ideas form part of what is known as the conventional truth – as opposed to the ultimate truth. This notion of Two Truths, convention ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... recommend my colleague Rupert Gethin’s The Foundations of Buddhism (OUP, 1998). For Buddhist thought I recommend my other book (written with Anthony Tribe), Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (Routledge, 2000). Although the present volume gives the necessary background ...
... recommend my colleague Rupert Gethin’s The Foundations of Buddhism (OUP, 1998). For Buddhist thought I recommend my other book (written with Anthony Tribe), Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (Routledge, 2000). Although the present volume gives the necessary background ...
The Truth of the Messengers
... the information from the main towns. Now there are 7 distinct groups of Sangha members living in 500 temples and kutis in Vietnam and abroad claiming to follow the true teachings of the Patriarch, but I know for a fact that none of these groups is really doing so. Minh Dang Quang’s teachings are now ...
... the information from the main towns. Now there are 7 distinct groups of Sangha members living in 500 temples and kutis in Vietnam and abroad claiming to follow the true teachings of the Patriarch, but I know for a fact that none of these groups is really doing so. Minh Dang Quang’s teachings are now ...
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... Then there is ultimate truth. Ultimate truth cannot be spoken or conceptualized; it can only be experienced: it is the end of suffering itself, liberation of mind, rather than any cognitive information about the world. Liberation of mind is not allegiance to any picture of how the world is. In fact ...
... Then there is ultimate truth. Ultimate truth cannot be spoken or conceptualized; it can only be experienced: it is the end of suffering itself, liberation of mind, rather than any cognitive information about the world. Liberation of mind is not allegiance to any picture of how the world is. In fact ...
Deep Transmission, and of What?
... mindfulness cannot be denied, and there are many who contend that Westerners would not practice mindfulness meditation if it were presented in the sacred container of the ...
... mindfulness cannot be denied, and there are many who contend that Westerners would not practice mindfulness meditation if it were presented in the sacred container of the ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
TO THE TEACHER: OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students
... OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students grasp the magnitude of impact of Buddhism by showing that Buddhism provided not just a new set of ideas, but also new forms of religious practice, new types of places to worship, and a large body of images of divinities. TEACHING STRATEGIES: To get the most o ...
... OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students grasp the magnitude of impact of Buddhism by showing that Buddhism provided not just a new set of ideas, but also new forms of religious practice, new types of places to worship, and a large body of images of divinities. TEACHING STRATEGIES: To get the most o ...
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
... 1959, following an abortive popular uprising against Chinese rule, he fled to India, where he established a government-in-exile headquartered in Dharamsala in the north Indian state of Himachal Predesh. In many ways, Buddhism might seem to be an unpromising religion for someone seeking conceptual res ...
... 1959, following an abortive popular uprising against Chinese rule, he fled to India, where he established a government-in-exile headquartered in Dharamsala in the north Indian state of Himachal Predesh. In many ways, Buddhism might seem to be an unpromising religion for someone seeking conceptual res ...
The Beatnik Buddhist: The Monk of American Pop
... of Buddhism consisted mostly of reading secondary texts by other American and European Buddhists of his time, reading translated Buddhist sūtras, and conversing with other men of (more often than not) about equal knowledge. Kerouac first discovered Buddhism when he found a reference to Hindu Philoso ...
... of Buddhism consisted mostly of reading secondary texts by other American and European Buddhists of his time, reading translated Buddhist sūtras, and conversing with other men of (more often than not) about equal knowledge. Kerouac first discovered Buddhism when he found a reference to Hindu Philoso ...
Developing Thai Society with a Thorough Knowledge and
... Ruang’s Three Planes[1]** on the Morality of Thai Society.” I have long been interested in The Three Planes, which is a very important piece of literary work, but have not given it due attention. The reason is that I have other aspects of work on Buddhism and have been occupied with them. I recall h ...
... Ruang’s Three Planes[1]** on the Morality of Thai Society.” I have long been interested in The Three Planes, which is a very important piece of literary work, but have not given it due attention. The reason is that I have other aspects of work on Buddhism and have been occupied with them. I recall h ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners
... in mind. A ‘course of action’ (kammapatha) is a completed ‘historical act’ regarded as continuing from the first planning of it down to the carrying of it out, which ‘course’ involves body and/or speech. The ‘choice’ (cetanā) here is the momentary mental willing (or ‘affirmation’) at each and every ...
... in mind. A ‘course of action’ (kammapatha) is a completed ‘historical act’ regarded as continuing from the first planning of it down to the carrying of it out, which ‘course’ involves body and/or speech. The ‘choice’ (cetanā) here is the momentary mental willing (or ‘affirmation’) at each and every ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... Although the fullest account of the Buddha’s last year in recorded in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (D 16), 2 episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed a ...
... Although the fullest account of the Buddha’s last year in recorded in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (D 16), 2 episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed a ...
eBook - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... 1933 (cited in Pittman 2001, 167). A prominent Chinese Buddhist reformer whose legacy is seen in the practices of modern Chinese Buddhism today, Taixu regarded Buddhism as “the only religion which does not contradict science,” and considered this as one of the three aspects that characterized his “B ...
... 1933 (cited in Pittman 2001, 167). A prominent Chinese Buddhist reformer whose legacy is seen in the practices of modern Chinese Buddhism today, Taixu regarded Buddhism as “the only religion which does not contradict science,” and considered this as one of the three aspects that characterized his “B ...
The Origin of Buddhist Meditation
... This is not because of an absence of early literary sources (in P li, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, etc.) that claim to contain his teachings. The problem rather, is that recent studies have shown that the early texts appear to contain a number of doctrinal differences,1 and it is not clear which form ...
... This is not because of an absence of early literary sources (in P li, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, etc.) that claim to contain his teachings. The problem rather, is that recent studies have shown that the early texts appear to contain a number of doctrinal differences,1 and it is not clear which form ...
an introduction to hisamatsu shin`ichi`s religious thought
... intended to do so with such an idea. Not only that. Pursuing learning is far from my ultimate objective or a matter of my original concern. For me there is a problem to be solved for my life. This is no mere subject of learning. Instead, it is a question that presses me for death or life. This is ne ...
... intended to do so with such an idea. Not only that. Pursuing learning is far from my ultimate objective or a matter of my original concern. For me there is a problem to be solved for my life. This is no mere subject of learning. Instead, it is a question that presses me for death or life. This is ne ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... Frauwallner believed that the Vinayas of these four schools are so similar because they are the products of one missionary enterprise, and that their Vinayas, therefore, can be traced back to the same text that was current at the starting point of the missions, i.e. Vidisæa¤.4 What the Vinayas of th ...
... Frauwallner believed that the Vinayas of these four schools are so similar because they are the products of one missionary enterprise, and that their Vinayas, therefore, can be traced back to the same text that was current at the starting point of the missions, i.e. Vidisæa¤.4 What the Vinayas of th ...
Zen spirituality in a secular age II
... worldview has led to the development of practices of transcendent faith and ritual enactment of buddhahood, dependent not on lifetimes of arduous practice, but rather on immediate, unmediated, and intuitional realization of the fundamental ground of awakening.22 The replacement of spiritual cultivat ...
... worldview has led to the development of practices of transcendent faith and ritual enactment of buddhahood, dependent not on lifetimes of arduous practice, but rather on immediate, unmediated, and intuitional realization of the fundamental ground of awakening.22 The replacement of spiritual cultivat ...
Buddhist Prayer - A Buddhist Library
... comes from the Zen / Pure Land Tradition, where they refer to the relationship between ‘Self-Power’ and ‘Other-Power’. Here is an excerpt from Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice, by ThichThien-An (quoted in full later in this anthology) ‘Zen Buddhism emphasizes man's ability to develop himself through his ...
... comes from the Zen / Pure Land Tradition, where they refer to the relationship between ‘Self-Power’ and ‘Other-Power’. Here is an excerpt from Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice, by ThichThien-An (quoted in full later in this anthology) ‘Zen Buddhism emphasizes man's ability to develop himself through his ...
Prayers for Accomplishment in Meditation
... comes from the Zen / Pure Land Tradition, where they refer to the relationship between ‘Self-Power’ and ‘Other-Power’. Here is an excerpt from Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice, by ThichThien-An (quoted in full later in this anthology) ‘Zen Buddhism emphasizes man's ability to develop himself through his ...
... comes from the Zen / Pure Land Tradition, where they refer to the relationship between ‘Self-Power’ and ‘Other-Power’. Here is an excerpt from Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice, by ThichThien-An (quoted in full later in this anthology) ‘Zen Buddhism emphasizes man's ability to develop himself through his ...
PURE-LAND ZEN ZEN PURE-LAND
... This high-level form of Pure Land is practiced by those of deep spiritual capacities: “when the mind is pure, the Buddha land is pure ... to recite the Buddha’s name is to recite the Mind.” Thus, at the advanced level, Pure Land is Zen, Zen is Pure Land.10 In its totality, Pure Land reflects the hig ...
... This high-level form of Pure Land is practiced by those of deep spiritual capacities: “when the mind is pure, the Buddha land is pure ... to recite the Buddha’s name is to recite the Mind.” Thus, at the advanced level, Pure Land is Zen, Zen is Pure Land.10 In its totality, Pure Land reflects the hig ...