Kesaputtiya Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... according to one’s likes and bias—“rather, he counsels that the words of the wise should be heeded and taken into account when deciding upon the value of a teaching.”8 1.2 BUDDHIST EPISTEMOLOGY. The Kesa,puttiya Sutta is a classic discourse on Buddhist epistemology, that is, theory of knowledge, or ...
... according to one’s likes and bias—“rather, he counsels that the words of the wise should be heeded and taken into account when deciding upon the value of a teaching.”8 1.2 BUDDHIST EPISTEMOLOGY. The Kesa,puttiya Sutta is a classic discourse on Buddhist epistemology, that is, theory of knowledge, or ...
To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat
... Supporters of Buddhist vegetarianism like Philip Kapleau Roshi (To Cherish All Life, 1986) have claimed that the Buddha did teach vegetarianism but that all references to it were deleted from the sacred scriptures by meat-loving monks in later centuries. There is no evidence whatsoever of this havin ...
... Supporters of Buddhist vegetarianism like Philip Kapleau Roshi (To Cherish All Life, 1986) have claimed that the Buddha did teach vegetarianism but that all references to it were deleted from the sacred scriptures by meat-loving monks in later centuries. There is no evidence whatsoever of this havin ...
Siddhartha Lit Analysis answers
... destroyed. Sidd thinks when he is empty of everything his innermost will be awakened. 3. How does Siddhartha meditate? He meditates on the syllable Om which represents perfection and unity while sitting up straight. 4. What frustrates Siddhartha? The eldest Samana is 60 and has not reached enlighten ...
... destroyed. Sidd thinks when he is empty of everything his innermost will be awakened. 3. How does Siddhartha meditate? He meditates on the syllable Om which represents perfection and unity while sitting up straight. 4. What frustrates Siddhartha? The eldest Samana is 60 and has not reached enlighten ...
Buddhist Economics
... associated with the frequenting of nightclubs, nor the wisdom arising from listening to a religious teaching, are its concern. But is it in fact desirable to look on economics as a science? Although many believe that science can save us from the perils of life, it has many limitations. Science shows ...
... associated with the frequenting of nightclubs, nor the wisdom arising from listening to a religious teaching, are its concern. But is it in fact desirable to look on economics as a science? Although many believe that science can save us from the perils of life, it has many limitations. Science shows ...
Going Against the Grain: A Historical and - ORCA
... lifestyle of wandering monks.7 The value of asceticism has been a part of many religions and philosophies throughout history in strengthening an individual’s will and his deeper spiritual powers. When the term asceticism is used in a religious context, it may be defined as a system of spiritual prac ...
... lifestyle of wandering monks.7 The value of asceticism has been a part of many religions and philosophies throughout history in strengthening an individual’s will and his deeper spiritual powers. When the term asceticism is used in a religious context, it may be defined as a system of spiritual prac ...
Lesson 6 - Castlemilk High School
... craving for existence in world of form, and craving for existence in the non-material world. ...
... craving for existence in world of form, and craving for existence in the non-material world. ...
2) Indian Buddhism - Kagyü Pende Gyamtso
... _Northern Buddhism, or Tibetan Buddhism, or Tibeto‐Mongolian Buddhism, or Vajrayana, sometimes called Lamaism ‐ practiced mainly in Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan and parts of Nepal, India, China and Russia. Eastern and Northern Buddhism both call themselves Mahayana. The term Hinay ...
... _Northern Buddhism, or Tibetan Buddhism, or Tibeto‐Mongolian Buddhism, or Vajrayana, sometimes called Lamaism ‐ practiced mainly in Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan and parts of Nepal, India, China and Russia. Eastern and Northern Buddhism both call themselves Mahayana. The term Hinay ...
The Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths and Their Opposites
... a cause of suffering and therefore not itself a suffering. The Madhyamika tradition of the Prahtya-samutpdda commentary attributed to Nagarjuna, and a passage in the Dasabhumika-sutra along the same lines, disagrees because it counts 'birth' as one of the suffering members of Dependent Origination.3 ...
... a cause of suffering and therefore not itself a suffering. The Madhyamika tradition of the Prahtya-samutpdda commentary attributed to Nagarjuna, and a passage in the Dasabhumika-sutra along the same lines, disagrees because it counts 'birth' as one of the suffering members of Dependent Origination.3 ...
2010 - Mikaela Campbell
... dawning of civilization in China, stories have been used as a religious tool, enabling religious leaders to convey their beliefs to the common people. During the sixteenth century, one Chinese man, Wu Ch‟eng-en, was credited with compiling many of these religious stories into one extensive testimony ...
... dawning of civilization in China, stories have been used as a religious tool, enabling religious leaders to convey their beliefs to the common people. During the sixteenth century, one Chinese man, Wu Ch‟eng-en, was credited with compiling many of these religious stories into one extensive testimony ...
Wu Ch`eng-en`s Monkey as an Allegory for Buddhism
... dawning of civilization in China, stories have been used as a religious tool, enabling religious leaders to convey their beliefs to the common people. During the sixteenth century, one Chinese man, Wu Ch‟eng-en, was credited with compiling many of these religious stories into one extensive testimony ...
... dawning of civilization in China, stories have been used as a religious tool, enabling religious leaders to convey their beliefs to the common people. During the sixteenth century, one Chinese man, Wu Ch‟eng-en, was credited with compiling many of these religious stories into one extensive testimony ...
(1) Book
... transmitting through oral tradition for a long time till they had been compiled. Probably, the compilation should have taken place either in the sixth or seventh century A.D.. There is every possibility to say that the compilers had given these names since such names never occur within the texts. ...
... transmitting through oral tradition for a long time till they had been compiled. Probably, the compilation should have taken place either in the sixth or seventh century A.D.. There is every possibility to say that the compilers had given these names since such names never occur within the texts. ...
WONHYO - A. Charles Muller
... of the Buddhist tradition, the Buddhist canon or “Three Baskets” (Tripit. aka), was compiled in a group recitation where the oral rehearsal of the scriptures was corrected and confirmed by the collective wisdom of all the senior ...
... of the Buddhist tradition, the Buddhist canon or “Three Baskets” (Tripit. aka), was compiled in a group recitation where the oral rehearsal of the scriptures was corrected and confirmed by the collective wisdom of all the senior ...
Mindfulness, the Factors of Awakening and Reward
... claim to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment in this world…But when I directly knew all this, then I claimed to have awakened. The knowledge and vision arose in me: ‘Unshakeable is the liberation of my mind…’” (AN. III.101 in Bodhi 2005). According to this account, it was not unti ...
... claim to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment in this world…But when I directly knew all this, then I claimed to have awakened. The knowledge and vision arose in me: ‘Unshakeable is the liberation of my mind…’” (AN. III.101 in Bodhi 2005). According to this account, it was not unti ...
Janussoni Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... pretas, done with lovingkindness, so that “they wholeheartedly3 rejoice.”4 In other words, the state of the departed is transformed into something wholesome. This means that there is a possibility for them to rise from that state for a higher rebirth, or that new good karma would be generated by the ...
... pretas, done with lovingkindness, so that “they wholeheartedly3 rejoice.”4 In other words, the state of the departed is transformed into something wholesome. This means that there is a possibility for them to rise from that state for a higher rebirth, or that new good karma would be generated by the ...
Paper Title: The Mystery of Meaning (Bohm and Buddhism) Author
... function, it is also an active process. When we call a cup a cup, we do not simply recognize an object “out there” designed to perform a certain function (drinking), but we also actively contribute to the construction (or, as Bohm would say, unfoldment) of the cup as an object of perception. Thus th ...
... function, it is also an active process. When we call a cup a cup, we do not simply recognize an object “out there” designed to perform a certain function (drinking), but we also actively contribute to the construction (or, as Bohm would say, unfoldment) of the cup as an object of perception. Thus th ...
Business and Buddhist Ethics - Center for Ethics of Science and
... of creating benefit refers to a harmonizing of the interests of the individual and society. Buddhism, however, admits that one should produce one’s own benefit first, because if everyone could bring about his or her own benefit, the result would also benefit others and society as a whole. When each ...
... of creating benefit refers to a harmonizing of the interests of the individual and society. Buddhism, however, admits that one should produce one’s own benefit first, because if everyone could bring about his or her own benefit, the result would also benefit others and society as a whole. When each ...
A Field Guide to Socially Engaged Buddhism
... able to answer over the course of our inquiry. Sallie King, who has written much on the subject, gives a clear and eloquent expression of this tension: “is there a form of Buddhism with sufficient unity among its various examples and sufficient difference from other forms of Buddhism to go by the si ...
... able to answer over the course of our inquiry. Sallie King, who has written much on the subject, gives a clear and eloquent expression of this tension: “is there a form of Buddhism with sufficient unity among its various examples and sufficient difference from other forms of Buddhism to go by the si ...
521. Snodgrass, Judith
... Carus declared in the preface that the book was not intended to popularize Buddhism. It had been written “to set the reader a-thinking about the religious problems of today and become a factor in the formation of the future.” In spite of its title, The Gospel of Buddha was written to propagate Carus ...
... Carus declared in the preface that the book was not intended to popularize Buddhism. It had been written “to set the reader a-thinking about the religious problems of today and become a factor in the formation of the future.” In spite of its title, The Gospel of Buddha was written to propagate Carus ...
cjbs 7 four noble truths last
... 20. Again [the venerable Mahāko hita] asked the venerable Sāriputta: "Indeed, the Dharma is like this − again, is there yet another way?" 21. The venerable Sāriputta replied: "There is yet another way: That is, [if] a learned noble disciple understands old age and death as they really are, understan ...
... 20. Again [the venerable Mahāko hita] asked the venerable Sāriputta: "Indeed, the Dharma is like this − again, is there yet another way?" 21. The venerable Sāriputta replied: "There is yet another way: That is, [if] a learned noble disciple understands old age and death as they really are, understan ...
Transcript of the teachings by Geshe Chonyi
... no interest in the buddhadharma at all, no matter what we say to them or how we encourage them to do so. The same thing happens here with studying the buddhadharma. There are some people who naturally want to learn and they are quite good at it whereas there are others who do not have much interest ...
... no interest in the buddhadharma at all, no matter what we say to them or how we encourage them to do so. The same thing happens here with studying the buddhadharma. There are some people who naturally want to learn and they are quite good at it whereas there are others who do not have much interest ...
Buddhism - A Concise Introduction
... of the additional space a book provides to go deeper into Buddhism’s basics. Most important here, Theravada Buddhism (which was overshadowed by Mahayana when The World’s Religions was written) is brought closer to getting its due. Then, on these foundations the book erects a second story, so to spea ...
... of the additional space a book provides to go deeper into Buddhism’s basics. Most important here, Theravada Buddhism (which was overshadowed by Mahayana when The World’s Religions was written) is brought closer to getting its due. Then, on these foundations the book erects a second story, so to spea ...
Urban Dharma Newsletters
... father, the emperor Asoka (264-267 BC) of India, who was earlier known as Chandasoka (Asoka the wicked), but later, when he renounced armed conquests, he came to be known as Dharmasoka (Asoka the pious). He proclaimed Buddhism, having become a convert to the faith, throughout India, as the state rel ...
... father, the emperor Asoka (264-267 BC) of India, who was earlier known as Chandasoka (Asoka the wicked), but later, when he renounced armed conquests, he came to be known as Dharmasoka (Asoka the pious). He proclaimed Buddhism, having become a convert to the faith, throughout India, as the state rel ...
The Mongolian Big Dipper Sūtra
... Of these six sections, the canonical Chinese version (T 1307) contains only the first three. The Mongolian version of these three sections is a nearly verbatim translation of the Chinese text, but the Mongolian continues where the Chinese ends. Indeed, the Mongolian text proclaims after section thre ...
... Of these six sections, the canonical Chinese version (T 1307) contains only the first three. The Mongolian version of these three sections is a nearly verbatim translation of the Chinese text, but the Mongolian continues where the Chinese ends. Indeed, the Mongolian text proclaims after section thre ...
Buddhist Social Theory?
... self and the world. For Buddhism there are no self-existing things, since everything, including you and me, interpenetrates (interpermeates) everything else, arising and passing away according to causes and conditions. This interconnectedness—not just an intellectual insight but an experience—was an ...
... self and the world. For Buddhism there are no self-existing things, since everything, including you and me, interpenetrates (interpermeates) everything else, arising and passing away according to causes and conditions. This interconnectedness—not just an intellectual insight but an experience—was an ...
Lecture 100: Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa Page 1 Lecture
... Those of you who have travelled at all, especially those of you who have travelled all over the world or at least a great part of it, will agree that in every part of the world we find that the landscape that we encounter has a distinctive appearance. And this distinctive appearance of the landscape ...
... Those of you who have travelled at all, especially those of you who have travelled all over the world or at least a great part of it, will agree that in every part of the world we find that the landscape that we encounter has a distinctive appearance. And this distinctive appearance of the landscape ...