M.A. Mahayana Buddhist Studies
... BUDDHIST APPLIED ETHICS Objectives: . a) To impart knowledge on the basic concepts of Buddhist Ethics. b) To develop an understanding on important aspects of Buddhist ethics of House holders and its practice in daily life. c) To emphasize the application of Buddhist moral principles to spread peace ...
... BUDDHIST APPLIED ETHICS Objectives: . a) To impart knowledge on the basic concepts of Buddhist Ethics. b) To develop an understanding on important aspects of Buddhist ethics of House holders and its practice in daily life. c) To emphasize the application of Buddhist moral principles to spread peace ...
"Be a light unto yourself" said Buddha to his disciples who had
... state. Eventually a small sliver of doubt occurs. Have we really made it? At first we are able to smooth over the question, but eventually the doubt begins to occur more and more frequently and soon we begin to struggle to regain our supreme confidence. As soon as we begin to struggle, we fall back ...
... state. Eventually a small sliver of doubt occurs. Have we really made it? At first we are able to smooth over the question, but eventually the doubt begins to occur more and more frequently and soon we begin to struggle to regain our supreme confidence. As soon as we begin to struggle, we fall back ...
The Bodhicaryavatara - Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
... the subsequent teaching which is the empowerment of Kalachakra, belongs to this Highest Yoga Tantra and someone who is sincerely and seriously interested in undertaking such a practice properly, that person requires these preparations on the part of themselves. In order to indicate that message thes ...
... the subsequent teaching which is the empowerment of Kalachakra, belongs to this Highest Yoga Tantra and someone who is sincerely and seriously interested in undertaking such a practice properly, that person requires these preparations on the part of themselves. In order to indicate that message thes ...
Buddhism and Western Psychology
... Western psychological perspective and different from what is found in the traditional Buddhist literature, everything is totally compatible with essential Buddhism. ...
... Western psychological perspective and different from what is found in the traditional Buddhist literature, everything is totally compatible with essential Buddhism. ...
A Buddhist View of Happiness
... it does not deal in extremes. It is constant and all-pervasive, and above all it is that which can be borne with ease. In order to attain this mind-state, according to Buddhist teaching, we must literally begin at the beginning. In other words, we must have a starting point. This starting point is w ...
... it does not deal in extremes. It is constant and all-pervasive, and above all it is that which can be borne with ease. In order to attain this mind-state, according to Buddhist teaching, we must literally begin at the beginning. In other words, we must have a starting point. This starting point is w ...
astract - University of West Florida
... Western psychological perspective and different from what is found in the traditional Buddhist literature, everything is totally compatible with essential Buddhism. ...
... Western psychological perspective and different from what is found in the traditional Buddhist literature, everything is totally compatible with essential Buddhism. ...
here. - Insight Books
... Translations from the Pali Canon The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha A new translation of the Majjhima Nikaya. Hardback. Tr. M Walshe (Previously ‘Thus have I heard’). Excellent new translation of the Digha Nikaya Long Discourses of including such major discourses as the Maha-Satipatthana Sut ...
... Translations from the Pali Canon The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha A new translation of the Majjhima Nikaya. Hardback. Tr. M Walshe (Previously ‘Thus have I heard’). Excellent new translation of the Digha Nikaya Long Discourses of including such major discourses as the Maha-Satipatthana Sut ...
The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Sgi-Usa
... suffering and set forth the means by which people could eradicate such suffering. On July 16, 1260, he submitted this treatise to Hojo Tokiyori, the retired regent of the Kamakura military government, who was still effectively the country’s most powerful leader. It was the first time that Nichiren r ...
... suffering and set forth the means by which people could eradicate such suffering. On July 16, 1260, he submitted this treatise to Hojo Tokiyori, the retired regent of the Kamakura military government, who was still effectively the country’s most powerful leader. It was the first time that Nichiren r ...
Taming the Monkey Mind
... been performed. In other words, everyday activities should be carried out in a matter-of-fact way, and once finished, be let go.(2) Do not hold on to them – or they will disturb your peace of mind. In fact, the reason you fail to let go of sundry good or bad actions is that your mind has not yet bee ...
... been performed. In other words, everyday activities should be carried out in a matter-of-fact way, and once finished, be let go.(2) Do not hold on to them – or they will disturb your peace of mind. In fact, the reason you fail to let go of sundry good or bad actions is that your mind has not yet bee ...
BLIAQ Newsletter - Chung Tian Temple
... Education’ Monument Wall in Foguang University. With respect to education and charity, currently five universities and three primary schools have been founded in the world. Every day, 50 Yunshui Book Buses (mobile libraries) synchronously bound for remote countryside to provide reading environment f ...
... Education’ Monument Wall in Foguang University. With respect to education and charity, currently five universities and three primary schools have been founded in the world. Every day, 50 Yunshui Book Buses (mobile libraries) synchronously bound for remote countryside to provide reading environment f ...
Introduction - Nichiren Buddhism Library
... This belief made faith in the saving power of the Buddha Amida look increasingly attractive. Amida is a Buddha who is said to preside over a paradise known as the Pure Land of Perfect Bliss. As a bodhisattva, he took a vow to save all people who call upon his name and to see that, after death, they ...
... This belief made faith in the saving power of the Buddha Amida look increasingly attractive. Amida is a Buddha who is said to preside over a paradise known as the Pure Land of Perfect Bliss. As a bodhisattva, he took a vow to save all people who call upon his name and to see that, after death, they ...
The Five Precepts - Suffering and Its Causes
... the defilements upon the mind to the point where they become our dominant traits. But when we take up the training by observing the precepts we then put a brake upon the current of unwholesome mental factors. There then takes place a process of "factor substitution" whereby the defilements are repla ...
... the defilements upon the mind to the point where they become our dominant traits. But when we take up the training by observing the precepts we then put a brake upon the current of unwholesome mental factors. There then takes place a process of "factor substitution" whereby the defilements are repla ...
A COMPARISON OF ARISTOTELIAN AND BUDDHIST ETHICS AND
... Increase in sexually transmitted diseases and ignorance among young people generally about the latter and their causes is another issue in the public domain. Likewise the premature sexualisation of pre-teen girls who are being targeted in magazines, TV, music, film, the Internet and all advertising ...
... Increase in sexually transmitted diseases and ignorance among young people generally about the latter and their causes is another issue in the public domain. Likewise the premature sexualisation of pre-teen girls who are being targeted in magazines, TV, music, film, the Internet and all advertising ...
Edwin Arnold - What-Buddha
... The idea of this booklet on Sir Edwin Arnold, the celebrated author of The Light of Asia, originated with two esteemed personalities—the Venerable Nyanaponika Maha Thera of the Forest Hermitage, Kandy, and Mr M. P. Amarasuriya, M.A. (Cantab.) of Colombo. The booklet marks the ninetieth anniversary o ...
... The idea of this booklet on Sir Edwin Arnold, the celebrated author of The Light of Asia, originated with two esteemed personalities—the Venerable Nyanaponika Maha Thera of the Forest Hermitage, Kandy, and Mr M. P. Amarasuriya, M.A. (Cantab.) of Colombo. The booklet marks the ninetieth anniversary o ...
Let`s Meet at the ak ayava a - Personal Pages
... concerns have arisen around the performance of the śrāddha. Two stand out as important for this paper. First is the explicit concern over the benefit derived by the performance of the rite. The older ritual literature simply asserts that the ritual is to be performed, but in the Dharmasūtras, the be ...
... concerns have arisen around the performance of the śrāddha. Two stand out as important for this paper. First is the explicit concern over the benefit derived by the performance of the rite. The older ritual literature simply asserts that the ritual is to be performed, but in the Dharmasūtras, the be ...
There is Only One Mindfulness: Why Science and Buddhism Need
... be so blissful and absorbing—it can trigger a loss of meditative concentration (Tsong-Kha-pa 2004). Accordingly, mindfulness performs the primary function of surveying the concentrating mind so that attentional adjustments can be made as required in order to ensure that meditative concentration rema ...
... be so blissful and absorbing—it can trigger a loss of meditative concentration (Tsong-Kha-pa 2004). Accordingly, mindfulness performs the primary function of surveying the concentrating mind so that attentional adjustments can be made as required in order to ensure that meditative concentration rema ...
The Pursuit of Perfection - Fisher Digital Publications
... the body and the mind throughout a person’s life. In order to achieve good karma one must live life according to dharma, or what is right. Nandan states in an article, Dharma is the ultimate balance of all living things; it belongs to everything, including the universe. Every soul is responsible for ...
... the body and the mind throughout a person’s life. In order to achieve good karma one must live life according to dharma, or what is right. Nandan states in an article, Dharma is the ultimate balance of all living things; it belongs to everything, including the universe. Every soul is responsible for ...
the role of diamond sutra in the vietnamese buddhist practice
... perceive a “self, a being, a living soul, or a person”. As I understand it, these four recurring key terms should be understood as follows: (1) The ‘self’ (ātman) is the supposed center round which all our belongings are organized, that part of ourselves with reference to which we say, ‘This is mine ...
... perceive a “self, a being, a living soul, or a person”. As I understand it, these four recurring key terms should be understood as follows: (1) The ‘self’ (ātman) is the supposed center round which all our belongings are organized, that part of ourselves with reference to which we say, ‘This is mine ...
JBE Research Article ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 4 1997:1-74
... individually; or that such an ethics would even be doomed to ineffectiveness because the present state of nature is a kind of automatic objective reflection, or collective karmic result, of the moral and spiritual state of (human) beings, and that it cannot therefore be influenced directly by ecolog ...
... individually; or that such an ethics would even be doomed to ineffectiveness because the present state of nature is a kind of automatic objective reflection, or collective karmic result, of the moral and spiritual state of (human) beings, and that it cannot therefore be influenced directly by ecolog ...
The Meaning of Life: Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect
... such that only the smallest amounts can enter; even that becomes unbearable as it scalds its way down the throat. The sector at the very bottom depicts the hells—the eight hot hells, the eight cold hells, and neighboring hells. Neighboring hells are related to the others as follows: A person dwellin ...
... such that only the smallest amounts can enter; even that becomes unbearable as it scalds its way down the throat. The sector at the very bottom depicts the hells—the eight hot hells, the eight cold hells, and neighboring hells. Neighboring hells are related to the others as follows: A person dwellin ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
First Exam
... Explicate, and briefly discuss, the Four Noble Truths. Explicate, and briefly discuss, Buddhist concepts of dukkha and tanha. Identify, and briefly discuss, the various steps of the Eightfold Path. Explicate, and briefly discuss, Buddhist concepts of nirvana, anatta, and anicca. Identify, and brief ...
... Explicate, and briefly discuss, the Four Noble Truths. Explicate, and briefly discuss, Buddhist concepts of dukkha and tanha. Identify, and briefly discuss, the various steps of the Eightfold Path. Explicate, and briefly discuss, Buddhist concepts of nirvana, anatta, and anicca. Identify, and brief ...
409. Heine, Steven
... explain how and why the 12-fascicle text has become so important in Critical Buddhism, and then examine the current debate with traditionalist scholars who continue to assert the priority of the 75-fascicle text. In this paper I will use the term “traditional Buddhism” to refer collectively to the v ...
... explain how and why the 12-fascicle text has become so important in Critical Buddhism, and then examine the current debate with traditionalist scholars who continue to assert the priority of the 75-fascicle text. In this paper I will use the term “traditional Buddhism” to refer collectively to the v ...
The Religion of the Samurai
... BUDDHISM is geographically divided into two schools[1]--the Southern, the older and simpler, and the Northern, the later and more developed faith. The former, based mainly on the Pali texts[2] is known as Hinayana[3] (small vehicle), or the inferior doctrine; while the latter, based on the various S ...
... BUDDHISM is geographically divided into two schools[1]--the Southern, the older and simpler, and the Northern, the later and more developed faith. The former, based mainly on the Pali texts[2] is known as Hinayana[3] (small vehicle), or the inferior doctrine; while the latter, based on the various S ...
Obstructive or counteractive karma (upapiḍaka
... (patigha, Ignorance (avijjā), conceit (māna), idea of self (sakkāya-ditthi) etc. – that can produce karmic effects. There are 52 such mental activities which constitute the Aggregate of Mental Formations"Intention (cetana) is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech, & intellect." ...
... (patigha, Ignorance (avijjā), conceit (māna), idea of self (sakkāya-ditthi) etc. – that can produce karmic effects. There are 52 such mental activities which constitute the Aggregate of Mental Formations"Intention (cetana) is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech, & intellect." ...