Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... In the Kataññu Sutta of the Aṅguttaranikāya it is said: Monks, one can never repay two persons, I declare. What two? Mother and father. Even if one should carry about his mother on one shoulder and his father on the other, and so doing should live a hundred years, attain a hundred years; and if ...
... In the Kataññu Sutta of the Aṅguttaranikāya it is said: Monks, one can never repay two persons, I declare. What two? Mother and father. Even if one should carry about his mother on one shoulder and his father on the other, and so doing should live a hundred years, attain a hundred years; and if ...
Placing Nichiren in the “Big Picture”
... tion than the Kamakura period (1185-1333). This was the time when several of the Buddhist traditions most influential in Japan today~ Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren— had their institutional beginnings. Indeed，for many years, the study of Kamakura Buddhism was largely equivalent to the study of sectari ...
... tion than the Kamakura period (1185-1333). This was the time when several of the Buddhist traditions most influential in Japan today~ Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren— had their institutional beginnings. Indeed，for many years, the study of Kamakura Buddhism was largely equivalent to the study of sectari ...
Secrets Sutra - The EverLife Foundation
... rendered it the world’s most didactic major religion, in reference to non-Buddhist religions Buddhism has shown an unparalleled tolerance for other views and a desire for finding common ground on the basis of shared human values. Sakyamuni had left a life-affirming, peace-loving tradition designed f ...
... rendered it the world’s most didactic major religion, in reference to non-Buddhist religions Buddhism has shown an unparalleled tolerance for other views and a desire for finding common ground on the basis of shared human values. Sakyamuni had left a life-affirming, peace-loving tradition designed f ...
Bhaisajyaguru - Metropolitan Museum of Art
... do the following: (1) give bodily perfection of a Buddha to all the sentient beings; (2) enlighten all those who are still groping in the dark; (3) bring a life of plenty to every person; (4) convert those who do not practice Mahayana Buddhism (the "Great Vehicle," one of the three major Buddhist pr ...
... do the following: (1) give bodily perfection of a Buddha to all the sentient beings; (2) enlighten all those who are still groping in the dark; (3) bring a life of plenty to every person; (4) convert those who do not practice Mahayana Buddhism (the "Great Vehicle," one of the three major Buddhist pr ...
Robert F. RHODES - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese
... 6. In the GangØ-ji garan engi, these documents are called theTØroban mei 塔露盤銘 (Inscription on the Base of the Steeple of the [GangØ-ji] Pagoda) and the JØroku kØmei (Inscription on the Aureole of the Sixteen [Feet Tall Statue of Íåkyamuni Buddha of GangØ-ji]). They are found in Sakurai et al. 1975: ...
... 6. In the GangØ-ji garan engi, these documents are called theTØroban mei 塔露盤銘 (Inscription on the Base of the Steeple of the [GangØ-ji] Pagoda) and the JØroku kØmei (Inscription on the Aureole of the Sixteen [Feet Tall Statue of Íåkyamuni Buddha of GangØ-ji]). They are found in Sakurai et al. 1975: ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... at one time",1 followed by noting the whereabouts of the Buddha at the time of the particular event or teaching recorded in the discourse. The opening "I have heard" quite explicitly draws attention to the oral nature of what is to follow.2 According to the traditional account, these words were spok ...
... at one time",1 followed by noting the whereabouts of the Buddha at the time of the particular event or teaching recorded in the discourse. The opening "I have heard" quite explicitly draws attention to the oral nature of what is to follow.2 According to the traditional account, these words were spok ...
Good Question, Good Answer - ndc-lnh
... words or speak to those who understand them properly. QUESTION: I see the word Dhamma often. What does it mean? ANSWER: The word dhamma (Sanskrit dharma) has multiple meanings but as it is used in Buddhism its main meaning is truth, reality, actuality, the way things are. Because we consider the Bud ...
... words or speak to those who understand them properly. QUESTION: I see the word Dhamma often. What does it mean? ANSWER: The word dhamma (Sanskrit dharma) has multiple meanings but as it is used in Buddhism its main meaning is truth, reality, actuality, the way things are. Because we consider the Bud ...
Two Dogmas of Zen Buddhism
... problematic conception of the lingo-conceptual apparatus has not denied people enlightenment, that does not entail that it does not interfere with those who sincerely practice. As already said, there are a number of philosophers who have written on what I will call the embodiment of language—Hamann, ...
... problematic conception of the lingo-conceptual apparatus has not denied people enlightenment, that does not entail that it does not interfere with those who sincerely practice. As already said, there are a number of philosophers who have written on what I will call the embodiment of language—Hamann, ...
The Causes of Relational Suffering and their Cessation according to
... Avoiding Relational Suffering: The Teaching Made Simple In Theravāda Buddhism, one way to overcome relational suffering between persons—a way easy to understand but difficult to put into practice—is to follow a simple teaching. How do we look at the world in a simple way according to the Buddha so t ...
... Avoiding Relational Suffering: The Teaching Made Simple In Theravāda Buddhism, one way to overcome relational suffering between persons—a way easy to understand but difficult to put into practice—is to follow a simple teaching. How do we look at the world in a simple way according to the Buddha so t ...
First Steps - SGI South Africa
... • And all human and sentient beings, regardless of social status, gender or other socially imposed divisions, are equally worthy of respect So the Daishonin writes that, “Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold.”2 Everything t ...
... • And all human and sentient beings, regardless of social status, gender or other socially imposed divisions, are equally worthy of respect So the Daishonin writes that, “Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold.”2 Everything t ...
Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... In AN 8.51 at AN IV 275,19 Ānanda describes Gotamī’s standing at the entrance and then requests permission for women to go forth, without at this point bringing up any other argument in support of this request. He repeats his request twice, and on being rebuffed each time by the Buddha, at AN IV 276 ...
... In AN 8.51 at AN IV 275,19 Ānanda describes Gotamī’s standing at the entrance and then requests permission for women to go forth, without at this point bringing up any other argument in support of this request. He repeats his request twice, and on being rebuffed each time by the Buddha, at AN IV 276 ...
The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology
... a pre-existing non-Indic culture of their own, which inclu ded monumental ar chitecture and elaborate group burials in urns ( Stargardt 1990, 1 992a and b). If we turn to the maps of India and Burma (Pls. I and z), we can distinguish the regions of central importance to the history of early Buddhi ...
... a pre-existing non-Indic culture of their own, which inclu ded monumental ar chitecture and elaborate group burials in urns ( Stargardt 1990, 1 992a and b). If we turn to the maps of India and Burma (Pls. I and z), we can distinguish the regions of central importance to the history of early Buddhi ...
Buddhism and its Relationship to Dvaravati Period
... in Sanchi. They argue that the control of water harvesting and irrigation facilities in the surrounding area from the third to second century b.c. onward was both a means of obtaining political legitimization by local rulers, who were the major donors, and a key strategy of urban monks to propagate ...
... in Sanchi. They argue that the control of water harvesting and irrigation facilities in the surrounding area from the third to second century b.c. onward was both a means of obtaining political legitimization by local rulers, who were the major donors, and a key strategy of urban monks to propagate ...
The Possibility of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response
... The second problem concerns whether a Christian worldview might accommodate a virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibi ...
... The second problem concerns whether a Christian worldview might accommodate a virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibi ...
Hinayana and Mahayana
... correctwhen she wrote, "Ajantaoccupies a unique position in the historyof Indianart because it is the only extant site of such grandeur which ... extends in time from the early Hfnaydnaaniconic phase through the Mahayanaperiod.... It is in itself a kind of document which traces visually the developm ...
... correctwhen she wrote, "Ajantaoccupies a unique position in the historyof Indianart because it is the only extant site of such grandeur which ... extends in time from the early Hfnaydnaaniconic phase through the Mahayanaperiod.... It is in itself a kind of document which traces visually the developm ...
June - Nichiren Shu
... Sakyamuni Buddha transmitted the Five Characters of “Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo” to the bodhisattvas emerged from the earth in the”Divine Powers of the Buddha,” chapter of the Lotus Sutra. He interpreted that Sakyamuni Buddha bestowed the essence of the Lotus Sutra to those bodhisattvas, by saying in this ch ...
... Sakyamuni Buddha transmitted the Five Characters of “Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo” to the bodhisattvas emerged from the earth in the”Divine Powers of the Buddha,” chapter of the Lotus Sutra. He interpreted that Sakyamuni Buddha bestowed the essence of the Lotus Sutra to those bodhisattvas, by saying in this ch ...
What is Sangha
... The Sangha is the third of the Three Jewels in Buddhism. Due to the temptations and vicissitudes of life in the world, monastic life is considered to provide the safest and most suitable environment for advancing toward enlightenment and liberation. In Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha ...
... The Sangha is the third of the Three Jewels in Buddhism. Due to the temptations and vicissitudes of life in the world, monastic life is considered to provide the safest and most suitable environment for advancing toward enlightenment and liberation. In Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha ...
Practical Advice for Meditator`s
... thinks of himself as an Arahat already, has blocked off very effectively all real progress; while the honest man has at least the wisdom to be humble. Much may be accomplished with mindfulness, while without it there is no hope for meditation in daily life. How are quite ordinary events capable of b ...
... thinks of himself as an Arahat already, has blocked off very effectively all real progress; while the honest man has at least the wisdom to be humble. Much may be accomplished with mindfulness, while without it there is no hope for meditation in daily life. How are quite ordinary events capable of b ...
Gotami-apadana
... before the Common Era. “Gotami’s Story” is a single tale from this compilation, one of the many composed by forty Buddhist nuns and over five hundred Buddhist monks. The “unification of the Indian subcontinent in the third century B.C.E.” by Asoka Maurya instigated a change in the cultural perceptio ...
... before the Common Era. “Gotami’s Story” is a single tale from this compilation, one of the many composed by forty Buddhist nuns and over five hundred Buddhist monks. The “unification of the Indian subcontinent in the third century B.C.E.” by Asoka Maurya instigated a change in the cultural perceptio ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... Let me amplify this. In the Preface to my book I argue “that we can know far more about the Buddha than it is fashionable among scholars to admit, and that his thought has a greater coherence than is usually recognized.” In fact, I argue that he “was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers o ...
... Let me amplify this. In the Preface to my book I argue “that we can know far more about the Buddha than it is fashionable among scholars to admit, and that his thought has a greater coherence than is usually recognized.” In fact, I argue that he “was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers o ...
Chapter 16 Exam - multiple choice
... After the persecution of 445 c.e., which Indian meditation-master's travel to China would initiate a new and profoundly important tradition in the history of Mahayana Buddhism? ...
... After the persecution of 445 c.e., which Indian meditation-master's travel to China would initiate a new and profoundly important tradition in the history of Mahayana Buddhism? ...
Tolstoy`s Views of Buddhism
... to read and study Buddhism as well as other religions was born out of an existential quest which often turned into polemics when certain aspects of religious teaching did not conform to what religion, in Tolstoy's op inion should teach. Tols toy had his own views on re ligion and his views and opini ...
... to read and study Buddhism as well as other religions was born out of an existential quest which often turned into polemics when certain aspects of religious teaching did not conform to what religion, in Tolstoy's op inion should teach. Tols toy had his own views on re ligion and his views and opini ...
What is Sangha?
... eventually dissolve. Because sangha members don't cling to anger for months or years, they don't inflict the kind of damage in relationships that resentment can cause. If we try again and again to develop love, concern and patience, slowly we will make progress in our practice. Like grains of barley ...
... eventually dissolve. Because sangha members don't cling to anger for months or years, they don't inflict the kind of damage in relationships that resentment can cause. If we try again and again to develop love, concern and patience, slowly we will make progress in our practice. Like grains of barley ...
wheel of dharma - Buddhist Churches of America
... foods, music, and hobbies? What are your favorite words by Shinran Shonin? Rev. Rajan Saisho Hayashi was born in Hawaii and studied at Kansai Gaidai University and Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin: The Jodo Shinshu teaching shows us our self-centeredness and the way to be liberated from it. All people are innatel ...
... foods, music, and hobbies? What are your favorite words by Shinran Shonin? Rev. Rajan Saisho Hayashi was born in Hawaii and studied at Kansai Gaidai University and Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin: The Jodo Shinshu teaching shows us our self-centeredness and the way to be liberated from it. All people are innatel ...