107 A Comparative Study of Ahimsa (non
... karuna (compassion), which allow us to understand the ways human beings can create peace in our society through the lens of Theravada Buddhism. According to Sumedho (1991), the concepts of metta and karuna are two of the four concepts in Theravada Buddhism, including mudita (sympathetic joy) and upe ...
... karuna (compassion), which allow us to understand the ways human beings can create peace in our society through the lens of Theravada Buddhism. According to Sumedho (1991), the concepts of metta and karuna are two of the four concepts in Theravada Buddhism, including mudita (sympathetic joy) and upe ...
Dharma Essays
... Zen or other tradition. It is essentially the experience of nonduality. Perhaps we may distinguish the views as logical in contrast to mystical. I reflected in myself that while many people may not easily experience nonduality, they can understand the logical basis of Emptiness and through re ...
... Zen or other tradition. It is essentially the experience of nonduality. Perhaps we may distinguish the views as logical in contrast to mystical. I reflected in myself that while many people may not easily experience nonduality, they can understand the logical basis of Emptiness and through re ...
Print this article - Journal of Global Buddhism
... Mediatization and entertainmentization of religion Mass media and popular culture are important sources of (non-elitist) culture and religion, and “the way that religion is produced, represented and understood in late modernity is fundamentally a function of the media age” (Hoover 2001: 610), not le ...
... Mediatization and entertainmentization of religion Mass media and popular culture are important sources of (non-elitist) culture and religion, and “the way that religion is produced, represented and understood in late modernity is fundamentally a function of the media age” (Hoover 2001: 610), not le ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... to thepresenceand scope ofthebodhisattva ideal in TheravadaBuddhism it (theonlyextantschoolofHTnayana Buddhism), be beneficial to the sources that the may investigate briefly identify withMahayanaBuddhism and the?ravaka-yana with bodhisattva-yana ...
... to thepresenceand scope ofthebodhisattva ideal in TheravadaBuddhism it (theonlyextantschoolofHTnayana Buddhism), be beneficial to the sources that the may investigate briefly identify withMahayanaBuddhism and the?ravaka-yana with bodhisattva-yana ...
The Tree of Enlightenment
... example; Hinduism is another. However, Buddhism is not similarly constrained. at is why, historically, we have had the development of Indian Buddhism, Sri Lankan Buddhism, ai Buddhism, Burmese Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and so on. In the near future, I have no ...
... example; Hinduism is another. However, Buddhism is not similarly constrained. at is why, historically, we have had the development of Indian Buddhism, Sri Lankan Buddhism, ai Buddhism, Burmese Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and so on. In the near future, I have no ...
Buddhism and Peace Theory: Exploring a Buddhist Inner Peace
... cultural patterns – such as identities, beliefs, values, and norms – as scaffolding for meaningful experience (Reysen and Katzarska-Miller, 2013: 35). We build and accept a certain frame of reference – a certain pattern of worldviews, cultural values, political orientations and ideologies, religious ...
... cultural patterns – such as identities, beliefs, values, and norms – as scaffolding for meaningful experience (Reysen and Katzarska-Miller, 2013: 35). We build and accept a certain frame of reference – a certain pattern of worldviews, cultural values, political orientations and ideologies, religious ...
Buddha as Therapist: Meditations
... fundamentals (the Dharma) and its analysis (Abhidharma). Different schools developed and made their own commentaries. The process is still continuing, now restimulated by the encounter between Buddhism and modernism. This material is a treasure trove for contemporary psychologists as well as for sch ...
... fundamentals (the Dharma) and its analysis (Abhidharma). Different schools developed and made their own commentaries. The process is still continuing, now restimulated by the encounter between Buddhism and modernism. This material is a treasure trove for contemporary psychologists as well as for sch ...
Attā, Nirattā, and Anattā in the early Buddhist literature
... moutain-peak, as a pillar firmly fixed; and that though these living creatures transmigrate and pass away, fall from one state of existence and spring up in another, yet they are (atthi) for ever and ever." [32] Though this translation tallies with the traditional Buddhist explanation, it is difficu ...
... moutain-peak, as a pillar firmly fixed; and that though these living creatures transmigrate and pass away, fall from one state of existence and spring up in another, yet they are (atthi) for ever and ever." [32] Though this translation tallies with the traditional Buddhist explanation, it is difficu ...
HAPPY IS HE WHO HAS OVERCOME HIS EGO
... rebirth) into which we are born. By following the Eightfold Path, a man can overcome his ego and live a life free from suffering, and through his enlightenment he can avoid the pain of rebirth into another life of suffering. He has realized his place in the "not-self", and become at one with the ete ...
... rebirth) into which we are born. By following the Eightfold Path, a man can overcome his ego and live a life free from suffering, and through his enlightenment he can avoid the pain of rebirth into another life of suffering. He has realized his place in the "not-self", and become at one with the ete ...
Early Neo-Confucian View of Chinese Buddhism
... to the Chinese that its other-worldliness would not disqualify it ...
... to the Chinese that its other-worldliness would not disqualify it ...
Volume 7 – No. 1 - Buddhist Discussion Centre
... At present, we agree with the first part but declare we still have reservations about becoming too emphatic on the second part. The eminent Buddhist scholar, Dr Lessing, felt in translating (from Tibetan), that although a translation containing modern psychological terms may prove useful, such trans ...
... At present, we agree with the first part but declare we still have reservations about becoming too emphatic on the second part. The eminent Buddhist scholar, Dr Lessing, felt in translating (from Tibetan), that although a translation containing modern psychological terms may prove useful, such trans ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 170-189 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... ings: "distributive justice" or fairness in the allocation of resources, "rights-based justice" or respect for individuals' rights, and "legal justice" or reliance on fair legal codes and procedures. Traditional Buddhist sources have very little to say about justice. Buddhaghosa, for example, a Ther ...
... ings: "distributive justice" or fairness in the allocation of resources, "rights-based justice" or respect for individuals' rights, and "legal justice" or reliance on fair legal codes and procedures. Traditional Buddhist sources have very little to say about justice. Buddhaghosa, for example, a Ther ...
去る天平宝字七年（763）十二月二十日、神社の東に井あり
... the eastern part of India. In my state about one thousand men became followers of monks, neglecting agricultural matters. Therefore, I suppressed them, saying, ‘There should not be so many followers.’ At that time I limited the number of followers, but not the acts carried out in pursuit of the pat ...
... the eastern part of India. In my state about one thousand men became followers of monks, neglecting agricultural matters. Therefore, I suppressed them, saying, ‘There should not be so many followers.’ At that time I limited the number of followers, but not the acts carried out in pursuit of the pat ...
A comparative analysis of causality in Buddhism and African
... it is rather our experience and habit of associating things that usually go together in sequence that make us believe that A causes B where B is always seen following A. The idea of necessary connection arises because we have, for example, repeatedly observed that thunder follows lightening, we alwa ...
... it is rather our experience and habit of associating things that usually go together in sequence that make us believe that A causes B where B is always seen following A. The idea of necessary connection arises because we have, for example, repeatedly observed that thunder follows lightening, we alwa ...
Foundations of Ethics and Practice in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
... Buddhahood. While Zhili himself may not be proposing anything inconsistent here (since for him nianfo was not an “easy way” at all but a serious practice), the scholar is still confronted by a tradition that, among its various authorities, presents two seemingly conflicting propositions: ethics and ...
... Buddhahood. While Zhili himself may not be proposing anything inconsistent here (since for him nianfo was not an “easy way” at all but a serious practice), the scholar is still confronted by a tradition that, among its various authorities, presents two seemingly conflicting propositions: ethics and ...
9 On `Refrain from All Evil Whatsoever`
... in the training and practice of Buddhas and Ancestors, there are no Buddhas or Ancestors who have avoided or turned away from these three aspects or ever would, be it in the past, present, or future. At the time when a sentient being ‘becomes’ a Buddha or an Ancestor, the Buddhas and Ancestors that ...
... in the training and practice of Buddhas and Ancestors, there are no Buddhas or Ancestors who have avoided or turned away from these three aspects or ever would, be it in the past, present, or future. At the time when a sentient being ‘becomes’ a Buddha or an Ancestor, the Buddhas and Ancestors that ...
Siddhartha – Background Information on the Novel, Buddhism
... system which divides people into social classes. • Castes are strict and hereditary. People are born into a caste and remain there throughout their lives. There are five classes: 1. Brahmin—the priest class ...
... system which divides people into social classes. • Castes are strict and hereditary. People are born into a caste and remain there throughout their lives. There are five classes: 1. Brahmin—the priest class ...
Good Question, Good Answer
... northern India. He grew up in wealth and luxury but eventually found that worldly comforts and security do not guarantee happiness. He was deeply moved by the suffering he saw all around and resolved to find the key to human happiness. When he was 29 he left his wife and child and set off to sit at ...
... northern India. He grew up in wealth and luxury but eventually found that worldly comforts and security do not guarantee happiness. He was deeply moved by the suffering he saw all around and resolved to find the key to human happiness. When he was 29 he left his wife and child and set off to sit at ...
Ethics in accounting: Exploring the relevance of a
... fruit of one’s past actions, and is known as kamma-vipāka (Keown, 2001, p.183) or kamma-phala (Rahula, 1978, p. 32). Accordingly, though kamma is a universal law, it has much to do with shaping-up one’s present life, and no one can escape from it, kamma alone does not fully account for the fruits of ...
... fruit of one’s past actions, and is known as kamma-vipāka (Keown, 2001, p.183) or kamma-phala (Rahula, 1978, p. 32). Accordingly, though kamma is a universal law, it has much to do with shaping-up one’s present life, and no one can escape from it, kamma alone does not fully account for the fruits of ...
- Nishi Hongwanji L.A.
... level of a caste system. He later negated the classification of people by birth. His recorded statement in his later years was: “We are not noble because of the family into which we were born. Rather, we become noble as a result of our actions.” Shinran Shonin also explains, “Know that the Primal Vo ...
... level of a caste system. He later negated the classification of people by birth. His recorded statement in his later years was: “We are not noble because of the family into which we were born. Rather, we become noble as a result of our actions.” Shinran Shonin also explains, “Know that the Primal Vo ...
Shikantaza（Just Sitting） - sotozen-net
... “. . . abiding by the True Dharma singularly transmitted by the Buddha-ancestors, the Sotoshu doctrine is to realize shikantaza (just sitting) and sokushinzebutsu (Mind itself is Buddha).” This means that we as followers of Soto Zen Buddhism should practice shikantaza according to the correct Dharma ...
... “. . . abiding by the True Dharma singularly transmitted by the Buddha-ancestors, the Sotoshu doctrine is to realize shikantaza (just sitting) and sokushinzebutsu (Mind itself is Buddha).” This means that we as followers of Soto Zen Buddhism should practice shikantaza according to the correct Dharma ...
Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto - Buddhist Churches of America
... words, typed, double-spaced in Microsoft Word. The editors may ask for longer articles, or split in multiple parts at the editors’ discretion. All other articles should be in news release form at maximum of 500 words. Documents should be sent as an email attachment to [email protected]. Please inc ...
... words, typed, double-spaced in Microsoft Word. The editors may ask for longer articles, or split in multiple parts at the editors’ discretion. All other articles should be in news release form at maximum of 500 words. Documents should be sent as an email attachment to [email protected]. Please inc ...
the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
... Mahasi was then asked to take charge of the monastery and to resume teaching the resident monks. During this time he sat for the Pali Lectureship Examination on its first introduction by the Government of Burma. Passing this examination on the first attempt, in 1941 he was awarded the title of Sasa ...
... Mahasi was then asked to take charge of the monastery and to resume teaching the resident monks. During this time he sat for the Pali Lectureship Examination on its first introduction by the Government of Burma. Passing this examination on the first attempt, in 1941 he was awarded the title of Sasa ...
Emptiness and Eight Fold Path - OpenSIUC
... time of death the person seems to become non-existent in this world. It can seem to convey the idea that without a soul, one is nothing and lost. As Williams describes the nature of the Self(soul) it in his book, Mahayana Buddhism: the Doctrinal Foundations as, "'truly existing', truly established', ...
... time of death the person seems to become non-existent in this world. It can seem to convey the idea that without a soul, one is nothing and lost. As Williams describes the nature of the Self(soul) it in his book, Mahayana Buddhism: the Doctrinal Foundations as, "'truly existing', truly established', ...