The Dhammapada
... will die. "And that is what happens when a man comes to me and says, 'I will not follow the Dhamma until the Buddha tells me whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is finite or infinite, whether the soul and the body are the same or different, whether the liberated person exi ...
... will die. "And that is what happens when a man comes to me and says, 'I will not follow the Dhamma until the Buddha tells me whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is finite or infinite, whether the soul and the body are the same or different, whether the liberated person exi ...
The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... will die. "And that is what happens when a man comes to me and says, 'I will not follow the Dhamma until the Buddha tells me whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is finite or infinite, whether the soul and the body are the same or different, whether the liberated person exi ...
... will die. "And that is what happens when a man comes to me and says, 'I will not follow the Dhamma until the Buddha tells me whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is finite or infinite, whether the soul and the body are the same or different, whether the liberated person exi ...
Brief Introduction of Holy Tantra Jin Gang Dhyana Buddhism
... ideal of Holy Tantra Jin Gang Dhyana Buddhism in saving and deliverance of all sentient beings. The practice of attaining Buddhahood is the practice of benevolence, compassion, non-violence, wisdom, and bodhicitta (determination to attain Buddhahood for the sake of sentient beings). 9. Where did the ...
... ideal of Holy Tantra Jin Gang Dhyana Buddhism in saving and deliverance of all sentient beings. The practice of attaining Buddhahood is the practice of benevolence, compassion, non-violence, wisdom, and bodhicitta (determination to attain Buddhahood for the sake of sentient beings). 9. Where did the ...
Avataṃsaka Sūtra
... • Celestial Bodhisattvas lay stress on faith (Pure Land Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism represent the practice of Celestial Bodhisattva) • Human Bodhisattvas put emphasis on loving-kindness and compassion and engage in various altruistic activities. • According to *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa Śāstra, a ...
... • Celestial Bodhisattvas lay stress on faith (Pure Land Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism represent the practice of Celestial Bodhisattva) • Human Bodhisattvas put emphasis on loving-kindness and compassion and engage in various altruistic activities. • According to *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa Śāstra, a ...
samsara - cont`d - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... It's common to use prayer beads to mark the number of repetitions of a mantra. Mantras may also be displayed on a prayer wheel and repeated by spinning the wheel, or written on a prayer flag - in which case the prayer is repeated each time the flag moves in the wind. ...
... It's common to use prayer beads to mark the number of repetitions of a mantra. Mantras may also be displayed on a prayer wheel and repeated by spinning the wheel, or written on a prayer flag - in which case the prayer is repeated each time the flag moves in the wind. ...
BUILDING BRIDGES A Tapestry of Faith Program for Youth
... discussion. Ask what questions the group has about Buddhism, and write their questions on newsprint. Answer the ones you can. Tell the group that during this workshop, many of their other questions will be answered. After the workshop, you will seek answers to any remaining questions, which you will ...
... discussion. Ask what questions the group has about Buddhism, and write their questions on newsprint. Answer the ones you can. Tell the group that during this workshop, many of their other questions will be answered. After the workshop, you will seek answers to any remaining questions, which you will ...
BUILDING BRIDGES A Tapestry of Faith Program for Youth
... Youth learn some basic information about Buddhism. Answer any questions you could not answer from the last workshop. Invite youth to sit in a circle. Light the chalice with these words: We light this chalice in celebration of Unitarian Universalism and the sustaining faiths of all people of the worl ...
... Youth learn some basic information about Buddhism. Answer any questions you could not answer from the last workshop. Invite youth to sit in a circle. Light the chalice with these words: We light this chalice in celebration of Unitarian Universalism and the sustaining faiths of all people of the worl ...
Chapter 4 THE CONCEPT OF FAITH IN MAHĀYĀNA BUDDHISM
... place at the time of the Buddha. Their belief is based on the evidence proved in the Prajñāpāramitā literature and related systems. However, according to some scholars, the process of the Mahāyāna movement was started at the time of the Buddha’s Mahāparinirvāṇa. The Mahāyāna movement has investigate ...
... place at the time of the Buddha. Their belief is based on the evidence proved in the Prajñāpāramitā literature and related systems. However, according to some scholars, the process of the Mahāyāna movement was started at the time of the Buddha’s Mahāparinirvāṇa. The Mahāyāna movement has investigate ...
The First Enlightened Word
... up like monumental trees, bear flower and fruit and sweeten human lives. It is this last variety of thoughts that are born in the minds of great men. It is these that are capable of moving mountains. It is these that change the destinies of not just the human race but an entire epoch. Such thoughts ...
... up like monumental trees, bear flower and fruit and sweeten human lives. It is this last variety of thoughts that are born in the minds of great men. It is these that are capable of moving mountains. It is these that change the destinies of not just the human race but an entire epoch. Such thoughts ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... Religious harmony is a noble and essential ideal not only for a country like India where many religious communities live together but also for the unity of mankind and peace in the world. Emperor Asoka had taught three and twenty centuries before that harmony among different sects is a good thing 3. ...
... Religious harmony is a noble and essential ideal not only for a country like India where many religious communities live together but also for the unity of mankind and peace in the world. Emperor Asoka had taught three and twenty centuries before that harmony among different sects is a good thing 3. ...
Engaged Buddhism and Deep Ecology: Beyond the Science
... deep sense of empathy for the suffering associated with each of these sights, Prince Gautama began his quest to understand the source of such suffering. At the age of twenty-nine, the prince shaved his hair, traded his clothes with a passer-by, and renounced his luxurious lifestyle, leaving behind t ...
... deep sense of empathy for the suffering associated with each of these sights, Prince Gautama began his quest to understand the source of such suffering. At the age of twenty-nine, the prince shaved his hair, traded his clothes with a passer-by, and renounced his luxurious lifestyle, leaving behind t ...
Paper - VII - History of Buddhism and Jainism upto 1000 A.D.
... important historical events and trends: how the Tipitaka came to be preserved orally; when it was first written down, and why; how the Tipitaka came close to extinction; how the Buddha's teachings spread across south Asia; how and when the various schools and factions within Buddhism arose; and so o ...
... important historical events and trends: how the Tipitaka came to be preserved orally; when it was first written down, and why; how the Tipitaka came close to extinction; how the Buddha's teachings spread across south Asia; how and when the various schools and factions within Buddhism arose; and so o ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... Religious harmony is a noble and essential ideal not only for a country like India where many religious communities live together but also for the unity of mankind and peace in the world. Emperor Asoka had taught three and twenty centuries before that harmony among different sects is a good thing 3. ...
... Religious harmony is a noble and essential ideal not only for a country like India where many religious communities live together but also for the unity of mankind and peace in the world. Emperor Asoka had taught three and twenty centuries before that harmony among different sects is a good thing 3. ...
Buddhism and the earth : environmental thought in early Buddhist
... (Sanskrit - bikkhus) is the noble truth of pain (nb. can also be translated as suffering or unsatisfactoriness) (Sanskrit - dukkha): birth is dukkha, old age is dukkha, sickness is dukkha, death is dukkha, sorrow, lannentation, dejection and despair are dukkha. Contact with unpleasant things is dukk ...
... (Sanskrit - bikkhus) is the noble truth of pain (nb. can also be translated as suffering or unsatisfactoriness) (Sanskrit - dukkha): birth is dukkha, old age is dukkha, sickness is dukkha, death is dukkha, sorrow, lannentation, dejection and despair are dukkha. Contact with unpleasant things is dukk ...
Thailand 2011 - Keith Davey has designed a number of educational
... by non Thai speakers with “Songkran” the watersplashing festival in April. Built in the 18th century, the temple has been recently rennovated. I was particularly taken by the ornate dragon figures, both on the walls and wrapped around poles alongside the six-sided building. To my untrained eye, the ...
... by non Thai speakers with “Songkran” the watersplashing festival in April. Built in the 18th century, the temple has been recently rennovated. I was particularly taken by the ornate dragon figures, both on the walls and wrapped around poles alongside the six-sided building. To my untrained eye, the ...
Salvation in Buddhism - Digital Commons @ Andrews University
... being (even a god), however blissful, cannot escape suffering. (Spiro ...
... being (even a god), however blissful, cannot escape suffering. (Spiro ...
Toward a “Buddhist Music”... Morris page 1
... theory of psychology, among the earliest to arise in recorded history. First, it notes that normally people rarely pay much attention to what is happening within and without them. The mind is constantly wandering from one thought to the next. One is either attracted to, repelled by, or fantasizing a ...
... theory of psychology, among the earliest to arise in recorded history. First, it notes that normally people rarely pay much attention to what is happening within and without them. The mind is constantly wandering from one thought to the next. One is either attracted to, repelled by, or fantasizing a ...
Sabba Kamma Jaha Sutta
... This event, however, is merely incidental. Bāhiya, due to the ripening of his past karma, is gored to death by a cow or a goat. He is not destined to die that day (which would be determinism), but simply that a past vengeful enemy (a woman he had abused in a past life), reborn as the beast, takes he ...
... This event, however, is merely incidental. Bāhiya, due to the ripening of his past karma, is gored to death by a cow or a goat. He is not destined to die that day (which would be determinism), but simply that a past vengeful enemy (a woman he had abused in a past life), reborn as the beast, takes he ...
Lecture 14 “One Mind Opens Two Doors” in the Awakening of Faith
... everyone. In contrast, if you read St. Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica you will probably not be much affected. And take Aristotle’s philosophy, which analyzes this way and that, or take Spinoza’s Ethics, which is even written in the style of geometry—what use is it to a man’s faith? Thus all these ...
... everyone. In contrast, if you read St. Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica you will probably not be much affected. And take Aristotle’s philosophy, which analyzes this way and that, or take Spinoza’s Ethics, which is even written in the style of geometry—what use is it to a man’s faith? Thus all these ...
regulations for the degree of
... This course attempts to discuss certain aspects of the Buddhist culture, its historical evolution, and the changes which are going on now due to the influence of other cultures. It deals, in particular, with the following topics: the main features of Mahayana Buddhism, the influence of Zen Buddhism ...
... This course attempts to discuss certain aspects of the Buddhist culture, its historical evolution, and the changes which are going on now due to the influence of other cultures. It deals, in particular, with the following topics: the main features of Mahayana Buddhism, the influence of Zen Buddhism ...
Swastika
... Its definition leaves no doubt as to its auspicious nature, probably best known in its Sanskrit form. It consists of two roots: su (‘good, well’), asti (‘is’), astikah (‘being’); hence svastika literally translates as ‘that which is associated with well-being’. It denotes any lucky or auspicious obj ...
... Its definition leaves no doubt as to its auspicious nature, probably best known in its Sanskrit form. It consists of two roots: su (‘good, well’), asti (‘is’), astikah (‘being’); hence svastika literally translates as ‘that which is associated with well-being’. It denotes any lucky or auspicious obj ...
Buddhism: The Awakening of Wisdom and Compassion
... Before acquiring a good knowledge of Buddhism, we need to understand the terms Buddha, Dharma, Buddhist Dharma, and Buddhist teaching, as they are important to our cultivation. Buddha is a Sanskrit word, meaning “wisdom and enlightenment.” Why was it transliterated as Buddha and not translated into ...
... Before acquiring a good knowledge of Buddhism, we need to understand the terms Buddha, Dharma, Buddhist Dharma, and Buddhist teaching, as they are important to our cultivation. Buddha is a Sanskrit word, meaning “wisdom and enlightenment.” Why was it transliterated as Buddha and not translated into ...
BODHI BULLETIN
... “The great Dharma, so wonderful and extensive, is also an ocean. It liberates universally, without distinction or bias.” So we often refer to the “Ocean of Dharma.” Why is the Dharma referred to as an ocean? It is because the Dharma is spectacular and most pure. It is just like a lotus flower, whose ...
... “The great Dharma, so wonderful and extensive, is also an ocean. It liberates universally, without distinction or bias.” So we often refer to the “Ocean of Dharma.” Why is the Dharma referred to as an ocean? It is because the Dharma is spectacular and most pure. It is just like a lotus flower, whose ...
Alternative Traditions
... dealing with Buddhism, were of interest from a (Western) Buddhist point of view, made their appearance in the quarterly FWBO Newsletter between the years 1974 and 1980. In preparing them for publication in their present form it was originally my intention to arrange them in chronological order. On s ...
... dealing with Buddhism, were of interest from a (Western) Buddhist point of view, made their appearance in the quarterly FWBO Newsletter between the years 1974 and 1980. In preparing them for publication in their present form it was originally my intention to arrange them in chronological order. On s ...