Annual Report `14 (MBS) - maha bodhi society, bengaluru
... We are saddened by the demise of Venerable Dr. Acharya Buddharakkhita who founded the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore in 1956. He passed away peacefully on September 23, 2013. Late Venerable Dr. Acharya Buddharakkhita, FounderPresident of Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore and its branches and sister org ...
... We are saddened by the demise of Venerable Dr. Acharya Buddharakkhita who founded the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore in 1956. He passed away peacefully on September 23, 2013. Late Venerable Dr. Acharya Buddharakkhita, FounderPresident of Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore and its branches and sister org ...
Raho,gata Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... Anuruddha (author of the Abhidhamm’attha.saṅgaha) and the leading Commentators, however, rejected Ānanda’s position. They regarded the sub-moment of persistence as a stage during which the dharma “stands facing its own dissolution” (bhaṅgâbhimukh’āvatthā).15 As such, the well-known Burmese exegete, ...
... Anuruddha (author of the Abhidhamm’attha.saṅgaha) and the leading Commentators, however, rejected Ānanda’s position. They regarded the sub-moment of persistence as a stage during which the dharma “stands facing its own dissolution” (bhaṅgâbhimukh’āvatthā).15 As such, the well-known Burmese exegete, ...
Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars
... B uddhist life wherever the Dharma has spread. Furthermor e , Buddhism is not alone among religious traditions i n recognizing the limits of rationality; indeed, it may be a hallmark of "religions, " and at least one way of distinguishing them from "philosophies , " that their adherents c annot rest ...
... B uddhist life wherever the Dharma has spread. Furthermor e , Buddhism is not alone among religious traditions i n recognizing the limits of rationality; indeed, it may be a hallmark of "religions, " and at least one way of distinguishing them from "philosophies , " that their adherents c annot rest ...
Kamma at Death and Rebirth
... Wherever they are heading, there has to be a journey‟s end. In the same way, beginning in our mother‟s womb we make our way through life. Like everyone else we will have to disembark at the end of life‟s journey at some point or another. One existence after another, each life is only a temporary pro ...
... Wherever they are heading, there has to be a journey‟s end. In the same way, beginning in our mother‟s womb we make our way through life. Like everyone else we will have to disembark at the end of life‟s journey at some point or another. One existence after another, each life is only a temporary pro ...
Charisma in Buddhism
... to the death of Wong Phui Weng in 1988, with Ānanda Maṅgala sandwiched in between — these three are past Buddhist workers — and the living charismatic, Yantra Amaro. It goes without saying that the roots of the events and ideas discussed here go further back, and that their effects are being felt to ...
... to the death of Wong Phui Weng in 1988, with Ānanda Maṅgala sandwiched in between — these three are past Buddhist workers — and the living charismatic, Yantra Amaro. It goes without saying that the roots of the events and ideas discussed here go further back, and that their effects are being felt to ...
A PDF of the exhibition catalogue may be viewed or downloaded here
... web. In every node, a crystal jewel with an infinite number of facets reflects every other faceted jewel. Everything is defined by its connection with other things, while still maintaining its own identity.9 Indra’s Net is therefore a potent metaphor for the Buddhist notion of interdependence. Gazin ...
... web. In every node, a crystal jewel with an infinite number of facets reflects every other faceted jewel. Everything is defined by its connection with other things, while still maintaining its own identity.9 Indra’s Net is therefore a potent metaphor for the Buddhist notion of interdependence. Gazin ...
Exhibition Catalogue - Vassar College WordPress
... web. In every node, a crystal jewel with an infinite number of facets reflects every other faceted jewel. Everything is defined by its connection with other things, while still maintaining its own identity.9 Indra’s Net is therefore a potent metaphor for the Buddhist notion of interdependence. Gazin ...
... web. In every node, a crystal jewel with an infinite number of facets reflects every other faceted jewel. Everything is defined by its connection with other things, while still maintaining its own identity.9 Indra’s Net is therefore a potent metaphor for the Buddhist notion of interdependence. Gazin ...
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
... To be sure, the Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, not unlike other great historic religions, defines ideal goals of moral perfection and ultimate self-transformation and the means to attain them, but at the same time, Southeast Asian Buddhism also provides the means by which people cope with day ...
... To be sure, the Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, not unlike other great historic religions, defines ideal goals of moral perfection and ultimate self-transformation and the means to attain them, but at the same time, Southeast Asian Buddhism also provides the means by which people cope with day ...
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
... To be sure, the Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, not unlike other great historic religions, defines ideal goals of moral perfection and ultimate self-transformation and the means to attain them, but at the same time, Southeast Asian Buddhism also provides the means by which people cope with day ...
... To be sure, the Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, not unlike other great historic religions, defines ideal goals of moral perfection and ultimate self-transformation and the means to attain them, but at the same time, Southeast Asian Buddhism also provides the means by which people cope with day ...
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... look upon the Ganges valley east of the confluence with the Jumna as being part of the land of the Āryas. Until Patañjali’s date and perhaps for some time after him, our sources suggest, the region east of the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā was not brahmanical. I call this area Greater Ma ...
... look upon the Ganges valley east of the confluence with the Jumna as being part of the land of the Āryas. Until Patañjali’s date and perhaps for some time after him, our sources suggest, the region east of the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā was not brahmanical. I call this area Greater Ma ...
The Bequeathed Teachings Sutra
... over the Venerable Subhadhra. All of those whom he should have crossed over had already been crossed over. He lay between the Twin Sala trees and was about to enter Nirvana. At this time, in the middle period of the night, all was quiet, without any sound. Then for the sake of all of his disciples h ...
... over the Venerable Subhadhra. All of those whom he should have crossed over had already been crossed over. He lay between the Twin Sala trees and was about to enter Nirvana. At this time, in the middle period of the night, all was quiet, without any sound. Then for the sake of all of his disciples h ...
Miracles and Superhuman Powers in South Asian Buddhist Literature
... In any case, the nature and meaning of the Buddha’s simultaneous immanence and transcendence is a significant topic of discussion for Buddhist philosophers. Despite his remarks about the applicability of the concept of the miracle in a Buddhist context, Foucher raises one of the central questions of ...
... In any case, the nature and meaning of the Buddha’s simultaneous immanence and transcendence is a significant topic of discussion for Buddhist philosophers. Despite his remarks about the applicability of the concept of the miracle in a Buddhist context, Foucher raises one of the central questions of ...
Teachings from Traditional Lamas
... certain genes, a given race, social standing and a level of intelligence. However, in its absolute nature, mind is free, and as one can see from unusual people everywhere, working with and in between the conditions offers striking opportunities. Once the above three conditions have been understood, ...
... certain genes, a given race, social standing and a level of intelligence. However, in its absolute nature, mind is free, and as one can see from unusual people everywhere, working with and in between the conditions offers striking opportunities. Once the above three conditions have been understood, ...
Popular Buddhist Texts From Nepal : Narratives and Rituals of
... But what Newars (and Bengalis) do with or to sacred texts is not just characteristic of South Asia. It is also the continuation of something very old: the Newar Buddhists who do what we do not approve of to their texts are doing precisely what these texts themselves explicitly say should be done. Th ...
... But what Newars (and Bengalis) do with or to sacred texts is not just characteristic of South Asia. It is also the continuation of something very old: the Newar Buddhists who do what we do not approve of to their texts are doing precisely what these texts themselves explicitly say should be done. Th ...
Zen and systemic therapy
... The mosaic stones regroup themselves, and no lasting core plants itself away from the first to the next picture (see Zotz 1991, p.75). The interpretation of the Karma doctrine and thus the question of a personnel reincarnation are seen differently in Buddhism, also in each case influenced by the cul ...
... The mosaic stones regroup themselves, and no lasting core plants itself away from the first to the next picture (see Zotz 1991, p.75). The interpretation of the Karma doctrine and thus the question of a personnel reincarnation are seen differently in Buddhism, also in each case influenced by the cul ...
Camp Newsletter – Dec 2014
... them in their quest for right cultivation, to perfect themselves, to reject evil, and to embrace goodness. There is nothing superstitious about the ways the Buddhists practice their beliefs. The Buddhists exercise only the form of beliefs that are meaningful and logical to the heart and the mind, an ...
... them in their quest for right cultivation, to perfect themselves, to reject evil, and to embrace goodness. There is nothing superstitious about the ways the Buddhists practice their beliefs. The Buddhists exercise only the form of beliefs that are meaningful and logical to the heart and the mind, an ...
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... the 2nd century AD. Fig. 1 shows one of these images. In the centre there is a bodhi-tree (bodhiv¤k∑a), a seat (åsana)2 and the feet or the footprints of the Buddha (buddhapåda).3 These three signs together seem to represent the Buddha without depicting him visibly. This and similar reliefs have oft ...
... the 2nd century AD. Fig. 1 shows one of these images. In the centre there is a bodhi-tree (bodhiv¤k∑a), a seat (åsana)2 and the feet or the footprints of the Buddha (buddhapåda).3 These three signs together seem to represent the Buddha without depicting him visibly. This and similar reliefs have oft ...
The Quintessence of Secret (Esoteric) Buddhism
... tradition of the Great Vehicle Buddhist School, the Dharma Body taught the scriptures of superior knowledge such as the Avatamkara and Brahmajala Sutra to high ranking Bodhisattvas only. They are the only ones who can hear and see the Creator’s manifestation of the Truth. His world is called the Lan ...
... tradition of the Great Vehicle Buddhist School, the Dharma Body taught the scriptures of superior knowledge such as the Avatamkara and Brahmajala Sutra to high ranking Bodhisattvas only. They are the only ones who can hear and see the Creator’s manifestation of the Truth. His world is called the Lan ...
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism
... During the last twenty-five years the idea of ‘skilful means’ has become quite widely known to students of Buddhism, and on many occasions I have been encouraged to think that my own study of the concept has played some part in this process. Some people prefer to use the Indian word upAya, meaning si ...
... During the last twenty-five years the idea of ‘skilful means’ has become quite widely known to students of Buddhism, and on many occasions I have been encouraged to think that my own study of the concept has played some part in this process. Some people prefer to use the Indian word upAya, meaning si ...
Ālayavijñāna: On the Origin and the Early Development of a Central
... variations; Schmithausen provides a far more accurate Sanskrit retranslation in notes 1213 and 1223, pp. 478, 480), Schmithausen's arguments gain what power they have solely by separating a particular definition—that concerning the defining characteristics {laksana) of sunyatd—from its broader conte ...
... variations; Schmithausen provides a far more accurate Sanskrit retranslation in notes 1213 and 1223, pp. 478, 480), Schmithausen's arguments gain what power they have solely by separating a particular definition—that concerning the defining characteristics {laksana) of sunyatd—from its broader conte ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
... monsters. It will be an act of charity if we go to his dominion, so that he may pay homage without risking his life." So the Buddha went there and was received with great pomp by King Candrasuriya and his people. The Buddha then taught the five and eight precepts and instructed the king in the ten k ...
... monsters. It will be an act of charity if we go to his dominion, so that he may pay homage without risking his life." So the Buddha went there and was received with great pomp by King Candrasuriya and his people. The Buddha then taught the five and eight precepts and instructed the king in the ten k ...
Evaluating the “Unconscious in Dream” between Sigmund Freud
... ovum. From that state of bliss you will faint into unconsciousness, and as time passes, the embryo will come to maturity in the womb …”7 It is not easy to find the best rendering of the Freudian version of ‘unconscious’ in the Buddhist literature as there is no direct parallel. I will include these ...
... ovum. From that state of bliss you will faint into unconsciousness, and as time passes, the embryo will come to maturity in the womb …”7 It is not easy to find the best rendering of the Freudian version of ‘unconscious’ in the Buddhist literature as there is no direct parallel. I will include these ...
Compassion in Schopenhauer and Śāntideva Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... These truths, of course, are common to all Buddhist schools and cannot be taken as anything more than evidence that Schopenhauer had a general acquaintance with Buddhism. Even by the time he wrote WWR2 it is still highly doubtful, in my view, that he would have known of the subtle differences betwee ...
... These truths, of course, are common to all Buddhist schools and cannot be taken as anything more than evidence that Schopenhauer had a general acquaintance with Buddhism. Even by the time he wrote WWR2 it is still highly doubtful, in my view, that he would have known of the subtle differences betwee ...
Tokharian Buddhism in Kucha - Sino
... Kucha, in the present-day Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region of northwestern China, was one of the major Buddhist kingdoms of Central Asia before Islamization began to take place in this area at the end of the tenth century C.E. The other Buddhist oasis kingdoms in the region were Shan-shan, 1 which ...
... Kucha, in the present-day Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region of northwestern China, was one of the major Buddhist kingdoms of Central Asia before Islamization began to take place in this area at the end of the tenth century C.E. The other Buddhist oasis kingdoms in the region were Shan-shan, 1 which ...