Maitreya, the Future Buddha
... culminate in a conference exploring the Maitreya theme from as many different perspectives as possible. With the enthusiastic support of the Department of Religion and the East Asian Studies Program along with the assistance of the university administration, Professors Kitagawa and Overmyer were inv ...
... culminate in a conference exploring the Maitreya theme from as many different perspectives as possible. With the enthusiastic support of the Department of Religion and the East Asian Studies Program along with the assistance of the university administration, Professors Kitagawa and Overmyer were inv ...
BUDDHIST IMAGERY IN THE WORK OF PAUL GAUGUIN: THE
... Robert reports the first recording of the word “Nirvana” which is believed to be the earliest explanations of Buddhism. In the article, Burnouf discussed the importance of the term Nirvana and its associations with Buddhism. These teachings and ideas on Buddhism were translated into French in the 18 ...
... Robert reports the first recording of the word “Nirvana” which is believed to be the earliest explanations of Buddhism. In the article, Burnouf discussed the importance of the term Nirvana and its associations with Buddhism. These teachings and ideas on Buddhism were translated into French in the 18 ...
Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
... Numerous studies of nirvana have been undertaken since Buddhism began to be studied in the Western world. There even is a book dedicated to the history of the Western interpretations of nirvana,10 yet it is really hard to find a work devoted entirely to the historical developments of nirvana from the ...
... Numerous studies of nirvana have been undertaken since Buddhism began to be studied in the Western world. There even is a book dedicated to the history of the Western interpretations of nirvana,10 yet it is really hard to find a work devoted entirely to the historical developments of nirvana from the ...
The mandalas of Tibetan Buddhism and western psychotherapy
... spontaneous creation of the mandala by his patients was a visual symbol that depicted the current state of their psyche, in addition to their psyche's work toward individuation, as evidenced in his text Mandala Symbolism. Many well-know psychoanalysts and art therapists have followed in the footstep ...
... spontaneous creation of the mandala by his patients was a visual symbol that depicted the current state of their psyche, in addition to their psyche's work toward individuation, as evidenced in his text Mandala Symbolism. Many well-know psychoanalysts and art therapists have followed in the footstep ...
The Poetic Dhamma of Zao Amat Long`s Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta
... from many individuals, groups and associations. Without them it is impossible to reach the goal of this journey. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of them. First and foremost, to my supervisor, Dr Kate Crosby, I owe my deepest gratitude for guiding me through my research with her in ...
... from many individuals, groups and associations. Without them it is impossible to reach the goal of this journey. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of them. First and foremost, to my supervisor, Dr Kate Crosby, I owe my deepest gratitude for guiding me through my research with her in ...
Analytical Buddhism: The Two
... to focus any scientific study of the possibility of nibbāna, to help those in the laboratory know exactly what to look for. People are not born into nibbāna. If nibbāna is attainable, then one presumably has to train very hard to effect such a transformation. A transformation implies change from ...
... to focus any scientific study of the possibility of nibbāna, to help those in the laboratory know exactly what to look for. People are not born into nibbāna. If nibbāna is attainable, then one presumably has to train very hard to effect such a transformation. A transformation implies change from ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... concept of someone taking sincere comfort or solace from owning or wearing an amulet believed to have genuine supernatural or protective powers is simply absurd. However, what, then, should be thought if the amulet is understood not merely to possess powers, but to have use of the powers and communi ...
... concept of someone taking sincere comfort or solace from owning or wearing an amulet believed to have genuine supernatural or protective powers is simply absurd. However, what, then, should be thought if the amulet is understood not merely to possess powers, but to have use of the powers and communi ...
Volition: An Introduction of the Law of Kamma
... Deeds touch its heart that cannot disregard – Sabrina Ooi ...
... Deeds touch its heart that cannot disregard – Sabrina Ooi ...
Reaffirming Our Right to Happiness
... There are no secrets in Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism. It is not a hermetic, esoteric or occult teaching. The “Three Great Secret Laws” (indicating the Dai-Gohonzon, Daimoku and the High Sanctuary of True Buddhism) are called so because before Nichiren Daishonin, they were “hidden in the depths” of ...
... There are no secrets in Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism. It is not a hermetic, esoteric or occult teaching. The “Three Great Secret Laws” (indicating the Dai-Gohonzon, Daimoku and the High Sanctuary of True Buddhism) are called so because before Nichiren Daishonin, they were “hidden in the depths” of ...
Schopenhauer between Fre - UQ eSpace
... but otherwise it is described only negatively, as liberation from “distress”, “alarm”, “craving, fear, envy, and anger”. Schopenhauer repeatedly stresses that the experience of liberation “cannot really be called knowledge, since it no longer has the form of subject and object; moreover, it is acces ...
... but otherwise it is described only negatively, as liberation from “distress”, “alarm”, “craving, fear, envy, and anger”. Schopenhauer repeatedly stresses that the experience of liberation “cannot really be called knowledge, since it no longer has the form of subject and object; moreover, it is acces ...
Keizan Study
... consisting primarily of local temples that service the religious needs of laypeople who themselves do not practice Zen. It is also true, however, that Keizan was a man of his times. In addition to Zen history, Zen training, and Zen monasticism, his writings reveal many religious themes common to oth ...
... consisting primarily of local temples that service the religious needs of laypeople who themselves do not practice Zen. It is also true, however, that Keizan was a man of his times. In addition to Zen history, Zen training, and Zen monasticism, his writings reveal many religious themes common to oth ...
A Study of Sukkhavipassaka in Pāli Buddhism
... This thesis aims to explore the doctrine of sukkhavipassaka (“dry-insight practitioner”) in Pāli Buddhism. The focus of the thesis is to utilize the canonical and commentarial sources of the various Buddhist schools to evaluate the position of this doctrine in the history of early Buddhism. Since th ...
... This thesis aims to explore the doctrine of sukkhavipassaka (“dry-insight practitioner”) in Pāli Buddhism. The focus of the thesis is to utilize the canonical and commentarial sources of the various Buddhist schools to evaluate the position of this doctrine in the history of early Buddhism. Since th ...
An Analysis of the Pali Canon
... An Analysis of the Pali Canon was originally the work of A.C. March, the founder-editor of Buddhism in England (from 1943, The Middle Way), the quarterly journal of The Buddhist Lodge (now The Buddhist Society, London). It appeared in the issues for Volume 3 and was later offprinted as a pamphlet. F ...
... An Analysis of the Pali Canon was originally the work of A.C. March, the founder-editor of Buddhism in England (from 1943, The Middle Way), the quarterly journal of The Buddhist Lodge (now The Buddhist Society, London). It appeared in the issues for Volume 3 and was later offprinted as a pamphlet. F ...
medidas del tiempo - Fernando Galindo Soria
... to in the inscriptions of Asoka". In the Pali (= early Buddhist) form the word kappa is mentioned in the assumed oldest scripture of Buddhism, the Sutta Nipata, where it speaks of "Kappâtita: one who has gone beyond time, an Arahant".[2] This part of the Buddhist manuscripts dates back to the middle ...
... to in the inscriptions of Asoka". In the Pali (= early Buddhist) form the word kappa is mentioned in the assumed oldest scripture of Buddhism, the Sutta Nipata, where it speaks of "Kappâtita: one who has gone beyond time, an Arahant".[2] This part of the Buddhist manuscripts dates back to the middle ...
The Prabang Myths: The Sacred Narratives and their Cultural Meaning
... killing elephants and water-buffaloes as offerings to spirits made her feel miserable. She therefore asked King Fa Ngum to introduce the Buddhism of Khmer to Laos.6Adopting Buddhism and bringing the Prabang image to the city of Luang Prabang in deference to the request of Queen Kaew Keng Ya indicate ...
... killing elephants and water-buffaloes as offerings to spirits made her feel miserable. She therefore asked King Fa Ngum to introduce the Buddhism of Khmer to Laos.6Adopting Buddhism and bringing the Prabang image to the city of Luang Prabang in deference to the request of Queen Kaew Keng Ya indicate ...
Now - Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
... seek refuge on the island of Taiwan. From this migration came a series of events which would forever change the course of Buddhism. IV. Crossing the Sea to Taiwan Hsing Yun spent his last night in China on the road. Earlier that evening, he had traveled to Qixia Monastery for Master Zhikai’s advice ...
... seek refuge on the island of Taiwan. From this migration came a series of events which would forever change the course of Buddhism. IV. Crossing the Sea to Taiwan Hsing Yun spent his last night in China on the road. Earlier that evening, he had traveled to Qixia Monastery for Master Zhikai’s advice ...
AN INTIMATE DESTRUCTION
... the work of the French writer Georges Bataille. Specifically, it explores the approaches of the two fields to the concepts of desire, death, and the separate self, and examines how the treatment of these themes in Buddhism affected their role in early twentieth century France, particularly within Su ...
... the work of the French writer Georges Bataille. Specifically, it explores the approaches of the two fields to the concepts of desire, death, and the separate self, and examines how the treatment of these themes in Buddhism affected their role in early twentieth century France, particularly within Su ...
Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... racial differences between the Aryans, who are said to have migrated to India from the Northwest, and the darker indigenous Indians (the Sanskrit word for caste is varna, which means color) (Mendelsohn and Vicziany 7). Today, however, even Roman Catholics in southern India seat themselves according ...
... racial differences between the Aryans, who are said to have migrated to India from the Northwest, and the darker indigenous Indians (the Sanskrit word for caste is varna, which means color) (Mendelsohn and Vicziany 7). Today, however, even Roman Catholics in southern India seat themselves according ...
Tara and Tibetan Buddhism: The Emergence of the Feminine Divine
... that he is able to end suffering. Tara, as a result, comes to symbolize enlightened work. Thus, “compassion is the necessary first impulse, but for it to bring joy it must be united to effective action.” (Mullin, 58) As it turns out, Tara and Avalokitesvara have a long history together. Tibetan hist ...
... that he is able to end suffering. Tara, as a result, comes to symbolize enlightened work. Thus, “compassion is the necessary first impulse, but for it to bring joy it must be united to effective action.” (Mullin, 58) As it turns out, Tara and Avalokitesvara have a long history together. Tibetan hist ...
Helen J. Baroni: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen
... desires will inevitably lead to frustration and suffering. Aside from the daily frustrations that our attachments cause, Buddhism asserts that human suffering also occurs on a cosmic level. Buddhists believe that after death each being will be reincarnated into a new life, the quality of which depen ...
... desires will inevitably lead to frustration and suffering. Aside from the daily frustrations that our attachments cause, Buddhism asserts that human suffering also occurs on a cosmic level. Buddhists believe that after death each being will be reincarnated into a new life, the quality of which depen ...
Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 2
... them simply as the preliminary or larval form of a Buddha, either Sâkyamuni[5] or some of his predecessors. It was incredible that a being so superior to ordinary humanity as a Buddha should be suddenly produced in a human family nor could he be regarded as an incarnation in the strict sense. But it ...
... them simply as the preliminary or larval form of a Buddha, either Sâkyamuni[5] or some of his predecessors. It was incredible that a being so superior to ordinary humanity as a Buddha should be suddenly produced in a human family nor could he be regarded as an incarnation in the strict sense. But it ...
How Mindfulness Becomes Mindlessness – A Hermeneutical
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
what, if anything, is mahayana buddhism?
... The identity and the status of Mahāyāna Buddhism are points very much in question, and it is virtually self-evident that communication concerning Mahāyāna Buddhism occasions many disagreements. Therefore, the need for the de nition and classi cation of Mahāyāna Buddhism is obvious. But how w ...
... The identity and the status of Mahāyāna Buddhism are points very much in question, and it is virtually self-evident that communication concerning Mahāyāna Buddhism occasions many disagreements. Therefore, the need for the de nition and classi cation of Mahāyāna Buddhism is obvious. But how w ...
Wesak and the Re-Creation of Buddhist Tradition
... from the Latin root, idem, the word “identity”, meaning “the same”, actually has two meanings. The first, as the Latin root indicates, refers to the idea of “absolute sameness”. The second definition, cited in Peter Jenkin’s book, Social Identity, “is a concept of distinctiveness which presumes cons ...
... from the Latin root, idem, the word “identity”, meaning “the same”, actually has two meanings. The first, as the Latin root indicates, refers to the idea of “absolute sameness”. The second definition, cited in Peter Jenkin’s book, Social Identity, “is a concept of distinctiveness which presumes cons ...