What is Sangha
... What is Sangha What is the Sangha? The Sangha is a spiritual family. At the centre of the family are the teacher and the teachings. In the Buddhist tradition, the teaching is called Dharma, and the founder of this Dharma is called Buddha Shakyamuni or Gautama Siddhartha. This tradition was born in 5 ...
... What is Sangha What is the Sangha? The Sangha is a spiritual family. At the centre of the family are the teacher and the teachings. In the Buddhist tradition, the teaching is called Dharma, and the founder of this Dharma is called Buddha Shakyamuni or Gautama Siddhartha. This tradition was born in 5 ...
Lecture 100: Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa Page 1 Lecture
... them, and there were all sorts of different claimants, different tribes, different people, different cities, even different kings and chiefs. For instance the Shakyas, the Buddha's own tribe, they put forward a claim. They said: Well, the Buddha was our man. He was born amongst us. If anyone has a c ...
... them, and there were all sorts of different claimants, different tribes, different people, different cities, even different kings and chiefs. For instance the Shakyas, the Buddha's own tribe, they put forward a claim. They said: Well, the Buddha was our man. He was born amongst us. If anyone has a c ...
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism
... of early Jainism. The most characteristic trait of early Jainism is that it teaches a way of asceticism in which suppression of all activity is central, especially in its more advanced stages. Abstaining from all activity has the obvious consequence that there will be no new deeds leading to karmic ...
... of early Jainism. The most characteristic trait of early Jainism is that it teaches a way of asceticism in which suppression of all activity is central, especially in its more advanced stages. Abstaining from all activity has the obvious consequence that there will be no new deeds leading to karmic ...
Mysticism – an Impulse for Ritualizing Death
... – which practices of spirituality help initiation into the mystery of death? – which beliefs shed light on the experience of the mystery at death? – what can mystagogical guidance add to the initiation in the mystery? Spiritual resources To find practices directed to death, spiritual ways of life fo ...
... – which practices of spirituality help initiation into the mystery of death? – which beliefs shed light on the experience of the mystery at death? – what can mystagogical guidance add to the initiation in the mystery? Spiritual resources To find practices directed to death, spiritual ways of life fo ...
The Life of the Buddha and the Four oble Truths
... these misconceptions the Buddha worked at becoming a scholar and became very skilled in all different arts. It also shows that it is necessary to receive a full education in the culture in which we are born. We must be fully at one with various positive aspects of our culture to be able to become a ...
... these misconceptions the Buddha worked at becoming a scholar and became very skilled in all different arts. It also shows that it is necessary to receive a full education in the culture in which we are born. We must be fully at one with various positive aspects of our culture to be able to become a ...
TEACHER WORKSHOP The Art of Nonviolence: Martin Luther King
... Buddhism)—here he is depicted as an absence of space. As in Buddhist tradition, Jainism holds that there is rebirth and the accumulation of karma (the effects of actions both good and bad on the cycle of rebirth). Jina literally means, “one who conquers” and in Jain tradition, Jinas are spiritual le ...
... Buddhism)—here he is depicted as an absence of space. As in Buddhist tradition, Jainism holds that there is rebirth and the accumulation of karma (the effects of actions both good and bad on the cycle of rebirth). Jina literally means, “one who conquers” and in Jain tradition, Jinas are spiritual le ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... members of the Sam≥gha. In the paradigmatic story of the Buddha, and other similar stories, we are presented with a view that conversion is a gradual process of realization, whereas in a number of other instances early Buddhists experience a sudden change that is more akin to the Christian idea of c ...
... members of the Sam≥gha. In the paradigmatic story of the Buddha, and other similar stories, we are presented with a view that conversion is a gradual process of realization, whereas in a number of other instances early Buddhists experience a sudden change that is more akin to the Christian idea of c ...
From Buddhism to Transcendentalism, the Beginning of an
... more than just a rebellious act against conformity, however; it became a way of life. Early in his life, Emerson identified as a Calvinist and then later a Unitarian, even becoming a Unitarian minister. However, after the death of his first wife, he renounced his Unitarian beliefs and gave up the ob ...
... more than just a rebellious act against conformity, however; it became a way of life. Early in his life, Emerson identified as a Calvinist and then later a Unitarian, even becoming a Unitarian minister. However, after the death of his first wife, he renounced his Unitarian beliefs and gave up the ob ...
RELS102 AnIntroductionto HinduismandBuddhism Semester1 2017
... Course outline Introduction As much as a quarter of the world’s population can be described as either Hindu or Buddhist, and many more live in cultures which have been deeply influenced by these religious traditions. However, to many people, Hinduism and Buddhism remain exotic, unfamiliar faiths. ...
... Course outline Introduction As much as a quarter of the world’s population can be described as either Hindu or Buddhist, and many more live in cultures which have been deeply influenced by these religious traditions. However, to many people, Hinduism and Buddhism remain exotic, unfamiliar faiths. ...
new year`s greeting - Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
... There is a requirement of studying two foreign languages for a research purposes in the graduate school. My first language is Japanese, so I have an advantage to select Japanese as one of the requirements whereby I can forego the Japanese language classes. There are a great number of research articl ...
... There is a requirement of studying two foreign languages for a research purposes in the graduate school. My first language is Japanese, so I have an advantage to select Japanese as one of the requirements whereby I can forego the Japanese language classes. There are a great number of research articl ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian tradition
... offerings to Hindu gods, with requests for appropriate favours. Throughout the Buddhist world there is one very particular way of contacting the gods and asking for their favours. This is through ...
... offerings to Hindu gods, with requests for appropriate favours. Throughout the Buddhist world there is one very particular way of contacting the gods and asking for their favours. This is through ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian
... offerings to Hindu gods, with requests for appropriate favours. Throughout the Buddhist world there is one very particular way of contacting the gods and asking for their favours. This is through ...
... offerings to Hindu gods, with requests for appropriate favours. Throughout the Buddhist world there is one very particular way of contacting the gods and asking for their favours. This is through ...
A Western Student`s Meditation Experience Under The Guidance of
... arrive at the point sooner than later! Magdalena and I very often listen to your tape [The Essentials of Buddha-Dhamma in Practice], and we are very glad that you made it. Some of the other Western students who made considerable progress under Sayagyi’s guidance had fewer questions. We would like to ...
... arrive at the point sooner than later! Magdalena and I very often listen to your tape [The Essentials of Buddha-Dhamma in Practice], and we are very glad that you made it. Some of the other Western students who made considerable progress under Sayagyi’s guidance had fewer questions. We would like to ...
Becoming Bhikkhunī Global Women’s Ordination Movement Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... yearning is epitomized in the figure of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the historical Buddha’s aunt and foster mother, who is attributed with becoming the first Buddhist nun (bhikkhunī). As the scriptures recount, the Buddha initially refuses Mahāpajāpatī’s request that women be allowed to enter the Saṅgha. W ...
... yearning is epitomized in the figure of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the historical Buddha’s aunt and foster mother, who is attributed with becoming the first Buddhist nun (bhikkhunī). As the scriptures recount, the Buddha initially refuses Mahāpajāpatī’s request that women be allowed to enter the Saṅgha. W ...
Yoga and Women - International Association of Yoga Therapists
... “Nowhere in the Smritis, Kalpha shastras or any of the religious texts has it been said that a woman cannot wear the sacred thread. In all the six philosophies, four Vedas, one hundred and eight Upanishads, eighteen Puranas and two epics, nowhere is it written that a female cannot wear the sacred th ...
... “Nowhere in the Smritis, Kalpha shastras or any of the religious texts has it been said that a woman cannot wear the sacred thread. In all the six philosophies, four Vedas, one hundred and eight Upanishads, eighteen Puranas and two epics, nowhere is it written that a female cannot wear the sacred th ...
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... central scriptures for a populist practice intended for lay Indian Buddhists incapable or uninterested in delving into the intricate philosophies and meditations of monastic Buddhism. Although there is no evidence that they were the center of any organized sect of Indian Buddhism, when these Sutras ...
... central scriptures for a populist practice intended for lay Indian Buddhists incapable or uninterested in delving into the intricate philosophies and meditations of monastic Buddhism. Although there is no evidence that they were the center of any organized sect of Indian Buddhism, when these Sutras ...
ANIMAL CRIES AND BUDDHIST MEDITATION: AN APPRAISAL
... the extensiveness of the scope this study is limited to a few selected accounts of the Theragāthā in the Pali canon. Similarly, some of the pertinent Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit sources also will be scanned in support of this issue. The Buddha, as we see in many accounts of the Pali canon, encourages h ...
... the extensiveness of the scope this study is limited to a few selected accounts of the Theragāthā in the Pali canon. Similarly, some of the pertinent Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit sources also will be scanned in support of this issue. The Buddha, as we see in many accounts of the Pali canon, encourages h ...
... brings good fortune" or "to the happy result in the future of such an act" (1996: 10). To reflect this sense of the positive "ripening" (vipāka) of the karma of actions, and to avoid the connotation of something being deserved,8 Peter Harvey translates puṇya as something "karmically fruitful," "kar ...
Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia
... capture some sense of the multiplicity—both within and across traditions—of those institutions. The essays gathered here focus on facets of the religious, social, cultural, artistic and political functions of Buddhist monasteries in medieval China and Japan. It should therefore be stated clearly at ...
... capture some sense of the multiplicity—both within and across traditions—of those institutions. The essays gathered here focus on facets of the religious, social, cultural, artistic and political functions of Buddhist monasteries in medieval China and Japan. It should therefore be stated clearly at ...
The Cultivation of Virtue in Buddhist Ethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... attainment of this goal—a practice known as “merit transfer” (puṇyapariṇāmaṇā). As Jan Nattier describes it, a bodhisattva performs “the mental act of transferring his merit from (as it were) one karmic bank account to another, so that it will contribute not to his rebirth in heaven or to other worl ...
... attainment of this goal—a practice known as “merit transfer” (puṇyapariṇāmaṇā). As Jan Nattier describes it, a bodhisattva performs “the mental act of transferring his merit from (as it were) one karmic bank account to another, so that it will contribute not to his rebirth in heaven or to other worl ...
Mahāmaitrī in a Mahāyāna Sūtra in Khotanese ― Continuity and
... for the establishment of rich cultures of meditation or mental cultivation. These had important ramifications for the development of Buddhist meditation practices en route from the Indian and Indianised Buddhist world to China. Chapter three of the Book of Zambasta was probably translated into Khota ...
... for the establishment of rich cultures of meditation or mental cultivation. These had important ramifications for the development of Buddhist meditation practices en route from the Indian and Indianised Buddhist world to China. Chapter three of the Book of Zambasta was probably translated into Khota ...
puñña sukka By Martin T. Adam Religious Studies Program
... This could be considered the end of the story, but it is not. There are important qualifications that must be added. Thus far we have refrained from an analysis of the fourth category of action, that which seems most immediately identifiable with the Buddha's path. This category presents conceptual ...
... This could be considered the end of the story, but it is not. There are important qualifications that must be added. Thus far we have refrained from an analysis of the fourth category of action, that which seems most immediately identifiable with the Buddha's path. This category presents conceptual ...
Ashoka - Net Texts
... Also, in the Edicts, Ashoka mentions Hellenistic kings of the period as converts to Buddhism, although no Hellenic historical record of this event remain: The conquest by Dharma has been won here, on the borders, and even six hundred yojanas (5,400–9,600 km) away, where the Greek king Antiochos rule ...
... Also, in the Edicts, Ashoka mentions Hellenistic kings of the period as converts to Buddhism, although no Hellenic historical record of this event remain: The conquest by Dharma has been won here, on the borders, and even six hundred yojanas (5,400–9,600 km) away, where the Greek king Antiochos rule ...
Greco-Buddhism
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Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE in Bactria and the Indian subcontinent, corresponding to the territories of modern day Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. It was a cultural consequence of a long chain of interactions begun by Greek forays into India from the time of Alexander the Great, carried further by the establishment of the Indo-Greek Kingdom and extended during the flourishing of the Hellenized Kushan Empire. Greco-Buddhism influenced the artistic, and perhaps the spiritual development of Buddhism, particularly Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism was then adopted in Central and Northeastern Asia from the 1st century CE, ultimately spreading to China, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Siberia, and Vietnam.