Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism
... of Shakyamuni Buddha, Dharmacakra symbol, stupa, or some devas connected with Buddha legends. However, this is not the case in Kathmandu valley or in Nepal. e form of Buddhism is Vajrayana which traditional Buddhists believed to have been delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha himself. e Vajrayana form of ...
... of Shakyamuni Buddha, Dharmacakra symbol, stupa, or some devas connected with Buddha legends. However, this is not the case in Kathmandu valley or in Nepal. e form of Buddhism is Vajrayana which traditional Buddhists believed to have been delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha himself. e Vajrayana form of ...
File - ICBI
... The March (Spring) 2015 Edition of the ICBI eJournal Patriarch’s Vision, has eight contributors that have produced eleven very interesting and varied articles, covering a wide-range of Ch’an and Buddhist related subjects and topics. This edition also sees the introduction of a new ‘ICBI Book Review’ ...
... The March (Spring) 2015 Edition of the ICBI eJournal Patriarch’s Vision, has eight contributors that have produced eleven very interesting and varied articles, covering a wide-range of Ch’an and Buddhist related subjects and topics. This edition also sees the introduction of a new ‘ICBI Book Review’ ...
Under the Influence of Buddhism
... suffering and providing an antidote to them. Meditation aims at taming the mind so that it does what we want it to do. According to John Milton, “the mind is its own place and, in itself, can make heaven of hell, and a hell of heaven” (as cited by Williams 2008, p.24). We stabilise our mind and emot ...
... suffering and providing an antidote to them. Meditation aims at taming the mind so that it does what we want it to do. According to John Milton, “the mind is its own place and, in itself, can make heaven of hell, and a hell of heaven” (as cited by Williams 2008, p.24). We stabilise our mind and emot ...
Shintō Research in Japan and its Questions and
... ‘reverence’ or ‘disrespect’. Being the accumulated traditions of the ancestors maintained since ancient times, there can only be two attitudes towards it: respect or disrespect. It is not something in which we can separate truth from falseness so that we can say we believe, or don’t believe it. Here ...
... ‘reverence’ or ‘disrespect’. Being the accumulated traditions of the ancestors maintained since ancient times, there can only be two attitudes towards it: respect or disrespect. It is not something in which we can separate truth from falseness so that we can say we believe, or don’t believe it. Here ...
PDF to download: Home altars with photos, summer 2010
... So, as with most things in life, an altar can be a very potent teacher. Of course an altar with a candle and incense burning is very conducive to meditation. However, it is easy to get caught up in the atmosphere around the altar and to almost think that it is magical. I think that to simply say tha ...
... So, as with most things in life, an altar can be a very potent teacher. Of course an altar with a candle and incense burning is very conducive to meditation. However, it is easy to get caught up in the atmosphere around the altar and to almost think that it is magical. I think that to simply say tha ...
The Different Paths of Buddhism : A Narrative
... ancient Vedic scriptures as revealed literature, which means that from the orthodox Brahmanical viewpoint Buddhism is a heresy. This heretical position is embodied in the Pali canon of southern Buddhism for what is sometimes designated as Nikaya Buddhism, from the term meaning “collection” (nikaya), ...
... ancient Vedic scriptures as revealed literature, which means that from the orthodox Brahmanical viewpoint Buddhism is a heresy. This heretical position is embodied in the Pali canon of southern Buddhism for what is sometimes designated as Nikaya Buddhism, from the term meaning “collection” (nikaya), ...
Animal Wellbeing - Centre for Bhutan Studies
... from inflicting any harm on living beings. However, tsethar as commonly practiced involves saving lives of animal that are destined to be slaughtered for meat. Animals which are thus spared are absolved from all burdens like draught purpose which is usually entailed upon them in agrarian communities ...
... from inflicting any harm on living beings. However, tsethar as commonly practiced involves saving lives of animal that are destined to be slaughtered for meat. Animals which are thus spared are absolved from all burdens like draught purpose which is usually entailed upon them in agrarian communities ...
To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat
... Neither of the two great Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata teach vegetarianism and both often refer to eating meat as if it were normal and uncontroversial, as indeed it was. In his detailed study of everyday life as depicted in the Ramayana Ananda Guruge writes, “The Aryans of ancient I ...
... Neither of the two great Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata teach vegetarianism and both often refer to eating meat as if it were normal and uncontroversial, as indeed it was. In his detailed study of everyday life as depicted in the Ramayana Ananda Guruge writes, “The Aryans of ancient I ...
Buddha`s Word - Transforming Tibetan and Buddhist Book Culture
... tell us, a text fell from heaven onto the royal palace of Yumbu Lakhang (Yum bu lha khang) in Central Tibet. According to some versions of the story it was the book of a Buddhist sūtra while for others it was the set of syllables of the mantra Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ, the mantra of Avalokiteśvara, the pro ...
... tell us, a text fell from heaven onto the royal palace of Yumbu Lakhang (Yum bu lha khang) in Central Tibet. According to some versions of the story it was the book of a Buddhist sūtra while for others it was the set of syllables of the mantra Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ, the mantra of Avalokiteśvara, the pro ...
what is shinto - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... middle of the 7th century in order to distinguish it from Buddhism, a foreign religion. The word meant then the ex isting type of faith embraced by the Japanese, that is, the religion peculiar to them. In other words, Shinto is the racial religion which the Japanese originally possessed and which h ...
... middle of the 7th century in order to distinguish it from Buddhism, a foreign religion. The word meant then the ex isting type of faith embraced by the Japanese, that is, the religion peculiar to them. In other words, Shinto is the racial religion which the Japanese originally possessed and which h ...
Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
... symbolizes the Buddha’s enlightened mind. In 2001, a library addition capable of holding at least 5,000 volumes was finished and opened. Two Levels of Religious Training In Tibetan Buddhism, a religious community traditionally needs both a monastery and a retreat center. A monastery maintains and pr ...
... symbolizes the Buddha’s enlightened mind. In 2001, a library addition capable of holding at least 5,000 volumes was finished and opened. Two Levels of Religious Training In Tibetan Buddhism, a religious community traditionally needs both a monastery and a retreat center. A monastery maintains and pr ...
Ati*a - College of the Holy Cross
... and studied almost all Buddhist and nonBuddhist schools of his time, including teachings from Vishnu, Shiva, Tantric Hinduism and other beliefs. • It is said that Atisha had more than 150 teachers, but one prominent teacher above all else was Dharmakirti from Sumatra, Indonesia. ...
... and studied almost all Buddhist and nonBuddhist schools of his time, including teachings from Vishnu, Shiva, Tantric Hinduism and other beliefs. • It is said that Atisha had more than 150 teachers, but one prominent teacher above all else was Dharmakirti from Sumatra, Indonesia. ...
mudra - WordPress.com
... preaching. It was also used in China during the Wei and Sui eras of the 4th and 7th centuries. ...
... preaching. It was also used in China during the Wei and Sui eras of the 4th and 7th centuries. ...
Streams of Tradition - Buddhist Study Center
... He first sought out his former companions who had vowed never to associate with him again. He found them at the city of Benares. Struck by his winsomeness and spiritual bearing they immediately became his disciples. On this occasion he outlined for them the distinctive features of Buddhist teaching, ...
... He first sought out his former companions who had vowed never to associate with him again. He found them at the city of Benares. Struck by his winsomeness and spiritual bearing they immediately became his disciples. On this occasion he outlined for them the distinctive features of Buddhist teaching, ...
Tokharian Buddhism in Kucha - Sino
... SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS is an occasional series dedicated to making available to specialists and the interested public the results of research that, because of its unconventional or controversial nature, might otherwise go unpublished. The editor-in-chief actively encourages younger, not yet well estab ...
... SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS is an occasional series dedicated to making available to specialists and the interested public the results of research that, because of its unconventional or controversial nature, might otherwise go unpublished. The editor-in-chief actively encourages younger, not yet well estab ...
Is South AsiaŁs Buddhist Leader the Gyalwang Drukpa an
... women. No published English-language research has been identified which empirically investigates the subjective meaning of feminism or ecofeminism concepts among Vajrayāna Buddhist or ethnically Himalayan populations. The investigation presented here is therefore original. On the other hand, researc ...
... women. No published English-language research has been identified which empirically investigates the subjective meaning of feminism or ecofeminism concepts among Vajrayāna Buddhist or ethnically Himalayan populations. The investigation presented here is therefore original. On the other hand, researc ...
TO THE TEACHER: OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students
... This unit calls for close comparison of images. If students have difficulty seeing the distinctions between different statues, they could be asked to describe in detail everything they observe, forcing them to look more closely. To make this material more challenging, students could be asked whether ...
... This unit calls for close comparison of images. If students have difficulty seeing the distinctions between different statues, they could be asked to describe in detail everything they observe, forcing them to look more closely. To make this material more challenging, students could be asked whether ...
THE SUTRA OF FORTY-TWO CHAPTERS
... In the year of 67 C.E., at the special invitation by Emperor Ming of the Later Han Dynasty, two Indian Buddhist masters from India, Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana, arrived at Luoyang (洛陽), China. Five years before their arrival, in 62 C.E., Emperor Ming had dreamed that a golden man flew into his pa ...
... In the year of 67 C.E., at the special invitation by Emperor Ming of the Later Han Dynasty, two Indian Buddhist masters from India, Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana, arrived at Luoyang (洛陽), China. Five years before their arrival, in 62 C.E., Emperor Ming had dreamed that a golden man flew into his pa ...
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.