Facing the Future
... while over a billion people, a quarter of the world’s population, are condemned to live below the poverty line. Isn’t it ironic that while we can send out spacecraft to distant planets and manipulate them with hairpin accuracy, we still cannot feed all the world’s children? Isn’t it alarming that w ...
... while over a billion people, a quarter of the world’s population, are condemned to live below the poverty line. Isn’t it ironic that while we can send out spacecraft to distant planets and manipulate them with hairpin accuracy, we still cannot feed all the world’s children? Isn’t it alarming that w ...
the Origins of Mahayana Buddhism
... a religion of the renunciants. O n the other hand, just because Hirakawa， s thesis has lost its dominant position does not mean that there is a new thesis ready to replace it. Even if there is general agreement that Mahayana has its origins in traditional Nikaya Buddhist organiza tions, there is st ...
... a religion of the renunciants. O n the other hand, just because Hirakawa， s thesis has lost its dominant position does not mean that there is a new thesis ready to replace it. Even if there is general agreement that Mahayana has its origins in traditional Nikaya Buddhist organiza tions, there is st ...
Ashtasahasrika_prajnaparamita
... eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal during the reign of the Palas (c.A.D.800-1200), who were ardent followers of Mahayana Buddhism. ...
... eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal during the reign of the Palas (c.A.D.800-1200), who were ardent followers of Mahayana Buddhism. ...
Mahā Satipatthāna Sutta: Investigation of the Four Noble Truths By
... This interesting passage refers to the four Noble Truths which the Buddha Himself discovered by His own intuitive knowledge. Whether the Buddhas arise or not these Truths exist, and it is a Buddha that reveals them to the deluded world. They do not and cannot change with time because they are ...
... This interesting passage refers to the four Noble Truths which the Buddha Himself discovered by His own intuitive knowledge. Whether the Buddhas arise or not these Truths exist, and it is a Buddha that reveals them to the deluded world. They do not and cannot change with time because they are ...
When Buddhism was first introduced to Japan in the 6th century, it
... As you may know the Mahayana movement is said to have arisen amongst those who revered a stupa. When holding meetings at a stupa, they chanted sutras, sat in meditation and conversed on the Buddha. Over the years that followed the death of the Buddha they must have reflected deeply upon him. What w ...
... As you may know the Mahayana movement is said to have arisen amongst those who revered a stupa. When holding meetings at a stupa, they chanted sutras, sat in meditation and conversed on the Buddha. Over the years that followed the death of the Buddha they must have reflected deeply upon him. What w ...
Losing my Religion? Protest and Political
... its independence in 1948, all rulers to varying degrees have tapped into Burma’s Buddhist and monarchic traditions in order to gain political legitimacy, express their piety, or indeed to seek recourse for past misdeeds.4 During Burma’s only experiment with democratic rule, then prime minister U Nu ...
... its independence in 1948, all rulers to varying degrees have tapped into Burma’s Buddhist and monarchic traditions in order to gain political legitimacy, express their piety, or indeed to seek recourse for past misdeeds.4 During Burma’s only experiment with democratic rule, then prime minister U Nu ...
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... “Southern” Buddhism because of its association with Southeast Asia, and to Mahayana as “Northern” Buddhism because of its northward migration from India into China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea (Bullitt). Pali is the language of the Theravada, most likely spoken in central India during the Buddha’s lifet ...
... “Southern” Buddhism because of its association with Southeast Asia, and to Mahayana as “Northern” Buddhism because of its northward migration from India into China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea (Bullitt). Pali is the language of the Theravada, most likely spoken in central India during the Buddha’s lifet ...
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps
... Buddha's wise teaching of harmony: "I vow, and with universal affinities uniting everyone and everything, all beings are joining me as I vow." Compassion and wisdom thus blend and are one as I repeat, "I vow with all beings." It is a noble, yet everyday-life practice. Events set forth in Hua-yen gat ...
... Buddha's wise teaching of harmony: "I vow, and with universal affinities uniting everyone and everything, all beings are joining me as I vow." Compassion and wisdom thus blend and are one as I repeat, "I vow with all beings." It is a noble, yet everyday-life practice. Events set forth in Hua-yen gat ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... of the Mahayana tradition, whose composition and compilation took place over a period of centuries after the death of the Buddha. (The Abhidhamma is a compendium of lists and categories for various functions and operations of the human mind that were taught by the Buddha but were not systematized. A ...
... of the Mahayana tradition, whose composition and compilation took place over a period of centuries after the death of the Buddha. (The Abhidhamma is a compendium of lists and categories for various functions and operations of the human mind that were taught by the Buddha but were not systematized. A ...
Buddhism, Medicine, and Health
... and Seeing Truth [Xiao Zhiguan] states that each of the four elements is able to cause 101 diseases, with a total of 404 diseases possible. Each element is connected to certain types of disease. For instance, the earth element is related to diseases that make the body become heavy, stiff, and painfu ...
... and Seeing Truth [Xiao Zhiguan] states that each of the four elements is able to cause 101 diseases, with a total of 404 diseases possible. Each element is connected to certain types of disease. For instance, the earth element is related to diseases that make the body become heavy, stiff, and painfu ...
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... purely Indian; during the second period it started on its conquest of Eastern Asia and was in its turn considerably influenced by non-Indian thought; during the third, creative centres of Buddhist thought were established outside India, particularly in China. Philosophically, the first period concen ...
... purely Indian; during the second period it started on its conquest of Eastern Asia and was in its turn considerably influenced by non-Indian thought; during the third, creative centres of Buddhist thought were established outside India, particularly in China. Philosophically, the first period concen ...
##common.downloadPdf - The Chinese University of
... Anawrahtar looked for just such a religion. He found it in Theravada Buddhism among the Mons people in the south. When the Mons refused to give the Buddhist canons—the Pali Tipitaka or, Tripitaka (Three Baskets)—Anawrahtar invaded them and took the canons to Bagan where he became the first Bamar kin ...
... Anawrahtar looked for just such a religion. He found it in Theravada Buddhism among the Mons people in the south. When the Mons refused to give the Buddhist canons—the Pali Tipitaka or, Tripitaka (Three Baskets)—Anawrahtar invaded them and took the canons to Bagan where he became the first Bamar kin ...
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... to whether he was a follower of the Buddha. Indeed, the Major Discourse with Sakuludayin is set in Rajagaha, and describes that Sakuludayin was part of a large group of wandering ascetics, (many of whom were well known), which had gathered in the area to loudly discuss many trivial matters. Sakuluda ...
... to whether he was a follower of the Buddha. Indeed, the Major Discourse with Sakuludayin is set in Rajagaha, and describes that Sakuludayin was part of a large group of wandering ascetics, (many of whom were well known), which had gathered in the area to loudly discuss many trivial matters. Sakuluda ...
The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of
... not allow it. He got up from his seat and, standing in another place, made an oath: “Unless I am able to go forth, I shall not eat again. I will die right here. Of what use is it to go on living?” Thereupon he did not eat for six days.15 His relatives, who had heard about this, all came trying to co ...
... not allow it. He got up from his seat and, standing in another place, made an oath: “Unless I am able to go forth, I shall not eat again. I will die right here. Of what use is it to go on living?” Thereupon he did not eat for six days.15 His relatives, who had heard about this, all came trying to co ...
Theravada chaplaincy for death - imc
... Because Buddhism puts so much focus on dying peacefully it is important that the environment around the dying person be peaceful. Often this can best be accomplished at home and is one of the reasons to die at home. If a person is going to die in a hospital, then effort should be made to have the h ...
... Because Buddhism puts so much focus on dying peacefully it is important that the environment around the dying person be peaceful. Often this can best be accomplished at home and is one of the reasons to die at home. If a person is going to die in a hospital, then effort should be made to have the h ...
Engaged Buddhism and Deep Ecology: Beyond the Science
... is adherence to the five precepts: “not to take life, steal, engage in sexual misconduct, lie, or take intoxicants” (Ellwood and McGraw 1999: 140). Notwithstanding the importance of these precepts, according to strict Theravada teachings, full enlightenment is usually restricted to male monks, who m ...
... is adherence to the five precepts: “not to take life, steal, engage in sexual misconduct, lie, or take intoxicants” (Ellwood and McGraw 1999: 140). Notwithstanding the importance of these precepts, according to strict Theravada teachings, full enlightenment is usually restricted to male monks, who m ...
The electronic Journal of East and Central Asian Religions
... One of the areas in the Buddho–Daoist exchange on which I spent much labour was that regarding magical language and spells in particular. On the basis of a previous survey of ritual manuals of both Daoism and Esoteric Buddhism, mainly canonical material, I figured that by concentrating on this major ...
... One of the areas in the Buddho–Daoist exchange on which I spent much labour was that regarding magical language and spells in particular. On the basis of a previous survey of ritual manuals of both Daoism and Esoteric Buddhism, mainly canonical material, I figured that by concentrating on this major ...
Reinventing Female Identity: A Brief History of Korean Buddhist Nuns*
... officially introduced to Buddhism about two centuries later than the other two, in 527. However, even though these dates are regarded as the official introductions of Buddhism, it is believed that actual contact happened much earlier, probably by the third century.3 ...
... officially introduced to Buddhism about two centuries later than the other two, in 527. However, even though these dates are regarded as the official introductions of Buddhism, it is believed that actual contact happened much earlier, probably by the third century.3 ...
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.