strategies of legitimation in buddhist tantrism
... Canon, where the Lalitavistara and the Divyàvadana incorporate non-Buddhist deities. He goes on to analyse the Ma¤ju÷rãmålakalpa and the Kàraõóanjåha, and considers the significance of Tantric iconography which shows trampled Hindu gods. Poussin (1898:174-5) considers that Buddhist Tantrism was Tant ...
... Canon, where the Lalitavistara and the Divyàvadana incorporate non-Buddhist deities. He goes on to analyse the Ma¤ju÷rãmålakalpa and the Kàraõóanjåha, and considers the significance of Tantric iconography which shows trampled Hindu gods. Poussin (1898:174-5) considers that Buddhist Tantrism was Tant ...
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
... something like “self-creation” based on the law of causality: cause and effect. Nontheistic religions ultimately believe that we ourselves are the creator. Naturally, this creator cannot be the body. The body is important as the basis of mind: for example, the human body is the basis of human mind, ...
... something like “self-creation” based on the law of causality: cause and effect. Nontheistic religions ultimately believe that we ourselves are the creator. Naturally, this creator cannot be the body. The body is important as the basis of mind: for example, the human body is the basis of human mind, ...
Lecture 95: The Universal Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism
... this particular teaching, this particular doctrine that we've newly understood, onto our previous stock of knowledge, like adding a pebble to a heap of pebbles- no. We have to go back and, as it were, revise the sum total of our previous knowledge in the light of that new teaching which we've just s ...
... this particular teaching, this particular doctrine that we've newly understood, onto our previous stock of knowledge, like adding a pebble to a heap of pebbles- no. We have to go back and, as it were, revise the sum total of our previous knowledge in the light of that new teaching which we've just s ...
Emergence of the Pure Land Path: The Mahayana Movement
... appear in this epoch of our world, Mahayanists envisioned myriads of universes throughout the cosmos and infinite numbers of Buddhas presently residing in them. Mahayana works often refer to the concept of the “great chiliocosm,” which is made up of one billion universes. In the Mahayana cosmology, ...
... appear in this epoch of our world, Mahayanists envisioned myriads of universes throughout the cosmos and infinite numbers of Buddhas presently residing in them. Mahayana works often refer to the concept of the “great chiliocosm,” which is made up of one billion universes. In the Mahayana cosmology, ...
- Shap Working Party
... This more intimate journey was to be undertaken in the midst of the joys and frustrations of daily life and was also characterised by its arduousness. Both the interior and exterior journey demanded stamina and exertion. The figure of the pilgrim and the pilgrimage became a central motif for many of ...
... This more intimate journey was to be undertaken in the midst of the joys and frustrations of daily life and was also characterised by its arduousness. Both the interior and exterior journey demanded stamina and exertion. The figure of the pilgrim and the pilgrimage became a central motif for many of ...
(OPEN TO ALL FACULTIES) BSTC 201
... Living in a market economy where short-term profit and economic growth appear to be the ultimate goal, can the Buddhist teachings bridge the divide between our spiritual and material needs and reconcile the tension between doing good and doing well? In this course we will introduce some core Buddhis ...
... Living in a market economy where short-term profit and economic growth appear to be the ultimate goal, can the Buddhist teachings bridge the divide between our spiritual and material needs and reconcile the tension between doing good and doing well? In this course we will introduce some core Buddhis ...
Unity of Faiths - Buddhism
... called Sahampati, to do so for the benefit of those who might be able to understand his message. He thought of his ascetic companions who had left him in disgust and set off to teach them what he had realized. After much initial resistance, they eventually came to the same insight that he himself ha ...
... called Sahampati, to do so for the benefit of those who might be able to understand his message. He thought of his ascetic companions who had left him in disgust and set off to teach them what he had realized. After much initial resistance, they eventually came to the same insight that he himself ha ...
Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto - Buddhist Churches of America
... At its 75th anniversary, the Temple was remodeled and expanded to what it is today. The Centennial commemorative projects included a Buddha statue for the onaijin (altar area), additional pews, and a completely renovated kitchen, as well as upgrades in the Dharma school classrooms. The Temple has 25 ...
... At its 75th anniversary, the Temple was remodeled and expanded to what it is today. The Centennial commemorative projects included a Buddha statue for the onaijin (altar area), additional pews, and a completely renovated kitchen, as well as upgrades in the Dharma school classrooms. The Temple has 25 ...
1 Website of BESS (Buddhist Education Services for Schools Inc
... In regard to the mind, Western psychology is still looking for a strong theoretical foundation although its clinical aspects are developed. ...
... In regard to the mind, Western psychology is still looking for a strong theoretical foundation although its clinical aspects are developed. ...
Self-Acceptance in Buddhism and Psychotherapy
... of existence (e.g., gods, humans, animals—even plants in some Hindu schools, although most Buddhist and Hindu schools consider that rebirth and/or reincarnation involve only levels of existence for “conscious/sentient beings”), depending on the moral quality of the previous life’s actions. In Buddhi ...
... of existence (e.g., gods, humans, animals—even plants in some Hindu schools, although most Buddhist and Hindu schools consider that rebirth and/or reincarnation involve only levels of existence for “conscious/sentient beings”), depending on the moral quality of the previous life’s actions. In Buddhi ...
Gotama Buddha and Religious Pluralism
... conscious of the interminable nature of the conflict, and resolves it by rising to the higher standpoint of criticism. Dialectic was born. To Buddha, then, belongs the honour of having discovered the dialectic long before anything approximating to it was formulated in the West. (Murti, 1960, pp. 40 ...
... conscious of the interminable nature of the conflict, and resolves it by rising to the higher standpoint of criticism. Dialectic was born. To Buddha, then, belongs the honour of having discovered the dialectic long before anything approximating to it was formulated in the West. (Murti, 1960, pp. 40 ...
Vows and Declarations of Votaries of the Lotus Sutra and
... Nichiren and the Lotus Sutra in our own lifetime with our actions to lead others to enlightenment through the teachings of the Lotus Sutra as Bodhisattvas of the Earth. “Shoju is to be practiced when throughout the entire country only the Lotus Sutra has spread, and when there is not even a single ...
... Nichiren and the Lotus Sutra in our own lifetime with our actions to lead others to enlightenment through the teachings of the Lotus Sutra as Bodhisattvas of the Earth. “Shoju is to be practiced when throughout the entire country only the Lotus Sutra has spread, and when there is not even a single ...
Zen and Dzogchen: Unifying the Ground and
... Fruition or Result is the full bodhi of liberation-enlightenment that is Buddhahood, outpictured by the seed-syllable HUM, the pristine cognition that is Buddha mind. Such a mind knows directly the phenomenal reality arising from the primordial ground (pratitya samutpada, tendrel nyingpo) is simply ...
... Fruition or Result is the full bodhi of liberation-enlightenment that is Buddhahood, outpictured by the seed-syllable HUM, the pristine cognition that is Buddha mind. Such a mind knows directly the phenomenal reality arising from the primordial ground (pratitya samutpada, tendrel nyingpo) is simply ...
Free Inquiry and Japanese Buddhist Studies: The Case of Katō
... This academic orientation was exemplified by the Fraternity celebration of “free inquiry” as a method for both describing and refining religion. As two early statements on free inquiry penned by Katō Genchi 加藤玄智 (1873-1965) and Katō Totsudō indicate, the New Buddhist ideal of free inquiry drew heavil ...
... This academic orientation was exemplified by the Fraternity celebration of “free inquiry” as a method for both describing and refining religion. As two early statements on free inquiry penned by Katō Genchi 加藤玄智 (1873-1965) and Katō Totsudō indicate, the New Buddhist ideal of free inquiry drew heavil ...
Bacon Elizabeth - 2016 - Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita
... can find enjoyment in life, but ultimately, the goal is to stop living. There is no God necessary in Buddhism. Instead, the philosophy relies on natural and supernatural systems. Buddhists are not concerned with the need for a God to have set those systems in place. Buddhists are not necessarily ath ...
... can find enjoyment in life, but ultimately, the goal is to stop living. There is no God necessary in Buddhism. Instead, the philosophy relies on natural and supernatural systems. Buddhists are not concerned with the need for a God to have set those systems in place. Buddhists are not necessarily ath ...
Racial Diversity in Buddhism in the U.S.
... Despite the difficulty in finding appropriate terms, the many factions of Buddhism in the U.S. combine to create the picture painted in the introduction to Buddhism in America in The Pluralism Project’s World Religions in Boston: On a Wednesday night at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, more ...
... Despite the difficulty in finding appropriate terms, the many factions of Buddhism in the U.S. combine to create the picture painted in the introduction to Buddhism in America in The Pluralism Project’s World Religions in Boston: On a Wednesday night at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, more ...
Alan Wallace`s Buddhist Teachers
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
Wishing to Engage in the Path of Liberation
... f. The Three vehicles (the three paths) 1.Hearer vehicales.2.Solitary Realizer vehicles.3.greater vehicles or Bodhisattvayana. Which is the Hinayana Path which leads to the Liberation? g. Am I Correct to say that Path followed by Sravakas and Pratekya Buddhas leading to the attainment of liberation ...
... f. The Three vehicles (the three paths) 1.Hearer vehicales.2.Solitary Realizer vehicles.3.greater vehicles or Bodhisattvayana. Which is the Hinayana Path which leads to the Liberation? g. Am I Correct to say that Path followed by Sravakas and Pratekya Buddhas leading to the attainment of liberation ...
Dharma American Wars Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Students and other members of the University of the West community with a history of military service during Vietnam and other earlier conflicts, by contrast, seem to have “dropped their faith in the military-industrial complex” upon their return home (Fisher.) Tho ...
... invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Students and other members of the University of the West community with a history of military service during Vietnam and other earlier conflicts, by contrast, seem to have “dropped their faith in the military-industrial complex” upon their return home (Fisher.) Tho ...
charles s. prebish - Penn State`s history department
... 2. Grant from the College Fund for Research, the Pennsylvania State University, 1975, to do research in Vinaya at Harvard University. 3. Grant from the College Fund for Research, the Pennsylvania State University, 1976, to do research on Buddhist Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. 4. Researc ...
... 2. Grant from the College Fund for Research, the Pennsylvania State University, 1975, to do research in Vinaya at Harvard University. 3. Grant from the College Fund for Research, the Pennsylvania State University, 1976, to do research on Buddhist Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. 4. Researc ...
Buddhism Transformed
... This scripture aims to get rid of the scourge of witchcraft, which was, in Daoist view, instigated by “Barbarians of the West.” It is to help the faithful free from misfortune, attain harmony and health, happiness and longevity… Daoist eschatology, which copied Buddhist mofa theory, underpinned t ...
... This scripture aims to get rid of the scourge of witchcraft, which was, in Daoist view, instigated by “Barbarians of the West.” It is to help the faithful free from misfortune, attain harmony and health, happiness and longevity… Daoist eschatology, which copied Buddhist mofa theory, underpinned t ...
All social action is an act of giving (dana), but there is a
... than the consequence of any single individual action. It is, however, individual karmic action that links the individual to these institutions and belief systems. Each individual is a light-reflecting jewel in Indra's net, at the points where time and space intersect. Each reflects the light of all ...
... than the consequence of any single individual action. It is, however, individual karmic action that links the individual to these institutions and belief systems. Each individual is a light-reflecting jewel in Indra's net, at the points where time and space intersect. Each reflects the light of all ...
The Theology of Mahayana Buddhism. (Concluded.)
... images of innumerable gods and Buddhas, while in those of the Path of Pure Land (Jodomon) often all images are done away with and we find only scrolls (Jap. kakemono) inscribed with the words ...
... images of innumerable gods and Buddhas, while in those of the Path of Pure Land (Jodomon) often all images are done away with and we find only scrolls (Jap. kakemono) inscribed with the words ...