The Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism
... Systematizing both Chan practices of huatou (“critical phrase”) and mozhao (“silent illumination”), I devised a “gradual” approach within the “sudden” path of Chan practice. They are now effective and practical methods for practitioners of different spiritual capacities. I mapped out four general s ...
... Systematizing both Chan practices of huatou (“critical phrase”) and mozhao (“silent illumination”), I devised a “gradual” approach within the “sudden” path of Chan practice. They are now effective and practical methods for practitioners of different spiritual capacities. I mapped out four general s ...
The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... part is the product of later harmonization and levelling. In a paper published in 2012 I have contrasted this understanding with the propositions made by other scholars.5 In two papers published in 2013, I have provided evidence for my reasons for considering the Ekottarika-āgama collection as havin ...
... part is the product of later harmonization and levelling. In a paper published in 2012 I have contrasted this understanding with the propositions made by other scholars.5 In two papers published in 2013, I have provided evidence for my reasons for considering the Ekottarika-āgama collection as havin ...
The Buddha`s Victory
... all the time. Tradition has therefore set aside these three days in the year – all full moon days – on which we make a special effort to remember and rejoice in the Three Jewels. Thus on the full moon day of May we rejoice in the Buddha jewel, on the full moon day of July we rejoice in the Dhamma je ...
... all the time. Tradition has therefore set aside these three days in the year – all full moon days – on which we make a special effort to remember and rejoice in the Three Jewels. Thus on the full moon day of May we rejoice in the Buddha jewel, on the full moon day of July we rejoice in the Dhamma je ...
TIBETAN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE PRICE LIST
... Quintessence of Tantras of Tibetan Medicine (trans. Dr. Barry Clark) Rain of Wisdom: Vajra Songs of the Great Kagyu Masters (Chogyam Trungpa, trans. Nalanda Translation Committee) Reading on the Six Yogas of Naropa (trans. and introduced by Glenn H. Mullen) Reflections on a Mountain Lake: Teachings ...
... Quintessence of Tantras of Tibetan Medicine (trans. Dr. Barry Clark) Rain of Wisdom: Vajra Songs of the Great Kagyu Masters (Chogyam Trungpa, trans. Nalanda Translation Committee) Reading on the Six Yogas of Naropa (trans. and introduced by Glenn H. Mullen) Reflections on a Mountain Lake: Teachings ...
Buddhism in India
... which themselves vary. Leaving the dental–retroflex distinction ambivalent for the whole series of ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘n’ may thus paradoxically be more accurate for a book that aspires to be read throughout India. I have used the Pali forms for most words. For many place names they are generally the more ac ...
... which themselves vary. Leaving the dental–retroflex distinction ambivalent for the whole series of ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘n’ may thus paradoxically be more accurate for a book that aspires to be read throughout India. I have used the Pali forms for most words. For many place names they are generally the more ac ...
an introduction to hisamatsu shin`ichi`s religious thought
... intended to do so with such an idea. Not only that. Pursuing learning is far from my ultimate objective or a matter of my original concern. For me there is a problem to be solved for my life. This is no mere subject of learning. Instead, it is a question that presses me for death or life. This is ne ...
... intended to do so with such an idea. Not only that. Pursuing learning is far from my ultimate objective or a matter of my original concern. For me there is a problem to be solved for my life. This is no mere subject of learning. Instead, it is a question that presses me for death or life. This is ne ...
1. the only buddhayana
... and actualized the fruit of Pratyekabuddha. The Hearers realize the state of bliss and joy resulting from relinquishing emotional vexations. The Vehicle of Shravakas is for those who also renounce worldly suffering. They attain the Arhatship through practicing the Four Noble Truths. In the Vehicle o ...
... and actualized the fruit of Pratyekabuddha. The Hearers realize the state of bliss and joy resulting from relinquishing emotional vexations. The Vehicle of Shravakas is for those who also renounce worldly suffering. They attain the Arhatship through practicing the Four Noble Truths. In the Vehicle o ...
Buddhism in India - Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
... which themselves vary. Leaving the dental–retroflex distinction ambivalent for the whole series of ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘n’ may thus paradoxically be more accurate for a book that aspires to be read throughout India. I have used the Pali forms for most words. For many place names they are generally the more ac ...
... which themselves vary. Leaving the dental–retroflex distinction ambivalent for the whole series of ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘n’ may thus paradoxically be more accurate for a book that aspires to be read throughout India. I have used the Pali forms for most words. For many place names they are generally the more ac ...
The Words of the Lotus Sutra in Nichiren`s Thought
... Of course, he also writes, “Words cannot be exhausted in writing, and writing cannot fully express one’s thoughts” (Teihon 1: 327). Thus we know Nichiren recognized that disjunctures exist among words, writing, and thoughts that are difficult to transcend. Nonetheless, this passage suggests that, ev ...
... Of course, he also writes, “Words cannot be exhausted in writing, and writing cannot fully express one’s thoughts” (Teihon 1: 327). Thus we know Nichiren recognized that disjunctures exist among words, writing, and thoughts that are difficult to transcend. Nonetheless, this passage suggests that, ev ...
What goes Around comes Around: a Study of Karma
... What goes Around comes Around: a Study of Karma strands and goals, one of which seeks to blend Eastern and Western philosophies for enhanced comprehension of the human potentials for growth and transformation. An understanding of the concept of karma therefore adds value and meaning to the field of ...
... What goes Around comes Around: a Study of Karma strands and goals, one of which seeks to blend Eastern and Western philosophies for enhanced comprehension of the human potentials for growth and transformation. An understanding of the concept of karma therefore adds value and meaning to the field of ...
Theravada Buddhism And The British Encounter
... to be a second Spence Hardy?’ Rev. Robert Spence Hardy was a nineteenth-century British Methodist missionary who studied Buddhism in order to undermine it. The fact that Pieris wrote about Buddhism as a Christian made him suspect simply because of colonial precedent. But I discovered that several of ...
... to be a second Spence Hardy?’ Rev. Robert Spence Hardy was a nineteenth-century British Methodist missionary who studied Buddhism in order to undermine it. The fact that Pieris wrote about Buddhism as a Christian made him suspect simply because of colonial precedent. But I discovered that several of ...
Shambhala - Akamai.net
... skin from both the Western and Ayurvedic perspectives. Beauty Pure and Simple provides an all-natural, holistic view of skincare and beauty drawn from both the latest in skincare science and from Ayurveda, a system of wellness that has been practiced for thousands of years on the Indian subcontinent ...
... skin from both the Western and Ayurvedic perspectives. Beauty Pure and Simple provides an all-natural, holistic view of skincare and beauty drawn from both the latest in skincare science and from Ayurveda, a system of wellness that has been practiced for thousands of years on the Indian subcontinent ...
Insular Buddhist Communities and Attendance Patterns: The True
... scholarship that East Asian Buddhist groups are insular based on intellectual differences. In fact, in-depth interviews suggest that non-Asian participants attended temple services despite conceptual differences with the Asian members towards the notion of devotion, due to the development of affecti ...
... scholarship that East Asian Buddhist groups are insular based on intellectual differences. In fact, in-depth interviews suggest that non-Asian participants attended temple services despite conceptual differences with the Asian members towards the notion of devotion, due to the development of affecti ...
Buddhism in Canada - A Handful of Leaves
... Euro-American Buddhist population, anecdotal evidence suggests that their numbers are significant. Their forms and levels of involvement in Buddhism might be, in historical terms, somewhat unusual,3 but they are an increasingly important segment of the larger Buddhist community. Although this is not ...
... Euro-American Buddhist population, anecdotal evidence suggests that their numbers are significant. Their forms and levels of involvement in Buddhism might be, in historical terms, somewhat unusual,3 but they are an increasingly important segment of the larger Buddhist community. Although this is not ...
ppt.
... There is, monks, an unborn – unbecome- unmadeunfabricated. If there were not that unborn –unbecomeunmade- unfabricated, there would not be the case that emancipation from the born-become-made-fabricated would be discerned. But precisely because there is an unbornunbecome-unmade-unfabricated, emanci ...
... There is, monks, an unborn – unbecome- unmadeunfabricated. If there were not that unborn –unbecomeunmade- unfabricated, there would not be the case that emancipation from the born-become-made-fabricated would be discerned. But precisely because there is an unbornunbecome-unmade-unfabricated, emanci ...
Wu Yankang, "The Revered Master Deep Willows and the Hall of
... quite forgetting where he was. Despite such variations in place, and time, and the name of the first Buddhist work to enter his consciousness, as encountered in these and other Chinese sources, all the writings about him show that Yang Renshan was a man of the broadest interests and that he was at ...
... quite forgetting where he was. Despite such variations in place, and time, and the name of the first Buddhist work to enter his consciousness, as encountered in these and other Chinese sources, all the writings about him show that Yang Renshan was a man of the broadest interests and that he was at ...
Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History
... Asian tribes in which a conquering people incorporates into its own traditions not only the civilisation of the conquered, but also their clan gods, royal lineage, and thereby their history. This fact would explain the visits of the Buddha to Thaton and Shwesettaw in the Mon and Myanmar oral traditi ...
... Asian tribes in which a conquering people incorporates into its own traditions not only the civilisation of the conquered, but also their clan gods, royal lineage, and thereby their history. This fact would explain the visits of the Buddha to Thaton and Shwesettaw in the Mon and Myanmar oral traditi ...
Daniel Bouchez - Hal-SHS
... "Among the works of fiction (p'aesŏl), there is the Nine Could Dream, which was written by Sŏp’o. Its main theme is that merit, fame, wealth, and honors are like a springtime dream. As a child, I used to listen to that story, which was looked on as a Buddhist parable (Sŏkka yuŏn)."2 The spring dream ...
... "Among the works of fiction (p'aesŏl), there is the Nine Could Dream, which was written by Sŏp’o. Its main theme is that merit, fame, wealth, and honors are like a springtime dream. As a child, I used to listen to that story, which was looked on as a Buddhist parable (Sŏkka yuŏn)."2 The spring dream ...
Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
... important thing: you must contemplate until you reach the point where you let go, where there isn’t anything left, beyond good and bad, coming and going, birth and death. Train the heart, rest in the unconditioned,” he urges. “Liberation is possible.” Those who would follow the teachings of this bel ...
... important thing: you must contemplate until you reach the point where you let go, where there isn’t anything left, beyond good and bad, coming and going, birth and death. Train the heart, rest in the unconditioned,” he urges. “Liberation is possible.” Those who would follow the teachings of this bel ...
Autumn Edition - Buddhist Society Victoria
... Brought to you by the University of Melbourne Buddhist Studies Society and the Buddhist Society of Victoria You must register to attend at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/mubss/ or, if you don’t have facebook register by emailing [email protected] ...
... Brought to you by the University of Melbourne Buddhist Studies Society and the Buddhist Society of Victoria You must register to attend at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/mubss/ or, if you don’t have facebook register by emailing [email protected] ...
- ScienceCentral
... and Qiuci, they spoke the Proto-Indo-European language, i.e., the Tocharian language. Given this, the Buddhist culture in Cheshi shared an affinity with that of Qiuci. and the Cheshi (Gushi) people established their own state with Jiaohe City (交河故城) as the capital. However, the population soon dispe ...
... and Qiuci, they spoke the Proto-Indo-European language, i.e., the Tocharian language. Given this, the Buddhist culture in Cheshi shared an affinity with that of Qiuci. and the Cheshi (Gushi) people established their own state with Jiaohe City (交河故城) as the capital. However, the population soon dispe ...
BUSL-IC-Proceedings 2015 - Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
... of achieving the objectives of the University Act and finding out Buddhist ways and means to develop future human society with the participation of local and foreign scholars. At present, it is possible to see the world population forgetting human values and engaging in activities which are resultin ...
... of achieving the objectives of the University Act and finding out Buddhist ways and means to develop future human society with the participation of local and foreign scholars. At present, it is possible to see the world population forgetting human values and engaging in activities which are resultin ...
Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism
... Scholars have rightly paid much attention to the roles played by certain schools of Buddhist thought in modern Sinitic Buddhism. Among these have been the philosophical uses of Zen in Japan and Korea, the revival of Yogācāra studies in China and Japan, and the emergence of various forms of socially- ...
... Scholars have rightly paid much attention to the roles played by certain schools of Buddhist thought in modern Sinitic Buddhism. Among these have been the philosophical uses of Zen in Japan and Korea, the revival of Yogācāra studies in China and Japan, and the emergence of various forms of socially- ...
Faxian`s Biography and His Contributions to Asian Buddhist Culture
... 5. Translation of Buddhist Scriptures and the Later Life of Faxian Faxian spent the rest of his life translating or editing the scriptures he had collected. However, there is no relevant record of this in the English versions of “Record of Buddhist Kingdoms”. According to the Chinese literature (Shi ...
... 5. Translation of Buddhist Scriptures and the Later Life of Faxian Faxian spent the rest of his life translating or editing the scriptures he had collected. However, there is no relevant record of this in the English versions of “Record of Buddhist Kingdoms”. According to the Chinese literature (Shi ...
Guide to Jodo Shinshu Teachings and Practices
... He selected a place of practice on the south side of a village called Uruvilva. There, with five of his friends, he did ascetic practices for six years. Finding ascetic practices to be meaningless however, he accepted an offering of rice milk from a young woman named Sujata in order to strengthen hi ...
... He selected a place of practice on the south side of a village called Uruvilva. There, with five of his friends, he did ascetic practices for six years. Finding ascetic practices to be meaningless however, he accepted an offering of rice milk from a young woman named Sujata in order to strengthen hi ...