Is South AsiaŁs Buddhist Leader the Gyalwang Drukpa an
... Ackermann discusses her feminist perspective in her paper Liberation and Practical Theology (Ackermann 1983). There she mentions that “feminist theology…endeavors to challenge the church to recognize the distortion of the Christian message created by the church’s patriarchal socialization, and to re ...
... Ackermann discusses her feminist perspective in her paper Liberation and Practical Theology (Ackermann 1983). There she mentions that “feminist theology…endeavors to challenge the church to recognize the distortion of the Christian message created by the church’s patriarchal socialization, and to re ...
Gotami-apadana
... before the Common Era. “Gotami’s Story” is a single tale from this compilation, one of the many composed by forty Buddhist nuns and over five hundred Buddhist monks. The “unification of the Indian subcontinent in the third century B.C.E.” by Asoka Maurya instigated a change in the cultural perceptio ...
... before the Common Era. “Gotami’s Story” is a single tale from this compilation, one of the many composed by forty Buddhist nuns and over five hundred Buddhist monks. The “unification of the Indian subcontinent in the third century B.C.E.” by Asoka Maurya instigated a change in the cultural perceptio ...
Nietzsche and Buddhism
... Nietzsche's philosophy. He points out that Nietzsche probably learned Sanskrit while at Leipzig from 1865 to 1868, where he studied under Max Miiller's (1823-1900) first teacher, Hermann Brockhaus (1806-1877). According to Welbon, Nietzsche, as a result of his training, was probably one of the best ...
... Nietzsche's philosophy. He points out that Nietzsche probably learned Sanskrit while at Leipzig from 1865 to 1868, where he studied under Max Miiller's (1823-1900) first teacher, Hermann Brockhaus (1806-1877). According to Welbon, Nietzsche, as a result of his training, was probably one of the best ...
Buddha`s Word - Transforming Tibetan and Buddhist Book Culture
... At the dawn of civilisation, as many Tibetan histories 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 O ...
... At the dawn of civilisation, as many Tibetan histories 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 O ...
The Acceptance and Impact of the Lotus Sutra in Japan
... In the ninth century Saicho founded the Tendai Lotus sect in Japan. It was a very important event in the history of faith in the Lotus Sutra in Japan. In China the T’ien-t’ai sect had been founded already by Chih-i in the Sui dynasty. Although the Three Treatises sect ( , which was founded by Chi-ts ...
... In the ninth century Saicho founded the Tendai Lotus sect in Japan. It was a very important event in the history of faith in the Lotus Sutra in Japan. In China the T’ien-t’ai sect had been founded already by Chih-i in the Sui dynasty. Although the Three Treatises sect ( , which was founded by Chi-ts ...
Buddhist Pilgrimage
... The aim of this book is to share my experience and knowledge with fellow Buddhists about the benefits of undertaking a pilgrimage to the Eight Great Places with the correct mental attitude. In Buddhism, understanding plays the key role in one’s spiritual progress. So, for the intending pilgrim, it i ...
... The aim of this book is to share my experience and knowledge with fellow Buddhists about the benefits of undertaking a pilgrimage to the Eight Great Places with the correct mental attitude. In Buddhism, understanding plays the key role in one’s spiritual progress. So, for the intending pilgrim, it i ...
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... concluded that Sohrab Sepehri was a follower of far eastern philosophy and Buddhist school, rather than Islamic beliefs. Islamic and Christian ideas remain a low priority in his poems. Fazeli and Zarezadeh (2012) conducted a study under the title ‘reflection of Buddhist thoughts in contemporary Iran ...
... concluded that Sohrab Sepehri was a follower of far eastern philosophy and Buddhist school, rather than Islamic beliefs. Islamic and Christian ideas remain a low priority in his poems. Fazeli and Zarezadeh (2012) conducted a study under the title ‘reflection of Buddhist thoughts in contemporary Iran ...
The Pursuit of Perfection - Fisher Digital Publications
... Hinduism accepts the concept of reincarnation, and that which determines the state of an individual in the next existence. This refers to karma, which is the actions that are undertaken by the body and the mind throughout a person’s life. In order to achieve good karma one must live life according ...
... Hinduism accepts the concept of reincarnation, and that which determines the state of an individual in the next existence. This refers to karma, which is the actions that are undertaken by the body and the mind throughout a person’s life. In order to achieve good karma one must live life according ...
Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way
... distinguished from selfish affection. The Buddha advises his disciples to live merged together in their minds through mutual love like water and milk mixing together. (M. I 207) b) Compassion (Karuṇā): It is compassion to all suffering living beings. Compassion is not the same as sentimentality. Sen ...
... distinguished from selfish affection. The Buddha advises his disciples to live merged together in their minds through mutual love like water and milk mixing together. (M. I 207) b) Compassion (Karuṇā): It is compassion to all suffering living beings. Compassion is not the same as sentimentality. Sen ...
The Ten Pillars of Buddhism
... Perhaps the best-known group of sixteen in Buddhism is that of the sixteen Arhants - mysterious personages who exist from age to age and periodically reinvigorate the Sasana. For many people in the FWBO, however, whether Order members, Mitras, or Friends, the most familiar association of the figure ...
... Perhaps the best-known group of sixteen in Buddhism is that of the sixteen Arhants - mysterious personages who exist from age to age and periodically reinvigorate the Sasana. For many people in the FWBO, however, whether Order members, Mitras, or Friends, the most familiar association of the figure ...
Ikeda - Unofficial SGI SWS
... the Buddhism of sowing (the Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo) vs. the Buddhism of harvest (the Essential teaching revealed in the latter half of the Lotus Sutra). These reappear again and again in the Gosho, for example in The Kalpa of Decrease, The Wonderful Means of Surmounting Obstacles, and perhaps mo ...
... the Buddhism of sowing (the Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo) vs. the Buddhism of harvest (the Essential teaching revealed in the latter half of the Lotus Sutra). These reappear again and again in the Gosho, for example in The Kalpa of Decrease, The Wonderful Means of Surmounting Obstacles, and perhaps mo ...
BUDDHIST DEITIES AND MANTRAS IN THE HINDU TANTRAS: I
... Tantric texts and that the Hindu Tantras are borrowed from the Buddhist Tantras. Bhattacharyya addresses not only the iconography but also the deity mantras on the basis of such texts as the Sādhanamālā (SM). He concludes that Chinnamastā and the eight manifestations of Tārā known as Tārā, U ...
... Tantric texts and that the Hindu Tantras are borrowed from the Buddhist Tantras. Bhattacharyya addresses not only the iconography but also the deity mantras on the basis of such texts as the Sādhanamālā (SM). He concludes that Chinnamastā and the eight manifestations of Tārā known as Tārā, U ...
Selected Translation of Miao-Yun Part One and Two
... has become evil and corrupt is indeed fearful! This is especially so in these modern times. Human minds are forever pursuing greater riches and material assets. There is emptiness within their hearts. They lack purpose in life. Moral virtues too, have become more and more attenuated. Religion which ...
... has become evil and corrupt is indeed fearful! This is especially so in these modern times. Human minds are forever pursuing greater riches and material assets. There is emptiness within their hearts. They lack purpose in life. Moral virtues too, have become more and more attenuated. Religion which ...
Teachings in Chinese Buddhism
... has become evil and corrupt is indeed fearful! This is especially so in these modern times. Human minds are forever pursuing greater riches and material assets. There is emptiness within their hearts. They lack purpose in life. Moral virtues too, have become more and more attenuated. Religion which ...
... has become evil and corrupt is indeed fearful! This is especially so in these modern times. Human minds are forever pursuing greater riches and material assets. There is emptiness within their hearts. They lack purpose in life. Moral virtues too, have become more and more attenuated. Religion which ...
Whole-body relics in Chinese Buddhism
... mummy cult the Buddhist meaning of zhenshen was conflated with the Taoist usage. The trikåya theory, however, was already well known and explained when the cited Taoist text was created and, significantly, she found the passage in an article by Eric Zürcher, where he tries to show a Buddhist influen ...
... mummy cult the Buddhist meaning of zhenshen was conflated with the Taoist usage. The trikåya theory, however, was already well known and explained when the cited Taoist text was created and, significantly, she found the passage in an article by Eric Zürcher, where he tries to show a Buddhist influen ...
PDF to download: Home altars with photos, summer 2010
... the room. I use it as a reminder that whatever else is happening in the day, in that moment, in my life, or for whatever reason I have come — maybe rushed! — into the study, the Buddha within me still sits. I try to make this bow as full and complete as possible. To do so takes no more than several ...
... the room. I use it as a reminder that whatever else is happening in the day, in that moment, in my life, or for whatever reason I have come — maybe rushed! — into the study, the Buddha within me still sits. I try to make this bow as full and complete as possible. To do so takes no more than several ...
goto-jones_zombie mindfulness manifesto
... this diagnosis is that modern citizens have their authentic freedom compromised by being too attached to thinking itself: they spend too much of their time “lost in thought,” ruminating about the past and the future, worrying, dreaming, riddled with anxieties about thi ...
... this diagnosis is that modern citizens have their authentic freedom compromised by being too attached to thinking itself: they spend too much of their time “lost in thought,” ruminating about the past and the future, worrying, dreaming, riddled with anxieties about thi ...
Early Buddhist Discourses
... of them wandered about amid society. In regard to doctrines and practices, the saman·as were extremely diverse. Aside from the fact that most of them were celibate, begged for their food, and practiced various forms of selfrestraint, there is little more that can be said about them as a group. Life ...
... of them wandered about amid society. In regard to doctrines and practices, the saman·as were extremely diverse. Aside from the fact that most of them were celibate, begged for their food, and practiced various forms of selfrestraint, there is little more that can be said about them as a group. Life ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... was trained in the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition. Yet, like Bhante, I sat amongst the white-Caucasian Americans in the room in silence. Given that Bhante’s primary responsibility in the meditation class was to sing Buddhist mantras in the Pali language, one would think that either Paul or Leonard w ...
... was trained in the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition. Yet, like Bhante, I sat amongst the white-Caucasian Americans in the room in silence. Given that Bhante’s primary responsibility in the meditation class was to sing Buddhist mantras in the Pali language, one would think that either Paul or Leonard w ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... Moreover, this paper focused on the discourse of the Four Noble Truths and its interaction formulating a counselling framework. It was not an outcome or process research, or an investigation of intervention effectiveness, or a clinical study. It was not a hypothesis-testing or application-verifying, ...
... Moreover, this paper focused on the discourse of the Four Noble Truths and its interaction formulating a counselling framework. It was not an outcome or process research, or an investigation of intervention effectiveness, or a clinical study. It was not a hypothesis-testing or application-verifying, ...
tathāgatagarbha, emptiness, and monism
... ordained causal order is now characterized by the negative predication which is without doubt the most common feature of the prajñāpāramitā literature vis-a-vis the description of the truth. This negative predication is deemed necessary because the concealing (saṃvṛti) function of language precludes ...
... ordained causal order is now characterized by the negative predication which is without doubt the most common feature of the prajñāpāramitā literature vis-a-vis the description of the truth. This negative predication is deemed necessary because the concealing (saṃvṛti) function of language precludes ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... relevant to this study only to the extent that it would be possible to locate a repressed memory of them (or nostalgia for them) in the consciousness of the early Buddhists. It is not possible to locate such a consciousness. Nevertheless, change there was. Erdosy summarizes it with great brevity: Th ...
... relevant to this study only to the extent that it would be possible to locate a repressed memory of them (or nostalgia for them) in the consciousness of the early Buddhists. It is not possible to locate such a consciousness. Nevertheless, change there was. Erdosy summarizes it with great brevity: Th ...
here - Steamboat Buddhist Center
... Desire realm. Comprises the six realms of gods, demi-gods, humans, animals, hungry spirits and hell-beings. Dharani. A particular type of mantra, usually quite long. Dharma. (Tib. chö) This has two main meanings: first, any truth, such as that the sky is blue; and secondly, the teachings of the Bud ...
... Desire realm. Comprises the six realms of gods, demi-gods, humans, animals, hungry spirits and hell-beings. Dharani. A particular type of mantra, usually quite long. Dharma. (Tib. chö) This has two main meanings: first, any truth, such as that the sky is blue; and secondly, the teachings of the Bud ...
the tantric mysticism of tibet - Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia
... prevalent in Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Mongolia. A highly practical form of mysticism, it affords precise techniques for attaining that wisdom whereby man’s ego is negated and he enters into the bliss of Liberation (Nirvāza). For more than a thousand years, these techniques — developed at N ...
... prevalent in Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Mongolia. A highly practical form of mysticism, it affords precise techniques for attaining that wisdom whereby man’s ego is negated and he enters into the bliss of Liberation (Nirvāza). For more than a thousand years, these techniques — developed at N ...
PDF - Open Journal Systems
... a convertite Buddhism with Western-born participants. She writes that there are often barriers between these two kinds of Buddhism, relating both to language and kinds of practices (Plank 2011: 144–8). It is a well-known fact that Buddhism has attracted Westerners partly because of the relative ease ...
... a convertite Buddhism with Western-born participants. She writes that there are often barriers between these two kinds of Buddhism, relating both to language and kinds of practices (Plank 2011: 144–8). It is a well-known fact that Buddhism has attracted Westerners partly because of the relative ease ...