To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... The second form is religious Buddhism. Although originally not a religion, it has become one in the past few hundred years. Today, it is difficult to deny this. Why? The external form of Buddhism today is indeed that of a religion. It is no longer the education found in a traditional way place where ...
... The second form is religious Buddhism. Although originally not a religion, it has become one in the past few hundred years. Today, it is difficult to deny this. Why? The external form of Buddhism today is indeed that of a religion. It is no longer the education found in a traditional way place where ...
Let`s Meet at the ak ayava a - Personal Pages
... centuries BCE, though the exact import of Gayāśira, so clear in the later tradition, is far from clear in the Pāli Canon. As a sacred place, the Udāna and the Theragathā describe Gayā as a place where ascetics bath to purify themselves of sins committed in a past life. The descriptions of the baths ...
... centuries BCE, though the exact import of Gayāśira, so clear in the later tradition, is far from clear in the Pāli Canon. As a sacred place, the Udāna and the Theragathā describe Gayā as a place where ascetics bath to purify themselves of sins committed in a past life. The descriptions of the baths ...
a study on the i-pu-tsung-lun-lun
... the Chinese meāning here: “The Arhats said, “You can’t speak like that, you had better to dwell in some secluded place and quickly attain Arhatship. Then you may come to this assembly, it will not be too late.” ...
... the Chinese meāning here: “The Arhats said, “You can’t speak like that, you had better to dwell in some secluded place and quickly attain Arhatship. Then you may come to this assembly, it will not be too late.” ...
The Buddha - JBE Online Books
... “Buddha” is not a personal name, but a Sanskrit word meaning “one who has awakened” or “one who has woken up.” In Buddhism, it is a title given to those enlightened individuals who have fully attained the goal of the religious life. In addition to “the Buddha,” such individuals may also be referred ...
... “Buddha” is not a personal name, but a Sanskrit word meaning “one who has awakened” or “one who has woken up.” In Buddhism, it is a title given to those enlightened individuals who have fully attained the goal of the religious life. In addition to “the Buddha,” such individuals may also be referred ...
The Lotus Sutra as the Core of Japanese Buddhism
... was born into a temple family of the Nichiren sect in Nagasaki, and I have devoted my academic life to the study of the Nichiren Buddhist faith. In my twenties, having read through the entirety of Nichiren’s writings, I resolved—perhaps one could say I made a vow—to read all of the works that Nichir ...
... was born into a temple family of the Nichiren sect in Nagasaki, and I have devoted my academic life to the study of the Nichiren Buddhist faith. In my twenties, having read through the entirety of Nichiren’s writings, I resolved—perhaps one could say I made a vow—to read all of the works that Nichir ...
BLIAQ Newsletter - Chung Tian Temple
... going to the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. For Buddhism, I am willing even I have to go to hell.” The audience was much moved, giving him enthusiastic applause. Since ancient times, many Buddhist masters claimed themselves as ‘poor monk’. The Venerable Master, who originally did not like the claim ...
... going to the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. For Buddhism, I am willing even I have to go to hell.” The audience was much moved, giving him enthusiastic applause. Since ancient times, many Buddhist masters claimed themselves as ‘poor monk’. The Venerable Master, who originally did not like the claim ...
Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... conduct, including the Buddhist precepts and Mahayana perfections (pāramitā), is merely a device to be tossed aside after serving its purpose. Given that partaking in a different kind of ethics does not necessarily mean having no ethics at all, James correctly shows that such an argument profoundly ...
... conduct, including the Buddhist precepts and Mahayana perfections (pāramitā), is merely a device to be tossed aside after serving its purpose. Given that partaking in a different kind of ethics does not necessarily mean having no ethics at all, James correctly shows that such an argument profoundly ...
Tantric Buddhism in India (from c. A.D. 800 to c. A.D. 1200
... own identity distinct from non-tantric Mahāyāna Buddhism primarily in the sphere of means (upāya); means for the tantric practitioner’s own liberation and for the purpose of aiding others to the same liberation as well as in the sphere of more worldly aims. II. Observations on the development of ...
... own identity distinct from non-tantric Mahāyāna Buddhism primarily in the sphere of means (upāya); means for the tantric practitioner’s own liberation and for the purpose of aiding others to the same liberation as well as in the sphere of more worldly aims. II. Observations on the development of ...
Storehouse Consciousness and the Unconscious: A Comparative
... conjunction with the five senses. These six, namely, manovijñana and the five senses, constitute one kind of consciousness that “perceives and discriminates between gross spheres of objects” (Xuan Zang: 97). This means that the objects of this group of consciousnesses are external objects. Any perce ...
... conjunction with the five senses. These six, namely, manovijñana and the five senses, constitute one kind of consciousness that “perceives and discriminates between gross spheres of objects” (Xuan Zang: 97). This means that the objects of this group of consciousnesses are external objects. Any perce ...
twofold mystery - Iowa Research Online
... Xuanying was a well-known Tang Daoist who even spoke against Buddhism in favor of Daoism. Twofold Mystery is a Daoist philosophical movement developed in early MidImperial China (589-720). It is known for employing Buddhist Madhyamaka concepts in commenting on the Daode jing (道德经), Zhuangzi (莊子) as ...
... Xuanying was a well-known Tang Daoist who even spoke against Buddhism in favor of Daoism. Twofold Mystery is a Daoist philosophical movement developed in early MidImperial China (589-720). It is known for employing Buddhist Madhyamaka concepts in commenting on the Daode jing (道德经), Zhuangzi (莊子) as ...
permissions - poetry of China
... awareness, a wisdom intuition (Prajna) in the ground of the being of the one awakened. Since the Zen intuition seeks to awaken a direct metaphysical consciousness beyond the empirical, reflecting, knowing, willing and talking ego, this awareness must be immediately present to itself and not mediated ...
... awareness, a wisdom intuition (Prajna) in the ground of the being of the one awakened. Since the Zen intuition seeks to awaken a direct metaphysical consciousness beyond the empirical, reflecting, knowing, willing and talking ego, this awareness must be immediately present to itself and not mediated ...
The Doctrinal Transformation of 20th Century
... substantialistic non-dual metaphysic whose eternalistic ground was variously labeled Buddha Nature, mind, tathāgatagarbha, Dharma-dhātu, and Suchness (Skt. tahatā; Ch. rulai)’ epitomized, for example, by Fazang and Ratnamati’s ideas (Lusthaus 2001); the second being ‘an anti-substantialistic crit ...
... substantialistic non-dual metaphysic whose eternalistic ground was variously labeled Buddha Nature, mind, tathāgatagarbha, Dharma-dhātu, and Suchness (Skt. tahatā; Ch. rulai)’ epitomized, for example, by Fazang and Ratnamati’s ideas (Lusthaus 2001); the second being ‘an anti-substantialistic crit ...
Evaluating the “Unconscious in Dream” between Sigmund Freud
... registering consciousness (16, 17) … After that comes subsidence into the lifecontinuum [bhavaṅga].”12 Dr. O. H. De A. Wijesekera concludes that ‘bhavaṅga’ can be equated with Freud’s notion of the id forces of unconscious: “At the non-empirical state, viññ na is unconscious and becomes conscious on ...
... registering consciousness (16, 17) … After that comes subsidence into the lifecontinuum [bhavaṅga].”12 Dr. O. H. De A. Wijesekera concludes that ‘bhavaṅga’ can be equated with Freud’s notion of the id forces of unconscious: “At the non-empirical state, viññ na is unconscious and becomes conscious on ...
The Buddha`s Stūpa and Image. The Icons of his Immanence and
... traceless, formless, pure, immovable, without sensation, and unconditioned (asaṃskṛta).24 In one of his commentaries Buddhaghosa affirms the identity of the Buddha while he was alive with his bodily relics after death. In another place he also states that a monk’s failure to worship at a cetiya is e ...
... traceless, formless, pure, immovable, without sensation, and unconditioned (asaṃskṛta).24 In one of his commentaries Buddhaghosa affirms the identity of the Buddha while he was alive with his bodily relics after death. In another place he also states that a monk’s failure to worship at a cetiya is e ...
buddhist view in compassion
... and he can appear in any form in all the six realms of existence to relieve the suffering of the sentient beings. He vowed to rescue those who call on him when they are in suffering, for example, when caught in a fire, shipwrecked or facing an attack… ...
... and he can appear in any form in all the six realms of existence to relieve the suffering of the sentient beings. He vowed to rescue those who call on him when they are in suffering, for example, when caught in a fire, shipwrecked or facing an attack… ...
The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry
... The realization of suffering in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism is both the recognition of the unsatisfactory nature of this world, as well as the driving force to leave it for Amida’s Sukhāvatī. Although great emphasis is placed on the painful experiences of this life, suffering is also considered as a ...
... The realization of suffering in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism is both the recognition of the unsatisfactory nature of this world, as well as the driving force to leave it for Amida’s Sukhāvatī. Although great emphasis is placed on the painful experiences of this life, suffering is also considered as a ...
Nothing Higher Than the Truth: Modern Theosophy, Buddhism, and
... various elements of Eastern religions, primarily Vedantic Hinduism and Buddhism, filtered through orientalist discourse. The book was published on the Society’s own printing press, acquired after the two founders had relocated to India. Once there, they quickly attracted an elite South Indian Englis ...
... various elements of Eastern religions, primarily Vedantic Hinduism and Buddhism, filtered through orientalist discourse. The book was published on the Society’s own printing press, acquired after the two founders had relocated to India. Once there, they quickly attracted an elite South Indian Englis ...
Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
... developed a tradition that emphasized study and meditation in equal measure. A Special Kind of Tibetan Buddhist Lama In Tibetan Buddhism there are several ways to become a lama (a spiritual teacher and guide). Some lamas are recognized as rebirths of former lamas and are called Tulkus. Some of these ...
... developed a tradition that emphasized study and meditation in equal measure. A Special Kind of Tibetan Buddhist Lama In Tibetan Buddhism there are several ways to become a lama (a spiritual teacher and guide). Some lamas are recognized as rebirths of former lamas and are called Tulkus. Some of these ...
Buddhism in Noh
... same stuff, but thoroughly linked by correspondences of body, speech and mind (sanmitsu 2 @, the "three mysteries"). Shugendo practices were deeply colored by esotericism. The traveler in Nomon ("The Watchman of the Plain") is a mountain ascetic (yamabushi LLI 4% ), hence a Shugendo practitioner, wh ...
... same stuff, but thoroughly linked by correspondences of body, speech and mind (sanmitsu 2 @, the "three mysteries"). Shugendo practices were deeply colored by esotericism. The traveler in Nomon ("The Watchman of the Plain") is a mountain ascetic (yamabushi LLI 4% ), hence a Shugendo practitioner, wh ...
The Chinese Buddhist Ritual Field
... Text 3. Buddhist Services Held at Fixed Intervals: A list of nine ritual activities held only on specific dates, and sometimes no more than once per year. These first three texts were posted together on one large signboard, from left to right in the order they are listed here. Text 4. Dharma Announc ...
... Text 3. Buddhist Services Held at Fixed Intervals: A list of nine ritual activities held only on specific dates, and sometimes no more than once per year. These first three texts were posted together on one large signboard, from left to right in the order they are listed here. Text 4. Dharma Announc ...
Streams of Tradition - Buddhist Study Center
... authority of the Vedas, embarked on independent spiritual quests in an effort to experience union with ultimate reality called Brahman within their own psyches, termed atman. It was what we might generally called a mystical teaching. The independence which the sages of the Upanishads had shown towar ...
... authority of the Vedas, embarked on independent spiritual quests in an effort to experience union with ultimate reality called Brahman within their own psyches, termed atman. It was what we might generally called a mystical teaching. The independence which the sages of the Upanishads had shown towar ...
Stages of the Path: Stream Entry and Beyond
... For many years I have thought that the traditional Nikāya scheme of Stream Entrant, OnceReturner, Non-Returner and Arahant was unclear. The category of Once-Returner seems particularly strange, even bizarre. What does it mean to have a 'stage' in which the fourth and fifth fetters (that is, craving ...
... For many years I have thought that the traditional Nikāya scheme of Stream Entrant, OnceReturner, Non-Returner and Arahant was unclear. The category of Once-Returner seems particularly strange, even bizarre. What does it mean to have a 'stage' in which the fourth and fifth fetters (that is, craving ...
Shintō Research in Japan and its Questions and
... to, and bound by, visible quantitative evaluation methods where such things as numbers of English-language articles published in international journals with high impact factors, numbers of citations, numbers of PhDs awarded and so on are expressed numerically, is also a factor. Added to this, the po ...
... to, and bound by, visible quantitative evaluation methods where such things as numbers of English-language articles published in international journals with high impact factors, numbers of citations, numbers of PhDs awarded and so on are expressed numerically, is also a factor. Added to this, the po ...
shentong madhyamaka and via negativa
... whether I understand what Dolpopa (or, for that matter, any other ancient Buddhist master) tried to say. And I must admit that my knowledge of Sherab Gyaltsen's philosophy is quite limited. I am not Tibetan; my Tibetan language skills For more on the ban see below, section III.B.5. "The Impact of Hi ...
... whether I understand what Dolpopa (or, for that matter, any other ancient Buddhist master) tried to say. And I must admit that my knowledge of Sherab Gyaltsen's philosophy is quite limited. I am not Tibetan; my Tibetan language skills For more on the ban see below, section III.B.5. "The Impact of Hi ...