The Great Compassion and Fraternity in Mahayana - Purdue e-Pubs
... ever emphatically reminded us that none of us have the unchanging soul called “I.” A self is nothing but the ever-changing five aggregates bombarded from time to time with new information and theories. These pieces of information and theories mold our patterns of behavior and thought which in Buddh ...
... ever emphatically reminded us that none of us have the unchanging soul called “I.” A self is nothing but the ever-changing five aggregates bombarded from time to time with new information and theories. These pieces of information and theories mold our patterns of behavior and thought which in Buddh ...
Tokharian Buddhism in Kucha - Sino
... Manuscripts should be submitted as electronic files, preferably in Microsoft Word format. You may wish to use our sample document template, available here: www.sino-platonic.org/spp.dot. Beginning with issue no. 171, Sino-Platonic Papers has been published electronically on the Web at www.sino-plato ...
... Manuscripts should be submitted as electronic files, preferably in Microsoft Word format. You may wish to use our sample document template, available here: www.sino-platonic.org/spp.dot. Beginning with issue no. 171, Sino-Platonic Papers has been published electronically on the Web at www.sino-plato ...
File - Drukpa Mila Center
... The teachings on the Five Elements (i.e., Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth) are an essential aspect of the Vajrayana path of Tantric Buddhism. This fact is easily witnessed through the Elements' primordial integration with the Buddha Families themselves. In order to introduce practitioners to thes ...
... The teachings on the Five Elements (i.e., Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth) are an essential aspect of the Vajrayana path of Tantric Buddhism. This fact is easily witnessed through the Elements' primordial integration with the Buddha Families themselves. In order to introduce practitioners to thes ...
THE TREATISE ON THE ELUCIDATION OF THE KNOWABLE THE
... teachings. I believe that this is because the Buddha’s basic approach was to prescribe a di›erent treatment for every spiritual ailment, much as a doctor prescribes a di›erent medicine for every medical ailment. Thus his teachings were always appropriate for the particular su›ering individual and fo ...
... teachings. I believe that this is because the Buddha’s basic approach was to prescribe a di›erent treatment for every spiritual ailment, much as a doctor prescribes a di›erent medicine for every medical ailment. Thus his teachings were always appropriate for the particular su›ering individual and fo ...
The Relocalization of Buddhism in Thailand
... processes of development, modernization and globalization, and the social position of Buddhism is being adjusted and overhauled (Phaisan 1999). This is in part to accommodate and respond to the process of change itself, and the growing diversity of social niches that must be catered for, but it is a ...
... processes of development, modernization and globalization, and the social position of Buddhism is being adjusted and overhauled (Phaisan 1999). This is in part to accommodate and respond to the process of change itself, and the growing diversity of social niches that must be catered for, but it is a ...
ANIMAL CRIES AND BUDDHIST MEDITATION: AN APPRAISAL
... Bhūta Theregāthā (Th I 54—5) that appears in the chapter of ninth of Theragāthāpāḷī sheds good light on the supportiveness of elephant’s trumpet to build up one’s spiritual serenity through concentration. These nine stanzas, in fact explore the specific nature of tranquility that can be acquired by ...
... Bhūta Theregāthā (Th I 54—5) that appears in the chapter of ninth of Theragāthāpāḷī sheds good light on the supportiveness of elephant’s trumpet to build up one’s spiritual serenity through concentration. These nine stanzas, in fact explore the specific nature of tranquility that can be acquired by ...
Eating Practices and Attitudes among American Buddhists: An
... provided its followers with the ability to perceive the liberation of all sentient beings. This liberation is classically understood as freedom from karma and so, the cessation of all suffering. Ethics that have been the basis for this spiritual liberation have begun to interest scholars of sociolog ...
... provided its followers with the ability to perceive the liberation of all sentient beings. This liberation is classically understood as freedom from karma and so, the cessation of all suffering. Ethics that have been the basis for this spiritual liberation have begun to interest scholars of sociolog ...
empathy vs. evidence in rhetorical speech
... humanities and here its application comprises psychology, arts and art history, philosophy, and other areas. Research regarding this term is well documented and its history in the Western culture well known. In Dutch the term empathie, in French empathie, in German Einfühlung und Empathy, in Italian ...
... humanities and here its application comprises psychology, arts and art history, philosophy, and other areas. Research regarding this term is well documented and its history in the Western culture well known. In Dutch the term empathie, in French empathie, in German Einfühlung und Empathy, in Italian ...
The Criteria of Goodness in the P¯ ali Nik¯
... actually displaying nirvanic virtues or virtues characteristic of the Buddhist ideal of sainthood. Actions not displaying nirvanic virtues, such as observing the precepts out of craving for a proximate goal, participate in the good because they are instrumental for attaining the highest good of nirv ...
... actually displaying nirvanic virtues or virtues characteristic of the Buddhist ideal of sainthood. Actions not displaying nirvanic virtues, such as observing the precepts out of craving for a proximate goal, participate in the good because they are instrumental for attaining the highest good of nirv ...
Buddhist Religious Studies
... For improving the existing quality of Primary Education in Bangladesh, National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in collaboration with PEDP-2 initiated an extensive program for development of curriculum and teaching learning materials in 2002. In the light of this program the curriculum, textboo ...
... For improving the existing quality of Primary Education in Bangladesh, National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in collaboration with PEDP-2 initiated an extensive program for development of curriculum and teaching learning materials in 2002. In the light of this program the curriculum, textboo ...
Meditation and Mental Freedom: A Buddhist Theory of Free Will
... For Buddhists, autonomy also matters karmically: a moral agent freely choosing is the architect of his future experiences, according to the law of karma, which ranges not only over free agency but all volitional behavior. Liberation is the cessation of all karma-generating egovolitions. Ego-volition ...
... For Buddhists, autonomy also matters karmically: a moral agent freely choosing is the architect of his future experiences, according to the law of karma, which ranges not only over free agency but all volitional behavior. Liberation is the cessation of all karma-generating egovolitions. Ego-volition ...
Mindfulness Contextualised. The Buddhist tradition
... Mindfulness is associated with the ethically wholesome. In the Questions to King Milinda, sati is described as having two qualities: ‘calling to mind’ and ‘taking possession’. Calling to mind refers to recollecting whether a mental state is skilful or not, so as to know which to pursue and which to ...
... Mindfulness is associated with the ethically wholesome. In the Questions to King Milinda, sati is described as having two qualities: ‘calling to mind’ and ‘taking possession’. Calling to mind refers to recollecting whether a mental state is skilful or not, so as to know which to pursue and which to ...
Has Xuanzang really been in Mathurå?
... is the report of the earlier Chinese pilgrim Faxian 法顯 who travelled in India at the beginning of the 5th century A.D.; he has written a travelogue called Foguo ji 佛國記 [Records of the Buddhist Kingdoms], or Gaoseng Faxian zhuan 高僧法顯傳 [Record of the eminent monk Faxian].5 These two texts—beside the t ...
... is the report of the earlier Chinese pilgrim Faxian 法顯 who travelled in India at the beginning of the 5th century A.D.; he has written a travelogue called Foguo ji 佛國記 [Records of the Buddhist Kingdoms], or Gaoseng Faxian zhuan 高僧法顯傳 [Record of the eminent monk Faxian].5 These two texts—beside the t ...
Ālayavijñāna: On the Origin and the Early Development of a Central
... The first volume of Schmithausen's work (241 pages) contains his text; the second (475 pages) contains his notes (1495 of them), bibliographies, and other critical apparatus. T h e relative size of these two volumes shows the author's interest in supplying complete documentation for every point he m ...
... The first volume of Schmithausen's work (241 pages) contains his text; the second (475 pages) contains his notes (1495 of them), bibliographies, and other critical apparatus. T h e relative size of these two volumes shows the author's interest in supplying complete documentation for every point he m ...
May - FPMT Losang Dragpa Centre
... create the causes ofhappiness and to abandon the causes of suffering. Then only can we be certain that at the time of death we are free of any regrets. The best way to achieve this is to learn, study, reflect and meditate on the teachings of the Buddha especially the Four Noble Truths, Compassion, Bo ...
... create the causes ofhappiness and to abandon the causes of suffering. Then only can we be certain that at the time of death we are free of any regrets. The best way to achieve this is to learn, study, reflect and meditate on the teachings of the Buddha especially the Four Noble Truths, Compassion, Bo ...
Bhikkhunī Sāsana Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... order and the Dharma in general survived far beyond the period of five hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhunī order in India and Sri Lanka, even though it took well over five hundred years for that to happen. The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkh ...
... order and the Dharma in general survived far beyond the period of five hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhunī order in India and Sri Lanka, even though it took well over five hundred years for that to happen. The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkh ...
Schopen, Buddhist Monks - University of Hawaii Press
... In fact, a preoccupation with specifically legal issues is the second seemingly characteristic feature of Mūlasarvāstivādin monasticism to emerge. The redactors of this Vinaya appear to have been just as much jurists [92] as they were monks. They appear to apply to the questions of ownership and inh ...
... In fact, a preoccupation with specifically legal issues is the second seemingly characteristic feature of Mūlasarvāstivādin monasticism to emerge. The redactors of this Vinaya appear to have been just as much jurists [92] as they were monks. They appear to apply to the questions of ownership and inh ...
Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha relics and power in early medieval Japan
... s perspective that although Buddha relic offerings were derived from continental Buddhist practices, by the mid-Heian period relic rituals had become closely linked to indigenous traditions that incorporated trafficking in treasures for ritual benefit. For example, the prac tice of offering- relics ...
... s perspective that although Buddha relic offerings were derived from continental Buddhist practices, by the mid-Heian period relic rituals had become closely linked to indigenous traditions that incorporated trafficking in treasures for ritual benefit. For example, the prac tice of offering- relics ...
The Dalai Lama: Happiness from within
... apartment on the hundredth floor of a brand new building is deeply unhappy, the only thing he’ll look for is a window to jump out of.‛ We willingly spend fifteen years in school, then go on to professional training for a few more; we work out at the gym to stay healthy; we spend a great deal of time ...
... apartment on the hundredth floor of a brand new building is deeply unhappy, the only thing he’ll look for is a window to jump out of.‛ We willingly spend fifteen years in school, then go on to professional training for a few more; we work out at the gym to stay healthy; we spend a great deal of time ...
Transcending Ego: Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom
... Third, the alaya consciousness, first described in the fourth century by the Chittamatra school of Buddhism, stores all our impressions and karmic latencies and this makes it possible for us to function. If we look at a piece of metal that is of gold and shows a man seated cross-legged touching the ...
... Third, the alaya consciousness, first described in the fourth century by the Chittamatra school of Buddhism, stores all our impressions and karmic latencies and this makes it possible for us to function. If we look at a piece of metal that is of gold and shows a man seated cross-legged touching the ...
OCR Document - Alice Project
... education in a traditionally Christian Italian school environment firmly in his mind, Valentino set out to make this idea a reality. The curriculum was first tested informally in two government schools in Treviso, Italy, for five years in the early 1980's. When parents complained about the curriculu ...
... education in a traditionally Christian Italian school environment firmly in his mind, Valentino set out to make this idea a reality. The curriculum was first tested informally in two government schools in Treviso, Italy, for five years in the early 1980's. When parents complained about the curriculu ...
Was Lushan Huiyuan a Pure Land Buddhist?
... and answers, and in this form the letters have been preserved in the Taishō canon under the title Dasheng da yi zhang 大乘大義章 (Topics on the Great Meaning of the Mahāyāna T 1856). The value of these letters as a window into the early uptake of Buddhist doctrine in China is beyond question. Despite th ...
... and answers, and in this form the letters have been preserved in the Taishō canon under the title Dasheng da yi zhang 大乘大義章 (Topics on the Great Meaning of the Mahāyāna T 1856). The value of these letters as a window into the early uptake of Buddhist doctrine in China is beyond question. Despite th ...
the buddha image at amaravati
... of aniconism developed by Foucher should not be employed as a ‘fact of which every history of Buddhist art will have the outset of to render account’ in a deep study of Buddha image developed in India, simply because there are other centers like Amaravati which typically illustrate both aspects at t ...
... of aniconism developed by Foucher should not be employed as a ‘fact of which every history of Buddhist art will have the outset of to render account’ in a deep study of Buddha image developed in India, simply because there are other centers like Amaravati which typically illustrate both aspects at t ...
Tara Mahayana Buddhist Centre - Forms
... all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres and to ensure the purity and authenticity of the New Kadampa Tradition. The three study programmes and associated educational courses are taught at the Tara Centre. Meditation classes giving a basic introduction to Buddhism are also offered at further locations throughout ...
... all NKT-IKBU Dharma Centres and to ensure the purity and authenticity of the New Kadampa Tradition. The three study programmes and associated educational courses are taught at the Tara Centre. Meditation classes giving a basic introduction to Buddhism are also offered at further locations throughout ...