Chapter 8: Nichikan: Restorer of the Fuji School
... conferral of the Gohonzon, claiming that unless conferred by the high priest, Gohonzon are devoid of the heritage of the Law and have no beneficial power. But the tradition to entrust the high priest at Taiseki-ji with the transcription and conferral of Gohonzon was to protect the integrity of the D ...
... conferral of the Gohonzon, claiming that unless conferred by the high priest, Gohonzon are devoid of the heritage of the Law and have no beneficial power. But the tradition to entrust the high priest at Taiseki-ji with the transcription and conferral of Gohonzon was to protect the integrity of the D ...
Siddhartha Savage: The Importance of Buddhism in Huxley`s Brave
... helped to form his spiritual background, evident in his thorough examination of plethoric spiritualities, including Hinduism and Buddhism, in the 1927 essay “The Essence of Religion” and 1929’s “Spinoza’s Worm”. While Huxley’s religious alignment shifted many times throughout his life and usually in ...
... helped to form his spiritual background, evident in his thorough examination of plethoric spiritualities, including Hinduism and Buddhism, in the 1927 essay “The Essence of Religion” and 1929’s “Spinoza’s Worm”. While Huxley’s religious alignment shifted many times throughout his life and usually in ...
File - ICBI
... The March (Spring) 2015 Edition of the ICBI eJournal Patriarch’s Vision, has eight contributors that have produced eleven very interesting and varied articles, covering a wide-range of Ch’an and Buddhist related subjects and topics. This edition also sees the introduction of a new ‘ICBI Book Review’ ...
... The March (Spring) 2015 Edition of the ICBI eJournal Patriarch’s Vision, has eight contributors that have produced eleven very interesting and varied articles, covering a wide-range of Ch’an and Buddhist related subjects and topics. This edition also sees the introduction of a new ‘ICBI Book Review’ ...
Kamma - WordPress.com
... Too short ( under 10 years ) leads to grasping caused by fear and panic ( think of a fruit fly’s life span ) Too long ( more than 120 years) leads to forgetfulness – like the gods in heaven in bliss, or beings in hell in agony. Neither condition is conducive to practicing Dharma. The Buddha talked o ...
... Too short ( under 10 years ) leads to grasping caused by fear and panic ( think of a fruit fly’s life span ) Too long ( more than 120 years) leads to forgetfulness – like the gods in heaven in bliss, or beings in hell in agony. Neither condition is conducive to practicing Dharma. The Buddha talked o ...
Empty Subject Terms in Buddhist Logic: Digna¯ga and his Chinese
... were equally important for the dGe lugs pas, the dominant school in Tibetan Buddhism, the handling of empty terms was an urgent matter, since the concept of emptiness is itself usually expressed in a proposition with an empty subject term: ‘‘intrinsic nature does not exist.’’ The Tibetan approach to ...
... were equally important for the dGe lugs pas, the dominant school in Tibetan Buddhism, the handling of empty terms was an urgent matter, since the concept of emptiness is itself usually expressed in a proposition with an empty subject term: ‘‘intrinsic nature does not exist.’’ The Tibetan approach to ...
Daniel Miracapillo
... nothingness, not attending to the perception of the base of neither-perception-nornon-perception- attends to the signless dependent on the signless concentration of mind [animitto cetosamādhi]. His mind enters into that signless concentration of mind and acquires confidence, steadiness and resolutio ...
... nothingness, not attending to the perception of the base of neither-perception-nornon-perception- attends to the signless dependent on the signless concentration of mind [animitto cetosamādhi]. His mind enters into that signless concentration of mind and acquires confidence, steadiness and resolutio ...
The Revival of the Bhikkhuni Order and the Decline of the Sasana
... order and the Dharma in general survived far beyond the period of five hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhun! 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 bhikkhun! 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 ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... Wallace reminds us that the word conception means not only "derived from cognition," but also suggests ...
... Wallace reminds us that the word conception means not only "derived from cognition," but also suggests ...
eBook - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... The relationships between Buddhism and the physical and biological sciences is the theme of the six essays in Part 2. In his two essays, Ankua Barua examines developments in modern physics, especially the theories of Einstein, in relation to Therav da Buddhist interpretations of the physical world: ...
... The relationships between Buddhism and the physical and biological sciences is the theme of the six essays in Part 2. In his two essays, Ankua Barua examines developments in modern physics, especially the theories of Einstein, in relation to Therav da Buddhist interpretations of the physical world: ...
Print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... the activities of Buddhist reformers in Vietnam, and the flows of Buddhist personnel and materials between Vietnam and China. The article then traces the influence of Taixu upon Buddhism in Vietnam, primarily in two ways: First, the article gives the first account in English of Taixu's two visits to ...
... the activities of Buddhist reformers in Vietnam, and the flows of Buddhist personnel and materials between Vietnam and China. The article then traces the influence of Taixu upon Buddhism in Vietnam, primarily in two ways: First, the article gives the first account in English of Taixu's two visits to ...
Urban Dharma Newsletters
... The worship of the sacred trees and groves was also connected with this primitive forms of worship. The heavenly bodies received the adoration of the people, and to a great extent influenced their everyday life. The more intellectual among the people, perhaps, followed the brahminical religion, i.e. ...
... The worship of the sacred trees and groves was also connected with this primitive forms of worship. The heavenly bodies received the adoration of the people, and to a great extent influenced their everyday life. The more intellectual among the people, perhaps, followed the brahminical religion, i.e. ...
the complete issue - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... have been many studies of the relation between Buddhist psychology and various psychotherapeutic theories (Freudian, Jungian, cognitive-behavioral, etc.), it is arguably the case that Buddhist psychology is not therapeutic in the sense that these approaches are. Most importantly, Buddhist psychology ...
... have been many studies of the relation between Buddhist psychology and various psychotherapeutic theories (Freudian, Jungian, cognitive-behavioral, etc.), it is arguably the case that Buddhist psychology is not therapeutic in the sense that these approaches are. Most importantly, Buddhist psychology ...
INSPIRED SPEECH IN EARLY MAHAYANA BUDDHISM I
... such utterances as are creative, spontaneous and inspired, but there are some advantages in exploring the use of one construction in depth, and the procedure will be found to yield interesting results. W e m u s t now return to our earlier problem, namely: H o w are such utterances by those other th ...
... such utterances as are creative, spontaneous and inspired, but there are some advantages in exploring the use of one construction in depth, and the procedure will be found to yield interesting results. W e m u s t now return to our earlier problem, namely: H o w are such utterances by those other th ...
Popular Buddhist Texts From Nepal : Narratives and Rituals of
... ‘early’ Mahayana ideas in south Asian culture. To get a sense of how they would have looked, this otherwise would simply not be possible. The Newar treatment of books, moreover, is not an isolated example. Some years ago I thought I was able to determine on the basis of canonical Mahayana texts that ...
... ‘early’ Mahayana ideas in south Asian culture. To get a sense of how they would have looked, this otherwise would simply not be possible. The Newar treatment of books, moreover, is not an isolated example. Some years ago I thought I was able to determine on the basis of canonical Mahayana texts that ...
THE SUTRA OF FORTY-TWO CHAPTERS
... renounce the secular life, who know their mind, penetrate to its origin, and understand the unconditioned Dharma, are called shramanas. By always observing the 250 precepts, being pure and unblemished in their conduct, and practicing the Path of the Four Truths, they then become arhats. Arhats posse ...
... renounce the secular life, who know their mind, penetrate to its origin, and understand the unconditioned Dharma, are called shramanas. By always observing the 250 precepts, being pure and unblemished in their conduct, and practicing the Path of the Four Truths, they then become arhats. Arhats posse ...
Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... monks, among whom, what is more, it was practiced not only by “the average village monks,” but also by the educated monks who appear to have been the teachers and transmitters of official Buddhist scripture. He found three such monks in his epigraphical material: “one is called a Trepidaka, one is c ...
... monks, among whom, what is more, it was practiced not only by “the average village monks,” but also by the educated monks who appear to have been the teachers and transmitters of official Buddhist scripture. He found three such monks in his epigraphical material: “one is called a Trepidaka, one is c ...
Karmic Calculations: The Social Implications of Karmic Causality in
... karma of this type eliminates the boundaries and individual magnitudes of karmic consequences. It is instead an amorphous force that stirs the process of becoming. However, this difference is not emphasized as something counterintuitive or requiring explanation. The Tibetan word for karma is las, wh ...
... karma of this type eliminates the boundaries and individual magnitudes of karmic consequences. It is instead an amorphous force that stirs the process of becoming. However, this difference is not emphasized as something counterintuitive or requiring explanation. The Tibetan word for karma is las, wh ...
Changing Buddhist Practice in Burma
... mortal existence of a human is due to Karma (Spiro 1992: 75). In Burmese Buddhism, Karma explains the schematic order of beings and rebirth. In other words, Karma is the accumulated merits and virtues which operate at any order of beings. The higher Karma a being accumulated in the past, the higher ...
... mortal existence of a human is due to Karma (Spiro 1992: 75). In Burmese Buddhism, Karma explains the schematic order of beings and rebirth. In other words, Karma is the accumulated merits and virtues which operate at any order of beings. The higher Karma a being accumulated in the past, the higher ...
THE BUDDHA SAID THAT BUDDHA SAID SO: A TRANSLATION
... a large window into the Buddhism of a specific place and time.21 As such, in the first half of the chapter I discuss in varying degrees of detail the history of the discovery and contents of the collection, as well as the work scholars have produced on them. In light of the brief historical survey o ...
... a large window into the Buddhism of a specific place and time.21 As such, in the first half of the chapter I discuss in varying degrees of detail the history of the discovery and contents of the collection, as well as the work scholars have produced on them. In light of the brief historical survey o ...
Kesaputtiya Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... The admission of the mind in Buddhism as a sixth sense enables it to see reason as a function of the mind and consequently the opposition between sense and reason finds no place in Buddhism. (Premasiri 2006b:172; also 2006a:146 f) The early Buddhist conception of knowledge is that it has no absolute ...
... The admission of the mind in Buddhism as a sixth sense enables it to see reason as a function of the mind and consequently the opposition between sense and reason finds no place in Buddhism. (Premasiri 2006b:172; also 2006a:146 f) The early Buddhist conception of knowledge is that it has no absolute ...
EIGHT STEPS TO FREEDOM FOLLOWING THE BUDDHA`S EIGHT
... It was not just the knowledge of his own potential suffering that moved him, but the reality of suffering as a given in life that shook him to his foundation. For the truly spiritual , the reality of suffering abides in ones spirit as an enduring flame of compassion. This is a fire that burns away a ...
... It was not just the knowledge of his own potential suffering that moved him, but the reality of suffering as a given in life that shook him to his foundation. For the truly spiritual , the reality of suffering abides in ones spirit as an enduring flame of compassion. This is a fire that burns away a ...
Saṃyukta-āgama and the Potential of the Ten Courses of Action
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
Temple Book of Chants
... The Dharma is deep and lovely. We now have a chance to see it, and practice it. We vow to realize its true meaning. (BELLx2) ...
... The Dharma is deep and lovely. We now have a chance to see it, and practice it. We vow to realize its true meaning. (BELLx2) ...
Reflections on Martha Nussbaum’s Work on Compassion from a Buddhist Perspective
... suggest passive attitudes that do not contain the active help which is an essential part of karuna.v Seen from a Buddhist perspective, the eudaimonistic judgment in Nussbaum's analysis seems to be related to the idea of interdependence. In Buddhism this is expressed in the pratītyasamudpāda, meaning ...
... suggest passive attitudes that do not contain the active help which is an essential part of karuna.v Seen from a Buddhist perspective, the eudaimonistic judgment in Nussbaum's analysis seems to be related to the idea of interdependence. In Buddhism this is expressed in the pratītyasamudpāda, meaning ...
Download/View PDF - Buddhist Churches of America
... of America Southern District. We would also like to express our deep appreciation for the careful review of the draft manuscript in its final stages, and the kind and knowledgeable suggestions offered by Dr. Tony Barber, Ms. Juliet Kono Lee, Rev. David Matsumoto, and Dr. John S. Yokota. Our utmost g ...
... of America Southern District. We would also like to express our deep appreciation for the careful review of the draft manuscript in its final stages, and the kind and knowledgeable suggestions offered by Dr. Tony Barber, Ms. Juliet Kono Lee, Rev. David Matsumoto, and Dr. John S. Yokota. Our utmost g ...