The Erotics of Practice: Objects and Agency in Buddhist Avadaría
... The listener of the tale, King Pariksit, is baffled and asks how it is that these women, who know Krsna only as a material being, a lover, can attain emancipation from material reality. In response, one commentator, Sndhärasvämin, makes the following point: "The power of a thing does not require [ou ...
... The listener of the tale, King Pariksit, is baffled and asks how it is that these women, who know Krsna only as a material being, a lover, can attain emancipation from material reality. In response, one commentator, Sndhärasvämin, makes the following point: "The power of a thing does not require [ou ...
Buddhism - Spiritual Awakening Radio
... The Great Realization With this new realization, Siddhartha bathed in the river Niranjana near Bodhagaya, in state of Bihar in Northern India.1 Determined Siddhartha, then, sat in meditation on a grass mat under a Banyan tree and practiced one-pointed focused meditation. He continued this practice u ...
... The Great Realization With this new realization, Siddhartha bathed in the river Niranjana near Bodhagaya, in state of Bihar in Northern India.1 Determined Siddhartha, then, sat in meditation on a grass mat under a Banyan tree and practiced one-pointed focused meditation. He continued this practice u ...
Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Path to Buddhahood
... The beginning, middle and end of the Mahāyāna path is Enlightenment Consciousness. The Mahāyāna path begins with the awakening of Enlightenment Consciousness, is sustained by the cultivation of the two aspect of conventional Enlightenment Consciousness5 and achieves its objective with the attainmen ...
... The beginning, middle and end of the Mahāyāna path is Enlightenment Consciousness. The Mahāyāna path begins with the awakening of Enlightenment Consciousness, is sustained by the cultivation of the two aspect of conventional Enlightenment Consciousness5 and achieves its objective with the attainmen ...
Right Knowledge - What Buddha Said
... that the truths connected with it are to be verified here and now (sandi.t.thiko); its benefits are not delayed (akáliko); anyone can be called upon to directly witness its benefits by putting it into practice (ehipassiko); it evidently leads to the desired goal (opanaiko) and it could be individual ...
... that the truths connected with it are to be verified here and now (sandi.t.thiko); its benefits are not delayed (akáliko); anyone can be called upon to directly witness its benefits by putting it into practice (ehipassiko); it evidently leads to the desired goal (opanaiko) and it could be individual ...
Karma and Female Birth
... Testimony to this notion can be found in a 14th-century inscription from Sukhotai, where the queen mother formulates an aspiration that the merit of her founding a monastery may conduce to her rebirth as a male.4 The wording of her aspiration conveys the impression that her urge to become a man is s ...
... Testimony to this notion can be found in a 14th-century inscription from Sukhotai, where the queen mother formulates an aspiration that the merit of her founding a monastery may conduce to her rebirth as a male.4 The wording of her aspiration conveys the impression that her urge to become a man is s ...
Awareness Place Well-Being Centre - Dharma Resources
... for means to overcome your problems, difficulties and the challenges you face in life? Everyone wants to be happy and free of problems. The free Dharma books, CDs, DVDs and magazines published by the monastery tell you simply and clearly how you can achieve happiness in this life and the next... Get ...
... for means to overcome your problems, difficulties and the challenges you face in life? Everyone wants to be happy and free of problems. The free Dharma books, CDs, DVDs and magazines published by the monastery tell you simply and clearly how you can achieve happiness in this life and the next... Get ...
What is Nirvana - Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
... physical behaviour from the range of negative physical activities that we may engage in like assault, killing or any other activities. There is a direct relationship between the mental state and physical behaviour. Those physical behaviours in turn leave imprints on the mind. These imprints do not s ...
... physical behaviour from the range of negative physical activities that we may engage in like assault, killing or any other activities. There is a direct relationship between the mental state and physical behaviour. Those physical behaviours in turn leave imprints on the mind. These imprints do not s ...
The Dhammapada Yamaka Vagga Vivaraṇa
... The word Dhammapada can be separated into two forms grammatically as Dhamma and Pada. The Pāli word “Dhamma” is abundant with meaning, but here it relates specifically with the Buddhist Teaching. Pada denotes division, section, parts or portions. So, Dhammapada together may be said to translate as “ ...
... The word Dhammapada can be separated into two forms grammatically as Dhamma and Pada. The Pāli word “Dhamma” is abundant with meaning, but here it relates specifically with the Buddhist Teaching. Pada denotes division, section, parts or portions. So, Dhammapada together may be said to translate as “ ...
Against Scientific Magisterial Imperialism
... Europe, the other being the reliance on the church for knowledges that are structurally outside its spiritual remit. It matters nothing that Jesus said no word on the subject of cosmology or cosmogony; the Church’s view on these matters was the last word. And when science undermined this oracle, it ...
... Europe, the other being the reliance on the church for knowledges that are structurally outside its spiritual remit. It matters nothing that Jesus said no word on the subject of cosmology or cosmogony; the Church’s view on these matters was the last word. And when science undermined this oracle, it ...
The Wheel of Life and Death - Triratna-nyc
... Ignorant of these facts, unable or unwilling to bear them in mind, we constantly act, speak, and think in ways that simply do not help us. Dissatsfed with my current state of boredom, I switch on the television and mindlessly take in a few moments of soap opera before wandering down to the kitchen t ...
... Ignorant of these facts, unable or unwilling to bear them in mind, we constantly act, speak, and think in ways that simply do not help us. Dissatsfed with my current state of boredom, I switch on the television and mindlessly take in a few moments of soap opera before wandering down to the kitchen t ...
Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... Koguryo, and Paekche. Shilla did not emerge as a state until much later, perhapsthe fifth centuryA.D. By the term " primeval religion of Korea," I mean the religionwhich was characteristicof these early tribal states. Although itself derived from earlier, prehistoric traditions,by the advent of Budd ...
... Koguryo, and Paekche. Shilla did not emerge as a state until much later, perhapsthe fifth centuryA.D. By the term " primeval religion of Korea," I mean the religionwhich was characteristicof these early tribal states. Although itself derived from earlier, prehistoric traditions,by the advent of Budd ...
Meditation in Shin Buddhism
... turmoil of the world about us. Nenbutsu or meditation is not practiced to gain enlightenment but to deepen our awareness and understanding of the Vow. It can also express our gratitude to the Buddha for the life that we have been given. It should be noted that traditionally in Shin Buddhism there ha ...
... turmoil of the world about us. Nenbutsu or meditation is not practiced to gain enlightenment but to deepen our awareness and understanding of the Vow. It can also express our gratitude to the Buddha for the life that we have been given. It should be noted that traditionally in Shin Buddhism there ha ...
Religious Belief in a Buddhist Merchant Community，Nepal
... lenged by the sheer diversity of these doctrinal lineages as well as by the paradoxical attempt to extract systematic thought from a tradition that holds the ultimate to be beyond conception. Yet, though early texts recount the Buddha’s dismay over those who intellectualize his spiritual path, it is ...
... lenged by the sheer diversity of these doctrinal lineages as well as by the paradoxical attempt to extract systematic thought from a tradition that holds the ultimate to be beyond conception. Yet, though early texts recount the Buddha’s dismay over those who intellectualize his spiritual path, it is ...
Fundamentals of Buddhism
... components — the objective component and the subjective component. In other words, the things around us and we the perceivers. Buddhism is noted for its analytical method in the area of philosophy and psychology. What we mean by this is that the Buddha analyzes experience into various elements, the ...
... components — the objective component and the subjective component. In other words, the things around us and we the perceivers. Buddhism is noted for its analytical method in the area of philosophy and psychology. What we mean by this is that the Buddha analyzes experience into various elements, the ...
Name: Date - Mr. Dowling
... Because Suddhodana wanted Siddhartha to one Siddhartha realized that by putting aside one’s day rule his kingdom, he own selfish desires, a person The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism shielded his son from anything can escape the cycle of death unpleasant or disturbing. and rebirth to reach a state of ...
... Because Suddhodana wanted Siddhartha to one Siddhartha realized that by putting aside one’s day rule his kingdom, he own selfish desires, a person The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism shielded his son from anything can escape the cycle of death unpleasant or disturbing. and rebirth to reach a state of ...
DOC - Mr. Dowling
... Because Suddhodana wanted Siddhartha to one Siddhartha realized that by putting aside one’s day rule his kingdom, he own selfish desires, a person The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism shielded his son from anything can escape the cycle of death unpleasant or disturbing. and rebirth to reach a state of ...
... Because Suddhodana wanted Siddhartha to one Siddhartha realized that by putting aside one’s day rule his kingdom, he own selfish desires, a person The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism shielded his son from anything can escape the cycle of death unpleasant or disturbing. and rebirth to reach a state of ...
Liberative Elements in Therav綸a Buddhism in Thailand today
... far as organizational setting and institution are concerned. The hierarchy, the official leadership, still prize unity in uniformity, and not in diversity or plurality. It is the social and institutional order that matters more than the liberative message of Buddhism. Followers of Buddhadasa, Santi ...
... far as organizational setting and institution are concerned. The hierarchy, the official leadership, still prize unity in uniformity, and not in diversity or plurality. It is the social and institutional order that matters more than the liberative message of Buddhism. Followers of Buddhadasa, Santi ...
Sabba Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... Sense Bases (āyatana) eye base form base mind base18 mental phenomena base19 mental phenomena base mental phenomena base mental phenomena base ...
... Sense Bases (āyatana) eye base form base mind base18 mental phenomena base19 mental phenomena base mental phenomena base mental phenomena base ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... Sextos Empirikos (fl. c.200 CE), our major source for ancient scepticism and a “Pyrrhonist”, cherishes a striking recollection of the ascetic philosopher Pyrrhon who substantiated scepticism in more “corporeal” (σωματικὼτερον) and “physically manifest” (ἐπιφανὲστερον) ways than those so called “Pyrr ...
... Sextos Empirikos (fl. c.200 CE), our major source for ancient scepticism and a “Pyrrhonist”, cherishes a striking recollection of the ascetic philosopher Pyrrhon who substantiated scepticism in more “corporeal” (σωματικὼτερον) and “physically manifest” (ἐπιφανὲστερον) ways than those so called “Pyrr ...
The Uniqueness of Buddhism
... major or significant conflicts with the discoveries of modern science. It does not have any creation myths, nor does it attempt to attribute any natural phenomenon to supernatural causes. ...
... major or significant conflicts with the discoveries of modern science. It does not have any creation myths, nor does it attempt to attribute any natural phenomenon to supernatural causes. ...
Clark.19.4.Dec_.08
... openness to mind itself as non-dominated nature (right concentration or meditation).9 Snyder has written of such consciousness, the awakened state central to Buddhist practice, as “wild mind,” by which he means mind that is permitted to act freely and spontaneously, exhibiting the complexity, diver ...
... openness to mind itself as non-dominated nature (right concentration or meditation).9 Snyder has written of such consciousness, the awakened state central to Buddhist practice, as “wild mind,” by which he means mind that is permitted to act freely and spontaneously, exhibiting the complexity, diver ...
Rethinking Ziolkowski`s “Landscape of the Soul:” A Mahayana
... important to keep in mind that Nagarjuna is not arguing that things do not completely exist but that they do not exist as independent, unchanging, permanent phenomena. To elucidate this premise he speaks of two levels of truth: conventional and ultimate. For example, the computer I am currently usin ...
... important to keep in mind that Nagarjuna is not arguing that things do not completely exist but that they do not exist as independent, unchanging, permanent phenomena. To elucidate this premise he speaks of two levels of truth: conventional and ultimate. For example, the computer I am currently usin ...
The Fundamentals of Buddhism- BSMG Mtg. 09 14 16
... impermanent and change is constant – we grow frustrated when the world doesn’t behave the way we think it should and our lives don’t conform to our expectations. The cause of suffering lies not in events or circumstances, but in the way we perceive and interpret our experience as it unfolds. 3. The ...
... impermanent and change is constant – we grow frustrated when the world doesn’t behave the way we think it should and our lives don’t conform to our expectations. The cause of suffering lies not in events or circumstances, but in the way we perceive and interpret our experience as it unfolds. 3. The ...
The Causes of Relational Suffering and their Cessation according to
... suffering in everyday life arises because we cling to someone who is dear to us. Someone who is dear to us moves away. One of our close relatives or friends dies, a mother dies too young of cancer, a young son dies, a brother is killed in a work accident, or a good friend at work dies young. Or our ...
... suffering in everyday life arises because we cling to someone who is dear to us. Someone who is dear to us moves away. One of our close relatives or friends dies, a mother dies too young of cancer, a young son dies, a brother is killed in a work accident, or a good friend at work dies young. Or our ...
Siddhartha * Background Information on the Novel, Buddhism
... • Possibly the oldest religion in the world. •The concept of “perfection” can be related to the idea of reincarnation, which according to Hinduism is a series of births and deaths. ...
... • Possibly the oldest religion in the world. •The concept of “perfection” can be related to the idea of reincarnation, which according to Hinduism is a series of births and deaths. ...