Masters and Gautama: A Synthesis of Buddhist Philosophy
... The story begins with Masters’ telling of his murder trial. A private investigator working on his case brought him books on the Buddha’s teachings, and to stay calm during the trial he began sitting in meditation ahead of time. His early morning prison hours were spent absorbed in the practice in a ...
... The story begins with Masters’ telling of his murder trial. A private investigator working on his case brought him books on the Buddha’s teachings, and to stay calm during the trial he began sitting in meditation ahead of time. His early morning prison hours were spent absorbed in the practice in a ...
What the Buddha Thought, by Richard Gombrich. London: Equinox
... does not change. For the Buddha, there is no being, only becoming. That all conditioned things are impermanent — which did not yet mean that everything is momentary — is evident from our experience of the world and our own existence. Consciousness, moreover, is also constantly changing. Here, the Bu ...
... does not change. For the Buddha, there is no being, only becoming. That all conditioned things are impermanent — which did not yet mean that everything is momentary — is evident from our experience of the world and our own existence. Consciousness, moreover, is also constantly changing. Here, the Bu ...
Tipitaka Atthakathas and Tikas inscribed on Stone Slabs in Myanmar
... railings are needed to guard the slabs. These railings should be run as close to the ground as possible so that men and beasts cannot enter the enclosure and soil it. Meiktila - Atthakathas in Myanmar exist only in Mandalay and Meiktila. Some of the texts in Meiktila were lacking and work on them is ...
... railings are needed to guard the slabs. These railings should be run as close to the ground as possible so that men and beasts cannot enter the enclosure and soil it. Meiktila - Atthakathas in Myanmar exist only in Mandalay and Meiktila. Some of the texts in Meiktila were lacking and work on them is ...
Vows and Declarations of Votaries of the Lotus Sutra and
... “The Lotus Sutra states, ‘A person who can accept and uphold this sutra is likewise foremost among all living beings.’ There is no question about these golden words of the great sage. And yet people fail to understand this principle or to examine the matter, but instead seek worldly reputation or gi ...
... “The Lotus Sutra states, ‘A person who can accept and uphold this sutra is likewise foremost among all living beings.’ There is no question about these golden words of the great sage. And yet people fail to understand this principle or to examine the matter, but instead seek worldly reputation or gi ...
The Origin and Evolution of Book Printing in China (4)
... collection of Buddhist texts in Han ideograms. Also, its carved woodblocks are the only complete set still in existence. The Tripitaka contains systematically collated Buddhist sutras and treatises. These have been the reliable sources for the authentic Dharma teaching since the Buddha; they are the ...
... collection of Buddhist texts in Han ideograms. Also, its carved woodblocks are the only complete set still in existence. The Tripitaka contains systematically collated Buddhist sutras and treatises. These have been the reliable sources for the authentic Dharma teaching since the Buddha; they are the ...
Relational Buddhism: A Psychological Quest for Meaning and
... we find one science of physics, chemistry, and biology. As in the “Three Empirical Marks of Existence”, the Buddha observed that suffering develops due to existence’s pervasive impermanence and that the illusion of a perfect self/I-me-mine comes about by clinging to a non-foundational “empty” concep ...
... we find one science of physics, chemistry, and biology. As in the “Three Empirical Marks of Existence”, the Buddha observed that suffering develops due to existence’s pervasive impermanence and that the illusion of a perfect self/I-me-mine comes about by clinging to a non-foundational “empty” concep ...
The Taming of the Bull
... pictures.5 The Vajrayana and the Chan (Korean Son; Jap Zen; Vietnamese Thi’ên) schools introduced a series of ten or eleven didactic pictures as a form of visual aid illustrating Buddhist spiritual progress. Let us examine, in turn, each of these two texts, that is, the Mah Goplaka Sutta, the simi ...
... pictures.5 The Vajrayana and the Chan (Korean Son; Jap Zen; Vietnamese Thi’ên) schools introduced a series of ten or eleven didactic pictures as a form of visual aid illustrating Buddhist spiritual progress. Let us examine, in turn, each of these two texts, that is, the Mah Goplaka Sutta, the simi ...
Review of The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture
... Since the Buddha’s death there have always been tensions between Buddhist notions of frugality and opulence, renunciation and monastic accumulation. These tensions were often played out over specific material objects, as they were understood in a particular sociopolitical setting. Throughout the boo ...
... Since the Buddha’s death there have always been tensions between Buddhist notions of frugality and opulence, renunciation and monastic accumulation. These tensions were often played out over specific material objects, as they were understood in a particular sociopolitical setting. Throughout the boo ...
Unity of Faiths - Buddhism
... This time is symbolized by the story of the ‘four sights’, which were four formative experiences he had while traveling in his carriage. It began with the appearance of an old man, the first time Siddhartha had ever truly understood the fact of inevitable old age. Following this sight he saw disease ...
... This time is symbolized by the story of the ‘four sights’, which were four formative experiences he had while traveling in his carriage. It began with the appearance of an old man, the first time Siddhartha had ever truly understood the fact of inevitable old age. Following this sight he saw disease ...
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... and death. The fact that we cannot control the universe means our relationships with other people, our livelihood, the overall social and political climate, all of these may become unpleasant or even monstrous, and we, as individuals, cannot control everything and make our existence and our world in ...
... and death. The fact that we cannot control the universe means our relationships with other people, our livelihood, the overall social and political climate, all of these may become unpleasant or even monstrous, and we, as individuals, cannot control everything and make our existence and our world in ...
Is There Room for `Grace` in Buddhism?
... gap apparently fixed between Enlightenment and the seeker after enlightenment—ignorant by definition—it is self-evident to anyone who thinks at all, and still more so to anyone possessed of a metaphysical flair, that such a seeking on the part of a human being with his necessarily imperfect vision a ...
... gap apparently fixed between Enlightenment and the seeker after enlightenment—ignorant by definition—it is self-evident to anyone who thinks at all, and still more so to anyone possessed of a metaphysical flair, that such a seeking on the part of a human being with his necessarily imperfect vision a ...
The Xixia Avatamsaka Sutra
... of the youth Sudhana 善財童子, who undertakes a pilgrimage in 52 stages and 53 visits at the behest of the bodhisattva Manjushri 文殊師利. This Sutra as been from early times regarded as the most important text of the Buddhist canon because it is said to have been written by the Buddha himself after he has ...
... of the youth Sudhana 善財童子, who undertakes a pilgrimage in 52 stages and 53 visits at the behest of the bodhisattva Manjushri 文殊師利. This Sutra as been from early times regarded as the most important text of the Buddhist canon because it is said to have been written by the Buddha himself after he has ...
Tiro,ku a Sutta
... intermediary preta) rather than the Buddhist (suffering) peta. In Aguttara [Jussoi Sutta] passage ―peta‖ may mean nothing more than ―departed.‖ (PvA:BM 35 n60) While almost all of the beings of four of the five realms have some sort of ―realm‖ or common spatial location, apparently only the pret ...
... intermediary preta) rather than the Buddhist (suffering) peta. In Aguttara [Jussoi Sutta] passage ―peta‖ may mean nothing more than ―departed.‖ (PvA:BM 35 n60) While almost all of the beings of four of the five realms have some sort of ―realm‖ or common spatial location, apparently only the pret ...
Beyond-the-Tipitaka - Ancient Buddhist Texts
... Post-canonical Pāḷi literature supplements the Tipiṭaka in several important ways. First, the chronicles and commentaries provide a vital thread of temporal continuity that links us, via the persons and historical events of the intervening centuries, to the Tipiṭaka’s world of ancient India. A Tipiṭ ...
... Post-canonical Pāḷi literature supplements the Tipiṭaka in several important ways. First, the chronicles and commentaries provide a vital thread of temporal continuity that links us, via the persons and historical events of the intervening centuries, to the Tipiṭaka’s world of ancient India. A Tipiṭ ...
THE THREE JEWELS CONT`D - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... The Dhamma is to be learnt and put into practice in the course of one's daily life, for without practice one cannot appreciate the truth. The Dhamma is to be studied, and more so be practiced, and above all to be realized; immediate realization is its ultimate goal. ...
... The Dhamma is to be learnt and put into practice in the course of one's daily life, for without practice one cannot appreciate the truth. The Dhamma is to be studied, and more so be practiced, and above all to be realized; immediate realization is its ultimate goal. ...
Engaged Buddhism and Deep Ecology: Beyond the Science
... dichotomized categorizations of “scientific” versus “religious” views of nature. Indeed, we suggest that it is important to highlight the ways so-called scientific and religious paradigms might be understood as complementing and reinforcing one another. To this end, we examine the ways engaged Buddh ...
... dichotomized categorizations of “scientific” versus “religious” views of nature. Indeed, we suggest that it is important to highlight the ways so-called scientific and religious paradigms might be understood as complementing and reinforcing one another. To this end, we examine the ways engaged Buddh ...
The Mahāsāṃghika and the Tathāgatagarbha
... this theory with the stipulation of prior acceptance that the Tathagatagarbha doctrine has a Mahasamghika origin. If the preceding evidence and reasoning be deemed sufficient for establishing the Mahasamghika association, the the further step of determining the provenance is a rather simple matter. ...
... this theory with the stipulation of prior acceptance that the Tathagatagarbha doctrine has a Mahasamghika origin. If the preceding evidence and reasoning be deemed sufficient for establishing the Mahasamghika association, the the further step of determining the provenance is a rather simple matter. ...
M.A. Mahayana Buddhist Studies
... 2 To give chronological development of Buddha’s discipline and ...
... 2 To give chronological development of Buddha’s discipline and ...
The Art of Buddhism - Freer and Sackler Galleries
... world. The highest concentration of Buddhists is found in Asia: Japan, Korea, Nepal, China, throughout Southeast Asia, and in the Himalayan regions. A wide range of Buddhist traditions exists. Some of the practices include: making religious journeys (pilgrimages) to holy temples and stupas and walki ...
... world. The highest concentration of Buddhists is found in Asia: Japan, Korea, Nepal, China, throughout Southeast Asia, and in the Himalayan regions. A wide range of Buddhist traditions exists. Some of the practices include: making religious journeys (pilgrimages) to holy temples and stupas and walki ...
The Text on the "Dhāraṇī Stones from Abhayagiriya": A Minor
... off with the usual Hashing of lights and general h u b b u b which seems always to mark a Buddha's movements. O n their way they come upon "a large old stupa that was dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, was covered with grass and branches atid rubble and looked, in fact, like a heap of rubbish. Bu ...
... off with the usual Hashing of lights and general h u b b u b which seems always to mark a Buddha's movements. O n their way they come upon "a large old stupa that was dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, was covered with grass and branches atid rubble and looked, in fact, like a heap of rubbish. Bu ...
Examination of Misunderstanding – 6
... According to the Mahavagga of the Vinaya Piìaka, Yasa first attained the stage of stream entrance (sotapatti), then attained arahantship as a layman. Question (6): What do all these records mean? Answer (6): It means that the possibility of an attainment of arahantship by a lay person is directly s ...
... According to the Mahavagga of the Vinaya Piìaka, Yasa first attained the stage of stream entrance (sotapatti), then attained arahantship as a layman. Question (6): What do all these records mean? Answer (6): It means that the possibility of an attainment of arahantship by a lay person is directly s ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 310-313 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... first meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, the birth act of indianism. This first period ends in 1831 with the death of G. W. F. Hegel, who described Buddhism as making "nothingness the principle, goal and end of everything" (Enzyklopadieder philosophischen Wissenschaften, 1830). In the s ...
... first meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, the birth act of indianism. This first period ends in 1831 with the death of G. W. F. Hegel, who described Buddhism as making "nothingness the principle, goal and end of everything" (Enzyklopadieder philosophischen Wissenschaften, 1830). In the s ...
Religions (China)
... – 2) The cause of suffering is desire – 3) To end suffering, one must crush desire – 4) Follow the Eight Fold Path ...
... – 2) The cause of suffering is desire – 3) To end suffering, one must crush desire – 4) Follow the Eight Fold Path ...
chinese religions and philosophies
... – 2) The cause of suffering is desire – 3) To end suffering, one must crush desire – 4) Follow the Eight Fold Path ...
... – 2) The cause of suffering is desire – 3) To end suffering, one must crush desire – 4) Follow the Eight Fold Path ...
Rational BUDDHISM
... the ancient Hindu scriptures that had been part of his upbringing, but he seems to have accepted some of those teachings, reformulated others, and clearly disagreed with some crucial points, such as the existence of an individual “self” in the sense that Hinduism was using that word. His approach wa ...
... the ancient Hindu scriptures that had been part of his upbringing, but he seems to have accepted some of those teachings, reformulated others, and clearly disagreed with some crucial points, such as the existence of an individual “self” in the sense that Hinduism was using that word. His approach wa ...