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INTRODUCTION - Reggie Pawle
... and that discontinuities are, when one focuses on them, at least as obvious as continuity. (p. 3) Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262) ...
... and that discontinuities are, when one focuses on them, at least as obvious as continuity. (p. 3) Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262) ...
omipbudd1{iih - Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia
... backed by spiritual vigour. These, regrettably enough, are mostly prominent by their ...
... backed by spiritual vigour. These, regrettably enough, are mostly prominent by their ...
Suttas as History: Four Approaches to the "Sermon on the Noble
... while simultaneously all but ignoring them (except in the classroom), I curiously parallel the practices of the "medieval" Buddhists whom I study. But like those of them who continued to draw on suttas in liturgical contexts or commentarialtraditions,I feel that there should be something more to the ...
... while simultaneously all but ignoring them (except in the classroom), I curiously parallel the practices of the "medieval" Buddhists whom I study. But like those of them who continued to draw on suttas in liturgical contexts or commentarialtraditions,I feel that there should be something more to the ...
Buddhism`s Disappearance from India
... to disappearance of Buddhism from India. Due to the lack of historical and archeological evidence, there is no absolute consensus on this matter till date. However, if we analyze all the contributing factors and arrange them in a chronological order, we would realize that the whole sequence of event ...
... to disappearance of Buddhism from India. Due to the lack of historical and archeological evidence, there is no absolute consensus on this matter till date. However, if we analyze all the contributing factors and arrange them in a chronological order, we would realize that the whole sequence of event ...
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
... dhamma through lack of contact with the wise, through not consorting with the good (asappurisa sansevo). Thus, want of kalyáóamittatá, good friendship, appears to be the basic reason for the ills of the world. And conversely, the basis and nutriment of all good is shown to be good friendship. That f ...
... dhamma through lack of contact with the wise, through not consorting with the good (asappurisa sansevo). Thus, want of kalyáóamittatá, good friendship, appears to be the basic reason for the ills of the world. And conversely, the basis and nutriment of all good is shown to be good friendship. That f ...
M1-Dhamma-tj3
... b) [ You will need to mention Theravada and Mahayana ] 1. Why might Buddhists believe that the Buddha is still relevant today? 10AE 2. How important is the Buddha in the lives of Buddhists? 10AE 3. What are the benefits and difficulties for Buddhists in taking refuge in the Buddha? ...
... b) [ You will need to mention Theravada and Mahayana ] 1. Why might Buddhists believe that the Buddha is still relevant today? 10AE 2. How important is the Buddha in the lives of Buddhists? 10AE 3. What are the benefits and difficulties for Buddhists in taking refuge in the Buddha? ...
Development of Yogic Tradition in Buddhism
... There is a strong yogic tradition in Buddhism which, for centuries, has been kept uninterruptedly and practiced according to the Buddha’s teachings. Buddha himself was a great Yogi, disseminating yogic teachings for forty-five years. History shows that the main foundation upon which Buddha became en ...
... There is a strong yogic tradition in Buddhism which, for centuries, has been kept uninterruptedly and practiced according to the Buddha’s teachings. Buddha himself was a great Yogi, disseminating yogic teachings for forty-five years. History shows that the main foundation upon which Buddha became en ...
107 A Comparative Study of Ahimsa (non
... Usually, they sweep the path ahead of them to remove small living beings so that they do not get trampled, and they wear a cloth across their nose to avoid breathing and destroying life-forms in the air. Jainas also avoid alcohol and honey, which are regarded as literally swarming with life-forms. ...
... Usually, they sweep the path ahead of them to remove small living beings so that they do not get trampled, and they wear a cloth across their nose to avoid breathing and destroying life-forms in the air. Jainas also avoid alcohol and honey, which are regarded as literally swarming with life-forms. ...
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... result, but this fact still cannot convince us to abandon the commentator‖s explanation unless we are ready to reject all interpretations based on results. In my opinion, Buddhaghosa‖s interpretation is unacceptable only because, according to him, the Vajjī people were doomed whatever they tried to ...
... result, but this fact still cannot convince us to abandon the commentator‖s explanation unless we are ready to reject all interpretations based on results. In my opinion, Buddhaghosa‖s interpretation is unacceptable only because, according to him, the Vajjī people were doomed whatever they tried to ...
Monks, Nuns and Lay People-Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, and Upasakas
... Throughout the centuries there has always been a strong relationship between the lay and monastic sangha. However, the nature of this relationship was different in different parts of the Buddhist world. Now that Buddhism has reached the West it has changed again and it continues to do so. Buddhism i ...
... Throughout the centuries there has always been a strong relationship between the lay and monastic sangha. However, the nature of this relationship was different in different parts of the Buddhist world. Now that Buddhism has reached the West it has changed again and it continues to do so. Buddhism i ...
JBE Research Article ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 4 1997:1-74
... of the moral commitments (like not killing living beings) which are taken up right at the beginning by both monk and lay person, it may be necessary to motivate as many ordinary, imperfect people as possible to commit themselves to ecological behaviour, and even action, here and now.22 Hence, in my ...
... of the moral commitments (like not killing living beings) which are taken up right at the beginning by both monk and lay person, it may be necessary to motivate as many ordinary, imperfect people as possible to commit themselves to ecological behaviour, and even action, here and now.22 Hence, in my ...
Environmental Ethics in Mahayana Buddhism: The Significance of
... being as that of a Buddha. Representative practices in Buddhism are the six kinds of practices by which a bodhisattva attains Buddhahood (∑a† påramitåh). The six kinds of practices consist of giving donations (dåna-påramitå), keeping the precepts (ߥla-påramitå), being forbearing (k∑ånti-påramitå), ...
... being as that of a Buddha. Representative practices in Buddhism are the six kinds of practices by which a bodhisattva attains Buddhahood (∑a† påramitåh). The six kinds of practices consist of giving donations (dåna-påramitå), keeping the precepts (ߥla-påramitå), being forbearing (k∑ånti-påramitå), ...
The Three Vehicles of Buddhist Practice
... lead to an extraordinary movement called the Madhyamaka school. This school was founded by Nagarjuna and was located in Northern India and used the scholarly language of the time—Sanskrit. To greatly simplify, up to this time the Buddhist scholars had been building up the Abhidharma teachings which ...
... lead to an extraordinary movement called the Madhyamaka school. This school was founded by Nagarjuna and was located in Northern India and used the scholarly language of the time—Sanskrit. To greatly simplify, up to this time the Buddhist scholars had been building up the Abhidharma teachings which ...
SFU Forschungsbulletin
... practice with its roots in Indian religion (particularly in early [Pali] Buddhism). Considering discussions about this topic in class, as well as the increasing quantitative research on questions of enlightenment, I introduce a qualitative psychological anthropological instrument, the Enlightenment ...
... practice with its roots in Indian religion (particularly in early [Pali] Buddhism). Considering discussions about this topic in class, as well as the increasing quantitative research on questions of enlightenment, I introduce a qualitative psychological anthropological instrument, the Enlightenment ...
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... radar of digital either-or markers. For instance, many practitioners of Vipassanā or Zen, so-called secular Buddhists, or people who are deeply inspired by Buddhism as ‘a way of life’ or as ‘a spiritual path’ would not necessarily call themselves Buddhists. What Coleman says about the USA also appli ...
... radar of digital either-or markers. For instance, many practitioners of Vipassanā or Zen, so-called secular Buddhists, or people who are deeply inspired by Buddhism as ‘a way of life’ or as ‘a spiritual path’ would not necessarily call themselves Buddhists. What Coleman says about the USA also appli ...
Return Tranquility
... desires and actions begin with the thoughts we think. Thought precedes one’s experience (mano pubbangama dhamma). Modern cognitive psychologists have now begun to realize this. This means, “As we think, so we feel, as we feel, so we act, as we act, so we reap the results of our actions.” Our destiny ...
... desires and actions begin with the thoughts we think. Thought precedes one’s experience (mano pubbangama dhamma). Modern cognitive psychologists have now begun to realize this. This means, “As we think, so we feel, as we feel, so we act, as we act, so we reap the results of our actions.” Our destiny ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 170-189 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... should manifest the ideals of the Dharma-ràja, the king who rules according to the teachings of the Buddha.32 Compassion and beneficence Compassion is one of the most fundamental Buddhist categories, so fundamental that the entirety of the tradition can be described as compassion (karuna) and wisdom ...
... should manifest the ideals of the Dharma-ràja, the king who rules according to the teachings of the Buddha.32 Compassion and beneficence Compassion is one of the most fundamental Buddhist categories, so fundamental that the entirety of the tradition can be described as compassion (karuna) and wisdom ...
Theme in Indian History - I questions prelims
... Ananda, one of the Buddha’s dearest disciples, who persuaded him to allow women into the sangha. The Buddha’s foster mother, Mahapajapati Gotami was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni. Many women who entered the sangha became teachers of dhamma and went on to become theris, or respected w ...
... Ananda, one of the Buddha’s dearest disciples, who persuaded him to allow women into the sangha. The Buddha’s foster mother, Mahapajapati Gotami was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni. Many women who entered the sangha became teachers of dhamma and went on to become theris, or respected w ...
Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths
... is that the sutta also records that the earth-dwelling devas were recipients of this teaching. The inclusion within the audience of two very different types of being— those in human form and those of the deva realm—has important implications for understanding the significance of Four Noble Truths an ...
... is that the sutta also records that the earth-dwelling devas were recipients of this teaching. The inclusion within the audience of two very different types of being— those in human form and those of the deva realm—has important implications for understanding the significance of Four Noble Truths an ...
Empty Subject Terms in Buddhist Logic: Digna¯ga and his Chinese
... Abstract The problem of empty terms is one of the focal issues in analytic philosophy. Russell’s theory of descriptions, a proposal attempting to solve this problem, attracted much attention and is considered a hallmark of the analytic tradition. Scholars of Indian and Buddhist philosophy, e.g., McD ...
... Abstract The problem of empty terms is one of the focal issues in analytic philosophy. Russell’s theory of descriptions, a proposal attempting to solve this problem, attracted much attention and is considered a hallmark of the analytic tradition. Scholars of Indian and Buddhist philosophy, e.g., McD ...
THE LIVING MESSAGE OF THE DHAMMAPADA by Bhikkhu Bodhi
... message// of the Dhammapada: the message that rings down through the centuries and speaks to us in our present condition in the fullness of our humanity. When we set out to make such an investigation, one difficulty that we meet at the outset is the great diversity of teachings contained in the Dha ...
... message// of the Dhammapada: the message that rings down through the centuries and speaks to us in our present condition in the fullness of our humanity. When we set out to make such an investigation, one difficulty that we meet at the outset is the great diversity of teachings contained in the Dha ...
Approaching The Great Perfection
... correlate, nirvana, and proposes that enlightenment is to be attained gradually through various practices. Modern scholarship has usually approached these two tendencies as entrenched positions on one side or the other of polemical debates between different schools. However, both tendencies are pres ...
... correlate, nirvana, and proposes that enlightenment is to be attained gradually through various practices. Modern scholarship has usually approached these two tendencies as entrenched positions on one side or the other of polemical debates between different schools. However, both tendencies are pres ...
Alan Wallace`s Buddhist Teachers
... full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral transmission and explanation of Longchen Rabjam’s Ease and Relaxation in ...
... full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral transmission and explanation of Longchen Rabjam’s Ease and Relaxation in ...
THE FOUR ASSEMBLIES AND THERAVA.DA BUDDHISM 104). 1
... siisana. Their coming into being is seen as an integral aspect of the Buddha's mission and forms a distinctive mark of the Buddhist tradition. This in turn implies that any living Buddhist tradition that orients itself on the values enshrined in the Pali canon needs to ensure that these four assembl ...
... siisana. Their coming into being is seen as an integral aspect of the Buddha's mission and forms a distinctive mark of the Buddhist tradition. This in turn implies that any living Buddhist tradition that orients itself on the values enshrined in the Pali canon needs to ensure that these four assembl ...
Current Issue - Buddhism in Ottawa
... as one person reported -- and which Ajahn Sona explained can be a sign that one has moved to a deeper state of consciousness. For me, the experience was more like cleaning out a cupboard: having the time to really look and see what's in there, admonishing myself gently when I find things I've been h ...
... as one person reported -- and which Ajahn Sona explained can be a sign that one has moved to a deeper state of consciousness. For me, the experience was more like cleaning out a cupboard: having the time to really look and see what's in there, admonishing myself gently when I find things I've been h ...