THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND ITS `BODIES`: PHYSICAL BODIES
... Anne C. Klein, “Grounding and Opening,” In Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment, eds. Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997), 141. ...
... Anne C. Klein, “Grounding and Opening,” In Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment, eds. Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997), 141. ...
Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... discourse of East Asia for several centuries. As is well documented, the Tathāgatagarbha (Buddha-nature) tradition had taken strong hold in various forms in East Asia during the fifth and sixth centuries, to the extent that it had even influenced the interpretations of Yogācāra doctrine that came to ...
... discourse of East Asia for several centuries. As is well documented, the Tathāgatagarbha (Buddha-nature) tradition had taken strong hold in various forms in East Asia during the fifth and sixth centuries, to the extent that it had even influenced the interpretations of Yogācāra doctrine that came to ...
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism
... the basis of numismatic evidence, states the following: “‘Śuṅgas’, if they ever existed, were probably as localized as the rest of the groups we know from coins in terms of their political prowess.” McClish (2009: 326), referring to Bhandare, suggests that it was the very insignificance of the Śuṅ ...
... the basis of numismatic evidence, states the following: “‘Śuṅgas’, if they ever existed, were probably as localized as the rest of the groups we know from coins in terms of their political prowess.” McClish (2009: 326), referring to Bhandare, suggests that it was the very insignificance of the Śuṅ ...
The Acceptance and Impact of the Lotus Sutra in Japan
... Hinayana precepts which he had taken at the ordination platform in the Todai-ji Temple. In the same year Saicho submitted to the court the Regulations of Annually Permitted Priests of the Tendai Lotus Sect ( , the Six Article Regulations), in which Saicho insisted that the priests of the Tendai sect ...
... Hinayana precepts which he had taken at the ordination platform in the Todai-ji Temple. In the same year Saicho submitted to the court the Regulations of Annually Permitted Priests of the Tendai Lotus Sect ( , the Six Article Regulations), in which Saicho insisted that the priests of the Tendai sect ...
- ScienceCentral
... Many of them were either translated into Chinese or written by the eminent monks from the inner land from the 4th century to the 7th centuries, and later introduced to Gaochang. According to the research, during the period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (东晋, 317-420), the Buddhist communities in the Tur ...
... Many of them were either translated into Chinese or written by the eminent monks from the inner land from the 4th century to the 7th centuries, and later introduced to Gaochang. According to the research, during the period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (东晋, 317-420), the Buddhist communities in the Tur ...
RELS102 AnIntroductionto HinduismandBuddhism Semester1 2017
... Reading: Satipatthāna Sutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Sangha: The Buddhist Community ...
... Reading: Satipatthāna Sutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Sangha: The Buddhist Community ...
Noble Eightfold Path
... school, tradition after tradition, whether in India, Tibet, Burma, Thailand, Japan, or Sri Lanka, wherever Buddhism has spread, we find reference is made again and again to the Four Noble Truths, and especially to the Noble Eightfold Path. Therefore unless we know about these Truths, and especially ...
... school, tradition after tradition, whether in India, Tibet, Burma, Thailand, Japan, or Sri Lanka, wherever Buddhism has spread, we find reference is made again and again to the Four Noble Truths, and especially to the Noble Eightfold Path. Therefore unless we know about these Truths, and especially ...
The Skillful Handling of Poison: Bodhicitta and the
... his Introduction to the Practice of Awakening (Bodhicaryāvatāra). I begin by contrasting two images from the first chapter that represent the power of bodhicitta: the fires destroying the universe at the end of time, and the mercury elixir that transmutes base metals into gold. The first of these, I ...
... his Introduction to the Practice of Awakening (Bodhicaryāvatāra). I begin by contrasting two images from the first chapter that represent the power of bodhicitta: the fires destroying the universe at the end of time, and the mercury elixir that transmutes base metals into gold. The first of these, I ...
The Eco-Buddhism of Marie Byles Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... and transient. She stressed the Third Truth—that our individual selves are an illusion and we have no-self (anattā), and that suffering ends “when we practice unselfishness and finally become selfless” (218). She noted that the Fourth Truth involves following the Eightfold Path to end attachment and ...
... and transient. She stressed the Third Truth—that our individual selves are an illusion and we have no-self (anattā), and that suffering ends “when we practice unselfishness and finally become selfless” (218). She noted that the Fourth Truth involves following the Eightfold Path to end attachment and ...
The Arya Dharma of Sakya Muni, Gautama Buddha. The Ethics of
... The religion of the Buddha was a purely psychological science which was taught only to those who were admitted into the Brahmachariya Order of Yellow robed Bhikkhus. The popular religion of gods, hells, pretas, Brahmas, of ancient India without the blood sacrifices, slightly modified was preached by ...
... The religion of the Buddha was a purely psychological science which was taught only to those who were admitted into the Brahmachariya Order of Yellow robed Bhikkhus. The popular religion of gods, hells, pretas, Brahmas, of ancient India without the blood sacrifices, slightly modified was preached by ...
Dokument in Tabellen
... This is Hakamaya's explanation for the active adherence of Japanese Buddhism to the wars of conquest and to a highly conservative society. Should he have only observed -- and shared his observation of -- this active adherence, without attempting to explain it through doctrinal analysis? Let us remem ...
... This is Hakamaya's explanation for the active adherence of Japanese Buddhism to the wars of conquest and to a highly conservative society. Should he have only observed -- and shared his observation of -- this active adherence, without attempting to explain it through doctrinal analysis? Let us remem ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... Frauwallner was correct, the author of the Skandhaka would have described events of the distant past. I want to show that the time separating the origins of the Skandhaka from the events that it describes may be considerably shorter than previously assumed. Thus, the historical value of the work is ...
... Frauwallner was correct, the author of the Skandhaka would have described events of the distant past. I want to show that the time separating the origins of the Skandhaka from the events that it describes may be considerably shorter than previously assumed. Thus, the historical value of the work is ...
Document
... one can do about it — which we cannot associate with any single known movement, but which we can safely accept as being a product of the spiritual culture of Greater Magadha. It is the conviction that a certain kind of knowledge of the true nature of the self can bring about, or assist, liberatio ...
... one can do about it — which we cannot associate with any single known movement, but which we can safely accept as being a product of the spiritual culture of Greater Magadha. It is the conviction that a certain kind of knowledge of the true nature of the self can bring about, or assist, liberatio ...
British Buddhism: Teachings, Practice and Development
... largest Buddhist organizations in Britain, including both traditional schools and more controversial ‘new Buddhist movements’, to determine how and to what extent they are changing from their Asian roots and whether any forms of ‘British Buddhism’ are beginning to emerge. Ninian Smart’s dimensional ...
... largest Buddhist organizations in Britain, including both traditional schools and more controversial ‘new Buddhist movements’, to determine how and to what extent they are changing from their Asian roots and whether any forms of ‘British Buddhism’ are beginning to emerge. Ninian Smart’s dimensional ...
10 Taking of Refuge
... Besides this intrinsic suffering, there is also suffering due to change and suffering due to the conditioned nature of existence. No relief can be found anywhere, neither in Heaven nor in the Form and Formless realms because life there is also impermanent and subject to conditions. This implies only ...
... Besides this intrinsic suffering, there is also suffering due to change and suffering due to the conditioned nature of existence. No relief can be found anywhere, neither in Heaven nor in the Form and Formless realms because life there is also impermanent and subject to conditions. This implies only ...
Surun-Khanda D. Syrtypova
... Buddhist cult in the region of study. The language of religious texts, including sādhanas, remains Tibetan among Mongolian peoples through the last three centuries. 2) Objects such as iconic paintings and sculptures, and other objects of fine art from different collections of Russia and Mongolia. Th ...
... Buddhist cult in the region of study. The language of religious texts, including sādhanas, remains Tibetan among Mongolian peoples through the last three centuries. 2) Objects such as iconic paintings and sculptures, and other objects of fine art from different collections of Russia and Mongolia. Th ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... the Omniscient Buddha. The importance of appreciating doctrinal diversity applies not just to Buddhism as a whole but to the Mahayana itself. There is a fallacy which I shall call the ‘essentialist fallacy’. It occurs when we take a single name or naming expression and assume that it must refer to o ...
... the Omniscient Buddha. The importance of appreciating doctrinal diversity applies not just to Buddhism as a whole but to the Mahayana itself. There is a fallacy which I shall call the ‘essentialist fallacy’. It occurs when we take a single name or naming expression and assume that it must refer to o ...
here - Nichiren Shu
... after Taisekiji adopted its own unique stance with the elimination of Sakyamuni Buddha from the centre of Buddhism, the creation of the Daigohonzon and its new concept of kechimyaku (as the only true orthodox lineage and affiliation) flowing solely through Taisekiji, their stance became much more st ...
... after Taisekiji adopted its own unique stance with the elimination of Sakyamuni Buddha from the centre of Buddhism, the creation of the Daigohonzon and its new concept of kechimyaku (as the only true orthodox lineage and affiliation) flowing solely through Taisekiji, their stance became much more st ...
Buddhism in India
... years of research and writing, and a much longer period of discussion, debate and research on the issues involved. In some ways it is being published too soon and I am aware of the incomplete, even tentative nature of the project. Just as Buddhist stupas, carvings and caves of all kinds are continua ...
... years of research and writing, and a much longer period of discussion, debate and research on the issues involved. In some ways it is being published too soon and I am aware of the incomplete, even tentative nature of the project. Just as Buddhist stupas, carvings and caves of all kinds are continua ...
Buddhism in India - Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
... years of research and writing, and a much longer period of discussion, debate and research on the issues involved. In some ways it is being published too soon and I am aware of the incomplete, even tentative nature of the project. Just as Buddhist stupas, carvings and caves of all kinds are continua ...
... years of research and writing, and a much longer period of discussion, debate and research on the issues involved. In some ways it is being published too soon and I am aware of the incomplete, even tentative nature of the project. Just as Buddhist stupas, carvings and caves of all kinds are continua ...
Isayo Samuddaka Sutta
... sense of stories with psychological motifs and morals. In the spirit of such teachings as given in the Neyy’attha Nīt’attha Sutta (A 2.3.5+6), the import of such stories need to be teased out and explained in terms of the Dharma and mental cultivation.12 1.3 ASURA AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE. Psycholog ...
... sense of stories with psychological motifs and morals. In the spirit of such teachings as given in the Neyy’attha Nīt’attha Sutta (A 2.3.5+6), the import of such stories need to be teased out and explained in terms of the Dharma and mental cultivation.12 1.3 ASURA AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE. Psycholog ...
Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... and as a teacher. Nydahl's activities, however, have attracted criticism, rendering him a controversial figure in contemporary Buddhism. At this point, it is worth noting that Nydahl, both in his books and public lectures, is very open about controversial details in his biography and lifestyle, for ...
... and as a teacher. Nydahl's activities, however, have attracted criticism, rendering him a controversial figure in contemporary Buddhism. At this point, it is worth noting that Nydahl, both in his books and public lectures, is very open about controversial details in his biography and lifestyle, for ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... words.”23 The eleven essays presented in this volume are from former students, friends, and colleagues, all in one way or another influenced by Jim’s work. The arrangement is roughly chronological and according to geographic situation, with essays dealing with the earliest South Asian material first ...
... words.”23 The eleven essays presented in this volume are from former students, friends, and colleagues, all in one way or another influenced by Jim’s work. The arrangement is roughly chronological and according to geographic situation, with essays dealing with the earliest South Asian material first ...