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2012, Autumn - Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers
... knowledge of Dharma, and natural precision were a real gift. He is no longer available to translate, so Tamara, who runs an events planning and interpreting company, has asked a colleague named Deki to replace him. He’s just learning about Buddhism, but he’s sincerely interested. He’s an ace interpr ...
... knowledge of Dharma, and natural precision were a real gift. He is no longer available to translate, so Tamara, who runs an events planning and interpreting company, has asked a colleague named Deki to replace him. He’s just learning about Buddhism, but he’s sincerely interested. He’s an ace interpr ...
astract - University of West Florida
... Western psychological perspective and different from what is found in the traditional Buddhist literature, everything is totally compatible with essential Buddhism. ...
... Western psychological perspective and different from what is found in the traditional Buddhist literature, everything is totally compatible with essential Buddhism. ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
Buddhism and Western Psychology
... Western psychological perspective and different from what is found in the traditional Buddhist literature, everything is totally compatible with essential Buddhism. ...
... Western psychological perspective and different from what is found in the traditional Buddhist literature, everything is totally compatible with essential Buddhism. ...
FROM BUDDHA`S LIPS TO FREUD`S EARS: A
... new religion emerged the notion of individualism where people began to look out for themselves instead of thinking of the larger group first and viewed their survival and their possible salvation separately from one another (Safran, 10). The belief that emerged from this individualistic way of th ...
... new religion emerged the notion of individualism where people began to look out for themselves instead of thinking of the larger group first and viewed their survival and their possible salvation separately from one another (Safran, 10). The belief that emerged from this individualistic way of th ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... a discourse collection, are responsible for the highly repetitive nature of the early discourses.12 These various oral characteristics of the early discourses testify to the importance of verbatim repetition in the early Buddhist oral tradition.13 In this respect, the transmission of texts in early ...
... a discourse collection, are responsible for the highly repetitive nature of the early discourses.12 These various oral characteristics of the early discourses testify to the importance of verbatim repetition in the early Buddhist oral tradition.13 In this respect, the transmission of texts in early ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian
... to know where to find material that might interest them for further study. All the works referred to in the text are carefully listed. In particular all the primary sources—the Indian writings themselves—have been included with reference to reasonably reliable translations where available, and also ...
... to know where to find material that might interest them for further study. All the works referred to in the text are carefully listed. In particular all the primary sources—the Indian writings themselves—have been included with reference to reasonably reliable translations where available, and also ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian tradition
... to know where to find material that might interest them for further study. All the works referred to in the text are carefully listed. In particular all the primary sources—the Indian writings themselves—have been included with reference to reasonably reliable translations where available, and also ...
... to know where to find material that might interest them for further study. All the works referred to in the text are carefully listed. In particular all the primary sources—the Indian writings themselves—have been included with reference to reasonably reliable translations where available, and also ...
409. Heine, Steven
... Critical Buddhism, and then examine the current debate with traditionalist scholars who continue to assert the priority of the 75-fascicle text. In this paper I will use the term “traditional Buddhism” to refer collectively to the views of those scholars who have rebutted certain key aspects of the ...
... Critical Buddhism, and then examine the current debate with traditionalist scholars who continue to assert the priority of the 75-fascicle text. In this paper I will use the term “traditional Buddhism” to refer collectively to the views of those scholars who have rebutted certain key aspects of the ...
The Authenticity of the Early Buddhist Texts
... The field of study we are covering is vast and cannot be adequately represented in this short survey. Our aim is not to treat all items with the detail they deserve, but to outline the basic areas of interest, present as strong a case as we can for authenticity, and give further references for those ...
... The field of study we are covering is vast and cannot be adequately represented in this short survey. Our aim is not to treat all items with the detail they deserve, but to outline the basic areas of interest, present as strong a case as we can for authenticity, and give further references for those ...
Shankara: A Hindu Revivalist or a Crypto-Buddhist?
... no real difference between Buddha Dharma and Advaita Vedanta. He says, “It is only some semantic confusion people attach to it” (“God and Buddha: A Dialogue,” 2000). Whether this is true or not might not be very important if these were traditions that merely involved theory and philosophy, but they ...
... no real difference between Buddha Dharma and Advaita Vedanta. He says, “It is only some semantic confusion people attach to it” (“God and Buddha: A Dialogue,” 2000). Whether this is true or not might not be very important if these were traditions that merely involved theory and philosophy, but they ...
Chapter 16 Exam - multiple choice
... During the Han Empire, Confucians, who held Correct virtually all important government posts, resisted the new religion. ...
... During the Han Empire, Confucians, who held Correct virtually all important government posts, resisted the new religion. ...
Recent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
MSalam L02 (final) - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... wisdom that directly perceives emptiness becomes the direct antidote to the innate afflictions, the bodhisattva achieves the uninterrupted path of the path of meditation. “B” in the chart refers to the innate afflictive obstructions which are abandoned from the first to the seventh grounds. There ar ...
... wisdom that directly perceives emptiness becomes the direct antidote to the innate afflictions, the bodhisattva achieves the uninterrupted path of the path of meditation. “B” in the chart refers to the innate afflictive obstructions which are abandoned from the first to the seventh grounds. There ar ...
as a PDF
... events in W&nhyo's life were understood as evidence that W&nhyo's life of freedom represents his vision of transcending boundaries, or to borrow B. Faures expression, “W&nhyo's life as thought” (Faure 1995). To many scholars, W&nhyo's life still is his thought. To them, not only does W&nhyo's life p ...
... events in W&nhyo's life were understood as evidence that W&nhyo's life of freedom represents his vision of transcending boundaries, or to borrow B. Faures expression, “W&nhyo's life as thought” (Faure 1995). To many scholars, W&nhyo's life still is his thought. To them, not only does W&nhyo's life p ...
Awaken17 - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... We spend a large part of our lives working and earning a livelihood. Thus the workplace is one place where we spend a great amount of time and a place that we can apply the Dharma as we do our job well (pg 43), even if our effort is devoted to non-dharma work. We can apply sila (morality), samadhi ( ...
... We spend a large part of our lives working and earning a livelihood. Thus the workplace is one place where we spend a great amount of time and a place that we can apply the Dharma as we do our job well (pg 43), even if our effort is devoted to non-dharma work. We can apply sila (morality), samadhi ( ...
Western Self, Asian Other: Modernity, Authenticity, and Nostalgia Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... ly connected world. A theoretical approach that subtly or explicitly privileges as more authentic those Buddhisms predating Western contact can distort the way we characterize Buddhists, as changes tend to be framed in terms of decline and loss rather than adaptation or creativity. I would like to b ...
... ly connected world. A theoretical approach that subtly or explicitly privileges as more authentic those Buddhisms predating Western contact can distort the way we characterize Buddhists, as changes tend to be framed in terms of decline and loss rather than adaptation or creativity. I would like to b ...
japan`s modernization and buddhism - Nanzan Institute for Religion
... unbearably — this derives also from a delusion. It is very easy, when the idea comes up first, to perceive that it is a delusion and to dispel it from the mind.” Hakuin, another priest-thinker, upheld feudal morality by saying, “ Pay homage to the Three Treasures [Buddha, Dharma,and Sangha],revere t ...
... unbearably — this derives also from a delusion. It is very easy, when the idea comes up first, to perceive that it is a delusion and to dispel it from the mind.” Hakuin, another priest-thinker, upheld feudal morality by saying, “ Pay homage to the Three Treasures [Buddha, Dharma,and Sangha],revere t ...
Print this article - Journal of Global Buddhism
... welcoming of Buddhist ideas and practices by a Western audience, the presence of Buddhist traditions, orders, and schools results as well from Asian efforts to settle practical forms of Buddhism. In this case too, broader conditions such as political, social, and economic changes in Asian societies ...
... welcoming of Buddhist ideas and practices by a Western audience, the presence of Buddhist traditions, orders, and schools results as well from Asian efforts to settle practical forms of Buddhism. In this case too, broader conditions such as political, social, and economic changes in Asian societies ...
Empty Selves: A Comparative Analysis of Mahayana Buddhism
... I never meant to major in Philosophy, much less write an honors thesis in the department. I owe my completion of both in large part to the Professors I have had at Wesleyan. I first developed my status as Sartre superfan while in President Roth’s class “The Modern and the Post-Modern”. Then, in Elis ...
... I never meant to major in Philosophy, much less write an honors thesis in the department. I owe my completion of both in large part to the Professors I have had at Wesleyan. I first developed my status as Sartre superfan while in President Roth’s class “The Modern and the Post-Modern”. Then, in Elis ...
Zen Language in our Time: the case of Pojo Chinul`s
... Buddha and sentient beings is still palpable, and the necessity of providing a means to close the gap becomes urgent. A claim can be made that this gap, at least in the pre-enlightenment period, widens because of the Zen Buddhist rejection of language and theorization. The rejection of theorization ...
... Buddha and sentient beings is still palpable, and the necessity of providing a means to close the gap becomes urgent. A claim can be made that this gap, at least in the pre-enlightenment period, widens because of the Zen Buddhist rejection of language and theorization. The rejection of theorization ...
Ksitigrabha sutra - Khyentse Foundation
... women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits are inconceivable and donors of these things will always be reborn as a Suddhavasodeva for one hundr ...
... women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits are inconceivable and donors of these things will always be reborn as a Suddhavasodeva for one hundr ...
Tantric Poetry of Kukai
... who were only apparently distinct beings. After some hesitation about whether to keep silent, his compassionate realization led him to teach the Middle Way between hedonism and asceticism, desire and aversion, just as compassionate realization through Buddhist history has expanded the teachings into ...
... who were only apparently distinct beings. After some hesitation about whether to keep silent, his compassionate realization led him to teach the Middle Way between hedonism and asceticism, desire and aversion, just as compassionate realization through Buddhist history has expanded the teachings into ...
Violence and (Non-)resistance: Ahiṃsā Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... de Silentio), Clements recognizes—in experience, and through the testing of extreme circumstance—such an ethical relation as already sacred, and therefore as being foundational to any rationalizable religious or ethical frame to which it might be subsumed or appended. This is unusual in the Buddhist ...
... de Silentio), Clements recognizes—in experience, and through the testing of extreme circumstance—such an ethical relation as already sacred, and therefore as being foundational to any rationalizable religious or ethical frame to which it might be subsumed or appended. This is unusual in the Buddhist ...
Meaning of Conversion
... talk, the ‘turning about in the deepest seat of consciousness’, derives also from the Mahayana, from the Lankavatara Sutra. No doubt these talks helped to convince many of those present in the audiences that if their conversion to Buddhism was to mean anything, they had to commit themselves to it wh ...
... talk, the ‘turning about in the deepest seat of consciousness’, derives also from the Mahayana, from the Lankavatara Sutra. No doubt these talks helped to convince many of those present in the audiences that if their conversion to Buddhism was to mean anything, they had to commit themselves to it wh ...