A comparative analysis of causality in Buddhism and African
... chain and it is regarded as the leading factor that causes desire and craving to live permanently in a world that is impermanent. It is ignorance that determines one’s dispositions and this leads to clinging to the world which again leads to rebirth. Rebirth is suffering. To put paid to this cycle o ...
... chain and it is regarded as the leading factor that causes desire and craving to live permanently in a world that is impermanent. It is ignorance that determines one’s dispositions and this leads to clinging to the world which again leads to rebirth. Rebirth is suffering. To put paid to this cycle o ...
The Buddha and Omniscience
... Yet, a perusal of the discourse suggests that the point made with this statement need not be a claim to omniscience, but could refer only to the Buddha’s penetrative insight into whatever is seen, heard and experienced. That is, for the Buddha to say that he knows what is seen, heard and experienced ...
... Yet, a perusal of the discourse suggests that the point made with this statement need not be a claim to omniscience, but could refer only to the Buddha’s penetrative insight into whatever is seen, heard and experienced. That is, for the Buddha to say that he knows what is seen, heard and experienced ...
Lokāyata and Its Derivatives in the Sad-dharma-puṇḍarīka
... If one sets upon oneself the task of translating the Sad-dharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (SDPS), a first-century CE Sanskrit Mahāyānī Buddhist text, into a modern Indian language, one will face no problem with the word lokāyata. It is current in all and can be retained in translation without bothering to exp ...
... If one sets upon oneself the task of translating the Sad-dharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (SDPS), a first-century CE Sanskrit Mahāyānī Buddhist text, into a modern Indian language, one will face no problem with the word lokāyata. It is current in all and can be retained in translation without bothering to exp ...
Shobogenzo Nehanmyoshin (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
... Dharma eye, the marvelous mind of Nirvana, the subtle dharma gate of the true form of the formless, not based on words and letters, transmitted separately from the teachings, always remember the truth of the Buddha’s teaching, and the greatest principle of common mortals realizing Buddhahood. Now I ...
... Dharma eye, the marvelous mind of Nirvana, the subtle dharma gate of the true form of the formless, not based on words and letters, transmitted separately from the teachings, always remember the truth of the Buddha’s teaching, and the greatest principle of common mortals realizing Buddhahood. Now I ...
Introduction to Zen Reading List
... Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation (teachings of Dogen) – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Shobogenzo Zuimonki: Sayings of Eihei Dogen ...
... Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation (teachings of Dogen) – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Shobogenzo Zuimonki: Sayings of Eihei Dogen ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 276-297 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... Earlier he claims that "although feeling and thought define the architecture of experience, it is . . . vi¤¤àõa which constitutes it." What I take Keown to be arguing here is that vi¤¤àõa is the most important of the skandhas which, to my mind at least, seems most unBuddhistic. As he himself notes a ...
... Earlier he claims that "although feeling and thought define the architecture of experience, it is . . . vi¤¤àõa which constitutes it." What I take Keown to be arguing here is that vi¤¤àõa is the most important of the skandhas which, to my mind at least, seems most unBuddhistic. As he himself notes a ...
BD Sp12_10_Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
... gross elements, whatever arises from these gross elements, and whatever can be perceived. There are many different ways to understand substance within relative truth, since there are infinite relative truths. Nihilism means becoming caught within each temporary circumstance of relative truth and bel ...
... gross elements, whatever arises from these gross elements, and whatever can be perceived. There are many different ways to understand substance within relative truth, since there are infinite relative truths. Nihilism means becoming caught within each temporary circumstance of relative truth and bel ...
Theosophy and Buddhist Reformers in the Middle of the Meiji Period
... of the Theosophical Society. In his letter Judge introduced himself as a Buddhist, and asked Matsuyama to send a preacher of Buddhism to America, as people there wanted to learn it. Through Judge Matsuyama received letters from other Theosophists, and from the Ceylonese Buddhist activist, Anagarika ...
... of the Theosophical Society. In his letter Judge introduced himself as a Buddhist, and asked Matsuyama to send a preacher of Buddhism to America, as people there wanted to learn it. Through Judge Matsuyama received letters from other Theosophists, and from the Ceylonese Buddhist activist, Anagarika ...
The Concept of Goddesses in Buddhist Tantra Traditions
... science, psychoanalysis and mental fitness play a crucial role. With the development of psychoanalysis, researchers on tantra (Child 2007: 5–23) have tried to establish a rational basis for its sexual practices. The Jungian concept of anima (Brown 2001: 9–42) has been used for a conceptual definiti ...
... science, psychoanalysis and mental fitness play a crucial role. With the development of psychoanalysis, researchers on tantra (Child 2007: 5–23) have tried to establish a rational basis for its sexual practices. The Jungian concept of anima (Brown 2001: 9–42) has been used for a conceptual definiti ...
歷屆英文考題(至2016年)
... 29. The Mahaprajnaparamita-sutra is actually a collection of some forty smaller sutras focusing on the realization of __________. 30. __________ are beings who have vowed to help others find the Buddhist path without concern for their own personal benefit. 31. All dharmas are marked with emptiness; ...
... 29. The Mahaprajnaparamita-sutra is actually a collection of some forty smaller sutras focusing on the realization of __________. 30. __________ are beings who have vowed to help others find the Buddhist path without concern for their own personal benefit. 31. All dharmas are marked with emptiness; ...
Yeshe Tsogyal: Symbol of Female Enlightenment, Empowerment
... Also referred to as ‘penetrating insight’. Since phenomena are not created, therefore, Mother Prajñāpāramitā should not be taken literally as a being who gives birth to a progeny. Rather, she is the symbolic ‘mother’, i.e. without whom; there would be no buddhas and bodhisattvas because without wisd ...
... Also referred to as ‘penetrating insight’. Since phenomena are not created, therefore, Mother Prajñāpāramitā should not be taken literally as a being who gives birth to a progeny. Rather, she is the symbolic ‘mother’, i.e. without whom; there would be no buddhas and bodhisattvas because without wisd ...
HAPPY IS HE WHO HAS OVERCOME HIS EGO
... only a transitory part of this eternal process - ultimately impermanent and without substance. So, in reality, there is no "self" that is not part of the greater whole - or the "not-self" - and suffering results from our failure to recognize this. This does not mean that we should deny our existence ...
... only a transitory part of this eternal process - ultimately impermanent and without substance. So, in reality, there is no "self" that is not part of the greater whole - or the "not-self" - and suffering results from our failure to recognize this. This does not mean that we should deny our existence ...
Literal Means and Hidden Meanings: a New Analysis of Skillful Means
... by the Buddha had a different and concealed meaning. The Pâli canon, for example, contains no such distinction. In the Pâli canon the words and actions of the Buddha are taken literally, and are treated as if the Buddha really meant them. There is no recognition of a gap between words or actions on ...
... by the Buddha had a different and concealed meaning. The Pâli canon, for example, contains no such distinction. In the Pâli canon the words and actions of the Buddha are taken literally, and are treated as if the Buddha really meant them. There is no recognition of a gap between words or actions on ...
- St. Anselm`s Abbey
... but both very likely occurred sometime in the fifth century before the common era. He was born in what is modern-day Nepal into the warrior-caste Gautama family, his father being a member of the ruling council of the Sakya clan. The earliest texts do not give his personal name, but later ones say i ...
... but both very likely occurred sometime in the fifth century before the common era. He was born in what is modern-day Nepal into the warrior-caste Gautama family, his father being a member of the ruling council of the Sakya clan. The earliest texts do not give his personal name, but later ones say i ...
Mahayana Buddhism and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
... favor for your own ego is perverse and should be quelled. Happiness comes through cooperation, not self-interest and denigration. Abstaining from harsh language is important because it is born of anger, and aims to cause pain of some kind. A person who has controlled his own mind has no need for suc ...
... favor for your own ego is perverse and should be quelled. Happiness comes through cooperation, not self-interest and denigration. Abstaining from harsh language is important because it is born of anger, and aims to cause pain of some kind. A person who has controlled his own mind has no need for suc ...
Co-Existence and Convergence: Confucianism, Taoism and
... developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (Master Kung, 551-479BC)2. It focuses on human morality and right action. Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and hi ...
... developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (Master Kung, 551-479BC)2. It focuses on human morality and right action. Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and hi ...
Essentials of Buddhism
... One. Truly, O king; I think your son will become a Buddha. But now I am old. I shall not live to see the glory of your son’s achievements nor shall I hear his words of wisdom.” The king was very much moved by the words of Asita. To him there was glory in the thought of his son as ruler of all India ...
... One. Truly, O king; I think your son will become a Buddha. But now I am old. I shall not live to see the glory of your son’s achievements nor shall I hear his words of wisdom.” The king was very much moved by the words of Asita. To him there was glory in the thought of his son as ruler of all India ...
Did the Buddha Speak Pāli?
... unanimous conclusion that Pāli was not the spoken language of the Buddha. Hinüber further argues that “Pāli has been a spoken language neither in Magadha nor elsewhere. For it is possible to infer from linguistic peculiarities of this language that is has been created as some kind of lingua franca p ...
... unanimous conclusion that Pāli was not the spoken language of the Buddha. Hinüber further argues that “Pāli has been a spoken language neither in Magadha nor elsewhere. For it is possible to infer from linguistic peculiarities of this language that is has been created as some kind of lingua franca p ...
Noble Truths versus Dependent Origination Professor Oliver
... The new turn that Dependent Origination took in the Vibhanga culminated in the Paṭṭhāna. Even though the Paṭṭhāna does not have a direct discussion on the twelve-fold Dependent Origination, what permeated the entire text is the theory that was first formulated in the discourses in the name of Depend ...
... The new turn that Dependent Origination took in the Vibhanga culminated in the Paṭṭhāna. Even though the Paṭṭhāna does not have a direct discussion on the twelve-fold Dependent Origination, what permeated the entire text is the theory that was first formulated in the discourses in the name of Depend ...
Will the marriage between Pragmatism and Buddhism last?
... somewhere and somewhen. The whole function of philosophy ought to be to find out what definite difference it will make to you and me, at definite instants of our life, if this world-formula or that world-formula be the true one.16 A person who follows the pragmatic method, says James, views theories ...
... somewhere and somewhen. The whole function of philosophy ought to be to find out what definite difference it will make to you and me, at definite instants of our life, if this world-formula or that world-formula be the true one.16 A person who follows the pragmatic method, says James, views theories ...
international journal of engineering sciences
... Buddhism is a religion andphilosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one"). The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6 ...
... Buddhism is a religion andphilosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one"). The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6 ...
Vol-55 Dec-2013 - Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia
... Ven. Mahinda said that as a disciple of the late Chief Reverend, he will try his best to serve the BMSM in whatever way he can to continue the legacy of his teacher. For a start, Ven Mahinda said that for 2013, he will be spending his three months Vas at Samadhi Vihara and during this time, he will ...
... Ven. Mahinda said that as a disciple of the late Chief Reverend, he will try his best to serve the BMSM in whatever way he can to continue the legacy of his teacher. For a start, Ven Mahinda said that for 2013, he will be spending his three months Vas at Samadhi Vihara and during this time, he will ...
strategies of legitimation in buddhist tantrism
... written texts, a shift which was less important to Tantric Buddhism, since it had already taken place4. ...
... written texts, a shift which was less important to Tantric Buddhism, since it had already taken place4. ...
Buddhism and Music - Fo Guang Shan International Translation
... text, then you will have to rush through a long section of text, while only singing a few notes. For this reason, we have translated the sutras into Chinese and do not make use of Sanskrit melodies.” In the absence of traditional hymns, monastics later adapted classical folk songs, along with pieces ...
... text, then you will have to rush through a long section of text, while only singing a few notes. For this reason, we have translated the sutras into Chinese and do not make use of Sanskrit melodies.” In the absence of traditional hymns, monastics later adapted classical folk songs, along with pieces ...