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Chapter One
... The most important concept of the Buddha in the Lotus Sutra is the Buddha preached in the ‘Life Span of the Thus Come One’ (sixteenth) Chapter. The Buddha in the Chapter is quite different from the Buddha of all the other scriptures. The chapter title ‘The Life Span of the Thus Come One’ means the d ...
... The most important concept of the Buddha in the Lotus Sutra is the Buddha preached in the ‘Life Span of the Thus Come One’ (sixteenth) Chapter. The Buddha in the Chapter is quite different from the Buddha of all the other scriptures. The chapter title ‘The Life Span of the Thus Come One’ means the d ...
carrying Buddhism
... the North because of previous scholarship that has focused on what has been called “Amaravati” style Buddha images and their importance for the development of Buddhist art in Southeast Asia. A number of scholars, however, have written about the identification and dating of Amaravati style images (Ba ...
... the North because of previous scholarship that has focused on what has been called “Amaravati” style Buddha images and their importance for the development of Buddhist art in Southeast Asia. A number of scholars, however, have written about the identification and dating of Amaravati style images (Ba ...
BLIAQ Newsletter - Chung Tian Temple
... Temple in Yixing, the Foguang ancestral temple, he gave all his belongings to students without regret. At that time, the Secretary for Education in Yixing invited the Venerable Master to be the principal of a primary school. As this was a rare opportunity to promote Buddhism and to serve the communi ...
... Temple in Yixing, the Foguang ancestral temple, he gave all his belongings to students without regret. At that time, the Secretary for Education in Yixing invited the Venerable Master to be the principal of a primary school. As this was a rare opportunity to promote Buddhism and to serve the communi ...
Download:Three Methods of Merit Accumulation(PDF file)
... Mahayana and Hinayana, the Buddha often said: “I don’t know this merit, so you should ask that from the Buddha.” Or “I don’t know this merit, so you should ask from the Bodhisattva.” From this point of view, there are people who don’t know the secret meaning or the concealed intention by Buddha, and ...
... Mahayana and Hinayana, the Buddha often said: “I don’t know this merit, so you should ask that from the Buddha.” Or “I don’t know this merit, so you should ask from the Bodhisattva.” From this point of view, there are people who don’t know the secret meaning or the concealed intention by Buddha, and ...
Dharma and Abhidharma
... doe not appear to have been originally part of Buddhist meditation. The Buddhist SËtras contain traces of a time when these states were as yet not accepted: in the story of the Bodhisattva’s training under Órå∂a Kålåma and Udraka, the son of Råma (MN I. 163-7; II.212; MÓ(C), 776b5-777a4; also in the ...
... doe not appear to have been originally part of Buddhist meditation. The Buddhist SËtras contain traces of a time when these states were as yet not accepted: in the story of the Bodhisattva’s training under Órå∂a Kålåma and Udraka, the son of Råma (MN I. 163-7; II.212; MÓ(C), 776b5-777a4; also in the ...
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... of the Buddha and of the possibility of universal liberation. It is considered in the Mahayana as that sutra that contains the complete teachings of the Buddha, in contrast to the Hinayana sutras, which contain it only partially. It is said to have been expounded by the Buddha at the end of his peri ...
... of the Buddha and of the possibility of universal liberation. It is considered in the Mahayana as that sutra that contains the complete teachings of the Buddha, in contrast to the Hinayana sutras, which contain it only partially. It is said to have been expounded by the Buddha at the end of his peri ...
Essentials of Buddhism
... legged under the tree. So deep were his thoughts that he did not hear them even when they called him, until he came out of his meditation. Years afterwards, Siddhattha was to use the knowledge of concentration that he gained under the rose-apple tree in his strivings to find a solution to life’s pr ...
... legged under the tree. So deep were his thoughts that he did not hear them even when they called him, until he came out of his meditation. Years afterwards, Siddhattha was to use the knowledge of concentration that he gained under the rose-apple tree in his strivings to find a solution to life’s pr ...
A Secular Buddhism
... The kind of Buddhism sought out by Jane and others on the basis of their practice of mindfulness may have little if anything to do with Buddhism as it is traditionally understood and presented. By “traditional Buddhism” I mean any school or doctrinal system that operates within the soteriological wo ...
... The kind of Buddhism sought out by Jane and others on the basis of their practice of mindfulness may have little if anything to do with Buddhism as it is traditionally understood and presented. By “traditional Buddhism” I mean any school or doctrinal system that operates within the soteriological wo ...
Theories on the Foundation of the Nuns` Order –
... the Buddha should be placed,27 the contrast between the five precepts undertaken at the moment of becoming a disciple of the Buddha and the full set of monastic rules to be observed by bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs may not yet have been in existence. Regarding the gift of a robe, a stipulation found in th ...
... the Buddha should be placed,27 the contrast between the five precepts undertaken at the moment of becoming a disciple of the Buddha and the full set of monastic rules to be observed by bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs may not yet have been in existence. Regarding the gift of a robe, a stipulation found in th ...
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 ( ...
The Spread of Sarnath-Style Buddha Images in Southeast Asia and
... statue with both ankles visible below the garment was assumed to have been created in the fifth century (see Figure 1) (Khoo 2006, 25). The surface is cracked and warped, so it is difficult to determine its original shape. Coedes, a prominent scholar who laid the foundations for the study of Southea ...
... statue with both ankles visible below the garment was assumed to have been created in the fifth century (see Figure 1) (Khoo 2006, 25). The surface is cracked and warped, so it is difficult to determine its original shape. Coedes, a prominent scholar who laid the foundations for the study of Southea ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... of the listener or audience. These didactic approaches are clearly unlike the formal, even comprehensive, style of a classroom lecture or academic discourse, or the Abhidhamma. During the two centuries after the Buddha’s passing, some of the best monastic minds worked towards a comprehensive and pre ...
... of the listener or audience. These didactic approaches are clearly unlike the formal, even comprehensive, style of a classroom lecture or academic discourse, or the Abhidhamma. During the two centuries after the Buddha’s passing, some of the best monastic minds worked towards a comprehensive and pre ...
Ascetic Figures Before and in Early Buddhism: The Emergence of
... can achieve the same end by their own efforts? These queries, it must be appreciated, do not take the form of criticisms launched from without the Buddhist tradition. They arise from within, since references to paccekabuddhas and the assertion that they are 'enlightened' ascetics are to be found wit ...
... can achieve the same end by their own efforts? These queries, it must be appreciated, do not take the form of criticisms launched from without the Buddhist tradition. They arise from within, since references to paccekabuddhas and the assertion that they are 'enlightened' ascetics are to be found wit ...
May - FPMT Losang Dragpa Centre
... Then only can we be certain that at the time of death we are free of any regrets. The best way to achieve this is to learn, study, reflect and meditate on the teachings of the Buddha especially the Four Noble Truths, Compassion, Bodhicitta, Wisdom and generating the aspiration to attain Enlightenment ...
... Then only can we be certain that at the time of death we are free of any regrets. The best way to achieve this is to learn, study, reflect and meditate on the teachings of the Buddha especially the Four Noble Truths, Compassion, Bodhicitta, Wisdom and generating the aspiration to attain Enlightenment ...
Saṃyukta-āgama and the Potential of the Ten Courses of Action
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
Original `Toro Nagashi` in America Reverend Kakei Nakagawa
... war broke out and bombs were dropped on both cities. The aged had a difficult time mending their hearts after such loneliness, missing their sons, daughters and siblings. In its original meaning, the Floating Lantern Ceremony was the event that symbolized the end of the Obon season. But this event b ...
... war broke out and bombs were dropped on both cities. The aged had a difficult time mending their hearts after such loneliness, missing their sons, daughters and siblings. In its original meaning, the Floating Lantern Ceremony was the event that symbolized the end of the Obon season. But this event b ...
THE FOUR ASSEMBLIES AND THERAVA.DA BUDDHISM 104). 1
... to promote its use in a hospital setting. Starting at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, this intuition became the starting point for ...
... to promote its use in a hospital setting. Starting at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, this intuition became the starting point for ...
`Mai Pen Rai`: A Cultural Ecology of Thailand
... Ecology (1977), that this theoretical perspective analyzes the adaptations that human groups make relative to their environment. “The ecological concept of interacting phenomena draws attention to certain general categories of relevant data. The resources, flora, fauna, climate, local diseases and ...
... Ecology (1977), that this theoretical perspective analyzes the adaptations that human groups make relative to their environment. “The ecological concept of interacting phenomena draws attention to certain general categories of relevant data. The resources, flora, fauna, climate, local diseases and ...
The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... relatives, and well-wishers gather around him and a surgeon is called. But the wounded man says, 'Before he takes out this arrow, I want to know if the man who shot me was a Kshatriya, a Brahmin, a merchant, or an untouchable.' "Or he says, 'I won't let this arrow be removed until I know the name an ...
... relatives, and well-wishers gather around him and a surgeon is called. But the wounded man says, 'Before he takes out this arrow, I want to know if the man who shot me was a Kshatriya, a Brahmin, a merchant, or an untouchable.' "Or he says, 'I won't let this arrow be removed until I know the name an ...
The Dhammapada
... relatives, and well-wishers gather around him and a surgeon is called. But the wounded man says, 'Before he takes out this arrow, I want to know if the man who shot me was a Kshatriya, a Brahmin, a merchant, or an untouchable.' "Or he says, 'I won't let this arrow be removed until I know the name an ...
... relatives, and well-wishers gather around him and a surgeon is called. But the wounded man says, 'Before he takes out this arrow, I want to know if the man who shot me was a Kshatriya, a Brahmin, a merchant, or an untouchable.' "Or he says, 'I won't let this arrow be removed until I know the name an ...
Sample Chapter 4 - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... meaning of human experience, and it threw him into a depression that kept him from enjoying his luxurious and carefree life any longer. Siddhartha decided to escape. Legend tells how he took a last look at his sleeping family and attendants and rode to the edge of the palace grounds, where he gave h ...
... meaning of human experience, and it threw him into a depression that kept him from enjoying his luxurious and carefree life any longer. Siddhartha decided to escape. Legend tells how he took a last look at his sleeping family and attendants and rode to the edge of the palace grounds, where he gave h ...
The Lotus Sutra - Cirencester College
... “Some of the most important principles of Buddhism are only touched upon in passing, as though the reader or hearer is expected to be acquainted with them already, while many of the more revolutionary doctrines are not presented in any orderly fashion or supported by careful or detailed arguments bu ...
... “Some of the most important principles of Buddhism are only touched upon in passing, as though the reader or hearer is expected to be acquainted with them already, while many of the more revolutionary doctrines are not presented in any orderly fashion or supported by careful or detailed arguments bu ...
A Mahayana View on Buddhism and Animals
... Mahamati, the above mentioned diet is prescribed for those Bodhisattvas-Mahasattvas who have made offerings to the previous Buddhas, have planted the roots of goodness, are possessed of faith, are devoid of prejudices, are all males and females belonging to the Sakya family, are sons and daughters o ...
... Mahamati, the above mentioned diet is prescribed for those Bodhisattvas-Mahasattvas who have made offerings to the previous Buddhas, have planted the roots of goodness, are possessed of faith, are devoid of prejudices, are all males and females belonging to the Sakya family, are sons and daughters o ...
[page 62] TRIPITAKA KOREANA By Dr. Nak Choon Paik (Dr. L
... Tartars. Why should such a prayer be not so with the present day Tartars? All depends on how the Buddha in heaven should hear our prayers.” [page 67] We can draw from the above statements the following points : 1. The first publication of the Tripitaka took place during the reign of King Hun Chong. ...
... Tartars. Why should such a prayer be not so with the present day Tartars? All depends on how the Buddha in heaven should hear our prayers.” [page 67] We can draw from the above statements the following points : 1. The first publication of the Tripitaka took place during the reign of King Hun Chong. ...
the_sixth_ancestor.pps
... in history, named Dao Xuan (596—667) , was founder of the unified “South Mountain” school of Chinese Vinaya Buddhism. He indirectly lent support to this Zen doctrine of being a superior teaching. In Dao Xuan’s famous work “Biographies of ...
... in history, named Dao Xuan (596—667) , was founder of the unified “South Mountain” school of Chinese Vinaya Buddhism. He indirectly lent support to this Zen doctrine of being a superior teaching. In Dao Xuan’s famous work “Biographies of ...
Wat Phra Kaew
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Wat Phra Kaew (Thai: วัดพระแก้ว, rtgs: Wat Phra Kaeo, IPA: [wát pʰráʔ kɛ̂ːw], Pronunciation, English: Temple of the Emerald Buddha; full official name Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, Thai: วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม, IPA: [wát pʰráʔ sǐː rát.ta.náʔ sàːt.sa.daː.raːm]) is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple (wat) in Thailand. The Emerald Buddha housed in the temple is a potent religio-political symbol and the palladium (protective image) of Thai society. It is located in Phra Nakhon District, the historic centre of Bangkok, within the precincts of the Grand Palace.The main building is the central phra ubosot, which houses the statue of the Emerald Buddha. According to legend, this Buddha image originated in India where the sage Nagasena prophesized that the Emerald Buddha would bring ""prosperity and pre-eminence to each country in which it resides"", the Emerald Buddha deified in the Wat Phra Kaew is therefore deeply revered and venerated in Thailand as the protector of the country. Historical records however dates its finding to Chiang Rai in the 15th century where, after it was relocated a number of times, it was finally taken to Thailand in the 18th century. It was enshrined in Bangkok at the Wat Phra Kaew temple in 1782 during the reign of Phutthayotfa Chulalok, King Rama I (1782–1809). This marked the beginning of the Chakri Dynasty of Thailand, whose present sovereign is Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX. The Emerald Buddha, a dark green statue, is in a standing form, about 66 centimetres (26 in) tall, carved from a single jade stone (""emerald"" in Thai means deep green colour and not the specific stone). It is carved in the meditating posture in the style of the Lanna school of the northern Thailand. Except for the Thai King and, in his stead, the Crown Prince, no other persons are allowed to touch the statue. The King changes the cloak around the statue three times a year, corresponding to the summer, winter, and rainy seasons, an important ritual performed to usher good fortune to the country during each season.