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Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... 1. Towards a Definition of Early Buddhism Etymological Definitions of Religion........................................................... 3 Historical Definitions of Religion.................................................................. 3 Psychological Definitions of Religion................... ...
... 1. Towards a Definition of Early Buddhism Etymological Definitions of Religion........................................................... 3 Historical Definitions of Religion.................................................................. 3 Psychological Definitions of Religion................... ...
The Buddha`s Victory
... human one – even if it did significantly expand the meaning of the word `human'. And yet two-and-a-half-thousand years have passed since the Buddha walked on Earth; there are no records to suggest that he or any of his closest disciples could read or write; and his impact, not only on the people he ...
... human one – even if it did significantly expand the meaning of the word `human'. And yet two-and-a-half-thousand years have passed since the Buddha walked on Earth; there are no records to suggest that he or any of his closest disciples could read or write; and his impact, not only on the people he ...
Sati Journal Volume 1 - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... could breed internal conflict, feelings of guilt and unworthiness, and also generate tensions within the family and at the workplace. I think there are reasonable grounds for the belief that during his teaching rounds the Buddha gave many more teachings to his lay disciples than are recorded in the ...
... could breed internal conflict, feelings of guilt and unworthiness, and also generate tensions within the family and at the workplace. I think there are reasonable grounds for the belief that during his teaching rounds the Buddha gave many more teachings to his lay disciples than are recorded in the ...
Precepts Guideline Manual
... Traditional Buddhist practice points out a clear direction and provides guidance and support for those who set out on this journey of discovery. The Buddhist journey always begins by taking refuge in the Three Jewels and the Five Precepts. The Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) provide a spiri ...
... Traditional Buddhist practice points out a clear direction and provides guidance and support for those who set out on this journey of discovery. The Buddhist journey always begins by taking refuge in the Three Jewels and the Five Precepts. The Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) provide a spiri ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... emphasis and closer study of Hindu sacred lore by a more recent and very eminent writer, namely Mahámahopádhyáya Dr. Pandurang Váman Kane, it will be convenient to examine this view after setting out the observations and arguments of Dr Kane. This scholar has written a chapter on the Causes of the D ...
... emphasis and closer study of Hindu sacred lore by a more recent and very eminent writer, namely Mahámahopádhyáya Dr. Pandurang Váman Kane, it will be convenient to examine this view after setting out the observations and arguments of Dr Kane. This scholar has written a chapter on the Causes of the D ...
12 ESSAYS ON BUDDHISM
... degraded to lamentably low depths. These are described in graphic detail in the Mahasaccaka Sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya [M.1. 242-5] where the Bodhisatta, while he was yet experimenting in his search for release, is seen indulging in them. Finally the Bodhisatta rejected them as being of no avail. ...
... degraded to lamentably low depths. These are described in graphic detail in the Mahasaccaka Sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya [M.1. 242-5] where the Bodhisatta, while he was yet experimenting in his search for release, is seen indulging in them. Finally the Bodhisatta rejected them as being of no avail. ...
Mahayana Buddhism
... Mahayana goes beyond the core doctrine contained in the Theravada Tipitaka in several important respects. It accepts as canonical other sutras not in the Tipitaka; this literature is known as the Buddhavacana (Revelation of the Buddha). The most notable Buddhavacana texts are the Saddharmapundarika ...
... Mahayana goes beyond the core doctrine contained in the Theravada Tipitaka in several important respects. It accepts as canonical other sutras not in the Tipitaka; this literature is known as the Buddhavacana (Revelation of the Buddha). The most notable Buddhavacana texts are the Saddharmapundarika ...
- Nishi Hongwanji L.A.
... Prior to our move, we lived in a small two bedroom apartment on the very busy and noisy corner. But we were perfectly happy and content living a very simple life style. As you know, before I became a minister, I was research biologist at a well-known pharmaceutical company. My lifestyle was a quite ...
... Prior to our move, we lived in a small two bedroom apartment on the very busy and noisy corner. But we were perfectly happy and content living a very simple life style. As you know, before I became a minister, I was research biologist at a well-known pharmaceutical company. My lifestyle was a quite ...
The Relocalization of Buddhism in Thailand
... [u]niform or standardized Buddhism is a thing of the past. Thai Buddhism is returning to diversity again . . . . In the past uniform Buddhism was possible because of state and central sangha control. The recent trends suggest that Buddhism is becoming independent of the state and the Sangha hierarch ...
... [u]niform or standardized Buddhism is a thing of the past. Thai Buddhism is returning to diversity again . . . . In the past uniform Buddhism was possible because of state and central sangha control. The recent trends suggest that Buddhism is becoming independent of the state and the Sangha hierarch ...
Korean Buddhist Taego Order America-Europe Parish
... na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bul na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bop na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-sung na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bul na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bop na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-sung na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bul na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bop na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-sung ...
... na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bul na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bop na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-sung na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bul na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bop na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-sung na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bul na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-bop na-mu sang-ju shi-bang-sung ...
mudra - WordPress.com
... demon Mara tried to frighten him with the armies of demons and monsters including his daughters who tried to tempt him to get out of meditation under the Bodhi tree. • While the demon king Mara claimed the throne of enlightenment for himself, his demon army claimed to be the witness for Mara's enlig ...
... demon Mara tried to frighten him with the armies of demons and monsters including his daughters who tried to tempt him to get out of meditation under the Bodhi tree. • While the demon king Mara claimed the throne of enlightenment for himself, his demon army claimed to be the witness for Mara's enlig ...
Be a Lamp Upon Yourself
... "One should not honor only one's religion and condemn the religion of others, but one should honor others' religion for this or that reason. In so doing, one helps one's own religion to grow and renders service to the religions of others too. In acting otherwise, one digs the grave of one's own reli ...
... "One should not honor only one's religion and condemn the religion of others, but one should honor others' religion for this or that reason. In so doing, one helps one's own religion to grow and renders service to the religions of others too. In acting otherwise, one digs the grave of one's own reli ...
mahavira and his philosophy of life
... goes under the name of Jainism to-day, but that should not come in the way of our appreciating and putting into practice the great principles preached by Mahavira which stand to-day embedded and elaborately interpreted in Jaina literature in different languages. Those of you who have visited Bihar c ...
... goes under the name of Jainism to-day, but that should not come in the way of our appreciating and putting into practice the great principles preached by Mahavira which stand to-day embedded and elaborately interpreted in Jaina literature in different languages. Those of you who have visited Bihar c ...
The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism
... People in these countries have preserved its spiritual traditions through centuries and have produced a unique Buddhist culture and civilization through arts and paintings. ese artistic paintings and sculptures are still scattered here and there in large number especially in Kathmandu valley. Apart ...
... People in these countries have preserved its spiritual traditions through centuries and have produced a unique Buddhist culture and civilization through arts and paintings. ese artistic paintings and sculptures are still scattered here and there in large number especially in Kathmandu valley. Apart ...
Speech28072011
... The Diamond Sutra insists on the theme of accumulation of merits: in the Buddhist tradition, to copy sutras is an act of devotion, publicly or privately. Mahāyāna did not have monks exclusively formed to memorize sutras. Most of the believers of the Great Vehicle laymen and women . They all ha ...
... The Diamond Sutra insists on the theme of accumulation of merits: in the Buddhist tradition, to copy sutras is an act of devotion, publicly or privately. Mahāyāna did not have monks exclusively formed to memorize sutras. Most of the believers of the Great Vehicle laymen and women . They all ha ...
No Inner Core
... soul, while leaving intact a psychological entity such as an ego or self, then we are also mistaken. The resolution of this dilemma lies in the fact that we must deal with two levels of reality simultaneously, the ultimate level and the conventional level. In the absolute sense, the anattà doctrine ...
... soul, while leaving intact a psychological entity such as an ego or self, then we are also mistaken. The resolution of this dilemma lies in the fact that we must deal with two levels of reality simultaneously, the ultimate level and the conventional level. In the absolute sense, the anattà doctrine ...
The Kathāvatthu Niyāma Debates
... T h e Theravadins, to the contrary, argued that to so hold would imply that the Buddha-to-be must have been a disciple of Kassapa, which would conflict with the concept of a Buddha as self-developed (sayambhu), as one who discovers the path for himself without the aid of a teacher. Buddhaghosa's com ...
... T h e Theravadins, to the contrary, argued that to so hold would imply that the Buddha-to-be must have been a disciple of Kassapa, which would conflict with the concept of a Buddha as self-developed (sayambhu), as one who discovers the path for himself without the aid of a teacher. Buddhaghosa's com ...
NO INNER CORE - ANATTA BY SAYADAW U SILANANDA
... Donald Watson, in A Dictionary of Mind and Spirit, writes, in the entry Soul: “It goes by many names: Jiva (Jain), Atman (Hindu), Monad, Ego, Self, Higher Self, Overself, elusive self, psyche, or even Mind.” In these nonBuddhist definitions of soul, we see many terms inter-changed, such as core, ego ...
... Donald Watson, in A Dictionary of Mind and Spirit, writes, in the entry Soul: “It goes by many names: Jiva (Jain), Atman (Hindu), Monad, Ego, Self, Higher Self, Overself, elusive self, psyche, or even Mind.” In these nonBuddhist definitions of soul, we see many terms inter-changed, such as core, ego ...
Re-Imagining the Buddha
... Madhyamaloka flat. Our starting point was the subject of animism, on which I had been reflecting. In fact I reminded Subhuti that many years ago, when I was still living in Kalimpong, I had written a poem with the title ‘Animist’. From animism we branched out first to empathy, then to ethics and aes ...
... Madhyamaloka flat. Our starting point was the subject of animism, on which I had been reflecting. In fact I reminded Subhuti that many years ago, when I was still living in Kalimpong, I had written a poem with the title ‘Animist’. From animism we branched out first to empathy, then to ethics and aes ...
The Universal Use of Symbols for Teaching
... Despite the mystery and intrigue of a Dan Brown novel, not all symbols were created to hide information only for a selected few who could understand them. They have been used throughout time by religions and philosophies, both East and West, dualistic and holistic, to convey intellectual concepts ...
... Despite the mystery and intrigue of a Dan Brown novel, not all symbols were created to hide information only for a selected few who could understand them. They have been used throughout time by religions and philosophies, both East and West, dualistic and holistic, to convey intellectual concepts ...
Sabba Kamma Jaha Sutta
... seen in traditional pictures or statues of the Buddha. However, such a posture should only used if we are adept and comfortable with yoga practice or well used to such a posture. The key element in the sitting posture is comfort, that is, keeping the whole physical body relaxed by spreading our weig ...
... seen in traditional pictures or statues of the Buddha. However, such a posture should only used if we are adept and comfortable with yoga practice or well used to such a posture. The key element in the sitting posture is comfort, that is, keeping the whole physical body relaxed by spreading our weig ...
Developing Thai Society with a Thorough Knowledge and
... long been interested in The Three Planes, which is a very important piece of literary work, but have not given it due attention. The reason is that I have other aspects of work on Buddhism and have been occupied with them. I recall having read about The Three Planes some ten years ago from a book en ...
... long been interested in The Three Planes, which is a very important piece of literary work, but have not given it due attention. The reason is that I have other aspects of work on Buddhism and have been occupied with them. I recall having read about The Three Planes some ten years ago from a book en ...
Download/View PDF - Buddhist Churches of America
... persons with whom he wanted to share his understanding were his five ascetic companions. At first, when Sakyamuni reached them, they looked upon him with suspicion. However, amazed at the change that had taken place, for he now overflowed with inner strength and confidence, they could not keep thems ...
... persons with whom he wanted to share his understanding were his five ascetic companions. At first, when Sakyamuni reached them, they looked upon him with suspicion. However, amazed at the change that had taken place, for he now overflowed with inner strength and confidence, they could not keep thems ...
Om Namo … What ? The Thai Massage Wai Khru
... respect that traditional Thai healing arts are inextricably connected to the life concepts and teachings of the Buddha, and that to practice Thai healing without embracing these basic concepts is not in keeping with tradition. Fortunately, the teachings of the Buddha are such that it would be diffic ...
... respect that traditional Thai healing arts are inextricably connected to the life concepts and teachings of the Buddha, and that to practice Thai healing without embracing these basic concepts is not in keeping with tradition. Fortunately, the teachings of the Buddha are such that it would be diffic ...
Buddhism from BuddhaNet
... The hell realm is characterised by acute aggression. We build a wall of anger between ourselves and our experience. Everything irritates us, even the most innocuous, and innocent statement drives us mad with anger. The heat of our anger is reflected back on us and sends us into a frenzy to escape fr ...
... The hell realm is characterised by acute aggression. We build a wall of anger between ourselves and our experience. Everything irritates us, even the most innocuous, and innocent statement drives us mad with anger. The heat of our anger is reflected back on us and sends us into a frenzy to escape fr ...
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.