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History and Gratitude in Theravada Buddhism
... the ways they thought, felt, and acted in the world. If we look closer at what the texts claim to be doing to their audiences and note the rhetorical and aesthetic uses of language designed to accomplish those goals, then we can see how certain kinds of literary activity functioned in the communitie ...
... the ways they thought, felt, and acted in the world. If we look closer at what the texts claim to be doing to their audiences and note the rhetorical and aesthetic uses of language designed to accomplish those goals, then we can see how certain kinds of literary activity functioned in the communitie ...
Images of Buddha
... Self-Guided Gallery Tour on Buddhist Art at the UMFA Written by Diana Bass For Age: High school, but the information can be adapted for other grades. BACKGROUND ON BUDDHISM ...
... Self-Guided Gallery Tour on Buddhist Art at the UMFA Written by Diana Bass For Age: High school, but the information can be adapted for other grades. BACKGROUND ON BUDDHISM ...
The Revival ofthe Theravada Nun Order in Thailand
... (white-clad women who keep the eight precepts) or the introduction of paramonastic institutions which would allow women to pursue a spiritual practise similar to that of monks. Several institutions in Thailand, seemingly accepting the traditional view on the impossibility of a revival of a canonical ...
... (white-clad women who keep the eight precepts) or the introduction of paramonastic institutions which would allow women to pursue a spiritual practise similar to that of monks. Several institutions in Thailand, seemingly accepting the traditional view on the impossibility of a revival of a canonical ...
Buddhism QCC - Grgafication
... aristocratic family. As a prince he had lot of wealth. He never left his palace. At some point Siddharta began to leave his palace and behold for the first time poverty, sickness and misery. After seeing this Siddharta lost interest in his spoiled life and left his palace forever and gave his rich p ...
... aristocratic family. As a prince he had lot of wealth. He never left his palace. At some point Siddharta began to leave his palace and behold for the first time poverty, sickness and misery. After seeing this Siddharta lost interest in his spoiled life and left his palace forever and gave his rich p ...
Buddhism and Animal Ethics
... This article provides a philosophical overview of some of the central Buddhist positions and argument regarding animal welfare. It introduces the Buddha’s teaching of ahiṃsā or non-violence and rationally reconstructs five arguments from the context of early Indian Buddhism that aim to justify its e ...
... This article provides a philosophical overview of some of the central Buddhist positions and argument regarding animal welfare. It introduces the Buddha’s teaching of ahiṃsā or non-violence and rationally reconstructs five arguments from the context of early Indian Buddhism that aim to justify its e ...
buddhism - Discovery Education
... the truth and a Buddha, an enlightened one. His father, the Rhjah, did not want his son to become a religious leader, so the prince was brought up in palatial luxury and protected from knowledge of the outside world. He married young and had a child. Finally, however, he went out into the streets am ...
... the truth and a Buddha, an enlightened one. His father, the Rhjah, did not want his son to become a religious leader, so the prince was brought up in palatial luxury and protected from knowledge of the outside world. He married young and had a child. Finally, however, he went out into the streets am ...
The Art of Living
... The second type is the religious Buddhism. Originally, Buddhism was not a religion, but now it has become one. We can no longer deny that there is a Buddhist religion because everywhere we look, especially in Asia, it is displayed as a religion. Unlike the monasteries in the past, which held eight-h ...
... The second type is the religious Buddhism. Originally, Buddhism was not a religion, but now it has become one. We can no longer deny that there is a Buddhist religion because everywhere we look, especially in Asia, it is displayed as a religion. Unlike the monasteries in the past, which held eight-h ...
3. True Cause and True Effect
... sole authority, despite the fact that it was in many respects unrepresentative. 6 And it left the ...
... sole authority, despite the fact that it was in many respects unrepresentative. 6 And it left the ...
The Female Wisdom. The Female Aspect in
... It is defined as the essence of all Prajñāpāramitā’s teachings. The Prajñāpāramitāsūtras14 of Indian Mahayana tradition date already from the second century B.C.E., which was long before her first portrayal appeared. Prajñāpāramitā’s earliest known image dates back to the seventh century and it is fou ...
... It is defined as the essence of all Prajñāpāramitā’s teachings. The Prajñāpāramitāsūtras14 of Indian Mahayana tradition date already from the second century B.C.E., which was long before her first portrayal appeared. Prajñāpāramitā’s earliest known image dates back to the seventh century and it is fou ...
Aniccå Vata Sa∫khårå
... formations, is that they are all impermanent: “Impermanent, alas, are formations.” They are impermanent not only in the sense that in their gross manifestations they will eventually come to an end, but even more pointedly because at the subtle, subliminal level they are constantly undergoing rise an ...
... formations, is that they are all impermanent: “Impermanent, alas, are formations.” They are impermanent not only in the sense that in their gross manifestations they will eventually come to an end, but even more pointedly because at the subtle, subliminal level they are constantly undergoing rise an ...
Violence and Disruption in Society
... outlines rights and duties for the different social relationships in society. [21] An employer is advised to: assign work according to the strength of the employee; supply food and wages; tend workers in sickness; share with them unusual delicacies; grant them leave. The same Sutta comments on frien ...
... outlines rights and duties for the different social relationships in society. [21] An employer is advised to: assign work according to the strength of the employee; supply food and wages; tend workers in sickness; share with them unusual delicacies; grant them leave. The same Sutta comments on frien ...
Tiro,ku a Sutta
... The rajah, the princes, the country agent and the treasurer, too, passed away in due course and were reborn in the heavens. The country agent‘s relatives, who had ill will in their hearts, were reborn in the hells. Ninety-two aeons11 passed and those with ill will were reborn in hell after hell. Dur ...
... The rajah, the princes, the country agent and the treasurer, too, passed away in due course and were reborn in the heavens. The country agent‘s relatives, who had ill will in their hearts, were reborn in the hells. Ninety-two aeons11 passed and those with ill will were reborn in hell after hell. Dur ...
Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists
... on the Buddha’s teaching to reawaken their noble hearts. These young people’s stories tell of finding the way of the Buddha here and now, in their very lives, in Buddhist communities and in practice in the world. Whether working in the prisons or climbing mountains, on the streets of New York or the ...
... on the Buddha’s teaching to reawaken their noble hearts. These young people’s stories tell of finding the way of the Buddha here and now, in their very lives, in Buddhist communities and in practice in the world. Whether working in the prisons or climbing mountains, on the streets of New York or the ...
Was Lushan Huiyuan a Pure Land Buddhist?
... In Harrison’s translation this is rendered: “[Those] who are established in the meditation have three things: they possess the numinous power of the Buddha, they possess the power of the Buddha’s meditation, and they possess the power of their former merit. Because of these three things they succeed ...
... In Harrison’s translation this is rendered: “[Those] who are established in the meditation have three things: they possess the numinous power of the Buddha, they possess the power of the Buddha’s meditation, and they possess the power of their former merit. Because of these three things they succeed ...
The Early Buddhist Notion of the Middle Path
... themselves, all claimed to preserve the Buddha-word in its pristine purity. The Mahāyāna schools, adopting philosophical standpoints very different from those of scholasticism, upheld the view that theirs represent the true teachings of the Buddha. Many a modern scholar, after aligning himself with ...
... themselves, all claimed to preserve the Buddha-word in its pristine purity. The Mahāyāna schools, adopting philosophical standpoints very different from those of scholasticism, upheld the view that theirs represent the true teachings of the Buddha. Many a modern scholar, after aligning himself with ...
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
... And in conformity with this thoroughly correct attitude of true inquiry the philosophers of later times observed: "As the wise test the purity of gold by burning, cutting and examining it by means of a piece of touchstone, so should you accept my words after examining them and not merely out of rega ...
... And in conformity with this thoroughly correct attitude of true inquiry the philosophers of later times observed: "As the wise test the purity of gold by burning, cutting and examining it by means of a piece of touchstone, so should you accept my words after examining them and not merely out of rega ...
A Study of Kalaha Vivada Sutta - International Scientific Academy of
... explanations of this with reference to the Kalaha Vivada Sutta, which is found in Pali Tipitaka(Sn4.11). The belief that the only way to fight force is by more force has led to the arms race between the great powers. And this competition to increase the weapons of war has brought mankind to the very ...
... explanations of this with reference to the Kalaha Vivada Sutta, which is found in Pali Tipitaka(Sn4.11). The belief that the only way to fight force is by more force has led to the arms race between the great powers. And this competition to increase the weapons of war has brought mankind to the very ...
Predictions of Women to Buddhahood in Middle-Period Literature Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... relatively recent editorial correction perhaps in (one of?) the editions he consulted. The Chinese version similarly speaks of being endowed with ten epithets, cf. T 202 at T ...
... relatively recent editorial correction perhaps in (one of?) the editions he consulted. The Chinese version similarly speaks of being endowed with ten epithets, cf. T 202 at T ...
Icono-Conservatism and the Persistence of Śākyamuni
... this first Pala king there are several other allusions to the Vajrayana; he mentions a variety of siddhis and sadhana practices, implying, although not actually stating, that Vajrayana was practiced at the highest level of this first Pala king's realm. The prominence of Vajrayana in Taranatha's acco ...
... this first Pala king there are several other allusions to the Vajrayana; he mentions a variety of siddhis and sadhana practices, implying, although not actually stating, that Vajrayana was practiced at the highest level of this first Pala king's realm. The prominence of Vajrayana in Taranatha's acco ...
Zen and Dzogchen: Unifying the Ground and
... Fruition or Result is the full bodhi of liberation-enlightenment that is Buddhahood, outpictured by the seed-syllable HUM, the pristine cognition that is Buddha mind. Such a mind knows directly the phenomenal reality arising from the primordial ground (pratitya samutpada, tendrel nyingpo) is simply ...
... Fruition or Result is the full bodhi of liberation-enlightenment that is Buddhahood, outpictured by the seed-syllable HUM, the pristine cognition that is Buddha mind. Such a mind knows directly the phenomenal reality arising from the primordial ground (pratitya samutpada, tendrel nyingpo) is simply ...
Assu Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... Both the bad and the good senses of the second adjective, akṛtaja—“ungrateful” and “knower of the uncreated” respectively—are clear enough. The third adjective, saṁdhi-c,chedaka, too, are clear enough in both contexts. However, it is possible to take sadhi in the sense of “promise, treaty,” as fou ...
... Both the bad and the good senses of the second adjective, akṛtaja—“ungrateful” and “knower of the uncreated” respectively—are clear enough. The third adjective, saṁdhi-c,chedaka, too, are clear enough in both contexts. However, it is possible to take sadhi in the sense of “promise, treaty,” as fou ...
Part 12 - SGI-UK
... the purpose and meaning of Buddhism. As a youth he had vowed to become the wisest person in Japan, and because there were so many contradictory explanations and practices of Buddhism at the time in Japan, he wished to understand the Buddha’s original intention. After his ordination in 1237, Nichiren ...
... the purpose and meaning of Buddhism. As a youth he had vowed to become the wisest person in Japan, and because there were so many contradictory explanations and practices of Buddhism at the time in Japan, he wished to understand the Buddha’s original intention. After his ordination in 1237, Nichiren ...
the meaning of conversion in buddhism
... Without an authentic, heartfelt, Dharma practice we will experience nothing but superficial changes. We will continue to live in accord with our habitual patterns of conditioned behavior and experience multi-levels of mental anguish. In going for refuge to the Buddha we need to develop faith and de ...
... Without an authentic, heartfelt, Dharma practice we will experience nothing but superficial changes. We will continue to live in accord with our habitual patterns of conditioned behavior and experience multi-levels of mental anguish. In going for refuge to the Buddha we need to develop faith and de ...
the buddha - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... The historical backdrop for the Buddha’s life and teaching of the Dharma is the Ganges River Basin in ancient India around 500 BCE (see Figure 2). Since this was a preliterate society most of what we know about the Buddha, his teachings, and this period of time comes through the oral transmission of ...
... The historical backdrop for the Buddha’s life and teaching of the Dharma is the Ganges River Basin in ancient India around 500 BCE (see Figure 2). Since this was a preliterate society most of what we know about the Buddha, his teachings, and this period of time comes through the oral transmission of ...
An Introduction to True Buddhism - Nichiren Shoshu True Buddhism
... the person, the life of the True Buddha, Nichiren Daishonin Himself is “NamMyoho-Renge-Kyo.” Literally “Nam” means devotion and “Myoho-Renge-Kyo” is the title of the Lotus Sutra. A simplified translation means “Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra.” Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo is also called the My ...
... the person, the life of the True Buddha, Nichiren Daishonin Himself is “NamMyoho-Renge-Kyo.” Literally “Nam” means devotion and “Myoho-Renge-Kyo” is the title of the Lotus Sutra. A simplified translation means “Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra.” Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo is also called the My ...
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.