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... him, tames “the wayward heart” (Shi, 8 ). Tripitaka tries to overcome that restless, unfocused, impetuous aspect of the human will and intelligence (often described in the text as “the monkey of the mind and the horse of the will”). Tripitaka and Monkey are two parts of a whole, incapable of reachin ...
... him, tames “the wayward heart” (Shi, 8 ). Tripitaka tries to overcome that restless, unfocused, impetuous aspect of the human will and intelligence (often described in the text as “the monkey of the mind and the horse of the will”). Tripitaka and Monkey are two parts of a whole, incapable of reachin ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... such a large-scale and unique work of art. Some areas of this quest have borne fruit, with some paths still remaining to be explored. ...
... such a large-scale and unique work of art. Some areas of this quest have borne fruit, with some paths still remaining to be explored. ...
Chapter 7: Creative Buddhas and Pure Lands in Renaissance Tibet
... The central nexus of the Seminal Heart tradition of the Great Perfection is a model of gnostic creation portraying body, mind and world as articulated and sustained by a variety of Buddhas operating from within and without the human self. At the level of being and its matrix, an exclusively gnostic ...
... The central nexus of the Seminal Heart tradition of the Great Perfection is a model of gnostic creation portraying body, mind and world as articulated and sustained by a variety of Buddhas operating from within and without the human self. At the level of being and its matrix, an exclusively gnostic ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... Buddhism was born in Northern India. He lived seventy-nine years and dedicated forty-nine of them to teaching. In 67 AD, one thousand years after he entered Nirvana, these teachings were formally introduced into China. Prior to acquiring a good knowledge of Buddhism, we need to understand the terms ...
... Buddhism was born in Northern India. He lived seventy-nine years and dedicated forty-nine of them to teaching. In 67 AD, one thousand years after he entered Nirvana, these teachings were formally introduced into China. Prior to acquiring a good knowledge of Buddhism, we need to understand the terms ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... Possessing great wisdom and enlightenment enables us to truly know all that exists and all that is infinite. This includes matters and objects as tiny as a speck of dust or the finest hair on the human body, to those as great as infinite universe. All of these are the objects of our perception, or w ...
... Possessing great wisdom and enlightenment enables us to truly know all that exists and all that is infinite. This includes matters and objects as tiny as a speck of dust or the finest hair on the human body, to those as great as infinite universe. All of these are the objects of our perception, or w ...
Politics of Higher Ordination, Buddhist Monastic Identitiy, and
... Sumangala recalled for me his own higher ordination examination to which he had gone well-prepared, accompanied by his teacher and a large retinue of lay Buddhists from Dambulla. Sumangala says that during the examination the monks did not test his skills of memorization by asking him to recite even ...
... Sumangala recalled for me his own higher ordination examination to which he had gone well-prepared, accompanied by his teacher and a large retinue of lay Buddhists from Dambulla. Sumangala says that during the examination the monks did not test his skills of memorization by asking him to recite even ...
The Four Realities True for Noble Ones: Ariyasacca Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... intercourse with the former wife? It is sacca, Lord.” [Horner 1: 36]). The general format of such questions and answers can be formalized as (saccaṃ kira + A? saccaṃ/na saccaṃ), in which A is usually a proposition. The formalization of the example above results in the following ...
... intercourse with the former wife? It is sacca, Lord.” [Horner 1: 36]). The general format of such questions and answers can be formalized as (saccaṃ kira + A? saccaṃ/na saccaṃ), in which A is usually a proposition. The formalization of the example above results in the following ...
TEACHER WORKSHOP The Art of Nonviolence: Martin Luther King
... Right Aims—Treat others with respect and compassion. Right Speech—Speak the truth and to commit oneself to clear communication. Right Action—Do good in the world. Do not kill, steal, or harm other beings. Proper Work—Embark on work that does not harm other beings. Right Thinking—Think in a way that ...
... Right Aims—Treat others with respect and compassion. Right Speech—Speak the truth and to commit oneself to clear communication. Right Action—Do good in the world. Do not kill, steal, or harm other beings. Proper Work—Embark on work that does not harm other beings. Right Thinking—Think in a way that ...
Canonical Jātaka Tales in Comparative Perspective
... version of this tale found in an Udāna collection preserved in Chinese agrees with the two discourses in as much as it does not identify any of the animals in this story with the bodhisattva.15 In the context of a study of the history of the Buddhist canon, Oldenberg (1912: 192) draws attention to t ...
... version of this tale found in an Udāna collection preserved in Chinese agrees with the two discourses in as much as it does not identify any of the animals in this story with the bodhisattva.15 In the context of a study of the history of the Buddhist canon, Oldenberg (1912: 192) draws attention to t ...
Introduction Self or non-self? Three turnings of the wheel of dharma
... If we believe that such a self may be found with a basis in conditioned phenomena we are suffering from a cognitive distortion (vipary sa). The Buddhists distinguish four such distortions. To endorse them is a paradigm case of ignorance or delusion. Wisdom, on the other hand, implies an insight into ...
... If we believe that such a self may be found with a basis in conditioned phenomena we are suffering from a cognitive distortion (vipary sa). The Buddhists distinguish four such distortions. To endorse them is a paradigm case of ignorance or delusion. Wisdom, on the other hand, implies an insight into ...
Has Xuanzang really been in Mathurå?
... information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or intercultural Chinese topoi. If this negligence of a sound philological and contextual research of the pilgrims’ accounts is understandable by the ...
... information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or intercultural Chinese topoi. If this negligence of a sound philological and contextual research of the pilgrims’ accounts is understandable by the ...
The Uniqueness of Buddhism
... • Observe, analyze and test it out for yourself. • Does it agree with reason? • Will it lead to harm or good for yourself and others? • Will it lead to suffering or happiness for yourself and others? • Will a wise person praise or disapprove of it? ...
... • Observe, analyze and test it out for yourself. • Does it agree with reason? • Will it lead to harm or good for yourself and others? • Will it lead to suffering or happiness for yourself and others? • Will a wise person praise or disapprove of it? ...
2nd-Annual-IBD-2012-long
... “Every now and then, when she senses anguish or a need for solace, Tenzin Palmo approaches one of the women she's chatting with and gives them a bear hug. This motherly embrace is the manifestation of kalayanamitta (true ...
... “Every now and then, when she senses anguish or a need for solace, Tenzin Palmo approaches one of the women she's chatting with and gives them a bear hug. This motherly embrace is the manifestation of kalayanamitta (true ...
Lecture 100: Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa Page 1 Lecture
... the hemisphere, this we shall be seeing a bit later on. Now by the time of the great ruler Ashoka, the king of the Magadha kingdom who spread his rule all over India and more or less founded or maybe refounded the Maurya empire - Ashoka, by the way, lived in the 3rd century - by his time the practic ...
... the hemisphere, this we shall be seeing a bit later on. Now by the time of the great ruler Ashoka, the king of the Magadha kingdom who spread his rule all over India and more or less founded or maybe refounded the Maurya empire - Ashoka, by the way, lived in the 3rd century - by his time the practic ...
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... is clear that the tradition of relics introduced by him forms a dominant strain: references to his relics keep appearing throughout Korean history, and in so far that there was ever a "distribution of relics" it is the one which occurred under Chajang. The two main places associated with Chajang's r ...
... is clear that the tradition of relics introduced by him forms a dominant strain: references to his relics keep appearing throughout Korean history, and in so far that there was ever a "distribution of relics" it is the one which occurred under Chajang. The two main places associated with Chajang's r ...
Lay Buddhist Practice - Buddhist Publication Society
... teachers in India before the extinction of Buddhism there. There are remarks and actions recorded of some of the former teachers which might lead one to expect that whatever else Zen is, surely reverence plays no part in it. Such people are bound to be a little startled by the emphasis on reverence ...
... teachers in India before the extinction of Buddhism there. There are remarks and actions recorded of some of the former teachers which might lead one to expect that whatever else Zen is, surely reverence plays no part in it. Such people are bound to be a little startled by the emphasis on reverence ...
TO THE TEACHER: OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students
... WHEN TO TEACH: In a full survey of Chinese history, Buddhism is generally taught when the medieval period is covered. However, a course limited to more modern China could still use this unit since Buddhism remained an important part of Chinese culture into modern times. In a topically-organized cour ...
... WHEN TO TEACH: In a full survey of Chinese history, Buddhism is generally taught when the medieval period is covered. However, a course limited to more modern China could still use this unit since Buddhism remained an important part of Chinese culture into modern times. In a topically-organized cour ...
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 ...
What is Sangha
... tranquil influence that is felt not only by the meditators, but also by anybody else in their vicinity. He has even formulated it into a quantitative principle--the number of people whose mental states are harmonized by a group of meditating people is equal to one hundred times the square of the num ...
... tranquil influence that is felt not only by the meditators, but also by anybody else in their vicinity. He has even formulated it into a quantitative principle--the number of people whose mental states are harmonized by a group of meditating people is equal to one hundred times the square of the num ...
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... but many diverse and sometimes contesting narratives. Public spaces express constructed narratives and memories that communities hold in common, which form a basis for their unity and identity. As a consummate public space, the Shwe Dagon – including not only the gilded and gold-plated pagoda spire ...
... but many diverse and sometimes contesting narratives. Public spaces express constructed narratives and memories that communities hold in common, which form a basis for their unity and identity. As a consummate public space, the Shwe Dagon – including not only the gilded and gold-plated pagoda spire ...
Buddhism (World Religions)
... In the West Buddhism has grown sigthe government in collaboration with nificantly since the 1960s, when it became the Buddhist sangha. In Mongolia the fall popular among artists and writers, espeof communism in 1991 found Buddhism cially the young, for its promotion of spirbarely alive. Within a few ...
... In the West Buddhism has grown sigthe government in collaboration with nificantly since the 1960s, when it became the Buddhist sangha. In Mongolia the fall popular among artists and writers, espeof communism in 1991 found Buddhism cially the young, for its promotion of spirbarely alive. Within a few ...
recognitions and congratulations to hh dorje chang buddha iii
... identity of H.H. Dorje Chang Budhda III and in their praise of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. All Buddhists know that a Buddha is one with the greatest and most perfect enlightenment in the universe. A Buddha is one of unsurpassed compassion, wisdom, and supernatural powers. There is nothing a Buddha ...
... identity of H.H. Dorje Chang Budhda III and in their praise of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. All Buddhists know that a Buddha is one with the greatest and most perfect enlightenment in the universe. A Buddha is one of unsurpassed compassion, wisdom, and supernatural powers. There is nothing a Buddha ...
Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Sy
... or ‘purities’ of the deities. These purities are evocatively expressed in the various ‘Praises to the Deities’, which were composed by many great Indian and Tibetan masters over the last fifteen hundred years. The poetic verses of these beautiful prayers often reveal the reverence, faith, love, and ...
... or ‘purities’ of the deities. These purities are evocatively expressed in the various ‘Praises to the Deities’, which were composed by many great Indian and Tibetan masters over the last fifteen hundred years. The poetic verses of these beautiful prayers often reveal the reverence, faith, love, and ...
The Great Compassion and Fraternity in Mahayana - Purdue e-Pubs
... divine mind is so wonderful it can certainly be called the “doctrine of the equality of all men and women.” Thus, the phenomenon of the Buddha who passed down his teachings to perfect persons such as Arahats on earth and 14. Taisho 20, no. 1088, p. 216, c25–27. 15. Commentary to the Humane King Sū ...
... divine mind is so wonderful it can certainly be called the “doctrine of the equality of all men and women.” Thus, the phenomenon of the Buddha who passed down his teachings to perfect persons such as Arahats on earth and 14. Taisho 20, no. 1088, p. 216, c25–27. 15. Commentary to the Humane King Sū ...
manual of zen buddhism
... China and imported it as they found it then, together with the Shingon elements of Chinese Zen. In China the Shingon did not thrive very long but left its traces in Zen. Dharani, the root of which is dhr, "to hold" or "to convey", is ordinarily translated by the Chinese tsung-ch'ih, "general holder" ...
... China and imported it as they found it then, together with the Shingon elements of Chinese Zen. In China the Shingon did not thrive very long but left its traces in Zen. Dharani, the root of which is dhr, "to hold" or "to convey", is ordinarily translated by the Chinese tsung-ch'ih, "general holder" ...
Wat Phra Kaew
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.