Canonical Jātaka Tales in Comparative Perspective
... trsl. in Sahai 1996: 326); whereas another Lao version (trsl. in Sahai 1976: 34-74; cf. also Deydier 1952) does not take the form of a jātaka. Malaysian versions (summarized in Stutterheim 1925: 28-63 or Zieseniss 1928: 7-64) do not take the form of a jātaka (though similar to the Dasaratha-jātaka, ...
... trsl. in Sahai 1996: 326); whereas another Lao version (trsl. in Sahai 1976: 34-74; cf. also Deydier 1952) does not take the form of a jātaka. Malaysian versions (summarized in Stutterheim 1925: 28-63 or Zieseniss 1928: 7-64) do not take the form of a jātaka (though similar to the Dasaratha-jātaka, ...
“I`d rather have Eternal Emptiness”1—Goethe and Buddhism
... which God embraces a sinful person. The conclusion of this poem— which in my opinion is written in revolutionary words—is “temptation comes from above,” that is, not from below as we all believe. Also, Goethe dealt with the topic of Baghavadgita, the great work of Indian poetry, which he learned of ...
... which God embraces a sinful person. The conclusion of this poem— which in my opinion is written in revolutionary words—is “temptation comes from above,” that is, not from below as we all believe. Also, Goethe dealt with the topic of Baghavadgita, the great work of Indian poetry, which he learned of ...
Justice and the Khmer Rouge
... I wish to thank the many Venerables who gave me so much help and support over the last year. Due to my university’s code of ethics I am not able to name you, but I am deeply grateful to you for everything that you taught me and gave me. I also particularly wish to thank those friends of mine in Camb ...
... I wish to thank the many Venerables who gave me so much help and support over the last year. Due to my university’s code of ethics I am not able to name you, but I am deeply grateful to you for everything that you taught me and gave me. I also particularly wish to thank those friends of mine in Camb ...
THE TEACHING METHODS OF BUDDHA
... The 8 criteria of the Doctrine and Discipline While at Vaiśāli, Mahā Prajāpatī Gautamī (shortly after her ordination) approached the Buddha and asked him to teach her “Dharma in brief” so that, after listening to the Buddha’s Word, she might “dwell alone, secluded, earnest, zealous and resolute” (i. ...
... The 8 criteria of the Doctrine and Discipline While at Vaiśāli, Mahā Prajāpatī Gautamī (shortly after her ordination) approached the Buddha and asked him to teach her “Dharma in brief” so that, after listening to the Buddha’s Word, she might “dwell alone, secluded, earnest, zealous and resolute” (i. ...
Title: Wisdom, Compassion, and Zen Social Ethics: the Case... Sŏngch’ŏl, and Minjung Buddhism in Korea
... By identifying the mind, the Buddha, and one's original nature, Chinul joins many other Zen masters to whom the identity between the Buddha and the sentient being in her/his original state marks the basic promise of the school. Chinul further characterizes the original state of a sentient being as a ...
... By identifying the mind, the Buddha, and one's original nature, Chinul joins many other Zen masters to whom the identity between the Buddha and the sentient being in her/his original state marks the basic promise of the school. Chinul further characterizes the original state of a sentient being as a ...
Tokharian Buddhism in Kucha - Sino
... SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS is an occasional series dedicated to making available to specialists and the interested public the results of research that, because of its unconventional or controversial nature, might otherwise go unpublished. The editor-in-chief actively encourages younger, not yet well estab ...
... SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS is an occasional series dedicated to making available to specialists and the interested public the results of research that, because of its unconventional or controversial nature, might otherwise go unpublished. The editor-in-chief actively encourages younger, not yet well estab ...
What the Buddha Thought, by Richard Gombrich. London: Equinox
... versial. Of course it is legitimate to attempt to sort out the original ideas and even words of the historical Buddha, and to understand him as a thinker of the order of Socrates, Heraclitus, or Zhuangzi. Of course we should take the Pāli Canon, ‘as a working hypothesis’, to be ‘telling us the truth ...
... versial. Of course it is legitimate to attempt to sort out the original ideas and even words of the historical Buddha, and to understand him as a thinker of the order of Socrates, Heraclitus, or Zhuangzi. Of course we should take the Pāli Canon, ‘as a working hypothesis’, to be ‘telling us the truth ...
How to Prostrate
... Perhaps this may seem a bit contrived. Well, contrived is exactly just what it is…but only at first. One’s first steps in any endeavor are always awkward: highly deliberate and contrived. This is true for any skill we wish to acquire. Take playing the piano, for instance. First one struggles to ham ...
... Perhaps this may seem a bit contrived. Well, contrived is exactly just what it is…but only at first. One’s first steps in any endeavor are always awkward: highly deliberate and contrived. This is true for any skill we wish to acquire. Take playing the piano, for instance. First one struggles to ham ...
Was Lushan Huiyuan a Pure Land Buddhist?
... Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal (2008, 21:175-191) Taipei: Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies ...
... Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal (2008, 21:175-191) Taipei: Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies ...
Introduction to the Early Buddhist
... India, Ceylon and Burma may be, still it represents only the literature of one sect of the Buddhists. Alongside of it in India itself and apart from the other countries where Buddhism is the dominant religion, several sects have developed their own literary productions, the language of which is part ...
... India, Ceylon and Burma may be, still it represents only the literature of one sect of the Buddhists. Alongside of it in India itself and apart from the other countries where Buddhism is the dominant religion, several sects have developed their own literary productions, the language of which is part ...
The Different Paths of Buddhism : A Narrative
... ancient Vedic scriptures as revealed literature, which means that from the orthodox Brahmanical viewpoint Buddhism is a heresy. This heretical position is embodied in the Pali canon of southern Buddhism for what is sometimes designated as Nikaya Buddhism, from the term meaning “collection” (nikaya), ...
... ancient Vedic scriptures as revealed literature, which means that from the orthodox Brahmanical viewpoint Buddhism is a heresy. This heretical position is embodied in the Pali canon of southern Buddhism for what is sometimes designated as Nikaya Buddhism, from the term meaning “collection” (nikaya), ...
A Gandhari Version of the Rhinoceros Sutra
... in attributing the verses of the Rhinoceros Siltra to the pratyeka-buddhas and explaining them in this fashion, some doubt exists on the part of modem scholars as to whether this association is historically original to the text or, rather, is a later interpretive imposition. The question arises, fir ...
... in attributing the verses of the Rhinoceros Siltra to the pratyeka-buddhas and explaining them in this fashion, some doubt exists on the part of modem scholars as to whether this association is historically original to the text or, rather, is a later interpretive imposition. The question arises, fir ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... this dynamic must be tested by the material drawn from textual sources which centre above all on interaction between monks, nuns and the broader society, and the archaeological evidence which somewhat contextualizes this. If used with appropriate sensitivity, the available sources can furnish clues ...
... this dynamic must be tested by the material drawn from textual sources which centre above all on interaction between monks, nuns and the broader society, and the archaeological evidence which somewhat contextualizes this. If used with appropriate sensitivity, the available sources can furnish clues ...
Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hundred years, from the time of the Buddha to about the beginning of the Christian era. The status of the Pali Canon is here the basic problem, and there has been quite a landslide in its evaluation. It is now ...
... At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hundred years, from the time of the Buddha to about the beginning of the Christian era. The status of the Pali Canon is here the basic problem, and there has been quite a landslide in its evaluation. It is now ...
Nietzsche and The Four Noble Truths
... placing the blame on something that exists apart from the self, the blame is placed on something that exists within the self. This can be easily justified, however, when one is reminded that while the world isn’t perfect, people aren’t perfect either and are just as much to blame for their suffering ...
... placing the blame on something that exists apart from the self, the blame is placed on something that exists within the self. This can be easily justified, however, when one is reminded that while the world isn’t perfect, people aren’t perfect either and are just as much to blame for their suffering ...
Was the Buddha Omniscient?
... Jaini speculates that “the word sabbaññu was an ancient Āramaṇa technical term, and was in vogue among the Jains…at the time of Mahāvīra.”[19] It was, he believes, taken up by the Buddhists and applied to their Master but perhaps not fully assimilated. Given the ambiguous meaning of the term sabba ( ...
... Jaini speculates that “the word sabbaññu was an ancient Āramaṇa technical term, and was in vogue among the Jains…at the time of Mahāvīra.”[19] It was, he believes, taken up by the Buddhists and applied to their Master but perhaps not fully assimilated. Given the ambiguous meaning of the term sabba ( ...
Masks — Anthropology on the Sinhalese Belief System
... used to, and thus expecting, highly personal narratives of one’s life. The headmonk does not describe, or even mention the personal significance of a celibate’s life when as a seventeen-year old youth he decided to embrace it. The reason for this silence is simply that, for a man who has devoted six ...
... used to, and thus expecting, highly personal narratives of one’s life. The headmonk does not describe, or even mention the personal significance of a celibate’s life when as a seventeen-year old youth he decided to embrace it. The reason for this silence is simply that, for a man who has devoted six ...
Fo Guang Shan Buddhism and Ethical Conversations
... complicated by the belief that the eternal values that Buddhism teaches never exist in the abstract. They must always be realised in some particular form, conditioned by specific contingencies of culture, history, and by technological and economic development. “Buddhism is of this world,” says Hsing ...
... complicated by the belief that the eternal values that Buddhism teaches never exist in the abstract. They must always be realised in some particular form, conditioned by specific contingencies of culture, history, and by technological and economic development. “Buddhism is of this world,” says Hsing ...
Brahmā`s Invitation: the Ariyapariyesanā
... occasion by extolling the life of a seriously practising Buddhist monk. Another instance shows this Brahmā taking a close interest in the welfare of the Buddhist order by intervening in order to reconcile the Buddha with a group of unruly monks. At the time of the Buddha’s passing away, this Bra ...
... occasion by extolling the life of a seriously practising Buddhist monk. Another instance shows this Brahmā taking a close interest in the welfare of the Buddhist order by intervening in order to reconcile the Buddha with a group of unruly monks. At the time of the Buddha’s passing away, this Bra ...
Comparison of Biblical and Buddhist Meditation with Reflections on
... sensations, activities of the mind, and mental objects” (84). Much can be learned about these four areas in the discourse attributed to the Buddha called “The Foundations of Mindfulness” (Nyanaponika 1962:117-132). If a person is doing a contemplation of the body, he may focus on his breathing or hi ...
... sensations, activities of the mind, and mental objects” (84). Much can be learned about these four areas in the discourse attributed to the Buddha called “The Foundations of Mindfulness” (Nyanaponika 1962:117-132). If a person is doing a contemplation of the body, he may focus on his breathing or hi ...
faith and renunciation
... ing to the common translations of these texts, there is a risk of misunderstanding their real meaning and the very purpose of Buddhist soteriology. Therefore, in this paper I would try to apply a threefold but homogeneous approach to the Pāli Nikāyas: 1. a semantic analysis of the single terms; 2. a ...
... ing to the common translations of these texts, there is a risk of misunderstanding their real meaning and the very purpose of Buddhist soteriology. Therefore, in this paper I would try to apply a threefold but homogeneous approach to the Pāli Nikāyas: 1. a semantic analysis of the single terms; 2. a ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Class Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG/F, Centennial Campus Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of th ...
... Class Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG/F, Centennial Campus Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of th ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Class Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG/F, Centennial Campus Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of th ...
... Class Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG/F, Centennial Campus Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of th ...
Buddhist Religious Studies
... and Textbook Board (NCTB) in collaboration with PEDP-2 initiated an extensive program for development of curriculum and teaching learning materials in 2002. In the light of this program the curriculum, textbooks and other teaching learning materials of Primary levels have been prepared, revised and ...
... and Textbook Board (NCTB) in collaboration with PEDP-2 initiated an extensive program for development of curriculum and teaching learning materials in 2002. In the light of this program the curriculum, textbooks and other teaching learning materials of Primary levels have been prepared, revised and ...
ANIMAL CRIES AND BUDDHIST MEDITATION: AN APPRAISAL
... canon. Accordingly, this paper will scan the Buddhist standpoint of animal cries especially with regard to its progressive influence for the human psyche. However, due to the extensiveness of the scope this study is limited to a few selected accounts of the Theragāthā in the Pali canon. Similarly, s ...
... canon. Accordingly, this paper will scan the Buddhist standpoint of animal cries especially with regard to its progressive influence for the human psyche. However, due to the extensiveness of the scope this study is limited to a few selected accounts of the Theragāthā in the Pali canon. Similarly, s ...