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... and compassionately helped people with all kinds of daily life problems (reportedly including sickness and lack of rain). He provided housing, food, and education for a large number of monks, novices, nuns and lay followers. Wat Paknam’s Dhamma and Pali studies, meditation training, and support for ...
... and compassionately helped people with all kinds of daily life problems (reportedly including sickness and lack of rain). He provided housing, food, and education for a large number of monks, novices, nuns and lay followers. Wat Paknam’s Dhamma and Pali studies, meditation training, and support for ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... fluency, the excerpts were shown only the sources of data in the form of in-text footnotes. Regarding Buddhist scriptures, there is an ocean of material in which interpretation varies from different versions or schools of thought. Using Buddhist teachings from only source will keep the consistent un ...
... fluency, the excerpts were shown only the sources of data in the form of in-text footnotes. Regarding Buddhist scriptures, there is an ocean of material in which interpretation varies from different versions or schools of thought. Using Buddhist teachings from only source will keep the consistent un ...
Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... sparked a near obsession with Dr. Ambedkar and the social movements that have developed because of him. Here I use the term academic in the broadest possible sense, for the power of this experience lay in the fact that it prompted both intellectual and personal reflection. For example, I will never ...
... sparked a near obsession with Dr. Ambedkar and the social movements that have developed because of him. Here I use the term academic in the broadest possible sense, for the power of this experience lay in the fact that it prompted both intellectual and personal reflection. For example, I will never ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... other reasons too, but we confine ourselves to his role in Buddhist history. Before Aśoka Buddhism had spread through the northern half of India; but it was his patronage which made it a world religion. Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and em ...
... other reasons too, but we confine ourselves to his role in Buddhist history. Before Aśoka Buddhism had spread through the northern half of India; but it was his patronage which made it a world religion. Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and em ...
Miracles and Superhuman Powers in South Asian Buddhist Literature
... Now, it is questionable whether Buddhist discourse ever developed a concept equivalent to what we might call natural law. The so-called law of karma is one often cited candidate, but there are others that need to be mentioned, like “dependent origination” (pratītyasamutpāda) and “the nature of thing ...
... Now, it is questionable whether Buddhist discourse ever developed a concept equivalent to what we might call natural law. The so-called law of karma is one often cited candidate, but there are others that need to be mentioned, like “dependent origination” (pratītyasamutpāda) and “the nature of thing ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... other reasons too, but we confine ourselves to his role in Buddhist history. Before Aśoka Buddhism had spread through the northern half of India; but it was his patronage which made it a world religion. Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and em ...
... other reasons too, but we confine ourselves to his role in Buddhist history. Before Aśoka Buddhism had spread through the northern half of India; but it was his patronage which made it a world religion. Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and em ...
How Mindfulness Becomes Mindlessness – A Hermeneutical
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
2015 SGINZ LEVEL ONE EXAM
... fourth-century Buddhist scholar and translator Kumarajiva fully grasped the meaning behind the Lotus Sutra’s title and translated it from Sanskrit into Chinese as Miao-falienhua-ching. In Japanese, these Chinese characters are pronounced Myoho-renge-kyo. To Nichiren, this phrase signified something f ...
... fourth-century Buddhist scholar and translator Kumarajiva fully grasped the meaning behind the Lotus Sutra’s title and translated it from Sanskrit into Chinese as Miao-falienhua-ching. In Japanese, these Chinese characters are pronounced Myoho-renge-kyo. To Nichiren, this phrase signified something f ...
AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE CONCEPT OF DHAMMA AS
... concept of Dhamma as natural law as it appears in the Pali canonical, and post-canonical, sources.1 Dhamma is a profound term, creating difficulty for both Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, since there is no equivalent term in English that fully covers all its various connotations. This thesis ther ...
... concept of Dhamma as natural law as it appears in the Pali canonical, and post-canonical, sources.1 Dhamma is a profound term, creating difficulty for both Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, since there is no equivalent term in English that fully covers all its various connotations. This thesis ther ...
The Development of the Tathāgatagarbha in the Early Mahāyāna
... The Same gratitude to Dr. Fa Qing for his continuous suggestion and encouragement, without their guidance this thesis would never have come to fruition. I am also wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mast Venerable Wei Wu, the founder of International Buddhist College and Klintiendhram Foundation, ...
... The Same gratitude to Dr. Fa Qing for his continuous suggestion and encouragement, without their guidance this thesis would never have come to fruition. I am also wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mast Venerable Wei Wu, the founder of International Buddhist College and Klintiendhram Foundation, ...
We have pleasure in presenting Thich Nhat Hanh`s extensive book
... Freedom from suffering is not only possible, but the means for achieving it are immediately within our grasp—literally as close to us as our own breath. This is the 2,500-year-old good news contained in the Anapanasati Sutra, the Buddha's teaching on cultivating both tranquillity and deep insight th ...
... Freedom from suffering is not only possible, but the means for achieving it are immediately within our grasp—literally as close to us as our own breath. This is the 2,500-year-old good news contained in the Anapanasati Sutra, the Buddha's teaching on cultivating both tranquillity and deep insight th ...
Chapter One
... Konagamana, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It was in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that Kassapa, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It is in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that now I, an Arahant, Buddha Supreme, has arisen in the world.1 T ...
... Konagamana, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It was in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that Kassapa, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It is in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that now I, an Arahant, Buddha Supreme, has arisen in the world.1 T ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... significant to Buddhism in India, thus frequently appearing in Chinese Buddhist scriptures, which Chinese Buddhists believed to have originated there. However, when adapting to the new milieu in China, the conception of what is entailed in stūpa worship might have undergone marked changes, being giv ...
... significant to Buddhism in India, thus frequently appearing in Chinese Buddhist scriptures, which Chinese Buddhists believed to have originated there. However, when adapting to the new milieu in China, the conception of what is entailed in stūpa worship might have undergone marked changes, being giv ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... utterance is used. Because the expression ‘Mahayana’ (or its equivalent in the local language) has been used by Buddhists from perhaps as early as the first century BCE to the present day, from India through Tibet, Central Asia, Mongolia, China to Japan, Far East Asia and the Western world, so it mus ...
... utterance is used. Because the expression ‘Mahayana’ (or its equivalent in the local language) has been used by Buddhists from perhaps as early as the first century BCE to the present day, from India through Tibet, Central Asia, Mongolia, China to Japan, Far East Asia and the Western world, so it mus ...
There is a legend the Buddha was once handed a flower and asked
... perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a powerful movement to explore the lesser-known reaches of the human mind. Today Zen has come westward, where we are rediscovering modern significance in its ancient insights. This book is an attempt ...
... perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a powerful movement to explore the lesser-known reaches of the human mind. Today Zen has come westward, where we are rediscovering modern significance in its ancient insights. This book is an attempt ...
The Doctrinal Transformation of 20th Century
... (Skt. tahatā; Ch. rulai)’ epitomized, for example, by Fazang and Ratnamati’s ideas (Lusthaus 2001); the second being ‘an anti-substantialistic critique that eschewed any form of metaphysical reification, emphasizing emptiness as the absence of permanent selfhood or independent essence in anything’ ...
... (Skt. tahatā; Ch. rulai)’ epitomized, for example, by Fazang and Ratnamati’s ideas (Lusthaus 2001); the second being ‘an anti-substantialistic critique that eschewed any form of metaphysical reification, emphasizing emptiness as the absence of permanent selfhood or independent essence in anything’ ...
The Poetic Dhamma of Zao Amat Long`s Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta
... played their part in my fieldwork for this thesis and the team work research on Shan Buddhist literature; to name only the most prominent: Zare Saw (Maehongson), Zare Pa Mule (Maehongson), Zare Saw (Wan Jong, Wiang Haeng); also thanks to Dr Sai Pe, Ven. Zao-sra Nandavamsa Mueang-Kut, Ven. Zaokhu Dev ...
... played their part in my fieldwork for this thesis and the team work research on Shan Buddhist literature; to name only the most prominent: Zare Saw (Maehongson), Zare Pa Mule (Maehongson), Zare Saw (Wan Jong, Wiang Haeng); also thanks to Dr Sai Pe, Ven. Zao-sra Nandavamsa Mueang-Kut, Ven. Zaokhu Dev ...
Ambedkar and Buddhism by Sangharakshita
... Bombay Legislative Assembly, pressed for the abolition of agricultural serfdom, defended the right of industrial workers to strike, advocated the promotion of birth control, and addressed meetings and conferences all over the Bombay Presidency. In 1939 World War II broke out in Europe and the fact ...
... Bombay Legislative Assembly, pressed for the abolition of agricultural serfdom, defended the right of industrial workers to strike, advocated the promotion of birth control, and addressed meetings and conferences all over the Bombay Presidency. In 1939 World War II broke out in Europe and the fact ...
Now - Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
... an administrative position at Qixia or another large monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun purs ...
... an administrative position at Qixia or another large monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun purs ...
The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
... perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a powerful movement to explore the lesser-known reaches of the human mind. Today Zen has come westward, where we are rediscovering modern significance in its ancient insights. This book is an attempt ...
... perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a powerful movement to explore the lesser-known reaches of the human mind. Today Zen has come westward, where we are rediscovering modern significance in its ancient insights. This book is an attempt ...
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... perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a powerful movement to explore the lesser-known reaches of the human mind. Today Zen has come westward, where we are rediscovering modern significance in its ancient insights. This book is an attempt ...
... perhaps the most intriguing is Zen. Growing out of the wisdom of China, India, and Japan, Zen became a powerful movement to explore the lesser-known reaches of the human mind. Today Zen has come westward, where we are rediscovering modern significance in its ancient insights. This book is an attempt ...
common buddhist text: guidance and insight from the buddha
... 2 The age and influence of Buddhism The history of Buddhism spans around 2,500 years from its origin in India with Siddhattha Gotama,1 through its spread to most parts of Asia and, in the twentieth and twenty first centuries, to the West. Professor Richard Gombrich of Oxford University holds that th ...
... 2 The age and influence of Buddhism The history of Buddhism spans around 2,500 years from its origin in India with Siddhattha Gotama,1 through its spread to most parts of Asia and, in the twentieth and twenty first centuries, to the West. Professor Richard Gombrich of Oxford University holds that th ...
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
... Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retrieval, to bring out of the dungeons of oblivion actors famous in their own time, like Shenhui, Shenxiu, and other masters of the Northe ...
... Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retrieval, to bring out of the dungeons of oblivion actors famous in their own time, like Shenhui, Shenxiu, and other masters of the Northe ...
An Analysis of the Pali Canon
... 1929), and was reprinted in K.D.P. Wickremesinghe’s Biography of the Buddha (Colombo 1972). In the present edition, the basic analysis of the Canon has been left in its original state although some minor corrections had to be made. However, it has been found possible to fully explore the Saṃyutta an ...
... 1929), and was reprinted in K.D.P. Wickremesinghe’s Biography of the Buddha (Colombo 1972). In the present edition, the basic analysis of the Canon has been left in its original state although some minor corrections had to be made. However, it has been found possible to fully explore the Saṃyutta an ...
The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal
... Buddhist thought. Bhikkhu Anālayo brings together material from the corpus of the early discourses preserved mainly in Pāli and Chinese that appear to have influenced the arising of the bodhisattva ideal. He takes his inquiry in a direction not yet explored and draws on material that up until now ha ...
... Buddhist thought. Bhikkhu Anālayo brings together material from the corpus of the early discourses preserved mainly in Pāli and Chinese that appear to have influenced the arising of the bodhisattva ideal. He takes his inquiry in a direction not yet explored and draws on material that up until now ha ...