Buddhism and Modernity in Korea
... were hoping to exploit this opportunity to regain the dignity of Buddhism in Korean society. This hope was also charged with the urgent need to renovate the religion so as to prove that the Buddhism, which had a 1,500-year history in Korea, was still relevant in the modern world. The dual task of Ko ...
... were hoping to exploit this opportunity to regain the dignity of Buddhism in Korean society. This hope was also charged with the urgent need to renovate the religion so as to prove that the Buddhism, which had a 1,500-year history in Korea, was still relevant in the modern world. The dual task of Ko ...
Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... “If we ask for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say ‘no’. The Buddh ...
... “If we ask for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say ‘no’. The Buddh ...
Is Colorado Buddhism Green? - Digital Commons @ DU
... natural world, making it a “green” religion (Cooper and James 2005). This project explores the connection between Buddhist practice and the natural environment to identify and evaluate Buddhist ecological attitudes and values. Buddhism was introduced into North America by Asian immigrants in the 19t ...
... natural world, making it a “green” religion (Cooper and James 2005). This project explores the connection between Buddhist practice and the natural environment to identify and evaluate Buddhist ecological attitudes and values. Buddhism was introduced into North America by Asian immigrants in the 19t ...
Toward a Buddhist Theory of Structural Peace: Lessons
... mindfulness and good intentions necessarily lead to both inner and outer peace is seriously challenged. At the heart of this challenge is the recognition that in today’s interconnected world, cause-and-effect relationships between one’s action and its unintended consequences, as exemplified by globa ...
... mindfulness and good intentions necessarily lead to both inner and outer peace is seriously challenged. At the heart of this challenge is the recognition that in today’s interconnected world, cause-and-effect relationships between one’s action and its unintended consequences, as exemplified by globa ...
Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India
... whatsoever that all these texts represent the teachings of the Buddha, and it is at least conceivable that some of their contents are non-authentic. How can we imagine non-authentic views and practices to have found their way into the canonical collections, primarily the collections of SËtras ? This ...
... whatsoever that all these texts represent the teachings of the Buddha, and it is at least conceivable that some of their contents are non-authentic. How can we imagine non-authentic views and practices to have found their way into the canonical collections, primarily the collections of SËtras ? This ...
the two traditions of meditation in ancient india
... whatsoever that all these texts represent the teachings of the Buddha, and it is at least conceivable that some of their contents are non-authentic. How can we imagine non-authentic views and practices to have found their way into the canonical collections, primarily the collections of SËtras ? This ...
... whatsoever that all these texts represent the teachings of the Buddha, and it is at least conceivable that some of their contents are non-authentic. How can we imagine non-authentic views and practices to have found their way into the canonical collections, primarily the collections of SËtras ? This ...
Deep Transmission, and of What?
... gazed at each other with the sense that we had stepped into another world and time. We were transported by a haunting, melodic rhythm of ancient sound currents wafting through the monastic compound, and pulled speechlessly toward its source. A spirited feeling trembled in my chest, at once familiar ...
... gazed at each other with the sense that we had stepped into another world and time. We were transported by a haunting, melodic rhythm of ancient sound currents wafting through the monastic compound, and pulled speechlessly toward its source. A spirited feeling trembled in my chest, at once familiar ...
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps
... This is philosophy at its grandest, and the Buddhist is left with the task of making it personal. Religions with Near Eastern antecedents permit a personal relationship with God, and while many of the metaphorical figures in the Hua-yen ching could be called deities, there is no single God ruling al ...
... This is philosophy at its grandest, and the Buddhist is left with the task of making it personal. Religions with Near Eastern antecedents permit a personal relationship with God, and while many of the metaphorical figures in the Hua-yen ching could be called deities, there is no single God ruling al ...
Hitech Khadi Padmasambhava: The Lotus Born (2)
... Padmasambhava, was himself a householder with at least two consorts!) Monasteries, monks and nuns are all later extensions. The belief in Tulku or rebirth of Buddhist leaders is also a later extension. Buddhism came to Tibet as a layman's religion. Laymen upheld Buddhism without help from monastics ...
... Padmasambhava, was himself a householder with at least two consorts!) Monasteries, monks and nuns are all later extensions. The belief in Tulku or rebirth of Buddhist leaders is also a later extension. Buddhism came to Tibet as a layman's religion. Laymen upheld Buddhism without help from monastics ...
... according to the canonical and abhidharmic views cited above, go beyond puṇya. But if so, in what way could he also be understood to build up infinite masses of `merit' and then "dedicate it completely to the ripening of beings"? In other words, if an enlightened being is not supposed to have any ca ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes of Theravāda, the most conservative form of Buddhism, have been identi ...
... He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes of Theravāda, the most conservative form of Buddhism, have been identi ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes of Theravāda, the most conservative form of Buddhism, have been identi ...
... He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes of Theravāda, the most conservative form of Buddhism, have been identi ...
THE IMPACT OF THE BUDDHIST DOCTRINE OF KARMA ON THE
... and merchants. There was also a supposition that Buddhism might enter China in 200 C.E. when Buddhist scriptures were widely translated into Chinese and made known to the people.12 Of all the three assumptions, the one which indicates that Buddhism probably came to China in 200 B.C.E. sounds most s ...
... and merchants. There was also a supposition that Buddhism might enter China in 200 C.E. when Buddhist scriptures were widely translated into Chinese and made known to the people.12 Of all the three assumptions, the one which indicates that Buddhism probably came to China in 200 B.C.E. sounds most s ...
The Influence of Mahayana on Buddhadasa`s Thought Abstract
... Yoshinori Takeuchi, Buddhist Spirituality : Indian Southeast Asian, Tibetan, Early Chinese, p. 111 ...
... Yoshinori Takeuchi, Buddhist Spirituality : Indian Southeast Asian, Tibetan, Early Chinese, p. 111 ...
BUDDHISM A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism
... a journey of teaching others the path that would liberate them from the cycle of life and death. Gradually, Buddhism spread to numerous countries. The original Indian foundation was expanded by the inclusion of Central Asian, East Asian, and Southeast Asian cultures. Today Buddhism has spread to alm ...
... a journey of teaching others the path that would liberate them from the cycle of life and death. Gradually, Buddhism spread to numerous countries. The original Indian foundation was expanded by the inclusion of Central Asian, East Asian, and Southeast Asian cultures. Today Buddhism has spread to alm ...
Guang Ming Digest - Guang Ming Temple
... worked to improve the status of women in Taiwan. He has held full ordination ceremonies for women of the Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana traditions. In addition, Master Hsing Yun annually organizes conferences to bring together the various Buddhist schools and to promote dialogue between Bud ...
... worked to improve the status of women in Taiwan. He has held full ordination ceremonies for women of the Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana traditions. In addition, Master Hsing Yun annually organizes conferences to bring together the various Buddhist schools and to promote dialogue between Bud ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... ancient India; of these 100 belong to Jainism, 200 to Brāhmaṇism and the remaining to Buddhism. These three-fourths of ancient Indian rock-cut architecture or the unequalled masterpieces of Buddhist paintings at Ajantā cannot have been due to a heresy. In all fields of the culture and civilization o ...
... ancient India; of these 100 belong to Jainism, 200 to Brāhmaṇism and the remaining to Buddhism. These three-fourths of ancient Indian rock-cut architecture or the unequalled masterpieces of Buddhist paintings at Ajantā cannot have been due to a heresy. In all fields of the culture and civilization o ...
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 ...
Comments on the History of Research on Buddhism among Tamils
... forward in Collected Papers of 1998 and examined them with a critical historical philological approach.21 Besides literary sources, he went through all the published reports of the Archaeological Survey of India, the departments of archaeology of the states of Tamilnadu and Kēraḷam, and the Archaeol ...
... forward in Collected Papers of 1998 and examined them with a critical historical philological approach.21 Besides literary sources, he went through all the published reports of the Archaeological Survey of India, the departments of archaeology of the states of Tamilnadu and Kēraḷam, and the Archaeol ...
Print this article - Journal of Global Buddhism
... Buddhism. The academic interest for this phenomenon only dates back to the late 1990s, when an increasing numbers of scholarly works were published: Etre bouddhiste en France aujourd'hui (1997) by Bruno Etienne and Raphael Liogier, La tentation bouddhiste (1998) by Pierre Lequéau, La diffusion du bo ...
... Buddhism. The academic interest for this phenomenon only dates back to the late 1990s, when an increasing numbers of scholarly works were published: Etre bouddhiste en France aujourd'hui (1997) by Bruno Etienne and Raphael Liogier, La tentation bouddhiste (1998) by Pierre Lequéau, La diffusion du bo ...
Laymen saints - The Dharmafarers
... Louis de la Vallée Poussin [241 n46].8 On the other hand, Samuels notes that ―While the dominant view of early Buddhism still maintains a sharp distinction between the monastic order and the laity, some scholars have begun to challenge that perception‖ (1995:232). Gregory Schopen, for example, in hi ...
... Louis de la Vallée Poussin [241 n46].8 On the other hand, Samuels notes that ―While the dominant view of early Buddhism still maintains a sharp distinction between the monastic order and the laity, some scholars have begun to challenge that perception‖ (1995:232). Gregory Schopen, for example, in hi ...
Pilgrimage to the Buddha`s Life Sites
... Travelling along the trade routes from India, monks converted merchants, traders and others and so effectively spread Buddhism through the Himalayas to Central, South-east and East Asia, reaching Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, China, Korea and Japan. The temporary shelters set up as retreats ...
... Travelling along the trade routes from India, monks converted merchants, traders and others and so effectively spread Buddhism through the Himalayas to Central, South-east and East Asia, reaching Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, China, Korea and Japan. The temporary shelters set up as retreats ...
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 ...
The Great Perfection of Tibetan Buddhism
... Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Nyingma is the oldest of the four contemporary schools of Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism2 (also referred to as Mantrayana, Tantrayana, and Secret Mantra). It began in the 9th century when Padmasambhava came to Tibet from the former country of Oddiyana whose locatio ...
... Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Nyingma is the oldest of the four contemporary schools of Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism2 (also referred to as Mantrayana, Tantrayana, and Secret Mantra). It began in the 9th century when Padmasambhava came to Tibet from the former country of Oddiyana whose locatio ...
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... The following is an excerpt from “The Treatment of Illness,” the study material for October study meetings in the SGI-USA. Question: If, as you have stated, the benevolent deities inflict punishment on this country because it does harm to the votary of the Lotus Sutra, then epidemics should attack o ...
... The following is an excerpt from “The Treatment of Illness,” the study material for October study meetings in the SGI-USA. Question: If, as you have stated, the benevolent deities inflict punishment on this country because it does harm to the votary of the Lotus Sutra, then epidemics should attack o ...