Buddhist Diplomacy: History and Status Quo
... hesitated, the deity Brahma Sahampati appeared before him and requested him to teach the Dharma. He asked the Buddha, “[F]ree from sorrow, behold the people submerged in sorrow, oppressed by birth and aging.”2 The Buddha then changed his mind. He left the Bodhi tree, wandered in stages, and arrived ...
... hesitated, the deity Brahma Sahampati appeared before him and requested him to teach the Dharma. He asked the Buddha, “[F]ree from sorrow, behold the people submerged in sorrow, oppressed by birth and aging.”2 The Buddha then changed his mind. He left the Bodhi tree, wandered in stages, and arrived ...
Justice, Kamma and Dhamma: Does Kamma in
... fatalistic and too deterministic. It is true that in the Indian religious tradition such theories of karma are not unknown. But the same does not hold for the Buddhist theory of karma articulated in various discourses in the Pali canon. We have to admit that there can be a gap between the ‘ideal’ th ...
... fatalistic and too deterministic. It is true that in the Indian religious tradition such theories of karma are not unknown. But the same does not hold for the Buddhist theory of karma articulated in various discourses in the Pali canon. We have to admit that there can be a gap between the ‘ideal’ th ...
A Field Guide to Socially Engaged Buddhism
... to birth and death, but penetrates his delusional thinking and attains an awakened state. ...
... to birth and death, but penetrates his delusional thinking and attains an awakened state. ...
... social evil.5 There are no doubt numerous factors for this historical deficiency on the part of Buddhism, including the monastic focus mentioned in the above quote by Ives and perhaps even the very cultural adaptability that has been characteristic of BuddhismÕs mode of transmission. That is, as Wi ...
Alternative Traditions
... These reviews (and I would have written more of them if I had had more time), together with a much smaller number of reviews of books which, though not dealing with Buddhism, were of interest from a (Western) Buddhist point of view, made their appearance in the quarterly FWBO Newsletter between the ...
... These reviews (and I would have written more of them if I had had more time), together with a much smaller number of reviews of books which, though not dealing with Buddhism, were of interest from a (Western) Buddhist point of view, made their appearance in the quarterly FWBO Newsletter between the ...
Politics of Higher Ordination, Buddhist Monastic Identitiy, and
... new ordination was the monastic fraternities' ordination of monastic candidates on the basis of caste. He maintains that caste in the monastic community is against the Buddha's teaching. In supporting his view, he cites the Paharada Sutta in the Buddhist canon where the Buddha compares his doctrine ...
... new ordination was the monastic fraternities' ordination of monastic candidates on the basis of caste. He maintains that caste in the monastic community is against the Buddha's teaching. In supporting his view, he cites the Paharada Sutta in the Buddhist canon where the Buddha compares his doctrine ...
Escaping the Inescapable: Changes in Buddhist Karma Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Finally both BU and CU propose different post-mortem destinations for those who know about the Five Fires (pañcāgni-vidyā), those who only practice the ordinary Brahmanical rituals, and those who do neither (BU 6.2, CU 5.2-10). Richard Gombrich has suggested that certain Pāli texts, particularly the ...
... Finally both BU and CU propose different post-mortem destinations for those who know about the Five Fires (pañcāgni-vidyā), those who only practice the ordinary Brahmanical rituals, and those who do neither (BU 6.2, CU 5.2-10). Richard Gombrich has suggested that certain Pāli texts, particularly the ...
Buddhism and Law – The View From Mandalay
... of the dhammathats are introduced by the tale of Mahasammata and his clever judge Manu whose fallibility leads him to become a recluse, to travel to the boundary of the universe, and to bring back to the king the text of the dhammathat. A rich stew of influences has cooked up this story. The canonic ...
... of the dhammathats are introduced by the tale of Mahasammata and his clever judge Manu whose fallibility leads him to become a recluse, to travel to the boundary of the universe, and to bring back to the king the text of the dhammathat. A rich stew of influences has cooked up this story. The canonic ...
Title Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten: origin and meaning of Buddhist
... The first temple erected by Emperor Ming Di in 68CE in China to mark the first transmission of Buddhism (Ling, 2004) was the White Horse Monastery (白馬寺) of Luoyang. The White Horse temple was built for storage of the sutras and holy items from India and to provide lodging for monks translating the s ...
... The first temple erected by Emperor Ming Di in 68CE in China to mark the first transmission of Buddhism (Ling, 2004) was the White Horse Monastery (白馬寺) of Luoyang. The White Horse temple was built for storage of the sutras and holy items from India and to provide lodging for monks translating the s ...
Title Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten: origin and meaning of Buddhist
... The first temple erected by Emperor Ming Di in 68CE in China to mark the first transmission of Buddhism (Ling, 2004) was the White Horse Monastery (白馬寺) of Luoyang. The White Horse temple was built for storage of the sutras and holy items from India and to provide lodging for monks translating the s ...
... The first temple erected by Emperor Ming Di in 68CE in China to mark the first transmission of Buddhism (Ling, 2004) was the White Horse Monastery (白馬寺) of Luoyang. The White Horse temple was built for storage of the sutras and holy items from India and to provide lodging for monks translating the s ...
Midnight Dharma: Diamond Way Buddhism on the Air
... political power (everybody knows Dalai Lama) and Karmapa, the leader of Kagyu is only a spiritual teacher not a political leader. I said something about the adaptation of Buddhism. But where and why did this adaptation start? The Chinese occupation of Tibet brought Sangha a new impulse in a form of ...
... political power (everybody knows Dalai Lama) and Karmapa, the leader of Kagyu is only a spiritual teacher not a political leader. I said something about the adaptation of Buddhism. But where and why did this adaptation start? The Chinese occupation of Tibet brought Sangha a new impulse in a form of ...
Luangpor Teean whom I knew, but never met.
... Luangpor Teean, at the ‘Praepittaya’ Bookstore so I bought a copy to read, and realized that this was Luangpor Teean whom I sought after, and wish to know. Unfortunately, he passed away already, as the book was published commemorating the occasion of his cremation. Yet, his Dharma did not die with h ...
... Luangpor Teean, at the ‘Praepittaya’ Bookstore so I bought a copy to read, and realized that this was Luangpor Teean whom I sought after, and wish to know. Unfortunately, he passed away already, as the book was published commemorating the occasion of his cremation. Yet, his Dharma did not die with h ...
Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths
... is that the sutta also records that the earth-dwelling devas were recipients of this teaching. The inclusion within the audience of two very different types of being— those in human form and those of the deva realm—has important implications for understanding the significance of Four Noble Truths an ...
... is that the sutta also records that the earth-dwelling devas were recipients of this teaching. The inclusion within the audience of two very different types of being— those in human form and those of the deva realm—has important implications for understanding the significance of Four Noble Truths an ...
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... some Eastern European countries. Be• To strengthen and develop Buddhist were destroyed. When the regime ended cause the situation in every country is studies at the university level; for in 1979, Buddhism was reintroduced different, and each country has different example, by funding Buddhist Studie ...
... some Eastern European countries. Be• To strengthen and develop Buddhist were destroyed. When the regime ended cause the situation in every country is studies at the university level; for in 1979, Buddhism was reintroduced different, and each country has different example, by funding Buddhist Studie ...
Tainted Gender: Sexual Impurity and Women in Kankyo no Tomo
... Women in Buddhism were considered inferior, a view that has existed since Buddhism’s inception in India. Buddhism developed through interactions with the societies to which its institutions belonged and the doctrinal changes reflected the social situations of each period in each region. Recently the ...
... Women in Buddhism were considered inferior, a view that has existed since Buddhism’s inception in India. Buddhism developed through interactions with the societies to which its institutions belonged and the doctrinal changes reflected the social situations of each period in each region. Recently the ...
Going Against the Grain: A Historical and - ORCA
... The new concept of askēsis, involving training the will against a life of sensual pleasure, was exemplified by the Stoics who advocated the idea of bringing the passion of the body under the kingly command of reason to achieve apatheia––a state of mind where one is not disturbed by the passions.4 Ro ...
... The new concept of askēsis, involving training the will against a life of sensual pleasure, was exemplified by the Stoics who advocated the idea of bringing the passion of the body under the kingly command of reason to achieve apatheia––a state of mind where one is not disturbed by the passions.4 Ro ...
All social action is an act of giving (dana), but there is a
... values. An outstanding example of this, in later times, is the remarkable "welfare state" created by the Buddhist emperor, Asoka (B.C. 274-236). Walpola Rahula stated the situation — perhaps at its strongest — when he wrote that "Buddhism arose in India as a spiritual force against social injustices ...
... values. An outstanding example of this, in later times, is the remarkable "welfare state" created by the Buddhist emperor, Asoka (B.C. 274-236). Walpola Rahula stated the situation — perhaps at its strongest — when he wrote that "Buddhism arose in India as a spiritual force against social injustices ...
Zen is not Buddhism - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... including that of the icchantika who have no hope of ever attaining buddhahood. 1 ...
... including that of the icchantika who have no hope of ever attaining buddhahood. 1 ...
File - Benoit`s Religion Classes
... Doctor Buddha? When we get sick, we go to a doctor. A good doctor first finds out what illness we have. Next he finds out what has caused it. Then he decides what the cure is. Finally, he prescribes the medicine that will make us well again. In the same way, the Buddha showed that there is sufferin ...
... Doctor Buddha? When we get sick, we go to a doctor. A good doctor first finds out what illness we have. Next he finds out what has caused it. Then he decides what the cure is. Finally, he prescribes the medicine that will make us well again. In the same way, the Buddha showed that there is sufferin ...
Borobudur - AlamAsia.net
... (the way of the elders) Theravada, also referred to by some as Hinayana Buddhism, is practiced today in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. Mahayana Buddhism established later and involves more of a ritual context, spread into northern Asia: Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan (Zen) Korea, Vi ...
... (the way of the elders) Theravada, also referred to by some as Hinayana Buddhism, is practiced today in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. Mahayana Buddhism established later and involves more of a ritual context, spread into northern Asia: Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan (Zen) Korea, Vi ...
Buddhism
... question the status quo. Buddha’s response is captured in “the earth touching gesture” to indicate that his authority comes from the world itself – that reality is sufficient authority. The content of his awakening is captured in The “Four Noble Truths.” ...
... question the status quo. Buddha’s response is captured in “the earth touching gesture” to indicate that his authority comes from the world itself – that reality is sufficient authority. The content of his awakening is captured in The “Four Noble Truths.” ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series ARC2014-1094
... The first temple erected by Emperor Ming Di in 68CE in China to mark the first transmission of Buddhism (Ling, 2004) was the White Horse Monastery (白馬寺) of Luoyang. The White Horse temple was built for storage of the sutras and holy items from India and to provide lodging for monks translating the s ...
... The first temple erected by Emperor Ming Di in 68CE in China to mark the first transmission of Buddhism (Ling, 2004) was the White Horse Monastery (白馬寺) of Luoyang. The White Horse temple was built for storage of the sutras and holy items from India and to provide lodging for monks translating the s ...
Did King Ajātasattu Confess to the Buddha, Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... mind some of Greg Schopen’s observations of Buddhologists who give precedence to received tradition over evidence. For instance, after highlighting the formal and literary nature of scriptural texts, whose purpose he says is almost never historical, he says that scholars of Indian Buddhism have take ...
... mind some of Greg Schopen’s observations of Buddhologists who give precedence to received tradition over evidence. For instance, after highlighting the formal and literary nature of scriptural texts, whose purpose he says is almost never historical, he says that scholars of Indian Buddhism have take ...