Sati Journal Volume 1 - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... statement of the great Chinese scholar-monk, Master Yinshun: “Our objective in learning the Buddha‖s teachings today should be the aim of the Buddha in spreading his teachings.” The Buddha appeared in the world to lead us out of suffering and show us the way to the highest happiness and peace. Peopl ...
... statement of the great Chinese scholar-monk, Master Yinshun: “Our objective in learning the Buddha‖s teachings today should be the aim of the Buddha in spreading his teachings.” The Buddha appeared in the world to lead us out of suffering and show us the way to the highest happiness and peace. Peopl ...
Japanese Buddhism, Relativization, and Glocalization
... Weber’s distinction between rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional authority, upon which three corresponding types of legitimation are based. However, Weber’s analysis can also be used to support a rather different approach. Specifically, I am referring here to Weber’s definition of a “hierocr ...
... Weber’s distinction between rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional authority, upon which three corresponding types of legitimation are based. However, Weber’s analysis can also be used to support a rather different approach. Specifically, I am referring here to Weber’s definition of a “hierocr ...
Healing Power of Mindfulness Meditation
... and as a method for curing heart trouble, ulcers, hypertension, chronic migraines, mental illness, and even cancer. When I queried him on the last category, a lay meditation master in Rangoon produced sworn affidavits and letters from former meditatiors, all claiming to have been cured of these var ...
... and as a method for curing heart trouble, ulcers, hypertension, chronic migraines, mental illness, and even cancer. When I queried him on the last category, a lay meditation master in Rangoon produced sworn affidavits and letters from former meditatiors, all claiming to have been cured of these var ...
Changing Buddhist Practice in Burma
... Burma speaks more than 125 different indigenous languages and they live in different parts of the country.5 Burma is known to people around the world as the land of pagodas; its landscape is abundant with pagodas, monasteries, and shrines, and the religio-social daily life incorporates many monks, n ...
... Burma speaks more than 125 different indigenous languages and they live in different parts of the country.5 Burma is known to people around the world as the land of pagodas; its landscape is abundant with pagodas, monasteries, and shrines, and the religio-social daily life incorporates many monks, n ...
Pre-Buddhist Elements in Himalayan Buddhism: The Institution of
... Indian society.4 No doubt this approach has its limitations, yet it offers a framework which may prove useful in the analysis and comparison of various processes and sub-processes of cultural change. Hence, in the present context, if used with caution, that approach can be of some help in understand ...
... Indian society.4 No doubt this approach has its limitations, yet it offers a framework which may prove useful in the analysis and comparison of various processes and sub-processes of cultural change. Hence, in the present context, if used with caution, that approach can be of some help in understand ...
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... The Buddhist tradition of chronicling events has aided the verification of historical figures. http://www.loc.gov/ The Mahavamsa (Pali for "Great Chronicle") is an historical chronology of Ceylon written in the 5th or 6th century, probably by the Buddhist monk Mahanama. It deals more with the histor ...
... The Buddhist tradition of chronicling events has aided the verification of historical figures. http://www.loc.gov/ The Mahavamsa (Pali for "Great Chronicle") is an historical chronology of Ceylon written in the 5th or 6th century, probably by the Buddhist monk Mahanama. It deals more with the histor ...
Country Profile Sri Lanka (The Republic of Sri Lanka)
... The Buddhist tradition of chronicling events has aided the verification of historical figures. http://www.loc.gov/ The Mahavamsa (Pali for "Great Chronicle") is an historical chronology of Ceylon written in the 5th or 6th century, probably by the Buddhist monk Mahanama. It deals more with the histor ...
... The Buddhist tradition of chronicling events has aided the verification of historical figures. http://www.loc.gov/ The Mahavamsa (Pali for "Great Chronicle") is an historical chronology of Ceylon written in the 5th or 6th century, probably by the Buddhist monk Mahanama. It deals more with the histor ...
Buddhism`s Disappearance from India
... disappearance of Buddhism from India, the land of its origin. Many scholars of Indian history and religion are devoted to unraveling this enigma. Due to the lack of historical and archeological evidence, the debate continues for centuries and there is no absolute consensus on this matter till date.1 ...
... disappearance of Buddhism from India, the land of its origin. Many scholars of Indian history and religion are devoted to unraveling this enigma. Due to the lack of historical and archeological evidence, the debate continues for centuries and there is no absolute consensus on this matter till date.1 ...
The Lorax Wears Saffron: Toward a Buddhist Environmentalism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... of environmental concern and forging the link between Buddhist thought and environmental theory, Buddhists have taken a proactive approach towards addressing environmental issues. Below I will explore some of the terms and concepts that make up part of this strategy. Then I will lay out some of the ...
... of environmental concern and forging the link between Buddhist thought and environmental theory, Buddhists have taken a proactive approach towards addressing environmental issues. Below I will explore some of the terms and concepts that make up part of this strategy. Then I will lay out some of the ...
Mahā Satipatthāna Sutta: Investigation of the Four Noble Truths By
... consciousness can also be objects of consciousness. For example, when we focus on vedāna, or feeling, we are focusing not on a physical entity but on a quality of the mind as the object of meditation. In this way it can be understood that laws of cognition may be objects of meditation as well ...
... consciousness can also be objects of consciousness. For example, when we focus on vedāna, or feeling, we are focusing not on a physical entity but on a quality of the mind as the object of meditation. In this way it can be understood that laws of cognition may be objects of meditation as well ...
Dark and Bright Karma
... equally applicable to all practitioners. This idealistic view of Buddhist ethics together with other doctrinal standpoints evolved into the orthodox position of different schools. The dark or bright concept of action became part of the Sthavira orthodoxy. This orthodoxy was inherited by sects derive ...
... equally applicable to all practitioners. This idealistic view of Buddhist ethics together with other doctrinal standpoints evolved into the orthodox position of different schools. The dark or bright concept of action became part of the Sthavira orthodoxy. This orthodoxy was inherited by sects derive ...
Consuming Buddhism: the Pursuit of Happiness
... material objects or religious goods. These sacred objects are highly personal and accessible to a large number of consumers (Park and Baker, 2007). The distribution of popular religious goods has been an integral part of Buddhist culture in Thailand since the 19th century. With the development of pr ...
... material objects or religious goods. These sacred objects are highly personal and accessible to a large number of consumers (Park and Baker, 2007). The distribution of popular religious goods has been an integral part of Buddhist culture in Thailand since the 19th century. With the development of pr ...
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... length. There are longer lists of eight, thirteen and even eighteen requisites, perhaps indeed “reflecting the increasing needs of a large and mainly sedentary monastic community”. However, a “list of four such requisites is commonly found in the Vinaya literature” (a body of texts regulating the li ...
... length. There are longer lists of eight, thirteen and even eighteen requisites, perhaps indeed “reflecting the increasing needs of a large and mainly sedentary monastic community”. However, a “list of four such requisites is commonly found in the Vinaya literature” (a body of texts regulating the li ...
BUDDHIST BELIEF:
... sentient beings and the Buddha, between man and woman, and between the intelligent and the slow. In fact, all sentient beings are equal. This basic tenet of democracy and equality is inherent in the Buddhist teachings. 4) The Buddhist teachings are about transcending the notion of self: We all clin ...
... sentient beings and the Buddha, between man and woman, and between the intelligent and the slow. In fact, all sentient beings are equal. This basic tenet of democracy and equality is inherent in the Buddhist teachings. 4) The Buddhist teachings are about transcending the notion of self: We all clin ...
Buddhism Transformed
... to reach this longevity or decreased to die prematurely Directors of Destiny (siming 司命) survey one’s merits and demerits to decide one’s life span ...
... to reach this longevity or decreased to die prematurely Directors of Destiny (siming 司命) survey one’s merits and demerits to decide one’s life span ...
A Buddhist`s Reflections on Religious Conversion
... these observations about the body being out of our control, perishable and subject to constant change, the Buddha then says: Therefore, monks, whatever physical body has been, will be, and is now, whether it belongs or does not belong to a sentient being, whether it is gross or subtle, whether it is ...
... these observations about the body being out of our control, perishable and subject to constant change, the Buddha then says: Therefore, monks, whatever physical body has been, will be, and is now, whether it belongs or does not belong to a sentient being, whether it is gross or subtle, whether it is ...
the Origins of Mahayana Buddhism
... experience with new words that grew into the Mahayana sutras. The movement did not stop th e re .Ih e Mahayana followers then reestab lished a connection between the stupas and the living Buddha that they had experienced internally, and developed the idea of “Buddha nature” as an internalization of ...
... experience with new words that grew into the Mahayana sutras. The movement did not stop th e re .Ih e Mahayana followers then reestab lished a connection between the stupas and the living Buddha that they had experienced internally, and developed the idea of “Buddha nature” as an internalization of ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... the preservation of sacred material, for which free improvisation is inappropriate.15 Moreover, recitation was often undertaken communally by the reciters, which leaves little scope for free improvisation.16 The emphasis on verbatim transmission in the early Buddhist oral tradition can even be detec ...
... the preservation of sacred material, for which free improvisation is inappropriate.15 Moreover, recitation was often undertaken communally by the reciters, which leaves little scope for free improvisation.16 The emphasis on verbatim transmission in the early Buddhist oral tradition can even be detec ...
chapter - i origin and development of buddhist logic
... Deva, Maitreya, Asa´ga, Vasubandhu etc also handled logical topics in a stray manner in their philosophical works. But Ac¡rya Di´n¡ga and Ac¡rya Dharmak¢rti have constructed logical topics in a systematic manner. So Di´n¡ga is known as “The father of Buddhist Logic”. Dharmak¢rti made further improve ...
... Deva, Maitreya, Asa´ga, Vasubandhu etc also handled logical topics in a stray manner in their philosophical works. But Ac¡rya Di´n¡ga and Ac¡rya Dharmak¢rti have constructed logical topics in a systematic manner. So Di´n¡ga is known as “The father of Buddhist Logic”. Dharmak¢rti made further improve ...
An introduction to the origin of Buddhist Stupa
... Whatever kind of Buddhist stupa, there should have three fundamental features. They are mound, railing fence around the mound and umbrella. In addition, there are also other features; they are enclosure wall (torana-s) and circular terrace (medhi). How the Buddhist got the stupa with umbrella, four ...
... Whatever kind of Buddhist stupa, there should have three fundamental features. They are mound, railing fence around the mound and umbrella. In addition, there are also other features; they are enclosure wall (torana-s) and circular terrace (medhi). How the Buddhist got the stupa with umbrella, four ...
Taraloka Buddhist Retreat Centre for Women 2014 Classic Taraloka
... altruism can lay the ground for letting go into a profound openness. Engaging our hearts and imagination with poetry and ritual, and exploring the shamatha and vipashyana aspects of formless meditation, we will follow his urgent advice. Bookings and General Information To book: Either send a Booking ...
... altruism can lay the ground for letting go into a profound openness. Engaging our hearts and imagination with poetry and ritual, and exploring the shamatha and vipashyana aspects of formless meditation, we will follow his urgent advice. Bookings and General Information To book: Either send a Booking ...
Nature’s No-Thingness: Holistic Eco-Buddhism and the Problem of Universal Identity
... meshing dependent origination and holism with ecological systems theory. Unconvinced with usual curtailments on the implications of “emptiness,” i.e., that it only refers to self-existence, or svabhāva, Simon James argues that advocates of a Madhyamaka-derived ecologism have yet to defend themselves ...
... meshing dependent origination and holism with ecological systems theory. Unconvinced with usual curtailments on the implications of “emptiness,” i.e., that it only refers to self-existence, or svabhāva, Simon James argues that advocates of a Madhyamaka-derived ecologism have yet to defend themselves ...
The Taste of Freedom
... himself, somewhat controversially, in not one but all of Buddhism's major strands. And that teacher was himself a problematic figure. He was ordained as, and sometimes wore the robes of, a Theravadin bhikkhu, or `monk', but was well known for his critical views on the state of the contemporary Thera ...
... himself, somewhat controversially, in not one but all of Buddhism's major strands. And that teacher was himself a problematic figure. He was ordained as, and sometimes wore the robes of, a Theravadin bhikkhu, or `monk', but was well known for his critical views on the state of the contemporary Thera ...
buddhism - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... was uncommon in India at the time Buddha lived . So everything known about him was carefully memorized and passed on orally until it was written down, probably during the first century B.C. ...
... was uncommon in India at the time Buddha lived . So everything known about him was carefully memorized and passed on orally until it was written down, probably during the first century B.C. ...
A Concept of Person in Buddhism
... aggregates are equated to the body and the mind, so in such a case we can say that the person still possesses the whole five aggregates; and that makes him or her ‘person’ in Buddhist perspective. Summarily, the Buddhist concept of person is centered on the belief in the equal roles of the five basi ...
... aggregates are equated to the body and the mind, so in such a case we can say that the person still possesses the whole five aggregates; and that makes him or her ‘person’ in Buddhist perspective. Summarily, the Buddhist concept of person is centered on the belief in the equal roles of the five basi ...