work GentleV AprJune06 - Jamyang Buddhist Centre
... Buddhism, especially the Vajrayana, were HH Dalai Lama preserved intact for centuries. It is thanks also to be given by His Holiness this Padmasambhava that there summer in Rennes. exists the tradition of hidden In this age of spiritual spiritual treasures called decadence, to receive an termas. Alt ...
... Buddhism, especially the Vajrayana, were HH Dalai Lama preserved intact for centuries. It is thanks also to be given by His Holiness this Padmasambhava that there summer in Rennes. exists the tradition of hidden In this age of spiritual spiritual treasures called decadence, to receive an termas. Alt ...
Samsara - WordPress.com
... Differences between Theravada and Mahayana. Could mention the Tibetan wheel of life – in the mouth of Yama etc) etc etc (Theravada – or Way of the Elders. Seen by its followers as the original teachings of the Buddha. Mostly in Pali. Seen by Mahayana as either the foundation of the Buddha’s Teaching ...
... Differences between Theravada and Mahayana. Could mention the Tibetan wheel of life – in the mouth of Yama etc) etc etc (Theravada – or Way of the Elders. Seen by its followers as the original teachings of the Buddha. Mostly in Pali. Seen by Mahayana as either the foundation of the Buddha’s Teaching ...
Where do Buddhas come from .... and go?
... III. The Diachronic View of Buddhas IV. The Synchronic View of "Buddha" ...
... III. The Diachronic View of Buddhas IV. The Synchronic View of "Buddha" ...
BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM: TWO ANTITHETIC
... over. The kind of each existence is conditioned by the merits or demerits accumulated in previous lives. It is the doctrine of karman – another cultural dogma of India- which attributes to actions an own and autonomous power to produce in this life or in the future lives good or bad effects accordin ...
... over. The kind of each existence is conditioned by the merits or demerits accumulated in previous lives. It is the doctrine of karman – another cultural dogma of India- which attributes to actions an own and autonomous power to produce in this life or in the future lives good or bad effects accordin ...
e lotus Journal of the Birmingham Buddhist Vihara Issue No. 35
... origin of suffering. It is this craving which produces repeated existence, is bound up with delight and lust, and seeks pleasure here and there, namely, craving for sense pleasures, craving for existence, and craving for non-existence”. Bhante explained the more sensual pleasure beings crave for the ...
... origin of suffering. It is this craving which produces repeated existence, is bound up with delight and lust, and seeks pleasure here and there, namely, craving for sense pleasures, craving for existence, and craving for non-existence”. Bhante explained the more sensual pleasure beings crave for the ...
Colonel Olcott: His Service to Buddhism
... panchamas (a so-called low caste) in Madras became Buddhists (a tradition already existed among them that once they had been Buddhists.) At any rate, as Buddhists, they became a little less “untouchable.” It is recorded in history that the Emperor Asoka sent his own son and daughter to Ceylon for Bu ...
... panchamas (a so-called low caste) in Madras became Buddhists (a tradition already existed among them that once they had been Buddhists.) At any rate, as Buddhists, they became a little less “untouchable.” It is recorded in history that the Emperor Asoka sent his own son and daughter to Ceylon for Bu ...
Terms Used in Shin Buddhism
... faith alone rather than relying on one’s own efforts to attain enlightenment. The teaching is based on the Three Pure Land Sutras – The Larger Sutra of Eternal Life, The Amida Sutra and the Meditation Sutra – the primary being the Larger Sutra in which Amida Buddha made his Original Vow to save with ...
... faith alone rather than relying on one’s own efforts to attain enlightenment. The teaching is based on the Three Pure Land Sutras – The Larger Sutra of Eternal Life, The Amida Sutra and the Meditation Sutra – the primary being the Larger Sutra in which Amida Buddha made his Original Vow to save with ...
newsletter - Zen Buddhist Temple
... sadness. But I did not want to show my emotion in front of the official. I thanked him for his help and hurried out of his office. I sat down on the corner of the street, buried my head between my knees and broke into tears. When I finally raised my head after a good sob, I realized that I was pract ...
... sadness. But I did not want to show my emotion in front of the official. I thanked him for his help and hurried out of his office. I sat down on the corner of the street, buried my head between my knees and broke into tears. When I finally raised my head after a good sob, I realized that I was pract ...
Unity of Faiths - Buddhism
... this process the Buddhist canon was developed. However, differences developed within the sangha around the beginning of the Common Era. Out of these differences, separate schools emerged. All still held as valid the Buddha’s basic tenets, but the path to enlightenment, the purpose of enlightenment, ...
... this process the Buddhist canon was developed. However, differences developed within the sangha around the beginning of the Common Era. Out of these differences, separate schools emerged. All still held as valid the Buddha’s basic tenets, but the path to enlightenment, the purpose of enlightenment, ...
Journey to Mindfulness: The Autobiography of Bhante G.
... can easily forgive people now, no matter what they do, and believe me, this skill didn’t come easily! I had to work long and hard at it. But my own anger, contentiousness, and judgmentalness were fertile ground for practice. Just because a person becomes a monk, by no means is he immediately free fr ...
... can easily forgive people now, no matter what they do, and believe me, this skill didn’t come easily! I had to work long and hard at it. But my own anger, contentiousness, and judgmentalness were fertile ground for practice. Just because a person becomes a monk, by no means is he immediately free fr ...
Religious Belief in a Buddhist Merchant Community，Nepal
... gible for the initiations (dif^sas) that direct meditation and ritual to the eso teric deities. In addition to the already described indigenous Newar” monastic lin eages there are two other distinctive (ana in some ways competing) Buddhist traditions in the Kathmandu Valley. The older is Tibetan B ...
... gible for the initiations (dif^sas) that direct meditation and ritual to the eso teric deities. In addition to the already described indigenous Newar” monastic lin eages there are two other distinctive (ana in some ways competing) Buddhist traditions in the Kathmandu Valley. The older is Tibetan B ...
The Indian Roots of Pure Land Buddhism: Insights from the Oldest
... change, the Buddhist teachings (formulated in human language) and the Buddhist sangha (understood as a humanly constructed community) were both considered subject to decay. Most important of all, the life span of any living being—including a fully awakened buddha—was viewed as finite. Thus after the ...
... change, the Buddhist teachings (formulated in human language) and the Buddhist sangha (understood as a humanly constructed community) were both considered subject to decay. Most important of all, the life span of any living being—including a fully awakened buddha—was viewed as finite. Thus after the ...
What is Sangha
... What is Sangha What is the Sangha? The Sangha is a spiritual family. At the centre of the family are the teacher and the teachings. In the Buddhist tradition, the teaching is called Dharma, and the founder of this Dharma is called Buddha Shakyamuni or Gautama Siddhartha. This tradition was born in 5 ...
... What is Sangha What is the Sangha? The Sangha is a spiritual family. At the centre of the family are the teacher and the teachings. In the Buddhist tradition, the teaching is called Dharma, and the founder of this Dharma is called Buddha Shakyamuni or Gautama Siddhartha. This tradition was born in 5 ...
The Treatise on the Path to Liberation (解脫道論) and the
... the arahant Upatiṣya/Upatissa, while its translation into Chinese was undertaken by Saṃghapāla, Saṃghavarman or Saṃghabhara (僧伽婆羅), active in the early sixth century. In addition to the Chinese translation, an extract from the same work has been preserved in Tibetan.4 The language and the geographic ...
... the arahant Upatiṣya/Upatissa, while its translation into Chinese was undertaken by Saṃghapāla, Saṃghavarman or Saṃghabhara (僧伽婆羅), active in the early sixth century. In addition to the Chinese translation, an extract from the same work has been preserved in Tibetan.4 The language and the geographic ...
modernization, social activism and the lao buddhist sangha1
... have to be transformed in order to remain meaningful in the every day lives of their followers. The discontinuities within society, caused for example by a rapid cultural and economic transformation and the effects of globalisation, are often the source of re-conceptualisation for religious teaching ...
... have to be transformed in order to remain meaningful in the every day lives of their followers. The discontinuities within society, caused for example by a rapid cultural and economic transformation and the effects of globalisation, are often the source of re-conceptualisation for religious teaching ...
nirvana 2
... Speculations such as these fail to tackle the question that really matters, dukkha. In addition, the question is being asked by people who still think of themselves as having a self. Finally, if the state of Nibbana is ineffable, so too is the new conscious state ...
... Speculations such as these fail to tackle the question that really matters, dukkha. In addition, the question is being asked by people who still think of themselves as having a self. Finally, if the state of Nibbana is ineffable, so too is the new conscious state ...
buddhism - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... the foundation of Buddhist tradition. These are Buddha, Dharma, Sangha ...
... the foundation of Buddhist tradition. These are Buddha, Dharma, Sangha ...
NiNi Zhu - Buddhism
... the 7th buddha, according to another he is the 25th, and according to yet another he is the 4th. The next buddha, Maitreya, will appear after Shakyamuni's teachings and relics have disappeared from the world. Sites associated with the Buddha's life became important pilgrimage places, and regions tha ...
... the 7th buddha, according to another he is the 25th, and according to yet another he is the 4th. The next buddha, Maitreya, will appear after Shakyamuni's teachings and relics have disappeared from the world. Sites associated with the Buddha's life became important pilgrimage places, and regions tha ...
Atman/Anatman in Buddhism - Eastern Tradition Research Institute
... of the personal or empirical åtman, but not the universal or authentic åtman. The Wisdom Tradition known as Theosophy teaches the existence of “An Omnipresent, Eternal, Boundless, and Immutable PRINCIPLE,” 1 often compared to the Hindu åtman, the universal “self,” while Buddhism with its doctrine of ...
... of the personal or empirical åtman, but not the universal or authentic åtman. The Wisdom Tradition known as Theosophy teaches the existence of “An Omnipresent, Eternal, Boundless, and Immutable PRINCIPLE,” 1 often compared to the Hindu åtman, the universal “self,” while Buddhism with its doctrine of ...
On the Bhikkhunã Ordination Controversy
... While it is of course true that keeping precepts that evolved in a different setting two and a half millennia ago is a challenge, the same applies also to bhikkhus. One might similarly wonder if it is not going to increase the problems for males if they take higher ordination. Another point worth no ...
... While it is of course true that keeping precepts that evolved in a different setting two and a half millennia ago is a challenge, the same applies also to bhikkhus. One might similarly wonder if it is not going to increase the problems for males if they take higher ordination. Another point worth no ...
The Realm of Akṣobhya: A Missing Piece in the History of Pure
... possibility that the term ching-t'u # ± resulted from a confusion between a Prakrit form of vyuha (*viyuha) and visuddha "pure," a confusion that could occur most easily in the Kharosthi script, where the characters for yu p and su J] are virtually identical (see the chart given in Plate X I V at th ...
... possibility that the term ching-t'u # ± resulted from a confusion between a Prakrit form of vyuha (*viyuha) and visuddha "pure," a confusion that could occur most easily in the Kharosthi script, where the characters for yu p and su J] are virtually identical (see the chart given in Plate X I V at th ...
The last meal of Buddha
... carcasses, especially that of swine. Almost all of India had by then embraced Buddhist philosophy. ...
... carcasses, especially that of swine. Almost all of India had by then embraced Buddhist philosophy. ...
Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
... women’s section of the monastery to guide her through the forest paths and to translate. Beside them sit three or four other nuns, elder sisters from the nuns’ section who decided to take the opportunity to come over as well to ask advice from Luang Por about an issue in the women’s community and to ...
... women’s section of the monastery to guide her through the forest paths and to translate. Beside them sit three or four other nuns, elder sisters from the nuns’ section who decided to take the opportunity to come over as well to ask advice from Luang Por about an issue in the women’s community and to ...
Buddhism in America From The Pluralism Project – Harvard
... D.T. Suzuki first came to the United States in 1897, spending the next fourteen years translating Taoist and Buddhist works and writing introductory texts to Mahayana philosophy and history. After returning to Japan in 1911, he and his wife, the American theosophist Beatrice Erskine Lane, founded th ...
... D.T. Suzuki first came to the United States in 1897, spending the next fourteen years translating Taoist and Buddhist works and writing introductory texts to Mahayana philosophy and history. After returning to Japan in 1911, he and his wife, the American theosophist Beatrice Erskine Lane, founded th ...
Facing the Future
... and meditation. Though Theravada Buddhism does stress the inescapably personal nature of the ultimate goal, if we carefully examine the suttas or discourses of the Buddha, we would see that the Buddha was keenly aware of the problems human beings face in the social dimensions of their lives, and he ...
... and meditation. Though Theravada Buddhism does stress the inescapably personal nature of the ultimate goal, if we carefully examine the suttas or discourses of the Buddha, we would see that the Buddha was keenly aware of the problems human beings face in the social dimensions of their lives, and he ...