Rotman, Marketing Morality
... In more than a quarter of the stories in the Divyāvadāna, there are strikingly similar accounts of caravans of merchants bringing their goods to the seashore, loading them on ships, and setting off overseas to make their fortunes.3 Certain images appear again and again: the caravan leader deciding t ...
... In more than a quarter of the stories in the Divyāvadāna, there are strikingly similar accounts of caravans of merchants bringing their goods to the seashore, loading them on ships, and setting off overseas to make their fortunes.3 Certain images appear again and again: the caravan leader deciding t ...
The Kathāvatthu Niyāma Debates
... absolute, complete." 12 The Uttarapathakas hold that in the case of a member of 'oi polloi there is accanta niydmatd. If this is to be taken as a claim that the entrance of such an individual on the path is assured, this is to be denied; for members of the masses are capable of the worst of crimes. ...
... absolute, complete." 12 The Uttarapathakas hold that in the case of a member of 'oi polloi there is accanta niydmatd. If this is to be taken as a claim that the entrance of such an individual on the path is assured, this is to be denied; for members of the masses are capable of the worst of crimes. ...
The Survival of Mahayana Buddhism in Nepal
... to notice that the greatest contributions have been made in the arts. The Newars dotted their valley with magnificent temples, monasteries and stupas, dedicated to both Buddhist and Hindu deities. They also produced exquisite scroll paintings, expressive sculptures and delicate lost wax metal icons. ...
... to notice that the greatest contributions have been made in the arts. The Newars dotted their valley with magnificent temples, monasteries and stupas, dedicated to both Buddhist and Hindu deities. They also produced exquisite scroll paintings, expressive sculptures and delicate lost wax metal icons. ...
Ln13 Comparison and Contrast Between Jainism
... Mahavira and Buddha were contemporaries and there was much in common between them. It is because of the similarities between the two that some scholars think that Jainism owes it origin to Buddhism or Jainism is the oldest branch of Buddhism. Both of them were the products of intellectual, spiritual ...
... Mahavira and Buddha were contemporaries and there was much in common between them. It is because of the similarities between the two that some scholars think that Jainism owes it origin to Buddhism or Jainism is the oldest branch of Buddhism. Both of them were the products of intellectual, spiritual ...
Chinese Buddhist Religious Disputation
... argumentation tradition, that being the Chinese Buddhism practice of competitive religious disputation. From the fourth century down into the twentieth century such debate was a familiar event in Chinese Buddhist monastic life. In medieval China Indian Buddhist manuals of disputation were translated ...
... argumentation tradition, that being the Chinese Buddhism practice of competitive religious disputation. From the fourth century down into the twentieth century such debate was a familiar event in Chinese Buddhist monastic life. In medieval China Indian Buddhist manuals of disputation were translated ...
The Oral Transmission of the Early Buddhist Literature
... For Cousins, then, the difference between the verbs sandissati (in the phrase vinaye sandissanti) and otarati (in the phrase sutte otaranti) is that sandissati means ‘match’ and implies that the ‘Vinaya’ with which some new teaching was to be matched was relatively fixed, whereas otarati means ‘ente ...
... For Cousins, then, the difference between the verbs sandissati (in the phrase vinaye sandissanti) and otarati (in the phrase sutte otaranti) is that sandissati means ‘match’ and implies that the ‘Vinaya’ with which some new teaching was to be matched was relatively fixed, whereas otarati means ‘ente ...
Democratic Kampuchea as a Political Religion: Reexamining
... One such instance of a totalitarian project that described itself as being antireligious and atheistic yet still operated as a political religion was the Khmer Rouge regime of Democratic Kampuchea from 17 April 1975 to 9 January 1979, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) h ...
... One such instance of a totalitarian project that described itself as being antireligious and atheistic yet still operated as a political religion was the Khmer Rouge regime of Democratic Kampuchea from 17 April 1975 to 9 January 1979, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) h ...
BuddhaSasana Home Page Chanting Book
... the retroflex (cerebral) consonants (usually typeset with a dot underneath) are: .r .t .th .d .dh .n .m .s .l . The guttural nasals (m or n with a dot above) are represented by "m and "n The palatal nasal is represented here as ~n . Pronunciation Paali is the original language of the Theravadin Budd ...
... the retroflex (cerebral) consonants (usually typeset with a dot underneath) are: .r .t .th .d .dh .n .m .s .l . The guttural nasals (m or n with a dot above) are represented by "m and "n The palatal nasal is represented here as ~n . Pronunciation Paali is the original language of the Theravadin Budd ...
Two Truths and Method
... All we can do is read, interpret, and argue. So, the four reliances, rather than giving us guidance, only indicate the depth of our predicament as readers and as philosophers. Despite these formidable obstacles, the last few decades have seen an explosion in interest in doing Buddhist philosophy. Do ...
... All we can do is read, interpret, and argue. So, the four reliances, rather than giving us guidance, only indicate the depth of our predicament as readers and as philosophers. Despite these formidable obstacles, the last few decades have seen an explosion in interest in doing Buddhist philosophy. Do ...
gautama buddha - the enlightened world-teacher
... meaning "one whose every aim was achieved" or "fortunate". The Buddhist scriptures, however, refers to h i m very commonly as Gautama (Pali Gotama), for that was his family name. Sometimes i n that literature he is also called Sakyamuni, "sage of the Sakya clan". King Suddhodana wanted to know from ...
... meaning "one whose every aim was achieved" or "fortunate". The Buddhist scriptures, however, refers to h i m very commonly as Gautama (Pali Gotama), for that was his family name. Sometimes i n that literature he is also called Sakyamuni, "sage of the Sakya clan". King Suddhodana wanted to know from ...
Buddhism and Music
... fanbei such as the Meal Offering Dharani (Ch. Gongyang Zhou) and the Meal Completion Mantra (Ch. Jie Zhai Ji) to make offerings and transfer merits to all the Buddhas and all the sentient beings of the six realms. During repentance ceremonies, focus is placed on singing several prayers as a means t ...
... fanbei such as the Meal Offering Dharani (Ch. Gongyang Zhou) and the Meal Completion Mantra (Ch. Jie Zhai Ji) to make offerings and transfer merits to all the Buddhas and all the sentient beings of the six realms. During repentance ceremonies, focus is placed on singing several prayers as a means t ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... editors of Inquiring Mind we feel privileged to have participated in and chronicled the transmission. Our journal serves what is commonly called the vipassana, or insight meditation, community, but the more accurate name for our root tradition is Theravada, which translates as the “path of the elder ...
... editors of Inquiring Mind we feel privileged to have participated in and chronicled the transmission. Our journal serves what is commonly called the vipassana, or insight meditation, community, but the more accurate name for our root tradition is Theravada, which translates as the “path of the elder ...
The Relocalization of Buddhism in Thailand
... (Pattana 2005:466), all of which draw to a greater or lesser degree upon the visions, practices and ideologies of a traditional and fundamentalist past before they were “tainted” by the process of modern capitalist development. Another significant phenomenon in this process of transformation and div ...
... (Pattana 2005:466), all of which draw to a greater or lesser degree upon the visions, practices and ideologies of a traditional and fundamentalist past before they were “tainted” by the process of modern capitalist development. Another significant phenomenon in this process of transformation and div ...
Life of Pi: A Story of Suffering and Liberation from Buddhist
... Abstract Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Yann Martel. Published in 2002, it won a big award and was later adapted into a much acclaimed movie by Ang Lee. A shipwreck story with a boy and tiger coexisting on a lifeboat invites various interpretations. This paper explores its meanin ...
... Abstract Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Yann Martel. Published in 2002, it won a big award and was later adapted into a much acclaimed movie by Ang Lee. A shipwreck story with a boy and tiger coexisting on a lifeboat invites various interpretations. This paper explores its meanin ...
Life of Pi: A Story of Suffering and Liberation from Buddhist
... Abstract Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Yann Martel. Published in 2002, it won a big award and was later adapted into a much acclaimed movie by Ang Lee. A shipwreck story with a boy and tiger coexisting on a lifeboat invites various interpretations. This paper explores its meanin ...
... Abstract Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Yann Martel. Published in 2002, it won a big award and was later adapted into a much acclaimed movie by Ang Lee. A shipwreck story with a boy and tiger coexisting on a lifeboat invites various interpretations. This paper explores its meanin ...
- Shap Working Party
... fence. The building of the first substantial temple is attributed to the Emperor Ashoka. Whilst there is little or no evidence to support this claim it is highly probable that a devout Buddhist like Ashoka would have built a temple upon one of the most sacred sites of Buddhism. Many of the buildings ...
... fence. The building of the first substantial temple is attributed to the Emperor Ashoka. Whilst there is little or no evidence to support this claim it is highly probable that a devout Buddhist like Ashoka would have built a temple upon one of the most sacred sites of Buddhism. Many of the buildings ...
12 ESSAYS ON BUDDHISM
... perpetual state of factual existence, to the extent of being real in terms of time and space, or it is only a logical assumption in contrast to what is being rejected, is to be examined in detail elsewhere. At any rate, we may here safely conclude that the Buddhist therefore has no problem in his ow ...
... perpetual state of factual existence, to the extent of being real in terms of time and space, or it is only a logical assumption in contrast to what is being rejected, is to be examined in detail elsewhere. At any rate, we may here safely conclude that the Buddhist therefore has no problem in his ow ...
The Kalpa of Decrease
... Enlightened World-Honored One, who, so as to restore the world to order, meets with a wise ruler like King Sen'yo; and if together they put an end altogether to these acts of "goodness" and commit the great "evil" of censuring, banishing, cutting off alms to or even beheading those people of the eig ...
... Enlightened World-Honored One, who, so as to restore the world to order, meets with a wise ruler like King Sen'yo; and if together they put an end altogether to these acts of "goodness" and commit the great "evil" of censuring, banishing, cutting off alms to or even beheading those people of the eig ...
A Curriculum on Buddhist Psychology and Therapy/Coaching
... The present curriculum on Buddhist psychology, psychotherapy and coaching is a learning program presenting a comprehensive Buddhist psychology which fits mainstream practice and includes cutting-edge methods of assessment, therapy and coaching. Timewise it varies from a 1 day workshop to a 16-day co ...
... The present curriculum on Buddhist psychology, psychotherapy and coaching is a learning program presenting a comprehensive Buddhist psychology which fits mainstream practice and includes cutting-edge methods of assessment, therapy and coaching. Timewise it varies from a 1 day workshop to a 16-day co ...
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... person is form into. This was also the first attempt to abolish discrimination and slavery in the history of mankind. Buddhism has its own long and noble tradition of scholarship and of education of the young. It has encouraged equality of social opportunity but without frantic economic competition. ...
... person is form into. This was also the first attempt to abolish discrimination and slavery in the history of mankind. Buddhism has its own long and noble tradition of scholarship and of education of the young. It has encouraged equality of social opportunity but without frantic economic competition. ...
Did the Buddha Believe in Karma and Rebirth?
... many reliable details about the beginnings of his career. Whether we fully agree with HARRISON or not, it seems more than likely that the Buddha was held in extremely high esteem by his followers at the time of his death. It is hard to doubt that they did what they could to remember his words and id ...
... many reliable details about the beginnings of his career. Whether we fully agree with HARRISON or not, it seems more than likely that the Buddha was held in extremely high esteem by his followers at the time of his death. It is hard to doubt that they did what they could to remember his words and id ...
View - Visakha Vidyalaya
... • No member whose daughter’s application is to be submitted for admission to any grade of Visakha Vidyalaya for any particular year, shall be eligible for election to the Executive Committee for the one (01) year immediately preceding the year of submission of such application for admission and unt ...
... • No member whose daughter’s application is to be submitted for admission to any grade of Visakha Vidyalaya for any particular year, shall be eligible for election to the Executive Committee for the one (01) year immediately preceding the year of submission of such application for admission and unt ...
Buddhism and Modernity
... economic and social organizations of China and we see the debates between Buddhists and Daoists and Confucians as developing the Daoist and Confucian tradition in ways other than they would have developed without this dialogue. When Buddhism was imported in Tibet Tibetan society was transformed beyo ...
... economic and social organizations of China and we see the debates between Buddhists and Daoists and Confucians as developing the Daoist and Confucian tradition in ways other than they would have developed without this dialogue. When Buddhism was imported in Tibet Tibetan society was transformed beyo ...
The Sati Journal - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... cited in scholarship today. Ajahn Amaro is the author of the next essay, a short anecdotal biography of I. B. Horner, who was his cousin. I. B. Horner, a student of Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids and her husband T. W. Rhys Davids, is perhaps best known for her seminal work, Women Under Primitive Buddhis ...
... cited in scholarship today. Ajahn Amaro is the author of the next essay, a short anecdotal biography of I. B. Horner, who was his cousin. I. B. Horner, a student of Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids and her husband T. W. Rhys Davids, is perhaps best known for her seminal work, Women Under Primitive Buddhis ...
Theravāda Buddhism and John Dewey’s Metaethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... and undefiled supreme security from bondage, Nibbāna” (M i:163); (3) he believed that this would require going forth into homelessness, even though his parents objected and were saddened. Although the details are not given, we are not to suppose he was indifferent to his parents’ wishes, but rather ...
... and undefiled supreme security from bondage, Nibbāna” (M i:163); (3) he believed that this would require going forth into homelessness, even though his parents objected and were saddened. Although the details are not given, we are not to suppose he was indifferent to his parents’ wishes, but rather ...