The Role of Buddhism in Society and Radical Buddhist
... In other Southeast Asian countries a similar trend can be seen, most prominently in Burma and in Southern Thailand. In all of these countries Muslims make up a minority of the population, still Buddhists turn to violent means setting aside the human rights of Muslims (Time 2014). On an international ...
... In other Southeast Asian countries a similar trend can be seen, most prominently in Burma and in Southern Thailand. In all of these countries Muslims make up a minority of the population, still Buddhists turn to violent means setting aside the human rights of Muslims (Time 2014). On an international ...
Dialogue and Transformation: Buddhism in Asian Philosophy
... self and demonstrate its place in ultimate reality. This section ends with a selection representing the non-dualist absolutism of Shankara (8th-9th century) — the view that there is only one ultimate reality, qualityless or nirguna Brahman, and that all distinctions whatsoever are false consciousnes ...
... self and demonstrate its place in ultimate reality. This section ends with a selection representing the non-dualist absolutism of Shankara (8th-9th century) — the view that there is only one ultimate reality, qualityless or nirguna Brahman, and that all distinctions whatsoever are false consciousnes ...
Jhāna and Buddhist Scholasticism
... have been content to accept the attempts of earlier commentators to reconcile evident contradictions, or have simply ignored them. Instead of explaining away textual discrepancies, however, a more productive line of inquiry would be to examine them critically for any light they may shed on the evolu ...
... have been content to accept the attempts of earlier commentators to reconcile evident contradictions, or have simply ignored them. Instead of explaining away textual discrepancies, however, a more productive line of inquiry would be to examine them critically for any light they may shed on the evolu ...
Applying Meditation to Everyday Life.
... through lack of awareness, to cut ourselves is to fall out of the stillness. Stop. Follow the breath up the spine as you inhale and down the sternum as you exhale and continue with the onion or go and bandage the finger. Do what needs to be done. Whether it is dealing with sickness or death, driving ...
... through lack of awareness, to cut ourselves is to fall out of the stillness. Stop. Follow the breath up the spine as you inhale and down the sternum as you exhale and continue with the onion or go and bandage the finger. Do what needs to be done. Whether it is dealing with sickness or death, driving ...
Chapter Two THE BUDDHIST CONCEPT OF LIBERATION IN THE
... followers.112 The Dhamma would be treated as ‘guide,’ ‘refuge,’ or ‘island.’113 (2). Some of the lesser and minor precepts may be abolished by the Saṅgha if expedient.114 (3). He asked the monks if they have any doubt or perplexity about the Buddha, Dhamma, Saṅgha. He even asked three times but no r ...
... followers.112 The Dhamma would be treated as ‘guide,’ ‘refuge,’ or ‘island.’113 (2). Some of the lesser and minor precepts may be abolished by the Saṅgha if expedient.114 (3). He asked the monks if they have any doubt or perplexity about the Buddha, Dhamma, Saṅgha. He even asked three times but no r ...
Reinventing Female Identity: A Brief History of Korean Buddhist Nuns*
... formed. Korea was no exception to this, and its nuns suffered constant ordeals solely and specifically because they were women. The environment for female clergy in Korea has changed rapidly, however, in the past thirty years. Nuns occupy a crucial position in the modern Chogye order, the largest Bu ...
... formed. Korea was no exception to this, and its nuns suffered constant ordeals solely and specifically because they were women. The environment for female clergy in Korea has changed rapidly, however, in the past thirty years. Nuns occupy a crucial position in the modern Chogye order, the largest Bu ...
Theravada chaplaincy for death - imc
... Because Buddhism puts so much focus on dying peacefully it is important that the environment around the dying person be peaceful. Often this can best be accomplished at home and is one of the reasons to die at home. If a person is going to die in a hospital, then effort should be made to have the h ...
... Because Buddhism puts so much focus on dying peacefully it is important that the environment around the dying person be peaceful. Often this can best be accomplished at home and is one of the reasons to die at home. If a person is going to die in a hospital, then effort should be made to have the h ...
The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology
... from around the beginning of the first millennium BC (Banerjee r96 5). By the 7th century BC, iron tools and weapons were abundant in archaeological sites of the middle Ganges Valley, North-East India and all down the East coast plain from Orissa to Tamil Nadu. Probably as a direct result of the ava ...
... from around the beginning of the first millennium BC (Banerjee r96 5). By the 7th century BC, iron tools and weapons were abundant in archaeological sites of the middle Ganges Valley, North-East India and all down the East coast plain from Orissa to Tamil Nadu. Probably as a direct result of the ava ...
MONKS, MILITARY, AND POWER – THE STRUGGLE FOR
... involved in the mundane world they may lose their spiritual and moral capital. On the other hand, monks may provide moral leadership during crisis. Buddhist cosmology thus is very much concerned with the daily conditions for lay people because the material and moral conditions are intertwined. Befo ...
... involved in the mundane world they may lose their spiritual and moral capital. On the other hand, monks may provide moral leadership during crisis. Buddhist cosmology thus is very much concerned with the daily conditions for lay people because the material and moral conditions are intertwined. Befo ...
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya
... final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. His father, Suddhodana, was in fact an elected chief of the clan rat ...
... final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. His father, Suddhodana, was in fact an elected chief of the clan rat ...
a campaign - Domo Geshe Rinpoche?
... Central, 8 pm Eastern. 2 am Germany. The next day's teaching, Entering the Path of Great Compassion, will expand on the second boundless attitude of compassion. Entering the Path of Great Compassion Register Now Saturday, September 1 9:00am - 12:30pm CST This teaching will introduce one of the essen ...
... Central, 8 pm Eastern. 2 am Germany. The next day's teaching, Entering the Path of Great Compassion, will expand on the second boundless attitude of compassion. Entering the Path of Great Compassion Register Now Saturday, September 1 9:00am - 12:30pm CST This teaching will introduce one of the essen ...
European Buddhist Traditions Laurence Cox, National University of
... As this story shows, even within Europe Buddhist traditions tend to derive some degree of legitimacy from Asian origins and authenticity. Origin claims of various kinds are regularly drawn on across Buddhism to legitimise particular traditions, relating present-day traditions to the Buddha or other ...
... As this story shows, even within Europe Buddhist traditions tend to derive some degree of legitimacy from Asian origins and authenticity. Origin claims of various kinds are regularly drawn on across Buddhism to legitimise particular traditions, relating present-day traditions to the Buddha or other ...
The Historical Authenticity of Early Buddhist Literature A Critical
... practice seem to disagree, there must simply have been no knowledge of the textual tradition. It seems to me that the more interesting possibility (and the one we are more entitled to entertain) is that both practices and texts coexisted, but that despite our sense of frequent contradiction between ...
... practice seem to disagree, there must simply have been no knowledge of the textual tradition. It seems to me that the more interesting possibility (and the one we are more entitled to entertain) is that both practices and texts coexisted, but that despite our sense of frequent contradiction between ...
The Buddhist Concept of Life, Suffering and Death, and Related
... The frailty and insecurity of life In addition to this cause-and-effect nature of life, there is also an emphasis placed on its impermanence (anicca) and insubstantiality (anatta), through another law of mutation also referred to as the law of change. This law is expressed in the following formula ...
... The frailty and insecurity of life In addition to this cause-and-effect nature of life, there is also an emphasis placed on its impermanence (anicca) and insubstantiality (anatta), through another law of mutation also referred to as the law of change. This law is expressed in the following formula ...
Buddhism - History with Halkuff
... overcome selfish desires. One day, Siddhartha saw and the followers of 4. The way to overcome selfish desires two old men who had Siddhartha’s teachings are is to follow the eightfold path. wandered into the path of his called Buddhists. The Eightfold Path of Buddhism chariot; as the curious prince ...
... overcome selfish desires. One day, Siddhartha saw and the followers of 4. The way to overcome selfish desires two old men who had Siddhartha’s teachings are is to follow the eightfold path. wandered into the path of his called Buddhists. The Eightfold Path of Buddhism chariot; as the curious prince ...
Can things reach the dead?
... “regimes of communicability.”6 Regarding the materiality of these invisible beings, I would like to use the idea of the “trace,” which I also take as being part of a regime of communicability. Ghosts and spirits leave material traces in this world. A trace might indicate the places where they appear ...
... “regimes of communicability.”6 Regarding the materiality of these invisible beings, I would like to use the idea of the “trace,” which I also take as being part of a regime of communicability. Ghosts and spirits leave material traces in this world. A trace might indicate the places where they appear ...
whole text as a pdf
... I learned more about the ethos underlying ZPO activities in my second contact with Bernie Glassman, when I attended a ZPO-led interfaith ‘bearing witness’ retreat at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where millions of people were systematically murdered by the Nazis. The heart of the retreat w ...
... I learned more about the ethos underlying ZPO activities in my second contact with Bernie Glassman, when I attended a ZPO-led interfaith ‘bearing witness’ retreat at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where millions of people were systematically murdered by the Nazis. The heart of the retreat w ...
Ameriyana: The Western Vehicle of the Buddha Dharma
... of antiquated patriarchal monasticism.”17 Instead of looking for this outdated religious notion, these Buddhists are searching for ways to be attentive and mindful in everyday life; Buddhism has become basically, a set of ethics. In some ways, this development within Zen Buddhism does not at all res ...
... of antiquated patriarchal monasticism.”17 Instead of looking for this outdated religious notion, these Buddhists are searching for ways to be attentive and mindful in everyday life; Buddhism has become basically, a set of ethics. In some ways, this development within Zen Buddhism does not at all res ...
The Inspiration of Buddhist "Six Harmonies" to the Corporate Team Building
... humans),he wanted find a way out from birth, old , sickness and death and resolutely monks,Many of his many disciples monks holding the same purpose.Six Harmonies Sangha can appear and continue so far, the fundamental basis is also of such values as support.High values are the most fundamental basis ...
... humans),he wanted find a way out from birth, old , sickness and death and resolutely monks,Many of his many disciples monks holding the same purpose.Six Harmonies Sangha can appear and continue so far, the fundamental basis is also of such values as support.High values are the most fundamental basis ...
What Is Our Buddhist Practice
... which enables one to enjoy absolute happiness and to act with boundless compassion. Rather than stressing impermanence and the consequent need to eliminate earthly desires and attachments, the Lotus Sutra asserts the ultimate reality of the Buddha nature inherent in all life. It is therefore a teach ...
... which enables one to enjoy absolute happiness and to act with boundless compassion. Rather than stressing impermanence and the consequent need to eliminate earthly desires and attachments, the Lotus Sutra asserts the ultimate reality of the Buddha nature inherent in all life. It is therefore a teach ...
DAOIST CHONGXUAN (TWOFOLD MYSTERY) THOUGHT AND
... BUDDHIST MADHYAMIKA IN THE EARLY TANG (618-720) The different interactions between Buddhism and Daoism have occurred since Buddhism entered China in the 1st century. Buddhism, as an Indian religion, first developed under the guise of Daoism because Buddhism, as a foreign teaching, easily reached Chi ...
... BUDDHIST MADHYAMIKA IN THE EARLY TANG (618-720) The different interactions between Buddhism and Daoism have occurred since Buddhism entered China in the 1st century. Buddhism, as an Indian religion, first developed under the guise of Daoism because Buddhism, as a foreign teaching, easily reached Chi ...
Chan Buddhism
... Exactly what do Pure Land texts say? – Larger/longer sutra (p.40): “a hundred thousand koţis of lands away from here” (Buddha to Anada) – Shorter/smaller sutra (p.121): “if you travel westward from here, passing a hundred thousand kotis of Buddha lands, you will come to the land called Utmost Bliss ...
... Exactly what do Pure Land texts say? – Larger/longer sutra (p.40): “a hundred thousand koţis of lands away from here” (Buddha to Anada) – Shorter/smaller sutra (p.121): “if you travel westward from here, passing a hundred thousand kotis of Buddha lands, you will come to the land called Utmost Bliss ...
merit-making by offering the giant paddy heap
... order to counteract and minimize superficial and vacuous elements in today’s consumerist culture which is based on extremes such as overconsumption, indulgence, unfair competition and hoarding of wealth. ...
... order to counteract and minimize superficial and vacuous elements in today’s consumerist culture which is based on extremes such as overconsumption, indulgence, unfair competition and hoarding of wealth. ...
What Buddhism Is
... disciples. On their request that they might be given some tokens for their worship, the Buddha presented them with eight strands of hair from His head. You will be surprised to know that these two traders were Taphussa and Bhallika of Okkalapa, which today is known as Rangoon, where you are at this ...
... disciples. On their request that they might be given some tokens for their worship, the Buddha presented them with eight strands of hair from His head. You will be surprised to know that these two traders were Taphussa and Bhallika of Okkalapa, which today is known as Rangoon, where you are at this ...