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... The Theravada tradition in the southern school of Buddhism is found in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. The Mahayana is a generic term which refers to a number of northern schools of Buddhism founded in China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, ...
... The Theravada tradition in the southern school of Buddhism is found in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. The Mahayana is a generic term which refers to a number of northern schools of Buddhism founded in China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, ...
Taking Refuge: Where Practice Begins
... before, into a life of seclusion. What stopped him was the realization that if he could do this, so could others, and that it was his duty to teach what he had learned so that other could achieve enlightenment as well. He saw that everyone had Buddha Nature. So in a sense, by taking refuge in the B ...
... before, into a life of seclusion. What stopped him was the realization that if he could do this, so could others, and that it was his duty to teach what he had learned so that other could achieve enlightenment as well. He saw that everyone had Buddha Nature. So in a sense, by taking refuge in the B ...
Buddhism and Medical Ethics: Principles and Practice
... between daily life and the demands of sacred law. ...
... between daily life and the demands of sacred law. ...
View/Open
... who followed Jain Mahavira’s teaching to pursue agriculture, because it caused destruction of life. So they turned to trade to avoid such conflict. Today it is mostly the business community who follow Jain teaching. Yet, no one can really succeed in business, as a true Jain or a true Buddhist, becau ...
... who followed Jain Mahavira’s teaching to pursue agriculture, because it caused destruction of life. So they turned to trade to avoid such conflict. Today it is mostly the business community who follow Jain teaching. Yet, no one can really succeed in business, as a true Jain or a true Buddhist, becau ...
The Role of Deterrence in Buddhist Peace-building Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... I want to consider a strategy for peace that is not commonly associated with Buddhism, namely military deterrence. So far as I am aware, this topic has received little attention from students of Buddhism and peace. My argument in this article will be that deterrence is not ruled out by Buddhism’s pa ...
... I want to consider a strategy for peace that is not commonly associated with Buddhism, namely military deterrence. So far as I am aware, this topic has received little attention from students of Buddhism and peace. My argument in this article will be that deterrence is not ruled out by Buddhism’s pa ...
The Dharma-ending Age
... In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that these two elements entered the Buddhist tradition together” (Nattier 1991:29). Nattier further notes that all these texts belong to the Nikāya school bu ...
... In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that these two elements entered the Buddhist tradition together” (Nattier 1991:29). Nattier further notes that all these texts belong to the Nikāya school bu ...
be lamps unto yourselves - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San
... days, enlightenment arrived, and Gotama became the Buddha, the awakened one. Trekking the dusty paths of India until his hair turned white, Buddha taught kings and warriors, farmers and beggars and criminals, all according to their own special need. He died at the age of 80. On the one hand, Buddha ...
... days, enlightenment arrived, and Gotama became the Buddha, the awakened one. Trekking the dusty paths of India until his hair turned white, Buddha taught kings and warriors, farmers and beggars and criminals, all according to their own special need. He died at the age of 80. On the one hand, Buddha ...
File - World Religions
... term for anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha). In ...
... term for anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha). In ...
Thailand`s International Meditation Centers as Sites of Missionization
... must attend to the particular religious others when we look at Buddhist strategies of missionizing. ...
... must attend to the particular religious others when we look at Buddhist strategies of missionizing. ...
The masters go West: A story of Buddhism`s adaptation to new
... to the specific cultural context that it encounters. After briefly reviewing the past geographical trajectory of Buddhism, we will turn to its more recent impact in the West, the causes of this impact, and its adaptation to a different cultural context and way of thinking. Buddhism has from the very ...
... to the specific cultural context that it encounters. After briefly reviewing the past geographical trajectory of Buddhism, we will turn to its more recent impact in the West, the causes of this impact, and its adaptation to a different cultural context and way of thinking. Buddhism has from the very ...
Damming the Dhamma: Problems with Bhikkhunãs in the Pali Vinaya
... A concern for wholeness underlies these emphases. Wholeness of body is a requirement for ordination.25 Men cannot be ordained whose bodily integrity is breached in any way, whether by disease, uncertain sexual characteristics,26 or physical deformity. Their moral integrity must also be intact viol ...
... A concern for wholeness underlies these emphases. Wholeness of body is a requirement for ordination.25 Men cannot be ordained whose bodily integrity is breached in any way, whether by disease, uncertain sexual characteristics,26 or physical deformity. Their moral integrity must also be intact viol ...
Buddhism - John Bowne High School
... What Did It Mean? • This made him understand that every living thing experiences old age, sickness and death •BUT! ONLY religious life can save someone from suffering ...
... What Did It Mean? • This made him understand that every living thing experiences old age, sickness and death •BUT! ONLY religious life can save someone from suffering ...
Altered Space for a New Zen in Vietnam
... attracting kings and scholars. It has been particu‐ larly linked with what is considered the golden era of Buddhism in Vietnam, during the Lý and Trần dynasties, before Confucianism took away its courtly influence. The roots of the contemporary interest in Zen date back to t ...
... attracting kings and scholars. It has been particu‐ larly linked with what is considered the golden era of Buddhism in Vietnam, during the Lý and Trần dynasties, before Confucianism took away its courtly influence. The roots of the contemporary interest in Zen date back to t ...
Conference abstracts – PDF
... renunciation and non-economic spirituality is an often used default narrative. Immateriality is also in many Buddhist cultures kept as a symbolic ideal of authenticity. Economy and materiality is, however, inherently part of Buddhism, also in Japan, where monasteries, temples and associations throug ...
... renunciation and non-economic spirituality is an often used default narrative. Immateriality is also in many Buddhist cultures kept as a symbolic ideal of authenticity. Economy and materiality is, however, inherently part of Buddhism, also in Japan, where monasteries, temples and associations throug ...
Reviews
... 66). Yet given that the antarà-bhava was a matter of dispute among Indian Buddhist schools it might be expected that, when we examine the sources that constitute their common heritage (i.e., the Nikàyas and âgamas), we should find at least some passages that apparently support the antarà-bhava posit ...
... 66). Yet given that the antarà-bhava was a matter of dispute among Indian Buddhist schools it might be expected that, when we examine the sources that constitute their common heritage (i.e., the Nikàyas and âgamas), we should find at least some passages that apparently support the antarà-bhava posit ...
03_2015 - Gaden Choling Toronto
... and others from our Dharma community for a wonderful performance written and directed by Irene Cortes, our Dharma sister and member of the Gaden Chöling community. ...
... and others from our Dharma community for a wonderful performance written and directed by Irene Cortes, our Dharma sister and member of the Gaden Chöling community. ...
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... Suffering comes in many forms. Three obvious kinds of suffering correspond to the first three sights the Buddha saw on his first journey outside his palace: old age, sickness and death. But according to the Buddha, the problem of suffering goes much deeper. Life is not ideal: it frequently fails to ...
... Suffering comes in many forms. Three obvious kinds of suffering correspond to the first three sights the Buddha saw on his first journey outside his palace: old age, sickness and death. But according to the Buddha, the problem of suffering goes much deeper. Life is not ideal: it frequently fails to ...
buddhism - Discovery Education
... NARRATOR: Buddhism, like the cultures associated with it, takes many forms and reaches many people. More than just a religion, for its followers, Buddhism is a way of life. In the year 563 B.C., a prince was born in a town near the Himalayas, in Northern India. That town, Lumbini, is now in the coun ...
... NARRATOR: Buddhism, like the cultures associated with it, takes many forms and reaches many people. More than just a religion, for its followers, Buddhism is a way of life. In the year 563 B.C., a prince was born in a town near the Himalayas, in Northern India. That town, Lumbini, is now in the coun ...
HANDBOOK OF BUDDHISTS
... The following stanzas are to be recited when making offerings of lights, flowers, food, fruit juice and perfumed smoke etc. The offering of these things in the name of the Buddha is yet another practice the meaning of which some people fail to understand. Offering of such things to a holy monk is in ...
... The following stanzas are to be recited when making offerings of lights, flowers, food, fruit juice and perfumed smoke etc. The offering of these things in the name of the Buddha is yet another practice the meaning of which some people fail to understand. Offering of such things to a holy monk is in ...
Noble Eightfold Path - Threefold Lotus Kwoon
... following in Saccavibhanga Sutta: And what is right concentration? Here, the monk, detached from sense-desires, detached from unwholesome states, enters and remains in the first jhana (level of concentration, Sanskrit:dhyāna), in which there is applied and sustained thinking, together with joy and ...
... following in Saccavibhanga Sutta: And what is right concentration? Here, the monk, detached from sense-desires, detached from unwholesome states, enters and remains in the first jhana (level of concentration, Sanskrit:dhyāna), in which there is applied and sustained thinking, together with joy and ...
Buddhist Nuns: Between Past and Present
... the eight fundamental rules, remain central themes in the discussion on the position of women within the Buddhist saṃ gha. When Mahāprajāpatī accepted the gurudharmas, she also agreed that once a nuns’ order had been established, the only way to receive an ordination was through an ordination cerem ...
... the eight fundamental rules, remain central themes in the discussion on the position of women within the Buddhist saṃ gha. When Mahāprajāpatī accepted the gurudharmas, she also agreed that once a nuns’ order had been established, the only way to receive an ordination was through an ordination cerem ...
Prebish.txt ...
... expansion into a network of city and suburban centers, and, when funds become available, establishment of a monastery-style retreat outside the city. The latter is not an escape; rather, city and country practice are seen as complementary, often alternating. [5] Further, at least one noted modern th ...
... expansion into a network of city and suburban centers, and, when funds become available, establishment of a monastery-style retreat outside the city. The latter is not an escape; rather, city and country practice are seen as complementary, often alternating. [5] Further, at least one noted modern th ...
Right Effort - Sati Center
... capacity to improve our lives. Teachings on karma show which actions are beneficial and which are not. The path guides us toward those specific skillful actions that are considered to bring the highest benefit and lead toward awakening, As a call to action, Buddhism requires effort. It is striking h ...
... capacity to improve our lives. Teachings on karma show which actions are beneficial and which are not. The path guides us toward those specific skillful actions that are considered to bring the highest benefit and lead toward awakening, As a call to action, Buddhism requires effort. It is striking h ...
About Buddhism
... practices may include following ethical precepts; support of the monastic community; renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic; the development of mindfulness and practice of meditation; cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment; study of scriptures; devotional practices; ceremonies; ...
... practices may include following ethical precepts; support of the monastic community; renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic; the development of mindfulness and practice of meditation; cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment; study of scriptures; devotional practices; ceremonies; ...