BUDDHISM: SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION
... emphatically says in his Abhidharmakośa IV, 2 d, pp. 568- 569, that «what is conditioned is momentary» — and all is conditioned according to Buddhism. The Theravādins did not accept the momentariness of the dharmas, and this explains why they remained attached to the realistic conception of the wo ...
... emphatically says in his Abhidharmakośa IV, 2 d, pp. 568- 569, that «what is conditioned is momentary» — and all is conditioned according to Buddhism. The Theravādins did not accept the momentariness of the dharmas, and this explains why they remained attached to the realistic conception of the wo ...
1. Purpose and Aims - Unofficial SGI SWS
... Some people worry about failing, about working hard and not pasing the exam. This is natural, but misguided. It is exactly like struggling to make a kosenrufu donation of 5 pence, then feeling ashamed because we didn’t give more. The amount is not the issue, it’s what’s in your mind that counts. The ...
... Some people worry about failing, about working hard and not pasing the exam. This is natural, but misguided. It is exactly like struggling to make a kosenrufu donation of 5 pence, then feeling ashamed because we didn’t give more. The amount is not the issue, it’s what’s in your mind that counts. The ...
The Teaching of the Buddha
... must be assimilated and taken into the life of every true Buddhist. All cannot do this: most of the unconverted are blinded by lust and passion, but some are incapacitated by want of mental power. They must practise virtue and in a happier birth their minds will be enlarged. The reader who has peru ...
... must be assimilated and taken into the life of every true Buddhist. All cannot do this: most of the unconverted are blinded by lust and passion, but some are incapacitated by want of mental power. They must practise virtue and in a happier birth their minds will be enlarged. The reader who has peru ...
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... the grounds that this other chapter was added at a much later date.12 Pye explains that chapter two begins with a large crowd of humans, gods and other creatures puzzling over a brief explanation of skillful means that the Buddha has just presented (19). The Buddha’s famous disciple Sariputra begs t ...
... the grounds that this other chapter was added at a much later date.12 Pye explains that chapter two begins with a large crowd of humans, gods and other creatures puzzling over a brief explanation of skillful means that the Buddha has just presented (19). The Buddha’s famous disciple Sariputra begs t ...
The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency
... she discusses the four pārājikas, or rules the breach of which lead to exclusion from the monastic order (killing, stealing, sexual intercourse, and boasting of unattained spiritual attainments). Buddhaghosa appears in this context as a sympathetic commentator upon a tradition that aimed to instill ...
... she discusses the four pārājikas, or rules the breach of which lead to exclusion from the monastic order (killing, stealing, sexual intercourse, and boasting of unattained spiritual attainments). Buddhaghosa appears in this context as a sympathetic commentator upon a tradition that aimed to instill ...
the sociology of early buddhism - Assets
... austere he was, the better. Here, though, three points must be considered. The first is that the scriptures themselves are not univocal; they contain evidence capable of supporting discrepant interpretations of the Buddhist teaching. On the one hand, it can be seen as the sort of private, inwardlook ...
... austere he was, the better. Here, though, three points must be considered. The first is that the scriptures themselves are not univocal; they contain evidence capable of supporting discrepant interpretations of the Buddhist teaching. On the one hand, it can be seen as the sort of private, inwardlook ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism
... the doctrines implicit in both; these texts form what has come to be known as the Pāli Canon. Mahāyāna Buddhism includes variant versions of these, but places greater emphasis on subsequent texts, mostly in Sanskrit, that emerge later on in India beginning with the teachings of Nāgārjuna, an influen ...
... the doctrines implicit in both; these texts form what has come to be known as the Pāli Canon. Mahāyāna Buddhism includes variant versions of these, but places greater emphasis on subsequent texts, mostly in Sanskrit, that emerge later on in India beginning with the teachings of Nāgārjuna, an influen ...
The Unintended Legacy of Hellenism
... the “insightful penetration of the analytical teachings of Buddhism” as the key to Enlightenment.5 Until the first century CE, the Buddha was only depicted through symbols that correlated with the four significant events in his last human life – a footprint to mark his birth, a Bodhi tree to mark hi ...
... the “insightful penetration of the analytical teachings of Buddhism” as the key to Enlightenment.5 Until the first century CE, the Buddha was only depicted through symbols that correlated with the four significant events in his last human life – a footprint to mark his birth, a Bodhi tree to mark hi ...
Archaeological Discovery and Examination of the Money
... City, Shandong Province, which was attributed by Professor Yu Weichao into “Eastern Han Buddhist Images”but disagreements are still in academic field. Even these images were indeed showing Buddhist influences, they did not directly show Buddha’s figure itself. The only case which is similar to the “ ...
... City, Shandong Province, which was attributed by Professor Yu Weichao into “Eastern Han Buddhist Images”but disagreements are still in academic field. Even these images were indeed showing Buddhist influences, they did not directly show Buddha’s figure itself. The only case which is similar to the “ ...
the buddha image at amaravati
... In recent studies of Indian Buddhist art, an important theory developed by Alfred Foucher is the theory of aniconism in relation to the Buddha image. In The Beginning of the Buddhist Art, he states “[W]hen we find the ancient stone carvers in India in full activity, we observe that they are very ind ...
... In recent studies of Indian Buddhist art, an important theory developed by Alfred Foucher is the theory of aniconism in relation to the Buddha image. In The Beginning of the Buddhist Art, he states “[W]hen we find the ancient stone carvers in India in full activity, we observe that they are very ind ...
Buddhist and jain Art.p65
... Buddhism have been influenced by Indian culture since their emergence. The philosophical and ideological principles of Jainism and Buddhism have a great impact on Indic religious settings. These religions had established a new tradition based on ethical and moral way of life, which not only influenc ...
... Buddhism have been influenced by Indian culture since their emergence. The philosophical and ideological principles of Jainism and Buddhism have a great impact on Indic religious settings. These religions had established a new tradition based on ethical and moral way of life, which not only influenc ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... the doctrines implicit in both; these texts form what has come to be known as the Pāli Canon. Mahāyāna Buddhism includes variant versions of these, but places greater emphasis on subsequent texts, mostly in Sanskrit, that emerge later on in India beginning with the teachings of Nāgārjuna, an influen ...
... the doctrines implicit in both; these texts form what has come to be known as the Pāli Canon. Mahāyāna Buddhism includes variant versions of these, but places greater emphasis on subsequent texts, mostly in Sanskrit, that emerge later on in India beginning with the teachings of Nāgārjuna, an influen ...
japan`s modernization and buddhism - Nanzan Institute for Religion
... function of Buddmsm in this period ? I believe that, because Buddhism had changed into such an existence, the Tokugawa Government made Buddhism the state religion in order to check the Rinshitan which endangered the feudal order, and that the Buddhist side was also able to live up to that expectatio ...
... function of Buddmsm in this period ? I believe that, because Buddhism had changed into such an existence, the Tokugawa Government made Buddhism the state religion in order to check the Rinshitan which endangered the feudal order, and that the Buddhist side was also able to live up to that expectatio ...
Has Xuanzang really been in Mathurå?
... information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or intercultural Chinese topoi. If this negligence of a sound philological and contextual research of the pilgrims’ accounts is understandable by the ...
... information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or intercultural Chinese topoi. If this negligence of a sound philological and contextual research of the pilgrims’ accounts is understandable by the ...
Lay Ritual in the Early Buddhist Art of India
... jewelry, and turbans for the men and headgear for the women. Although there are scenes that include foreigners wearing foreign dress, these individuals are also attired in secular, not monastic, clothing. Almost all of the known early relief carvings depicting lay activities occur as part of the ico ...
... jewelry, and turbans for the men and headgear for the women. Although there are scenes that include foreigners wearing foreign dress, these individuals are also attired in secular, not monastic, clothing. Almost all of the known early relief carvings depicting lay activities occur as part of the ico ...
Buddhist Studies Semester I to IV
... Buddhism has been India’s greatest gift to Asia and indeed, to the rest of the world. Over the last fifty years, Buddhist Studies has grown into a complex field, with historical, philosophical, linguistic, and socio-cultural aspects which are being studied independently as well as in comparative lig ...
... Buddhism has been India’s greatest gift to Asia and indeed, to the rest of the world. Over the last fifty years, Buddhist Studies has grown into a complex field, with historical, philosophical, linguistic, and socio-cultural aspects which are being studied independently as well as in comparative lig ...
Symbolism in Asian Statues of the Buddha
... Legend states that after the Buddha decided to lop off his mane with a sword, the hair curled tightly around his head at two fingers breadth in length; it stayed that way permanently, along with his equal length beard. It is said he never had to trim his hair or beard again.5 Although most statues o ...
... Legend states that after the Buddha decided to lop off his mane with a sword, the hair curled tightly around his head at two fingers breadth in length; it stayed that way permanently, along with his equal length beard. It is said he never had to trim his hair or beard again.5 Although most statues o ...
Six Perfections - The Huntington Archive
... Master your own mind. Practice virtue well. This is the Buddha's teaching." PURIFYING KARMA Even though one's mind is set to only do wholesome deeds, the Buddhist teachers recognize the fact that it can be difficult to avoid doing harm. The Tibetan teacher Geshe Sonam Rinchen advises the practitione ...
... Master your own mind. Practice virtue well. This is the Buddha's teaching." PURIFYING KARMA Even though one's mind is set to only do wholesome deeds, the Buddhist teachers recognize the fact that it can be difficult to avoid doing harm. The Tibetan teacher Geshe Sonam Rinchen advises the practitione ...
Hinayana and Mahayana
... century Mahdydnasutrdlamkdra, a formative classic of Mahayana doctrine: "the Sravakayana [i.e., Hinayana] and Mahayana are mutually opposed."2 For Asanga this fundamental incommensurability is ideological and practical in nature: the two ydnas diverge in their aspirations, teachings, practices, supp ...
... century Mahdydnasutrdlamkdra, a formative classic of Mahayana doctrine: "the Sravakayana [i.e., Hinayana] and Mahayana are mutually opposed."2 For Asanga this fundamental incommensurability is ideological and practical in nature: the two ydnas diverge in their aspirations, teachings, practices, supp ...
Buddhism - Spiritual Awakening Radio
... absolved of sin by having animal sacrifices performed. The common and poor people were unable to afford such opulent sacrificial rituals. But these less fortunate people were engaged in equally delusional paths to liberation. Many practiced physical austerities for the sake of their spiritual well-b ...
... absolved of sin by having animal sacrifices performed. The common and poor people were unable to afford such opulent sacrificial rituals. But these less fortunate people were engaged in equally delusional paths to liberation. Many practiced physical austerities for the sake of their spiritual well-b ...
Man Religion Society Governance in Buddhism
... contemplated by me over a period of nearly two decades. They reflect the way I think, the way I handle Buddhist teachings and the way I look at the accuracy or otherwise of what others say about Buddhism. And what people at large do with these teachings. The International Buddhist Research and Infor ...
... contemplated by me over a period of nearly two decades. They reflect the way I think, the way I handle Buddhist teachings and the way I look at the accuracy or otherwise of what others say about Buddhism. And what people at large do with these teachings. The International Buddhist Research and Infor ...
Bhikkhuni
A bhikkhunī (Pali) or bhikṣuṇī (Sanskrit) is a fully ordained female monastic in Buddhism. Male monastics are called bhikkhus. Both bhikkhunis and bhikkhus live by the Vinaya, a set of rules. Until recently, the lineages of female monastics only remained in Mahayana Buddhism and thus are prevalent in countries such as Korea, Vietnam, China, and Taiwan but a few women have taken the full monastic vows in the Theravada and Vajrayana schools over the last decade.In Buddhism, women are as capable of reaching nirvana as men. According to Buddhist scriptures, the order of bhikkhunis was first created by the Buddha at the specific request of his aunt and foster-mother Mahapajapati Gotami, who became the first ordained bhikkhuni. A famous work of the early Buddhist schools is the Therigatha, a collection of poems by elder nuns about enlightenment that was preserved in the Pāli Canon.Bhikkhunis are required to take extra vows, the Eight Garudhammas, and are subordinate to and reliant upon the bhikkhu order. In places where the bhikkhuni lineage was historically missing or has died out, due to hardship, alternative forms of renunciation have developed. In Tibetan Buddhism, women officially take the vows of śrāmaṇerīs (novitiates); Theravadin woman may choose to take an informal and limited set of vows similar to the historical vows of the sāmaṇerī, like the maechi of Thailand and thilashin or Burma.