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 ...
INSPIRED SPEECH IN EARLY MAHAYANA BUDDHISM I
... are favoured with a clear expression of the issue under debate at the time, namely that of authorship versus revelation. The new sfftras are dismissed as 'poetry, the work of poets' (kavikr.tamkSvyam), to which i.s opposed buddhavacana, the truth as perfectly revealed (uncovered, opened up, displaye ...
... are favoured with a clear expression of the issue under debate at the time, namely that of authorship versus revelation. The new sfftras are dismissed as 'poetry, the work of poets' (kavikr.tamkSvyam), to which i.s opposed buddhavacana, the truth as perfectly revealed (uncovered, opened up, displaye ...
here - New Mandala
... culture” (Burstyn 1999:15). In the context of modern Thai society, boxing and Buddhism do not exist as worlds apart, as their generally stereo-typed images and reputations would suggest. They both belong to the physical, social, and imagined realms, which are fundamental to the making of Thai men’s ...
... culture” (Burstyn 1999:15). In the context of modern Thai society, boxing and Buddhism do not exist as worlds apart, as their generally stereo-typed images and reputations would suggest. They both belong to the physical, social, and imagined realms, which are fundamental to the making of Thai men’s ...
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... program. Most of the monks were just beginning their study, but by the end of the year many were able to hold simple conversations in English and to make short presentations. The more advanced monks wrote stories for an in-house magazine, and one made a major presentation on the purpose of human lif ...
... program. Most of the monks were just beginning their study, but by the end of the year many were able to hold simple conversations in English and to make short presentations. The more advanced monks wrote stories for an in-house magazine, and one made a major presentation on the purpose of human lif ...
A Long and Winding Road: Soto Zen Training in America
... all the ancestors, creating handmade lineage documents with brush and ink on silk, receiving instructions in the Bodhisattva precepts. At this point, one is considered a full priest, empowered to do all necessary ceremonies and rituals, including serving as abbot or abbess of a temple and transmitti ...
... all the ancestors, creating handmade lineage documents with brush and ink on silk, receiving instructions in the Bodhisattva precepts. At this point, one is considered a full priest, empowered to do all necessary ceremonies and rituals, including serving as abbot or abbess of a temple and transmitti ...
Western Self, Asian Other: Modernity, Authenticity, and Nostalgia Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Buddhists, who, though certainly worthy of study, appear to be marginal to the main project of Buddhist Studies, which is overtly concerned with a non-Western Other. The discourse concerning Buddhist modernism has carried with it a subtle claim that so-called “modern” Buddhists— who would not necess ...
... Buddhists, who, though certainly worthy of study, appear to be marginal to the main project of Buddhist Studies, which is overtly concerned with a non-Western Other. The discourse concerning Buddhist modernism has carried with it a subtle claim that so-called “modern” Buddhists— who would not necess ...
Arahants and Bodhisattvas
... respective strengths without falling into a soft and easy syncretism, without blotting out conceptual dissonances between them, without abandoning faithfulness to the historical records (yet which also recognizes that these records are by no means crystal clear and are unlikely to be free of bias). ...
... respective strengths without falling into a soft and easy syncretism, without blotting out conceptual dissonances between them, without abandoning faithfulness to the historical records (yet which also recognizes that these records are by no means crystal clear and are unlikely to be free of bias). ...
Suttas as History: Four Approaches to the "Sermon on the Noble
... biography; NQ is relied on implicitly and explicitly in all reconstructions of the Buddha biography from later canonical times to the present, both by Buddhists and by scholars. ...
... biography; NQ is relied on implicitly and explicitly in all reconstructions of the Buddha biography from later canonical times to the present, both by Buddhists and by scholars. ...
The Wisdom November 2010 - Leicester Buddhist Vihara
... Friday 22nd 2010 signifies a very important occasion-the start of Katina Season. In Sri Lanka, this is also known as the Civara Masaya (Month of the Robe) The Theravada Bhikkus who have received the higher ordination can observe Vas ( Rainy Retreat) for 3 months commencing from the Full Moon Day of ...
... Friday 22nd 2010 signifies a very important occasion-the start of Katina Season. In Sri Lanka, this is also known as the Civara Masaya (Month of the Robe) The Theravada Bhikkus who have received the higher ordination can observe Vas ( Rainy Retreat) for 3 months commencing from the Full Moon Day of ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998:120143 Publication date: 1 May 1998
... members of the monastic order as preparation to achieve insight by means of meditation. Lay men and women strive to observe ethical standards so as to achieve a better rebirth. This is the aim of Buddhist ethics, which can be called an ethics of intention. Buddhist ethics originated in an Asiatic ag ...
... members of the monastic order as preparation to achieve insight by means of meditation. Lay men and women strive to observe ethical standards so as to achieve a better rebirth. This is the aim of Buddhist ethics, which can be called an ethics of intention. Buddhist ethics originated in an Asiatic ag ...
did the dhamma die with the buddha?
... received notions of what the Buddha taught. He claims in a recent magazine article to have had little or no feedback on the book and seems not to have changed his views since it was first published.1 This essay is a response to Divine Revelation 16 years after the publication of the book. Firstly I ...
... received notions of what the Buddha taught. He claims in a recent magazine article to have had little or no feedback on the book and seems not to have changed his views since it was first published.1 This essay is a response to Divine Revelation 16 years after the publication of the book. Firstly I ...
Consuming Buddhism: the Pursuit of Happiness
... needs, some Buddhists also view donating their blood, organs, or even their dead bodies as the beginning of eliminating their selfhood. Many also attempt to give the knowledge of Buddha’s teaching or Dhamma in the forms of CD, DVD, books, and leaflets to others as they believe giving Dhamma is the b ...
... needs, some Buddhists also view donating their blood, organs, or even their dead bodies as the beginning of eliminating their selfhood. Many also attempt to give the knowledge of Buddha’s teaching or Dhamma in the forms of CD, DVD, books, and leaflets to others as they believe giving Dhamma is the b ...
„What is Mahāyāna? And what are Mahāyāna scriptures?“ (Part II)
... accustomed to develop their idea of “Mahāyāna” one-sidedly from reading the scriptures of their own traditions, as if these texts could be used inoccuously as primary sources for the reconstruction of the history of early „Mahāyāna“. Very often the question what can be reliably acknowledged as crit ...
... accustomed to develop their idea of “Mahāyāna” one-sidedly from reading the scriptures of their own traditions, as if these texts could be used inoccuously as primary sources for the reconstruction of the history of early „Mahāyāna“. Very often the question what can be reliably acknowledged as crit ...
Special Integration Experiences Required Reading
... In the early fifth century AD, the Chinese pilgrim Fa Hien walked from China to India in search of buddhist books on discipline, the Vinaya. He was followed two centuries later by Hsuan Chwang. Records of the travels of both, which contain detailed accounts of the holy places they visited, have surv ...
... In the early fifth century AD, the Chinese pilgrim Fa Hien walked from China to India in search of buddhist books on discipline, the Vinaya. He was followed two centuries later by Hsuan Chwang. Records of the travels of both, which contain detailed accounts of the holy places they visited, have surv ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... died a Hindu. He was re-stating with a new emphasis the ancient ideals of the Indo-Aryan civilization.”8 In support of this statement he quotes a passage from the Saṃyutta Nikāya which will be reproduced below. “Buddhism did not start,” he goes on, “as a new and independent religion. It was an offsh ...
... died a Hindu. He was re-stating with a new emphasis the ancient ideals of the Indo-Aryan civilization.”8 In support of this statement he quotes a passage from the Saṃyutta Nikāya which will be reproduced below. “Buddhism did not start,” he goes on, “as a new and independent religion. It was an offsh ...
Land Route or Sea Route? - Sino
... considered Buddhist art. One should not expect to determine the content of such art works by their fonus only, nor by their limited similarities to comparable objects; one must also pay attention both to the function of the works, and to the cultural tradition and the social context in which they we ...
... considered Buddhist art. One should not expect to determine the content of such art works by their fonus only, nor by their limited similarities to comparable objects; one must also pay attention both to the function of the works, and to the cultural tradition and the social context in which they we ...
A Secular Buddhism
... to mindfulness as a medical treatment. On every Buddhist meditation course I lead these days, there will usually be one or two participants who have been drawn to the retreat because they want to deepen their practice of “secular mindfulness” (as it is now being called) in a setting that provides a ...
... to mindfulness as a medical treatment. On every Buddhist meditation course I lead these days, there will usually be one or two participants who have been drawn to the retreat because they want to deepen their practice of “secular mindfulness” (as it is now being called) in a setting that provides a ...
Historical Timeline
... The Karmapa receives refugee status from the Indian government, and assumes residence at Gyuto Monastery. He continues his monastic education under the tutelage of the main teachers of the Kagyu lineage such as HE Situ Rinpoche, HE Gyaltsab Rinpoche and Ven. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, as well as the ...
... The Karmapa receives refugee status from the Indian government, and assumes residence at Gyuto Monastery. He continues his monastic education under the tutelage of the main teachers of the Kagyu lineage such as HE Situ Rinpoche, HE Gyaltsab Rinpoche and Ven. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, as well as the ...
Did the Buddha Speak Pāli?
... indication of the Pāli to the Māgadhī (magadhī bhāsā)) is understandable; because it was there in Māgadha the Buddha ended up most of his time with the king Biṃbisāra, one of the royal patronages of Indian Buddhism. Māgadha was also a stronghold center for Buddhist activities after the death of the ...
... indication of the Pāli to the Māgadhī (magadhī bhāsā)) is understandable; because it was there in Māgadha the Buddha ended up most of his time with the king Biṃbisāra, one of the royal patronages of Indian Buddhism. Māgadha was also a stronghold center for Buddhist activities after the death of the ...
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.