The Berkshire Scholar
... I believe that is the message my mother wants me to understand every time she tells this story: If you start something with a bad beginning or with a mistaken impression, it will be difficult, in some cases impossible, to turn around. Chinese families put a lot of emphasis on educating the next gene ...
... I believe that is the message my mother wants me to understand every time she tells this story: If you start something with a bad beginning or with a mistaken impression, it will be difficult, in some cases impossible, to turn around. Chinese families put a lot of emphasis on educating the next gene ...
Politics of Higher Ordination, Buddhist Monastic Identitiy, and
... the eighteenth century, if we think of terms such as "birth and family name" (jdtigotra) in terms of what we mean by "caste" today. For example, Dambadeni Katikavata, an eleventh century text, quotes a passage from the fifth century Pali commentator, Buddhaghosa's work, Samantapdsddikd. The passage ...
... the eighteenth century, if we think of terms such as "birth and family name" (jdtigotra) in terms of what we mean by "caste" today. For example, Dambadeni Katikavata, an eleventh century text, quotes a passage from the fifth century Pali commentator, Buddhaghosa's work, Samantapdsddikd. The passage ...
Buddhism in a Nutshell
... condemn men by calling they wretched sinners, but, on the contrary, He gladdens them by saying that they are pure in heart at conception. In His opinion the world is not wicked but is deluded by ignorance. Instead of disheartening His followers and reserving that exalted state only to Himself, He en ...
... condemn men by calling they wretched sinners, but, on the contrary, He gladdens them by saying that they are pure in heart at conception. In His opinion the world is not wicked but is deluded by ignorance. Instead of disheartening His followers and reserving that exalted state only to Himself, He en ...
Gotama Buddha and Religious Pluralism
... conscious of the interminable nature of the conflict, and resolves it by rising to the higher standpoint of criticism. Dialectic was born. To Buddha, then, belongs the honour of having discovered the dialectic long before anything approximating to it was formulated in the West. (Murti, 1960, pp. 40 ...
... conscious of the interminable nature of the conflict, and resolves it by rising to the higher standpoint of criticism. Dialectic was born. To Buddha, then, belongs the honour of having discovered the dialectic long before anything approximating to it was formulated in the West. (Murti, 1960, pp. 40 ...
The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners
... literally ‘sitting close by’, i.e. a ‘lay adherent’ is any lay follower who is filled with faith and has taken refuge in the Buddha, his doctrine and his community of noble disciples. His virtue is regarded as pure if he observes the Five Precepts (Pañca Sı̄la). He should avoid the following wrong ...
... literally ‘sitting close by’, i.e. a ‘lay adherent’ is any lay follower who is filled with faith and has taken refuge in the Buddha, his doctrine and his community of noble disciples. His virtue is regarded as pure if he observes the Five Precepts (Pañca Sı̄la). He should avoid the following wrong ...
Further Biographies of Nuns
... It is generally assumed that nuns in all Buddhist traditions have a lower position than monks. In the Theravāda tradition the lineage of nuns was broken by the thirteenth century and has never been fully restored, unlike the ordination lineage in the Mahāyāna tradition where it has been preserved si ...
... It is generally assumed that nuns in all Buddhist traditions have a lower position than monks. In the Theravāda tradition the lineage of nuns was broken by the thirteenth century and has never been fully restored, unlike the ordination lineage in the Mahāyāna tradition where it has been preserved si ...
A Buddhist`s Reflections on Religious Conversion
... a Buddhist point of view. The central issue is liberation (moks.a), specifically, liberation from all the various forms of bondage that are experienced as dissatisfaction (duh.kha). This is not only the central problem in Buddhism, but perhaps the only problem. In numerous canonical texts, for exam ...
... a Buddhist point of view. The central issue is liberation (moks.a), specifically, liberation from all the various forms of bondage that are experienced as dissatisfaction (duh.kha). This is not only the central problem in Buddhism, but perhaps the only problem. In numerous canonical texts, for exam ...
NiNi Zhu - Buddhism
... tradition, the Buddha himself was a yogi—that is, a miracle-working ascetic. Buddhism, like many of the sects that developed in northeastern India at the time, was constituted by the presence of a charismatic teacher, by the teachings this leader promulgated, and by a community of adherents that was ...
... tradition, the Buddha himself was a yogi—that is, a miracle-working ascetic. Buddhism, like many of the sects that developed in northeastern India at the time, was constituted by the presence of a charismatic teacher, by the teachings this leader promulgated, and by a community of adherents that was ...
Bahudhātuka-sutta On Women‖s Inabilities Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... takes the position that only a male is capable of fulfilling such a role. In the early discourses, the locus classicus for this position is the Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The B ...
... takes the position that only a male is capable of fulfilling such a role. In the early discourses, the locus classicus for this position is the Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The B ...
Title Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten: origin and meaning of Buddhist
... Associate Professor The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Abstract This paper discusses the Indian Stupa, the Han Pagoda and the Tibetan Chorten, all three being an important typology of Buddhist Architecture. The Stupa in India first built in the second century BCE to house the Buddha’s relics was ...
... Associate Professor The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Abstract This paper discusses the Indian Stupa, the Han Pagoda and the Tibetan Chorten, all three being an important typology of Buddhist Architecture. The Stupa in India first built in the second century BCE to house the Buddha’s relics was ...
Title Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten: origin and meaning of Buddhist
... Associate Professor The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Abstract This paper discusses the Indian Stupa, the Han Pagoda and the Tibetan Chorten, all three being an important typology of Buddhist Architecture. The Stupa in India first built in the second century BCE to house the Buddha’s relics was ...
... Associate Professor The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Abstract This paper discusses the Indian Stupa, the Han Pagoda and the Tibetan Chorten, all three being an important typology of Buddhist Architecture. The Stupa in India first built in the second century BCE to house the Buddha’s relics was ...
The Divinization of the Buddha - Journal of Student Scholarhip
... The other gods are either far distant, or do not have ears. But we see you present, not made of wood or stone, but real. So we pray to you.38 The Macedonian king Demetrius was deified by the Athenians for saving their city, and he was worshiped for decades after his death. Indeed, worship of him was ...
... The other gods are either far distant, or do not have ears. But we see you present, not made of wood or stone, but real. So we pray to you.38 The Macedonian king Demetrius was deified by the Athenians for saving their city, and he was worshiped for decades after his death. Indeed, worship of him was ...
DASABALASRIMITRA ON THE BUDDHOLOGY OF THE SAMMITIYAS
... The Sarrzskrtiisarrzslqtaviniscaya is an Indian siistra preserved in Tibetan translation in the bsTan 'gyur, the great collection of exegetical and dogmatic works. The original Sanskrit is lost, and there is, so far as I know, no Chinese translation. The Sarrzskrtiisarrzskrtaviniscaya was composed b ...
... The Sarrzskrtiisarrzslqtaviniscaya is an Indian siistra preserved in Tibetan translation in the bsTan 'gyur, the great collection of exegetical and dogmatic works. The original Sanskrit is lost, and there is, so far as I know, no Chinese translation. The Sarrzskrtiisarrzskrtaviniscaya was composed b ...
The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
... Ninth Deed: Victory over of the leader of Maras, Papiyan When the Buddha was sitting under the bodhi tree, Papiyan, the leader of Maras, used forms related to the three disturbing emotions (sometimes called kleshas) of ignorance, desire, and aggression to try to lure the Buddha away from his pursuit ...
... Ninth Deed: Victory over of the leader of Maras, Papiyan When the Buddha was sitting under the bodhi tree, Papiyan, the leader of Maras, used forms related to the three disturbing emotions (sometimes called kleshas) of ignorance, desire, and aggression to try to lure the Buddha away from his pursuit ...
Siddhartha Gautama
... born in 560 B.C.E. in Lumbini, what is now Nepal. Some legends says that “The Buddha” talked and walked at birth and meditated at a young age. During the celebration of Siddhartha’s birth an unexpected guest, respected by many made his presence, the revered hermit and astrologer “Asita”. He prophesi ...
... born in 560 B.C.E. in Lumbini, what is now Nepal. Some legends says that “The Buddha” talked and walked at birth and meditated at a young age. During the celebration of Siddhartha’s birth an unexpected guest, respected by many made his presence, the revered hermit and astrologer “Asita”. He prophesi ...
nirvana 2
... Speculations such as these fail to tackle the question that really matters, dukkha. In addition, the question is being asked by people who still think of themselves as having a self. Finally, if the state of Nibbana is ineffable, so too is the new conscious state ...
... Speculations such as these fail to tackle the question that really matters, dukkha. In addition, the question is being asked by people who still think of themselves as having a self. Finally, if the state of Nibbana is ineffable, so too is the new conscious state ...
Introduction to the Dhammapada - Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara
... But by and large, the logic behind the grouping together of verses into a chapter is merely the concern with a common topic. The twenty-six chapter headings thus function as a kind of rubric for classifying the diverse poetic utterances of the Master, and the reason behind the inclusion of any given ...
... But by and large, the logic behind the grouping together of verses into a chapter is merely the concern with a common topic. The twenty-six chapter headings thus function as a kind of rubric for classifying the diverse poetic utterances of the Master, and the reason behind the inclusion of any given ...
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.