EVERYONE NEEDS VINAYA: REFLECTION S ON BUDDHIST
... post-modern times, it is worth recalling that the Buddha himself spoke more often of “this Dhamma-Vinaya” than of “this or my V VDQ (message, teaching, religion).” While we have come to see this tradition as customs, institutions, hierarchies, monastics buildings, beliefs, and the other common const ...
... post-modern times, it is worth recalling that the Buddha himself spoke more often of “this Dhamma-Vinaya” than of “this or my V VDQ (message, teaching, religion).” While we have come to see this tradition as customs, institutions, hierarchies, monastics buildings, beliefs, and the other common const ...
The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of
... He made his difficult request three times, [yet] his parents did not allow it. He got up from his seat and, standing in another place, made an oath: “Unless I am able to go forth, I shall not eat again. I will die right here. Of what use is it to go on living?” Thereupon he did not eat for six days. ...
... He made his difficult request three times, [yet] his parents did not allow it. He got up from his seat and, standing in another place, made an oath: “Unless I am able to go forth, I shall not eat again. I will die right here. Of what use is it to go on living?” Thereupon he did not eat for six days. ...
Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China
... If we return to the introduction by Ladwig and Williams, we find here a welcome piece of ethnographically, theoretically, and doctrinally informed reflection on the diverse themes that emerge from this rich landscape of Buddhist funeral cultures. The discussion addresses a whole array of issues and ...
... If we return to the introduction by Ladwig and Williams, we find here a welcome piece of ethnographically, theoretically, and doctrinally informed reflection on the diverse themes that emerge from this rich landscape of Buddhist funeral cultures. The discussion addresses a whole array of issues and ...
Buddhism: Story of Buddha, 4 Noble Truths, and Terms
... castes and he shifted the focus from metaphysical questions to the practical question of how to end suffering (a person shot by an arrow should not ask who shot the arrow before he asks how can I get the arrow out and treat the wound), and his teachings were only a raft to be discarded once they hav ...
... castes and he shifted the focus from metaphysical questions to the practical question of how to end suffering (a person shot by an arrow should not ask who shot the arrow before he asks how can I get the arrow out and treat the wound), and his teachings were only a raft to be discarded once they hav ...
The Life of Buddha
... Only through discipline and clarity of mind would delusions fall away and the Great Reality be directly experienced. Listeners without that direct experience would be stuck in conceptualizations and would surely misunderstand everything he said. But compassion persuaded him to make the attempt. Afte ...
... Only through discipline and clarity of mind would delusions fall away and the Great Reality be directly experienced. Listeners without that direct experience would be stuck in conceptualizations and would surely misunderstand everything he said. But compassion persuaded him to make the attempt. Afte ...
A Buddhist-Communist Manifesto
... Similarly, the Dalai Lama (1996, p.38) declared; “I still think of myself as half-Marxist, half Buddhist” and again; “Marxism talked about an equal and just distribution of wealth. I was very much in favor of this” (Dalai Lama, 1999). It has even been claimed that the Buddha’s Sangha was “the world’ ...
... Similarly, the Dalai Lama (1996, p.38) declared; “I still think of myself as half-Marxist, half Buddhist” and again; “Marxism talked about an equal and just distribution of wealth. I was very much in favor of this” (Dalai Lama, 1999). It has even been claimed that the Buddha’s Sangha was “the world’ ...
Full PDF
... had no clear idea of the concepts of birth, death, old age and ill health. A number of experiences made him contemplate on them. In 534 B.C. at the age of 29, he left Kapilavastu in search of the secret of these experiences, which had eluded many others before him. He left his family and kingdom as ...
... had no clear idea of the concepts of birth, death, old age and ill health. A number of experiences made him contemplate on them. In 534 B.C. at the age of 29, he left Kapilavastu in search of the secret of these experiences, which had eluded many others before him. He left his family and kingdom as ...
The Art of Buddhism - Freer and Sackler Galleries
... towards enlightenment. Mahayana, on the other hand, traveled from India in a northeasterly direction to China, Korea, and Japan. This tradition not only recognizes the Buddha as a godlike figure but also involves devotion to other enlightened being called bodhisattvas. All schools of Buddhism belie ...
... towards enlightenment. Mahayana, on the other hand, traveled from India in a northeasterly direction to China, Korea, and Japan. This tradition not only recognizes the Buddha as a godlike figure but also involves devotion to other enlightened being called bodhisattvas. All schools of Buddhism belie ...
Book review: John S. Strong, Relics of the Buddha. Buddhisms: A
... This view, in turn, reflects Strong’s broader conceptions of Buddhist eschatology as a “dialectic of continuity and discontinuity, of permanence and impermanence” (p. 227; cf. p. 211). Relics, in his view, address the fundamental problem of the absence of the Buddha(s) through most of cosmic history ...
... This view, in turn, reflects Strong’s broader conceptions of Buddhist eschatology as a “dialectic of continuity and discontinuity, of permanence and impermanence” (p. 227; cf. p. 211). Relics, in his view, address the fundamental problem of the absence of the Buddha(s) through most of cosmic history ...
The Inspiration of Buddhist "Six Harmonies" to the Corporate Team Building
... although the monks do not sake of money, but the general monks, in the initial stage of practice, it is difficult to get rid of the material attached.The persistence of the material, is easy to interfere with the clean of people's hearts; to break people's persistent through Interest Harmony,to help ...
... although the monks do not sake of money, but the general monks, in the initial stage of practice, it is difficult to get rid of the material attached.The persistence of the material, is easy to interfere with the clean of people's hearts; to break people's persistent through Interest Harmony,to help ...
Chapter 5 Buddhism
... • Spent the next 45 years teaching • His teaching (dharma) included Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Characteristics of Existence • Some followers became monks (bhikshus); women were allowed to become nuns if they followed the 8 special rules • Disciples (the Sangha) accepted p ...
... • Spent the next 45 years teaching • His teaching (dharma) included Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Characteristics of Existence • Some followers became monks (bhikshus); women were allowed to become nuns if they followed the 8 special rules • Disciples (the Sangha) accepted p ...
this PDF file - Universität Heidelberg
... world, yellow, pink, white as far as the gods of the upper world are concerned22. The Buddhists did not share such a belief in soul-lesyas, that would evidently have been incompatible with their doctrinal tenets. But they also made use of colours as identifying marks: this is how, in particular, the ...
... world, yellow, pink, white as far as the gods of the upper world are concerned22. The Buddhists did not share such a belief in soul-lesyas, that would evidently have been incompatible with their doctrinal tenets. But they also made use of colours as identifying marks: this is how, in particular, the ...
About Buddhism
... that people should improve themselves by reflecting on and following the attributes of jade. In the Confucian school, jade is the symbol of inborn perfection. Confucius said, "A gentleman likens virtue to jade; he would carry a jade forever. According to the attributes of the jade, a gentleman can d ...
... that people should improve themselves by reflecting on and following the attributes of jade. In the Confucian school, jade is the symbol of inborn perfection. Confucius said, "A gentleman likens virtue to jade; he would carry a jade forever. According to the attributes of the jade, a gentleman can d ...
Conference abstracts – PDF
... their spirituality, or the businesses that are connected with them – so I have learned during my numerous visits there. This paper is based upon research using the Tibetan quarter as a laboratory with the aim to understand how Buddhism mediates Sino-Tibetan exchange relations in urban China. Chengdu ...
... their spirituality, or the businesses that are connected with them – so I have learned during my numerous visits there. This paper is based upon research using the Tibetan quarter as a laboratory with the aim to understand how Buddhism mediates Sino-Tibetan exchange relations in urban China. Chengdu ...
wesak - PowerPoint - Full Moon Meditations
... Calendar (typically May), coinciding with the first full moon of that month. The date varies from year to year in the Western Gregorian calendar. This is a national holiday in Nepal. This day commemorates three important events of Buddha’s life— His birth—His enlightenment, i.e. attainment of suprem ...
... Calendar (typically May), coinciding with the first full moon of that month. The date varies from year to year in the Western Gregorian calendar. This is a national holiday in Nepal. This day commemorates three important events of Buddha’s life— His birth—His enlightenment, i.e. attainment of suprem ...
Atisha`s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
... • Major texts (written in Pali) – Tipitaka (3 Baskets) • Vinaya Pitaka • Sutta Pitaka • Abhidhamma Pitaka Introduction to Buddhism ...
... • Major texts (written in Pali) – Tipitaka (3 Baskets) • Vinaya Pitaka • Sutta Pitaka • Abhidhamma Pitaka Introduction to Buddhism ...
Unity of Faiths - Buddhism
... passive acceptance of suffering and decay, but that this quest was one that required radical and painful action. The final event that seemed to tip the balance towards his yearning for the freedom to explore the ‘noble quest,’ was the birth of his son (Rahula). In frustration, he saw his birth as a ...
... passive acceptance of suffering and decay, but that this quest was one that required radical and painful action. The final event that seemed to tip the balance towards his yearning for the freedom to explore the ‘noble quest,’ was the birth of his son (Rahula). In frustration, he saw his birth as a ...
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.