Journal of Eurasian Studies
... that allowed Buddhism to flourish. Testament to the thriving state of Buddhism is present in different sources, including Fa Huen’s account. At the same time, the rise of Saivism and Vaisnavism7 brought Buddhism closer to Hinduism and injected a new impetus into Buddhism. The Gupta patronization tow ...
... that allowed Buddhism to flourish. Testament to the thriving state of Buddhism is present in different sources, including Fa Huen’s account. At the same time, the rise of Saivism and Vaisnavism7 brought Buddhism closer to Hinduism and injected a new impetus into Buddhism. The Gupta patronization tow ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 220-240 Publication Date: 1 June 1998
... own reading of the text and on the need to take account of Buddhist voices and perspectives. From the point of view of Buddhists from the TÕienÕtai (Tendai) and Nichiren Schools the Lotus Såtra is a central scripture. Dr. Michio Shinazaki has pointed out that Rissho Kosei-kai tends to identify itsel ...
... own reading of the text and on the need to take account of Buddhist voices and perspectives. From the point of view of Buddhists from the TÕienÕtai (Tendai) and Nichiren Schools the Lotus Såtra is a central scripture. Dr. Michio Shinazaki has pointed out that Rissho Kosei-kai tends to identify itsel ...
BBC The Life of the Buddha Tracking Work Sheet and Test
... Research the 8-fold and using this and the above information, write a 20 Question test. Use a mix of multiple choice, T/F (5 items only), fill-in blank with word bank. Include a key. This test will be marked for Content /5 (incl. covers whole documentary), Neat/Format/Spelling ...
... Research the 8-fold and using this and the above information, write a 20 Question test. Use a mix of multiple choice, T/F (5 items only), fill-in blank with word bank. Include a key. This test will be marked for Content /5 (incl. covers whole documentary), Neat/Format/Spelling ...
Tibet
... • Founded Gelug-pa “Yellow Hat” religious order • Mongol leader gave leader of this order title “Dalai Lama” • Dalai Lama is Tibet’s most scared and secular leader • Theocratic government until 1959 when China took over Tibet ...
... • Founded Gelug-pa “Yellow Hat” religious order • Mongol leader gave leader of this order title “Dalai Lama” • Dalai Lama is Tibet’s most scared and secular leader • Theocratic government until 1959 when China took over Tibet ...
Book Review - Journal of Global Buddhism
... comparison with the USA and Canada (p. 115-119), partially because Protestantism is the dominant religious tradition in these countries where research on "Western Buddhism" is more advanced. Still, there are various countries that do not share this environment. Even the label "Australian Buddhism" w ...
... comparison with the USA and Canada (p. 115-119), partially because Protestantism is the dominant religious tradition in these countries where research on "Western Buddhism" is more advanced. Still, there are various countries that do not share this environment. Even the label "Australian Buddhism" w ...
Reviews
... are not propositions to believe [but] challenges to act (p. 7). This, however, is only partly true: in order to act upon truths, one has to believe them. More pointedly, Batchelor fails to acknowledge that the tasks imposed by the truths acquire their meaning from a specific contextthe quest for ...
... are not propositions to believe [but] challenges to act (p. 7). This, however, is only partly true: in order to act upon truths, one has to believe them. More pointedly, Batchelor fails to acknowledge that the tasks imposed by the truths acquire their meaning from a specific contextthe quest for ...
Predictions of Women to Buddhahood in Middle-Period Literature Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... the lifetimes of his epochal career.5 According to tradition, the Bodhisattva had to traverse an inconceivable range of forms of existence in saṃsāra—which must have included female existences, in addition to animal and divine destinies—before his final liberation. Before the first arising of the in ...
... the lifetimes of his epochal career.5 According to tradition, the Bodhisattva had to traverse an inconceivable range of forms of existence in saṃsāra—which must have included female existences, in addition to animal and divine destinies—before his final liberation. Before the first arising of the in ...
Tainted Gender: Sexual Impurity and Women in Kankyo no Tomo
... assimilation of Japan’s own culture and religions with continental ones. Although these changes enriched Japanese culture in many ways, they also increased the inferiority of women both in the society and in religion. One of the most significant imports was the belief in impurity (kegare) that was ...
... assimilation of Japan’s own culture and religions with continental ones. Although these changes enriched Japanese culture in many ways, they also increased the inferiority of women both in the society and in religion. One of the most significant imports was the belief in impurity (kegare) that was ...
Losing my Religion? Protest and Political
... personally raising the hti, or spire – a kingly function symbolising royal power, glory, and religious merit.10 In the mid-1970s, he married a descendant of the last Burmese royal family and began to appear at state functions dressed in full classical regalia, being convinced that the last royal fam ...
... personally raising the hti, or spire – a kingly function symbolising royal power, glory, and religious merit.10 In the mid-1970s, he married a descendant of the last Burmese royal family and began to appear at state functions dressed in full classical regalia, being convinced that the last royal fam ...
Aspects of Esoteric Southern Buddhism
... texts and with ritual and meditation practices. We must then bear in mind that the study of individual Buddhist countries in isolation could be misleading. Nor is this the only problem that could arise from the process of study itself. Some of the perception of change is clearly a result of the grea ...
... texts and with ritual and meditation practices. We must then bear in mind that the study of individual Buddhist countries in isolation could be misleading. Nor is this the only problem that could arise from the process of study itself. Some of the perception of change is clearly a result of the grea ...
Buddhist Views on Overcoming Obstacles to Universal Friendship
... occurs only three times in the Pali canon, but the participial form sotāpanno (which means “having entered the stream” or “stream-entrant”) occurs just over two hundred times. This word is used in two different senses. First, the term “stream-entrant” can be applied to anyone who recognizes the Bud ...
... occurs only three times in the Pali canon, but the participial form sotāpanno (which means “having entered the stream” or “stream-entrant”) occurs just over two hundred times. This word is used in two different senses. First, the term “stream-entrant” can be applied to anyone who recognizes the Bud ...
Reviews
... down to today, they have had many serious critics and harsh detractors, even though major figures such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder have a home in the literary canon. A new cohort of young people is now said to be keeping their anti-authoritarian spirit alive, albeit mediated by ...
... down to today, they have had many serious critics and harsh detractors, even though major figures such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder have a home in the literary canon. A new cohort of young people is now said to be keeping their anti-authoritarian spirit alive, albeit mediated by ...
Buddhism in Thailand - Southeast Asia Program
... Tell the students that there is much more to learn about Buddhism in Thailand and that they should think about what more they would like to know. Ask the students to think of some questions they might ask a young Thai person about being a Buddhist. 1. Ask the students to share some of their question ...
... Tell the students that there is much more to learn about Buddhism in Thailand and that they should think about what more they would like to know. Ask the students to think of some questions they might ask a young Thai person about being a Buddhist. 1. Ask the students to share some of their question ...
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... Adding archaeology to the standard history of Indian Buddhism does not wholly change the narrative. Particularly in the latter half of the standard history, from the mid-first millennium onward, textual and archaeological evidence are in broad agreement. This shouldn’t be surprising. Beginning in th ...
... Adding archaeology to the standard history of Indian Buddhism does not wholly change the narrative. Particularly in the latter half of the standard history, from the mid-first millennium onward, textual and archaeological evidence are in broad agreement. This shouldn’t be surprising. Beginning in th ...
History and Gratitude in Theravada Buddhism
... apparent penchant for exaggeration and distortion of the historical record (see Geiger; Godakumbura; Mendis). Many contemporary scholars are more prone to argue that texts like the fifth-century Mahavamsa reveal attempts to legitimate the privileged position of Buddhism within the Sri Lankan polity ...
... apparent penchant for exaggeration and distortion of the historical record (see Geiger; Godakumbura; Mendis). Many contemporary scholars are more prone to argue that texts like the fifth-century Mahavamsa reveal attempts to legitimate the privileged position of Buddhism within the Sri Lankan polity ...
Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... were distinctly present from the outset of Buddhism in India. Daniel Zelinski shows in Chapter 2 how altruistic action was seen by Japanese Zen master Dōgen (1200-1253) as an essential part of Buddhist practice, entirely consistent with his conception of nonattachment. Jacqueline Stone shows that po ...
... were distinctly present from the outset of Buddhism in India. Daniel Zelinski shows in Chapter 2 how altruistic action was seen by Japanese Zen master Dōgen (1200-1253) as an essential part of Buddhist practice, entirely consistent with his conception of nonattachment. Jacqueline Stone shows that po ...
Critical Psychology in Sri Lanka
... remains the same. One of the original Pali terms used to denote for what Buddha taught is Dhamma. The Pali language experts indicate that there is no equivalent term that exactly conveys the same meaning as Dhamma. Buddhism evolved into several traditions with time due to the richness of its conten ...
... remains the same. One of the original Pali terms used to denote for what Buddha taught is Dhamma. The Pali language experts indicate that there is no equivalent term that exactly conveys the same meaning as Dhamma. Buddhism evolved into several traditions with time due to the richness of its conten ...
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE Department of
... may I be food and drink to them in famine and disaster may I be an inexhaustible treasure for those in need may I be their servant to give them all they desire......Shantideva, The Entry into the Bodhisattva Path Buddhism is for social as well as personal liberation....Sulak Sivaraksa. Loyalty Deman ...
... may I be food and drink to them in famine and disaster may I be an inexhaustible treasure for those in need may I be their servant to give them all they desire......Shantideva, The Entry into the Bodhisattva Path Buddhism is for social as well as personal liberation....Sulak Sivaraksa. Loyalty Deman ...
Pure Land, Hua-yan and the Vajrayana
... The Karmapa is the head of this lineage; Sakyapa: originally from the Indian teacher Virupa; and Gelugpa: the largest and most recent school, founded in the fourteenth century by Tsongapa. The Dali Lama is head of this particular school. Tibetan Buddhism is very rich and varied, as you can see from ...
... The Karmapa is the head of this lineage; Sakyapa: originally from the Indian teacher Virupa; and Gelugpa: the largest and most recent school, founded in the fourteenth century by Tsongapa. The Dali Lama is head of this particular school. Tibetan Buddhism is very rich and varied, as you can see from ...
rs 213 -01: introduction to buddhism
... Yogacara and the Doctrine of the Three Bodies of the Buddha This lecture examines the “Mind Only” school which believes that nothing exists save consciousness. We will see how the earthly, historical Buddha is understood to be just one manifestation of a heavenly Buddha, who in turn is merely a part ...
... Yogacara and the Doctrine of the Three Bodies of the Buddha This lecture examines the “Mind Only” school which believes that nothing exists save consciousness. We will see how the earthly, historical Buddha is understood to be just one manifestation of a heavenly Buddha, who in turn is merely a part ...
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.