Gautama and Buddhism
... of the Buddha on paper, which became the Pali Canon. Both the historical and legendary descriptions of his life have been included in the Pali Canon and Sanskrit accounts. It has become indistinguishable to know where to draw the line between history and legend. Whether the stories about Siddhartha ...
... of the Buddha on paper, which became the Pali Canon. Both the historical and legendary descriptions of his life have been included in the Pali Canon and Sanskrit accounts. It has become indistinguishable to know where to draw the line between history and legend. Whether the stories about Siddhartha ...
introduction to buddhism
... • Mahayana Buddhism received significant theoretical grounding from Nagarjuna (perhaps c. 150–250 CE), arguably the most influential scholar within the Mahayana tradition. Nagarjuna's primary contribution to Buddhist philosophy was the systematic exposition of the concept of śūnyatā, or "emptiness", ...
... • Mahayana Buddhism received significant theoretical grounding from Nagarjuna (perhaps c. 150–250 CE), arguably the most influential scholar within the Mahayana tradition. Nagarjuna's primary contribution to Buddhist philosophy was the systematic exposition of the concept of śūnyatā, or "emptiness", ...
What Is Buddhadharma - College of the Holy Cross
... All disciples who have taken refuge with me are like the flesh and blood of my own body. No matter which piece of flesh is severed from my body, it hurts just the same. No matter where I bleed, the wound injures my constitution. Because of this, all of you must unite together. To make Buddhism expan ...
... All disciples who have taken refuge with me are like the flesh and blood of my own body. No matter which piece of flesh is severed from my body, it hurts just the same. No matter where I bleed, the wound injures my constitution. Because of this, all of you must unite together. To make Buddhism expan ...
Reinventing Female Identity: A Brief History of Korean Buddhist Nuns*
... always been restricted to the history of monks alone. The nuns’ sangha began when the historical Buddha, Śa– kyamuni, ordained his maternal aunt and foster mother, Maha– praja– pati, and five hundred other women. When the Buddha permitted the ordination of nuns, he demanded that they observe eight ...
... always been restricted to the history of monks alone. The nuns’ sangha began when the historical Buddha, Śa– kyamuni, ordained his maternal aunt and foster mother, Maha– praja– pati, and five hundred other women. When the Buddha permitted the ordination of nuns, he demanded that they observe eight ...
A New Buddhist Path - Wisdom Publications
... with other Axial Age religions (including Abrahamic ones such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that also emphasize transcending (from the Latin trans + scandere, “to climb over or surmount”) this world. In contrast, some contemporary versions of Buddhism understand the Buddhist path as a program ...
... with other Axial Age religions (including Abrahamic ones such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that also emphasize transcending (from the Latin trans + scandere, “to climb over or surmount”) this world. In contrast, some contemporary versions of Buddhism understand the Buddhist path as a program ...
Composition of the Early Sri Lankan Community
... Menacing Hostile Neighbours in Action Sri Lankan history records that what began as a positive threat to peace and prosperity of the island country in and around the time of Duṭṭhagāmaṇī, namely violent militant attacks from neighboring India, continued intermittently thereafter for many more centur ...
... Menacing Hostile Neighbours in Action Sri Lankan history records that what began as a positive threat to peace and prosperity of the island country in and around the time of Duṭṭhagāmaṇī, namely violent militant attacks from neighboring India, continued intermittently thereafter for many more centur ...
Good Question - Wat Thai Melbourne
... Magsaysay Prize for his excellent work among drug addicts. In 1987 another Thai monk, Ven.Kantayapiwat was awarded the Norwegian Children's Peace Prize for his many years work helping homeless children in rural areas. And what about the large scale social work being done among the poor in India by t ...
... Magsaysay Prize for his excellent work among drug addicts. In 1987 another Thai monk, Ven.Kantayapiwat was awarded the Norwegian Children's Peace Prize for his many years work helping homeless children in rural areas. And what about the large scale social work being done among the poor in India by t ...
Buddhism and its Relevance in Modern World
... Buddhism, as one of the four major religions in the world today, is an empiricistic and antimetaphysical religion. What the Buddha taught is not only for the 6th century B.C., but it is a timeless (akalika) teaching, surely it can be practised by the wise during 21st century as well and in many more ...
... Buddhism, as one of the four major religions in the world today, is an empiricistic and antimetaphysical religion. What the Buddha taught is not only for the 6th century B.C., but it is a timeless (akalika) teaching, surely it can be practised by the wise during 21st century as well and in many more ...
Notes for pages 372-393, Japanese Art before 1392
... Land to whoever called on him; 1 this compassionate promise was called the "Original Vow." Anyone who calls his name, "Namu Amida Butsu,"2 with sincere faith, trust, and devotion, will be granted by Amida an eternal life of happiness in the Pure Land which has been set aside specifically for those w ...
... Land to whoever called on him; 1 this compassionate promise was called the "Original Vow." Anyone who calls his name, "Namu Amida Butsu,"2 with sincere faith, trust, and devotion, will be granted by Amida an eternal life of happiness in the Pure Land which has been set aside specifically for those w ...
Jodo Shinshu Buddhism Beyond Borders
... interior and exterior forms of practice and self-examination in Pure Land and Shin Buddhism. Dr. Jessica L. Main will speak about religious hatred and discrimination and religious reconciliation, especially as they pertain to Jodo Shinshu in Japan and the US. Dr. Blum is the Shinjo Ito Distinguished ...
... interior and exterior forms of practice and self-examination in Pure Land and Shin Buddhism. Dr. Jessica L. Main will speak about religious hatred and discrimination and religious reconciliation, especially as they pertain to Jodo Shinshu in Japan and the US. Dr. Blum is the Shinjo Ito Distinguished ...
2 - Bible Query
... Orient and even reportedly to Mediterranean lands. Buddhism became the official religion of Japan in 552 A.D. Buddhism quickly spread throughout all of Southeast Asia. Tibet became Buddhist in the 700's. Buddhism was at first persecuted by Confucianists in China in 446, 574-577, and 845 A.D.. The Ch ...
... Orient and even reportedly to Mediterranean lands. Buddhism became the official religion of Japan in 552 A.D. Buddhism quickly spread throughout all of Southeast Asia. Tibet became Buddhist in the 700's. Buddhism was at first persecuted by Confucianists in China in 446, 574-577, and 845 A.D.. The Ch ...
The State and the Buddhist Sangha: Xixia State (982–1227)
... There was a severe punishment envisaged for those who “had become a monk on his own account” or through swindle. They got death penalty. Those who became monks through swindle and “excluded themselves from poll-tax paying lists,” if they were full age, were to be strangled. If somebody remained in t ...
... There was a severe punishment envisaged for those who “had become a monk on his own account” or through swindle. They got death penalty. Those who became monks through swindle and “excluded themselves from poll-tax paying lists,” if they were full age, were to be strangled. If somebody remained in t ...
Buddhism - You yourself must make the effort
... to rise to a higher level when reborn in their next life so they may become monks. The Theravada branch of Buddhism has become very wealthy through gifts of land and money for monasteries and is dominant today in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos and Kampuchea. Mahayana Buddhism, the doctrine of the "greate ...
... to rise to a higher level when reborn in their next life so they may become monks. The Theravada branch of Buddhism has become very wealthy through gifts of land and money for monasteries and is dominant today in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos and Kampuchea. Mahayana Buddhism, the doctrine of the "greate ...
Sri Lanka international Buddhist Academy ( SIBA)
... Many people in Modern Western societies do not have proper guidance to understand the real depth and usefulness of the Buddhist teachings. With the expectation of fulfilling such inadequacies, this Certificate in “Sutta Study and Basic Introduction to Pali” has been designed to lead students who hav ...
... Many people in Modern Western societies do not have proper guidance to understand the real depth and usefulness of the Buddhist teachings. With the expectation of fulfilling such inadequacies, this Certificate in “Sutta Study and Basic Introduction to Pali” has been designed to lead students who hav ...
there is no essence
... because he stopped all desires and hence all actions. All individuals who reach enlightenment still have “residual karma” they have to “burn up.” When that residual Karma is “burned up,” then the enlightened being can enter into “Final Nirvana” by dying and not returning to Earth by being reborn. ...
... because he stopped all desires and hence all actions. All individuals who reach enlightenment still have “residual karma” they have to “burn up.” When that residual Karma is “burned up,” then the enlightened being can enter into “Final Nirvana” by dying and not returning to Earth by being reborn. ...
Buddhism`s Disappearance from India
... this puzzle. There is no absolute consensus on this matter, and a few scholars have even contended that Buddhism never disappeared as such from India. On this view, Buddhism simply changed form, or was absorbed into Hindu practices. Such an argument is, in fact, a variation of the view, which perhap ...
... this puzzle. There is no absolute consensus on this matter, and a few scholars have even contended that Buddhism never disappeared as such from India. On this view, Buddhism simply changed form, or was absorbed into Hindu practices. Such an argument is, in fact, a variation of the view, which perhap ...
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.