Maitreya, the Future Buddha
... gathered about himself a group of devoted followers over the next forty years, founding what was eventually to become one of the great world religions. According to the earliest texts, Gautama taught that his pragmatic method for spiritual cultivation was open to anyone and that there were others wh ...
... gathered about himself a group of devoted followers over the next forty years, founding what was eventually to become one of the great world religions. According to the earliest texts, Gautama taught that his pragmatic method for spiritual cultivation was open to anyone and that there were others wh ...
The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth
... meticulously documented book is needed because when reading Buddhist sources from this period, scholars will inevitably come across many references to the major events and figures I study in this book. If readers use my comprehensive index properly, together with the reference books listed in the bib ...
... meticulously documented book is needed because when reading Buddhist sources from this period, scholars will inevitably come across many references to the major events and figures I study in this book. If readers use my comprehensive index properly, together with the reference books listed in the bib ...
Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
... in meaning and then the difference between the two might well lead to a doctrinal development in early Buddhism. The early Buddhist concept of nirvana may be a good example of how delicate it could be when we are dealing with an early Buddhist concept with a metaphorical nature. The whole picture of ...
... in meaning and then the difference between the two might well lead to a doctrinal development in early Buddhism. The early Buddhist concept of nirvana may be a good example of how delicate it could be when we are dealing with an early Buddhist concept with a metaphorical nature. The whole picture of ...
The Karen people: culture, faith and history
... Because Burma’s military-run economy could not produce the goods the country needed, imports were smuggled into Burma through black market trade gates in guerrilla zones. The Karen National Union (KNU) and other guerrilla armies quickly became rich with the revenue from taxes on imports and logging. ...
... Because Burma’s military-run economy could not produce the goods the country needed, imports were smuggled into Burma through black market trade gates in guerrilla zones. The Karen National Union (KNU) and other guerrilla armies quickly became rich with the revenue from taxes on imports and logging. ...
The Poetic Dhamma of Zao Amat Long`s Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta
... continuity of this tradition and attempts to ensure its continuation. Most of my evidence for this comes from uncovering and cataloguing manuscript collections, mainly in northern Thailand, and from fieldwork interviewing traditional poetry performers, zare, and practitioners, as well as through par ...
... continuity of this tradition and attempts to ensure its continuation. Most of my evidence for this comes from uncovering and cataloguing manuscript collections, mainly in northern Thailand, and from fieldwork interviewing traditional poetry performers, zare, and practitioners, as well as through par ...
THE CONCEPT OF THE BUDDHA, Its evolution from
... closely connected with the bodhisattva ideal. Its key aspect is the vow that a bodhisattva takes at the beginning of spiritual training, which remains in force until the attainment of Buddhahood. In this connection, the SukhAvatCvyEhasEtra, one of the earliest Mahayana texts, plays an important role ...
... closely connected with the bodhisattva ideal. Its key aspect is the vow that a bodhisattva takes at the beginning of spiritual training, which remains in force until the attainment of Buddhahood. In this connection, the SukhAvatCvyEhasEtra, one of the earliest Mahayana texts, plays an important role ...
A History of Mindfulness
... meditator first learns from the lips of a teacher whose words as they utter them must be the very latest formulation of the topic. Then they might go back to read some of the works of well-known contemporary teachers. Since devotees usually have faith that their teacher (or the teacher’s teacher) wa ...
... meditator first learns from the lips of a teacher whose words as they utter them must be the very latest formulation of the topic. Then they might go back to read some of the works of well-known contemporary teachers. Since devotees usually have faith that their teacher (or the teacher’s teacher) wa ...
WONHYO - A. Charles Muller
... Korea has a long history of striving to establish a way of life governed ...
... Korea has a long history of striving to establish a way of life governed ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... an upāsaka, a Buddhist lay follower, but did not make much progress for a year; then, however, he “went to” the Saṅgha and made a lot of progress. We cannot be sure just what he meant by “going to” the Saṅgha — the Buddhist tradition that it meant going and living with monks may be an exaggeration — ...
... an upāsaka, a Buddhist lay follower, but did not make much progress for a year; then, however, he “went to” the Saṅgha and made a lot of progress. We cannot be sure just what he meant by “going to” the Saṅgha — the Buddhist tradition that it meant going and living with monks may be an exaggeration — ...
common buddhist text: guidance and insight from the buddha
... 2 The age and influence of Buddhism The history of Buddhism spans around 2,500 years from its origin in India with Siddhattha Gotama,1 through its spread to most parts of Asia and, in the twentieth and twenty first centuries, to the West. Professor Richard Gombrich of Oxford University holds that th ...
... 2 The age and influence of Buddhism The history of Buddhism spans around 2,500 years from its origin in India with Siddhattha Gotama,1 through its spread to most parts of Asia and, in the twentieth and twenty first centuries, to the West. Professor Richard Gombrich of Oxford University holds that th ...
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism
... quite widely known to students of Buddhism, and on many occasions I have been encouraged to think that my own study of the concept has played some part in this process. Some people prefer to use the Indian word upAya, meaning simply a ‘means’ or a ‘strategem’, whether employed by oneself or by other ...
... quite widely known to students of Buddhism, and on many occasions I have been encouraged to think that my own study of the concept has played some part in this process. Some people prefer to use the Indian word upAya, meaning simply a ‘means’ or a ‘strategem’, whether employed by oneself or by other ...
Helen J. Baroni: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen
... The philosophy of Zen is often recast to Westerners as a freedom from social norms and ordinary religious restrictions. It may be suggested, for example, that Zen practitioners do not need to concern themselves with good and bad behavior because they have risen above distinctions such as right and w ...
... The philosophy of Zen is often recast to Westerners as a freedom from social norms and ordinary religious restrictions. It may be suggested, for example, that Zen practitioners do not need to concern themselves with good and bad behavior because they have risen above distinctions such as right and w ...
An Analysis of the Pali Canon
... In the present edition, the basic analysis of the Canon has been left in its original state although some minor corrections had to be made. However, it has been found possible to fully explore the Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas together with three important texts from the Khuddaka Nikāya: Udāna, Iti ...
... In the present edition, the basic analysis of the Canon has been left in its original state although some minor corrections had to be made. However, it has been found possible to fully explore the Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas together with three important texts from the Khuddaka Nikāya: Udāna, Iti ...
Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... studied the Lotus Sūtra with the eminent monk Nangji,4 and in the process of his commentarial work often consulted with the monk Hyegong.5 He is also recorded as having studied the Nirvāṇa Sūtra and Vimalakīrti-sūtra together with Bodeok and Uisang respectively.6 The most often-cited episode from Wo ...
... studied the Lotus Sūtra with the eminent monk Nangji,4 and in the process of his commentarial work often consulted with the monk Hyegong.5 He is also recorded as having studied the Nirvāṇa Sūtra and Vimalakīrti-sūtra together with Bodeok and Uisang respectively.6 The most often-cited episode from Wo ...
Mahasaranagamana
... raga) and ill-will (byapada). A sakadagami is a Once-returner, who will achieve the end of dukkha after returning to the human world only once. Anagami Magga eliminates sensual attachment and ill-will completely. An Anagami is a Non-returner. Having completely destroyed all the fetters which lead to ...
... raga) and ill-will (byapada). A sakadagami is a Once-returner, who will achieve the end of dukkha after returning to the human world only once. Anagami Magga eliminates sensual attachment and ill-will completely. An Anagami is a Non-returner. Having completely destroyed all the fetters which lead to ...
Schism, semiosis and the Soka Gakkai
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
The Buddha
... and the purpose of this book is to present the life of this Buddha of story. The study of this lifestory commenced in earnest, in the West, in the first half of the nineteenth century. As scholars began to read Sanskrit and Pali biographical materials about the Buddha, they found themselves facing t ...
... and the purpose of this book is to present the life of this Buddha of story. The study of this lifestory commenced in earnest, in the West, in the first half of the nineteenth century. As scholars began to read Sanskrit and Pali biographical materials about the Buddha, they found themselves facing t ...
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.