Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian
... I have referred to ‘Buddhism’ as what speakers of European languages (or ‘the West’) think of as the ‘-ism’ that derives from the (or a) Buddha. While one could scarcely be both an orthodox Christian and, say, a Muslim or Hindu at the same time, it is perfectly possible to be a Buddhist and at the s ...
... I have referred to ‘Buddhism’ as what speakers of European languages (or ‘the West’) think of as the ‘-ism’ that derives from the (or a) Buddha. While one could scarcely be both an orthodox Christian and, say, a Muslim or Hindu at the same time, it is perfectly possible to be a Buddhist and at the s ...
noid-Abstract - The Journal of Novel Applied Sciences
... Early in the shadow of the sacred texts of Buddhism should be recognized. The original texts were passed two characteristics: first, purely practical perspective ÷ to have the salvation of the human suffering involved, and nirvana is the opposite of human suffering and the achievement of Nirvana th ...
... Early in the shadow of the sacred texts of Buddhism should be recognized. The original texts were passed two characteristics: first, purely practical perspective ÷ to have the salvation of the human suffering involved, and nirvana is the opposite of human suffering and the achievement of Nirvana th ...
THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND ITS `BODIES`: PHYSICAL BODIES
... scholars find themselves, poses a host of problems. While we cannot hope to resolve these issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, J ...
... scholars find themselves, poses a host of problems. While we cannot hope to resolve these issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, J ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
On the Buddhist roots of contemporary non-religious
... patients at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Kabat-Zinn 2011, 286; Samuelson et al. 2007, 255). After this pioneering work a wide variety of mindfulness-based interventions have emerged,2 and the effects of these approaches have been analysed in a burgeoning number of academic publica ...
... patients at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Kabat-Zinn 2011, 286; Samuelson et al. 2007, 255). After this pioneering work a wide variety of mindfulness-based interventions have emerged,2 and the effects of these approaches have been analysed in a burgeoning number of academic publica ...
Aggañña Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... 2.3.3 bhassara is a celestial world, the highest of the 2nd-dhyana form worlds, populated by luminous beings who live on zest (pīti) and emanate lightning-like radiance. When the physical universe devolves or “contracts” (savaṭṭati) due to “fire,” it destroys the whole physical or sense-world univ ...
... 2.3.3 bhassara is a celestial world, the highest of the 2nd-dhyana form worlds, populated by luminous beings who live on zest (pīti) and emanate lightning-like radiance. When the physical universe devolves or “contracts” (savaṭṭati) due to “fire,” it destroys the whole physical or sense-world univ ...
Gotami-apadana
... “parinirvana,” he remarks upon her going out that “yet there are these fools who doubt that women too can grasp the truth. Gotami, show miracles, that they might give up their false views” (Verse 79), he complements her as “wise,” a “master of great powers” with a “divine-ear,” a “divine-eye,” and “ ...
... “parinirvana,” he remarks upon her going out that “yet there are these fools who doubt that women too can grasp the truth. Gotami, show miracles, that they might give up their false views” (Verse 79), he complements her as “wise,” a “master of great powers” with a “divine-ear,” a “divine-eye,” and “ ...
here. - Insight Books
... The Path of Purification Tr. Nanamoli Thera. This classic from c 500AD synthesises the entire teaching of the (Visuddhi Magga) Tipitaka. A detailed work of great complexity, suitable for advanced reading. Hardback. Amadeo Sole-Leris. This covers the entire range of meditation approaches described Tr ...
... The Path of Purification Tr. Nanamoli Thera. This classic from c 500AD synthesises the entire teaching of the (Visuddhi Magga) Tipitaka. A detailed work of great complexity, suitable for advanced reading. Hardback. Amadeo Sole-Leris. This covers the entire range of meditation approaches described Tr ...
Dharma Essays
... Zen or other tradition. It is essentially the experience of nonduality. Perhaps we may distinguish the views as logical in contrast to mystical. I reflected in myself that while many people may not easily experience nonduality, they can understand the logical basis of Emptiness and through re ...
... Zen or other tradition. It is essentially the experience of nonduality. Perhaps we may distinguish the views as logical in contrast to mystical. I reflected in myself that while many people may not easily experience nonduality, they can understand the logical basis of Emptiness and through re ...
Buddha as Therapist: Meditations
... everybody will be studying 25 years from now.” It seems that the “mindfulness revolution” which is sweeping the field of health and mental health in the past two decades has helped the “religionless religiosity” of Buddhism slip in through a backdoor as it begins to enter mainstream psychology as me ...
... everybody will be studying 25 years from now.” It seems that the “mindfulness revolution” which is sweeping the field of health and mental health in the past two decades has helped the “religionless religiosity” of Buddhism slip in through a backdoor as it begins to enter mainstream psychology as me ...
The Tower of Power`s Finest Hour: Stupa Construction and
... Stupa veneration enjoyed great popularity under the patronage of early Buddhist rulers such as Ashoka (304–232 B.C.E.) but became particularly prominent near the beginning of the Common Era, when a new religious movement, the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”), began to appear, spreading northwest from In ...
... Stupa veneration enjoyed great popularity under the patronage of early Buddhist rulers such as Ashoka (304–232 B.C.E.) but became particularly prominent near the beginning of the Common Era, when a new religious movement, the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”), began to appear, spreading northwest from In ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... differing notions? Why does this ambivalence exist? How have all of these meanings changed over time? This essay looks at the rhetoric of the forest in Buddhist thought by tracing the ambivalent attitudes of the forest within the Pāli canon, to meanings of the forest as described in popular Thai for ...
... differing notions? Why does this ambivalence exist? How have all of these meanings changed over time? This essay looks at the rhetoric of the forest in Buddhist thought by tracing the ambivalent attitudes of the forest within the Pāli canon, to meanings of the forest as described in popular Thai for ...
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
... large, "Incidents of Travels in India, by the Sramana of the Eastern Tsin, Fa-hien, recorded by himself." There is still earlier attestation of the existence of our little work than the Suy Catalogue. The Catalogue Raisonne of the imperial library of the present dynasty (chap. 71) mentions two quota ...
... large, "Incidents of Travels in India, by the Sramana of the Eastern Tsin, Fa-hien, recorded by himself." There is still earlier attestation of the existence of our little work than the Suy Catalogue. The Catalogue Raisonne of the imperial library of the present dynasty (chap. 71) mentions two quota ...
Noble Truths versus Dependent Origination Professor Oliver
... with a variety of modes of exposition and the fact that the tradition of the ancient teachers is available in unbroken continuity for the purpose of reference and consultation. Because of these two considerations I have courageously taken the difficult task of elucidating the teaching on Paṭiccasam ...
... with a variety of modes of exposition and the fact that the tradition of the ancient teachers is available in unbroken continuity for the purpose of reference and consultation. Because of these two considerations I have courageously taken the difficult task of elucidating the teaching on Paṭiccasam ...
Re-Imagining the Buddha
... influenced his vision in this respect.10 Coleridge was concerned to understand the creative process, of which he had had such powerful experience, and to rescue it from the mechanistic and deterministic psychology then developing. Imagination, to him, could not be captured by such reductive theories ...
... influenced his vision in this respect.10 Coleridge was concerned to understand the creative process, of which he had had such powerful experience, and to rescue it from the mechanistic and deterministic psychology then developing. Imagination, to him, could not be captured by such reductive theories ...
Mahayana
Mahāyāna (Sanskrit: महायान mahāyāna, literally the ""Great Vehicle"") is one of two (or three, under some classifications) main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice. The Buddhist tradition of Vajrayana is sometimes classified as a part of Mahayana Buddhism, but some scholars may consider it as a different branch altogether.According to the teachings of Mahāyāna traditions, ""Mahāyāna"" also refers to the path of the Bodhisattva seeking complete enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings, also called ""Bodhisattvayāna"", or the ""Bodhisattva Vehicle"". A bodhisattva who has accomplished this goal is called a samyaksaṃbuddha, or ""fully enlightened Buddha"". A samyaksaṃbuddha can establish the Dharma and lead disciples to enlightenment. Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and this can be accomplished even by a layperson.The Mahāyāna tradition is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today, with 53.2% of practitioners, compared to 35.8% for Theravāda and 5.7% for Vajrayāna in 2010.In the course of its history, Mahāyāna Buddhism spread from India to various other Asian countries such as Bangladesh, China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Malaysia, and Mongolia. Major traditions of Mahāyāna Buddhism today include Zen, Chinese Chán, Pure Land, Tiantai, and Nichiren. It may also include the Vajrayāna Buddhist traditions of Shingon, Tendai and Tibetan Buddhism, which add esoteric teachings to the Mahāyāna tradition.