The Meaning of Orthodoxy in Buddhism: A Protest
... was that of the propriety of utilizing already existing religious and philosophical terms of rather broad connotation, not only for the work of translation but for the more general purpose of describing or defining Buddhism as a whole in relation to the culture and civilization whereto the language ...
... was that of the propriety of utilizing already existing religious and philosophical terms of rather broad connotation, not only for the work of translation but for the more general purpose of describing or defining Buddhism as a whole in relation to the culture and civilization whereto the language ...
buddhism - SGI-USA South Bay Community Center
... • Zen knowledge only transmitted from master to pupil and he can only direct him to see what he can see • Enlightenment referred to as “satori” • Satori is when “a person has direct, unmediated insight into the self, the world and truth” (Corduan, 233). ...
... • Zen knowledge only transmitted from master to pupil and he can only direct him to see what he can see • Enlightenment referred to as “satori” • Satori is when “a person has direct, unmediated insight into the self, the world and truth” (Corduan, 233). ...
Pyrrhonism: How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... independently existing external reality has to underlie our appearances. According to him, appearances just are reality. He mirrors the Pyrrhonists, Kuzminski argues, in so far as they each affirm that immediately evident thoughts and sensations are entirely real, and that their reality consists in ...
... independently existing external reality has to underlie our appearances. According to him, appearances just are reality. He mirrors the Pyrrhonists, Kuzminski argues, in so far as they each affirm that immediately evident thoughts and sensations are entirely real, and that their reality consists in ...
Buddhism for the “Spiritual But Not Religious”
... There are many different reasons why people become disenchanted with organized religion—the litany is long and depressing—but most continue to yearn for something more than a life of materialism, for something that gives deeper meaning and happiness, for something they describe as “spiritual.” About ...
... There are many different reasons why people become disenchanted with organized religion—the litany is long and depressing—but most continue to yearn for something more than a life of materialism, for something that gives deeper meaning and happiness, for something they describe as “spiritual.” About ...
A Brief Introduction to the Three Yanas
... difference between buddhas and ordinary beings. Though buddhas have actualized this potential and ordinary beings have not, the fundamental nature of both remains the same. Buddha nature does not get worse in samsara, nor does it improve in nirvana. Rather, the process of awakening is simply a matte ...
... difference between buddhas and ordinary beings. Though buddhas have actualized this potential and ordinary beings have not, the fundamental nature of both remains the same. Buddha nature does not get worse in samsara, nor does it improve in nirvana. Rather, the process of awakening is simply a matte ...
BUDDISM
... involves meditating in order to achieve a higher state of consciousness. Buddhist practice consists in practicing these eight things until they become more complete. Karma - Like Hindu teaching, Buddhist teaching is based on belief in the law of karma. This states that for every event that occurs, t ...
... involves meditating in order to achieve a higher state of consciousness. Buddhist practice consists in practicing these eight things until they become more complete. Karma - Like Hindu teaching, Buddhist teaching is based on belief in the law of karma. This states that for every event that occurs, t ...
European Buddhist Union Talk
... Press, 2002.) This ancient world shared many common ideas and beliefs, such as that of reincarnation. When talking of this time, we need to speak in terms of Eurasia, rather than Asia and Europe, or East and West. Unfortunately, due to the rise of Christianity in Europe and Islam in Arabia and Persi ...
... Press, 2002.) This ancient world shared many common ideas and beliefs, such as that of reincarnation. When talking of this time, we need to speak in terms of Eurasia, rather than Asia and Europe, or East and West. Unfortunately, due to the rise of Christianity in Europe and Islam in Arabia and Persi ...
Faith Guides for Higher Education: A Guide to Buddhism
... are significant differences in how this is to be achieved and in how other aspects of the Buddha’s teaching should be interpreted, although the nature of this teaching has ensured that, historically, there has been little violent disagreement between different schools of thought. This reflects a ten ...
... are significant differences in how this is to be achieved and in how other aspects of the Buddha’s teaching should be interpreted, although the nature of this teaching has ensured that, historically, there has been little violent disagreement between different schools of thought. This reflects a ten ...
Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... underlying concept of Buddhism is the principle of anatta – that there is nothing essential or permanent in us, such as an eternal soul that can be said to have a right, or be the basis of fundamental equality. Queen’s rebuttal to Jeffrey’s rigid interpretation of anatta is that by a strict measure ...
... underlying concept of Buddhism is the principle of anatta – that there is nothing essential or permanent in us, such as an eternal soul that can be said to have a right, or be the basis of fundamental equality. Queen’s rebuttal to Jeffrey’s rigid interpretation of anatta is that by a strict measure ...
Buddhism and Belief in Ātma
... counting, term, appellation, convenient designation. . . ." and that "In exactly the same way . . . Nagasena is but a way of counting, term, appellation, convenient designation, mere name for the hair of my head, hair of my body . . . brain of the head, form, sensation, perception, predispositions a ...
... counting, term, appellation, convenient designation. . . ." and that "In exactly the same way . . . Nagasena is but a way of counting, term, appellation, convenient designation, mere name for the hair of my head, hair of my body . . . brain of the head, form, sensation, perception, predispositions a ...
MahŒyŒna Buddhism
... and changing all the time, so it follows that there can be no permanent individual “self”(atman) to “enjoy” the consequences of one’s karma in “the next life”. However, one’s action in this life may still influence one, and others’, when one “re-becomes” another individual in the next life. This is ...
... and changing all the time, so it follows that there can be no permanent individual “self”(atman) to “enjoy” the consequences of one’s karma in “the next life”. However, one’s action in this life may still influence one, and others’, when one “re-becomes” another individual in the next life. This is ...
ENGLISH FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES
... through the self. Thus the Buddha’s first point is to deny that there is any such control, thus negating the need to appeal to a self. In the Sabbâsavassutta, he describes four types of attachment, which once examined show that there is no form of ultimate control. There is kāmâsava, attachment to t ...
... through the self. Thus the Buddha’s first point is to deny that there is any such control, thus negating the need to appeal to a self. In the Sabbâsavassutta, he describes four types of attachment, which once examined show that there is no form of ultimate control. There is kāmâsava, attachment to t ...
The Problem with Karma
... “Produced by (disorders of the) bile, there arise, Sivaka, certain kinds of feelings. That this happens, can be known by oneself; also in the world it is accepted as true. Produced by (disorders of the) phlegm...of wind...of (the three) combined...by change of climate...by adverse behavior...by inju ...
... “Produced by (disorders of the) bile, there arise, Sivaka, certain kinds of feelings. That this happens, can be known by oneself; also in the world it is accepted as true. Produced by (disorders of the) phlegm...of wind...of (the three) combined...by change of climate...by adverse behavior...by inju ...
Alone With Others. An Existential Approach to Buddhism (Stephen
... In his application of existentialism to Buddhism, Batchelor draws freely from Marcel and Heidegger, as well as from such existentially-oriented theologians as Tillich and Macquarrie. He begins his analysis by delineating "the two most fundamental dimensions of our existence: those of having and bein ...
... In his application of existentialism to Buddhism, Batchelor draws freely from Marcel and Heidegger, as well as from such existentially-oriented theologians as Tillich and Macquarrie. He begins his analysis by delineating "the two most fundamental dimensions of our existence: those of having and bein ...
buddhism`s unique possibility to pursue inner peacefulness to avoid
... His opinion must chiefly be derived from the tradition of Zen Buddhism as in Japan. In this way in Buddhism God or gods who are some kinds of transmigrating sentient beings are not of great importance and so Buddhism can be free from theism. This point must be one of the peculiar or unique character ...
... His opinion must chiefly be derived from the tradition of Zen Buddhism as in Japan. In this way in Buddhism God or gods who are some kinds of transmigrating sentient beings are not of great importance and so Buddhism can be free from theism. This point must be one of the peculiar or unique character ...
Lotus Sutra
... buddhahood without having to be reborn as men. The Buddha is presented in the Lotus Sutra as dharmakaya -- the unity of all things and beings, unmanifested, beyond existence or nonexistence, unbound by time and space. Because the dharmakaya is all beings, all beings have the potential to awaken to t ...
... buddhahood without having to be reborn as men. The Buddha is presented in the Lotus Sutra as dharmakaya -- the unity of all things and beings, unmanifested, beyond existence or nonexistence, unbound by time and space. Because the dharmakaya is all beings, all beings have the potential to awaken to t ...
hinduism - prather
... 1. Impermanence. Buddhists think life is created by changing energies; nothing is permanent. 2. God. Since nothing is permanent, Buddhists believe there is no permanent God or soul. THE STORY OF SIDDHARTHA. The religion of Buddhism began with a man named Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born in no ...
... 1. Impermanence. Buddhists think life is created by changing energies; nothing is permanent. 2. God. Since nothing is permanent, Buddhists believe there is no permanent God or soul. THE STORY OF SIDDHARTHA. The religion of Buddhism began with a man named Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born in no ...
hinduism - prather
... 1. Impermanence. Buddhists think life is created by changing energies; nothing is permanent. 2. God. Since nothing is permanent, Buddhists believe there is no permanent God or soul. THE STORY OF SIDDHARTHA. The religion of Buddhism began with a man named Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born in no ...
... 1. Impermanence. Buddhists think life is created by changing energies; nothing is permanent. 2. God. Since nothing is permanent, Buddhists believe there is no permanent God or soul. THE STORY OF SIDDHARTHA. The religion of Buddhism began with a man named Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born in no ...
File - A World of Religions
... meaning enlightenment, means that a person has been able to extinguish the three fires of greed, delusion and hatred. Nirvana isn’t a heaven, as such, but a state of mind. It is considered to be a state of mind where a person doesn’t experience negative emotions and fears. When a person reaches Nirv ...
... meaning enlightenment, means that a person has been able to extinguish the three fires of greed, delusion and hatred. Nirvana isn’t a heaven, as such, but a state of mind. It is considered to be a state of mind where a person doesn’t experience negative emotions and fears. When a person reaches Nirv ...
Divine Revelation in Pali Buddhism (Peter Mansfield)
... Divine Revelation in Pali Buddhism, by Peter Masefield. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1986. xx,187 pages. Peter Masefield applies his broad knowledge of the Theravada canon and commentaries to two distinct purposes in this book: first, to clarify a number of difficult or neglected concepts in Pali ...
... Divine Revelation in Pali Buddhism, by Peter Masefield. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1986. xx,187 pages. Peter Masefield applies his broad knowledge of the Theravada canon and commentaries to two distinct purposes in this book: first, to clarify a number of difficult or neglected concepts in Pali ...
the central ideas of buddhism lesson 1
... Liberation is achieved by doing away with involvement in the world: “. . . the renouncer . . . would leave home and family to live in relatively isolated and austere circumstances, sleeping on the ground, restricting the diet, practicing control of the breath, and bringing the senses under control . ...
... Liberation is achieved by doing away with involvement in the world: “. . . the renouncer . . . would leave home and family to live in relatively isolated and austere circumstances, sleeping on the ground, restricting the diet, practicing control of the breath, and bringing the senses under control . ...
Contradiction In Madhyamaka Buddhist Argumentation
... there are textual reasons for rejecting the first option.[ii] And the second, apophatic interpretation may be called into question by the point just made about Buddhist uses of bivalence failure. Thus the third option seems the most plausible. Since Buddhists use the term ‘ultimate truth’ to mean bo ...
... there are textual reasons for rejecting the first option.[ii] And the second, apophatic interpretation may be called into question by the point just made about Buddhist uses of bivalence failure. Thus the third option seems the most plausible. Since Buddhists use the term ‘ultimate truth’ to mean bo ...
Apocryphal Buddhist Sūtra in Chinese Buddhism
... text, but without any actual source of translation, which cast doubt on its origin and authenticity12. As for spurious sūtras, Makita further defines it as baseless folk and customs put together as a spurious sūtra 13. It is also worth mentioning that during the early transmission, during the identi ...
... text, but without any actual source of translation, which cast doubt on its origin and authenticity12. As for spurious sūtras, Makita further defines it as baseless folk and customs put together as a spurious sūtra 13. It is also worth mentioning that during the early transmission, during the identi ...
Buddhism and American Cinema
... concern of Buddhism itself, whether or not one would want to argue for a direct influence. One important theme in many strands of Buddhist belief is signified by the word that comes from the Tibetan tradition, “bardo.” A bardo is any limbo-like intermediary period, but it is used most often to refer ...
... concern of Buddhism itself, whether or not one would want to argue for a direct influence. One important theme in many strands of Buddhist belief is signified by the word that comes from the Tibetan tradition, “bardo.” A bardo is any limbo-like intermediary period, but it is used most often to refer ...
Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva`s Bodhisattva Way
... also intersperses his commentary with deep personal reflections on the practice of the Buddhist path. This latter dimension of the Dalai Lama’s discourse was originally given as preliminary comments at beginning of every session when the teachings on which this book is based took place in France. We ...
... also intersperses his commentary with deep personal reflections on the practice of the Buddhist path. This latter dimension of the Dalai Lama’s discourse was originally given as preliminary comments at beginning of every session when the teachings on which this book is based took place in France. We ...