A Golden Ring
... our tiny selves above water all the time? It would seem that the whole world is running against our will most of the time if we are self-centered. Our lives are so fragile—what guarantee do we have for our safety and subsistence? Second, as to limitlessness of Buddha’s Enlightenment, I offer the fol ...
... our tiny selves above water all the time? It would seem that the whole world is running against our will most of the time if we are self-centered. Our lives are so fragile—what guarantee do we have for our safety and subsistence? Second, as to limitlessness of Buddha’s Enlightenment, I offer the fol ...
the complete issue - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... exist in American society: “one progressive and scientific, the other literary, conservative, and retrograde.”5 Even more tendentious than Snow’s two cultures is the “warfare” model of the relation between science and religion, given its most classic expression in Andrew Dickson White’s A History of ...
... exist in American society: “one progressive and scientific, the other literary, conservative, and retrograde.”5 Even more tendentious than Snow’s two cultures is the “warfare” model of the relation between science and religion, given its most classic expression in Andrew Dickson White’s A History of ...
Sarkar on the Buddha`s Four Noble Truths
... sources, it is possible to assert the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths as central to the Buddhist tradition as a whole. Seen in this light, it is of academic interest to explore what Sarkar says about this central Buddhist doctrine and his interpretation of the Buddha and his teachings. From the B ...
... sources, it is possible to assert the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths as central to the Buddhist tradition as a whole. Seen in this light, it is of academic interest to explore what Sarkar says about this central Buddhist doctrine and his interpretation of the Buddha and his teachings. From the B ...
Empty Selves: A Comparative Analysis of Mahayana Buddhism
... to usefully prepare the reader for my later specific comparative analyses of Mahayana philosophical thought. In chapter two I offer the reader a brief overview of Existentialism at large and of Sartre’s views in particular, before jumping into my formal comparative analysis. In chapter three I engag ...
... to usefully prepare the reader for my later specific comparative analyses of Mahayana philosophical thought. In chapter two I offer the reader a brief overview of Existentialism at large and of Sartre’s views in particular, before jumping into my formal comparative analysis. In chapter three I engag ...
Attā, Nirattā, and Anattā in the early Buddhist literature
... of scholars. While explaining the doctrine of anattā Rahulo [19] refers to the different concepts of ātman, even the concept of Brahman-Ātman of the Upaniṣads and holds that the buddha was unique in rejecting all such doctrines through the doctrine of anattā. "The idea of an abiding, immortal substa ...
... of scholars. While explaining the doctrine of anattā Rahulo [19] refers to the different concepts of ātman, even the concept of Brahman-Ātman of the Upaniṣads and holds that the buddha was unique in rejecting all such doctrines through the doctrine of anattā. "The idea of an abiding, immortal substa ...
The Possibility of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response
... virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibility of a Christian virtue ethic to the test. If it turns out that Christianity ...
... virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibility of a Christian virtue ethic to the test. If it turns out that Christianity ...
PDF - UWA Research Portal
... transformative practices. Both anchor themselves in tradition and both are heavily influenced by global religious pressures. The majority of Mongols visit local temples for ritual efficacy, yet, for many lay Buddhists, the break in the continuity of public institutions during the socialist period an ...
... transformative practices. Both anchor themselves in tradition and both are heavily influenced by global religious pressures. The majority of Mongols visit local temples for ritual efficacy, yet, for many lay Buddhists, the break in the continuity of public institutions during the socialist period an ...
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 — ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... other reasons too, but we confine ourselves to his role in Buddhist history. Before Aśoka Buddhism had spread through the northern half of India; but it was his patronage which made it a world religion. Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and em ...
... other reasons too, but we confine ourselves to his role in Buddhist history. Before Aśoka Buddhism had spread through the northern half of India; but it was his patronage which made it a world religion. Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and em ...
S t Zen in Meiji Japan: The Life and Times of Nishiari
... Howdiditcometothis?HowdidtheBuddhismofShakyamuni’sdisciplesbecomethe ChanofHuinengandtheZenofDgen–andhowdidWesternersthentransformDgen’sZen intothenovelwaysofpracticeandteachingfoundataplacelikeSanFranciscoZenCenter? I’vebeenlongpuzzledbythis ...
... Howdiditcometothis?HowdidtheBuddhismofShakyamuni’sdisciplesbecomethe ChanofHuinengandtheZenofDgen–andhowdidWesternersthentransformDgen’sZen intothenovelwaysofpracticeandteachingfoundataplacelikeSanFranciscoZenCenter? I’vebeenlongpuzzledbythis ...
CHAPTER TWO King Asoka, Asoka`s Dhamma and
... King ASoka visited Lumbini, twenty years after he was anointed, to worship (this spot), because the Buddha Sakyamuni was born here. 31 He rebuilt the stiipa of Buddha Konagamana fourteen years after he was anointed and he visited, Nigali-sagar, to worship and caused a stone pillar to be set up. 32 F ...
... King ASoka visited Lumbini, twenty years after he was anointed, to worship (this spot), because the Buddha Sakyamuni was born here. 31 He rebuilt the stiipa of Buddha Konagamana fourteen years after he was anointed and he visited, Nigali-sagar, to worship and caused a stone pillar to be set up. 32 F ...
File - ICBI
... paradox, dealt with this matter by radically altering the manner in which language was used. The point of this is to use language in such a manner that does not allow for the concretisation of concepts in the mind, during the master – disciple dialogue that often culminated in the realisation of ful ...
... paradox, dealt with this matter by radically altering the manner in which language was used. The point of this is to use language in such a manner that does not allow for the concretisation of concepts in the mind, during the master – disciple dialogue that often culminated in the realisation of ful ...
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 ...
What Does it Mean to do the Right Thing?
... nectedness.5 Such awareness, he explains, may lead to ethical behavior that complies with the Golden Rule.6 In this Commentary, I wish to follow this perspective, and to add a complimentary layer that may assist in clarifying why, and in what way, the cultivation of mindfulness and wisdom as underst ...
... nectedness.5 Such awareness, he explains, may lead to ethical behavior that complies with the Golden Rule.6 In this Commentary, I wish to follow this perspective, and to add a complimentary layer that may assist in clarifying why, and in what way, the cultivation of mindfulness and wisdom as underst ...
Bacon Elizabeth - 2016 - Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita
... The research was done from a more Western, Judeo-Christian worldview. The types of struggle the researchers were looking for were only things that would be relevant to someone of a religion that holds that: 1. There is a god with whom someone can have some sort of relationship. 2. This god has autho ...
... The research was done from a more Western, Judeo-Christian worldview. The types of struggle the researchers were looking for were only things that would be relevant to someone of a religion that holds that: 1. There is a god with whom someone can have some sort of relationship. 2. This god has autho ...
Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization
... While there is no doubt that most Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist organizations have engaged in what can be seen as ‘‘missionary’’ activity in the twentieth century, a question posed by Walters and picked up in Steven Kemper’s essay (Chap. 1), however, is whether ‘‘missions’’ and ‘‘missionaries’’ ca ...
... While there is no doubt that most Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist organizations have engaged in what can be seen as ‘‘missionary’’ activity in the twentieth century, a question posed by Walters and picked up in Steven Kemper’s essay (Chap. 1), however, is whether ‘‘missions’’ and ‘‘missionaries’’ ca ...
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... distance to the Buddha the authors of the sutta make clear that they assign the most prominent status concerning the vicinity to the source of dhamma (and thus to salvation) to the sangha. Apart from this 'positive' way to give the sangha a distinct profile, we can find also - and even more often - ...
... distance to the Buddha the authors of the sutta make clear that they assign the most prominent status concerning the vicinity to the source of dhamma (and thus to salvation) to the sangha. Apart from this 'positive' way to give the sangha a distinct profile, we can find also - and even more often - ...
Economic and Political Weekly June 9, 2007 2177
... the ahirvar from Bundelkhand, the dhusiya and the jaisvara from eastern Uttar Pradesh. They were bearing different names according to the regions and there was neither connubium nor commensality among them. In Kanpur town they became “tanners” – as the British translated their name chamar – what mos ...
... the ahirvar from Bundelkhand, the dhusiya and the jaisvara from eastern Uttar Pradesh. They were bearing different names according to the regions and there was neither connubium nor commensality among them. In Kanpur town they became “tanners” – as the British translated their name chamar – what mos ...
FAMILY TIES TO BUDDHIST MONKS AND NUNS IN MEDIEVAL
... yet unexplored area in the study o f medieval Buddhism. This is especially critical in restructuring the relationship between political and religious spheres, which for the Sinologist have always been intricately linked to one another. Although there are studies noting the prominence of family conne ...
... yet unexplored area in the study o f medieval Buddhism. This is especially critical in restructuring the relationship between political and religious spheres, which for the Sinologist have always been intricately linked to one another. Although there are studies noting the prominence of family conne ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... given my background. I had recited Buddhist mantras in the Pali language for nine months when I was in Singapore, prior coming to the United States for graduate school. ...
... given my background. I had recited Buddhist mantras in the Pali language for nine months when I was in Singapore, prior coming to the United States for graduate school. ...