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Chapter 1: Introduction This dissertation is concerned with Buddhist
... 1922 near the temple erected by the place of the Buddha’s enlightenment before it went back into Buddhist control (Buddha-Gaya Library, 1925). In Sri Lanka, attention is paid to the commitment of the canon into writing and the creation of authority (Piyadasa, 1985; Silva, 2010). Textual tradition, t ...
... 1922 near the temple erected by the place of the Buddha’s enlightenment before it went back into Buddhist control (Buddha-Gaya Library, 1925). In Sri Lanka, attention is paid to the commitment of the canon into writing and the creation of authority (Piyadasa, 1985; Silva, 2010). Textual tradition, t ...
Siddhartha Savage: The Importance of Buddhism in Huxley`s Brave
... Aldous and Maria Huxley’s visit to India most certainly gave rise to elements of Brave New World, in particular to Huxley’s depiction of the savage reservation and its oppressive incivility. Like Bernard Marx, Huxley attempts to cast an uncritical eye on India during his visit, in the interest of ex ...
... Aldous and Maria Huxley’s visit to India most certainly gave rise to elements of Brave New World, in particular to Huxley’s depiction of the savage reservation and its oppressive incivility. Like Bernard Marx, Huxley attempts to cast an uncritical eye on India during his visit, in the interest of ex ...
Compassion in Schopenhauer and Śāntideva Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... of bodhisattvas. In fact his source for the prajñāpāramitā is exactly the same in both volumes and is not supplemented by any other references to the pāramitās at all. The reference, twenty-six years later, again is to Schmidt: He does not refer to Christianity by geographical area but talks about P ...
... of bodhisattvas. In fact his source for the prajñāpāramitā is exactly the same in both volumes and is not supplemented by any other references to the pāramitās at all. The reference, twenty-six years later, again is to Schmidt: He does not refer to Christianity by geographical area but talks about P ...
Politics of Higher Ordination, Buddhist Monastic Identitiy, and
... of the higher ordination that masks the understanding of the higher ordination's "original" purpose. The second misconception he named was the "fallacy" of dividing monastic communities into nikdyas or fraternities. He holds that there are no nikdyas as such in Sri Lanka, each differing in some subs ...
... of the higher ordination that masks the understanding of the higher ordination's "original" purpose. The second misconception he named was the "fallacy" of dividing monastic communities into nikdyas or fraternities. He holds that there are no nikdyas as such in Sri Lanka, each differing in some subs ...
TO THE TEACHER: OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students
... practices? Did anyone in the class find himself or herself more attracted to the art than the practices? WHEN TO TEACH: In a full survey of Chinese history, Buddhism is generally taught when the medieval period is covered. However, a course limited to more modern China could still use this unit sinc ...
... practices? Did anyone in the class find himself or herself more attracted to the art than the practices? WHEN TO TEACH: In a full survey of Chinese history, Buddhism is generally taught when the medieval period is covered. However, a course limited to more modern China could still use this unit sinc ...
Literal Means and Hidden Meanings: a New Analysis of Skillful Means
... The idea that the doctrine is some kind of a purposeful fiction is one step further from what is sometimes understood by skillful means: the idea that the dharma is designed to serve a purpose. It is based on the explicit idea that what has been said by the Buddha had a different and concealed mean ...
... The idea that the doctrine is some kind of a purposeful fiction is one step further from what is sometimes understood by skillful means: the idea that the dharma is designed to serve a purpose. It is based on the explicit idea that what has been said by the Buddha had a different and concealed mean ...
Dona Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... 4 The four types of beings 4.1 THE BUDDHA IS NEITHER HUMAN NOR WILL HE BE REBORN AS ONE. The brahmin Doṇa mentions only four states of being, one of which he thought would be a category to which the Buddha belongs. The Buddha however declares that he belongs to none of them. Although the Buddha stil ...
... 4 The four types of beings 4.1 THE BUDDHA IS NEITHER HUMAN NOR WILL HE BE REBORN AS ONE. The brahmin Doṇa mentions only four states of being, one of which he thought would be a category to which the Buddha belongs. The Buddha however declares that he belongs to none of them. Although the Buddha stil ...
What the Buddha Thought, by Richard Gombrich. London: Equinox
... versial. Of course it is legitimate to attempt to sort out the original ideas and even words of the historical Buddha, and to understand him as a thinker of the order of Socrates, Heraclitus, or Zhuangzi. Of course we should take the Pāli Canon, ‘as a working hypothesis’, to be ‘telling us the truth ...
... versial. Of course it is legitimate to attempt to sort out the original ideas and even words of the historical Buddha, and to understand him as a thinker of the order of Socrates, Heraclitus, or Zhuangzi. Of course we should take the Pāli Canon, ‘as a working hypothesis’, to be ‘telling us the truth ...
Wu Yankang, "The Revered Master Deep Willows and the Hall of
... to a post in Hangzhou, where the Yang family made their temporary home in the s, to be away from the battle front of that time. Later, Zeng Guofan told his eldest son, Zeng Jize (–), that Yang Renshan was an exceptional man who should be given the opportunity to serve in important capaci ...
... to a post in Hangzhou, where the Yang family made their temporary home in the s, to be away from the battle front of that time. Later, Zeng Guofan told his eldest son, Zeng Jize (–), that Yang Renshan was an exceptional man who should be given the opportunity to serve in important capaci ...
The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra
... separate it and leave it as a stand-alone statement; note that the three syllables oṃ āḥ hūṃ are used in the mantra, though not in that order. In any case hūṃ is untranslatable. Kūkai sees it as representing all teaching, all practices and all attainments, so perhaps we could see this as Vajrasattva ...
... separate it and leave it as a stand-alone statement; note that the three syllables oṃ āḥ hūṃ are used in the mantra, though not in that order. In any case hūṃ is untranslatable. Kūkai sees it as representing all teaching, all practices and all attainments, so perhaps we could see this as Vajrasattva ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... me that the Skandhaka deserves more attention from scholars who work with early Buddhism. When I use the term Skandhaka or ‘original Skandhaka’ without further specification I refer to a literary work that was composed more than two thousand years ago, that is the original form of the text. The term ...
... me that the Skandhaka deserves more attention from scholars who work with early Buddhism. When I use the term Skandhaka or ‘original Skandhaka’ without further specification I refer to a literary work that was composed more than two thousand years ago, that is the original form of the text. The term ...
Building and Negotiating Religious Identities in A Zen Buddhist
... modernity and economic materialism. This is a paradox I wish to explore further in this dissertation. Religious practices—rituals, activities, and even doctrines of different religions are encouraged to modify themselves into an ideal prototype for the convenience of their modernized audience. Quite ...
... modernity and economic materialism. This is a paradox I wish to explore further in this dissertation. Religious practices—rituals, activities, and even doctrines of different religions are encouraged to modify themselves into an ideal prototype for the convenience of their modernized audience. Quite ...
The Different Paths of Buddhism : A Narrative
... of Brahmanism drew the ire of the Buddha, who was antagonistic toward its violent nature. By accepting followers from all walks of life, the Buddha also undermined caste prejudice and pretensions. Moreover, the Buddha did not accept the ancient Vedic scriptures as revealed literature, which means th ...
... of Brahmanism drew the ire of the Buddha, who was antagonistic toward its violent nature. By accepting followers from all walks of life, the Buddha also undermined caste prejudice and pretensions. Moreover, the Buddha did not accept the ancient Vedic scriptures as revealed literature, which means th ...
Mindfulness and Mindlessness in Early Chan
... as a simplified exercise for laypersons rather than a practice befitting elite monks who aspired to become abbots. Moreover, the approach to kōans altered over time in both China and Japan as the literary and scholastic skills necessary to engage the kōan literature qua literature were lost (Sharf 2 ...
... as a simplified exercise for laypersons rather than a practice befitting elite monks who aspired to become abbots. Moreover, the approach to kōans altered over time in both China and Japan as the literary and scholastic skills necessary to engage the kōan literature qua literature were lost (Sharf 2 ...
Buddhism and its relation to women and prostitution in Thai society
... Thai cultural life. Thai men, in contrast, are granted temporary ordination as Buddhist monks, allowing them to come in and out of the robes several times in their lives if desired. Some scholars conclude that women are viewed as a hindrance to the male sangha because the monks are not necessarily t ...
... Thai cultural life. Thai men, in contrast, are granted temporary ordination as Buddhist monks, allowing them to come in and out of the robes several times in their lives if desired. Some scholars conclude that women are viewed as a hindrance to the male sangha because the monks are not necessarily t ...
The Gohonzon - laureldistrictstudy
... the altar does not become overly crowded. As President Ikeda has said, it would be wrong if anything made it "even a bit more difficult for us to worship the Gohonzon:" Basic Offerings The [traditional] basic material offerings to the Gohonzon are evergreens, candles and incense. One may use an arra ...
... the altar does not become overly crowded. As President Ikeda has said, it would be wrong if anything made it "even a bit more difficult for us to worship the Gohonzon:" Basic Offerings The [traditional] basic material offerings to the Gohonzon are evergreens, candles and incense. One may use an arra ...
Ascetic Figures Before and in Early Buddhism: The Emergence of
... since references to paccekabuddhas and the assertion that they are 'enlightened' ascetics are to be found within the Buddhist scriptures themselves. How can these scriptures affirm the sui generis nature of the Buddha and, at the s arne time, admit the existence of paccekabuddhas? It is hoped that t ...
... since references to paccekabuddhas and the assertion that they are 'enlightened' ascetics are to be found within the Buddhist scriptures themselves. How can these scriptures affirm the sui generis nature of the Buddha and, at the s arne time, admit the existence of paccekabuddhas? It is hoped that t ...
Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History
... Myanmar, or Burma as the nation has been known throughout history, is one of the major countries following Theravàda Buddhism. In recent years Myanmar has attained special eminence as the host for the Sixth Buddhist Council, held in Yangon (Rangoon) between 1954 and 1956, and as the source from whic ...
... Myanmar, or Burma as the nation has been known throughout history, is one of the major countries following Theravàda Buddhism. In recent years Myanmar has attained special eminence as the host for the Sixth Buddhist Council, held in Yangon (Rangoon) between 1954 and 1956, and as the source from whic ...
Chapter 7: Creative Buddhas and Pure Lands in Renaissance Tibet
... that it is specifically a Tibetan eleventh century creation, which developed until its classical form in the 14th century. It thus must be understood in the context of contemporary Indian and Tibetan movements, both tantric and non-tantric, ritual and philosophical. Indeed, it is distinctive for cre ...
... that it is specifically a Tibetan eleventh century creation, which developed until its classical form in the 14th century. It thus must be understood in the context of contemporary Indian and Tibetan movements, both tantric and non-tantric, ritual and philosophical. Indeed, it is distinctive for cre ...
The Buddha`s Fire Miracles Anālayo . 5(11): 9–42. © 5 Bhikkhu
... in MN 100 from reading atthi devā to atthi adhideva, based on which Norman 1977: 336 then concludes that the Buddha, “far from conceding the existence of the brahmanical devas as Saṅgārava presumed, was merely saying that there were in the world earthly princes who were by convention called devas”. ...
... in MN 100 from reading atthi devā to atthi adhideva, based on which Norman 1977: 336 then concludes that the Buddha, “far from conceding the existence of the brahmanical devas as Saṅgārava presumed, was merely saying that there were in the world earthly princes who were by convention called devas”. ...