the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... interest in theory was not for the theory itself but for what theory can help us to see. Jim’s first publications were indeed, a bit offbeat. “Japan’s ‘Laughing Mushrooms,’” published in Economic Botany in 1972, explored an odd tale from the eleventh-century Konjaku monogatari (今昔物語 集) about waraita ...
... interest in theory was not for the theory itself but for what theory can help us to see. Jim’s first publications were indeed, a bit offbeat. “Japan’s ‘Laughing Mushrooms,’” published in Economic Botany in 1972, explored an odd tale from the eleventh-century Konjaku monogatari (今昔物語 集) about waraita ...
Surun-Khanda D. Syrtypova
... 2) Objects such as iconic paintings and sculptures, and other objects of fine art from different collections of Russia and Mongolia. The visual aspects of a cult, pictorial and sculptural images, serve as supports for visualization by an adept in meditation; they are also an important way to popular ...
... 2) Objects such as iconic paintings and sculptures, and other objects of fine art from different collections of Russia and Mongolia. The visual aspects of a cult, pictorial and sculptural images, serve as supports for visualization by an adept in meditation; they are also an important way to popular ...
A Gandhari Version of the Rhinoceros Sutra
... Although the tradition, both in the Pali and in the Sanskrit texts, is unanimous and consistent in attributing the verses of the Rhinoceros Siltra to the pratyeka-buddhas and explaining them in this fashion, some doubt exists on the part of modem scholars as to whether this association is historical ...
... Although the tradition, both in the Pali and in the Sanskrit texts, is unanimous and consistent in attributing the verses of the Rhinoceros Siltra to the pratyeka-buddhas and explaining them in this fashion, some doubt exists on the part of modem scholars as to whether this association is historical ...
Buddhist Economics
... Buddhadhamma Foundation in August 1988, into English. His translation was published in May 1992, and that edition has served as the basis for the second edition. I would like to also express my thanks to Bruce Evans and Jourdan Arenson, who were inspired enough to compile and translate further sourc ...
... Buddhadhamma Foundation in August 1988, into English. His translation was published in May 1992, and that edition has served as the basis for the second edition. I would like to also express my thanks to Bruce Evans and Jourdan Arenson, who were inspired enough to compile and translate further sourc ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... to place the various dimensions of healing and illness into their larger context. Doing so facilitates discussions with those with different understandings. It helps clarify the differences and similarities in specific ways. Although this study does not extend to comparisons with other traditions, d ...
... to place the various dimensions of healing and illness into their larger context. Doing so facilitates discussions with those with different understandings. It helps clarify the differences and similarities in specific ways. Although this study does not extend to comparisons with other traditions, d ...
THE TEACHING METHODS OF BUDDHA
... Buddha “is not an Arhant like me”, the Buddha finally converts him by revealing exactly what he is thinking! This is the miracle of mind-reading (ādesanā,pāihāriya). (Vin 1:24 ff; AA 1:165 ff; ThagA 1:434 ff) The greatest miracle In due course, the Buddha prohibited the public performance of psychi ...
... Buddha “is not an Arhant like me”, the Buddha finally converts him by revealing exactly what he is thinking! This is the miracle of mind-reading (ādesanā,pāihāriya). (Vin 1:24 ff; AA 1:165 ff; ThagA 1:434 ff) The greatest miracle In due course, the Buddha prohibited the public performance of psychi ...
Buddhist Empowerment & Life Transformation
... or ego-detached perspective to reach an integrated perspective with positive future self development, i.e. ...
... or ego-detached perspective to reach an integrated perspective with positive future self development, i.e. ...
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism
... avoid karmic retribution are therefore confronted with the challenge to put an end to all activity. This can be most easily shown in the case of early Jainism. The most characteristic trait of early Jainism is that it teaches a way of asceticism in which suppression of all activity is central, espec ...
... avoid karmic retribution are therefore confronted with the challenge to put an end to all activity. This can be most easily shown in the case of early Jainism. The most characteristic trait of early Jainism is that it teaches a way of asceticism in which suppression of all activity is central, espec ...
Rethinking Ziolkowski`s “Landscape of the Soul:” A Mahayana
... Mahayana is a greatly debated topic in Buddhist scholarship. Though some accounts mark its beginnings within just a hundred years of the Buddha’s death, by the first century of the Common Era the movement is flourishing. While conservative Buddhist schools continued to exist in India with the Mahaya ...
... Mahayana is a greatly debated topic in Buddhist scholarship. Though some accounts mark its beginnings within just a hundred years of the Buddha’s death, by the first century of the Common Era the movement is flourishing. While conservative Buddhist schools continued to exist in India with the Mahaya ...
British Buddhism: Teachings, Practice and Development
... This study examines the origins, development and characteristics of the seven largest Buddhist organizations in Britain, including both traditional schools and more controversial ‘new Buddhist movements’, to determine how and to what extent they are changing from their Asian roots and whether any fo ...
... This study examines the origins, development and characteristics of the seven largest Buddhist organizations in Britain, including both traditional schools and more controversial ‘new Buddhist movements’, to determine how and to what extent they are changing from their Asian roots and whether any fo ...
Daniel Bouchez - Hal-SHS
... 1637, Manjung had been, as he tells it,14 entirely educated by his mother, too poor to pay for the lessons of a master from outside. Korean women, then as now, had remained more susceptible than men to the attractions of Buddhism. Yi Chae's text, quoted above, 15 reports that Sŏp'o had written the ...
... 1637, Manjung had been, as he tells it,14 entirely educated by his mother, too poor to pay for the lessons of a master from outside. Korean women, then as now, had remained more susceptible than men to the attractions of Buddhism. Yi Chae's text, quoted above, 15 reports that Sŏp'o had written the ...
The Prince and the Monk: Shōtoku Worship in Shinran`s Buddhism
... of Kamakura Buddhism. If Shinran’s appropriation of Shōtoku can be interpreted as a resistance against political authority, did the Nichiren or Sōtō Zen sects resort to this same strategy? What distinguished Shinran’s brand of worship from other pre-existing forms of worship? More space could have b ...
... of Kamakura Buddhism. If Shinran’s appropriation of Shōtoku can be interpreted as a resistance against political authority, did the Nichiren or Sōtō Zen sects resort to this same strategy? What distinguished Shinran’s brand of worship from other pre-existing forms of worship? More space could have b ...
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... world as a harmonious co-existence of beings? If W&nhyo's liberalist life represents the model of transcending the dichotomies in the world and limits of artificially constructed rules and regulations, where is the demarcation between the transcendence and the violation of precepts? And how do senti ...
... world as a harmonious co-existence of beings? If W&nhyo's liberalist life represents the model of transcending the dichotomies in the world and limits of artificially constructed rules and regulations, where is the demarcation between the transcendence and the violation of precepts? And how do senti ...
The Criteria of Goodness in the P¯ ali Nik¯
... nirvanic virtues. The problem is that many Buddhists, at least at the beginning of their spiritual practice, act morally not so much motivated by nirvanic virtues, but rather by nonnirvanic virtues such as craving for a proximate goal such as a good rebirth. Even practitioners who act ethically aimi ...
... nirvanic virtues. The problem is that many Buddhists, at least at the beginning of their spiritual practice, act morally not so much motivated by nirvanic virtues, but rather by nonnirvanic virtues such as craving for a proximate goal such as a good rebirth. Even practitioners who act ethically aimi ...
Buddhism in Noh
... by Waley and Sansom seem largely to have been forgotten. Zen, on the other hand, has been wonderfully publicized by Suzuki and many others, and has drawn fascinated attention. Consequently most people who know about Noh do not distinguish between doctrine and taste as Sansom did, but take it for gra ...
... by Waley and Sansom seem largely to have been forgotten. Zen, on the other hand, has been wonderfully publicized by Suzuki and many others, and has drawn fascinated attention. Consequently most people who know about Noh do not distinguish between doctrine and taste as Sansom did, but take it for gra ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... to thepresenceand scope ofthebodhisattva ideal in TheravadaBuddhism it (theonlyextantschoolofHTnayana Buddhism), be beneficial to the sources that the may investigate briefly identify withMahayanaBuddhism and the?ravaka-yana with bodhisattva-yana ...
... to thepresenceand scope ofthebodhisattva ideal in TheravadaBuddhism it (theonlyextantschoolofHTnayana Buddhism), be beneficial to the sources that the may investigate briefly identify withMahayanaBuddhism and the?ravaka-yana with bodhisattva-yana ...
current dialogue - World Council of Churches
... The varieties of Buddhist schools of thought have historic roots in many Asian countries. In the latter half of the past decade, however, it has seen significant growth in adherents in Europe and North America, offering greater opportunities for Christians to encounter this great world religion. Man ...
... The varieties of Buddhist schools of thought have historic roots in many Asian countries. In the latter half of the past decade, however, it has seen significant growth in adherents in Europe and North America, offering greater opportunities for Christians to encounter this great world religion. Man ...
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... central scriptures for a populist practice intended for lay Indian Buddhists incapable or uninterested in delving into the intricate philosophies and meditations of monastic Buddhism. Although there is no evidence that they were the center of any organized sect of Indian Buddhism, when these Sutras ...
... central scriptures for a populist practice intended for lay Indian Buddhists incapable or uninterested in delving into the intricate philosophies and meditations of monastic Buddhism. Although there is no evidence that they were the center of any organized sect of Indian Buddhism, when these Sutras ...
Sabba Kamma Jaha Sutta
... 1.4.1 A certain arhat. From the verse [§6], it is clear that this ―certain monk‖ is an arhat, fully focussed in his meditation. The awakened (including the Buddha), as we know, still feels bodily pains (they still have a physical body!), but their minds are unaffected by the pains.11 The phrase, ―wh ...
... 1.4.1 A certain arhat. From the verse [§6], it is clear that this ―certain monk‖ is an arhat, fully focussed in his meditation. The awakened (including the Buddha), as we know, still feels bodily pains (they still have a physical body!), but their minds are unaffected by the pains.11 The phrase, ―wh ...
- ScienceCentral
... Buddhism to the central region in his tribute. In Chu San Zang Ji Ji (《出三 藏记集》) Chapter. eight, Mahaprajñā-pāramitā Sûtra,Preface,the First (《摩诃钵罗若波罗蜜经抄序第一》), “In the eighteenth year of Jianyuan, Midi (弥第), the king of Anterior Cheshi, came to the court,with his highest priest named Kumârabudhi (鸠摩罗 ...
... Buddhism to the central region in his tribute. In Chu San Zang Ji Ji (《出三 藏记集》) Chapter. eight, Mahaprajñā-pāramitā Sûtra,Preface,the First (《摩诃钵罗若波罗蜜经抄序第一》), “In the eighteenth year of Jianyuan, Midi (弥第), the king of Anterior Cheshi, came to the court,with his highest priest named Kumârabudhi (鸠摩罗 ...