Tibetan Buddhism and Han Chinese: Superscribing New Meaning
... drudgery of urban life. Such a view certainly has similarities to ‘Shangrilaist’ portrayals of Tibet in Western imagining and draws in part from it, yet is perhaps closer to the fascination of the White American majority with Native American spirituality during the back-to-the land movement in the 1 ...
... drudgery of urban life. Such a view certainly has similarities to ‘Shangrilaist’ portrayals of Tibet in Western imagining and draws in part from it, yet is perhaps closer to the fascination of the White American majority with Native American spirituality during the back-to-the land movement in the 1 ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... fluency, the excerpts were shown only the sources of data in the form of in-text footnotes. Regarding Buddhist scriptures, there is an ocean of material in which interpretation varies from different versions or schools of thought. Using Buddhist teachings from only source will keep the consistent un ...
... fluency, the excerpts were shown only the sources of data in the form of in-text footnotes. Regarding Buddhist scriptures, there is an ocean of material in which interpretation varies from different versions or schools of thought. Using Buddhist teachings from only source will keep the consistent un ...
Schism, semiosis and the Soka Gakkai
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajra ...
... of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajra ...
WONHYO - A. Charles Muller
... of the Buddhist tradition, the Buddhist canon or “Three Baskets” (Tripit. aka), was compiled in a group recitation where the oral rehearsal of the scriptures was corrected and confirmed by the collective wisdom of all the senior ...
... of the Buddhist tradition, the Buddhist canon or “Three Baskets” (Tripit. aka), was compiled in a group recitation where the oral rehearsal of the scriptures was corrected and confirmed by the collective wisdom of all the senior ...
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... logic, reason. Its precepts can be taught. Intuitive knowledge, however, is different. It lurks embedded in our consciousness, beyond words. Unlike rational thought, intuition cannot be "taught" or even turned on. In fact, it is impossible to find or manipulate this intuitive consciousness using our ...
... logic, reason. Its precepts can be taught. Intuitive knowledge, however, is different. It lurks embedded in our consciousness, beyond words. Unlike rational thought, intuition cannot be "taught" or even turned on. In fact, it is impossible to find or manipulate this intuitive consciousness using our ...
The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
... this truth, and consequently we must shut it off, if only for a moment. Rationality constrains our mind; intuition releases it. The irony is that the person glimpsing this moment of higher consciousness, this Oneness, encounters the ultimate realization that there is nothing to realize. The world is ...
... this truth, and consequently we must shut it off, if only for a moment. Rationality constrains our mind; intuition releases it. The irony is that the person glimpsing this moment of higher consciousness, this Oneness, encounters the ultimate realization that there is nothing to realize. The world is ...
What Buddhists Believe Expanded 4th edition
... Chinese educated Buddhists, had to rely on well-known Chinese monks like Ven. Chuk Mor, Ven. Kim Beng and others. In 1952 Ven. K Sri Dhammananda, then only 34 years old, was invited to become the chief incumbent of the Buddhist Temple in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. He immediately recognized the enorm ...
... Chinese educated Buddhists, had to rely on well-known Chinese monks like Ven. Chuk Mor, Ven. Kim Beng and others. In 1952 Ven. K Sri Dhammananda, then only 34 years old, was invited to become the chief incumbent of the Buddhist Temple in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. He immediately recognized the enorm ...
Guide to Jodo Shinshu Teachings and Practices
... Siddhartha traveled along the Ganges River towards the southeast of India to a kingdom called Magada. Before reaching Magada, he had joined two or three different religious groups. However, these groups were not able to fulfill his search. Thus, he continued the path to enlightenment on his own. He ...
... Siddhartha traveled along the Ganges River towards the southeast of India to a kingdom called Magada. Before reaching Magada, he had joined two or three different religious groups. However, these groups were not able to fulfill his search. Thus, he continued the path to enlightenment on his own. He ...
What Buddhists Believe
... Chinese educated Buddhists, had to rely on well-known Chinese monks like Ven. Chuk Mor, Ven. Kim Beng and others. In 1952 Ven. K Sri Dhammananda, then only 34 years old, was invited to become the chief incumbent of the Buddhist Temple in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. He immediately recognized the enorm ...
... Chinese educated Buddhists, had to rely on well-known Chinese monks like Ven. Chuk Mor, Ven. Kim Beng and others. In 1952 Ven. K Sri Dhammananda, then only 34 years old, was invited to become the chief incumbent of the Buddhist Temple in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. He immediately recognized the enorm ...
Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... that already existed between my subject and me. However, it is extremely important to note that this is not the word that Mahars use to refer to themselves (They would use dalit, Dalit Buddhist, Neo-Buddhist, Mahar, or Ambedkarite.) I also make a distinction between “Buddhism,” “Ambedkar’s Buddhism, ...
... that already existed between my subject and me. However, it is extremely important to note that this is not the word that Mahars use to refer to themselves (They would use dalit, Dalit Buddhist, Neo-Buddhist, Mahar, or Ambedkarite.) I also make a distinction between “Buddhism,” “Ambedkar’s Buddhism, ...
Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 2
... be best to begin with some account of its doctrines and literature and proceed afterwards to chronology. I may, however, mention that general tradition connects it with King Kanishka and asserts that the great doctors Asvaghosha and Nâgârjuna lived in and immediately after his reign. The attitude of ...
... be best to begin with some account of its doctrines and literature and proceed afterwards to chronology. I may, however, mention that general tradition connects it with King Kanishka and asserts that the great doctors Asvaghosha and Nâgârjuna lived in and immediately after his reign. The attitude of ...
The Resistance of the Monks
... What happened to a monk named Ashin Pannassiri provides a stark illustration. At the age of 18, he joined the Sangha, or monkhood, Burma’s most revered institution. Ten years later he was being kicked and beaten in custody by Special Branch police for his involvement in demonstrations against milita ...
... What happened to a monk named Ashin Pannassiri provides a stark illustration. At the age of 18, he joined the Sangha, or monkhood, Burma’s most revered institution. Ten years later he was being kicked and beaten in custody by Special Branch police for his involvement in demonstrations against milita ...
TIBETAN TOURIST THANGKAS IN THE KATHMANDU VALLEY
... sponsored the printing of Tibetan books to be found in the Himalayan countries and in the possession of Tibetan refugees, approximately 5,000 separate volumes were published. While it may be an exaggeration to speak of Tibet’s remoteness and isolation, given its historical openness to ideas and cult ...
... sponsored the printing of Tibetan books to be found in the Himalayan countries and in the possession of Tibetan refugees, approximately 5,000 separate volumes were published. While it may be an exaggeration to speak of Tibet’s remoteness and isolation, given its historical openness to ideas and cult ...
Buddhist chaplaincy : Buddhist religious care
... and in many other countries. The term pastoral care is also used in certain situations. For Buddhists, the term Buddhist spiritual advisory services or Buddhist religious care services have been suggested. However, the author has been satisfied with the current term ‘chaplaincy’, whi ...
... and in many other countries. The term pastoral care is also used in certain situations. For Buddhists, the term Buddhist spiritual advisory services or Buddhist religious care services have been suggested. However, the author has been satisfied with the current term ‘chaplaincy’, whi ...
1 Sanskrit Beyond Text: The Use of Bonji (Siddham) in Mandala and
... While the now commonly acknowledged polysemy of the sign was inherent even in early Sanskrit use in Japan—as exemplified by the efficacious power of Sanskrit mantras as early as the eighth century—in Mikkyō, polysemy came to have two levels. The first level is the more evident polysemic nature that ...
... While the now commonly acknowledged polysemy of the sign was inherent even in early Sanskrit use in Japan—as exemplified by the efficacious power of Sanskrit mantras as early as the eighth century—in Mikkyō, polysemy came to have two levels. The first level is the more evident polysemic nature that ...
Placing Nichiren in the Big Picture: Some
... saw himself as a successor to Myõe gˆ and others of the established Buddhist schools who had written critiques of Hõnen’s Senchakushð *ãT (Shugo kokka ron !D³BÇ, STN 1: 90) and, contra Hõnen’s exclusive nenbutsu doctrine, still spoke at this stage of the esoteric teachings and other Mah„y„na sutras, ...
... saw himself as a successor to Myõe gˆ and others of the established Buddhist schools who had written critiques of Hõnen’s Senchakushð *ãT (Shugo kokka ron !D³BÇ, STN 1: 90) and, contra Hõnen’s exclusive nenbutsu doctrine, still spoke at this stage of the esoteric teachings and other Mah„y„na sutras, ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... borne fruit, with some paths still remaining to be explored. ...
... borne fruit, with some paths still remaining to be explored. ...
Attitudes Towards Nuns: Nandakovāda Light of its Parallels Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... turn is it to give instructions to the nuns?” The venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha: “Blessed One, the elders have been taking turns in giving instructions to the nuns until Nandaka‖s turn has come, yet Nandaka does not wish to give instructions.” 4. At that time, the Blessed One said to Nandaka: ...
... turn is it to give instructions to the nuns?” The venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha: “Blessed One, the elders have been taking turns in giving instructions to the nuns until Nandaka‖s turn has come, yet Nandaka does not wish to give instructions.” 4. At that time, the Blessed One said to Nandaka: ...
Gautama Buddha was born in Helabima
... cities, villages and of the people lived in this Helabima. Even before these things, information, the Dhamma were recorded in Tripitaka, a very long period of four hundred years or more, our Sinhala Bhikkus were able to take them from one generation to the other based on an unbroken oral tradition. ...
... cities, villages and of the people lived in this Helabima. Even before these things, information, the Dhamma were recorded in Tripitaka, a very long period of four hundred years or more, our Sinhala Bhikkus were able to take them from one generation to the other based on an unbroken oral tradition. ...