Buddhism in Singapore - Jack Meng
... Buddhism within the Chinese community where 65% of the Buddhists now regard themselves as Reformist Buddhists.” She argues that “the agents responsible for transforming the religious landscape of the Singapore Chinese include the Singapore state, the Buddhist Sangha and the Reformist Buddhist within ...
... Buddhism within the Chinese community where 65% of the Buddhists now regard themselves as Reformist Buddhists.” She argues that “the agents responsible for transforming the religious landscape of the Singapore Chinese include the Singapore state, the Buddhist Sangha and the Reformist Buddhist within ...
THE BAILIN BUDDHIST TEMPLE: THRIVING UNDER
... remained standing alone outside the county seat of Zhaoxian in Hebei. It was an abandoned site of ancient relics that only a few overseas pilgrims occasionally came to visit to reflect upon its glorious past. This Buddhist site can be traced to the ninth century .., when an eminent monk, dubbed the ...
... remained standing alone outside the county seat of Zhaoxian in Hebei. It was an abandoned site of ancient relics that only a few overseas pilgrims occasionally came to visit to reflect upon its glorious past. This Buddhist site can be traced to the ninth century .., when an eminent monk, dubbed the ...
Tainted Gender: Sexual Impurity and Women in Kankyo no Tomo
... Women in Buddhism were considered inferior, a view that has existed since Buddhism’s inception in India. Buddhism developed through interactions with the societies to which its institutions belonged and the doctrinal changes reflected the social situations of each period in each region. Recently the ...
... Women in Buddhism were considered inferior, a view that has existed since Buddhism’s inception in India. Buddhism developed through interactions with the societies to which its institutions belonged and the doctrinal changes reflected the social situations of each period in each region. Recently the ...
Nikāya Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... through “skillful,” “wholesome,” “healthful,” and “morally right.” Damian Keown suggests “good” as the best approximation covering the range (119); I tend to agree, though Lance Cousins fears that the connotations of “skill” may thus get lost, and suggests that the term may often be understood as “p ...
... through “skillful,” “wholesome,” “healthful,” and “morally right.” Damian Keown suggests “good” as the best approximation covering the range (119); I tend to agree, though Lance Cousins fears that the connotations of “skill” may thus get lost, and suggests that the term may often be understood as “p ...
Democratic Kampuchea as a Political Religion: Reexamining
... One such instance of a totalitarian project that described itself as being antireligious and atheistic yet still operated as a political religion was the Khmer Rouge regime of Democratic Kampuchea from 17 April 1975 to 9 January 1979, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) h ...
... One such instance of a totalitarian project that described itself as being antireligious and atheistic yet still operated as a political religion was the Khmer Rouge regime of Democratic Kampuchea from 17 April 1975 to 9 January 1979, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) h ...
The Buddha and The Cross: The Development of
... different kings (including the famous High Kings of Tara who reigned on the Hill of Tara), kingdoms, chiefs, and chiefdoms (Byrne 8). In the early ninth century, the Vikings invaded, interrupting, although not destroying the spread of Christianity around the area. Although the Vikings destroyed many ...
... different kings (including the famous High Kings of Tara who reigned on the Hill of Tara), kingdoms, chiefs, and chiefdoms (Byrne 8). In the early ninth century, the Vikings invaded, interrupting, although not destroying the spread of Christianity around the area. Although the Vikings destroyed many ...
Samsara, Karma, and Self-Enlightenment: A Buddhist Perspective
... however in fact deeds, do not constitute Karma, on the grounds that volition, the most critical variable in deciding Karma, is missing. The Buddha says: “It is volition, bhikkhus, that I call kamma [Skt: karma]; for having willed, one acts by body, speech, or mind” (Bodhi, 2012, p.33). However, Karm ...
... however in fact deeds, do not constitute Karma, on the grounds that volition, the most critical variable in deciding Karma, is missing. The Buddha says: “It is volition, bhikkhus, that I call kamma [Skt: karma]; for having willed, one acts by body, speech, or mind” (Bodhi, 2012, p.33). However, Karm ...
READING THE ONE HUNDRED PARABLES SŪTRA
... translating it into a language which was then known as Qí yǔ 齊語, ‘the language of (the Southern, or Xiāo 蕭 ) Qí (Dynasty).’ 5 Guṇavṛddhi’s biography in the GSZ tells us that he was an expert in dàoshù 道術 ‘the arts of the Way.’ He is said to have died in Jiànyè in 502 (according to L. N. Menshikov po ...
... translating it into a language which was then known as Qí yǔ 齊語, ‘the language of (the Southern, or Xiāo 蕭 ) Qí (Dynasty).’ 5 Guṇavṛddhi’s biography in the GSZ tells us that he was an expert in dàoshù 道術 ‘the arts of the Way.’ He is said to have died in Jiànyè in 502 (according to L. N. Menshikov po ...
Buddhism, Science and Atheism - Buddhist Publication Society
... virtually all scientific knowledge seemed to support it; and no other theory, either then or now, has been able to account for the same body of facts. Over one hundred years have passed since the founding of this theory, and virtually all the new facts collected during this time have been consistent ...
... virtually all scientific knowledge seemed to support it; and no other theory, either then or now, has been able to account for the same body of facts. Over one hundred years have passed since the founding of this theory, and virtually all the new facts collected during this time have been consistent ...
Japanese Buddhism, Relativization, and Glocalization
... Weber’s distinction between rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional authority, upon which three corresponding types of legitimation are based. However, Weber’s analysis can also be used to support a rather different approach. Specifically, I am referring here to Weber’s definition of a “hierocr ...
... Weber’s distinction between rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional authority, upon which three corresponding types of legitimation are based. However, Weber’s analysis can also be used to support a rather different approach. Specifically, I am referring here to Weber’s definition of a “hierocr ...
Recent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
The Ch`an Tsung in Medieval China: School, Lineage, or What?
... lineages always included dead people, and schools (as I have defmed them) did noL Moreover, schools generally included far more members than those few living persons who were recogni7ro within the membersbip as Dbarma beirs in the founder's lineage. The distinction that I want to draw between lineag ...
... lineages always included dead people, and schools (as I have defmed them) did noL Moreover, schools generally included far more members than those few living persons who were recogni7ro within the membersbip as Dbarma beirs in the founder's lineage. The distinction that I want to draw between lineag ...
Buddhism in Chinese History
... sity of Chicago under the joint sponsorship of the Depart ment of Anthropology and the Federated Theological Fac ulty. I t was the hope of my sponsors that the lectures might interest a broad segment of th e educated public in a subject that is both integral to the history of a great civilization ...
... sity of Chicago under the joint sponsorship of the Depart ment of Anthropology and the Federated Theological Fac ulty. I t was the hope of my sponsors that the lectures might interest a broad segment of th e educated public in a subject that is both integral to the history of a great civilization ...
The Divinization of the Buddha - Journal of Student Scholarhip
... inscription from a late second or early first century BCE vase, discovered in the Swat region of India which once contained Buddhist relics. The vase, donated by a Greek official known as Theodorus, declares in Sanskrit that “The body of the revered god Sakyamuni is installed by Meridarch Theodorus ...
... inscription from a late second or early first century BCE vase, discovered in the Swat region of India which once contained Buddhist relics. The vase, donated by a Greek official known as Theodorus, declares in Sanskrit that “The body of the revered god Sakyamuni is installed by Meridarch Theodorus ...
Tradition and Change: Two Buddhisms in the Bible
... At the outset of this project, my primary focus was concerned with immigrant Burmese Theravada Buddhism and any changes that may have occurred in that tradition as a result of its relocation to the southern region of the United States. However, the American interest in Buddhism is hard to ignore. W ...
... At the outset of this project, my primary focus was concerned with immigrant Burmese Theravada Buddhism and any changes that may have occurred in that tradition as a result of its relocation to the southern region of the United States. However, the American interest in Buddhism is hard to ignore. W ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... To explain my remarks, I have to repeat a few facts which I have already recorded in the Newsletter. ere were panels, spread over five and a half days, and some five hundred papers. Obviously no individual could do more than sample so many offerings. Moreover, since only those giving papers were l ...
... To explain my remarks, I have to repeat a few facts which I have already recorded in the Newsletter. ere were panels, spread over five and a half days, and some five hundred papers. Obviously no individual could do more than sample so many offerings. Moreover, since only those giving papers were l ...
SFU Forschungsbulletin
... practice with its roots in Indian religion (particularly in early [Pali] Buddhism). Considering discussions about this topic in class, as well as the increasing quantitative research on questions of enlightenment, I introduce a qualitative psychological anthropological instrument, the Enlightenment ...
... practice with its roots in Indian religion (particularly in early [Pali] Buddhism). Considering discussions about this topic in class, as well as the increasing quantitative research on questions of enlightenment, I introduce a qualitative psychological anthropological instrument, the Enlightenment ...
The Art of Buddhism - Freer and Sackler Galleries
... Even with all this, Siddhartha asked many questions about the world outside the palace walls. His father, the king, worried that he would go outside the walls and see the way the rest of the world lived, and perhaps he would want to leave the palace and become a holy man. In India at that time, holy ...
... Even with all this, Siddhartha asked many questions about the world outside the palace walls. His father, the king, worried that he would go outside the walls and see the way the rest of the world lived, and perhaps he would want to leave the palace and become a holy man. In India at that time, holy ...
