Buddhism in a Nutshell
... benefit to every one who had the fortune to hear and practice it. Wherever His teachings penetrated it left an indelible impression upon the character of the respective peoples. The cultural advancement of all the Buddhist nations was mainly due to His sublime Teachings. In fact all Buddhist countri ...
... benefit to every one who had the fortune to hear and practice it. Wherever His teachings penetrated it left an indelible impression upon the character of the respective peoples. The cultural advancement of all the Buddhist nations was mainly due to His sublime Teachings. In fact all Buddhist countri ...
Print this article - Journal of Global Buddhism
... welcoming of Buddhist ideas and practices by a Western audience, the presence of Buddhist traditions, orders, and schools results as well from Asian efforts to settle practical forms of Buddhism. In this case too, broader conditions such as political, social, and economic changes in Asian societies ...
... welcoming of Buddhist ideas and practices by a Western audience, the presence of Buddhist traditions, orders, and schools results as well from Asian efforts to settle practical forms of Buddhism. In this case too, broader conditions such as political, social, and economic changes in Asian societies ...
Co-Existence and Convergence: Confucianism, Taoism and
... along with people. Employing a wealth of quotations and elegant phrasing, its observations explain profound truths in simple terms and provide great ideas for contemplation. This book takes Chinese philosophy from metaphysics into everyday life. In the 400 or so years following its first appearance, ...
... along with people. Employing a wealth of quotations and elegant phrasing, its observations explain profound truths in simple terms and provide great ideas for contemplation. This book takes Chinese philosophy from metaphysics into everyday life. In the 400 or so years following its first appearance, ...
Word - John Provost, PhD
... teaching on so that we still know today the steps that must be taken if someone is interested in testing the Buddha’s way. The story tells us that as dawn broke the Buddha realized the truth about himself and all of reality. And in that moment the whole world became silent as for a brief moment ever ...
... teaching on so that we still know today the steps that must be taken if someone is interested in testing the Buddha’s way. The story tells us that as dawn broke the Buddha realized the truth about himself and all of reality. And in that moment the whole world became silent as for a brief moment ever ...
A Guide to Japanese Buddhism
... exotic religion or a philosophical system of thought. However, Buddhism became known worldwide after the 20th century, with the rapid advancement of the modern technologies of communication and transportation, and interchange of personnel, materials, and information: Particularly after World War II, ...
... exotic religion or a philosophical system of thought. However, Buddhism became known worldwide after the 20th century, with the rapid advancement of the modern technologies of communication and transportation, and interchange of personnel, materials, and information: Particularly after World War II, ...
BUDDHISM - College of the Holy Cross
... -SOLITUDE – lonely forest dweller “How hard the life of the forest dweller. To rejoice in solitude. Verily the silent groves bear heavily upon the monk who has not yet won fixity of mind” ...
... -SOLITUDE – lonely forest dweller “How hard the life of the forest dweller. To rejoice in solitude. Verily the silent groves bear heavily upon the monk who has not yet won fixity of mind” ...
Biographies of Conference Participants
... An international lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism since 1980, he has published 17 books, including Relating to a Spiritual Teacher, Taking the Kalachakra Initiation, Developing Balanced Sensitivity, and with H.H. the Dalai Lama, The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra. He is the author and manager of www ...
... An international lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism since 1980, he has published 17 books, including Relating to a Spiritual Teacher, Taking the Kalachakra Initiation, Developing Balanced Sensitivity, and with H.H. the Dalai Lama, The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra. He is the author and manager of www ...
Violence and (Non-)resistance: Ahiṃsā Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... de Silentio), Clements recognizes—in experience, and through the testing of extreme circumstance—such an ethical relation as already sacred, and therefore as being foundational to any rationalizable religious or ethical frame to which it might be subsumed or appended. This is unusual in the Buddhist ...
... de Silentio), Clements recognizes—in experience, and through the testing of extreme circumstance—such an ethical relation as already sacred, and therefore as being foundational to any rationalizable religious or ethical frame to which it might be subsumed or appended. This is unusual in the Buddhist ...
Who are the Buddhist Deities
... eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence numerous primitive religious cults. The re were the worship of Nat2 spirits, astrology, and alchemy. There were also debased and distorted native cults of magic and sorcery. The astrology which had it ...
... eleventh century and made Theravada Buddhism the national religion, there were already in existence numerous primitive religious cults. The re were the worship of Nat2 spirits, astrology, and alchemy. There were also debased and distorted native cults of magic and sorcery. The astrology which had it ...
Faxian`s Biography and His Contributions to Asian Buddhist Culture
... 6.4 To Strengthen the Friendship between China and other Asian Countries As mentioned above, in 409 CE, Faxian arranged for a commercial vessel to reach Sri Lanka and lived there for two years. During this time, Faxian searched for Buddhist scriptures, visited sacred relics, and watched the folk cus ...
... 6.4 To Strengthen the Friendship between China and other Asian Countries As mentioned above, in 409 CE, Faxian arranged for a commercial vessel to reach Sri Lanka and lived there for two years. During this time, Faxian searched for Buddhist scriptures, visited sacred relics, and watched the folk cus ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... present context two modes of reading Vinaya are of particular importance. One is what I would call a legal reading, the other is a historical-critical reading. A legal reading attempts to understand legal implications, a historical-critical reading attempts to reconstruct history through comparative ...
... present context two modes of reading Vinaya are of particular importance. One is what I would call a legal reading, the other is a historical-critical reading. A legal reading attempts to understand legal implications, a historical-critical reading attempts to reconstruct history through comparative ...
the mandala construction process the mandala construction process
... There are hundreds of mandalas in the Tibetan tradition. On The Mystical Arts of Tibet tours, the lamas create many different types, including the mandalas of Bhaishjya Guru (“Medicine Buddha”), Amitayus (“The Buddha of Boundless Life”), Yamantaka (“The Opponent of Death”), and Avalokiteshvara (“The ...
... There are hundreds of mandalas in the Tibetan tradition. On The Mystical Arts of Tibet tours, the lamas create many different types, including the mandalas of Bhaishjya Guru (“Medicine Buddha”), Amitayus (“The Buddha of Boundless Life”), Yamantaka (“The Opponent of Death”), and Avalokiteshvara (“The ...
New Buddhist Extremism and the Challenges to Ethno
... Politics in Sri Lanka has always been closely related with certain articulations of Buddhism. In the last few years, this relationship is again in the limelight with the proliferation of new forms of activism by a cluster of Buddhist organizations that aggressively intervenes in the public life. The ...
... Politics in Sri Lanka has always been closely related with certain articulations of Buddhism. In the last few years, this relationship is again in the limelight with the proliferation of new forms of activism by a cluster of Buddhist organizations that aggressively intervenes in the public life. The ...
The Kalama Sutta: How Free is Freedom of Thought?
... attitude to all kinds of tradition. It is the slavish acceptance of traditions that the Buddha condemned. It is seen that even hearsay was not considered as being intrinsically useless, for even that could be made use of after verification. There is ample evidence in the canon to show that the Budd ...
... attitude to all kinds of tradition. It is the slavish acceptance of traditions that the Buddha condemned. It is seen that even hearsay was not considered as being intrinsically useless, for even that could be made use of after verification. There is ample evidence in the canon to show that the Budd ...
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... mature Tantric system and projects them backward over time onto an earlier period. Recently, however, scholars such as Robert H. Sharf have begun to point out the limitations of this approach to understanding the nature of Chinese Buddhism and religion3. This essay will address two inter-related que ...
... mature Tantric system and projects them backward over time onto an earlier period. Recently, however, scholars such as Robert H. Sharf have begun to point out the limitations of this approach to understanding the nature of Chinese Buddhism and religion3. This essay will address two inter-related que ...
digitising_skt_buddhist_texts
... Although the introduction of Mahayana sutras into Kathmandu valley cannot be definitely ascertained presumably from the available sources some of these Mahayana sutras, which had attained great popularity in Nepalese Buddhism, had appeared as early as 4th century A.D. ...
... Although the introduction of Mahayana sutras into Kathmandu valley cannot be definitely ascertained presumably from the available sources some of these Mahayana sutras, which had attained great popularity in Nepalese Buddhism, had appeared as early as 4th century A.D. ...
A brief introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya tradition
... This booklet is the first of what we hope will become a small series of introductory volumes on Buddhism in thought and practice. This volume was prepared by Christian Bernert, a member of the Chödung Karmo Translation Group, and is meant for interested newcomers with little or no background knowled ...
... This booklet is the first of what we hope will become a small series of introductory volumes on Buddhism in thought and practice. This volume was prepared by Christian Bernert, a member of the Chödung Karmo Translation Group, and is meant for interested newcomers with little or no background knowled ...
High Quality
... This eventually led to the renaming of the entire region as Bihar. The Maurya empire reached its peak at the time of Emperor Asoka, who himself converted to Buddhism after the Battle of Kalinga. This heralded a long period of stability under the Buddhist emperor. The power of the empire was vast amb ...
... This eventually led to the renaming of the entire region as Bihar. The Maurya empire reached its peak at the time of Emperor Asoka, who himself converted to Buddhism after the Battle of Kalinga. This heralded a long period of stability under the Buddhist emperor. The power of the empire was vast amb ...
Digitization of Sanskrit Buddhist Texts in Nepal
... definitely ascertained presumably from the available sources some of these Mahayana ...
... definitely ascertained presumably from the available sources some of these Mahayana ...
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... “Southern” Buddhism because of its association with Southeast Asia, and to Mahayana as “Northern” Buddhism because of its northward migration from India into China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea (Bullitt). Pali is the language of the Theravada, most likely spoken in central India during the Buddha’s lifet ...
... “Southern” Buddhism because of its association with Southeast Asia, and to Mahayana as “Northern” Buddhism because of its northward migration from India into China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea (Bullitt). Pali is the language of the Theravada, most likely spoken in central India during the Buddha’s lifet ...
June - Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
... thus irreconcilable. In the land of truth, as one great historian of philosophy has often advised, there are many mansions.” Tivnan“I will argue in this book that in a democracy a certain amount of intellectual chaos is inevitable and even good. But I will also argue that the only way we can create ...
... thus irreconcilable. In the land of truth, as one great historian of philosophy has often advised, there are many mansions.” Tivnan“I will argue in this book that in a democracy a certain amount of intellectual chaos is inevitable and even good. But I will also argue that the only way we can create ...
Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva`s Bodhisattva Way
... also intersperses his commentary with deep personal reflections on the practice of the Buddhist path. This latter dimension of the Dalai Lama’s discourse was originally given as preliminary comments at beginning of every session when the teachings on which this book is based took place in France. We ...
... also intersperses his commentary with deep personal reflections on the practice of the Buddhist path. This latter dimension of the Dalai Lama’s discourse was originally given as preliminary comments at beginning of every session when the teachings on which this book is based took place in France. We ...
Tibetan Tantric Buddhism: Envisioning Death
... and Nepal, but the Tibetan people are a fierce people and, likewise, fiercely like keeping their traditions. The king made Buddhism the state religion and established Buddhist temples throughout the region; however, Buddhism did not take root deeply during this time because the indigenous Bon religi ...
... and Nepal, but the Tibetan people are a fierce people and, likewise, fiercely like keeping their traditions. The king made Buddhism the state religion and established Buddhist temples throughout the region; however, Buddhism did not take root deeply during this time because the indigenous Bon religi ...