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... Ironically, by and large it is the Western educated and/or domiciled elites of the Sri Lankan society (from both the majority and minority communities) who have been and are insular and retrogressive. The foregoing is evident when one reads the views and opinions of the writers to the Sri Lankan me ...
... Ironically, by and large it is the Western educated and/or domiciled elites of the Sri Lankan society (from both the majority and minority communities) who have been and are insular and retrogressive. The foregoing is evident when one reads the views and opinions of the writers to the Sri Lankan me ...
buddhism and science
... certain amount of time. This false impression is only a conventional truth. In reality, each being is not a substance, but an aggregate of material shape, feelings, perceptions, habitual tendencies and consciousness. These five aggregates (Pali khandhas, Sanskrit skandhas) exist only for a moment, a ...
... certain amount of time. This false impression is only a conventional truth. In reality, each being is not a substance, but an aggregate of material shape, feelings, perceptions, habitual tendencies and consciousness. These five aggregates (Pali khandhas, Sanskrit skandhas) exist only for a moment, a ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... original traditions of Theravada Buddhism. These believes, further secularized the Buddhism towards politics on its state sponsorship. Receiving Buddhism from India, which is one of the important factors regarding politicization of religion In Sri Lanka. Even today, regional domination on Indian pol ...
... original traditions of Theravada Buddhism. These believes, further secularized the Buddhism towards politics on its state sponsorship. Receiving Buddhism from India, which is one of the important factors regarding politicization of religion In Sri Lanka. Even today, regional domination on Indian pol ...
Icono-Conservatism and the Persistence of Śākyamuni
... this first Pala king there are several other allusions to the Vajrayana; he mentions a variety of siddhis and sadhana practices, implying, although not actually stating, that Vajrayana was practiced at the highest level of this first Pala king's realm. The prominence of Vajrayana in Taranatha's acco ...
... this first Pala king there are several other allusions to the Vajrayana; he mentions a variety of siddhis and sadhana practices, implying, although not actually stating, that Vajrayana was practiced at the highest level of this first Pala king's realm. The prominence of Vajrayana in Taranatha's acco ...
Understanding in Theravada Abhidhamma
... in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta he states that he could live for an aeon were he asked to do so. The ancient Indians were generally unconcerned with chronologies, being more focused on philosophy. Buddhist texts reflect this tendency, providing a clearer picture of what Gautama may have taught than of ...
... in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta he states that he could live for an aeon were he asked to do so. The ancient Indians were generally unconcerned with chronologies, being more focused on philosophy. Buddhist texts reflect this tendency, providing a clearer picture of what Gautama may have taught than of ...
On Compassionate Killing and the Abhidhamma’s Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... theory (to be discussed in section three) and asserts that the moral valence of an action (the property that makes it kusala or akusala) is predominantly a function of mūla, or the motivational roots. These motivational roots are greed (lobha), aversion (dosa), and delusion (moha) and their opposite ...
... theory (to be discussed in section three) and asserts that the moral valence of an action (the property that makes it kusala or akusala) is predominantly a function of mūla, or the motivational roots. These motivational roots are greed (lobha), aversion (dosa), and delusion (moha) and their opposite ...
DASABALASRIMITRA ON THE BUDDHOLOGY OF THE SAMMITIYAS
... The Sarrzskrtiisarrzslqtaviniscaya is an Indian siistra preserved in Tibetan translation in the bsTan 'gyur, the great collection of exegetical and dogmatic works. The original Sanskrit is lost, and there is, so far as I know, no Chinese translation. The Sarrzskrtiisarrzskrtaviniscaya was composed b ...
... The Sarrzskrtiisarrzslqtaviniscaya is an Indian siistra preserved in Tibetan translation in the bsTan 'gyur, the great collection of exegetical and dogmatic works. The original Sanskrit is lost, and there is, so far as I know, no Chinese translation. The Sarrzskrtiisarrzskrtaviniscaya was composed b ...
Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow
... influence: the teaching of the Buddha. The speaker, however, was determined that this influence should go beyond a superficial change in ideological fashion to make a radical difference to the lives of his audience. Buddhism, he swiftly made clear, could provide more than a pleasing touch of the exo ...
... influence: the teaching of the Buddha. The speaker, however, was determined that this influence should go beyond a superficial change in ideological fashion to make a radical difference to the lives of his audience. Buddhism, he swiftly made clear, could provide more than a pleasing touch of the exo ...
Buddhist Diplomacy: History and Status Quo
... Digha-nikaya (DN), Majjhima-nikaya (MN), Samyutta-nikaya (SN), and Avguttara-nikaya (AN), as well as the Chinese translation of the Agamas, including Chang Ahan Jing (largely matching Dighanikaya), Zhong Ahan Jing (largely matching Majjhima-nikaya), Zeng Yi Ahan Jing (largely matching Avguttara-nika ...
... Digha-nikaya (DN), Majjhima-nikaya (MN), Samyutta-nikaya (SN), and Avguttara-nikaya (AN), as well as the Chinese translation of the Agamas, including Chang Ahan Jing (largely matching Dighanikaya), Zhong Ahan Jing (largely matching Majjhima-nikaya), Zeng Yi Ahan Jing (largely matching Avguttara-nika ...
MBV Newsletter Kathina 2012
... declared. The middle path is not only the eight factors but also the middle way of avoiding extremes. When we practice we should avoid all extremes. Some practitioners strive hard with pain. If you wrestle with severe pain, be more and more mindful to understand that it was not what the Buddha expec ...
... declared. The middle path is not only the eight factors but also the middle way of avoiding extremes. When we practice we should avoid all extremes. Some practitioners strive hard with pain. If you wrestle with severe pain, be more and more mindful to understand that it was not what the Buddha expec ...
Are there Seventeen Mahàyàna Ethics? ISSN 1076-9005 David W. Chappell
... or a common history. For example, he identified thirteen Perfection of Wisdom texts, nine texts connected with the Lotus group, fourteen texts in the Nirvàõa-såtra group, and so forth. These groupings imply that the texts in each group share not only a common history, but also are connected in their ...
... or a common history. For example, he identified thirteen Perfection of Wisdom texts, nine texts connected with the Lotus group, fourteen texts in the Nirvàõa-såtra group, and so forth. These groupings imply that the texts in each group share not only a common history, but also are connected in their ...
introduction and methodology
... labelled as a serious stigma on the fair name of Hinduism. Untouchables are not homogenous groups. Secondly, they were made to live separately and often were banned from sharing such common village amenities like drawing drinking water, walking on roads facing high caste people, using common transpo ...
... labelled as a serious stigma on the fair name of Hinduism. Untouchables are not homogenous groups. Secondly, they were made to live separately and often were banned from sharing such common village amenities like drawing drinking water, walking on roads facing high caste people, using common transpo ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism
... Taishō Canon includes more than fijifty sutras whose translations are attributed to him,6 but in his 1991 study Zürcher considered that the number of texts that can be safely considered as “genuine products of An Shigao” does not exceed “sixteen short scriptures” (Zürcher 1991: 283).7 Jan Nattier fur ...
... Taishō Canon includes more than fijifty sutras whose translations are attributed to him,6 but in his 1991 study Zürcher considered that the number of texts that can be safely considered as “genuine products of An Shigao” does not exceed “sixteen short scriptures” (Zürcher 1991: 283).7 Jan Nattier fur ...
Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen’s Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics
... (1930–1945)? Ives’s delicate yet critical reflection on this question emerges through a sustained discussion of the life and work of Ichikawa Hakugen (1902–1986), the Zen priest, professor and activist who was also the foremost critic of so-called “Imperial-Way Zen” (kōdō zen). Over several decades, ...
... (1930–1945)? Ives’s delicate yet critical reflection on this question emerges through a sustained discussion of the life and work of Ichikawa Hakugen (1902–1986), the Zen priest, professor and activist who was also the foremost critic of so-called “Imperial-Way Zen” (kōdō zen). Over several decades, ...
Untitled
... and their topics, see the appendix to this article). Publication of these dialogues has proceeded at a slower and irregular pace, in part because they have involved different editorial teams—usually related to the leading organizers of each meeting—as well as different publishers. Nine volumes have ...
... and their topics, see the appendix to this article). Publication of these dialogues has proceeded at a slower and irregular pace, in part because they have involved different editorial teams—usually related to the leading organizers of each meeting—as well as different publishers. Nine volumes have ...
The Quandary of the Saffron`s Involvement in Politics in Burma
... economic concerns. To give one of examples, Buddhist monks accused SPDC of trying to steal sacred rubies believed to give the owner power to defeat any enemy. These rubies were rumored to be hidden in one of six monasteries in Mandalay, possibly inside the Maha Myatmuni Buddha Statue itself. As a re ...
... economic concerns. To give one of examples, Buddhist monks accused SPDC of trying to steal sacred rubies believed to give the owner power to defeat any enemy. These rubies were rumored to be hidden in one of six monasteries in Mandalay, possibly inside the Maha Myatmuni Buddha Statue itself. As a re ...
Sample Chapter 4 - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... ascetic life of social withdrawal, which he had followed after his departure from home. But the specifics of monastic community life and its relation to the nonmonastic world—on whom the monks relied for food—had to be worked out over time. Tradition tells of the warm friendship the Buddha shared wi ...
... ascetic life of social withdrawal, which he had followed after his departure from home. But the specifics of monastic community life and its relation to the nonmonastic world—on whom the monks relied for food—had to be worked out over time. Tradition tells of the warm friendship the Buddha shared wi ...
conclusion - Virginia Review of Asian Studies
... languages used and the leaders and members are all local. There is no real effort by Tokyo to provide direct leadership. It is the common faith and a deep reverence for Ikeda Daisaku that really ties them all together. The nature of the membership is also important. There is of course constant turno ...
... languages used and the leaders and members are all local. There is no real effort by Tokyo to provide direct leadership. It is the common faith and a deep reverence for Ikeda Daisaku that really ties them all together. The nature of the membership is also important. There is of course constant turno ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... composition to after the end of the fourth century. Let us now have a brief look at its close equivalent in the Pāli Canon. Source in the Pāli Canon This piece is included in the A guttara Nikāya, or Numerical Discourses.9 I will skip the reading of this text, but it carries a very simple message: f ...
... composition to after the end of the fourth century. Let us now have a brief look at its close equivalent in the Pāli Canon. Source in the Pāli Canon This piece is included in the A guttara Nikāya, or Numerical Discourses.9 I will skip the reading of this text, but it carries a very simple message: f ...