the pdf - Open Collections
... (220-589 C.E.) understood and treated Buddhist stūpas. These objects of worship were significant to Buddhism in India, thus frequently appearing in Chinese Buddhist scriptures, which Chinese Buddhists believed to have originated there. However, when adapting to the new milieu in China, the conceptio ...
... (220-589 C.E.) understood and treated Buddhist stūpas. These objects of worship were significant to Buddhism in India, thus frequently appearing in Chinese Buddhist scriptures, which Chinese Buddhists believed to have originated there. However, when adapting to the new milieu in China, the conceptio ...
- ERA - University of Alberta
... Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism are regarded as religions. Nevertheless, “while [these ‘religions’] have existed as major traditions for a very long period, they were not ‘isms’ or ‘religions’ in the modern sense” (Van de Veer 2014: 63). If we must understand the concept of religion differently in ...
... Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism are regarded as religions. Nevertheless, “while [these ‘religions’] have existed as major traditions for a very long period, they were not ‘isms’ or ‘religions’ in the modern sense” (Van de Veer 2014: 63). If we must understand the concept of religion differently in ...
- Goldsmiths Research Online
... Buddhism’s own meaning, the emic, ‘from what we sometimes import into Buddhism with our own conceptual baggage when we superimpose on it either our culture-bound categories, interpretive grids and terminologies or, alternatively, our comparatively arrived at “etic” categories’ (175). Writing specifi ...
... Buddhism’s own meaning, the emic, ‘from what we sometimes import into Buddhism with our own conceptual baggage when we superimpose on it either our culture-bound categories, interpretive grids and terminologies or, alternatively, our comparatively arrived at “etic” categories’ (175). Writing specifi ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... able to provide one’s parents with nourishment. But even dogs and horses are provided with nourishment. If you are not respectful, wherein lies the difference?” (Lunyu .) So in the Confucian concept of lial piety respect is the root and propriety is the model. e Liji also says, “ere are three deg ...
... able to provide one’s parents with nourishment. But even dogs and horses are provided with nourishment. If you are not respectful, wherein lies the difference?” (Lunyu .) So in the Confucian concept of lial piety respect is the root and propriety is the model. e Liji also says, “ere are three deg ...
The Symbolism of the Early Stūpa
... dome seems therefore to be seen as the outermost and least valuable container of the relics. Indeed, the usual term for the dome of a stupa, both in the Sinhalese tradition and in two first century A.D. Sanskrit texts, translated from their Tibetan versions by Gustav Roth, 0 is kumbha, or pot. The S ...
... dome seems therefore to be seen as the outermost and least valuable container of the relics. Indeed, the usual term for the dome of a stupa, both in the Sinhalese tradition and in two first century A.D. Sanskrit texts, translated from their Tibetan versions by Gustav Roth, 0 is kumbha, or pot. The S ...
save - Dl4a.org
... I repeat much that is to be found in the body of this work. One general observation about India may be made at the outset. Here more than in any other country the national mind finds its favourite occupation and full expression in religion. This quality is geographical rather than racial, for it is ...
... I repeat much that is to be found in the body of this work. One general observation about India may be made at the outset. Here more than in any other country the national mind finds its favourite occupation and full expression in religion. This quality is geographical rather than racial, for it is ...
cheng xuanying`s conception of the sage in the zhuangzi
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
What the Buddha Taught - Career Account Web Pages
... directly and simply as possible, a faithful and accurate account of the actual words used by the Buddha as they are to be found in the original Pah texts of the Tipitaka, universally accepted by scholars as the earliest extant records of the teachings of the Buddha. The material used and the passage ...
... directly and simply as possible, a faithful and accurate account of the actual words used by the Buddha as they are to be found in the original Pah texts of the Tipitaka, universally accepted by scholars as the earliest extant records of the teachings of the Buddha. The material used and the passage ...
What the Buddha Taught
... directly and simply as possible, a faithful and accurate account of the actual words used by the Buddha as they are to be found in the original Pah texts of the Tipitaka, universally accepted by scholars as the earliest extant records of the teachings of the Buddha. The material used and the passage ...
... directly and simply as possible, a faithful and accurate account of the actual words used by the Buddha as they are to be found in the original Pah texts of the Tipitaka, universally accepted by scholars as the earliest extant records of the teachings of the Buddha. The material used and the passage ...
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
... enigmatic Council of Tibet (which some scholars today localize, not in Lhasa, but in the bSam yas Monastery, while others deny that such Council ever took place). This work, divided into two parts (doctrinal and historical), is a precious source of information on early Chan, and in particular on the ...
... enigmatic Council of Tibet (which some scholars today localize, not in Lhasa, but in the bSam yas Monastery, while others deny that such Council ever took place). This work, divided into two parts (doctrinal and historical), is a precious source of information on early Chan, and in particular on the ...
bussho notes
... used for a monk qualified to teach and to bestow the precepts; regularly applied as an honorific especially to a senior monk. “Twenty-eight generations in the Western Heavens” (saiten nijūhachi dai 西天二十八代); twenty-three ages in the Eastern Earth” (tōchi nijūsan se 東地二十三世): I.e., the twentyeight memb ...
... used for a monk qualified to teach and to bestow the precepts; regularly applied as an honorific especially to a senior monk. “Twenty-eight generations in the Western Heavens” (saiten nijūhachi dai 西天二十八代); twenty-three ages in the Eastern Earth” (tōchi nijūsan se 東地二十三世): I.e., the twentyeight memb ...
Aspects of the Study of the (earlier) Indian Mahāyāna
... Abhidharma and the writings of the Sautrantikas). Between these two uses of the word there is, unfortunately, room for overlapping and, hence, imprecision and ambiguity. As for the term ‘Hinayana’, it is conceptually narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines anti ...
... Abhidharma and the writings of the Sautrantikas). Between these two uses of the word there is, unfortunately, room for overlapping and, hence, imprecision and ambiguity. As for the term ‘Hinayana’, it is conceptually narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines anti ...
For more information about Nichiren Buddhism and a - Sgi-Usa
... simply the title of a Buddhist text. It was the principle, or Law, at the very heart and core of the sutra’s teaching. He added nam to Myohorenge-kyo and set forth the chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as the practice to accord one’s life with this Law, which he identified as the law of life itself. N ...
... simply the title of a Buddhist text. It was the principle, or Law, at the very heart and core of the sutra’s teaching. He added nam to Myohorenge-kyo and set forth the chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as the practice to accord one’s life with this Law, which he identified as the law of life itself. N ...
Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 1
... two religions. I hope that the reader will forgive me if in doing so I repeat much that is to be found in the body of this work. One general observation about India may be made at the outset. Here more than in any other country the national mind finds its favourite occupation and full expression in ...
... two religions. I hope that the reader will forgive me if in doing so I repeat much that is to be found in the body of this work. One general observation about India may be made at the outset. Here more than in any other country the national mind finds its favourite occupation and full expression in ...
to view the PDF - The Matheson Trust
... described by D.T. Suzuki and others. In fact, Ginsberg remained preoccupied with recreating this experience for the next fifteen years, only snapping out of what he described as a kind of stupefaction during a meeting in India with Dudjom Rinpoche, head of the Nyingma branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The ...
... described by D.T. Suzuki and others. In fact, Ginsberg remained preoccupied with recreating this experience for the next fifteen years, only snapping out of what he described as a kind of stupefaction during a meeting in India with Dudjom Rinpoche, head of the Nyingma branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The ...
The Ajivikas - Rare Book Society of India
... was succeeded in leadership of the sect by Kisa Samkicca. The third leader of the Ajivikas and the greatest exponent of their religio-philosophy in the time of Buddha Gotama was Makkhali Gosala who is often mentioned as the ...
... was succeeded in leadership of the sect by Kisa Samkicca. The third leader of the Ajivikas and the greatest exponent of their religio-philosophy in the time of Buddha Gotama was Makkhali Gosala who is often mentioned as the ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. Since then, for over 1500 years, the skills have been well used to write Chinese characters and became vitally important for all kinds of government officials to know a ...
... Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. Since then, for over 1500 years, the skills have been well used to write Chinese characters and became vitally important for all kinds of government officials to know a ...
Maitreya Images in Asian Buddhist Fine Arts - Harvard
... Madhyamika). It is noteworthy that Asanga used the penname Maitreyanatha in these sastras, which were drawn directly from his understanding of Maitreya’s teachings. However, Asanga only referred vaguely to Maitreya Buddha. 4 The time when Asanga wrote the abovementioned sastras could be considered t ...
... Madhyamika). It is noteworthy that Asanga used the penname Maitreyanatha in these sastras, which were drawn directly from his understanding of Maitreya’s teachings. However, Asanga only referred vaguely to Maitreya Buddha. 4 The time when Asanga wrote the abovementioned sastras could be considered t ...
1 - VTechWorks
... At Narthang4, where the Tibetan wooden blocks of Kanjur and Tanjur have been kept, he met the great translator, Danzang. TsongkhaPa, used to be calm and straight, lived without affluence or great comfort but sometimes tempered short while engaged in scholarly debate. However, his studies went on an ...
... At Narthang4, where the Tibetan wooden blocks of Kanjur and Tanjur have been kept, he met the great translator, Danzang. TsongkhaPa, used to be calm and straight, lived without affluence or great comfort but sometimes tempered short while engaged in scholarly debate. However, his studies went on an ...
The Doctrinal Transformation of 20th Century
... the other hand, proponents of the tathāgatagarbha, represented by Ratnamati (fl. 508), combined the concepts of the ālayavijñāna and the tathāgatagarbha, arguing that enlightenment consisted in purifying the ālayavijñāna rather than eliminating it. As with the tathāgatagarbha, one attains e ...
... the other hand, proponents of the tathāgatagarbha, represented by Ratnamati (fl. 508), combined the concepts of the ālayavijñāna and the tathāgatagarbha, arguing that enlightenment consisted in purifying the ālayavijñāna rather than eliminating it. As with the tathāgatagarbha, one attains e ...
Buddhism and Sustainability-Related Organisational Practices: A Sri
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
Shankara: A Hindu Revivalist or a Crypto-Buddhist?
... credited with restoring the teachings of the Vedas to their pristine form. However, there are others who do not see such contributions from Shankara. They criticize his philosophy by calling it “crypto-Buddhism.” It is his unique philosophy of Advaita Vedanta that puts him at odds with other Hindu o ...
... credited with restoring the teachings of the Vedas to their pristine form. However, there are others who do not see such contributions from Shankara. They criticize his philosophy by calling it “crypto-Buddhism.” It is his unique philosophy of Advaita Vedanta that puts him at odds with other Hindu o ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed accounts of related events. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta records the Buddha’s reason for choosing Kusinārā, a “remote jungle township,” to spend his last days, that is, it was the capital of an great ancient king Sudassana ...
... the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed accounts of related events. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta records the Buddha’s reason for choosing Kusinārā, a “remote jungle township,” to spend his last days, that is, it was the capital of an great ancient king Sudassana ...