What Buddhists Believe
... of the Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society, Ven. Dhammananda also founded the Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia which continues to publish and distribute his numerous writings as well as other books all over the world. One of the Venerable’s books, WHAT BUDDHISTS BELIEVE, was first published in 19 ...
... of the Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society, Ven. Dhammananda also founded the Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia which continues to publish and distribute his numerous writings as well as other books all over the world. One of the Venerable’s books, WHAT BUDDHISTS BELIEVE, was first published in 19 ...
1. the only buddhayana
... Pureland, Tantra, Lu School (Vinaya sect), Tein-Tai (the sect founded by Chih-i (538-597) taking the Lotus Sutra as the real interpretation of Mahayana Buddhism), Hua-Yuen (A sect based on the Avatamsaka Sutra), Fa-Hsiang (the Dharmalakasana sect), and San-Lun (Three Shastra School, the Madhyamika o ...
... Pureland, Tantra, Lu School (Vinaya sect), Tein-Tai (the sect founded by Chih-i (538-597) taking the Lotus Sutra as the real interpretation of Mahayana Buddhism), Hua-Yuen (A sect based on the Avatamsaka Sutra), Fa-Hsiang (the Dharmalakasana sect), and San-Lun (Three Shastra School, the Madhyamika o ...
preface - Metta.lk
... on consciousness (Vinnana). It is explained in many Suttas that mere possession of these physical organs (eyes, ears, nose and mouth) are not attachment. Attachment takes place only after the perception of the object. There are Universal mental factors found in each and every thought unit. The proce ...
... on consciousness (Vinnana). It is explained in many Suttas that mere possession of these physical organs (eyes, ears, nose and mouth) are not attachment. Attachment takes place only after the perception of the object. There are Universal mental factors found in each and every thought unit. The proce ...
The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry
... and the spiritual realization presented in the form of poems. Some of these poems are among the canonical commentaries to the Three Pure Land Sutras, such as the ones composed by Hōnen (1133–1212) and Shinran (1173–1263), while other works of poetry were produced by the Pure Land Buddhists of variou ...
... and the spiritual realization presented in the form of poems. Some of these poems are among the canonical commentaries to the Three Pure Land Sutras, such as the ones composed by Hōnen (1133–1212) and Shinran (1173–1263), while other works of poetry were produced by the Pure Land Buddhists of variou ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... such a large-scale and unique work of art. Some areas of this quest have borne fruit, with some paths still remaining to be explored. ...
... such a large-scale and unique work of art. Some areas of this quest have borne fruit, with some paths still remaining to be explored. ...
Siddhartha Savage: The Importance of Buddhism in Huxley`s Brave
... Huxley draws much of his material consists of the various stories of Siddhartha Gautama’s life, the myths and legends surrounding that life, and those ideals and philosophies which are the most widely accepted and relied upon by disparate groups of Buddhists. It is these fundamentals, then, that wil ...
... Huxley draws much of his material consists of the various stories of Siddhartha Gautama’s life, the myths and legends surrounding that life, and those ideals and philosophies which are the most widely accepted and relied upon by disparate groups of Buddhists. It is these fundamentals, then, that wil ...
The Truth of the Messengers
... Buddha and His Teachings and the reader may question why yet another one is being added to the pile. The answer is simple – the world needs to re-evaluate its concepts of Buddhism instead of just blindly following the teachings of misguided Buddhist monks and nuns. Buddhism is beautiful in its simpl ...
... Buddha and His Teachings and the reader may question why yet another one is being added to the pile. The answer is simple – the world needs to re-evaluate its concepts of Buddhism instead of just blindly following the teachings of misguided Buddhist monks and nuns. Buddhism is beautiful in its simpl ...
Gender and the soteriology debate in Buddhism: Is a
... Buddhism today can broadly be divided into two forms: Tantric (esoteric) and non-Tantric (non-esoteric) Buddhism. Tantric Buddhism‘s answer to the above question is unequivocally positive: it never questioned the possibility of a female Buddha. In non-Tantric Buddhism, this question has long been a ...
... Buddhism today can broadly be divided into two forms: Tantric (esoteric) and non-Tantric (non-esoteric) Buddhism. Tantric Buddhism‘s answer to the above question is unequivocally positive: it never questioned the possibility of a female Buddha. In non-Tantric Buddhism, this question has long been a ...
The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal
... Abou t this Pub licati on It is my great pleasure to introduce this first volume of this new series, a study by the Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo, member of the academic staff at Hamburg University. In this book he investigates the genesis of the bodhisattva ideal, one of the most important concepts in ...
... Abou t this Pub licati on It is my great pleasure to introduce this first volume of this new series, a study by the Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo, member of the academic staff at Hamburg University. In this book he investigates the genesis of the bodhisattva ideal, one of the most important concepts in ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... course, there are a number of problems connected with a social– psychological study of Buddhism. I will discuss some of these problems in the book, but there will still be many ways to criticize this type of study both from the angle of philology and from the angle of social psychology. The kind of ...
... course, there are a number of problems connected with a social– psychological study of Buddhism. I will discuss some of these problems in the book, but there will still be many ways to criticize this type of study both from the angle of philology and from the angle of social psychology. The kind of ...
recognitions and congratulations to hh dorje chang buddha iii
... him, which included transmitting dharma to him. A few days before I did that, I saw in a supernatural state the Buddha Vajradhara appear over the head of the Karmapa. The Buddha Vajradhara was radiating light that empowered the Karmapa. Very soon after that, the Buddha Vajradhara metamorphosed into ...
... him, which included transmitting dharma to him. A few days before I did that, I saw in a supernatural state the Buddha Vajradhara appear over the head of the Karmapa. The Buddha Vajradhara was radiating light that empowered the Karmapa. Very soon after that, the Buddha Vajradhara metamorphosed into ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... When a modern Buddhist takes refuge in the Sangha he is thinking primarily of monks. In Theravāda Buddhist countries – Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand are the main ones – most villages contain monasteries housing at least one monk, a man with shaven head wearing yellow robes. However, the term Sangha ...
... When a modern Buddhist takes refuge in the Sangha he is thinking primarily of monks. In Theravāda Buddhist countries – Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand are the main ones – most villages contain monasteries housing at least one monk, a man with shaven head wearing yellow robes. However, the term Sangha ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... When a modern Buddhist takes refuge in the Sangha he is thinking primarily of monks. In Theravāda Buddhist countries – Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand are the main ones – most villages contain monasteries housing at least one monk, a man with shaven head wearing yellow robes. However, the term Sangha ...
... When a modern Buddhist takes refuge in the Sangha he is thinking primarily of monks. In Theravāda Buddhist countries – Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand are the main ones – most villages contain monasteries housing at least one monk, a man with shaven head wearing yellow robes. However, the term Sangha ...
Navayana Buddhism - Social
... deer park, he preached his first sermon, which is called "setting the wheel of the teaching in motion." He explained to them the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. They became his very first disciples and the beginnings of the Sangha or community of monks. © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 by C. Georg ...
... deer park, he preached his first sermon, which is called "setting the wheel of the teaching in motion." He explained to them the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. They became his very first disciples and the beginnings of the Sangha or community of monks. © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 by C. Georg ...
Acro Dist 5 5.2 24jun01, Job 3
... Buddha. My mind is undisturbed whether people treat me with respect or disrespect, but it is not courteous for others to call one who looks equally with a kind heart upon all living beings, by his fa miliar name; Buddhas bring salvation to the world and so they ought to be treated with respect.’ Th ...
... Buddha. My mind is undisturbed whether people treat me with respect or disrespect, but it is not courteous for others to call one who looks equally with a kind heart upon all living beings, by his fa miliar name; Buddhas bring salvation to the world and so they ought to be treated with respect.’ Th ...
Buddha as Therapist: Meditations
... As I read further in the manuscript, I felt I had to write something… I have had the great pleasure of Maurits Kwee’s dialogic companionship for almost a decade. This is no small matter. We entered these dialogues from quite disparate worlds of theory, practice, and culture. Even our comparative hei ...
... As I read further in the manuscript, I felt I had to write something… I have had the great pleasure of Maurits Kwee’s dialogic companionship for almost a decade. This is no small matter. We entered these dialogues from quite disparate worlds of theory, practice, and culture. Even our comparative hei ...
Teachings in Chinese Buddhism
... this path that we turn from being an ordinary human being to becoming a sage. Even if we fall, in the end we shall progress upwards and achieve complete enlightenment if we stay to the path. It is not simply a matter of looking for a final refuge. Along our way to enlightenment, there are also circu ...
... this path that we turn from being an ordinary human being to becoming a sage. Even if we fall, in the end we shall progress upwards and achieve complete enlightenment if we stay to the path. It is not simply a matter of looking for a final refuge. Along our way to enlightenment, there are also circu ...
08_chapter 3
... Gautama Buddha. When Prince Siddhartha, who later became Gautama Buddha, took conception in the womb of Queen Maya, a seer predicted that Suddhodana's future son would be either a world-ruler (Cakravartin) or a Buddha. Sammasambodhi or Perfect Enlightenment is an impersonal universal phenomenon occu ...
... Gautama Buddha. When Prince Siddhartha, who later became Gautama Buddha, took conception in the womb of Queen Maya, a seer predicted that Suddhodana's future son would be either a world-ruler (Cakravartin) or a Buddha. Sammasambodhi or Perfect Enlightenment is an impersonal universal phenomenon occu ...
Selected Translation of Miao-Yun Part One and Two
... this path that we turn from being an ordinary human being to becoming a sage. Even if we fall, in the end we shall progress upwards and achieve complete enlightenment if we stay to the path. It is not simply a matter of looking for a final refuge. Along our way to enlightenment, there are also circu ...
... this path that we turn from being an ordinary human being to becoming a sage. Even if we fall, in the end we shall progress upwards and achieve complete enlightenment if we stay to the path. It is not simply a matter of looking for a final refuge. Along our way to enlightenment, there are also circu ...
The Buddha`s Ancient Path
... Baranasi (Benares) and within sight of the snow-capped Himalayas. At this memorable spot where Prince Siddhattha, the future Buddha, was born, Emperor Asoka, 316 years after the event, erected a mighty stone pillar to mark the holy spot. The inscription engraved on the pillar in five lines consists ...
... Baranasi (Benares) and within sight of the snow-capped Himalayas. At this memorable spot where Prince Siddhattha, the future Buddha, was born, Emperor Asoka, 316 years after the event, erected a mighty stone pillar to mark the holy spot. The inscription engraved on the pillar in five lines consists ...
dhamma texts - International Meditation Centres
... when he declared to his disciples that this “Burmese Independence Day” was the “Buddha Sāsana Independence Day” and we observed it as one of the special days of the tradition beginning in 1951 when the Vipassanā Association was formed in the office of the Accountant General. One of the first actions ...
... when he declared to his disciples that this “Burmese Independence Day” was the “Buddha Sāsana Independence Day” and we observed it as one of the special days of the tradition beginning in 1951 when the Vipassanā Association was formed in the office of the Accountant General. One of the first actions ...
How to Prostrate
... First one struggles to hammer out Chopsticks progressing by stages until one can comfortably manage Chopin. But there the similarity ends. Our aspiring pianist may not realistically assume the spirit of Chopin is truly present to offer direct encouragement. We, as tantric practitioners, may indeed r ...
... First one struggles to hammer out Chopsticks progressing by stages until one can comfortably manage Chopin. But there the similarity ends. Our aspiring pianist may not realistically assume the spirit of Chopin is truly present to offer direct encouragement. We, as tantric practitioners, may indeed r ...
The_Buddha
... The fact-of-this-matter is, that for about 2,500 years now, nobody knows what the Buddha actually said. Nobody! The truth-of-the-matter is that you could buy one-hundred books on Buddhism and never learn one word of what the Buddha said. You can finish reading this book (you now hold) and know that ...
... The fact-of-this-matter is, that for about 2,500 years now, nobody knows what the Buddha actually said. Nobody! The truth-of-the-matter is that you could buy one-hundred books on Buddhism and never learn one word of what the Buddha said. You can finish reading this book (you now hold) and know that ...
Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History
... in his stead and he gave them eight hairs from his head. After the two returned from their journey, they ...
... in his stead and he gave them eight hairs from his head. After the two returned from their journey, they ...
Noble Truths versus Dependent Origination Professor Oliver
... As mentioned before, the Paṭṭhāna marks the highest position of the development of the Buddhist theory of causality in the Pāli Canon. The analysis of causal co-relations in the Paṭṭhāna is theoretically based on Dependent Origination quite often discussed in the discourses. It was stated above that ...
... As mentioned before, the Paṭṭhāna marks the highest position of the development of the Buddhist theory of causality in the Pāli Canon. The analysis of causal co-relations in the Paṭṭhāna is theoretically based on Dependent Origination quite often discussed in the discourses. It was stated above that ...
Relics associated with Buddha
After his death, Buddha was cremated and the ashes divided among his disciples. Originally his ashes were to go only to the Sakya clan to which Buddha belonged; however, seven royal families demanded the body relics. To avoid fighting, a monk divided the relics into ten portions, eight from the body relics, one from the ashes of Buddha's cremation pyre and one from the bucket used to divide the relics. After The Buddha's Parinibbāna, his relics were enshrined and worshipped in stupas by the royals of eight countries.1. To Ajatasattu, king of Magadha2. To the Licchavis of Vesali3. To the Sakyas of Kapilavastu4. To the Bulis of Allakappa5. To the Koliyas of Ramagrama6. To the brahmin of Vethadipa7. To the Mallas of Pava8. To the Mallas of KusinaraWhen the Chinese pilgrims Fa-hien and Hiuen Tsang visited India centuries later, they reported most of these sites were in ruin. In some versions of the legend of King Ashoka, when he began his journey to collect the relics he still believed them to be held in the original eight stupas.The Lokapannatti (11th/12th century) tells the story of King Ajatashatru of Magadha who gathered the Buddha's relics and hid them in an underground stupa. The Buddha's relics were protected by spirit-powered mechanical robots (bhuta vahana yanta) from the kingdom of Roma visaya until they were disarmed by King Ashoka. The Ashokavadana narrates how Ashoka redistributed Buddha's relics across 84,000 stupas, with the distribution of the relics and construction of the stupas performed by Yakshas.The Mahaparinirvana sutra says that of the Buddha's four eye teeth (canines), one was worshipped in Indra's Heaven, the second in the city of Ghandara, the third in Kalinga, and the fourth in Ramagrama by the king of the Nagas. Annually in Sri Lanka and China, tooth relics would be paraded through the streets. In the past relics have had the legal right to own property; and the destruction of stupas containing relics was a capital crime viewed as murder of a living person. A southeast Asian tradition says that after his parinirvana the gods distributed the Buddha's 800,000 body and 900,000 head hairs throughout the universe. In Theravada according to the 5th century Buddhaghosa possessing relics was one of the criteria in Theravada for what constituted a proper monastery. The adventures of many relics are said to have been foretold by Buddha, as they spread the dharma and gave legitimacy to rulers.It is said all the Buddhas relics will one day gather at the Bodhi tree where he attained enlightenment and will than form his body sitting cross legged and performing the twin miracle. It is said the disappearance of the relics at this point will signal the coming of Maitreya Buddha. In the Nandimitravadana translated by Xuanzang it is said that the Buddha's relics will be brought to parinirvana by sixteen great arhats and enshrined in a great stupa. That stupa will than be worshipped until it sinks into the earth down to the golden wheel underlying the universe. The relics are not destroyed by fire in this version but placed in a final reliquary deep within the earth, perhaps to appear again.Previous incarnations of the Buddha also left relics; in the Buddhavamsa it mentions that the, Sobhita, Paduma, Sumedha, Atthadassi, Phussa, Vessabhu, and Kanagamana buddhas have had their relics dispersed.