Chapter One
... More, he explains that during that time he has spoken about the Buddha Burning Torch (Dipankara) and others, and described how they entered nirvana. All this he employed as an expedient means to make distinctions. Shakyamuni Buddha, further, continues that good men, if there are living beings who co ...
... More, he explains that during that time he has spoken about the Buddha Burning Torch (Dipankara) and others, and described how they entered nirvana. All this he employed as an expedient means to make distinctions. Shakyamuni Buddha, further, continues that good men, if there are living beings who co ...
Attā, Nirattā, and Anattā in the early Buddhist literature
... "The soul is eternal; and the world giving birth to nothing new, is steadfast as a moutain-peak, as a pillar firmly fixed; and that though these living creatures transmigrate and pass away, fall from one state of existence and spring up in another, yet they are (atthi) for ever and ever." [32] Thoug ...
... "The soul is eternal; and the world giving birth to nothing new, is steadfast as a moutain-peak, as a pillar firmly fixed; and that though these living creatures transmigrate and pass away, fall from one state of existence and spring up in another, yet they are (atthi) for ever and ever." [32] Thoug ...
The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... "And that is what happens when a man comes to me and says, 'I will not follow the Dhamma until the Buddha tells me whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is finite or infinite, whether the soul and the body are the same or different, whether the liberated person exists or doe ...
... "And that is what happens when a man comes to me and says, 'I will not follow the Dhamma until the Buddha tells me whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is finite or infinite, whether the soul and the body are the same or different, whether the liberated person exists or doe ...
The Dhammapada
... "And that is what happens when a man comes to me and says, 'I will not follow the Dhamma until the Buddha tells me whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is finite or infinite, whether the soul and the body are the same or different, whether the liberated person exists or doe ...
... "And that is what happens when a man comes to me and says, 'I will not follow the Dhamma until the Buddha tells me whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is finite or infinite, whether the soul and the body are the same or different, whether the liberated person exists or doe ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... no new insight into Buddhism. Will the authorities wake up before eravāda Buddhism disappears from the academic map of the world? Much is at stake, for the current situation has already descended into absurdity. If we count those who were not in the programme because they did not present papers, an ...
... no new insight into Buddhism. Will the authorities wake up before eravāda Buddhism disappears from the academic map of the world? Much is at stake, for the current situation has already descended into absurdity. If we count those who were not in the programme because they did not present papers, an ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... Sarvâstivāda (mid-3rd century BCE), also have their own set of seven books of the Abhidharma, compiled in Buddhist Sanskrit. They were most influential in the northwest of India, that is, in Kashmir and Gandhāra (present day Afghanistan). Their Kashmiri branch was also known as the Vaibhāika, while ...
... Sarvâstivāda (mid-3rd century BCE), also have their own set of seven books of the Abhidharma, compiled in Buddhist Sanskrit. They were most influential in the northwest of India, that is, in Kashmir and Gandhāra (present day Afghanistan). Their Kashmiri branch was also known as the Vaibhāika, while ...
10 Taking of Refuge
... (wholesome action), which can save one from the danger of rebirth in the woeful plane, then that object or person amounts to ‘sarana’ and thus is worthy of reverence and respect. “On the other hand, if one pays respect or reverence to a certain object or person with the idea that it will save one fr ...
... (wholesome action), which can save one from the danger of rebirth in the woeful plane, then that object or person amounts to ‘sarana’ and thus is worthy of reverence and respect. “On the other hand, if one pays respect or reverence to a certain object or person with the idea that it will save one fr ...
Sabba Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... While science is based mainly of second and third-hand measurements, the Buddha‟s teaching is a first person discourse. In Western culture, when something is said to be “subjective” means that it is based merely on one‟s own ideas and opinions (that is, inside of oneself) and therefore should not be ...
... While science is based mainly of second and third-hand measurements, the Buddha‟s teaching is a first person discourse. In Western culture, when something is said to be “subjective” means that it is based merely on one‟s own ideas and opinions (that is, inside of oneself) and therefore should not be ...
Emptiness: The Foundations of Buddhist Thought
... they are not. From that, all attachment and aversion arise. Understanding emptiness is not, therefore, a philosopher’s plaything, but a vital tool to overcome suffering. It’s not something that will happen immediately. In fact, for many of us there is a huge block to this understanding. Personally, ...
... they are not. From that, all attachment and aversion arise. Understanding emptiness is not, therefore, a philosopher’s plaything, but a vital tool to overcome suffering. It’s not something that will happen immediately. In fact, for many of us there is a huge block to this understanding. Personally, ...
Rethinking Ziolkowski`s “Landscape of the Soul:” A Mahayana
... this quote often overlooked is ‘may.’ True, it very well could be interpreted in this manner, but it may also be interpreted in numerous ways. Since this enlightenment is immersed within the concepts of totality and simultaneity, categorizing it under any religious or philosophical system immediate ...
... this quote often overlooked is ‘may.’ True, it very well could be interpreted in this manner, but it may also be interpreted in numerous ways. Since this enlightenment is immersed within the concepts of totality and simultaneity, categorizing it under any religious or philosophical system immediate ...
Korean Buddhist Taego Order America-Europe Parish
... No suffering, no cause of suffering, no cease from suffering, no path to lead out of suffering, no knowledge, no attainment, no realization, for there is nothing to attain. The Bodhisattva holds on to nothing but Pranjaparamita, therefore the mind is clear of any delusive hindrance. Without hindran ...
... No suffering, no cause of suffering, no cease from suffering, no path to lead out of suffering, no knowledge, no attainment, no realization, for there is nothing to attain. The Bodhisattva holds on to nothing but Pranjaparamita, therefore the mind is clear of any delusive hindrance. Without hindran ...
What is Sangha
... If I come along will I be expected to keep coming or commit to something? No. In this tradition, dharma practice is a personal pursuit and as such is entirely driven by you. Whether or how often you come along is entirely up to you. There’s no roll call, the sangha is just there for you whenever you ...
... If I come along will I be expected to keep coming or commit to something? No. In this tradition, dharma practice is a personal pursuit and as such is entirely driven by you. Whether or how often you come along is entirely up to you. There’s no roll call, the sangha is just there for you whenever you ...
What did Siddhartha realise when he became enlightened?
... Who was Mara and what role did he play in Siddhartha’s enlightenment? Whilst Siddhartha was meditating, Mara, the chief of all the demons tried to disturb Siddhartha’s concentration by conjuring up many fearful apparitions and visions. He manifested terrifying demons, some throwing spears, some firi ...
... Who was Mara and what role did he play in Siddhartha’s enlightenment? Whilst Siddhartha was meditating, Mara, the chief of all the demons tried to disturb Siddhartha’s concentration by conjuring up many fearful apparitions and visions. He manifested terrifying demons, some throwing spears, some firi ...
skillful means - The Dharmafarers
... aeon (kappa), because he has developed the first dhyana when he was a monk (BA 12). The early audience, new to the Buddha’s teaching, would not appreciate this fact; but it is sufficient for them to find Buddhism attractive enough to know that their own Supreme God has condescended to invite the Bud ...
... aeon (kappa), because he has developed the first dhyana when he was a monk (BA 12). The early audience, new to the Buddha’s teaching, would not appreciate this fact; but it is sufficient for them to find Buddhism attractive enough to know that their own Supreme God has condescended to invite the Bud ...
The First Saṅgīti and Theravāda Monasticism Bhikkhu Anālayo
... seen as subordinate to the overarching aim of cultivating the higher mind and higher wisdom, that is, tranquillity and insight.36 A set of three discourses in the Aṅguttara-nikāya and their parallels in the Saṃyuktaāgama go so far as to indicate that someone who has fulfilled the higher training in ...
... seen as subordinate to the overarching aim of cultivating the higher mind and higher wisdom, that is, tranquillity and insight.36 A set of three discourses in the Aṅguttara-nikāya and their parallels in the Saṃyuktaāgama go so far as to indicate that someone who has fulfilled the higher training in ...
The Causes of Relational Suffering and their Cessation according to
... Just as a drop of water does not cling to a lotus [leaf], as water does not cling to a lotus, so a sage does not cling to what is seen or heard or thought.2 ...
... Just as a drop of water does not cling to a lotus [leaf], as water does not cling to a lotus, so a sage does not cling to what is seen or heard or thought.2 ...
development of stupa architecture in india
... merchants Tapassu and Bhallika, who had offered him the first meal after his enlightenment at Bodhgaya. They were said to have erected a Stupa over the hair relic so as to venerate them. Burmese Buddhist claims that these hair relics are enshrined in the Shwedagon Stupa at Yangon, though it is gener ...
... merchants Tapassu and Bhallika, who had offered him the first meal after his enlightenment at Bodhgaya. They were said to have erected a Stupa over the hair relic so as to venerate them. Burmese Buddhist claims that these hair relics are enshrined in the Shwedagon Stupa at Yangon, though it is gener ...
The Dhammapada
... live as an ascetic, resolved to find a way to deliverance from suffering. For six years he experimented with different systems of meditation and subjected himself to severe austerities, but found that these practices did not bring him any closer to his goal. Finally, in his thirty-fifth year, while ...
... live as an ascetic, resolved to find a way to deliverance from suffering. For six years he experimented with different systems of meditation and subjected himself to severe austerities, but found that these practices did not bring him any closer to his goal. Finally, in his thirty-fifth year, while ...
Bhikkhave Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... 4. Idiomatic Vocative in Other Sources The cases above clearly demonstrate the use of the idiomatic vocative in Pāli and indicates at least one use of it in Tibetan. In texts in other Indic languages, the usage is less clear. For instance, in the Gāndhārī fragments of the Cūḷagosiṅga-sutta, the name ...
... 4. Idiomatic Vocative in Other Sources The cases above clearly demonstrate the use of the idiomatic vocative in Pāli and indicates at least one use of it in Tibetan. In texts in other Indic languages, the usage is less clear. For instance, in the Gāndhārī fragments of the Cūḷagosiṅga-sutta, the name ...
Return Tranquility
... to have said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” A perfect example of a person who not only examined his life, but also performed a drastic change in his life was Prince Siddhatta Gotama. He was born in an extremely wealthy royal family, was brought up in the lap of ultimate luxury, and enjo ...
... to have said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” A perfect example of a person who not only examined his life, but also performed a drastic change in his life was Prince Siddhatta Gotama. He was born in an extremely wealthy royal family, was brought up in the lap of ultimate luxury, and enjo ...
The Wisdom November 2010 - Leicester Buddhist Vihara
... immediately yield bad results. This is just like the freshly extracted milk, which does not curdle immediately on being extracted from the cow’s udder. The sin that has been committed remains concealed like the sparks covered with ashes, and continues to follow and burn the doer of sins.” (Dhammapad ...
... immediately yield bad results. This is just like the freshly extracted milk, which does not curdle immediately on being extracted from the cow’s udder. The sin that has been committed remains concealed like the sparks covered with ashes, and continues to follow and burn the doer of sins.” (Dhammapad ...
Paper - VII - History of Buddhism and Jainism upto 1000 A.D.
... important historical events and trends: how the Tipitaka came to be preserved orally; when it was first written down, and why; how the Tipitaka came close to extinction; how the Buddha's teachings spread across south Asia; how and when the various schools and factions within Buddhism arose; and so o ...
... important historical events and trends: how the Tipitaka came to be preserved orally; when it was first written down, and why; how the Tipitaka came close to extinction; how the Buddha's teachings spread across south Asia; how and when the various schools and factions within Buddhism arose; and so o ...
Gotami-apadana
... (Walters, 113). The biographies in the Apanada are elaborated accounts of earlier collections of Pali verses (gatha), which may have originated during the time of the Buddha himself. Many Buddhists believe these stories were originally spoken by the Buddha’s most famous disciples ...
... (Walters, 113). The biographies in the Apanada are elaborated accounts of earlier collections of Pali verses (gatha), which may have originated during the time of the Buddha himself. Many Buddhists believe these stories were originally spoken by the Buddha’s most famous disciples ...
Week One: The story of the Historical Buddha and its symbolic
... Throughout the Buddhist world the Buddha is recognised as the enlightened teacher. He symbolises the perfection of human potential. He founded a path over 2,500 years ago that is as potent today as it was then. His core teaching of conditionality is the foundation stone and source teaching of all th ...
... Throughout the Buddhist world the Buddha is recognised as the enlightened teacher. He symbolises the perfection of human potential. He founded a path over 2,500 years ago that is as potent today as it was then. His core teaching of conditionality is the foundation stone and source teaching of all th ...
Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... “If we ask for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say ‘no’. The Buddh ...
... “If we ask for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say ‘no’. The Buddh ...
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.