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... is quite obvious. Buddhism being a living religion with a huge ancient literature, the study of early Buddhist art should be based on a good knowledge of early Buddhist literature and contemporary inscriptions, thorough examination of the archaeological remains and observation of present day Buddhis ...
... is quite obvious. Buddhism being a living religion with a huge ancient literature, the study of early Buddhist art should be based on a good knowledge of early Buddhist literature and contemporary inscriptions, thorough examination of the archaeological remains and observation of present day Buddhis ...
The "Suicide" Problem in the Pāli Canon
... what ordinance would apply to a case of a failed-suicide member of the sahgha, we don't know; but perhaps this actual circumstance was not envisaged, since the Buddha had, after all, taken precautionary measures to discourage attempts at suicide, by readjusting his teaching, while a bhikkhu had read ...
... what ordinance would apply to a case of a failed-suicide member of the sahgha, we don't know; but perhaps this actual circumstance was not envisaged, since the Buddha had, after all, taken precautionary measures to discourage attempts at suicide, by readjusting his teaching, while a bhikkhu had read ...
The Art of Living
... contain contents that can pollute our minds. I often persuade people not to read or listen to these things. When our hearts are free from these unneeded afflictions, we can live each day in peace and happiness; thus, a llowing our minds to return to purity. With an undeluded mind, one will see matte ...
... contain contents that can pollute our minds. I often persuade people not to read or listen to these things. When our hearts are free from these unneeded afflictions, we can live each day in peace and happiness; thus, a llowing our minds to return to purity. With an undeluded mind, one will see matte ...
3. Interpretative Examples of Controversial Doctrines in the Buddhist
... (2) What has not been considered inappropriate is appropriate if it resembles what is appropriate. For example: A cup of tea in the afternoon has not been prohibited as inappropriate, but resembles what is appropriate; hence it is appropriate. (3) What has not been considered appropriate is inapprop ...
... (2) What has not been considered inappropriate is appropriate if it resembles what is appropriate. For example: A cup of tea in the afternoon has not been prohibited as inappropriate, but resembles what is appropriate; hence it is appropriate. (3) What has not been considered appropriate is inapprop ...
Predictions of Women to Buddhahood in Middle-Period Literature Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... formulate soteriological possibilities (or impossibilities) as these undergo readjustment in the course of doctrinal and ideological history. In sum, the transmission of these narratives both accommodates and effects religio-historical change, as shown by even just a handful of readings such as the ...
... formulate soteriological possibilities (or impossibilities) as these undergo readjustment in the course of doctrinal and ideological history. In sum, the transmission of these narratives both accommodates and effects religio-historical change, as shown by even just a handful of readings such as the ...
The Unintended Legacy of Hellenism
... correlated with the four significant events in his last human life – a footprint to mark his birth, a Bodhi tree to mark his enlightenment (figure 1), a dharma wheel to mark his first sermon, and an empty throne to mark his death.6 Susan Huntington argued that representations of the Buddha, whether ...
... correlated with the four significant events in his last human life – a footprint to mark his birth, a Bodhi tree to mark his enlightenment (figure 1), a dharma wheel to mark his first sermon, and an empty throne to mark his death.6 Susan Huntington argued that representations of the Buddha, whether ...
Damming the Dhamma: Problems with Bhikkhunãs in the Pali Vinaya
... without him speaking a word.15 Their gifts and homage mark their recognition of him as somehow other than they are, as worthy to receive, as a productive field of merit. They also recognize a boundary around him. The brahman and the merchants stand at a respectful distance from him and the nàga king ...
... without him speaking a word.15 Their gifts and homage mark their recognition of him as somehow other than they are, as worthy to receive, as a productive field of merit. They also recognize a boundary around him. The brahman and the merchants stand at a respectful distance from him and the nàga king ...
Art of the Great Stupa
... any one time. Most of the Stupa has been built and finished by hand. Most of the work has been done in silence. “What keeps it all going is the tremendous commitment and heart connection of the people who come here to work,” says Mulder. “Everyone plays a role in a process that extends beyond their ...
... any one time. Most of the Stupa has been built and finished by hand. Most of the work has been done in silence. “What keeps it all going is the tremendous commitment and heart connection of the people who come here to work,” says Mulder. “Everyone plays a role in a process that extends beyond their ...
Buddhist Religious Studies
... For improving the existing quality of Primary Education in Bangladesh, National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in collaboration with PEDP-2 initiated an extensive program for development of curriculum and teaching learning materials in 2002. In the light of this program the curriculum, textboo ...
... For improving the existing quality of Primary Education in Bangladesh, National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in collaboration with PEDP-2 initiated an extensive program for development of curriculum and teaching learning materials in 2002. In the light of this program the curriculum, textboo ...
Assu Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... verbal categories. Unawakened beings, however, need some kind of language when communicating with one other. As such, the Buddha, in his efforts to transmit his realization of the liberating truth or Dharma, has to rely on the language we are familiar with. To overcome the limitations of conventiona ...
... verbal categories. Unawakened beings, however, need some kind of language when communicating with one other. As such, the Buddha, in his efforts to transmit his realization of the liberating truth or Dharma, has to rely on the language we are familiar with. To overcome the limitations of conventiona ...
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps
... of T'ang period monks and nuns. Each act in the monastery: washing up, putting on clothes, entering the Buddha hall, sitting down for meditation, getting up from meditation, receives its Dharma poem. Events on pilgrimage: encountering a tree, a river, a bridge, a dignitary, a mendicant-likewise offe ...
... of T'ang period monks and nuns. Each act in the monastery: washing up, putting on clothes, entering the Buddha hall, sitting down for meditation, getting up from meditation, receives its Dharma poem. Events on pilgrimage: encountering a tree, a river, a bridge, a dignitary, a mendicant-likewise offe ...
Magazine 2014 - Lumbini Nepalese Buddha Dharma Society
... (Excavation underneath Mayadevi Temple and Marker Stone) pillar identifies this as the birthplace of the The Buddha. Prince Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha to be, was born in 623 BCE in Lumbini, Nepal. Lumbini remained Until now, the earliest Buddhist temples have been neglected for centuries. In 189 ...
... (Excavation underneath Mayadevi Temple and Marker Stone) pillar identifies this as the birthplace of the The Buddha. Prince Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha to be, was born in 623 BCE in Lumbini, Nepal. Lumbini remained Until now, the earliest Buddhist temples have been neglected for centuries. In 189 ...
the buddha - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... and gets bitten by the snake. Whereas one who grabs the snake correctly (e.g. behind its head) does not get bitten and can manage the snake safely: “Their right grasp of those Dhammas will lead to their long-term welfare & happiness.” (MN 22) Other caveats or potential pitfalls of sutta study includ ...
... and gets bitten by the snake. Whereas one who grabs the snake correctly (e.g. behind its head) does not get bitten and can manage the snake safely: “Their right grasp of those Dhammas will lead to their long-term welfare & happiness.” (MN 22) Other caveats or potential pitfalls of sutta study includ ...
Buddhist Pilgrimage
... For the majority of Buddhists, going on a pilgrimage to the holy places mentioned by the Buddha, is a once-a-lifetime undertaking. With so much time, money and effort involved, it behoves the intending pilgrim to truly understand what a pilgrimage is all about, especially the mental aspect, since th ...
... For the majority of Buddhists, going on a pilgrimage to the holy places mentioned by the Buddha, is a once-a-lifetime undertaking. With so much time, money and effort involved, it behoves the intending pilgrim to truly understand what a pilgrimage is all about, especially the mental aspect, since th ...
August - FPMT Losang Dragpa Centre
... Bodhgaya, there are many Tibetans and Chinese and people from other Buddhist countries such as Korea, Sri Lanka and Japan who spend time doing practices such as prostrations and circumambulations around the holy Enlightenment Mahaboudhi Stupa. Not too far from Bodhgaya is a place called Vultures pea ...
... Bodhgaya, there are many Tibetans and Chinese and people from other Buddhist countries such as Korea, Sri Lanka and Japan who spend time doing practices such as prostrations and circumambulations around the holy Enlightenment Mahaboudhi Stupa. Not too far from Bodhgaya is a place called Vultures pea ...
Zen and Dzogchen: Unifying the Ground and
... Fruition or Result is the full bodhi of liberation-enlightenment that is Buddhahood, outpictured by the seed-syllable HUM, the pristine cognition that is Buddha mind. Such a mind knows directly the phenomenal reality arising from the primordial ground (pratitya samutpada, tendrel nyingpo) is simply ...
... Fruition or Result is the full bodhi of liberation-enlightenment that is Buddhahood, outpictured by the seed-syllable HUM, the pristine cognition that is Buddha mind. Such a mind knows directly the phenomenal reality arising from the primordial ground (pratitya samutpada, tendrel nyingpo) is simply ...
Glossary of Buddhist Terms - Prison Mindfulness Institute
... Bodhidharma. Following the instruction of his Master to transmit Dharma to China, Bodhidharma traveled east to Southern China in 526 A.D. Bodhisattva (Sanskrit) / Bodhisatta (Pali): One who has taken the great vow to rescue all beings from suffering and guide them to enlightenment. A being striving ...
... Bodhidharma. Following the instruction of his Master to transmit Dharma to China, Bodhidharma traveled east to Southern China in 526 A.D. Bodhisattva (Sanskrit) / Bodhisatta (Pali): One who has taken the great vow to rescue all beings from suffering and guide them to enlightenment. A being striving ...
Significance of Vas and Katina
... monks went to a place for retreat. At the conclusion of the retreat they returned to visit the Buddha. On the way they were caught in a heavy downpour of rain and one monk got more wet than the others. The Buddha seeing this monk, advised the monk to accept an extra robe as a Katina. The extra robe ...
... monks went to a place for retreat. At the conclusion of the retreat they returned to visit the Buddha. On the way they were caught in a heavy downpour of rain and one monk got more wet than the others. The Buddha seeing this monk, advised the monk to accept an extra robe as a Katina. The extra robe ...
Nov 2015 - Chung Tian Temple
... Venerable Xue Cheng and many other guests also came to make the event a success. Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) was founded in Los Angeles 25 years ago. At present, more than 70 countries set up BLIA Chapters with a total of more than three million members globally. As for the reason ...
... Venerable Xue Cheng and many other guests also came to make the event a success. Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) was founded in Los Angeles 25 years ago. At present, more than 70 countries set up BLIA Chapters with a total of more than three million members globally. As for the reason ...
THE SUTRA OF FORTY-TWO CHAPTERS
... Later Han Dynasty, two Indian Buddhist masters from India, Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana, arrived at Luoyang (洛陽), China. Five years before their arrival, in 62 C.E., Emperor Ming had dreamed that a golden man flew into his palace. The next day he consulted his advisor who told the emperor that mus ...
... Later Han Dynasty, two Indian Buddhist masters from India, Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana, arrived at Luoyang (洛陽), China. Five years before their arrival, in 62 C.E., Emperor Ming had dreamed that a golden man flew into his palace. The next day he consulted his advisor who told the emperor that mus ...
Hindu and Buddhist Art () - Asian Art Museum | Education
... Unlike Buddhism, Jainism, or Sikhism, Hinduism has no historical founder. Its authority rests instead upon a large body of sacred texts that provide Hindus with rules governing rituals, worship, pilgrimage, and daily activities, among many other things. Although the oldest of these texts may date ba ...
... Unlike Buddhism, Jainism, or Sikhism, Hinduism has no historical founder. Its authority rests instead upon a large body of sacred texts that provide Hindus with rules governing rituals, worship, pilgrimage, and daily activities, among many other things. Although the oldest of these texts may date ba ...
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... Siddhartha Gautama (“Buddha”) Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one" In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Profound flash of awakening at age 35; spent the final 45 years of his life traveling to teach others and share his great discovery Originally, ...
... Siddhartha Gautama (“Buddha”) Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one" In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Profound flash of awakening at age 35; spent the final 45 years of his life traveling to teach others and share his great discovery Originally, ...
the meaning of conversion in buddhism
... embodiment of the highest conceivable state achievable by human beings. It means that after possibly surveying and comparing all of the great spiritual teachers throughout history, whilst maybe fully appreciating each and every one of them, you nevertheless come to the conclusion that all of their v ...
... embodiment of the highest conceivable state achievable by human beings. It means that after possibly surveying and comparing all of the great spiritual teachers throughout history, whilst maybe fully appreciating each and every one of them, you nevertheless come to the conclusion that all of their v ...
Buddha and god - Mischievous Peeps
... is seen to teach. All I ask is that the Buddhist and sympathetic general reader look at the evidence which I shall present—evidence which is almost exclusively drawn from the purported words and teachings of the Buddha himself—and then make up their own minds. Buddhists perhaps more than any other r ...
... is seen to teach. All I ask is that the Buddhist and sympathetic general reader look at the evidence which I shall present—evidence which is almost exclusively drawn from the purported words and teachings of the Buddha himself—and then make up their own minds. Buddhists perhaps more than any other r ...
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.