Tantric Poetry of Kukai
... is one of the most profoundly influential figures in Buddhism, widely revered as Japan's greatest saint. A precocious scholar and wandering monk, he was ordained at T�daiji in Nara and later spent two years in China (804-6), where he was ordained as a Master of the Shingon (True Word) sect. Returnin ...
... is one of the most profoundly influential figures in Buddhism, widely revered as Japan's greatest saint. A precocious scholar and wandering monk, he was ordained at T�daiji in Nara and later spent two years in China (804-6), where he was ordained as a Master of the Shingon (True Word) sect. Returnin ...
Mahasaranagamana
... raga) and ill-will (byapada). A sakadagami is a Once-returner, who will achieve the end of dukkha after returning to the human world only once. Anagami Magga eliminates sensual attachment and ill-will completely. An Anagami is a Non-returner. Having completely destroyed all the fetters which lead to ...
... raga) and ill-will (byapada). A sakadagami is a Once-returner, who will achieve the end of dukkha after returning to the human world only once. Anagami Magga eliminates sensual attachment and ill-will completely. An Anagami is a Non-returner. Having completely destroyed all the fetters which lead to ...
Prereadings For Cultivating The Heart-min
... The first type of dukkha encompasses the difficulties associated with birth, old age, sickness and death. Also included in this first category is the inevitable fact that individuals often get what they do not want, do not get what they want, and are, sometime or other, parted from what they like. P ...
... The first type of dukkha encompasses the difficulties associated with birth, old age, sickness and death. Also included in this first category is the inevitable fact that individuals often get what they do not want, do not get what they want, and are, sometime or other, parted from what they like. P ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... aboundingin wisdomand goodness,happy,with oftheworlds,unsurpassed as a guideto mortals knowledge willingto be a teacher for and and Exalted a led, men, One, Buddha,evenas I gods am now,"willarise.29 buddhamentioned ThoughMaitreyais theonlyfuture specifically, thepossibility ofattaining buddhahoodis ...
... aboundingin wisdomand goodness,happy,with oftheworlds,unsurpassed as a guideto mortals knowledge willingto be a teacher for and and Exalted a led, men, One, Buddha,evenas I gods am now,"willarise.29 buddhamentioned ThoughMaitreyais theonlyfuture specifically, thepossibility ofattaining buddhahoodis ...
Buddhism and the earth : environmental thought in early Buddhist
... also be translated as suffering or unsatisfactoriness) (Sanskrit - dukkha): birth is dukkha, old age is dukkha, sickness is dukkha, death is dukkha, sorrow, lannentation, dejection and despair are dukkha. Contact with unpleasant things is dukkha, not getting what one wishes is dukkha. In short, the ...
... also be translated as suffering or unsatisfactoriness) (Sanskrit - dukkha): birth is dukkha, old age is dukkha, sickness is dukkha, death is dukkha, sorrow, lannentation, dejection and despair are dukkha. Contact with unpleasant things is dukkha, not getting what one wishes is dukkha. In short, the ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... aware of the delays that have brought out this issue in an untimely fashion. We can blame the devasting floods that swamped Thailand in 2011, and other reasons, but alas – it is here and we are focused on this matter, a cause for celebration, for some. We know that our journal may be distinct from o ...
... aware of the delays that have brought out this issue in an untimely fashion. We can blame the devasting floods that swamped Thailand in 2011, and other reasons, but alas – it is here and we are focused on this matter, a cause for celebration, for some. We know that our journal may be distinct from o ...
A COMPARISON OF ARISTOTELIAN AND BUDDHIST ETHICS AND
... Thomas Aquinas was to draw on Aristotle (among others) and to re- create Aristotle’s ethics in the light of Christian belief This led to the development of Natural Law ethics, that is, an ethics grounded on human nature; the Law revealed in Scripture is secondary. ...
... Thomas Aquinas was to draw on Aristotle (among others) and to re- create Aristotle’s ethics in the light of Christian belief This led to the development of Natural Law ethics, that is, an ethics grounded on human nature; the Law revealed in Scripture is secondary. ...
The Art of Attention
... attendant, Ananda. Ananda casually remarked that he thought it was an easy thing to understand. The Buddha responded by saying, ‘Not so Ananda, don’t ever say such a thing. It’s because people do not understand origination, that they are not able to penetrate it, that their minds are befuddled. Just ...
... attendant, Ananda. Ananda casually remarked that he thought it was an easy thing to understand. The Buddha responded by saying, ‘Not so Ananda, don’t ever say such a thing. It’s because people do not understand origination, that they are not able to penetrate it, that their minds are befuddled. Just ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... At any rate, around the third century CE in China, filial piety had become both an unavoidable form of social behavior and a rather lifeless idea, because it implied conformity with the established social norms. It is in this context that we witness the emergence of several Buddhist scriptures touch ...
... At any rate, around the third century CE in China, filial piety had become both an unavoidable form of social behavior and a rather lifeless idea, because it implied conformity with the established social norms. It is in this context that we witness the emergence of several Buddhist scriptures touch ...
Mahayana Buddhism
... which may be equated to omniscience (sarvajfiata) and for this, there is really one y[ma called Buddhayana and not a second or a third, though they take recourse to many forms of exposition to suit the different classes of beings whose mental inclinations and mental developments vary On account of t ...
... which may be equated to omniscience (sarvajfiata) and for this, there is really one y[ma called Buddhayana and not a second or a third, though they take recourse to many forms of exposition to suit the different classes of beings whose mental inclinations and mental developments vary On account of t ...
The Dynamic Practices of Luangpor Teean A Thai
... a successful trader, sailing in his own boat along the Mekhong River between Thailand and Laos. During these years he met various meditation teachers and practiced the methods they taught him, and his enthusiasm for pursuing Dhamma continued to strengthen. By the time he had reached his mid-40s, how ...
... a successful trader, sailing in his own boat along the Mekhong River between Thailand and Laos. During these years he met various meditation teachers and practiced the methods they taught him, and his enthusiasm for pursuing Dhamma continued to strengthen. By the time he had reached his mid-40s, how ...
What is karma and how does it ripen?
... the text, simply refer to it by its Sanskrit name. I have offered a summary of Vasubandhu’s explanation of the title of the Abhidharmakośa to give a small taste of how complex and rich in detail his explanations are. If he has such an elaborate explanation for the title of his book, his reader can b ...
... the text, simply refer to it by its Sanskrit name. I have offered a summary of Vasubandhu’s explanation of the title of the Abhidharmakośa to give a small taste of how complex and rich in detail his explanations are. If he has such an elaborate explanation for the title of his book, his reader can b ...
puñña kusala sukka
... be considered a form of ethical consequentialism.5 He notes that the early Buddhist tradition does not generally understand the moral goodness of an action to be dependent on the results that follow from the action; an action is good or bad in itself (2000:49). Positive experiential consequences flo ...
... be considered a form of ethical consequentialism.5 He notes that the early Buddhist tradition does not generally understand the moral goodness of an action to be dependent on the results that follow from the action; an action is good or bad in itself (2000:49). Positive experiential consequences flo ...
The Possibility of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response
... The second problem concerns whether a Christian worldview might accommodate a virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibi ...
... The second problem concerns whether a Christian worldview might accommodate a virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibi ...
Selected Translation of Miao-Yun Part One and Two
... aims at resolving the problem of human existence. This aim may be common to all higher religions, but Buddhism gives a more complete view to the purpose of life and its meaning. 1.1 Veiled in mystery, no one understands what birth and death is. From the moment we were born to the day of our old age ...
... aims at resolving the problem of human existence. This aim may be common to all higher religions, but Buddhism gives a more complete view to the purpose of life and its meaning. 1.1 Veiled in mystery, no one understands what birth and death is. From the moment we were born to the day of our old age ...
Teachings in Chinese Buddhism
... aims at resolving the problem of human existence. This aim may be common to all higher religions, but Buddhism gives a more complete view to the purpose of life and its meaning. 1.1 Veiled in mystery, no one understands what birth and death is. From the moment we were born to the day of our old age ...
... aims at resolving the problem of human existence. This aim may be common to all higher religions, but Buddhism gives a more complete view to the purpose of life and its meaning. 1.1 Veiled in mystery, no one understands what birth and death is. From the moment we were born to the day of our old age ...
Good Question, Good Answer
... Answer: Before we answer that question it would be best to define the word ‘science.’ Science is, according to the dictionary, ‘knowledge which can be made into a system, which depends upon seeing and testing facts and stating general natural laws, a branch of such knowledge, anything that can be st ...
... Answer: Before we answer that question it would be best to define the word ‘science.’ Science is, according to the dictionary, ‘knowledge which can be made into a system, which depends upon seeing and testing facts and stating general natural laws, a branch of such knowledge, anything that can be st ...
A New Approach to Gaudapadakarika
... "I" and' 'mine" ~rises from the lack of wisdom; Advaita, on the other hand, is experienced as freed from conceptions and as unspeakable, Dvaita is embodied in the mind's activities which are born of their causes, dharma and adharma, merit and demerit. They are to be made ceased and at their cessatio ...
... "I" and' 'mine" ~rises from the lack of wisdom; Advaita, on the other hand, is experienced as freed from conceptions and as unspeakable, Dvaita is embodied in the mind's activities which are born of their causes, dharma and adharma, merit and demerit. They are to be made ceased and at their cessatio ...
Buddhist Economics
... moral values, they would be in a better position to influence the world in a fundamental way and to provide solutions to the problems of humanity and the world at large. Ideally, economics should play a part in providing mankind with opportunities for real individual and social growth rather than si ...
... moral values, they would be in a better position to influence the world in a fundamental way and to provide solutions to the problems of humanity and the world at large. Ideally, economics should play a part in providing mankind with opportunities for real individual and social growth rather than si ...
Deep Transmission, and of What?
... has brought senior meditation teachers into these secular settings. ...
... has brought senior meditation teachers into these secular settings. ...
The Lost Empire of the Silk Road The discovery of
... of the young explorers. The Silk Road, the route made legend by the travels of Marco Polo. The route followed for long centuries by caravans from the fabled silk lands of the Yellow Emperor in China, up the muddy Yellow river, through the eastern spice kingdoms and the highlands of Tibet. Caravans w ...
... of the young explorers. The Silk Road, the route made legend by the travels of Marco Polo. The route followed for long centuries by caravans from the fabled silk lands of the Yellow Emperor in China, up the muddy Yellow river, through the eastern spice kingdoms and the highlands of Tibet. Caravans w ...
Down This Talk - Three Wheels Temple
... forth the nembutsu as the essential practice for effecting religious awakening and introduces two kinds of nembutsu, contemplative and vocal. Genshin especially praised the merit of the latter as something that could be practised by all people at all times. But he was not completely free from the in ...
... forth the nembutsu as the essential practice for effecting religious awakening and introduces two kinds of nembutsu, contemplative and vocal. Genshin especially praised the merit of the latter as something that could be practised by all people at all times. But he was not completely free from the in ...
What the Buddha Taught
... in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teacher. I have kept as close as I could to the originals, and have ...
... in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teacher. I have kept as close as I could to the originals, and have ...