wesak-option - Full Moon Meditations
... comfort and happiness, life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete, because our world is subject to impermanence. This means we are never able to keep permanently what we strive for, and just as happy moments pass by, we ourselves and our loved ones will pass away one day, too. ...
... comfort and happiness, life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete, because our world is subject to impermanence. This means we are never able to keep permanently what we strive for, and just as happy moments pass by, we ourselves and our loved ones will pass away one day, too. ...
Beyond-the-Tipitaka - Ancient Buddhist Texts
... Finally, the commentaries often contain magnificent stories to illustrate and amplify upon points of Dhamma that are made in the suttas. For example, Dhp 114 takes on a much richer meaning in light of the commentary’s background story – the famous parable of Kisāgotamī and the mustard seed.4 Comment ...
... Finally, the commentaries often contain magnificent stories to illustrate and amplify upon points of Dhamma that are made in the suttas. For example, Dhp 114 takes on a much richer meaning in light of the commentary’s background story – the famous parable of Kisāgotamī and the mustard seed.4 Comment ...
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 ...
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 ...
November 2002 - Steveston Buddhist Temple
... bottom six ‘Realms’ represent the realms of suffering and that we are transmigrating in these six realms until we encounter the Buddha Dharma and proceed on the path of the Dharma. Realms 7 to 10 (Sravakas to Buddhahood) are the realms one may attain upon attaining the Bodhi mind, which is the aspir ...
... bottom six ‘Realms’ represent the realms of suffering and that we are transmigrating in these six realms until we encounter the Buddha Dharma and proceed on the path of the Dharma. Realms 7 to 10 (Sravakas to Buddhahood) are the realms one may attain upon attaining the Bodhi mind, which is the aspir ...
Vol-55 Dec-2013 - Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia
... simile of the saw, where the Buddha tells the story of a wise slave who deliberately tests her mistress’s patience; the story of bandits carving the listener’s limbs one by one with a two-handled saw to illustrate the correct way to develop patience; and the water-snake simile where the Buddha, usin ...
... simile of the saw, where the Buddha tells the story of a wise slave who deliberately tests her mistress’s patience; the story of bandits carving the listener’s limbs one by one with a two-handled saw to illustrate the correct way to develop patience; and the water-snake simile where the Buddha, usin ...
- Hospice of Mother Tara
... Compassion and loving kindness for others make us happier. We see this when people like Glen McGrath or Rosie Batty lose someone and then they make this an opportunity to help others. It gives life and loss meaning to care for others. Some have this capacity naturally, but we can also work with our ...
... Compassion and loving kindness for others make us happier. We see this when people like Glen McGrath or Rosie Batty lose someone and then they make this an opportunity to help others. It gives life and loss meaning to care for others. Some have this capacity naturally, but we can also work with our ...
The Purification Ritual of Dorje Namjum
... The Purification Ritual of Dorje Namjum The Importance of Motivation From the Buddhist point of view all sentient beings yearn for peace, happiness, liberty, and freedom. We know this through our own experience. These goals can be viewed from a short-term or a long-term point of view. Buddhism teac ...
... The Purification Ritual of Dorje Namjum The Importance of Motivation From the Buddhist point of view all sentient beings yearn for peace, happiness, liberty, and freedom. We know this through our own experience. These goals can be viewed from a short-term or a long-term point of view. Buddhism teac ...
Rotman, Marketing Morality
... Solitary buddhas are particularly good fields of merit for devotees to “plant” their meritorious deeds. “Thus,” as John Strong (1989: 57) notes, “any good (or bad) action directed toward him can have positive (or negative) karmic results beyond all expectations.” In the Meṇḍhaka-avadāna, for example ...
... Solitary buddhas are particularly good fields of merit for devotees to “plant” their meritorious deeds. “Thus,” as John Strong (1989: 57) notes, “any good (or bad) action directed toward him can have positive (or negative) karmic results beyond all expectations.” In the Meṇḍhaka-avadāna, for example ...
President Toda said - Unofficial SGI SWS
... In this connection, President Toda discussed the phrase "various causes" from the standpoint of the Daishonin's Buddhism as follows: Regarding the meaning of "various causes": in the time of kuon ganjo we were followers of the original Buddha Nichiren Daishonin. Because of this "cause," now in the L ...
... In this connection, President Toda discussed the phrase "various causes" from the standpoint of the Daishonin's Buddhism as follows: Regarding the meaning of "various causes": in the time of kuon ganjo we were followers of the original Buddha Nichiren Daishonin. Because of this "cause," now in the L ...
Summer 2008 Special Edt. - Birmingham Buddhist Vihara
... India. In his turn, shortly before his death, he passed them on to venerable Rewata Dhamma in 1964. When the latter travelled to England eleven years later, he left the relics on the shrine of U Nu, a former Prime Minister of Myanmar then in exile in India. After his return, his daughter Daw Than Th ...
... India. In his turn, shortly before his death, he passed them on to venerable Rewata Dhamma in 1964. When the latter travelled to England eleven years later, he left the relics on the shrine of U Nu, a former Prime Minister of Myanmar then in exile in India. After his return, his daughter Daw Than Th ...
Buddhist Examination Study Guide Buddhist Examination Study Guide
... ( F ) 55. Intending to do something and actually doing it have the same karmic effect. (simply doing something good without good/wholesome intentions does not result in good karma) ( T ) 56. Buddhism virtually died out in India because it was gradually absorbed by Hinduism. ( T ) 57. By observing th ...
... ( F ) 55. Intending to do something and actually doing it have the same karmic effect. (simply doing something good without good/wholesome intentions does not result in good karma) ( T ) 56. Buddhism virtually died out in India because it was gradually absorbed by Hinduism. ( T ) 57. By observing th ...
The Buddhist Concept of the Human Being
... Shakyamuni left home to set out on a journey to solve the questions of human existence. First he studied under Brahman teachers who had achieved a high level of awareness, and then he underwent a long period of austere practices, before abandoning that course as well. Finally, through intense medita ...
... Shakyamuni left home to set out on a journey to solve the questions of human existence. First he studied under Brahman teachers who had achieved a high level of awareness, and then he underwent a long period of austere practices, before abandoning that course as well. Finally, through intense medita ...
Right Mindfulness
... For example, there is the Buddha's recurring instruction to find a place of seclusion i.e., safety - and then sit down at the base of a tree - where he found his own enlightenment - with your back to it, protecting your most vulnerable flank. Other traditional practices help one get used to, and thu ...
... For example, there is the Buddha's recurring instruction to find a place of seclusion i.e., safety - and then sit down at the base of a tree - where he found his own enlightenment - with your back to it, protecting your most vulnerable flank. Other traditional practices help one get used to, and thu ...
Literal Means and Hidden Meanings: a New Analysis of Skillful Means
... This very broad and somewhat oversimplified definition tries to incorporate the whole range of Buddhist views on the subject. However, it does not help to explain why there is an extensive use of the term in central Mahâyâna sûtras while pre-Mahâyâna texts are almost completely silent on this issue. ...
... This very broad and somewhat oversimplified definition tries to incorporate the whole range of Buddhist views on the subject. However, it does not help to explain why there is an extensive use of the term in central Mahâyâna sûtras while pre-Mahâyâna texts are almost completely silent on this issue. ...
Buddhism and Animal Ethics
... Buddhist positions and argument regarding animal welfare. It introduces the Buddha’s teaching of ahiṃsā or non-violence and rationally reconstructs five arguments from the context of early Indian Buddhism that aim to justify its extension to animals. These arguments appeal to the capacity and desire ...
... Buddhist positions and argument regarding animal welfare. It introduces the Buddha’s teaching of ahiṃsā or non-violence and rationally reconstructs five arguments from the context of early Indian Buddhism that aim to justify its extension to animals. These arguments appeal to the capacity and desire ...
Buddhism ( Living as a Buddhist
... Teachers may wish to draw on some of the following information when enabling pupils to learn about living as a Buddhist. It is not intended that the subject matter will be presented to children as it appears below. It is intended that teachers will use a variety of pedagogies when teaching RE, and s ...
... Teachers may wish to draw on some of the following information when enabling pupils to learn about living as a Buddhist. It is not intended that the subject matter will be presented to children as it appears below. It is intended that teachers will use a variety of pedagogies when teaching RE, and s ...
Salvation in Buddhism - Digital Commons @ Andrews University
... Theravāda Buddhism is basically a religion without god. It does not believe in a supreme being, although it does recognize many gods as higher beings. However, when it comes to the issue of salvation, the gods cannot help because they are beings subjected to suffering and the karmic system of samsar ...
... Theravāda Buddhism is basically a religion without god. It does not believe in a supreme being, although it does recognize many gods as higher beings. However, when it comes to the issue of salvation, the gods cannot help because they are beings subjected to suffering and the karmic system of samsar ...
Archaeological Discovery and Examination of the Money
... grabbing lower hem of robe are not seen in the former either; 2. the more than one Buddha images appearing on one object of the former system are in various postures; for example, the four sets of Buddha images on a Buddha and Beast mirror unearthed from Ezhou City, Hubei Province are shown as front ...
... grabbing lower hem of robe are not seen in the former either; 2. the more than one Buddha images appearing on one object of the former system are in various postures; for example, the four sets of Buddha images on a Buddha and Beast mirror unearthed from Ezhou City, Hubei Province are shown as front ...
Interpretation of Concept of Nibbāna in Engaged Buddhism: A Case
... suffering of the man and its total eradication is the solution. The former is called Dukkha and the latter Nibb na. In between two, there is a path that gradually takes one from the state of the former to the state of the latter. It is the basic characteristics of Dhamma, the righteous path, which i ...
... suffering of the man and its total eradication is the solution. The former is called Dukkha and the latter Nibb na. In between two, there is a path that gradually takes one from the state of the former to the state of the latter. It is the basic characteristics of Dhamma, the righteous path, which i ...
Third Karma Kuchen Bio
... The third Karma Kuchen Rinpoche Do‐ngag Chokyi Nyima was born in Ahlo Khateng in the fourteenth rabjung year of the Wood Tiger (1854). His birth was prophesied by a letter left behind by Karma Gyurmed, which clearly indicated the location of the birth. As befitted the birth of a great lama, light ...
... The third Karma Kuchen Rinpoche Do‐ngag Chokyi Nyima was born in Ahlo Khateng in the fourteenth rabjung year of the Wood Tiger (1854). His birth was prophesied by a letter left behind by Karma Gyurmed, which clearly indicated the location of the birth. As befitted the birth of a great lama, light ...
The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
... In reading the Dhammapada, we recommend that you keep two questions in mind. The first question concerns the purpose of the Dhammapada. In brief the verses in the book have served as a user’s guide to the Buddha’s most basic teachings since (according to tradition) the time of the Buddha. For our pu ...
... In reading the Dhammapada, we recommend that you keep two questions in mind. The first question concerns the purpose of the Dhammapada. In brief the verses in the book have served as a user’s guide to the Buddha’s most basic teachings since (according to tradition) the time of the Buddha. For our pu ...