The Relocalization of Buddhism in Thailand
... On the other hand, and partly in reaction to the first set of changes—a moral riposte to the pernicious social effects of globalization and capitalism—there have occurred a variety of “purifications” (Pattana 2005:464) and diversifications (O’Connor 1993), and a revitalized religiosity. The disencha ...
... On the other hand, and partly in reaction to the first set of changes—a moral riposte to the pernicious social effects of globalization and capitalism—there have occurred a variety of “purifications” (Pattana 2005:464) and diversifications (O’Connor 1993), and a revitalized religiosity. The disencha ...
“I`d rather have Eternal Emptiness”1—Goethe and Buddhism
... Indian poets of the 5th century. This work left major traces, among others, in “Prelude in the theatre” in Faust. In 1829, three years before his death Goethe, talking to Eckermann, finally compared the individual steps in life with one another and called the last, the highest step “quietism;” this ...
... Indian poets of the 5th century. This work left major traces, among others, in “Prelude in the theatre” in Faust. In 1829, three years before his death Goethe, talking to Eckermann, finally compared the individual steps in life with one another and called the last, the highest step “quietism;” this ...
The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency
... and corresponding kammic results. An interesting conundrum that follows from this analysis is that arahants have put an end to kamma and its results, yet arahants surely have intentions. The commentators explain such intentions as kiriya, meaning that they do not involve action or result. ...
... and corresponding kammic results. An interesting conundrum that follows from this analysis is that arahants have put an end to kamma and its results, yet arahants surely have intentions. The commentators explain such intentions as kiriya, meaning that they do not involve action or result. ...
Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion
... Second, Buddhism comprises a range of orientations from nontheistic to polytheistic. In contrast, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism share the belief that there exists a One True God. The consequence of these differences in theological perspective is lost if social scientists equate religion with mono ...
... Second, Buddhism comprises a range of orientations from nontheistic to polytheistic. In contrast, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism share the belief that there exists a One True God. The consequence of these differences in theological perspective is lost if social scientists equate religion with mono ...
(1) Book
... The evidences for the early phases of the spreading of Buddhism in the Tamil country can be seen mainly from the epigraphical sources found in its ancient caves and stone-beds. A number of caves with Brahmi scripts have been found in Tamil Nadu in Madurai, Tiruchi, Tirunelveli and Chingleput distric ...
... The evidences for the early phases of the spreading of Buddhism in the Tamil country can be seen mainly from the epigraphical sources found in its ancient caves and stone-beds. A number of caves with Brahmi scripts have been found in Tamil Nadu in Madurai, Tiruchi, Tirunelveli and Chingleput distric ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... In regard to variations in the use of pericopes, it is also of interest to compare their use in Pāli discourses to the usage in discourses from the Chinese Āgamas. Taking as an example the Madhyama-āgama collection preserved in Chinese, discourses found in this collection regularly describe how a mo ...
... In regard to variations in the use of pericopes, it is also of interest to compare their use in Pāli discourses to the usage in discourses from the Chinese Āgamas. Taking as an example the Madhyama-āgama collection preserved in Chinese, discourses found in this collection regularly describe how a mo ...
Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... Health as the Most Precious Asset........................................................... 48 Introduction of Monasticism & Health problems............................ 49 Medicine as One of the Four Requisites of Monkhood................ 52 Physical Fitness and Health.............................. ...
... Health as the Most Precious Asset........................................................... 48 Introduction of Monasticism & Health problems............................ 49 Medicine as One of the Four Requisites of Monkhood................ 52 Physical Fitness and Health.............................. ...
patriarch ` svision
... McLeish, Kenneth, Myth – Myths & Legends of the World Explored, Bloomsbury (1996), Page 406. ...
... McLeish, Kenneth, Myth – Myths & Legends of the World Explored, Bloomsbury (1996), Page 406. ...
History of Won
... explains that the Main Buddha will appear to the world in the future. This myth is widely known in Buddhism. The belief that identifies Mt. Kŭmgang as the sacred place where many Bodhisattvas with great dharma power will arise, and this country as the Buddha Land(K. 佛國緣土), draws our attention to the ...
... explains that the Main Buddha will appear to the world in the future. This myth is widely known in Buddhism. The belief that identifies Mt. Kŭmgang as the sacred place where many Bodhisattvas with great dharma power will arise, and this country as the Buddha Land(K. 佛國緣土), draws our attention to the ...
Essentials of Buddhism
... that he began to meditate, his thoughts became concentrated until he forgot his surroundings. When the attendants came back to find him, they saw him seated cross14 ...
... that he began to meditate, his thoughts became concentrated until he forgot his surroundings. When the attendants came back to find him, they saw him seated cross14 ...
Sati Journal Volume 1 - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... could breed internal conflict, feelings of guilt and unworthiness, and also generate tensions within the family and at the workplace. I think there are reasonable grounds for the belief that during his teaching rounds the Buddha gave many more teachings to his lay disciples than are recorded in the ...
... could breed internal conflict, feelings of guilt and unworthiness, and also generate tensions within the family and at the workplace. I think there are reasonable grounds for the belief that during his teaching rounds the Buddha gave many more teachings to his lay disciples than are recorded in the ...
Buddhism in China and Modern Society: An Introduction Centering
... Secondly, it opens up the most precious spiritual resources from researching the entire Buddhist teachings. He based on the Ahan Jing [Agama Sutra] as the scripture for Buddhism for the Human Realm, and took the teachings of the earlier scriptures as the theoretical foundation of Buddhism for the Hu ...
... Secondly, it opens up the most precious spiritual resources from researching the entire Buddhist teachings. He based on the Ahan Jing [Agama Sutra] as the scripture for Buddhism for the Human Realm, and took the teachings of the earlier scriptures as the theoretical foundation of Buddhism for the Hu ...
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps
... The Buddha's followers cannot pray, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done" but instead they have made such formal promises as, "I will awaken my mind to the teachings of the Buddha for the benefit of all beings." Such vows are found in the very earliest Buddhist writings, and continue to be of primary ...
... The Buddha's followers cannot pray, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done" but instead they have made such formal promises as, "I will awaken my mind to the teachings of the Buddha for the benefit of all beings." Such vows are found in the very earliest Buddhist writings, and continue to be of primary ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... section deals with universalist and particularist appropriations of filial piety, a set of reflections leading to the conclusion. I. Introduction Let us first envision the broader picture. Not many certainties are shared by all human beings regardless of their personal, cultural, and religious backg ...
... section deals with universalist and particularist appropriations of filial piety, a set of reflections leading to the conclusion. I. Introduction Let us first envision the broader picture. Not many certainties are shared by all human beings regardless of their personal, cultural, and religious backg ...
Neither the Same nor the Other
... interpretation of these visions. Do they occur here or there? Are these, from a subjective point of view, perfectly “real dreams” actual experiential accounts of the existence of the hereafter, of heaven and hell, of topoi spoken of in holy texts? And lastly, even if we place them out there, is the ...
... interpretation of these visions. Do they occur here or there? Are these, from a subjective point of view, perfectly “real dreams” actual experiential accounts of the existence of the hereafter, of heaven and hell, of topoi spoken of in holy texts? And lastly, even if we place them out there, is the ...
Buddha`s Life Conception and Birth
... was more difficult to do so without stepping on submerged animal life, unwittingly killing them. During this period, the sangha would retreat to a monastery, public park or a forest and people would come to them. The first vassana (rainy season) was spent at Varanasi when the sangha was first formed ...
... was more difficult to do so without stepping on submerged animal life, unwittingly killing them. During this period, the sangha would retreat to a monastery, public park or a forest and people would come to them. The first vassana (rainy season) was spent at Varanasi when the sangha was first formed ...
Archaeological Discovery and Examination of the Money
... mainly existed in the lower reach of Yangtze River during the 3rd to 4th centuries CE (Wu of the Three-Kingdoms Period to the Western Jin Dynasty). On the upper part of this type of celadon wares, sculptures such as architecture, human, beast and bird figures were usually attached or embossed as dec ...
... mainly existed in the lower reach of Yangtze River during the 3rd to 4th centuries CE (Wu of the Three-Kingdoms Period to the Western Jin Dynasty). On the upper part of this type of celadon wares, sculptures such as architecture, human, beast and bird figures were usually attached or embossed as dec ...
Bodhisattva Precepts in the Ming Society: Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... the entire country a realistic goal. Restriction in temple construction, in number of ordination ceremonies and of ordained clergies allowed within a time period was among the most regulated aspects of institutional Buddhism and Taoism.22 A whole bureaucracy was created manned by “monk-officials” (s ...
... the entire country a realistic goal. Restriction in temple construction, in number of ordination ceremonies and of ordained clergies allowed within a time period was among the most regulated aspects of institutional Buddhism and Taoism.22 A whole bureaucracy was created manned by “monk-officials” (s ...
EXPLORATIONS - The Center for Southeast Asian Studies
... The Ashikaga shoguns had entered into tributary relations with Ming China in 1405 (Sansom 1961:170), and though formal relations had been cut off since 1557 (Iwao 1976:1), Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa shoguns who came after him felt the need to more explicitly end the pretense of Japanese sub ...
... The Ashikaga shoguns had entered into tributary relations with Ming China in 1405 (Sansom 1961:170), and though formal relations had been cut off since 1557 (Iwao 1976:1), Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa shoguns who came after him felt the need to more explicitly end the pretense of Japanese sub ...
Mahatma Gandhi and Buddhism - The Institute of Oriental Philosophy
... Gandhiji visited Burma [Myanmar], another Buddhist country, in March 1929, and spoke at a number of public and religious meetings in which he emphasized the following points:23 (a) He felt honored when Buddhists in Ceylon, Burma, China, and Japan claimed him as their own, because “Buddhism is to Hin ...
... Gandhiji visited Burma [Myanmar], another Buddhist country, in March 1929, and spoke at a number of public and religious meetings in which he emphasized the following points:23 (a) He felt honored when Buddhists in Ceylon, Burma, China, and Japan claimed him as their own, because “Buddhism is to Hin ...
BUILDING BRIDGES A Tapestry of Faith Program for Youth
... It might look as if people in Buddhist temples are worshipping the Buddha, but they are not. They do honor the Buddha for his teachings, which can help anyone reach enlightenment. In this way, he is similar to other prophets. However, the Buddha did not claim that God spoke through him. He was a hum ...
... It might look as if people in Buddhist temples are worshipping the Buddha, but they are not. They do honor the Buddha for his teachings, which can help anyone reach enlightenment. In this way, he is similar to other prophets. However, the Buddha did not claim that God spoke through him. He was a hum ...
BUILDING BRIDGES A Tapestry of Faith Program for Youth
... prophets. However, the Buddha did not claim that God spoke through him. He was a human, like you and me. Though he may have reached the divine state of nirvana, you and I are just as capable of reaching that state as he. Make sure that all participants have had a chance to see Leader Resource 2, Ima ...
... prophets. However, the Buddha did not claim that God spoke through him. He was a human, like you and me. Though he may have reached the divine state of nirvana, you and I are just as capable of reaching that state as he. Make sure that all participants have had a chance to see Leader Resource 2, Ima ...
Nietzsche and The Four Noble Truths
... -7into the cruelty of nature and, without yielding to a resignation or to ‘a Buddhistic negation of the will,’ reaffirms life with the creation of works of art” (Kaufmann 131). In “Beyond Good and Evil,” he furthers the point: “The discipline of suffering, of great suffering—do you not know that onl ...
... -7into the cruelty of nature and, without yielding to a resignation or to ‘a Buddhistic negation of the will,’ reaffirms life with the creation of works of art” (Kaufmann 131). In “Beyond Good and Evil,” he furthers the point: “The discipline of suffering, of great suffering—do you not know that onl ...
Return Tranquility
... UHOLJLRQWKDWLVIXOO\FRPSDWLEOHZLWKPRGHUQVFLHQWL¿FWKLQNLQJ Some question whether Buddhism would become the religion of the modern world? Others are greatly grieved, however, that the new generation of Westerners is turning East. Amazingly, although Christianity spread in the East through hig ...
... UHOLJLRQWKDWLVIXOO\FRPSDWLEOHZLWKPRGHUQVFLHQWL¿FWKLQNLQJ Some question whether Buddhism would become the religion of the modern world? Others are greatly grieved, however, that the new generation of Westerners is turning East. Amazingly, although Christianity spread in the East through hig ...
Mahayana Buddhism and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
... there is a bodhisattva shown to assist all sentient beings toward obtaining the Ultimate Truth and happiness. In Mahayana Buddhism, who remains in this world works to enlighten all and spread happiness and bliss (Gethin 1998; Keown 2013; Leighton 2012). A bodhisattva is not yet a Buddha and not yet ...
... there is a bodhisattva shown to assist all sentient beings toward obtaining the Ultimate Truth and happiness. In Mahayana Buddhism, who remains in this world works to enlighten all and spread happiness and bliss (Gethin 1998; Keown 2013; Leighton 2012). A bodhisattva is not yet a Buddha and not yet ...
Buddhist art
Buddhist art is the artistic practices that are influenced by Buddhism. It includes art media which depict Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and other entities; notable Buddhist figures, both historical and mythical; narrative scenes from the lives of all of these; mandalas and other graphic aids to practice; as well as physical objects associated with Buddhist practice, such as vajras, bells, stupas and Buddhist temple architecture. Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world.Buddhist art followed believers as the dharma spread, adapted, and evolved in each new host country. It developed to the north through Central Asia and into Eastern Asia to form the Northern branch of Buddhist art, and to the east as far as Southeast Asia to form the Southern branch of Buddhist art. In India, Buddhist art flourished and influenced the development of Hindu art, until Buddhism nearly disappeared in India around the 10th century due in part to the vigorous expansion of Islam alongside Hinduism.