409. Heine, Steven
... perspectives. One maintains that there is no signi³cant change in Dõgen’s approach from his early to later writings. The other seeks a compromise by acknowledging some degree of change, though with a different and more complex rationale than argued by Critical Buddhism.4 In the concluding section, I ...
... perspectives. One maintains that there is no signi³cant change in Dõgen’s approach from his early to later writings. The other seeks a compromise by acknowledging some degree of change, though with a different and more complex rationale than argued by Critical Buddhism.4 In the concluding section, I ...
By Ajahn Jayasaro - Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
... long-standing need. There have been others in the past who have begun and then finally abandoned such a project. This book finally succeeds in remedying an important lack. Ajahn Jayasaro has written this book in the form of questions and answers, making it interesting and not overly-academic in tone ...
... long-standing need. There have been others in the past who have begun and then finally abandoned such a project. This book finally succeeds in remedying an important lack. Ajahn Jayasaro has written this book in the form of questions and answers, making it interesting and not overly-academic in tone ...
Nikāya Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... definition right and of necessity beneficial to the agent, violation of which is by definition wrong and of necessity harmful. Modern writers often demythologize the law of karma as expressing likely “ordinary” (e.g., social and psychological) effects of action on the agent. While such demythologiza ...
... definition right and of necessity beneficial to the agent, violation of which is by definition wrong and of necessity harmful. Modern writers often demythologize the law of karma as expressing likely “ordinary” (e.g., social and psychological) effects of action on the agent. While such demythologiza ...
107 A Comparative Study of Ahimsa (non
... spread beyond the confines of India – land of its birth and the latter is confined to India territory, their noble doctrines have remarkably influenced our society and social institutions (Santini, 1975). Among the sublime ethical doctrines which these two great religions advocate are Ahimsa (non-vi ...
... spread beyond the confines of India – land of its birth and the latter is confined to India territory, their noble doctrines have remarkably influenced our society and social institutions (Santini, 1975). Among the sublime ethical doctrines which these two great religions advocate are Ahimsa (non-vi ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... course to be taken in relation to her following of 500 Sàkyan women, who had come together with her in quest of higher ordination. In reply to this question, the Buddha promulgated Cv X.2, according to which bhikkhus on their own should give the higher ordination to female candidates. Considering th ...
... course to be taken in relation to her following of 500 Sàkyan women, who had come together with her in quest of higher ordination. In reply to this question, the Buddha promulgated Cv X.2, according to which bhikkhus on their own should give the higher ordination to female candidates. Considering th ...
When Buddhism was first introduced to Japan in the 6th century, it
... As you may know the Mahayana movement is said to have arisen amongst those who revered a stupa. When holding meetings at a stupa, they chanted sutras, sat in meditation and conversed on the Buddha. Over the years that followed the death of the Buddha they must have reflected deeply upon him. What w ...
... As you may know the Mahayana movement is said to have arisen amongst those who revered a stupa. When holding meetings at a stupa, they chanted sutras, sat in meditation and conversed on the Buddha. Over the years that followed the death of the Buddha they must have reflected deeply upon him. What w ...
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... of the “haughty” sravakas and pratyekabuddhas.8 Although the sutra embraces various Dharmas as forms of some all-encompassing and ultimate vehicle, the ekayana, the Lotus clearly grades these various buddha-vehicles into better and worse,9 and it’s not so clear that this distinction relates merely t ...
... of the “haughty” sravakas and pratyekabuddhas.8 Although the sutra embraces various Dharmas as forms of some all-encompassing and ultimate vehicle, the ekayana, the Lotus clearly grades these various buddha-vehicles into better and worse,9 and it’s not so clear that this distinction relates merely t ...
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya
... final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. His father, Suddhodana, was in fact an elected chief of the clan rat ...
... final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. His father, Suddhodana, was in fact an elected chief of the clan rat ...
Buddhist Survival Khmer
... k’mowoo A=BC=ទEកGមHពណ)KL). If the hermit monk did those things, he would certainly have much power. We asked the abbot where he learned the information about black cow urine and he responded that he had read it in a book. Unfortunately, when I inquired further about this powerful concoction at Wat M ...
... k’mowoo A=BC=ទEកGមHពណ)KL). If the hermit monk did those things, he would certainly have much power. We asked the abbot where he learned the information about black cow urine and he responded that he had read it in a book. Unfortunately, when I inquired further about this powerful concoction at Wat M ...
Biographies of Conference Participants
... joined the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath. Then, under the auspices of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, he studied Buddhist philosophy for three years and received a GesheAcharya degree in 1972. At the end of 1973 he joined the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, as libr ...
... joined the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath. Then, under the auspices of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, he studied Buddhist philosophy for three years and received a GesheAcharya degree in 1972. At the end of 1973 he joined the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, as libr ...
Precepts Guideline Manual
... It is important for us to understand human life. What is its meaning and purpose? What is our relationship to non-human beings and the physical environment? Is there an individual self that survives through the cycle of successive lives? Peace, love and happiness form the basis for the true meaning ...
... It is important for us to understand human life. What is its meaning and purpose? What is our relationship to non-human beings and the physical environment? Is there an individual self that survives through the cycle of successive lives? Peace, love and happiness form the basis for the true meaning ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... stupas (domes of more than 3m in height), 504 Buddha-statues in lotus sitting posture (conspicuously, no reclining or standing statues), and 1460 story-telling bas relief panels. The name “Borobudur” is seemingly derived from the Sanskrit “vihara” , meaning sanctuary and pronounced in Javanese as “b ...
... stupas (domes of more than 3m in height), 504 Buddha-statues in lotus sitting posture (conspicuously, no reclining or standing statues), and 1460 story-telling bas relief panels. The name “Borobudur” is seemingly derived from the Sanskrit “vihara” , meaning sanctuary and pronounced in Javanese as “b ...
The Bhikkhunī-ordination controversy in Thailand
... The debate about the ordination of Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Shortly after Chatsumarn Kabilsingh’s ordination as Sāmaerī Dhammanandā, the possibility of a legitimate Higher Ordination act for women began to be debated heatedly in Thai society. 12 The equality between men and women in terms of their spi ...
... The debate about the ordination of Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Shortly after Chatsumarn Kabilsingh’s ordination as Sāmaerī Dhammanandā, the possibility of a legitimate Higher Ordination act for women began to be debated heatedly in Thai society. 12 The equality between men and women in terms of their spi ...
Surun-Khanda D. Syrtypova
... Buddhist cult in the region of study. The language of religious texts, including sādhanas, remains Tibetan among Mongolian peoples through the last three centuries. 2) Objects such as iconic paintings and sculptures, and other objects of fine art from different collections of Russia and Mongolia. Th ...
... Buddhist cult in the region of study. The language of religious texts, including sādhanas, remains Tibetan among Mongolian peoples through the last three centuries. 2) Objects such as iconic paintings and sculptures, and other objects of fine art from different collections of Russia and Mongolia. Th ...
Buddhist Meditation - Sungai Long Buddhist Society
... Nirvana.[1] The closest words for meditation in the classical languages of Buddhism are bhāvanā[2] and jhāna/dhyāna.[3] Buddhist meditation techniques have become increasingly popular in the wider world, with many non-Buddhists taking them up for a variety of reasons. Given the large number and dive ...
... Nirvana.[1] The closest words for meditation in the classical languages of Buddhism are bhāvanā[2] and jhāna/dhyāna.[3] Buddhist meditation techniques have become increasingly popular in the wider world, with many non-Buddhists taking them up for a variety of reasons. Given the large number and dive ...
JIABU, Vol. IX, 2016 - International Association of Buddhist
... peace and liberation, through the Bodhisattva Ideal. Ven. Phan Anh Duoc contributes a paper on various leaders involved with engaged Buddhism, expressing their ideas on Nibbana. A leader from China is written about in Mr. Saiping An’s paper on Venerable Chin Kung, illuminating the idea of multicultu ...
... peace and liberation, through the Bodhisattva Ideal. Ven. Phan Anh Duoc contributes a paper on various leaders involved with engaged Buddhism, expressing their ideas on Nibbana. A leader from China is written about in Mr. Saiping An’s paper on Venerable Chin Kung, illuminating the idea of multicultu ...
Silk Road Foundation
... it should provoke the viewer into thinking long and hard about what he or she is viewing, stimulate a desire to learn more, and present a range of interpretations. In Sweden, a country where a concern over national identity is very much alive, the national historical museum in Stockholm in fact take ...
... it should provoke the viewer into thinking long and hard about what he or she is viewing, stimulate a desire to learn more, and present a range of interpretations. In Sweden, a country where a concern over national identity is very much alive, the national historical museum in Stockholm in fact take ...
Buddhist Concepts in the Practice of Psychotherapy: A Qualitative
... variety of beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, which translates in Pali/Sanskrit to "the awakened one." Most scholars believe that the Buddha lived and taught in what is today India and Nepal, sometime between the 6th and ...
... variety of beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, which translates in Pali/Sanskrit to "the awakened one." Most scholars believe that the Buddha lived and taught in what is today India and Nepal, sometime between the 6th and ...
The Great Perfection of Tibetan Buddhism
... general, as the object of compassion. Tonglen is an advanced technique for developing compassion32. In this technique, while one breathes in, one visualizes all the suffering33 in the world entering one’s body as blackness.34 While when one breathes out, one visualizes all the merit (good deeds and ...
... general, as the object of compassion. Tonglen is an advanced technique for developing compassion32. In this technique, while one breathes in, one visualizes all the suffering33 in the world entering one’s body as blackness.34 While when one breathes out, one visualizes all the merit (good deeds and ...
No Hinayana in Buddhism
... 1) Some assert that the word Hinayana as a term for the earlier schools is a usage that belongs to the distant past only. This is not correct. It can be found in several modern reference works, and in more specialist literature it can for instance be found in H.V. Guenther, Buddhist Philosophy In Th ...
... 1) Some assert that the word Hinayana as a term for the earlier schools is a usage that belongs to the distant past only. This is not correct. It can be found in several modern reference works, and in more specialist literature it can for instance be found in H.V. Guenther, Buddhist Philosophy In Th ...
Tradition and Change: Two Buddhisms in the Bible
... white Americans. They are referred to as just “American” from here on. The American Buddhist practice of “reduction” means that Theravada has been reduced to focus on primarily one aspect of the tradition, namely meditation. The third change, or adaptation, is the American tendency for “syncretism.” ...
... white Americans. They are referred to as just “American” from here on. The American Buddhist practice of “reduction” means that Theravada has been reduced to focus on primarily one aspect of the tradition, namely meditation. The third change, or adaptation, is the American tendency for “syncretism.” ...
Gotama Buddha and Religious Pluralism
... As was stated at the outset of this essay, Buddhism currently enjoys the reputation of being a champion of religious tolerance at the least and perhaps even of religious pluralism. One modern author who has contributed to the portrayal of the Buddha’s teachings in this light has been T.R.V. Murti. I ...
... As was stated at the outset of this essay, Buddhism currently enjoys the reputation of being a champion of religious tolerance at the least and perhaps even of religious pluralism. One modern author who has contributed to the portrayal of the Buddha’s teachings in this light has been T.R.V. Murti. I ...
BUSL-NC-Proceedings 2013 - Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
... contributors of development of the Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, believe that this year‟s conference provides an excellent forum for exchanging information and discussion on a wide variety of “New Buddhist Trends and Empowering Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka”. It will be a unique conference for ...
... contributors of development of the Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, believe that this year‟s conference provides an excellent forum for exchanging information and discussion on a wide variety of “New Buddhist Trends and Empowering Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka”. It will be a unique conference for ...
Buddhism (World Religions)
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
Colors of the Robe: Religion, Identity and Difference Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... to steer between, and yet his work is indebted to the ideals of both types of scholarship. Even a cursory read of Abeysekara’s book shows his sensitivity to the constructed nature of forms of knowledge as well as to the dangers posed by such forms when taken to be normative. It is a third group, how ...
... to steer between, and yet his work is indebted to the ideals of both types of scholarship. Even a cursory read of Abeysekara’s book shows his sensitivity to the constructed nature of forms of knowledge as well as to the dangers posed by such forms when taken to be normative. It is a third group, how ...
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.