The Role of Deterrence in Buddhist Peace-building Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... weapons during the cold war preserved the peace of the world over many decades. While this may be true, there is a particular danger associated with nuclear weapons insofar as they maintain the balance of power through the certainty of “mutually assured destruction (MAD).” They raise the stakes to a ...
... weapons during the cold war preserved the peace of the world over many decades. While this may be true, there is a particular danger associated with nuclear weapons insofar as they maintain the balance of power through the certainty of “mutually assured destruction (MAD).” They raise the stakes to a ...
Buddhism - Trinity Evangelical Free Church, Teaneck, NJ
... this suffering is the mistaken hope that one can escape suffering and enjoy a happy life. Escape from suffering is only an illusion. Life without pain is a contradiction. People try to cope with the difficulties of life by trying to make their life better. They hope that their life will eventually i ...
... this suffering is the mistaken hope that one can escape suffering and enjoy a happy life. Escape from suffering is only an illusion. Life without pain is a contradiction. People try to cope with the difficulties of life by trying to make their life better. They hope that their life will eventually i ...
Introduction to Buddhism Presentation
... generally placed around 400-500 BCE. • The Buddha appears in Buddhist literature under a number of names. His name is given as Gautama (Pali: Gotama). He is only referred to as the Buddha after his enlightenment. • He is also referred to as Śākyamuni Buddha, literally meaning sage (muni) of the Śāky ...
... generally placed around 400-500 BCE. • The Buddha appears in Buddhist literature under a number of names. His name is given as Gautama (Pali: Gotama). He is only referred to as the Buddha after his enlightenment. • He is also referred to as Śākyamuni Buddha, literally meaning sage (muni) of the Śāky ...
On Being a Sangha Counsellor.
... meditator, at peace with oneself and learned in Buddhism. Many western sangha (and Tibetans teaching in the west), therefore, find themselves in a position where they are assumed to have inner knowledge and experience which they have not yet developed, and in particular to have some insight into per ...
... meditator, at peace with oneself and learned in Buddhism. Many western sangha (and Tibetans teaching in the west), therefore, find themselves in a position where they are assumed to have inner knowledge and experience which they have not yet developed, and in particular to have some insight into per ...
BUDDHISM
... Vinaya (Rules) texts. And they rejected certain portions of the canon, which had been accepted in the First Council. ...
... Vinaya (Rules) texts. And they rejected certain portions of the canon, which had been accepted in the First Council. ...
The Buddhist Tradition
... Buddhism spread throughout Asia and divided into three major branches, each with distinctive beliefs, practices, and cultural nuances: Theravada Buddhism in southern and Southeast Asia (the modern countries of Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), Mahayana Buddhism in eastern A ...
... Buddhism spread throughout Asia and divided into three major branches, each with distinctive beliefs, practices, and cultural nuances: Theravada Buddhism in southern and Southeast Asia (the modern countries of Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), Mahayana Buddhism in eastern A ...
Buddhism and its Relevance in Modern World
... science. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said, “The 20th century was a century of war and violence, now we all need to work to see that the 21st century is of peace and dialogue. We can think of Buddhism in terms of three main categories - philosophy, science and religion. The religious part ...
... science. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said, “The 20th century was a century of war and violence, now we all need to work to see that the 21st century is of peace and dialogue. We can think of Buddhism in terms of three main categories - philosophy, science and religion. The religious part ...
Chapter 9
... ritual, others stressing asceticism (self-denial) and meditation. These features caused Buddhism to split into two major schools – Theravada and Mahayana – but also facilitated its expansion throughout east Asia, where it was able to reach accommodation with Daoism, Confucianism, and the native Japa ...
... ritual, others stressing asceticism (self-denial) and meditation. These features caused Buddhism to split into two major schools – Theravada and Mahayana – but also facilitated its expansion throughout east Asia, where it was able to reach accommodation with Daoism, Confucianism, and the native Japa ...
The masters go West: A story of Buddhism`s adaptation to new
... The reach and appeal of Buddhism are its faculty of adaptation to other cultural backgrounds and languages, and its egalitarian view of sentient beings. Taking a cultural anthropology perspective, this paper would like to illustrate the fact that Buddhism as a globalized and multi-faceted religion i ...
... The reach and appeal of Buddhism are its faculty of adaptation to other cultural backgrounds and languages, and its egalitarian view of sentient beings. Taking a cultural anthropology perspective, this paper would like to illustrate the fact that Buddhism as a globalized and multi-faceted religion i ...
RELI 633 - Office of the Provost
... The ultimate goal of the Buddhist path is to attain bodhi or enlightenment. This path is based on the threetier structure of the Buddist training that includes sila (ethics), samadhi (meditation) and prajna (wisdom). Modern study of Buddhism thus far has focused mainly on its intellectual and medita ...
... The ultimate goal of the Buddhist path is to attain bodhi or enlightenment. This path is based on the threetier structure of the Buddist training that includes sila (ethics), samadhi (meditation) and prajna (wisdom). Modern study of Buddhism thus far has focused mainly on its intellectual and medita ...
ü Vinaya-Piñaka der Theravàdin. (Monographien zur Indischen ä
... which also comprises the narratives surrounding the eight garudhamma, or Òimportant rulesÓ that nuns must take upon themselves in order to be fully ordained. Mahàpajàpatã, the BuddhaÕs stepmother, introduces most of the issues, which then lead to the proclamation of the pertinent rule. However, by d ...
... which also comprises the narratives surrounding the eight garudhamma, or Òimportant rulesÓ that nuns must take upon themselves in order to be fully ordained. Mahàpajàpatã, the BuddhaÕs stepmother, introduces most of the issues, which then lead to the proclamation of the pertinent rule. However, by d ...
Document
... The fourth teacher in the present kalpa was Sakya Muni, or Gautama Buddha, who was born in a royal family in India about 2,500 years ago. He is an historical personage and his name was Siddhartha Gautama. Sakya Muni taught that ignorance produces desire, unsatisfied desire is the cause of rebirth, a ...
... The fourth teacher in the present kalpa was Sakya Muni, or Gautama Buddha, who was born in a royal family in India about 2,500 years ago. He is an historical personage and his name was Siddhartha Gautama. Sakya Muni taught that ignorance produces desire, unsatisfied desire is the cause of rebirth, a ...
2. Hiouen Thsang and the Four Vedas
... Vedas. Then he speaks of five sciences, the first being Sabdavidya, Etymology. But I cannot find any trace of a Pafichavidya anywhere. It is hard to get any information about India in the seventh and eighth centuries or thereabouts. When one gets any information, it may generally be traced to Hiouen ...
... Vedas. Then he speaks of five sciences, the first being Sabdavidya, Etymology. But I cannot find any trace of a Pafichavidya anywhere. It is hard to get any information about India in the seventh and eighth centuries or thereabouts. When one gets any information, it may generally be traced to Hiouen ...
Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions
... and established the Saṅgha, the teachings showing the path to liberation have been clearly set forth for sentient beings to follow. As the Buddha’s doctrine spread throughout the Indian subcontinent and then into other countries, different Buddhist traditions emerged. In ancient times, and even into ...
... and established the Saṅgha, the teachings showing the path to liberation have been clearly set forth for sentient beings to follow. As the Buddha’s doctrine spread throughout the Indian subcontinent and then into other countries, different Buddhist traditions emerged. In ancient times, and even into ...
Religion 11 Syllabus
... explored in relation to both traditions: the relation between religion or religious communities and the societies and cultures in which they find themselves. Both Buddhism and Christianity contain, in their textual sources and early histories, rich and sometimes conflicting resources for construing ...
... explored in relation to both traditions: the relation between religion or religious communities and the societies and cultures in which they find themselves. Both Buddhism and Christianity contain, in their textual sources and early histories, rich and sometimes conflicting resources for construing ...
Buddhist Ethics of Pañcasīla or Pansil
... enshrined in the Pali text is lost to the English reader, due to a serious inaccuracy of translation. T.W.Rhys Davids, in his translation of the Mahasudassana Sutta of the Digha Nikaya, renders it in 1910 as ' Ye shall eat as ye have eaten ' [Dialogues of the Buddha, Vol.II. 203]. But by 1921, Rhys ...
... enshrined in the Pali text is lost to the English reader, due to a serious inaccuracy of translation. T.W.Rhys Davids, in his translation of the Mahasudassana Sutta of the Digha Nikaya, renders it in 1910 as ' Ye shall eat as ye have eaten ' [Dialogues of the Buddha, Vol.II. 203]. But by 1921, Rhys ...
Rebirth Buddhism
... Verses of Sister Vajira “Why do you assume a ‘person’? Mara, you have adopted a wrong speculative view. This is only a heap of processes. There is no person to be found here.” “Just as the word ‘chariot” refers to an assemblage of parts, so, ‘person’ is a convention used when the aggregates are pre ...
... Verses of Sister Vajira “Why do you assume a ‘person’? Mara, you have adopted a wrong speculative view. This is only a heap of processes. There is no person to be found here.” “Just as the word ‘chariot” refers to an assemblage of parts, so, ‘person’ is a convention used when the aggregates are pre ...
Buddhist Contributions to the World
... living beings. Buddhism and Christianity have many similarities, and there is no reason for mutual enmity, but the idea of the unity of all living beings comes more into a prominence in Buddhism. ● Bertrand Russell, famous philosopher. Philosophical conceptions are a product of two factors: one, inh ...
... living beings. Buddhism and Christianity have many similarities, and there is no reason for mutual enmity, but the idea of the unity of all living beings comes more into a prominence in Buddhism. ● Bertrand Russell, famous philosopher. Philosophical conceptions are a product of two factors: one, inh ...
07_chapter 1
... follower o f the Buddha. Ashoka appointed his religious officers to help the people to lead a pious life. He had edicts carved rocks and stone pillars. The rocks edicts are found in places at the periphery o f his vast empire and the pillar edicts along high roads or at places of pilgrimage where la ...
... follower o f the Buddha. Ashoka appointed his religious officers to help the people to lead a pious life. He had edicts carved rocks and stone pillars. The rocks edicts are found in places at the periphery o f his vast empire and the pillar edicts along high roads or at places of pilgrimage where la ...
The Differences between Theravada and Mahayana
... According to the Sri Lanka chronicles: of Dipavamsa (Chronicle of the Island, 4th AC), Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle, 5th AC) and the Samantapasadika (Commentary on the Vinaya), the term Theravada was first introduced into the history of Buddhism after the first Buddhist Council (synod) held at Rajagah ...
... According to the Sri Lanka chronicles: of Dipavamsa (Chronicle of the Island, 4th AC), Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle, 5th AC) and the Samantapasadika (Commentary on the Vinaya), the term Theravada was first introduced into the history of Buddhism after the first Buddhist Council (synod) held at Rajagah ...
Depictions of Buddha
... • There are many different statues and paintings of Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha. • The reason for these different representations is that Buddhism is typically absorbed into other cultures. (For example, Buddhism in China became Chinese instead of China becoming Buddhist.) ...
... • There are many different statues and paintings of Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha. • The reason for these different representations is that Buddhism is typically absorbed into other cultures. (For example, Buddhism in China became Chinese instead of China becoming Buddhist.) ...
Altered Space for a New Zen in Vietnam
... attracting kings and scholars. It has been particu‐ larly linked with what is considered the golden era of Buddhism in Vietnam, during the Lý and Trần dynasties, before Confucianism took away its courtly influence. The roots of the contemporary interest in Zen date back to t ...
... attracting kings and scholars. It has been particu‐ larly linked with what is considered the golden era of Buddhism in Vietnam, during the Lý and Trần dynasties, before Confucianism took away its courtly influence. The roots of the contemporary interest in Zen date back to t ...
Reviews
... preserve the integrity of the Buddhist tradition while at the same time fulfilling their responsibility to the present and the future. With that much I am in full agreement, and I acknowledge that the problem is especially acute for Theravàda Buddhism, which historically has been tied to a very part ...
... preserve the integrity of the Buddhist tradition while at the same time fulfilling their responsibility to the present and the future. With that much I am in full agreement, and I acknowledge that the problem is especially acute for Theravàda Buddhism, which historically has been tied to a very part ...
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.