Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade The Realignment
... I have also benefited from the courses I took at the University of Pennsylvania with William Lafluer, Ludo Rocher, and Nathan Sivin. Xinru Liu gave me the initial idea to explore the transformation of Sino-Indian interactions during the ninth and tenth centuries as a dissertation topic. Her books an ...
... I have also benefited from the courses I took at the University of Pennsylvania with William Lafluer, Ludo Rocher, and Nathan Sivin. Xinru Liu gave me the initial idea to explore the transformation of Sino-Indian interactions during the ninth and tenth centuries as a dissertation topic. Her books an ...
Was the Buddha Omniscient?
... regarding what it signified and that, at least in the minds of some commentators, a more factual interpretation of sabbaññuta-ñāṇa replaced a more principial one. Consequently, certain powers were ascribed to the Buddha that are not only literally incredible but rather beside the point. The Theravād ...
... regarding what it signified and that, at least in the minds of some commentators, a more factual interpretation of sabbaññuta-ñāṇa replaced a more principial one. Consequently, certain powers were ascribed to the Buddha that are not only literally incredible but rather beside the point. The Theravād ...
Zen and Japanese Militarism
... leClrning, even with regard to the study of Buddh ism itself. Here , too, however, the motivation was, at least in part, defensive in nature, for the Buddhist leadership recognized that without e mbrac ing Western learning they would be unab le to counter the intellectual threat ...
... leClrning, even with regard to the study of Buddh ism itself. Here , too, however, the motivation was, at least in part, defensive in nature, for the Buddhist leadership recognized that without e mbrac ing Western learning they would be unab le to counter the intellectual threat ...
Sacred Arts of Tibet Art from the Roof of the World
... Tibet is located in the heart of Asia, held aloft on a vast mountainous plateau. Besides sharing borders with India to the west and south and China to the east, Tibet is also neighbor to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Burma (Myanmar) to the south, and Eastern Turkestan to the north. The south eastern co ...
... Tibet is located in the heart of Asia, held aloft on a vast mountainous plateau. Besides sharing borders with India to the west and south and China to the east, Tibet is also neighbor to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Burma (Myanmar) to the south, and Eastern Turkestan to the north. The south eastern co ...
The Buddha`s Skillful Means
... enlightenment. By simply twirling a flower, touching someone on the shoulder, smiling, or gesturing with his finger he liberates sentient beings. For some, he simply offers words of advice and consolation, for others he gives long philosophical discourses on the nature of reality, and for others sti ...
... enlightenment. By simply twirling a flower, touching someone on the shoulder, smiling, or gesturing with his finger he liberates sentient beings. For some, he simply offers words of advice and consolation, for others he gives long philosophical discourses on the nature of reality, and for others sti ...
Theories on the Foundation of the Nuns` Order –
... Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī went forth. Such a conclusion would not only conflict with the account of the foundation of the order of nuns in the different Vinayas and in several canonical discourses, but also with the listing of eminent disciples in the Aguttara-nikāya and in the Ekottarikaāgama, which a ...
... Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī went forth. Such a conclusion would not only conflict with the account of the foundation of the order of nuns in the different Vinayas and in several canonical discourses, but also with the listing of eminent disciples in the Aguttara-nikāya and in the Ekottarikaāgama, which a ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... place to sit or li e, or a small wacerfalJ to watch. After an hour the clappers are struck again, signalling tile return to the meditation hall and resumption of the periods of seated and walking meditati on. The scene depicted here is a curious one. M edi tation hall? Myth ? Alrar? Bowing? One coul ...
... place to sit or li e, or a small wacerfalJ to watch. After an hour the clappers are struck again, signalling tile return to the meditation hall and resumption of the periods of seated and walking meditati on. The scene depicted here is a curious one. M edi tation hall? Myth ? Alrar? Bowing? One coul ...
Download/View PDF - Buddhist Churches of America
... The Wheel of the Dharma After attaining Buddhahood, Sakyamuni Buddha decided that the first persons with whom he wanted to share his understanding were his five ascetic companions. At first, when Sakyamuni reached them, they looked upon him with suspicion. However, amazed at the change that had take ...
... The Wheel of the Dharma After attaining Buddhahood, Sakyamuni Buddha decided that the first persons with whom he wanted to share his understanding were his five ascetic companions. At first, when Sakyamuni reached them, they looked upon him with suspicion. However, amazed at the change that had take ...
Be a Lamp Upon Yourself
... suffering (as in the Four Noble Truths), showing clearly a rational path towards True Happiness (as in the Noble Eightfold Path). ...
... suffering (as in the Four Noble Truths), showing clearly a rational path towards True Happiness (as in the Noble Eightfold Path). ...
Exorcising Luther - University of Canterbury
... When using this scene as a model I find that it can perhaps help explain what Sven meant by Buddhism being ‘a lifestyle.’ The form of Buddhism which Sven was referring to was not Buddhism as it is traditionally practiced in Asia but a Westernised form called Buddhist Modernism. As I shall show in ch ...
... When using this scene as a model I find that it can perhaps help explain what Sven meant by Buddhism being ‘a lifestyle.’ The form of Buddhism which Sven was referring to was not Buddhism as it is traditionally practiced in Asia but a Westernised form called Buddhist Modernism. As I shall show in ch ...
The Karmapa and Taiwan
... the Dalai Lama and others answered an invitation to visit Beijing. After returning from Beijing, he once again embarked on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal, and Sikkim. In early 1959, the 16th Karmapa sent the 12th Tai Situpa and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche to Bhutan. In early February, he led a grou ...
... the Dalai Lama and others answered an invitation to visit Beijing. After returning from Beijing, he once again embarked on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal, and Sikkim. In early 1959, the 16th Karmapa sent the 12th Tai Situpa and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche to Bhutan. In early February, he led a grou ...
Talismanic Writing in Chinese Buddhism
... of present-day talismans available for purchase at other sites in China, at temples and shrines throughout Japan (such as ofuda or omamori ), and even in Chinese diaspora communities in Thailand and Malaysia.7 At first sight, the scene of a Buddhist monk writing what looked like popular or Daoi ...
... of present-day talismans available for purchase at other sites in China, at temples and shrines throughout Japan (such as ofuda or omamori ), and even in Chinese diaspora communities in Thailand and Malaysia.7 At first sight, the scene of a Buddhist monk writing what looked like popular or Daoi ...
Visualization and Mandala
... principal deity is tantamount to the realization of the absolute within oneself. ...
... principal deity is tantamount to the realization of the absolute within oneself. ...
Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their
... “Greater Vehicle” Buddhism, the movement that developed in India to promote universal liberation of all beings, with the bodhisattva or enlightening being as its ideal. In many different schools and cultural forms, this became and remains the Buddhism of Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and Vie ...
... “Greater Vehicle” Buddhism, the movement that developed in India to promote universal liberation of all beings, with the bodhisattva or enlightening being as its ideal. In many different schools and cultural forms, this became and remains the Buddhism of Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and Vie ...
A History of Indian Buddhism: From Śākyamuni to Early Mahāyāna
... notes about both primary and secondary sources the reader might consult for additional information or other views. For additional references, the reader should refer to Frank Reynolds' Guide to the Buddhist Religion for English-language sources or to Nakamura Hajime's Indian Buddhism: A Survey with ...
... notes about both primary and secondary sources the reader might consult for additional information or other views. For additional references, the reader should refer to Frank Reynolds' Guide to the Buddhist Religion for English-language sources or to Nakamura Hajime's Indian Buddhism: A Survey with ...
History of Indian Buddhism From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana
... notes about both primary and secondary sources the reader might consult for additional information or other views. For additional references, the reader should refer to Frank Reynolds' Guide to the Buddhist Religion for English-language sources or to Nakamura Hajime's Indian Buddhism: A Survey with ...
... notes about both primary and secondary sources the reader might consult for additional information or other views. For additional references, the reader should refer to Frank Reynolds' Guide to the Buddhist Religion for English-language sources or to Nakamura Hajime's Indian Buddhism: A Survey with ...
Conversion by the Book: Buddhist Print Culture in Early Republican
... anyone, Chün-fang Yü deserves credit for whatever accomplishments I have been able to achieve in the past seven years. Her kindness, wisdom, patience, and insight have been an inspiration and a source of strength both for me and, I trust, for her other students. During my graduate work at Columbia I ...
... anyone, Chün-fang Yü deserves credit for whatever accomplishments I have been able to achieve in the past seven years. Her kindness, wisdom, patience, and insight have been an inspiration and a source of strength both for me and, I trust, for her other students. During my graduate work at Columbia I ...
- Enlighten: Theses
... virtually everyone who reads this dissertation and unlike most of the world’s population throughout human history, by mere chance I was born into a family in a time and place where shelter, food, healthcare, and an education were available to us—not to mention clean water, electricity, basic securit ...
... virtually everyone who reads this dissertation and unlike most of the world’s population throughout human history, by mere chance I was born into a family in a time and place where shelter, food, healthcare, and an education were available to us—not to mention clean water, electricity, basic securit ...
10_chapter 4
... Thuan i.e. under the Tran Thai Tong’s reign, the lay Buddhist Thien Phong belonging to the Lam Te sect on Chuong Tuyen (Fujian, China) came in Vietnam and propagated Buddhism to the state monk Dai Dang and the chief monk Nam Tu. Thus, we can think that the state monk Dai Dang was at the same time th ...
... Thuan i.e. under the Tran Thai Tong’s reign, the lay Buddhist Thien Phong belonging to the Lam Te sect on Chuong Tuyen (Fujian, China) came in Vietnam and propagated Buddhism to the state monk Dai Dang and the chief monk Nam Tu. Thus, we can think that the state monk Dai Dang was at the same time th ...
RELS102 AnIntroductionto HinduismandBuddhism Semester1 2017
... Course outline Introduction As much as a quarter of the world’s population can be described as either Hindu or Buddhist, and many more live in cultures which have been deeply influenced by these religious traditions. However, to many people, Hinduism and Buddhism remain exotic, unfamiliar faiths. ...
... Course outline Introduction As much as a quarter of the world’s population can be described as either Hindu or Buddhist, and many more live in cultures which have been deeply influenced by these religious traditions. However, to many people, Hinduism and Buddhism remain exotic, unfamiliar faiths. ...
Fabio Rambelli - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions
... 洞宗) in 1984 shows that more than 90% of those who responded have a butsudan i n their homes, and more than 80% worship either every day or a few days every week. (Sasaki 1993: 20-27; see also Sasaki 1996: 149) This peculiar religious object is therefore a good starting point for an investigation of ...
... 洞宗) in 1984 shows that more than 90% of those who responded have a butsudan i n their homes, and more than 80% worship either every day or a few days every week. (Sasaki 1993: 20-27; see also Sasaki 1996: 149) This peculiar religious object is therefore a good starting point for an investigation of ...
The Ch`an Tsung in Medieval China: School, Lineage, or What?
... This translation has the virtue of being a nearly literal rendering wbicb neither assumes nor implies anything about the bistoricity or ontological status of the lineage in question, the latter being matters for subsequent bistoricaljudgement on a case by case basis. I want to reserve the English wo ...
... This translation has the virtue of being a nearly literal rendering wbicb neither assumes nor implies anything about the bistoricity or ontological status of the lineage in question, the latter being matters for subsequent bistoricaljudgement on a case by case basis. I want to reserve the English wo ...
Mindfulness in Early Buddhism
... to the arising of this particular hindrance and how it can be overcome. That the hindrances need not only be recognized, but also have to be removed, is further emphasized in another discourse, according to which meditating without knowing a way out of a hindrance is a form of mis-meditating that wo ...
... to the arising of this particular hindrance and how it can be overcome. That the hindrances need not only be recognized, but also have to be removed, is further emphasized in another discourse, according to which meditating without knowing a way out of a hindrance is a form of mis-meditating that wo ...
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.