Syncretism in the study of Quanzhen Taoism from essence to
... across northern China heading west to meet the foreign ruler Chinggis Khan. Qiu was an old man of 72 years, though at the time rumored to be over 300, and he expressed concern that the journey might strain him more than he could take.1 Realizing, however, “that a refusal was out of the question,” th ...
... across northern China heading west to meet the foreign ruler Chinggis Khan. Qiu was an old man of 72 years, though at the time rumored to be over 300, and he expressed concern that the journey might strain him more than he could take.1 Realizing, however, “that a refusal was out of the question,” th ...
Mongolians after Socialism - SARR
... and Cultural History,” focuses on key issues of Mongolian religious and cultural history that inform the present and emerging trajectory of Mongolia. Contributors include one of the world’s leading scholars of Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhism, a historian of Mongolia from the US, two doctoral research fel ...
... and Cultural History,” focuses on key issues of Mongolian religious and cultural history that inform the present and emerging trajectory of Mongolia. Contributors include one of the world’s leading scholars of Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhism, a historian of Mongolia from the US, two doctoral research fel ...
Dhamma Studies - Atammayatarama Buddhist Monastery
... world around us, leading the way to less and less suffering. The Buddha tirelessly advised us all to observe the Sila, as seen in numerous discourses by the Buddha, one of which is in Khuddakanikaya Itivuttaka, as follows: Silam Rakheyya Medhavim "Wise men should observe the precepts.'' Sila or prec ...
... world around us, leading the way to less and less suffering. The Buddha tirelessly advised us all to observe the Sila, as seen in numerous discourses by the Buddha, one of which is in Khuddakanikaya Itivuttaka, as follows: Silam Rakheyya Medhavim "Wise men should observe the precepts.'' Sila or prec ...
How Mindfulness Becomes Mindlessness – A Hermeneutical
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
mindfulness
... Events , 異 記. That record described astrological events that pertained to India and occurred both when the Buddha was born and when he entered nirvana. This period of time was the Zhou Dynasty in China. Thus Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth is placed at about 1024 BCE, in the twenty-sixth year of the reign ...
... Events , 異 記. That record described astrological events that pertained to India and occurred both when the Buddha was born and when he entered nirvana. This period of time was the Zhou Dynasty in China. Thus Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth is placed at about 1024 BCE, in the twenty-sixth year of the reign ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... Smith. Were it not for Gene’s many years of tireless effort to preserve Tibetan literature, many of the texts I have consulted might never have been published, much less been available in the Columbia University library collection. In addition, Gene’s essays on Tibetan religion and culture were the fi ...
... Smith. Were it not for Gene’s many years of tireless effort to preserve Tibetan literature, many of the texts I have consulted might never have been published, much less been available in the Columbia University library collection. In addition, Gene’s essays on Tibetan religion and culture were the fi ...
1 1. What are Jizo? Jizo are statues of Buddhist boddhisattvas. Many
... The functions of Jizo have continued since the middle ages and through the Edo period to this day. In conclusion, at least for Kanazawa City, it is incidental that the places Jizo were erected to memorialize the dead or to obtain benefits in this world through the observance of Buddhist teachings we ...
... The functions of Jizo have continued since the middle ages and through the Edo period to this day. In conclusion, at least for Kanazawa City, it is incidental that the places Jizo were erected to memorialize the dead or to obtain benefits in this world through the observance of Buddhist teachings we ...
development of stupa architecture in india
... Sungas were followed by a spate of Yavanas invasions – the Bacterians, Greeks, Saka and Kushana on India. The Sakas took over Saurastra and probably Taxila and Mathura. The Kushanas extended their empire from Kabul to Kashmir in the north-west to the whole of northern India. Kanishka (78 -120 CE) an ...
... Sungas were followed by a spate of Yavanas invasions – the Bacterians, Greeks, Saka and Kushana on India. The Sakas took over Saurastra and probably Taxila and Mathura. The Kushanas extended their empire from Kabul to Kashmir in the north-west to the whole of northern India. Kanishka (78 -120 CE) an ...
Balkwill, Final Draft copy - MacSphere
... jeweled stupa.4 Evidently, then, not only did Empress Dowager Feng consider herself the rightful ruler of the Northern Wei, she also considered herself akin to a Buddha. Moreover, the numbers of Buddhist temples, monasteries, and monastic residents increased dramatically under her reign5 and she and ...
... jeweled stupa.4 Evidently, then, not only did Empress Dowager Feng consider herself the rightful ruler of the Northern Wei, she also considered herself akin to a Buddha. Moreover, the numbers of Buddhist temples, monasteries, and monastic residents increased dramatically under her reign5 and she and ...
1 Sanskrit Beyond Text: The Use of Bonji (Siddham) in Mandala and
... sign of a Buddhist deity came to also have the potential to act as the sign for a Shinto kami (神, Shinto deity) and, additionally, new world-concepts of a so-called (dogma) for the “amalgamation” of Shinto and Buddhism. The limitations imposed by the scope of the project do not allow me to answer al ...
... sign of a Buddhist deity came to also have the potential to act as the sign for a Shinto kami (神, Shinto deity) and, additionally, new world-concepts of a so-called (dogma) for the “amalgamation” of Shinto and Buddhism. The limitations imposed by the scope of the project do not allow me to answer al ...
Mindfulness in Schools
... pupils to learn that I, their teacher, also have homework to do: this dissertation, over 15 000 words of it, due in at the end of May. I explained to them what mindfulness was, how you could see it through a Buddhist lens or a secular one and outlined the pros and cons of each approach. Afterwards a ...
... pupils to learn that I, their teacher, also have homework to do: this dissertation, over 15 000 words of it, due in at the end of May. I explained to them what mindfulness was, how you could see it through a Buddhist lens or a secular one and outlined the pros and cons of each approach. Afterwards a ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... This book is intended as an introduction to the ideas of Mahayana Buddhism, and also to some of the recent scholarly work in the field. It is not an elementary academic introduction to Buddhism as a whole or to Buddhist thought. For Buddhism in general I recommend my colleague Rupert Gethin’s The Fou ...
... This book is intended as an introduction to the ideas of Mahayana Buddhism, and also to some of the recent scholarly work in the field. It is not an elementary academic introduction to Buddhism as a whole or to Buddhist thought. For Buddhism in general I recommend my colleague Rupert Gethin’s The Fou ...
Miracles and Superhuman Powers in South Asian Buddhist Literature
... In any case, the nature and meaning of the Buddha’s simultaneous immanence and transcendence is a significant topic of discussion for Buddhist philosophers. Despite his remarks about the applicability of the concept of the miracle in a Buddhist context, Foucher raises one of the central questions of ...
... In any case, the nature and meaning of the Buddha’s simultaneous immanence and transcendence is a significant topic of discussion for Buddhist philosophers. Despite his remarks about the applicability of the concept of the miracle in a Buddhist context, Foucher raises one of the central questions of ...
Aspects of the Study of the (earlier) Indian Mahāyāna
... described as the child of the Buddha or Jina (jinaputra, etc.). But as said in Candrakirti’s Madhyamakavatara (i.1) following the Kasyapaparivarta (§ 88), buddhas are born of bodhisattvas; and, as also stated in Nagarjuna’s Ratnavali (ii.74), the triad of great compassion (mahakaru∞a), the mind of n ...
... described as the child of the Buddha or Jina (jinaputra, etc.). But as said in Candrakirti’s Madhyamakavatara (i.1) following the Kasyapaparivarta (§ 88), buddhas are born of bodhisattvas; and, as also stated in Nagarjuna’s Ratnavali (ii.74), the triad of great compassion (mahakaru∞a), the mind of n ...
Placing Nichiren in the Big Picture: Some
... recent support for militant Japanese imperialism. In that context, Nichiren’s concern with the relationship between Buddhism and government could perhaps be seen only in a negative light. A major challenge to “new Buddhism”–centered models of Kamakura Buddhism came about through the work of the late ...
... recent support for militant Japanese imperialism. In that context, Nichiren’s concern with the relationship between Buddhism and government could perhaps be seen only in a negative light. A major challenge to “new Buddhism”–centered models of Kamakura Buddhism came about through the work of the late ...
Understanding Buddhism as `Religion` or `Science` ? Hidden
... about our own culture and which are, as such, limiting as concepts for the study of another culture. We will be guided in this by Ingold, an anthropologist who points out some of the typical Western cultural aspects, which we take for granted, in the theories of the social sciences. These theories a ...
... about our own culture and which are, as such, limiting as concepts for the study of another culture. We will be guided in this by Ingold, an anthropologist who points out some of the typical Western cultural aspects, which we take for granted, in the theories of the social sciences. These theories a ...
Bhutan - studylib.net
... farming in order to retain its natural beauty and resources. This has left Bhutan as one of the few remaining seemingly untouched Himalayan areas. The ecology is fairly intact. History The area of Bhutan, according to archeologists, was inhabited for several centuries before the time of Christ. Ther ...
... farming in order to retain its natural beauty and resources. This has left Bhutan as one of the few remaining seemingly untouched Himalayan areas. The ecology is fairly intact. History The area of Bhutan, according to archeologists, was inhabited for several centuries before the time of Christ. Ther ...
TIBETAN TOURIST THANGKAS IN THE KATHMANDU VALLEY
... 5,000 separate volumes were published. While it may be an exaggeration to speak of Tibet’s remoteness and isolation, given its historical openness to ideas and cultural influences from the outside world (Miller 1988), there is some truth to this portrait, if only in the 19th to 20th centuries, parti ...
... 5,000 separate volumes were published. While it may be an exaggeration to speak of Tibet’s remoteness and isolation, given its historical openness to ideas and cultural influences from the outside world (Miller 1988), there is some truth to this portrait, if only in the 19th to 20th centuries, parti ...
Life in Samsara: Torment, Torture and Tolerance in Buddhist Hell
... Images of hell are essential in Buddhism because they are a means to show suffering. Not only are they visual aids, but also serve as a unifying tool. The didactic use of images is to create a communal hell for the viewers. The interpretation through representation of hell through images and lit ...
... Images of hell are essential in Buddhism because they are a means to show suffering. Not only are they visual aids, but also serve as a unifying tool. The didactic use of images is to create a communal hell for the viewers. The interpretation through representation of hell through images and lit ...
Mission Atlas Project
... farming in order to retain its natural beauty and resources. This has left Bhutan as one of the few remaining seemingly untouched Himalayan areas. The ecology is fairly intact. History The area of Bhutan, according to archeologists, was inhabited for several centuries before the time of Christ. Ther ...
... farming in order to retain its natural beauty and resources. This has left Bhutan as one of the few remaining seemingly untouched Himalayan areas. The ecology is fairly intact. History The area of Bhutan, according to archeologists, was inhabited for several centuries before the time of Christ. Ther ...
save - Dl4a.org
... I repeat much that is to be found in the body of this work. One general observation about India may be made at the outset. Here more than in any other country the national mind finds its favourite occupation and full expression in religion. This quality is geographical rather than racial, for it is ...
... I repeat much that is to be found in the body of this work. One general observation about India may be made at the outset. Here more than in any other country the national mind finds its favourite occupation and full expression in religion. This quality is geographical rather than racial, for it is ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... the two schools separately, one aer the other. erefore, in a real sense, theirs are not comparative studies, because they neither discuss the similarities and differences nor analyze the causes behind them. In this paper, I mainly con ne myself to the early texts of both schools of thought, in whic ...
... the two schools separately, one aer the other. erefore, in a real sense, theirs are not comparative studies, because they neither discuss the similarities and differences nor analyze the causes behind them. In this paper, I mainly con ne myself to the early texts of both schools of thought, in whic ...
Why the Buddha “Hesitated” To Teach
... Buddha consented. 14 Similarly the Mahāvastu reports that Brahma at first convinced Sakka, the king of gods, to request the Buddha to teach, a request which did not meet with success, followed by trying the same himself, again without success.15 This evident disinclination to teach does not seem to ...
... Buddha consented. 14 Similarly the Mahāvastu reports that Brahma at first convinced Sakka, the king of gods, to request the Buddha to teach, a request which did not meet with success, followed by trying the same himself, again without success.15 This evident disinclination to teach does not seem to ...
here as a pdf
... earlier, the Daishonin was arrested by the authorities and sentenced to exile in Ito of Izu Province. (This is called the Izu Exile.) After being pardoned from exile in February 1263, the Daishonin made his way back to Kamakura. In 1264, he returned to his home province of Awa to visit his ailin ...
... earlier, the Daishonin was arrested by the authorities and sentenced to exile in Ito of Izu Province. (This is called the Izu Exile.) After being pardoned from exile in February 1263, the Daishonin made his way back to Kamakura. In 1264, he returned to his home province of Awa to visit his ailin ...
"Texts memorized, texts performed: a reconsideration of the role of
... (p. 150ff. [iv.2.15]) for example, we find a list of six text—the Ratanasutta, Khandhaparitta, Moraparitta, Dhajaggaparitta, A†ana†iyaparitta, and Angulimalaparitta—that are believed to have protective powers. In the same text (vs. 17), we also read that “when Pirit has been said over a man, a snake ...
... (p. 150ff. [iv.2.15]) for example, we find a list of six text—the Ratanasutta, Khandhaparitta, Moraparitta, Dhajaggaparitta, A†ana†iyaparitta, and Angulimalaparitta—that are believed to have protective powers. In the same text (vs. 17), we also read that “when Pirit has been said over a man, a snake ...