The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... last chapter and the conclusions to the present study, I attempt to relate these two trajectories that have been of such central influence in the development of Buddhism. My approach is based on studying selected early discourses, without any pretence at offering a comprehensive coverage of all rele ...
... last chapter and the conclusions to the present study, I attempt to relate these two trajectories that have been of such central influence in the development of Buddhism. My approach is based on studying selected early discourses, without any pretence at offering a comprehensive coverage of all rele ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... wheel of law. This doctrine or philosophy has been preserved in a category of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after t ...
... wheel of law. This doctrine or philosophy has been preserved in a category of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after t ...
The Wisdom Teachings of Buddhism with a New
... • Anecdote of when I decided to become a Buddha in the early 1990s. • Have you decided to be a Buddha or to officially walk the bodhisattva path? If so, when? Did you make a statement to the universe, to God? Did you write it down as a life goal? ...
... • Anecdote of when I decided to become a Buddha in the early 1990s. • Have you decided to be a Buddha or to officially walk the bodhisattva path? If so, when? Did you make a statement to the universe, to God? Did you write it down as a life goal? ...
Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 1
... two religions. I hope that the reader will forgive me if in doing so 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 ...
... two religions. I hope that the reader will forgive me if in doing so 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 ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... tradition in China, and Dr. Henrik Sørenson for pointing out the relatedness of the sutra carvings at Baodingshan to inscribed texts found elsewhere in Sichuan. Grants from the Samuel Kress Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Studies aided me in my rese ...
... tradition in China, and Dr. Henrik Sørenson for pointing out the relatedness of the sutra carvings at Baodingshan to inscribed texts found elsewhere in Sichuan. Grants from the Samuel Kress Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Studies aided me in my rese ...
2015 SGINZ LEVEL ONE EXAM
... Daishonin in their lives” (Gosho zenshu, p. 1618). We need to engrave Nichiren’s writings in our lives, take them to heart and truly internalize them. A member once said to second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda that though she found lectures on the Daishonin’s writings very moving, by the time she ...
... Daishonin in their lives” (Gosho zenshu, p. 1618). We need to engrave Nichiren’s writings in our lives, take them to heart and truly internalize them. A member once said to second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda that though she found lectures on the Daishonin’s writings very moving, by the time she ...
The Arya Dharma of Sakya Muni, Gautama Buddha. The Ethics of
... The religion of the Jews was a purely fighting religion with Jehovah as the commander-in Chief of the Judaic forces. All the wars were carried on by the people of Judah under the command of Jehovah. All the tactics of the military dictator were adopted by Jehovah. When he could not manage the Jews H ...
... The religion of the Jews was a purely fighting religion with Jehovah as the commander-in Chief of the Judaic forces. All the wars were carried on by the people of Judah under the command of Jehovah. All the tactics of the military dictator were adopted by Jehovah. When he could not manage the Jews H ...
Ashoka - Net Texts
... Some critics say that Ashoka was afraid of more wars, but among his neighbors, including the Seleucid Empire and the Greco-Bactrian kingdom established by Diodotus I, none could match his strength. He was a contemporary of both Antiochus I Soter and his successor Antiochus II Theos of the Seleucid d ...
... Some critics say that Ashoka was afraid of more wars, but among his neighbors, including the Seleucid Empire and the Greco-Bactrian kingdom established by Diodotus I, none could match his strength. He was a contemporary of both Antiochus I Soter and his successor Antiochus II Theos of the Seleucid d ...
Buddhist Monastic Discipline
... bhayaṃ ikkhatī'ti bhikkhu.1 This is by no means born of ignorance of etymology. Commentarial tradition is equally conversant with the definition bhikkhatī'ti bhikkhu.2 And there are numerous other definitions of bhikkhu. 3 This commentarial trend is much more evident in the numerous definitions that ...
... bhayaṃ ikkhatī'ti bhikkhu.1 This is by no means born of ignorance of etymology. Commentarial tradition is equally conversant with the definition bhikkhatī'ti bhikkhu.2 And there are numerous other definitions of bhikkhu. 3 This commentarial trend is much more evident in the numerous definitions that ...
Placing Nichiren in the “Big Picture”
... Some assessment of current interpretations and alternative suegestions will also be offered. Medieval concepts of Japan, however, represents an area where the importance of Nichiren has yet to be fully recognized, and this final section of the article suggests the potential contribution to be made b ...
... Some assessment of current interpretations and alternative suegestions will also be offered. Medieval concepts of Japan, however, represents an area where the importance of Nichiren has yet to be fully recognized, and this final section of the article suggests the potential contribution to be made b ...
- ANU Repository
... Trizin. I am particularly grateful to His Holiness (oral and lineal descendant of Chos rgyal ’Phags pa, author of Advice to the King) for personally bestowing on me the oral transmission of this teaching. I am also grateful to Gyalyum Tashi Lhakyi and Dolma Phodrang for the kind support that I was p ...
... Trizin. I am particularly grateful to His Holiness (oral and lineal descendant of Chos rgyal ’Phags pa, author of Advice to the King) for personally bestowing on me the oral transmission of this teaching. I am also grateful to Gyalyum Tashi Lhakyi and Dolma Phodrang for the kind support that I was p ...
Asoka`s Dhamma
... Lauriya Araraj (Champaran, Bihar), Lauriya Nandangarh (Champaran, Bihar) and Rampurva (Champaran, Bihar). Obviously Pillar Edict VII could not be inscribed at other places because of ageing and death of Asoka, assuming Asoka reigned for thirty years or less. It has to be noted that Fourteen Rock Edi ...
... Lauriya Araraj (Champaran, Bihar), Lauriya Nandangarh (Champaran, Bihar) and Rampurva (Champaran, Bihar). Obviously Pillar Edict VII could not be inscribed at other places because of ageing and death of Asoka, assuming Asoka reigned for thirty years or less. It has to be noted that Fourteen Rock Edi ...
1.4 Why the Buddha “Hesitated” To Teach B S
... In other words, even without Brahm’s entreaty, the Buddha, in all his infinite wisdom, would have been able to convince his audience, and it is needless, therefore, for him to have hesitated. Moreover, in modern times, Brahm’s entreaty could be misinterpreted as a divine intervention by a higher b ...
... In other words, even without Brahm’s entreaty, the Buddha, in all his infinite wisdom, would have been able to convince his audience, and it is needless, therefore, for him to have hesitated. Moreover, in modern times, Brahm’s entreaty could be misinterpreted as a divine intervention by a higher b ...
BUDDHIST MONASTIC LIFE
... his disciples are said to have been one of a number of groups of religious mendicants in ancient India; Buddhist texts call such a group a gana, and each had its ganacariya, "group teacher" or "leader." It might have been the Buddha's slightly older contemporary Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, who ...
... his disciples are said to have been one of a number of groups of religious mendicants in ancient India; Buddhist texts call such a group a gana, and each had its ganacariya, "group teacher" or "leader." It might have been the Buddha's slightly older contemporary Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, who ...
Cullavagga Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... the origin story describes,” but this does not make the narrative on the promulgation of the rule legally irrelevant. In fact Ṭhānissaro Buddhist (43) begins his discussion of the same pārājika 1 precisely by examining the narrative context, noting that in the tale of Sudinna having sex to beget a s ...
... the origin story describes,” but this does not make the narrative on the promulgation of the rule legally irrelevant. In fact Ṭhānissaro Buddhist (43) begins his discussion of the same pārājika 1 precisely by examining the narrative context, noting that in the tale of Sudinna having sex to beget a s ...
Chapter 1 - Princeton University Press
... © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. P yrrho ’ s T hought • 23 ...
... © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. P yrrho ’ s T hought • 23 ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... fluency, the excerpts were shown only the sources of data in the form of in-text footnotes. Regarding Buddhist scriptures, there is an ocean of material in which interpretation varies from different versions or schools of thought. Using Buddhist teachings from only source will keep the consistent un ...
... fluency, the excerpts were shown only the sources of data in the form of in-text footnotes. Regarding Buddhist scriptures, there is an ocean of material in which interpretation varies from different versions or schools of thought. Using Buddhist teachings from only source will keep the consistent un ...
A STUDY OF THERAVĀDA BUDDHISM IN VIETNAM
... Theravāda Buddhism in Vietnam today is present with both the Vietnamese and the Khmer people. Both of them have propagated the true Dhamma in Vietnam. In this research, I am not only going to deal in this thesis with the Theravāda School practiced by the Vietnamese people, but also how, according to ...
... Theravāda Buddhism in Vietnam today is present with both the Vietnamese and the Khmer people. Both of them have propagated the true Dhamma in Vietnam. In this research, I am not only going to deal in this thesis with the Theravāda School practiced by the Vietnamese people, but also how, according to ...
The Buddha - JBE Online Books
... The most recent research, however, suggests that these dates are too early and that the Buddha may have lived closer to our own time, perhaps from 490-410 B.C.E., or 480-400 B.C.E. Chronological precision is not really possible since due to the nature of the sources all dates from this period are ac ...
... The most recent research, however, suggests that these dates are too early and that the Buddha may have lived closer to our own time, perhaps from 490-410 B.C.E., or 480-400 B.C.E. Chronological precision is not really possible since due to the nature of the sources all dates from this period are ac ...
ppt.
... nothingness, into some state that is without a center and without a boundary? ► If it is liberation, passing away or dying out, then into what? ► What happens when a person attains Nibbana? ► Is Nibbana a kind of death from purely mental point of view? ► There are some of the difficult question we t ...
... nothingness, into some state that is without a center and without a boundary? ► If it is liberation, passing away or dying out, then into what? ► What happens when a person attains Nibbana? ► Is Nibbana a kind of death from purely mental point of view? ► There are some of the difficult question we t ...
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
... epigons, the kind of ‘Oriental mysticism’ denounced in France by René Etiemble under the name of ‘Zaine’. To understand the direction taken by these studies, we must first place ourselves in the postwar context. The study of the Chan manuscripts from Dunhuang experienced a revival when the Chinese ...
... epigons, the kind of ‘Oriental mysticism’ denounced in France by René Etiemble under the name of ‘Zaine’. To understand the direction taken by these studies, we must first place ourselves in the postwar context. The study of the Chan manuscripts from Dunhuang experienced a revival when the Chinese ...
The Symbolism of the Early Stūpa
... somewhere on the central axis of the dome. In this, they are often found to rest in a golden container, placed within a silver, then bronze, then earthenware ones. T h e casing of the stupa dome seems therefore to be seen as the outermost and least valuable container of the relics. Indeed, the usual ...
... somewhere on the central axis of the dome. In this, they are often found to rest in a golden container, placed within a silver, then bronze, then earthenware ones. T h e casing of the stupa dome seems therefore to be seen as the outermost and least valuable container of the relics. Indeed, the usual ...
Theravada Buddhism, Identity, and Cultural Continuity in Jinghong
... and around Jinghong was because I felt that, being the capital of Xishuangbanna, it would be a strong center of Dai culture where I could observe Dai people living a variety of lifestyles and interacting with one another as well as with other ethnic groups. Jinghong is also a rapidly developing urba ...
... and around Jinghong was because I felt that, being the capital of Xishuangbanna, it would be a strong center of Dai culture where I could observe Dai people living a variety of lifestyles and interacting with one another as well as with other ethnic groups. Jinghong is also a rapidly developing urba ...
Teachings in Chinese Buddhism
... give the translations to some local expert on the translation of Buddhist texts into English, such as Mr. Xu Yang Zhu or Mr. Guo Zhong Shen etc., to get their opinion. They had suggested that the translations should be further smoothed by Western authors well versed in the literature. The language u ...
... give the translations to some local expert on the translation of Buddhist texts into English, such as Mr. Xu Yang Zhu or Mr. Guo Zhong Shen etc., to get their opinion. They had suggested that the translations should be further smoothed by Western authors well versed in the literature. The language u ...
Mindfulness: A Dialogue between Buddhism and Clinical
... and that the consistent and relatively strong effect across a variety of conditions suggests that mindfulness training may improve one’s ability to cope with the general distress of everyday life. Baer et al. (2008) conducted a systematic review of mindfulness-based interventions including MBSR, ada ...
... and that the consistent and relatively strong effect across a variety of conditions suggests that mindfulness training may improve one’s ability to cope with the general distress of everyday life. Baer et al. (2008) conducted a systematic review of mindfulness-based interventions including MBSR, ada ...