Right Knowledge - What Buddha Said
... accepted requirement has disqualified many spheres of traditional belief from acquiring the status of knowledge. Modern science is widely accepted to be the only sphere in which there is genuine cognitive activity. Discourse in the spheres of religion and ethics is considered to be non-cognitive sub ...
... accepted requirement has disqualified many spheres of traditional belief from acquiring the status of knowledge. Modern science is widely accepted to be the only sphere in which there is genuine cognitive activity. Discourse in the spheres of religion and ethics is considered to be non-cognitive sub ...
The Goals (4)
... Most important virtue in Mahayana is compassion for others. Along with compassion there is wisdom. The word Mahayana means ‘great vehicle’. It is called this because it has so many different forms that one is bound to suit everyone. ...
... Most important virtue in Mahayana is compassion for others. Along with compassion there is wisdom. The word Mahayana means ‘great vehicle’. It is called this because it has so many different forms that one is bound to suit everyone. ...
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... Buddharupa and bow to it, seeking comfort and inspiration from thoughts of the Buddha. When they bow they are mindful of the purity, radiance and peace of the Buddha - it is an act of humility, putting the ego-self low and the ideal of Buddhahood high. It is also an act of acknowledgement and gratit ...
... Buddharupa and bow to it, seeking comfort and inspiration from thoughts of the Buddha. When they bow they are mindful of the purity, radiance and peace of the Buddha - it is an act of humility, putting the ego-self low and the ideal of Buddhahood high. It is also an act of acknowledgement and gratit ...
Learning the Buddha`s Great Compassion
... ‘The Buddha’s mind is Great Compassion. It is with this unconditional compassion that they embrace all beings’. This passage means that learning the teaching of Buddha is nothing but understanding what the boundless compassion of Buddha is all about. Meaning of Compassion Love is often used together ...
... ‘The Buddha’s mind is Great Compassion. It is with this unconditional compassion that they embrace all beings’. This passage means that learning the teaching of Buddha is nothing but understanding what the boundless compassion of Buddha is all about. Meaning of Compassion Love is often used together ...
BuddhaNet eBooks PDF File List with Description Web page: www
... Practise in accordance with this Mahasatipatthana Sutta so that you can see why it is acknowledged as the most important Sutta that the Buddha taught. Try to practise all the different sections from time to time as they are all useful, but in the beginning start with something simple such as being m ...
... Practise in accordance with this Mahasatipatthana Sutta so that you can see why it is acknowledged as the most important Sutta that the Buddha taught. Try to practise all the different sections from time to time as they are all useful, but in the beginning start with something simple such as being m ...
Siddhartha Gautama
... Named Siddhartha meaning “he who brings good” by his father “King Suddhodhana” was born in 560 B.C.E. in Lumbini, what is now Nepal. Some legends says that “The Buddha” talked and walked at birth and meditated at a young age. During the celebration of Siddhartha’s birth an unexpected guest, respect ...
... Named Siddhartha meaning “he who brings good” by his father “King Suddhodhana” was born in 560 B.C.E. in Lumbini, what is now Nepal. Some legends says that “The Buddha” talked and walked at birth and meditated at a young age. During the celebration of Siddhartha’s birth an unexpected guest, respect ...
The Lotus Sutra - Cirencester College
... “Some of the most important principles of Buddhism are only touched upon in passing, as though the reader or hearer is expected to be acquainted with them already, while many of the more revolutionary doctrines are not presented in any orderly fashion or supported by careful or detailed arguments bu ...
... “Some of the most important principles of Buddhism are only touched upon in passing, as though the reader or hearer is expected to be acquainted with them already, while many of the more revolutionary doctrines are not presented in any orderly fashion or supported by careful or detailed arguments bu ...
Introduction to the Dhammapada - Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara
... teaching of the Buddha, and thus cannot provide the decisive program of personal training commended by the Dhammapada. In its own sphere of application, it is perfectly valid as a preparatory or provisional teaching for those whose spiritual faculties are not yet ripe but still require further matur ...
... teaching of the Buddha, and thus cannot provide the decisive program of personal training commended by the Dhammapada. In its own sphere of application, it is perfectly valid as a preparatory or provisional teaching for those whose spiritual faculties are not yet ripe but still require further matur ...
What Is Our Buddhist Practice
... attachments, the Lotus Sutra asserts the ultimate reality of the Buddha nature inherent in all life. It is therefore a teaching which profoundly affirms the realities of daily life, and which naturally encourages an active engagement with others and with the whole of human society. The Lotus Sutra i ...
... attachments, the Lotus Sutra asserts the ultimate reality of the Buddha nature inherent in all life. It is therefore a teaching which profoundly affirms the realities of daily life, and which naturally encourages an active engagement with others and with the whole of human society. The Lotus Sutra i ...
Chapter 8: Nichikan: Restorer of the Fuji School
... It was said that Teacher Nichikan was held in such high esteem that the day would not break nor the night fall without his presence. This was due to his behavior and character rather than his scholarship, for one cannot command trust from the priesthood and laity if he is lax in everyday conduct reg ...
... It was said that Teacher Nichikan was held in such high esteem that the day would not break nor the night fall without his presence. This was due to his behavior and character rather than his scholarship, for one cannot command trust from the priesthood and laity if he is lax in everyday conduct reg ...
The History of Buddhism
... The Four Noble Truths are a contingency plan for dealing with the suffering humanity faces—suffering of a physical kind, or of a mental nature. The First Noble Truth identifies the presence of suffering. The Second Noble Truth, on the other hand, seeks to determine the cause of suffering. In Buddhi ...
... The Four Noble Truths are a contingency plan for dealing with the suffering humanity faces—suffering of a physical kind, or of a mental nature. The First Noble Truth identifies the presence of suffering. The Second Noble Truth, on the other hand, seeks to determine the cause of suffering. In Buddhi ...
Buddhist Councils
... meditations in the form of instructive discourses delivered to both the Sangha and the laity although most of the sermons were intended mainly for the benefit of Bhikkhus. The third collection, Abhidhamma pitaka, is the higher teaching of the Buddha, describing the ultimate realities in the Universe ...
... meditations in the form of instructive discourses delivered to both the Sangha and the laity although most of the sermons were intended mainly for the benefit of Bhikkhus. The third collection, Abhidhamma pitaka, is the higher teaching of the Buddha, describing the ultimate realities in the Universe ...
High Quality
... For the remaining years of his life, the Buddha is said to have travelled in the Gangetic Plain, in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and southern Nepal, teaching a diverse range of people: from nobles to outcaste street sweepers, murderers such as Angulimala, and cannibals such as Alavaka. From the outset, Bud ...
... For the remaining years of his life, the Buddha is said to have travelled in the Gangetic Plain, in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and southern Nepal, teaching a diverse range of people: from nobles to outcaste street sweepers, murderers such as Angulimala, and cannibals such as Alavaka. From the outset, Bud ...
A Glossary of Pali and Buddhist Terms
... but sometimes refers to the mental body (nāma-kāya; see nāma). kāyagatā-sati: Mindfulness immersed in the body. This is a blanket term covering several meditation themes: keeping the breath in mind; being mindful of the body's posture; being mindful of one's activities; analyzing the body into its p ...
... but sometimes refers to the mental body (nāma-kāya; see nāma). kāyagatā-sati: Mindfulness immersed in the body. This is a blanket term covering several meditation themes: keeping the breath in mind; being mindful of the body's posture; being mindful of one's activities; analyzing the body into its p ...
the meaning of conversion in buddhism
... explore how it works out in concrete terms, and this we can do by looking at each of the Three Refuges in turn. In practice, going for refuge to the Buddha means accepting the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, as the embodiment of the highest conceivable state achievable by human beings. It means that a ...
... explore how it works out in concrete terms, and this we can do by looking at each of the Three Refuges in turn. In practice, going for refuge to the Buddha means accepting the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, as the embodiment of the highest conceivable state achievable by human beings. It means that a ...