Arhats in Buddhism
... In early Indian Buddhism, arhatship was dependent on freeing oneself of the “fetters”--the mental bonds that kept one bound to samsāra.11 However, the difference between the Theravada arhat and the Mahāyāna bodhisattva is that arhatship placed an emphasis on individual salvation.12 In Mahāyāna Buddh ...
... In early Indian Buddhism, arhatship was dependent on freeing oneself of the “fetters”--the mental bonds that kept one bound to samsāra.11 However, the difference between the Theravada arhat and the Mahāyāna bodhisattva is that arhatship placed an emphasis on individual salvation.12 In Mahāyāna Buddh ...
Pilgrimage to the Buddha`s Life Sites
... pilgrims made their way back to the Buddhist homeland in India in order to visit sacred sites and to collect texts and relics. The accounts written by Chinese pilgrims not only describe the places visited, but also discuss the motivation for pilgrimage and acknowledge India as the place to which pil ...
... pilgrims made their way back to the Buddhist homeland in India in order to visit sacred sites and to collect texts and relics. The accounts written by Chinese pilgrims not only describe the places visited, but also discuss the motivation for pilgrimage and acknowledge India as the place to which pil ...
Buddha`s Life Conception and Birth
... After asceticism and concentrating on meditation and Anapanasati (awareness of breathing in and out), Siddhartha is said to have discovered what Buddhists call the Middle Way—a path of moderation away from the extremes of self-indulgence and selfmortification. He accepted a little milk and rice pudd ...
... After asceticism and concentrating on meditation and Anapanasati (awareness of breathing in and out), Siddhartha is said to have discovered what Buddhists call the Middle Way—a path of moderation away from the extremes of self-indulgence and selfmortification. He accepted a little milk and rice pudd ...
Collectors` Preface - Freer and Sackler Galleries
... concerned ordinary experience, not a new god or an immortal soul—but his followers developed a religion from his teachings, which perhaps can be briefly stated thus: Understanding the truth, achieved through moral and psychological preparation, enables us to escape from the delusory cycle of birth, ...
... concerned ordinary experience, not a new god or an immortal soul—but his followers developed a religion from his teachings, which perhaps can be briefly stated thus: Understanding the truth, achieved through moral and psychological preparation, enables us to escape from the delusory cycle of birth, ...
A-level Religious Studies Mark scheme RST3G - World
... Much of the effect of meditation practice is to help people overcome anxiety and stress as it quietens the mind. In contemporary society many of the techniques of meditation are now used in psychotherapies. Meditation does not involve faith in the Buddha. The development of positive mental qualities ...
... Much of the effect of meditation practice is to help people overcome anxiety and stress as it quietens the mind. In contemporary society many of the techniques of meditation are now used in psychotherapies. Meditation does not involve faith in the Buddha. The development of positive mental qualities ...
Emergence of the Pure Land Path: The Mahayana Movement
... This view of religious attainment as a process of simultaneously transcending and returning is rooted in a conception of wisdom or true reality that began to be formulated from about the first century of the common era. This new conception of enlightenment held the implication that genuine religious ...
... This view of religious attainment as a process of simultaneously transcending and returning is rooted in a conception of wisdom or true reality that began to be formulated from about the first century of the common era. This new conception of enlightenment held the implication that genuine religious ...
gautama buddha - the enlightened world-teacher
... technique of contemplation and the science of Brahman as taught in the Upanisads. But even this diligent discipleship under A'ara Kalama d i d not convince h i m that mere knowledge and meditative discipline could lead one to the final liberation from sorrow and suffering of mortal life. He, therefo ...
... technique of contemplation and the science of Brahman as taught in the Upanisads. But even this diligent discipleship under A'ara Kalama d i d not convince h i m that mere knowledge and meditative discipline could lead one to the final liberation from sorrow and suffering of mortal life. He, therefo ...
An Introduction to the Tradition of Serene Reflection
... of the meaning of birth and death and the necessity of understanding impermanence; the necessity of contrition and conversion in order to transform oneself; the importance and urgency of taking the Buddhist Precepts as a secure means to realize the Unborn; developing the attitude of a Bodhisattva an ...
... of the meaning of birth and death and the necessity of understanding impermanence; the necessity of contrition and conversion in order to transform oneself; the importance and urgency of taking the Buddhist Precepts as a secure means to realize the Unborn; developing the attitude of a Bodhisattva an ...
Background of Buddhism
... questioned Chandaka who he was. Chandaka replied that everybody on this earth can become sick and there is no way out. Next time, when prince was on his way of evening walk as usual, he met an old man. The old man was unable to walk properly and having stick in his hand for support to stand. He was ...
... questioned Chandaka who he was. Chandaka replied that everybody on this earth can become sick and there is no way out. Next time, when prince was on his way of evening walk as usual, he met an old man. The old man was unable to walk properly and having stick in his hand for support to stand. He was ...
Siddhartha Gautama – The Buddha
... some stories tell of his supernatural powers and contain supernatural elements. Because storytelling was such an important part of the culture, the written accounts are interwoven with myth. Nonetheless, the accounts shed light on how one man became such a revered religious figure. They tell of a ma ...
... some stories tell of his supernatural powers and contain supernatural elements. Because storytelling was such an important part of the culture, the written accounts are interwoven with myth. Nonetheless, the accounts shed light on how one man became such a revered religious figure. They tell of a ma ...
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... What is incontrovertible is that the appearance in the Gita of the terms Nirvana and Bhagavad, much used in the early Buddhist sutras, does not prove a late date, since they already occur in the Rig Veda which probably goes back, at the very latest, to before 1,000 BC. ...
... What is incontrovertible is that the appearance in the Gita of the terms Nirvana and Bhagavad, much used in the early Buddhist sutras, does not prove a late date, since they already occur in the Rig Veda which probably goes back, at the very latest, to before 1,000 BC. ...
Ichibutsu Ryoso (One Buddha Two Founders) - sotozen-net
... Doshin that Soto Zen should have the Three Treasures as its objects of refuge. A third opinion was that chanting namu Shakamuni Butsu would be nothing but an imitation of Pure Land Buddhism and its Gate of Other Power. Another opinion was that, according to the doctrine of Three Bodies (the Trikaya ...
... Doshin that Soto Zen should have the Three Treasures as its objects of refuge. A third opinion was that chanting namu Shakamuni Butsu would be nothing but an imitation of Pure Land Buddhism and its Gate of Other Power. Another opinion was that, according to the doctrine of Three Bodies (the Trikaya ...
YMBA Colombo syllabus
... Dhamma and Sangha. The history, reasons and results of the first 3 Theravada Buddhist Councils (Sangayana). Introduction to the Tipitaka. The names of books of the Sutta Pitaka, their main divisions, and names of Commentaries, etc. Different types of Dana and Sila, 10 wholesome and unwholesome deeds ...
... Dhamma and Sangha. The history, reasons and results of the first 3 Theravada Buddhist Councils (Sangayana). Introduction to the Tipitaka. The names of books of the Sutta Pitaka, their main divisions, and names of Commentaries, etc. Different types of Dana and Sila, 10 wholesome and unwholesome deeds ...
sarashina_diary
... Nikki (日記) Nikki is the term used to describe the section of The Pillow Book that relate events in Sei Shōnagon’s life These are better understood as journals rather than diaries Some of the most famous nikki Tosa nikki (The Tosa Diary): Ki no Tsurayuki, ca. 935, records a trip of a woman from Tosa ...
... Nikki (日記) Nikki is the term used to describe the section of The Pillow Book that relate events in Sei Shōnagon’s life These are better understood as journals rather than diaries Some of the most famous nikki Tosa nikki (The Tosa Diary): Ki no Tsurayuki, ca. 935, records a trip of a woman from Tosa ...
