The Great Compassion and Fraternity in Mahayana - Purdue e-Pubs
... Great Compassion is not turned towards some beings—those who suffer—but towards all beings equally. Further, according to the Mahāyāna Sūtra of Mind Ground Contemplation《大乘本生心地觀經》translated by Master Prajñā12 (般若三藏) (around 789 CE) the concept of Great Compassion is taken as the body of “‘all sentie ...
... Great Compassion is not turned towards some beings—those who suffer—but towards all beings equally. Further, according to the Mahāyāna Sūtra of Mind Ground Contemplation《大乘本生心地觀經》translated by Master Prajñā12 (般若三藏) (around 789 CE) the concept of Great Compassion is taken as the body of “‘all sentie ...
THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND ITS `BODIES`: PHYSICAL BODIES
... standard trope in Buddhism for followers to express joy at attaining a precious human rebirth – the implication being that attaining a human body is (comparatively speaking) a good thing in that it affords the opportunity for spiritual advancement. Furthermore, overtime (particularly in East Asia), ...
... standard trope in Buddhism for followers to express joy at attaining a precious human rebirth – the implication being that attaining a human body is (comparatively speaking) a good thing in that it affords the opportunity for spiritual advancement. Furthermore, overtime (particularly in East Asia), ...
bussho notes
... 衆生悉有佛性): Or, more simply, “all living beings have the buddha nature.” The term shujō 衆 生 (translated here as “living beings”) represents one standard Chinese translation for the Sanskrit sattva, used in reference to sentient beings transmigrating in saṃsāra. The term shitsu (Chinese xi 悉), rendered ...
... 衆生悉有佛性): Or, more simply, “all living beings have the buddha nature.” The term shujō 衆 生 (translated here as “living beings”) represents one standard Chinese translation for the Sanskrit sattva, used in reference to sentient beings transmigrating in saṃsāra. The term shitsu (Chinese xi 悉), rendered ...
Understanding in Theravada Abhidhamma
... are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later. Traditional biographies / Primary biographical sources The pr ...
... are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later. Traditional biographies / Primary biographical sources The pr ...
Buddhist Pilgrimage
... can see that visiting the places of pilgrimage with the correct mental attitude can help us in our practice of the Buddha’s Teaching. According to the great commentator, Ven. Buddhaghosa, the positive feeling produced by seeing these sites is the religious excitement or the sense of urgency they pro ...
... can see that visiting the places of pilgrimage with the correct mental attitude can help us in our practice of the Buddha’s Teaching. According to the great commentator, Ven. Buddhaghosa, the positive feeling produced by seeing these sites is the religious excitement or the sense of urgency they pro ...
The criteria of the Noble Eightfold Path
... mean that the lay person can go through the beginning to the end of the path. It is not so. But only a certain extension the lay can go along the path. At the same time, it is the path to be followed by the monks. There is no other path for the monks as far as the perfection of the morality is consi ...
... mean that the lay person can go through the beginning to the end of the path. It is not so. But only a certain extension the lay can go along the path. At the same time, it is the path to be followed by the monks. There is no other path for the monks as far as the perfection of the morality is consi ...
Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... p to about 1935, Buddhist research was divided into three distinct schools.1 The first was the "Older AngknGerman school". T. W. Rhys Davids and H. Oldenberg were its great masters, and it based itself squarely on the Pali Canon, which it held to have preserved the Buddha's doctrines more faithfully ...
... p to about 1935, Buddhist research was divided into three distinct schools.1 The first was the "Older AngknGerman school". T. W. Rhys Davids and H. Oldenberg were its great masters, and it based itself squarely on the Pali Canon, which it held to have preserved the Buddha's doctrines more faithfully ...
The Four Realities True for Noble Ones: Ariyasacca Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... 2. The proposition/statement to that effect is true. Every statement, unless it implicitly or explicitly refutes itself, claims its own truth, so the real function of the sense “truth” here should be to provide emphasis; i.e., to indicate a strong assertion on the speaker’s part. In this context, th ...
... 2. The proposition/statement to that effect is true. Every statement, unless it implicitly or explicitly refutes itself, claims its own truth, so the real function of the sense “truth” here should be to provide emphasis; i.e., to indicate a strong assertion on the speaker’s part. In this context, th ...
Kierkegaard`s Stages Toward Authentic Religious Experience And
... The fourth major event in Kierkegaard's life revolved around his relationship with a girl he met while in the aesthetic stage. He would meet and fall in love with Regina Olsen, a lovely young lady of Copenhagen. She was to effect his life, in one way or another, until he died. As mentioned earlier, ...
... The fourth major event in Kierkegaard's life revolved around his relationship with a girl he met while in the aesthetic stage. He would meet and fall in love with Regina Olsen, a lovely young lady of Copenhagen. She was to effect his life, in one way or another, until he died. As mentioned earlier, ...
Gotami-apadana
... occupied significant positions within other rituals and religions (the monastic nuns of the medieval Christian period, the Anastenarias, the wives in the Hindu rituals), Gotami appears to be the only one who is truly free to worship and gain knowledge as she sees fit within the boundaries of the fai ...
... occupied significant positions within other rituals and religions (the monastic nuns of the medieval Christian period, the Anastenarias, the wives in the Hindu rituals), Gotami appears to be the only one who is truly free to worship and gain knowledge as she sees fit within the boundaries of the fai ...
Chapter 7: Creative Buddhas and Pure Lands in Renaissance Tibet
... The central nexus of the Seminal Heart tradition of the Great Perfection is a model of gnostic creation portraying body, mind and world as articulated and sustained by a variety of Buddhas operating from within and without the human self. At the level of being and its matrix, an exclusively gnostic ...
... The central nexus of the Seminal Heart tradition of the Great Perfection is a model of gnostic creation portraying body, mind and world as articulated and sustained by a variety of Buddhas operating from within and without the human self. At the level of being and its matrix, an exclusively gnostic ...
Let`s Meet at the ak ayava a - Personal Pages
... special case of the śrāddha. The formulation of the śrāddha which is so consistent in classical Hindu texts is still under construction in the Ghyasūras, but it seems by the time of Āpastamba śrāddha had become the paradigm for ancestor worship. The development evidenced in these texts is certainl ...
... special case of the śrāddha. The formulation of the śrāddha which is so consistent in classical Hindu texts is still under construction in the Ghyasūras, but it seems by the time of Āpastamba śrāddha had become the paradigm for ancestor worship. The development evidenced in these texts is certainl ...
Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... “If we ask for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say ‘no’. The Buddh ...
... “If we ask for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say ‘no’. The Buddh ...
Essentials of Buddhism
... that he began to meditate, his thoughts became concentrated until he forgot his surroundings. When the attendants came back to find him, they saw him seated cross14 ...
... that he began to meditate, his thoughts became concentrated until he forgot his surroundings. When the attendants came back to find him, they saw him seated cross14 ...
Aggañña Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... So there is some history in myth; and inevitably, there is some myth in history. Everyone who writes about history—myself included—has some point of view, some agenda to push. Fact & fable, science & superstition, do not exist in two entirely separate domains. They are complementary ways of seeing t ...
... So there is some history in myth; and inevitably, there is some myth in history. Everyone who writes about history—myself included—has some point of view, some agenda to push. Fact & fable, science & superstition, do not exist in two entirely separate domains. They are complementary ways of seeing t ...
