1 Kindness and Compassion as means to Nirvana in Early
... subjects of more immediate relevance, such as what brought people into church, were not receiving sufficient attention. On the other hand, until about the 1950s the few scholars who studied non-Christian religions tended to be more comfortable at their desks with their dictionaries of classical lang ...
... subjects of more immediate relevance, such as what brought people into church, were not receiving sufficient attention. On the other hand, until about the 1950s the few scholars who studied non-Christian religions tended to be more comfortable at their desks with their dictionaries of classical lang ...
modernization, social activism and the lao buddhist sangha1
... retain its meaning for followers and sustain its significance in Lao society. The discussions I had with monks and abbots in Vientiane monasteries revealed a strong sense of a need to reinforce and also to reinterpret Buddhist teachings (dhamma) so that they can comment upon current problems in soci ...
... retain its meaning for followers and sustain its significance in Lao society. The discussions I had with monks and abbots in Vientiane monasteries revealed a strong sense of a need to reinforce and also to reinterpret Buddhist teachings (dhamma) so that they can comment upon current problems in soci ...
vajrayana buddhism in comparative perspective
... ethics is its cause. Yet while Buddhist science analyzes body, mind and world into systems, media and elements (skandha, ayātana, dhātu) governed only by cause and effect (hetuphala), it does so not with mathematical logic and mechanical experiment but based on pedagogic convention and contemplative ...
... ethics is its cause. Yet while Buddhist science analyzes body, mind and world into systems, media and elements (skandha, ayātana, dhātu) governed only by cause and effect (hetuphala), it does so not with mathematical logic and mechanical experiment but based on pedagogic convention and contemplative ...
Oct 2014 - Chung Tian Temple
... they can also benefit from the Dharma and the light of wisdom.” In the Opening Ceremony of 2014 BLIA World Headquarters General Conference on the 4th of October, Venerable Master Hsing Yun stated clearly the direction of BLIA’s future development and also strongly expressed his wish of resigning fro ...
... they can also benefit from the Dharma and the light of wisdom.” In the Opening Ceremony of 2014 BLIA World Headquarters General Conference on the 4th of October, Venerable Master Hsing Yun stated clearly the direction of BLIA’s future development and also strongly expressed his wish of resigning fro ...
107 A Comparative Study of Ahimsa (non
... Theravada Buddhism This section discusses two related concepts: metta (loving-kindness) and karuna (compassion), which allow us to understand the ways human beings can create peace in our society through the lens of Theravada Buddhism. According to Sumedho (1991), the concepts of metta and karuna ar ...
... Theravada Buddhism This section discusses two related concepts: metta (loving-kindness) and karuna (compassion), which allow us to understand the ways human beings can create peace in our society through the lens of Theravada Buddhism. According to Sumedho (1991), the concepts of metta and karuna ar ...
- St. Anselm`s Abbey
... to teach this to others since no one would believe him--he set out on a path that would make him an itinerant preacher and teacher for the remaining four decades of his life, gradually gaining followers. Many of these became celibate monks like himself, living in monasteries especially during the r ...
... to teach this to others since no one would believe him--he set out on a path that would make him an itinerant preacher and teacher for the remaining four decades of his life, gradually gaining followers. Many of these became celibate monks like himself, living in monasteries especially during the r ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... Sanga will be headed by the Buddha and the lay world headed by the Chakrawarthi and those two are not supposed to have a relationship which each other (Uma Chakrawarthi: 2007).1But, reality of the Buddhism in Sri Lanka is completely different from comparing with original teaching of Lord Buddha. Acc ...
... Sanga will be headed by the Buddha and the lay world headed by the Chakrawarthi and those two are not supposed to have a relationship which each other (Uma Chakrawarthi: 2007).1But, reality of the Buddhism in Sri Lanka is completely different from comparing with original teaching of Lord Buddha. Acc ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Early Buddhism: a doctrinal exposition (Foundation Course) Lecturer Dr. G.A. Somaratne Tel: 3917-5076 Email: [email protected] Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is ...
... Early Buddhism: a doctrinal exposition (Foundation Course) Lecturer Dr. G.A. Somaratne Tel: 3917-5076 Email: [email protected] Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is ...
One Foot in the World
... fall far short of the ideal of debtlessness. One can have the satisfaction of being debtless only if one has fulfilled one’s obligations in all social roles one has to perform. Anavajjasukha — The satisfaction of leading a blameless life is the highest form of satisfaction that a layman can have. E ...
... fall far short of the ideal of debtlessness. One can have the satisfaction of being debtless only if one has fulfilled one’s obligations in all social roles one has to perform. Anavajjasukha — The satisfaction of leading a blameless life is the highest form of satisfaction that a layman can have. E ...
Monks, Nuns and Lay People-Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, and Upasakas
... lay and monastic Sangha is similar to before but in other ways it is very different. Some Buddhist Sanghas have a mixture of members, some Westerners and some who have come from another country and settled in the West, for example, the Thai Buddhist Sangha. In their case, the relationship between th ...
... lay and monastic Sangha is similar to before but in other ways it is very different. Some Buddhist Sanghas have a mixture of members, some Westerners and some who have come from another country and settled in the West, for example, the Thai Buddhist Sangha. In their case, the relationship between th ...
The Oral Composition and Transmission of Early Buddhist Texts
... certain monks were teaching some laymen in this manner. The old commentary takes this as a particular form of recitation, almost in the manner of Vedic chanting. The commentator Buddhaghosa (Sp 741) interprets this passage as referring to a particular manner of reciting verse. Although it is somewha ...
... certain monks were teaching some laymen in this manner. The old commentary takes this as a particular form of recitation, almost in the manner of Vedic chanting. The commentator Buddhaghosa (Sp 741) interprets this passage as referring to a particular manner of reciting verse. Although it is somewha ...
Theravāda Buddhism`s Meditations on Death and the Symbolism of
... positive, not negative. Meditating on death one overcomes death; meditating on death one attains the deathless state here and hereafter. This article attempts to analyze and explain Theravada Buddhism's paradoxical valuation of death by interpreting its meditations on death in both the specific cont ...
... positive, not negative. Meditating on death one overcomes death; meditating on death one attains the deathless state here and hereafter. This article attempts to analyze and explain Theravada Buddhism's paradoxical valuation of death by interpreting its meditations on death in both the specific cont ...
A Secular Buddhism
... define with any precision either “secular” or “religious.” (2) I will also be using the term in full consciousness of its etymological roots in the Latin saeculum, which means “this age,” “this siècle (century),” “this generation.” I thus take “secular” to refer to those concerns we have about this ...
... define with any precision either “secular” or “religious.” (2) I will also be using the term in full consciousness of its etymological roots in the Latin saeculum, which means “this age,” “this siècle (century),” “this generation.” I thus take “secular” to refer to those concerns we have about this ...
The Therīgāthā - Buddhist Publication Society
... admiring comments from a very notable woman among them, Caroline Rhys Davids (who also rendered the anthology into metrical English).2 Inquirers into the status of women within the Theravāda tradition in particular have time and again drawn this remarkable text3 into their various disquisitions.4 Ye ...
... admiring comments from a very notable woman among them, Caroline Rhys Davids (who also rendered the anthology into metrical English).2 Inquirers into the status of women within the Theravāda tradition in particular have time and again drawn this remarkable text3 into their various disquisitions.4 Ye ...
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... Buddhism heavily shadows the Bon monasteries, their scriptures, their method of worship and penances, and Buddhism of Tibet (and not Buddhism in General) has covered Bon with its wide acceptance. Tibetan historical records were composed by the people who saw their country’s history as a record of gr ...
... Buddhism heavily shadows the Bon monasteries, their scriptures, their method of worship and penances, and Buddhism of Tibet (and not Buddhism in General) has covered Bon with its wide acceptance. Tibetan historical records were composed by the people who saw their country’s history as a record of gr ...
Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths
... is that the sutta also records that the earth-dwelling devas were recipients of this teaching. The inclusion within the audience of two very different types of being— those in human form and those of the deva realm—has important implications for understanding the significance of Four Noble Truths an ...
... is that the sutta also records that the earth-dwelling devas were recipients of this teaching. The inclusion within the audience of two very different types of being— those in human form and those of the deva realm—has important implications for understanding the significance of Four Noble Truths an ...
Bhaisajyaguru - Metropolitan Museum of Art
... celebration of royal birthdays also took place. The monastery was also known for its Buddhist relics and an imperially bestowed Tripitaka (literally, Three Baskets, a comprehensive compilation of Buddhist writings).8 Little is known about the edition of this Tripitaka, but about 4,700 out of 7,000 v ...
... celebration of royal birthdays also took place. The monastery was also known for its Buddhist relics and an imperially bestowed Tripitaka (literally, Three Baskets, a comprehensive compilation of Buddhist writings).8 Little is known about the edition of this Tripitaka, but about 4,700 out of 7,000 v ...
Temple, Palace, Scholar`s House: Three Settings of Traditional
... Koreans are believed to have descended in large part from the southern migrations of Tungusic people from the Siberian/Manchurian region. Linguistic analysis of Korean places it within the Ural-Altaic family of languages. This family includes the languages of the Mongols, Kazakhstans, Tungus, Manchu ...
... Koreans are believed to have descended in large part from the southern migrations of Tungusic people from the Siberian/Manchurian region. Linguistic analysis of Korean places it within the Ural-Altaic family of languages. This family includes the languages of the Mongols, Kazakhstans, Tungus, Manchu ...
BSTC6079 Early Buddhism: a doctrinal exposition
... known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materialist ideologies gave rise to Buddhism. The following themes will be an integral part ...
... known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materialist ideologies gave rise to Buddhism. The following themes will be an integral part ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materialist ideologies gave rise to Buddhism. The following themes will be an integral part ...
... known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materialist ideologies gave rise to Buddhism. The following themes will be an integral part ...
Has Xuanzang really been in Mathurå?
... and history of arts, etc. it is certainly impossible to draw final conclusions about the credibility of the records—whether their facts and their information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or ...
... and history of arts, etc. it is certainly impossible to draw final conclusions about the credibility of the records—whether their facts and their information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or ...
Relational Buddhism: A Psychological Quest for Meaning and
... A traditional, dual or polar, understanding of positivity is that it co-exists with negativity like the flip side of one coin (Wong, pers. comm.). However, what is considered to be positive or negative is, on a deeper level of reflection, far from static. As one man’s meat could be another man’s poi ...
... A traditional, dual or polar, understanding of positivity is that it co-exists with negativity like the flip side of one coin (Wong, pers. comm.). However, what is considered to be positive or negative is, on a deeper level of reflection, far from static. As one man’s meat could be another man’s poi ...
BUDDHIST BELIEF:
... In our efforts to practice the Dharma, we have to learn not to be attached or bound by our emotions. It is best for our practice if our relationships with others are level and smooth; intense relationships often do not last long. There is a Chinese saying, A gentlemanly relationship is as plain as w ...
... In our efforts to practice the Dharma, we have to learn not to be attached or bound by our emotions. It is best for our practice if our relationships with others are level and smooth; intense relationships often do not last long. There is a Chinese saying, A gentlemanly relationship is as plain as w ...
The Concept of Goddesses in Buddhist Tantra Traditions
... science, psychoanalysis and mental fitness play a crucial role. With the development of psychoanalysis, researchers on tantra (Child 2007: 5–23) have tried to establish a rational basis for its sexual practices. The Jungian concept of anima (Brown 2001: 9–42) has been used for a conceptual definiti ...
... science, psychoanalysis and mental fitness play a crucial role. With the development of psychoanalysis, researchers on tantra (Child 2007: 5–23) have tried to establish a rational basis for its sexual practices. The Jungian concept of anima (Brown 2001: 9–42) has been used for a conceptual definiti ...