Mahayana Buddhism
... was founded by Chinese monk Zhiyi, who organized the entire Buddhist canon around the cardinal Mahayana scripture, the Saddharmapundarika Sutra (Lotus Sutra). This school became very influential in China and Korea, and also in Japan, where it served as a means for introducing Pure Land doctrines. Th ...
... was founded by Chinese monk Zhiyi, who organized the entire Buddhist canon around the cardinal Mahayana scripture, the Saddharmapundarika Sutra (Lotus Sutra). This school became very influential in China and Korea, and also in Japan, where it served as a means for introducing Pure Land doctrines. Th ...
NiNi Zhu - Buddhism
... lived from about 563 to about 483 BCE. Many others believe that he lived about 100 years later (from about 448 to 368 BCE). At this time in India, there was much discontent with Brahmanic (Hindu highcaste) sacrifice and ritual. In northwestern India there were ascetics who tried to create a more per ...
... lived from about 563 to about 483 BCE. Many others believe that he lived about 100 years later (from about 448 to 368 BCE). At this time in India, there was much discontent with Brahmanic (Hindu highcaste) sacrifice and ritual. In northwestern India there were ascetics who tried to create a more per ...
Comments on the History of Research on Buddhism among Tamils
... was primary and Caivam secondary in his conception of history. He influenced three generations of Tamil scholars. Vincent Smith, a British scholar, has also contributed decisively to the views of Tamil scholars in their view of the introduction of Buddhism in Tamilakam. He drew up the borders of the ...
... was primary and Caivam secondary in his conception of history. He influenced three generations of Tamil scholars. Vincent Smith, a British scholar, has also contributed decisively to the views of Tamil scholars in their view of the introduction of Buddhism in Tamilakam. He drew up the borders of the ...
Jeffrey Hopkins. Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism:
... the arrow will course over a great area, so even the words not to consider the meaning of this text are difficult to understand but, when understood, yield great insight. The metaphor states a martial challenge to the reader, calling for heroic strength of intellectual will; the work is viewed a ...
... the arrow will course over a great area, so even the words not to consider the meaning of this text are difficult to understand but, when understood, yield great insight. The metaphor states a martial challenge to the reader, calling for heroic strength of intellectual will; the work is viewed a ...
Buddhism and Science
... I believe that in order for Buddhism to flourish in the West, it needs to be shown to be compatible with science. This is not because, as Buddhists, we ought to feel ‘under threat’ from science. As I shall explain later, we can still carry on happily in our practice without worrying about whether th ...
... I believe that in order for Buddhism to flourish in the West, it needs to be shown to be compatible with science. This is not because, as Buddhists, we ought to feel ‘under threat’ from science. As I shall explain later, we can still carry on happily in our practice without worrying about whether th ...
“The Gift of Rice”
... The following story, taken from The Book of the Kindred Sayings, part I (the Sagatha-vagga from the Samyutta-nikaya, trans. Rhys Davids, pp. 101-02), tells of the importance of cherishing life, both our own and others. King Pasenadi was with Queen Mallika on the terrace of his palace in Kosala. Expe ...
... The following story, taken from The Book of the Kindred Sayings, part I (the Sagatha-vagga from the Samyutta-nikaya, trans. Rhys Davids, pp. 101-02), tells of the importance of cherishing life, both our own and others. King Pasenadi was with Queen Mallika on the terrace of his palace in Kosala. Expe ...
Name - World History with Miss Bunnell
... Siddhartha then became known as the B__dd__a, which means “the E__l__g__t__n__d One.” The Buddha taught his followers that the path to happiness is not found in i__d__l__e__ce or d__ni__l. Instead they should seek b__l__n__e in their lives by finding a “m__d__le way.” Buddhists believe in *re__nc__r ...
... Siddhartha then became known as the B__dd__a, which means “the E__l__g__t__n__d One.” The Buddha taught his followers that the path to happiness is not found in i__d__l__e__ce or d__ni__l. Instead they should seek b__l__n__e in their lives by finding a “m__d__le way.” Buddhists believe in *re__nc__r ...
Pre-Buddhist Elements in Himalayan Buddhism: The Institution of
... Great tradition. Though these two traditions are distinct from each other, they are nevertheless interdependent and interrelated. These two traditions correspond to two levels of the social structure of a civilization. One of these levels is constituted by the general masses of the common people, wh ...
... Great tradition. Though these two traditions are distinct from each other, they are nevertheless interdependent and interrelated. These two traditions correspond to two levels of the social structure of a civilization. One of these levels is constituted by the general masses of the common people, wh ...
Tibetan Buddhism in the West
... intelligent adaptation and Tibetans and Westerners need to discuss these things together. Q: Are Tibetan lamas in the West talking about this, asking questions about how effective their teachings have been? A: There must be individual teachers, both Tibetan lamas as well as Western Buddhist teachers ...
... intelligent adaptation and Tibetans and Westerners need to discuss these things together. Q: Are Tibetan lamas in the West talking about this, asking questions about how effective their teachings have been? A: There must be individual teachers, both Tibetan lamas as well as Western Buddhist teachers ...
When Tibetans Found Their Voice
... their own philosophical voice. In fact, these two figures have been so important and so influential that a disproportionately large percentage of the Tibetan philosophical writing since their time has been geared toward support, criticism, interpretation, refinement, or elaboration on their views. T ...
... their own philosophical voice. In fact, these two figures have been so important and so influential that a disproportionately large percentage of the Tibetan philosophical writing since their time has been geared toward support, criticism, interpretation, refinement, or elaboration on their views. T ...
Beliefs, Values and Practices: Buddhism
... Buddhism is a philosophical understanding of life which originated over 2,500 years ago in Nepal. Worldwide, Buddhists number over 350 million. According to the 2011 Census there are around 13,000 Buddhists in Scotland The central teachings of Buddhism, known as the Four Noble Truths, are: ...
... Buddhism is a philosophical understanding of life which originated over 2,500 years ago in Nepal. Worldwide, Buddhists number over 350 million. According to the 2011 Census there are around 13,000 Buddhists in Scotland The central teachings of Buddhism, known as the Four Noble Truths, are: ...
patriarch ` svision
... strive to transcend matter by freeing the mind from attachment to it, whilst the former example is only striving to dominate and manipulate matter by staying one step ahead of natural processes and phenomena. By focusing on Nagarjuna’s logic (whilst ignoring its conclusions), Western thinkers can el ...
... strive to transcend matter by freeing the mind from attachment to it, whilst the former example is only striving to dominate and manipulate matter by staying one step ahead of natural processes and phenomena. By focusing on Nagarjuna’s logic (whilst ignoring its conclusions), Western thinkers can el ...
3. True Cause and True Effect
... called the law of moral retribution. But Humphries was a High Court Judge so this is not surprising. Karma, although originally Hindu and Brahman, was part of Buddhism’s working assumptions and was incorporated into early Christianity. 4 St. Paul, among others, preached it before it was rejected as ...
... called the law of moral retribution. But Humphries was a High Court Judge so this is not surprising. Karma, although originally Hindu and Brahman, was part of Buddhism’s working assumptions and was incorporated into early Christianity. 4 St. Paul, among others, preached it before it was rejected as ...
JBE Research Article ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 4 1997:1-74
... among Theravàda Buddhists and especially Western interpreters, original Buddhism (as well as early Mahàyàna) is not escapist but worldaffirming, aiming at an awakening which puts one into the world with a livelier, more caring sense of social engagement.7 Another example is the Japanese scholar N ...
... among Theravàda Buddhists and especially Western interpreters, original Buddhism (as well as early Mahàyàna) is not escapist but worldaffirming, aiming at an awakening which puts one into the world with a livelier, more caring sense of social engagement.7 Another example is the Japanese scholar N ...
A Blueprint for Buddhist Revolution
... literary forms. Within this broader wave, the movement most closely connected to Buddhism was the Muga-ai or Selfless Love society, founded by former Shin priest Itō Shōshin 伊藤証信 (1876–1963), whose mission was to promote and engage in compassionate action towards the poor and oppressed. Another figu ...
... literary forms. Within this broader wave, the movement most closely connected to Buddhism was the Muga-ai or Selfless Love society, founded by former Shin priest Itō Shōshin 伊藤証信 (1876–1963), whose mission was to promote and engage in compassionate action towards the poor and oppressed. Another figu ...
What, If Anything, Is Mahyna Buddhism? Problems of Definitions and
... the two schools, Hinayana and Mahayana, schools which are further subdivided into Sautrantikas and so on."18 La Vallee Poussin has clarified a very important distinction here, although later scholars have not always followed his lead. Since some confusion seems to have been caused heretofore by a ce ...
... the two schools, Hinayana and Mahayana, schools which are further subdivided into Sautrantikas and so on."18 La Vallee Poussin has clarified a very important distinction here, although later scholars have not always followed his lead. Since some confusion seems to have been caused heretofore by a ce ...
The Chinese Buddhist Ritual Field
... Buddhists. Ritual performances may reflect, reinforce, and transform socially constructed religious worlds, and ritual texts often serve more or less as scripts for the performances. Since ritual texts underdetermine ritual performances and ritual performances underdetermine the meanings people extr ...
... Buddhists. Ritual performances may reflect, reinforce, and transform socially constructed religious worlds, and ritual texts often serve more or less as scripts for the performances. Since ritual texts underdetermine ritual performances and ritual performances underdetermine the meanings people extr ...
A Secular Buddhism - Journal of Global Buddhism
... The British philologist K.R. Norman is one of the world’s foremost experts on what are called “mid Indo- ryan Prakrits,” that is those spoken languages (Prakrits) derived from Sanskrit, which were used after the classical and before the modern period in India. Included among these is Pali, the langu ...
... The British philologist K.R. Norman is one of the world’s foremost experts on what are called “mid Indo- ryan Prakrits,” that is those spoken languages (Prakrits) derived from Sanskrit, which were used after the classical and before the modern period in India. Included among these is Pali, the langu ...
newsletter - Zen Buddhist Temple
... behind. What a just distribution according to one’s need, I thought. It was akin to Buddhist monastic communism based on the minimalist economic principles of reduced desire, reuse and recycling. There was much in common between Buddhism and their consciousness revolution, the peace movement, anti-e ...
... behind. What a just distribution according to one’s need, I thought. It was akin to Buddhist monastic communism based on the minimalist economic principles of reduced desire, reuse and recycling. There was much in common between Buddhism and their consciousness revolution, the peace movement, anti-e ...
Whole-body relics in Chinese Buddhism
... from the Tang dynasty. Of the five individuals one died between 1870 and 1880, the others in 1876, 1895, 1896, and 1900. All were temporarily buried in a pair of kan 龕 or gang 缸 , two large earthenware tubs that were sealed at the rim. After a number of years the body is taken out and the remains ar ...
... from the Tang dynasty. Of the five individuals one died between 1870 and 1880, the others in 1876, 1895, 1896, and 1900. All were temporarily buried in a pair of kan 龕 or gang 缸 , two large earthenware tubs that were sealed at the rim. After a number of years the body is taken out and the remains ar ...
Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution
... Dharma that we need. Buddhism needs to take advantage of its encounter with modern/postmodern civilization—offering a greater challenge than Buddhism has ever faced before—to engage in a selfexamination that attempts to distinguish what is vital and still living in its Asian versions from what is un ...
... Dharma that we need. Buddhism needs to take advantage of its encounter with modern/postmodern civilization—offering a greater challenge than Buddhism has ever faced before—to engage in a selfexamination that attempts to distinguish what is vital and still living in its Asian versions from what is un ...
Business and Buddhist Ethics - Center for Ethics of Science and
... to Buddhism lies in that benefit leading to happiness both for oneself and for others. Benefit is received not only by oneself and not only by others. Thus the Buddhist idea of creating benefit refers to a harmonizing of the interests of the individual and society. Buddhism, however, admits that one ...
... to Buddhism lies in that benefit leading to happiness both for oneself and for others. Benefit is received not only by oneself and not only by others. Thus the Buddhist idea of creating benefit refers to a harmonizing of the interests of the individual and society. Buddhism, however, admits that one ...
2004 Annotated DBQ Rubric: Buddhism in China
... Doc. 4 Han Yu, Imperial Tang advisor, 819 C.E., “Memorial on Buddhism” Buddhism is .a cult of barbarian peoples”; the relic of his finger is “foul”; the Buddhist crowd might “mutilate their flesh” in offerings to Buddha. The Emperor should not participate in the procession; Buddhism should not be al ...
... Doc. 4 Han Yu, Imperial Tang advisor, 819 C.E., “Memorial on Buddhism” Buddhism is .a cult of barbarian peoples”; the relic of his finger is “foul”; the Buddhist crowd might “mutilate their flesh” in offerings to Buddha. The Emperor should not participate in the procession; Buddhism should not be al ...