Religious Factors Historically Affecting Premodern - S
... built in AD 372 and mainly taught the Confucian classics and Chinese ideas. In addition, the two ancient records reveal that Buddhism was transmitted from China during the Three Kingdoms pertod" and became the cult of the royal court. In consideration of these historical facts, there is no doubt tha ...
... built in AD 372 and mainly taught the Confucian classics and Chinese ideas. In addition, the two ancient records reveal that Buddhism was transmitted from China during the Three Kingdoms pertod" and became the cult of the royal court. In consideration of these historical facts, there is no doubt tha ...
Reinventing Female Identity: A Brief History of Korean Buddhist Nuns*
... One of the fundamental tenets of Sŏn (Ch. Chan; J. Zen), which forms the basis of modern Korean Buddhism, is that in the Buddhadharma there is no distinction between male and female, worldly and non-worldly phenomena. There is, however, a considerable gap between this nondualistic ideal and what is ...
... One of the fundamental tenets of Sŏn (Ch. Chan; J. Zen), which forms the basis of modern Korean Buddhism, is that in the Buddhadharma there is no distinction between male and female, worldly and non-worldly phenomena. There is, however, a considerable gap between this nondualistic ideal and what is ...
buddhist-inspired options: aspects of lay religious life in the lower
... ). People certainly thought about doctrinal issues and often had their own interpretations, all of which comes through clearly in the critical writings of the eminent Yuan monk Pudu (1255-1330). However, his criticisms of local approaches to Buddhist doctrine and practice also make clear that these ...
... ). People certainly thought about doctrinal issues and often had their own interpretations, all of which comes through clearly in the critical writings of the eminent Yuan monk Pudu (1255-1330). However, his criticisms of local approaches to Buddhist doctrine and practice also make clear that these ...
The Female Wisdom. The Female Aspect in
... 21 volumes of Sūtra teachings in Kangyur12, and some of the Sūtras divisions in Tangyur13, from which Heart Sūtra is probably one of the most famous Buddhist texts. It is defined as the essence of all Prajñāpāramitā’s teachings. The Prajñāpāramitāsūtras14 of Indian Mahayana tradition date already fro ...
... 21 volumes of Sūtra teachings in Kangyur12, and some of the Sūtras divisions in Tangyur13, from which Heart Sūtra is probably one of the most famous Buddhist texts. It is defined as the essence of all Prajñāpāramitā’s teachings. The Prajñāpāramitāsūtras14 of Indian Mahayana tradition date already fro ...
Meditation & Buddhism Programme
... The talk will be based on a theme drawn from Vaddhaka’s book The Buddha On Wall Street, which will be released during April. At the heart of modern capitalism are values that are incompatible with Buddhist values. Capitalism promotes greed and selfishness. Buddhism promotes generosity and altruism. ...
... The talk will be based on a theme drawn from Vaddhaka’s book The Buddha On Wall Street, which will be released during April. At the heart of modern capitalism are values that are incompatible with Buddhist values. Capitalism promotes greed and selfishness. Buddhism promotes generosity and altruism. ...
Issue 2,2015 - Buddhist Society Victoria
... Joining us in this celebration were monastics and laity from all over Victoria, Australia and overseas. People with a common view and understanding of how wonderful it is to be a part of the establishment of a monastery in Victoria that actively supports monastics both female and male. People with a ...
... Joining us in this celebration were monastics and laity from all over Victoria, Australia and overseas. People with a common view and understanding of how wonderful it is to be a part of the establishment of a monastery in Victoria that actively supports monastics both female and male. People with a ...
Contributions to the Study of Popular Buddhism: The Newar
... "belief in the efficacy of rituals" (silabbata-paramasa) as detrimental (Dutt 1945a, 181). This puritanical virtuoso voice is echoed in one portion of the well-known Sigolavada Sutta where Sakyamuni preaches restraint from attending dramatic performances (Dutt 1945a, 170). Yet such references, which ...
... "belief in the efficacy of rituals" (silabbata-paramasa) as detrimental (Dutt 1945a, 181). This puritanical virtuoso voice is echoed in one portion of the well-known Sigolavada Sutta where Sakyamuni preaches restraint from attending dramatic performances (Dutt 1945a, 170). Yet such references, which ...
ROBERT SZUKSZTUL* Possible Roots of the Pure Land Buddhist
... Kusāvatī (DN 17).4 Luckily the research methodology that re-integrates Pure Land Buddhism with Buddhist history in general is entering the mainstream. The number of works is too long to list here so an interested reader might consult the bibliography listed by Tanaka;5 just as an example I could men ...
... Kusāvatī (DN 17).4 Luckily the research methodology that re-integrates Pure Land Buddhism with Buddhist history in general is entering the mainstream. The number of works is too long to list here so an interested reader might consult the bibliography listed by Tanaka;5 just as an example I could men ...
Buddhism and Modernity in Korea
... Beginning in the mid-fifteenth century, Buddhist monks and nuns were prohibited from entering the capital city; this ban remained effective until 1895. The ban is a concrete example of the severe persecution Korean Buddhists experienced for more than 400 years prior to Korea’s opening to the modern ...
... Beginning in the mid-fifteenth century, Buddhist monks and nuns were prohibited from entering the capital city; this ban remained effective until 1895. The ban is a concrete example of the severe persecution Korean Buddhists experienced for more than 400 years prior to Korea’s opening to the modern ...
How to Address Kings: BuddHist Letters to indiAn ruLers
... a wider readership in mind. If so, this would almost certainly have influenced their form and content. It is also possible that the nominal addressee of a letter was not actually among those targeted by the letter—that, in other words, the letter was written solely for others, with the aim of showin ...
... a wider readership in mind. If so, this would almost certainly have influenced their form and content. It is also possible that the nominal addressee of a letter was not actually among those targeted by the letter—that, in other words, the letter was written solely for others, with the aim of showin ...
The Buddha and The Cross: The Development of
... different kings (including the famous High Kings of Tara who reigned on the Hill of Tara), kingdoms, chiefs, and chiefdoms (Byrne 8). In the early ninth century, the Vikings invaded, interrupting, although not destroying the spread of Christianity around the area. Although the Vikings destroyed many ...
... different kings (including the famous High Kings of Tara who reigned on the Hill of Tara), kingdoms, chiefs, and chiefdoms (Byrne 8). In the early ninth century, the Vikings invaded, interrupting, although not destroying the spread of Christianity around the area. Although the Vikings destroyed many ...
Chinese Religion in Malaysia: A General View
... and Buddhism,” and that “ they explain that their religion is a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism and the worship of local deities.” Chan (1953: 141) has in fact accurately described the religion of China as a “ syncretic religion embracing the ancient cult as its basis and Buddhist and Taoist elements as ...
... and Buddhism,” and that “ they explain that their religion is a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism and the worship of local deities.” Chan (1953: 141) has in fact accurately described the religion of China as a “ syncretic religion embracing the ancient cult as its basis and Buddhist and Taoist elements as ...
Leader Resource 1 - eternallycompelling.org
... Nichiren and Tendai, as well as newer movements such as Soka Gakkai. We do not know when or by whom it was first written, but it seems to have come from India. By the 3rd century CE Chinese translations were being made; these would prove to be the vehicles through which the sutra would become widely ...
... Nichiren and Tendai, as well as newer movements such as Soka Gakkai. We do not know when or by whom it was first written, but it seems to have come from India. By the 3rd century CE Chinese translations were being made; these would prove to be the vehicles through which the sutra would become widely ...
Buddhist Tourism report
... Theravada is believed to be the first form of Buddhism to be introduced in Thailand around the 3rd century B.C. Since then Buddhism in its various forms: Mahayana, Burma (pagan), Ceylon (Landkavamsa) have influenced cultural practice in Thailand. Named as ‘The Land of Yellow Robes’, Buddhism is the ...
... Theravada is believed to be the first form of Buddhism to be introduced in Thailand around the 3rd century B.C. Since then Buddhism in its various forms: Mahayana, Burma (pagan), Ceylon (Landkavamsa) have influenced cultural practice in Thailand. Named as ‘The Land of Yellow Robes’, Buddhism is the ...
Justice, Kamma and Dhamma: Does Kamma in
... this situation: one is that Buddhism is ‘a gospel of personal salvation’ according to which escape from and not the transformation of samsara (wheel of existence) is the case. The second is that for Buddhists the western concept of justice is ‘too much of an unending revengeful tit for tat”. Coming ...
... this situation: one is that Buddhism is ‘a gospel of personal salvation’ according to which escape from and not the transformation of samsara (wheel of existence) is the case. The second is that for Buddhists the western concept of justice is ‘too much of an unending revengeful tit for tat”. Coming ...
Buddhism 2 - Worship, community and family, sacred writings
... actions lead to kamma which in turn can lead to an auspicious rebirth. The idea of nibbana or enlightenment as a goal and some ideas about what this might mean. The Wheel of Life and the Six Realms. The Tibetan ideas about the Wheel of Life and the possibility of rebirth in any of the Six Realms. Th ...
... actions lead to kamma which in turn can lead to an auspicious rebirth. The idea of nibbana or enlightenment as a goal and some ideas about what this might mean. The Wheel of Life and the Six Realms. The Tibetan ideas about the Wheel of Life and the possibility of rebirth in any of the Six Realms. Th ...
Thresholds of Transcendence: immolation and Mahāyānist Absolute Altruism Part Two
... sacrifice for the high value of the genuine freedom of a sovereign people. We also sense, perhaps less consciously, that the meaning and status of that value has much to do with how it is honored by those still living, which includes not only Tibetans but a global audience of a (generally) sympathet ...
... sacrifice for the high value of the genuine freedom of a sovereign people. We also sense, perhaps less consciously, that the meaning and status of that value has much to do with how it is honored by those still living, which includes not only Tibetans but a global audience of a (generally) sympathet ...
The Oral Transmission of the Early Buddhist Literature
... some idea about how it was composed and transmitted. This is not a straightforward task. The stratification of literature based on a manuscript tradition is relatively straightforward, for with written documents we can assume an original text that may have been altered for various reasons. But with ...
... some idea about how it was composed and transmitted. This is not a straightforward task. The stratification of literature based on a manuscript tradition is relatively straightforward, for with written documents we can assume an original text that may have been altered for various reasons. But with ...
Impermanence, Anattā, and the Stability of Egocentrism; or,
... To see what I mean, consider the views of a philosopher who accepts the possibility that egoism can be ethical, or that egoistic ethics can exist, J. L. Mackie. In his book Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong, Mackie argues that there can be a perfectly good sense in which egoism is ethical: a “variet ...
... To see what I mean, consider the views of a philosopher who accepts the possibility that egoism can be ethical, or that egoistic ethics can exist, J. L. Mackie. In his book Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong, Mackie argues that there can be a perfectly good sense in which egoism is ethical: a “variet ...
Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... Piety and the Monks in the Practices of Indian Buddhism: A Question of Sinicization Viewed from the Other Side,” mainly used Indian Buddhist epigraphical material, and concluded his research on filial piety in Indian Buddhism by saying that “although [the practice of filial piety] receives no very d ...
... Piety and the Monks in the Practices of Indian Buddhism: A Question of Sinicization Viewed from the Other Side,” mainly used Indian Buddhist epigraphical material, and concluded his research on filial piety in Indian Buddhism by saying that “although [the practice of filial piety] receives no very d ...
here - Dickinson Blogs
... sacrifice for the high value of the genuine freedom of a sovereign people. We also sense, perhaps less consciously, that the meaning and status of that value has much to do with how it is honored by those still living, which includes not only Tibetans but a global audience of a (generally) sympathet ...
... sacrifice for the high value of the genuine freedom of a sovereign people. We also sense, perhaps less consciously, that the meaning and status of that value has much to do with how it is honored by those still living, which includes not only Tibetans but a global audience of a (generally) sympathet ...
Religion as Non-religion: The Place of Chinese Temples in Phuket
... Chinese Temples and the Thai State Where, then, is the place for Chinese temples within these officially recognized religious categories? The answer is that there is no place for them since Chinese temples register with the Ministry of the Interior, not the Department of Religious Affairs under the ...
... Chinese Temples and the Thai State Where, then, is the place for Chinese temples within these officially recognized religious categories? The answer is that there is no place for them since Chinese temples register with the Ministry of the Interior, not the Department of Religious Affairs under the ...
Getting back to the source with Agon Shu
... and thirty-seven curricula, which believers must understand and practice in order to achieve true liberation. In recent decades, advances in linguistic studies have enabled scholars to analyze Buddhist sutras (scriptures) in the Sanskrit and Pali languages, as well as the Buddha’s local Magadhi dial ...
... and thirty-seven curricula, which believers must understand and practice in order to achieve true liberation. In recent decades, advances in linguistic studies have enabled scholars to analyze Buddhist sutras (scriptures) in the Sanskrit and Pali languages, as well as the Buddha’s local Magadhi dial ...
The Kalpa of Decrease
... the doctrines of the religious world. Because people today are unaware of this and endeavor to cultivate roots of merit, the world declines all the more. To give support to the priests of the Tendai, Shingon and other sects of today may outwardly appear to be an act of merit, but in reality it is a ...
... the doctrines of the religious world. Because people today are unaware of this and endeavor to cultivate roots of merit, the world declines all the more. To give support to the priests of the Tendai, Shingon and other sects of today may outwardly appear to be an act of merit, but in reality it is a ...
English - Seattle Buddhist Temple
... This year, two Camp Fire groups, the Starlights and Rainbows, will be supporting The Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) Walk for Rice Event. This event takes place on Saturday morning, June 18, at Seward Park. The event benefits the ACRS Food Bank, located in the International District and ...
... This year, two Camp Fire groups, the Starlights and Rainbows, will be supporting The Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) Walk for Rice Event. This event takes place on Saturday morning, June 18, at Seward Park. The event benefits the ACRS Food Bank, located in the International District and ...