A Critical Analysis of Brian Victoria`s Perspectives on Modern
... Victoria’s overall work would be more credible if he were to examine the work of other nonJapanese Buddhists. Victoria’s Zen at War and Zen War Stories Victoria’s main contribution is the publication of two books, Zen at War and Zen War Stories, where he explores the intimate relationship between Ja ...
... Victoria’s overall work would be more credible if he were to examine the work of other nonJapanese Buddhists. Victoria’s Zen at War and Zen War Stories Victoria’s main contribution is the publication of two books, Zen at War and Zen War Stories, where he explores the intimate relationship between Ja ...
On the relationship between mindfulness and Buddhism (hint: It`s
... has led to criticism and concern that mindfulness taught in this way may be missing some essential aspects. In their traditional presentation, Buddhist teachings are embedded within a well-defined ethical framework founded on the principle of “non-harm.” Buddhist disciples are expected to cultivate ...
... has led to criticism and concern that mindfulness taught in this way may be missing some essential aspects. In their traditional presentation, Buddhist teachings are embedded within a well-defined ethical framework founded on the principle of “non-harm.” Buddhist disciples are expected to cultivate ...
Origins of research methodology, Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths
... have possible error. No human is infallible. Therefore, a systematic methodology is important in research to avoid error as much as possible. There is no single methodology, but several of them, and the Buddhist methodology could be considered at least as one. It is in this context that what the Bud ...
... have possible error. No human is infallible. Therefore, a systematic methodology is important in research to avoid error as much as possible. There is no single methodology, but several of them, and the Buddhist methodology could be considered at least as one. It is in this context that what the Bud ...
The Berkshire Scholar
... family, because young people are the ones who form the basis of society. The next generation should have opportunities to try every new thing they can in order to grow and understand their unlimited potential while expanding their horizons. For this reason, Chinese parents never give their children ...
... family, because young people are the ones who form the basis of society. The next generation should have opportunities to try every new thing they can in order to grow and understand their unlimited potential while expanding their horizons. For this reason, Chinese parents never give their children ...
Faithi in Revolution Tricycle Winter 2008
... themselves to the happiness of ordinary people struggling to live their lives. During World War II, however, they found themselves facing persecutions when they resisted the currents of Japanese militarist fascism and criticized the state’s use of Shinto to spiritually unite the Japanese people behi ...
... themselves to the happiness of ordinary people struggling to live their lives. During World War II, however, they found themselves facing persecutions when they resisted the currents of Japanese militarist fascism and criticized the state’s use of Shinto to spiritually unite the Japanese people behi ...
Salvation in Buddhism - Digital Commons @ Andrews University
... 2005:174; Narayanan 2002:164-166, 176-177), and Sikhism (Shackle and Mandair 2005:1-19; Oxtoby 2002:139-141) do not believe in salvation in the sense understood by most Westerners. They do not focus on Hell or Heaven as the end of a soteriological choice, but on knowledge (King 2005:149, 153). They ...
... 2005:174; Narayanan 2002:164-166, 176-177), and Sikhism (Shackle and Mandair 2005:1-19; Oxtoby 2002:139-141) do not believe in salvation in the sense understood by most Westerners. They do not focus on Hell or Heaven as the end of a soteriological choice, but on knowledge (King 2005:149, 153). They ...
Fathering Your Father: The Zen of Fabrication in Tang Buddhism
... Cole lays the foundation for his argument by examining pre-Chan lineage construction in the biographies of Zhiyi (538–597) and Xinxing (540–594). First, the various, contradictory biographies of Zhiyi written by his disciple Guanding (561–632) are put forth as the basis of future Chinese Buddhist ge ...
... Cole lays the foundation for his argument by examining pre-Chan lineage construction in the biographies of Zhiyi (538–597) and Xinxing (540–594). First, the various, contradictory biographies of Zhiyi written by his disciple Guanding (561–632) are put forth as the basis of future Chinese Buddhist ge ...
Self-Cultivation
... nonself, which can be attained in two ways: by leaving home to become a monk or a nun or by staying at home and cultivating oneself to become a secular Buddhist devotee (jiu-shi). Whether one leaves or stays at home, the fundamental principle of self-cultivation for Buddhists is learning an attitude ...
... nonself, which can be attained in two ways: by leaving home to become a monk or a nun or by staying at home and cultivating oneself to become a secular Buddhist devotee (jiu-shi). Whether one leaves or stays at home, the fundamental principle of self-cultivation for Buddhists is learning an attitude ...
Book Dzyan Res. Rep. 4 6.5 - Eastern Tradition Research Institute
... terms. But it does not necessarily follow that the Mahatmas were themselves followers of the schools from which the terms were taken. E.g., “We are not Adwaitees [followers of the Hindu school of advaita or non-dual Vedånta], but our teaching respecting the one life is identical with that of the Adw ...
... terms. But it does not necessarily follow that the Mahatmas were themselves followers of the schools from which the terms were taken. E.g., “We are not Adwaitees [followers of the Hindu school of advaita or non-dual Vedånta], but our teaching respecting the one life is identical with that of the Adw ...
4. Hsuan-Tsang - Triratna Centre Support
... achievement in Chinese history. Over the remaining 19 years of Hsuan Tsang’s life he translated the Sanskrit works he had brought back, aided by a team of translators. He also taught the Dharma. He died in 664 AD at the age of sixty-two. Epilogue: Fame in contemporary India Hsuan Tsang is not just a ...
... achievement in Chinese history. Over the remaining 19 years of Hsuan Tsang’s life he translated the Sanskrit works he had brought back, aided by a team of translators. He also taught the Dharma. He died in 664 AD at the age of sixty-two. Epilogue: Fame in contemporary India Hsuan Tsang is not just a ...
Buddhism in Thailand
... With the growth of Maháyána Buddhism in India, especially during the reign of King Kanishka who ruled over Northern India during the second half of the first century A.D., the sect also spread to the neighboring countries, such as Sumatra, Java, and Kambuja (Cambodia). It is probable that Maháyána B ...
... With the growth of Maháyána Buddhism in India, especially during the reign of King Kanishka who ruled over Northern India during the second half of the first century A.D., the sect also spread to the neighboring countries, such as Sumatra, Java, and Kambuja (Cambodia). It is probable that Maháyána B ...
THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SELF: HOW EASTERN THOUGHT
... which are historical facts, the following tale contains the essential elements understood to be the underlying narrative of most of the forms of Buddhism found throughout the world today. This narrative can be found with some amount of variation in numerous historical accounts and literary works. Th ...
... which are historical facts, the following tale contains the essential elements understood to be the underlying narrative of most of the forms of Buddhism found throughout the world today. This narrative can be found with some amount of variation in numerous historical accounts and literary works. Th ...
Japanese Buddhism, Relativization, and Glocalization
... Weber’s distinction between rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional authority, upon which three corresponding types of legitimation are based. However, Weber’s analysis can also be used to support a rather different approach. Specifically, I am referring here to Weber’s definition of a “hierocr ...
... Weber’s distinction between rational-legal, charismatic, and traditional authority, upon which three corresponding types of legitimation are based. However, Weber’s analysis can also be used to support a rather different approach. Specifically, I am referring here to Weber’s definition of a “hierocr ...
Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Transformative Politics
... collectively exhaust the possible objects of experience, so that there is nothing excluded from one’s mindful awareness. Later in the same text, the Buddha says that someone who could practice this for seven days would either achieve Nibbāna or would suffer only one further rebirth before achieving ...
... collectively exhaust the possible objects of experience, so that there is nothing excluded from one’s mindful awareness. Later in the same text, the Buddha says that someone who could practice this for seven days would either achieve Nibbāna or would suffer only one further rebirth before achieving ...
digitising_skt_buddhist_texts
... other texts from Chinese sources In viewing the above literature it is quite difficult for us to decide which of these texts is original and whether the texts got enlarged or abridged in course of time to suit the varying degrees or capacity of devotees. The traditional view seems to take Satasahasr ...
... other texts from Chinese sources In viewing the above literature it is quite difficult for us to decide which of these texts is original and whether the texts got enlarged or abridged in course of time to suit the varying degrees or capacity of devotees. The traditional view seems to take Satasahasr ...
The Value of Buddhist Responses to Issues of Overpopulation
... concurrently conscious of such things as, but not limited to, the complexity of our world, humankind’s place in that world, and the rapid destruction of the environment occurring throughout that world. This particular set of knowledge highlights, almost ironically, part of the history of human exist ...
... concurrently conscious of such things as, but not limited to, the complexity of our world, humankind’s place in that world, and the rapid destruction of the environment occurring throughout that world. This particular set of knowledge highlights, almost ironically, part of the history of human exist ...
The Emergence of Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection in the
... schools. Christian theologians used methods of religious studies to critically investigate their own traditions. But whereas religious studies scholars used such methods mainly to further their understanding of the culturally constructed nature of religions, Christian theologians used the same sort ...
... schools. Christian theologians used methods of religious studies to critically investigate their own traditions. But whereas religious studies scholars used such methods mainly to further their understanding of the culturally constructed nature of religions, Christian theologians used the same sort ...
THE BAILIN BUDDHIST TEMPLE: THRIVING UNDER
... Even before coming to Hebei, Jing Hui had attracted some highly educated young people as followers or disciples through the Fa Yin magazine. Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident, when the student-led pro-democracy movement was crushed by tanks, many college-educated young people began to tur ...
... Even before coming to Hebei, Jing Hui had attracted some highly educated young people as followers or disciples through the Fa Yin magazine. Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident, when the student-led pro-democracy movement was crushed by tanks, many college-educated young people began to tur ...
BUDDHISM A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism
... A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism was believed to have started in India by Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born around the fifth century BCE to a tribal chief of a clan in southern Nepal. According to Buddhist literature, it was prophesied that he would become a king if he stay ...
... A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism was believed to have started in India by Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born around the fifth century BCE to a tribal chief of a clan in southern Nepal. According to Buddhist literature, it was prophesied that he would become a king if he stay ...
Midnight Dharma: Diamond Way Buddhism on the Air
... started with a membership of Tibetan runaways and started opening to the public later. On the other hand we have the tradition of Kagyu. In Europe this tradition concentrated especially on Europeans and lay practice. There is something like a secondary European structure. My opinion is that we can t ...
... started with a membership of Tibetan runaways and started opening to the public later. On the other hand we have the tradition of Kagyu. In Europe this tradition concentrated especially on Europeans and lay practice. There is something like a secondary European structure. My opinion is that we can t ...
Toward a Buddhist Theory of Structural Peace: Lessons
... the research has proven invaluable to contextualize and make sense of Buddhist perspectives. At least one third of these fifteen Buddhist interviewees are nationally-recognized Buddhist leaders, all actively engaged in broad-based social movements. Approximately half of the Buddhist interviewees, in ...
... the research has proven invaluable to contextualize and make sense of Buddhist perspectives. At least one third of these fifteen Buddhist interviewees are nationally-recognized Buddhist leaders, all actively engaged in broad-based social movements. Approximately half of the Buddhist interviewees, in ...
Ashtasahasrika_prajnaparamita
... Stylistic features: The main characteristics of the Ashtashasrika prajnaparamita of 1015 are as follows. The use of following lines and colors applied in a blended sequence, to raise the plasticity of the figures marked the works of the early and mid 11th century. By the beginning of the 12th centur ...
... Stylistic features: The main characteristics of the Ashtashasrika prajnaparamita of 1015 are as follows. The use of following lines and colors applied in a blended sequence, to raise the plasticity of the figures marked the works of the early and mid 11th century. By the beginning of the 12th centur ...
whitehill.txt ... JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST ETHICS VOLUME 1: 1994
... of Buddhist philosophy in a Western ethical milieu dominated by demands for human rights and individual autonomy.[7] Assuming the under-developed condition of the domain of Buddhist ethics in Western context, I now address at length my second, more tentative conjecture on the future prospect of West ...
... of Buddhist philosophy in a Western ethical milieu dominated by demands for human rights and individual autonomy.[7] Assuming the under-developed condition of the domain of Buddhist ethics in Western context, I now address at length my second, more tentative conjecture on the future prospect of West ...
Did the Buddha Believe in Karma and Rebirth?
... the texts of the Veda, and in the Jaina canon. Passages in the early Buddhist texts that are more or less similar to what we find in these other texts inform us, according to this line of reasoning, about the earliest form of the doctrine of karma and rebirth in Buddhism. In this connection we must ...
... the texts of the Veda, and in the Jaina canon. Passages in the early Buddhist texts that are more or less similar to what we find in these other texts inform us, according to this line of reasoning, about the earliest form of the doctrine of karma and rebirth in Buddhism. In this connection we must ...