A Look at the Kalama Sutta - Buddhist Publication Society
... It is true the Buddha does not ask the Kalamas to accept anything he says out of confidence in himself, but let us note one important point: the Kalamas, at the start of the discourse, were not the Buddha’s disciples. They approached him merely as a counsellor who might help dispel their doubts, but ...
... It is true the Buddha does not ask the Kalamas to accept anything he says out of confidence in himself, but let us note one important point: the Kalamas, at the start of the discourse, were not the Buddha’s disciples. They approached him merely as a counsellor who might help dispel their doubts, but ...
READING THE ONE HUNDRED PARABLES SŪTRA
... translating it into a language which was then known as Qí yǔ 齊語, ‘the language of (the Southern, or Xiāo 蕭 ) Qí (Dynasty).’ 5 Guṇavṛddhi’s biography in the GSZ tells us that he was an expert in dàoshù 道術 ‘the arts of the Way.’ He is said to have died in Jiànyè in 502 (according to L. N. Menshikov po ...
... translating it into a language which was then known as Qí yǔ 齊語, ‘the language of (the Southern, or Xiāo 蕭 ) Qí (Dynasty).’ 5 Guṇavṛddhi’s biography in the GSZ tells us that he was an expert in dàoshù 道術 ‘the arts of the Way.’ He is said to have died in Jiànyè in 502 (according to L. N. Menshikov po ...
BA / VMO Vinaya and the Buddhist Monastic Order
... 6. It becomes clear from the quotations given above that there is only one single way to Nirvana and that both monk and layman should move in the same direction, treading the same path. It has to be a stepping out of or departure from the way of household life. It also becomes abundantly clear that ...
... 6. It becomes clear from the quotations given above that there is only one single way to Nirvana and that both monk and layman should move in the same direction, treading the same path. It has to be a stepping out of or departure from the way of household life. It also becomes abundantly clear that ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 63-73 Publication date: 1 February 1998
... The Buddha's enlightenment itself is filled with memories of his prior actions and their effectshuman agency over and over. If we look at Buddhist psychology, cetanà (intentionality) is the seed of all karma or action. Evaluation is present in the mental factors of vitarka (thought) and vicàra (rea ...
... The Buddha's enlightenment itself is filled with memories of his prior actions and their effectshuman agency over and over. If we look at Buddhist psychology, cetanà (intentionality) is the seed of all karma or action. Evaluation is present in the mental factors of vitarka (thought) and vicàra (rea ...
Humane Education, A Bridge to Peace (3)
... 1. The Chinese people’s experience, during the last twenty-one centuries of maintaining an empire that is a regional model for a literally worldwide world-state. 2. The ecumenical spirit with which the Chinese have been imbued during this long chapter of Chinese history. 3. The humanism of the Confu ...
... 1. The Chinese people’s experience, during the last twenty-one centuries of maintaining an empire that is a regional model for a literally worldwide world-state. 2. The ecumenical spirit with which the Chinese have been imbued during this long chapter of Chinese history. 3. The humanism of the Confu ...
The Faith of a UU Buddhist
... Universalists might be even better at “seeking ways to live in harmony” than Buddhists, especially when they manifest this quest as a concern for social justice. My new friends went on to suggest that a Buddhist would find similar perspectives in all the currents of contemporary Unitarian Universali ...
... Universalists might be even better at “seeking ways to live in harmony” than Buddhists, especially when they manifest this quest as a concern for social justice. My new friends went on to suggest that a Buddhist would find similar perspectives in all the currents of contemporary Unitarian Universali ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 220-240 Publication Date: 1 June 1998
... attention to the fact that these were not literally the word of the Buddha as it was collected in the Pali Canon and that they were therefore spurious. MacQueen investigates what the Pali Canon itself takes as the authority behind a såtra and finds a significant number of såtras there also that are ...
... attention to the fact that these were not literally the word of the Buddha as it was collected in the Pali Canon and that they were therefore spurious. MacQueen investigates what the Pali Canon itself takes as the authority behind a såtra and finds a significant number of såtras there also that are ...
The Way to Happiness - Buddhist Publication Society
... education, social service, and even the treatment of sick animals in veterinary hospitals was instituted. This was in keeping with the highest ideal of kingship as laid down by the Buddha. Asoka’s rule of over forty years of peace and contentment is unique in the annals of history. Rulers in other c ...
... education, social service, and even the treatment of sick animals in veterinary hospitals was instituted. This was in keeping with the highest ideal of kingship as laid down by the Buddha. Asoka’s rule of over forty years of peace and contentment is unique in the annals of history. Rulers in other c ...
Racial Diversity in Buddhism in the U.S.
... Despite the difficulty in finding appropriate terms, the many factions of Buddhism in the U.S. combine to create the picture painted in the introduction to Buddhism in America in The Pluralism Project’s World Religions in Boston: On a Wednesday night at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, more ...
... Despite the difficulty in finding appropriate terms, the many factions of Buddhism in the U.S. combine to create the picture painted in the introduction to Buddhism in America in The Pluralism Project’s World Religions in Boston: On a Wednesday night at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, more ...
BuddhismSP2012B
... Nirvana means literally “to be blown out.” What is blown out? “A man comes to believe in his essential nature, to know that what exists is the erroneous activity of the mind and that the world of objects in front of him is non-existent. . .this is called gaining nirvana.” ~ Asvaghosa (2nd century CE ...
... Nirvana means literally “to be blown out.” What is blown out? “A man comes to believe in his essential nature, to know that what exists is the erroneous activity of the mind and that the world of objects in front of him is non-existent. . .this is called gaining nirvana.” ~ Asvaghosa (2nd century CE ...
Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists
... I center many of the questions around the social dimension because it is in the context of American society and modernization that I feel young Buddhists face a number of challenges that are critical to personal and communal development. I am reluctant to offer any answers, as almost all the questio ...
... I center many of the questions around the social dimension because it is in the context of American society and modernization that I feel young Buddhists face a number of challenges that are critical to personal and communal development. I am reluctant to offer any answers, as almost all the questio ...
Dharma American Wars Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... tions left behind, ruled his empire according to justice and compassion for the remainder of his time. Finally, in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, we read of an episode in which a soldier asks the Buddha what happens to soldiers killed in battle. Might they be reborn in a special heaven? No, the Buddha answers ...
... tions left behind, ruled his empire according to justice and compassion for the remainder of his time. Finally, in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, we read of an episode in which a soldier asks the Buddha what happens to soldiers killed in battle. Might they be reborn in a special heaven? No, the Buddha answers ...
Buddhist Revival in Vietnam - United Nations Day of Vesak 2017
... Commenting on the discourse surrounding Vietnamese Buddhism, T.U.T Anh opines that Vietnamese Buddhism must be viewed as composite in nature. He differentiates this from syncretistic, adopting Richard Gombrich’s argument that the concept of syncretism may not be useful for analysing variations in Bu ...
... Commenting on the discourse surrounding Vietnamese Buddhism, T.U.T Anh opines that Vietnamese Buddhism must be viewed as composite in nature. He differentiates this from syncretistic, adopting Richard Gombrich’s argument that the concept of syncretism may not be useful for analysing variations in Bu ...
A Talk with His Holiness the Dalai Lama Sunday April 25, 2010
... I have studied the differences between the two texts. I compared them. ...
... I have studied the differences between the two texts. I compared them. ...
Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto - Buddhist Churches of America
... mysterious, but is as understandable as birth itself. Both occurrences are part of a biological process that provides for a perpetual fountain of youth. ...
... mysterious, but is as understandable as birth itself. Both occurrences are part of a biological process that provides for a perpetual fountain of youth. ...
whole text as a pdf
... Vijnanavada or Yogacara school of Buddhism is sufficiently attested by the fact that at the beginning of his encyclopedic philosophical treatise the Tattvasangraha Santarakshita (705 - 762 C. E.), the cofounder with Padmasambhava of Tantric Buddhism in Tibet and one of the most brilliant ornaments o ...
... Vijnanavada or Yogacara school of Buddhism is sufficiently attested by the fact that at the beginning of his encyclopedic philosophical treatise the Tattvasangraha Santarakshita (705 - 762 C. E.), the cofounder with Padmasambhava of Tantric Buddhism in Tibet and one of the most brilliant ornaments o ...
Analysis of Various Methods of Mediation In Buddhist Schools
... calling the buddha to mind by repeating his name, to enable the practitioner to bring all his or her attention upon that buddha (samādhi). 17 This may be done vocally or mentally, and with or without the use of Buddhist prayer beads. Those who practice this method often commit to a fixed set of repe ...
... calling the buddha to mind by repeating his name, to enable the practitioner to bring all his or her attention upon that buddha (samādhi). 17 This may be done vocally or mentally, and with or without the use of Buddhist prayer beads. Those who practice this method often commit to a fixed set of repe ...
Mysticism – Final Paper
... Buddhism seems to have developed against the background of psychology, as William James predicted a century ago. (pg. 9) The Spread of Buddhism Whenever a religion spreads to a new area, it will over time settle, grow and adapt to the new culture in which it finds itself. Originally teachings from t ...
... Buddhism seems to have developed against the background of psychology, as William James predicted a century ago. (pg. 9) The Spread of Buddhism Whenever a religion spreads to a new area, it will over time settle, grow and adapt to the new culture in which it finds itself. Originally teachings from t ...
Effective Buddhist Approaches to World Peace
... this doctrine, which gave “inward peace” (ajjhattasanti) 1 and resulted in “harmonious living” (or “righteous living” - dhammacariyā - as it is sometimes called), which the Buddha for the first time in the known history of mankind sought to spread over the entire earth when he set up, as he claimed ...
... this doctrine, which gave “inward peace” (ajjhattasanti) 1 and resulted in “harmonious living” (or “righteous living” - dhammacariyā - as it is sometimes called), which the Buddha for the first time in the known history of mankind sought to spread over the entire earth when he set up, as he claimed ...
The main schools of Buddhism
... he began eating normally again. The Buddha preached to them of the Four Noble Truths. Ajnata Kaundinya was the first of these five men to become a disciple of the Buddha. The sangha’s most important task was to recite the words of the Buddha and agree on what the members of the sangha remembered he ...
... he began eating normally again. The Buddha preached to them of the Four Noble Truths. Ajnata Kaundinya was the first of these five men to become a disciple of the Buddha. The sangha’s most important task was to recite the words of the Buddha and agree on what the members of the sangha remembered he ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998:120143 Publication date: 1 May 1998
... the final goal of liberation (vimutti, nibbàna). Ethical principles serve the members of the monastic order as preparation to achieve insight by means of meditation. Lay men and women strive to observe ethical standards so as to achieve a better rebirth. This is the aim of Buddhist ethics, which can ...
... the final goal of liberation (vimutti, nibbàna). Ethical principles serve the members of the monastic order as preparation to achieve insight by means of meditation. Lay men and women strive to observe ethical standards so as to achieve a better rebirth. This is the aim of Buddhist ethics, which can ...
Hinduism and Buddhism
... How did Hinduism impact society? • Caste System • caste= a class into which a person is born and must remain his or her entire life UNTOUCHABLES ...
... How did Hinduism impact society? • Caste System • caste= a class into which a person is born and must remain his or her entire life UNTOUCHABLES ...
- Moving Dharma
... carried over into the broader life and lifestyle of the Nō actor. “The path of the nō actor must be one of monastic dedication: sex, gambling, heavy drinking are distractions to be avoided” (Zeami, xi). Ohno Kazuo, twentieth century founder of Butō dance, also advocates for pervasive, embodied train ...
... carried over into the broader life and lifestyle of the Nō actor. “The path of the nō actor must be one of monastic dedication: sex, gambling, heavy drinking are distractions to be avoided” (Zeami, xi). Ohno Kazuo, twentieth century founder of Butō dance, also advocates for pervasive, embodied train ...
All pages - Ancient Asia
... give information of gift of fields was done on a big scale but there was no mention of the measurement or cultivation of a particular crop. This practice can be paralleled with giving agraharas. ...
... give information of gift of fields was done on a big scale but there was no mention of the measurement or cultivation of a particular crop. This practice can be paralleled with giving agraharas. ...