The Eco-Buddhism of Marie Byles Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Byles appreciated that overall the Buddhist texts did not particularly emphasize the beauty of nature or environmental protection. She admired the sensitivity towards nature found in Zen poetry and art, and recounted the Pāli Canon story about Kassapa’s delight in the forest and climbing crags (Path ...
... Byles appreciated that overall the Buddhist texts did not particularly emphasize the beauty of nature or environmental protection. She admired the sensitivity towards nature found in Zen poetry and art, and recounted the Pāli Canon story about Kassapa’s delight in the forest and climbing crags (Path ...
Deep Transmission, and of What?
... gazed at each other with the sense that we had stepped into another world and time. We were transported by a haunting, melodic rhythm of ancient sound currents wafting through the monastic compound, and pulled speechlessly toward its source. A spirited feeling trembled in my chest, at once familiar ...
... gazed at each other with the sense that we had stepped into another world and time. We were transported by a haunting, melodic rhythm of ancient sound currents wafting through the monastic compound, and pulled speechlessly toward its source. A spirited feeling trembled in my chest, at once familiar ...
Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion
... including nature worship and taboos against kegare (impurities), but it has no system of doctrine; it exists in diverse forms as folk belief but at the same time possesses certain features of organized religion-for example, rituals and institutions such as shrines; it also plays an important role in ...
... including nature worship and taboos against kegare (impurities), but it has no system of doctrine; it exists in diverse forms as folk belief but at the same time possesses certain features of organized religion-for example, rituals and institutions such as shrines; it also plays an important role in ...
View in PDF - Nalanda Buddhist Society
... Bhāvanā Day, the weekend meditation retreat held at Nalanda Centre in August, afforded 50 participants a break from their hectic routine schedules. Under the skilful guidance of Ayya Susãla, the yogis practised Ānāpānasati (mindfulness on breathing) with diligence. Ayya Susãla reminded everyone to b ...
... Bhāvanā Day, the weekend meditation retreat held at Nalanda Centre in August, afforded 50 participants a break from their hectic routine schedules. Under the skilful guidance of Ayya Susãla, the yogis practised Ānāpānasati (mindfulness on breathing) with diligence. Ayya Susãla reminded everyone to b ...
Aspects of the Study of the (earlier) Indian Mahāyāna
... narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines antithetical to the Bodhisattvayana (regardless of where these doctrines might be found). At all events, the fact remains that usage has varied through the enormous and (synchronically and diachronically) various literary ...
... narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines antithetical to the Bodhisattvayana (regardless of where these doctrines might be found). At all events, the fact remains that usage has varied through the enormous and (synchronically and diachronically) various literary ...
Wesak and the Re-Creation of Buddhist Tradition
... It is through the process of identifying things that we come to understand the world we live in. Derived from the Latin root, idem, the word “identity”, meaning “the same”, actually has two meanings. The first, as the Latin root indicates, refers to the idea of “absolute sameness”. The second defini ...
... It is through the process of identifying things that we come to understand the world we live in. Derived from the Latin root, idem, the word “identity”, meaning “the same”, actually has two meanings. The first, as the Latin root indicates, refers to the idea of “absolute sameness”. The second defini ...
Ashoka
... One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from the parts of the ancient territories of Khorasan, Sistan and Balochistan (unpartitioned) in what is now Afghanistan and possibly eastern Iran, through the ...
... One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from the parts of the ancient territories of Khorasan, Sistan and Balochistan (unpartitioned) in what is now Afghanistan and possibly eastern Iran, through the ...
The future cakravartin-maitreyan soteriology in early China
... Laughing Buddha was actually a rather late development of Chinese Buddhist iconography, occurring during the Song Dynasty. 1 Nevertheless, known as the Future Buddha, Maitreya is venerated in both pre-Mahāyāna schools and Mahāyāna tradition. Although the specific origin of the notion of Maitreya as ...
... Laughing Buddha was actually a rather late development of Chinese Buddhist iconography, occurring during the Song Dynasty. 1 Nevertheless, known as the Future Buddha, Maitreya is venerated in both pre-Mahāyāna schools and Mahāyāna tradition. Although the specific origin of the notion of Maitreya as ...
The Origin of Buddhist Meditation
... whether the Buddha taught the Noble Eightfold Path, or even the Four Noble Truths. In short, then, it is difficult to see how the passages of outstanding historical significance— and there are not many obvious examples—could be used as the criterion by which to attribute any of the early doctrinal f ...
... whether the Buddha taught the Noble Eightfold Path, or even the Four Noble Truths. In short, then, it is difficult to see how the passages of outstanding historical significance— and there are not many obvious examples—could be used as the criterion by which to attribute any of the early doctrinal f ...
Buddhism A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown
... 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are being referred to, which tradition of Buddhism they follow, which school or sect they belong to, and so forth, before these statements can be of much value. Some scholars would go furt ...
... 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are being referred to, which tradition of Buddhism they follow, which school or sect they belong to, and so forth, before these statements can be of much value. Some scholars would go furt ...
to view the PDF - The Matheson Trust
... Ginsberg's death occasioned much comment on his role in American letters and in the cultural disturbances of the last four decades but, outside the organs of the American Buddhist community, surprisingly little notice was directed to Ginsberg's engagement with Eastern forms of spirituality. Ginsberg ...
... Ginsberg's death occasioned much comment on his role in American letters and in the cultural disturbances of the last four decades but, outside the organs of the American Buddhist community, surprisingly little notice was directed to Ginsberg's engagement with Eastern forms of spirituality. Ginsberg ...
Compassion in Buddhism and Guanxi
... another instance, in terms of the legal system, as witnessed from the high-profile legal proceedings of British businessman Neil Heywood murder case, legal experts believe how little China’s criminal justice system has evolved (Page, 2012). A free and transparent legal system in China still has a lo ...
... another instance, in terms of the legal system, as witnessed from the high-profile legal proceedings of British businessman Neil Heywood murder case, legal experts believe how little China’s criminal justice system has evolved (Page, 2012). A free and transparent legal system in China still has a lo ...
Gurudharma Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... According to tradition, the gurudharmas, “principles to be respected,” were stipulated by the Buddha as a pre-condition for granting his foster mother Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī the higher ordination. The different Vinaya texts report that by accepting these principles to be respected Mahāprajāpatī Gauta ...
... According to tradition, the gurudharmas, “principles to be respected,” were stipulated by the Buddha as a pre-condition for granting his foster mother Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī the higher ordination. The different Vinaya texts report that by accepting these principles to be respected Mahāprajāpatī Gauta ...
Stupas and their consecration in contemporary Kalmykia
... Pyurveev, Архитектура Калмыкии (The Architecture of Kalmykia), 7 is a fundamental account of the development of Kalmyk architecture from the nomad period up to the middle of the 20th century; a chapter in this book is devoted to the Buddhist cultic constructions in Kalmykia before the Soviet epoch. ...
... Pyurveev, Архитектура Калмыкии (The Architecture of Kalmykia), 7 is a fundamental account of the development of Kalmyk architecture from the nomad period up to the middle of the 20th century; a chapter in this book is devoted to the Buddhist cultic constructions in Kalmykia before the Soviet epoch. ...
Maitreya Images in Asian Buddhist Fine Arts - Harvard
... into one of the three largest religions in the world. Moreover, as the Saviour, Maitreya becames a popular global cult. 2.3. The Maitreya cult in the contemporary era The Maitreya cult has left its imprint on the development of Buddhism over its 2000-year history. In terms of material culture, the M ...
... into one of the three largest religions in the world. Moreover, as the Saviour, Maitreya becames a popular global cult. 2.3. The Maitreya cult in the contemporary era The Maitreya cult has left its imprint on the development of Buddhism over its 2000-year history. In terms of material culture, the M ...
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
... Sacred Scriptures for nearly eighteen centuries. There are few predecessors in the field of Chinese literature into whose labours translators of the present century can enter. This will be received, I hope, as a sufficient apology for the minuteness and length of some of the notes. A second object i ...
... Sacred Scriptures for nearly eighteen centuries. There are few predecessors in the field of Chinese literature into whose labours translators of the present century can enter. This will be received, I hope, as a sufficient apology for the minuteness and length of some of the notes. A second object i ...
The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Sgi-Usa
... proclaimed Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to be the sole correct Buddhist teaching for leading all people in the Latter Day of the Law to enlightenment. This is known as the declaration of the establishment of his teaching. He was thirty-two years old. From around this time, he adopted the name Nichiren (lite ...
... proclaimed Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to be the sole correct Buddhist teaching for leading all people in the Latter Day of the Law to enlightenment. This is known as the declaration of the establishment of his teaching. He was thirty-two years old. From around this time, he adopted the name Nichiren (lite ...
BEHAVE HOW to T
... Drawing on literary and ethical forms of analysis as well as historical, Hansen not only accounts for this historical rise of modernist values but also introduces readers to modernist worldviews through careful translations of sermons, ritual manuals, ethics compendia, and vernacular folktales. ...
... Drawing on literary and ethical forms of analysis as well as historical, Hansen not only accounts for this historical rise of modernist values but also introduces readers to modernist worldviews through careful translations of sermons, ritual manuals, ethics compendia, and vernacular folktales. ...
Buddhism and Sustainability-Related Organisational Practices: A Sri
... The first investigation is a systematic review of the literature pertaining to Buddhism, sustainability and organisational studies. The review identifies a set of Buddhist principles and values appearing in this literature, defines research gaps, and delineates avenues for future research. The secon ...
... The first investigation is a systematic review of the literature pertaining to Buddhism, sustainability and organisational studies. The review identifies a set of Buddhist principles and values appearing in this literature, defines research gaps, and delineates avenues for future research. The secon ...
Enlightenment in Dogen`s Zen
... "The aristocratic priest Dogen (1200-1253) who left, the Tendai monastery for China and returned to establish the meditative, gradual school of Soto Zen is generally considered the second founder of Japanese Zen" 1 [my emphasis]. In another recent book, which is designed as a college textbook on wor ...
... "The aristocratic priest Dogen (1200-1253) who left, the Tendai monastery for China and returned to establish the meditative, gradual school of Soto Zen is generally considered the second founder of Japanese Zen" 1 [my emphasis]. In another recent book, which is designed as a college textbook on wor ...
For more information about Nichiren Buddhism and a - Sgi-Usa
... eternal and unchanging truth” (The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, p. 3). And “life” indicates that, when dedicated to this principle, our lives become based on wisdom that perceives that truth and functions in response to any changing circumstance. What does this mean to us? When we liv ...
... eternal and unchanging truth” (The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, p. 3). And “life” indicates that, when dedicated to this principle, our lives become based on wisdom that perceives that truth and functions in response to any changing circumstance. What does this mean to us? When we liv ...
Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... studied the Lotus Sūtra with the eminent monk Nangji,4 and in the process of his commentarial work often consulted with the monk Hyegong.5 He is also recorded as having studied the Nirvāṇa Sūtra and Vimalakīrti-sūtra together with Bodeok and Uisang respectively.6 The most often-cited episode from Wo ...
... studied the Lotus Sūtra with the eminent monk Nangji,4 and in the process of his commentarial work often consulted with the monk Hyegong.5 He is also recorded as having studied the Nirvāṇa Sūtra and Vimalakīrti-sūtra together with Bodeok and Uisang respectively.6 The most often-cited episode from Wo ...