Establishing Mindfulness - Calgary Insight Meditation Society
... practice and became a committed student. Venerable Ayya Khema was also a great inspiration for me. JC: What is it about Theravada Buddhism that appeals to you? SJ: Theravada literally means ‘the teaching of the elders’ and the forest tradition is one branch of the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Thera ...
... practice and became a committed student. Venerable Ayya Khema was also a great inspiration for me. JC: What is it about Theravada Buddhism that appeals to you? SJ: Theravada literally means ‘the teaching of the elders’ and the forest tradition is one branch of the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Thera ...
Review Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen.
... impermanence of life: “Our life is only as long as one breath” (1). The notion of “breath” (chapter 3) is inherent to Chan practice, and you supposedly fall in love with your breath, the “meditation of love,” and loving your breath parallels loving others. But Chan teaches devotees “to love with no ...
... impermanence of life: “Our life is only as long as one breath” (1). The notion of “breath” (chapter 3) is inherent to Chan practice, and you supposedly fall in love with your breath, the “meditation of love,” and loving your breath parallels loving others. But Chan teaches devotees “to love with no ...
The Sacred Writing by Central Asian Buddhist Monks in China (3
... various surnames represented their geographic origins. Those Buddhist monks and translators might be good with several different kinds of Central Asian languages as well as Chinese. However, what kind of Chinese writing script was adopted by Buddhist monk translators to write down the sacred texts d ...
... various surnames represented their geographic origins. Those Buddhist monks and translators might be good with several different kinds of Central Asian languages as well as Chinese. However, what kind of Chinese writing script was adopted by Buddhist monk translators to write down the sacred texts d ...
European Buddhist Traditions Laurence Cox, National University of
... differences between what Buddhism means in the West and in Asia (in terms of who is involved, what they say and what they do) rhetorically, to show the need for specialized study, and heuristically, to identify research questions. Thus an ironic question mark hangs over claims to legitimacy that ide ...
... differences between what Buddhism means in the West and in Asia (in terms of who is involved, what they say and what they do) rhetorically, to show the need for specialized study, and heuristically, to identify research questions. Thus an ironic question mark hangs over claims to legitimacy that ide ...
Prince Asoka
... Buddhism initially only existed in small pockets throughout some parts of India, but various aspects of Asoka's life and actions significantly influenced the spread of Buddhism. These aspects varied from Asoka's teachings, works, his life as a role model and his effect on society. Asoka was initiall ...
... Buddhism initially only existed in small pockets throughout some parts of India, but various aspects of Asoka's life and actions significantly influenced the spread of Buddhism. These aspects varied from Asoka's teachings, works, his life as a role model and his effect on society. Asoka was initiall ...
NUMERICAL DISCOURSES OF THE BUDDHA recommended by
... service to Buddhists around the world, but they are now in need of replacement. This began in 1978 with Maurice Walshe's translation of the Digha Nikaya, entitled Thus Have I Heard, and published by Wisdom Publications. Wisdom has continued its excellent work with further translations of the Majjhim ...
... service to Buddhists around the world, but they are now in need of replacement. This began in 1978 with Maurice Walshe's translation of the Digha Nikaya, entitled Thus Have I Heard, and published by Wisdom Publications. Wisdom has continued its excellent work with further translations of the Majjhim ...
M.A. Mahayana Buddhist Studies
... 8. Sanghasen singh (ed) Article on Subhodalankara, Journal of Buddhist Studies (Vol VII) University of Delhi, Delhi. 9. K. Hajra, History of Attakatha Literature 10. Prof. N.H. Samtani & H.S. Prasad (Ed) Amalaprajna – Prof. P.V. Bapat Felicitation Volume related to Pali Articles 11. S.C.Banerji-A n ...
... 8. Sanghasen singh (ed) Article on Subhodalankara, Journal of Buddhist Studies (Vol VII) University of Delhi, Delhi. 9. K. Hajra, History of Attakatha Literature 10. Prof. N.H. Samtani & H.S. Prasad (Ed) Amalaprajna – Prof. P.V. Bapat Felicitation Volume related to Pali Articles 11. S.C.Banerji-A n ...
Buddhism - Trinity Evangelical Free Church, Teaneck, NJ
... For the next forty-five years until his death around 483 B.C. Siddhartha traveled throughout northern India spreading his teachings about the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. At first Siddhartha Gautama’s teachings were passed down orally from monk to monk. His disciples did not write down ...
... For the next forty-five years until his death around 483 B.C. Siddhartha traveled throughout northern India spreading his teachings about the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. At first Siddhartha Gautama’s teachings were passed down orally from monk to monk. His disciples did not write down ...
Chapter 9
... single, all-knowing and all powerful god. Other peoples have viewed the forces controlling human existence as being more distant and abstract, such as the Chinese concept of “Heaven” (Tien) or the Indian “life force” (Brahman). Some religions have an identifiable founder or beginning, while the orig ...
... single, all-knowing and all powerful god. Other peoples have viewed the forces controlling human existence as being more distant and abstract, such as the Chinese concept of “Heaven” (Tien) or the Indian “life force” (Brahman). Some religions have an identifiable founder or beginning, while the orig ...
Buddhism, Apophasis, Truth - Journal for Cultural and Religious
... employed by negative theology, a theology which “denies that the transcendent can be named or given attributes.”5 The Russian philosopher Nicolas Berdyaev, however, defines apophasis as “knowledge in the process of discarding all notions and determinations.”6 On this account apophasis is not underst ...
... employed by negative theology, a theology which “denies that the transcendent can be named or given attributes.”5 The Russian philosopher Nicolas Berdyaev, however, defines apophasis as “knowledge in the process of discarding all notions and determinations.”6 On this account apophasis is not underst ...
Chinese Buddhism and the Anti-Japan War
... Here I will examine the activities and ideas of Leguan in comparison with those of Taixu. According to the autobiography contained in the Fenxunji, Leguan was born in Hubei Province in 1902 and became a monk when he was nineteen. Leguan (previously named Yuanyin) was engaged in social activities thr ...
... Here I will examine the activities and ideas of Leguan in comparison with those of Taixu. According to the autobiography contained in the Fenxunji, Leguan was born in Hubei Province in 1902 and became a monk when he was nineteen. Leguan (previously named Yuanyin) was engaged in social activities thr ...
The Buddhist Tradition
... result of karmic predispositions, but compassionate care would be provided nonetheless. ...
... result of karmic predispositions, but compassionate care would be provided nonetheless. ...
The Xixia Avatamsaka Sutra
... of the youth Sudhana 善財童子, who undertakes a pilgrimage in 52 stages and 53 visits at the behest of the bodhisattva Manjushri 文殊師利. This Sutra as been from early times regarded as the most important text of the Buddhist canon because it is said to have been written by the Buddha himself after he has ...
... of the youth Sudhana 善財童子, who undertakes a pilgrimage in 52 stages and 53 visits at the behest of the bodhisattva Manjushri 文殊師利. This Sutra as been from early times regarded as the most important text of the Buddhist canon because it is said to have been written by the Buddha himself after he has ...
So where are all those black Buddhists, then?
... religious philosophies were then, as now, generally well- educated-their backgrounds equipping them with an interest in novel ideas and a greater awareness of new cultural developments. 15 In a fascinating earlier parallel, Australian census figures of a hundred years or so earlier show that "the Th ...
... religious philosophies were then, as now, generally well- educated-their backgrounds equipping them with an interest in novel ideas and a greater awareness of new cultural developments. 15 In a fascinating earlier parallel, Australian census figures of a hundred years or so earlier show that "the Th ...
Buddhist Ecological Thought and Action in North America
... Today in North American there are Buddhists and Buddhist temples of every type and description. The people who go to these temples might be Asian Americans who were born into Buddhist families or they might be converts from other ethnic backgrounds. ...
... Today in North American there are Buddhists and Buddhist temples of every type and description. The people who go to these temples might be Asian Americans who were born into Buddhist families or they might be converts from other ethnic backgrounds. ...
buddhism
... wandering ascetics. Others were laypersons who venerated the Buddha, followed those aspects of his teachings that were relevant to them, and provided the wandering ascetics with the material support that they required. During the first several centuries after the Buddha's death, the story of his lif ...
... wandering ascetics. Others were laypersons who venerated the Buddha, followed those aspects of his teachings that were relevant to them, and provided the wandering ascetics with the material support that they required. During the first several centuries after the Buddha's death, the story of his lif ...
Transmission of Indian Buddhist Thought In East Asian Historiography
... In the beginning centuries, the Chinese Buddhists faced problems in the translation of Buddhist scriptures with their highly technical terminology. For the popularity of the new faith and salvage the doctrine from vagueness and remove doubts, Buddhist texts had to be made available to the general pu ...
... In the beginning centuries, the Chinese Buddhists faced problems in the translation of Buddhist scriptures with their highly technical terminology. For the popularity of the new faith and salvage the doctrine from vagueness and remove doubts, Buddhist texts had to be made available to the general pu ...
R. Kloppenborg The role of the Buddhist monk in development
... historical data - usually those which seem to support the rest of his argumentation - than to others which can be considered as being equally important for his subject. There are of course many obvious reasons to come to a relatively well-founded conclusion about the value of manifest elements in rh ...
... historical data - usually those which seem to support the rest of his argumentation - than to others which can be considered as being equally important for his subject. There are of course many obvious reasons to come to a relatively well-founded conclusion about the value of manifest elements in rh ...
Alone With Others. An Existential Approach to Buddhism (Stephen
... skillful, acute. This is not surprising: this is the view of the Buddha we get in virtually all texts that describe him. Since the outlines of the Buddha's character and life are well known, and the Kalupahanas generally adhere to them, 1 will not rehearse them here, but simply indicate what I think ...
... skillful, acute. This is not surprising: this is the view of the Buddha we get in virtually all texts that describe him. Since the outlines of the Buddha's character and life are well known, and the Kalupahanas generally adhere to them, 1 will not rehearse them here, but simply indicate what I think ...
Presocratic and Buddhist Cosmologies: A Comparative Analysis
... I shall focus exclusively on Theravada Buddhism2, since the later Mahayana and Vajrayana forms were influenced by Greek ideas. The history and details of the exchanges between Indian and Greek cultures aft ...
... I shall focus exclusively on Theravada Buddhism2, since the later Mahayana and Vajrayana forms were influenced by Greek ideas. The history and details of the exchanges between Indian and Greek cultures aft ...
ARONSON, HARVEY B. (2004). Buddhist practice on Western ground
... reflection upon the contents—thoughts and feelings—arising in the process. In so doing, Aronson points to methods for psychospiritual growth that may leave practitioners less prone to the traps that typically ensnare western Buddhists. Although Aronson’s presentation of these methods does not go in ...
... reflection upon the contents—thoughts and feelings—arising in the process. In so doing, Aronson points to methods for psychospiritual growth that may leave practitioners less prone to the traps that typically ensnare western Buddhists. Although Aronson’s presentation of these methods does not go in ...
Notes on Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
... achieving a higher purpose for man’s happiness. So Buddhism recognizes the need of certain minimum material conditions favourable to spiritual progress--even that of a monk engaged in meditation in some solitary place” (Rahula, p. 81). ...
... achieving a higher purpose for man’s happiness. So Buddhism recognizes the need of certain minimum material conditions favourable to spiritual progress--even that of a monk engaged in meditation in some solitary place” (Rahula, p. 81). ...
Buddhist Ethics of Pañcasīla or Pansil
... truth. At the same time we have to lament, and warn our readers that Maurice Walshe, in his translation of the Digha Nikaya in 1987 under the title Thus Have I Heard, renders the above phrase in both places as ' Be moderate in eating ' [Thus Have I Heard by Maurice Walshe, 1987, pp.281,398]. The 199 ...
... truth. At the same time we have to lament, and warn our readers that Maurice Walshe, in his translation of the Digha Nikaya in 1987 under the title Thus Have I Heard, renders the above phrase in both places as ' Be moderate in eating ' [Thus Have I Heard by Maurice Walshe, 1987, pp.281,398]. The 199 ...