The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth
... Collection” (CD-ROM) released by the Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA) in February 2006. Citations from the Zhonghua dazang jing di er ji (ZH) are not provided with serial numbers because, due to poor editing, the serial numbers of titles listed in the catalog do not match the act ...
... Collection” (CD-ROM) released by the Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA) in February 2006. Citations from the Zhonghua dazang jing di er ji (ZH) are not provided with serial numbers because, due to poor editing, the serial numbers of titles listed in the catalog do not match the act ...
Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra - REAL-d
... was one method to relate these teachings. Another method was the usage of two terms Faxiangzong and Faxingzong. The term Faxiangzong was created by Fazang to denote the Yogācāra teachings of Xuanzang, while Faxingzong was formulated by Chengguan to include both Tathāgatagarbha and Madhyamaka teachin ...
... was one method to relate these teachings. Another method was the usage of two terms Faxiangzong and Faxingzong. The term Faxiangzong was created by Fazang to denote the Yogācāra teachings of Xuanzang, while Faxingzong was formulated by Chengguan to include both Tathāgatagarbha and Madhyamaka teachin ...
The Evolution of the Precepts
... authority of the Buddha, the vinaya also dictates strict guidelines governing how the order maintains its legitimacy and perpetuates its existence. 5. On the Vinaya (Thanissaro) From Buddhist Monastic Code by Bhikku Thanissaro: "Now, Ananda, if it occurs to any of you — 'The teaching has lost its au ...
... authority of the Buddha, the vinaya also dictates strict guidelines governing how the order maintains its legitimacy and perpetuates its existence. 5. On the Vinaya (Thanissaro) From Buddhist Monastic Code by Bhikku Thanissaro: "Now, Ananda, if it occurs to any of you — 'The teaching has lost its au ...
EXPOSITION OF THE SUTRA OF BRAHMA S NET
... reflection and wisdom accumulated over centuries that we can define our own identity in the present and ensure our continuity into the future. For this reason, it is all the more crucial that we bring to the attention of a wider ...
... reflection and wisdom accumulated over centuries that we can define our own identity in the present and ensure our continuity into the future. For this reason, it is all the more crucial that we bring to the attention of a wider ...
Master Dogen`s Shobogenzo
... First Dōgen picks up and outlines a Buddhist idea. In the second phase, he examines the idea very objectively or concretely, in order to defeat idealistic or intellectual interpretations of it. In the third phase, Dōgen’s expression becomes even more concrete, practical, and realistic, relying on th ...
... First Dōgen picks up and outlines a Buddhist idea. In the second phase, he examines the idea very objectively or concretely, in order to defeat idealistic or intellectual interpretations of it. In the third phase, Dōgen’s expression becomes even more concrete, practical, and realistic, relying on th ...
Basics of Practice - Nichiren Shoshu Myoshinji
... The following analogy may serve to illustrate. Suppose there are two people reading the same book. One person strives to learn all the words and grammar in the book, while the other makes efforts to grasp the author’s intent. Clearly, what the two will gain from reading will be quite different. Even ...
... The following analogy may serve to illustrate. Suppose there are two people reading the same book. One person strives to learn all the words and grammar in the book, while the other makes efforts to grasp the author’s intent. Clearly, what the two will gain from reading will be quite different. Even ...
Spiritual Independence - Sgi-Usa
... the Buddha nature — we can break through the darkness obscuring this awareness, thus revealing the life state of Buddhahood” (September 2006 Living Buddhism, p. 79). “Correct faith is grounded in the realization that ‘Shakyamuni Buddha who attained enlightenment countless kalpas ago, the Lotus Sutra ...
... the Buddha nature — we can break through the darkness obscuring this awareness, thus revealing the life state of Buddhahood” (September 2006 Living Buddhism, p. 79). “Correct faith is grounded in the realization that ‘Shakyamuni Buddha who attained enlightenment countless kalpas ago, the Lotus Sutra ...
The Development of Kaji Kito in Nichiren Shu Buddhism
... separately along with reasons behind the merging of the terms. “Kaji” will be primarily explained in the context of Japanese Buddhism because Kukai initially introduced and used to the term in Japan in relation to Buddhism. Most traditions of Japanese Buddhism that use kaji kito primarily base their ...
... separately along with reasons behind the merging of the terms. “Kaji” will be primarily explained in the context of Japanese Buddhism because Kukai initially introduced and used to the term in Japan in relation to Buddhism. Most traditions of Japanese Buddhism that use kaji kito primarily base their ...
The Seeker`s Glossary of Buddhism
... In the vast corpus of the Mahayana tradition, one text, the Avatamsaka Sutra, stands supreme. Described by Dr. D. T. Suzuki as the “epitome of Buddhist thought, Buddhist sentiment and Buddhist experience”, the sutra recounts the story of the youth Sudhana, the perennial seeker of the Way, who toward ...
... In the vast corpus of the Mahayana tradition, one text, the Avatamsaka Sutra, stands supreme. Described by Dr. D. T. Suzuki as the “epitome of Buddhist thought, Buddhist sentiment and Buddhist experience”, the sutra recounts the story of the youth Sudhana, the perennial seeker of the Way, who toward ...
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism
... therefore to make it available once again, in its original form, after many years of inaccessibility. Those interested in particular details will no doubt explore more recent editions and translations of individual Buddhist texts for themselves. There is also a need for more detailed studies about t ...
... therefore to make it available once again, in its original form, after many years of inaccessibility. Those interested in particular details will no doubt explore more recent editions and translations of individual Buddhist texts for themselves. There is also a need for more detailed studies about t ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajra ...
... of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajra ...
We have pleasure in presenting Thich Nhat Hanh`s extensive book
... state of the world and the quality of our lives, it has lost none of its timeliness since it was first published in 1987. It is filled with practical suggestions on how to create a more peaceful world "right in the moment we are alive." This newly revised, beautiful edition is the perfect starting p ...
... state of the world and the quality of our lives, it has lost none of its timeliness since it was first published in 1987. It is filled with practical suggestions on how to create a more peaceful world "right in the moment we are alive." This newly revised, beautiful edition is the perfect starting p ...
Prince Shōtoku`s Commentary on the Śrīmālā-sūtra
... appropriate for the particular suffering individual and for the time at which the teaching was given, and over the ages not one of his prescriptions has failed to relieve the suffering to which it was addressed. Ever since the Buddha’s Great Demise over twenty-five hundred years ago, his message of w ...
... appropriate for the particular suffering individual and for the time at which the teaching was given, and over the ages not one of his prescriptions has failed to relieve the suffering to which it was addressed. Ever since the Buddha’s Great Demise over twenty-five hundred years ago, his message of w ...
the development of chinese calligraphy
... Buddhists fully understood the political and cultural potency associated with this form as they assimilated into Chinese society.2 These written words were important both in textual content and artist form. The inscriptions on the Tang Buddhist steles, in addition to offering texts that served relig ...
... Buddhists fully understood the political and cultural potency associated with this form as they assimilated into Chinese society.2 These written words were important both in textual content and artist form. The inscriptions on the Tang Buddhist steles, in addition to offering texts that served relig ...
Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... writing in classical Chinese is not only good technically and grammatically, but also has a literary flourish, tempo, and playfulness to a degree that was probably never equaled in Korea. The differences become readily apparent when one begins to read the works of his Silla contemporaries: after Won ...
... writing in classical Chinese is not only good technically and grammatically, but also has a literary flourish, tempo, and playfulness to a degree that was probably never equaled in Korea. The differences become readily apparent when one begins to read the works of his Silla contemporaries: after Won ...
Two Nichiren Texts
... ailment. Thus his teachings were always appropriate for the particular su›ering individual and for the time at which the teaching was given, and over the ages not one of his prescriptions has failed to relieve the su›ering to which it was addressed. Ever since the Buddha’s Great Demise over twenty-f ...
... ailment. Thus his teachings were always appropriate for the particular su›ering individual and for the time at which the teaching was given, and over the ages not one of his prescriptions has failed to relieve the su›ering to which it was addressed. Ever since the Buddha’s Great Demise over twenty-f ...
Aquinas and Dōgen on Poverty and the Religious Life
... says, “Not that others should be eased and you burdened,” which a gloss explains, “that is, from poverty.” Following upon this is 1 Timothy 6.8 (not recognized by modern scholars as authentically Pauline but nonetheless holding this status with Aquinas and others in the thirteenth century) and the a ...
... says, “Not that others should be eased and you burdened,” which a gloss explains, “that is, from poverty.” Following upon this is 1 Timothy 6.8 (not recognized by modern scholars as authentically Pauline but nonetheless holding this status with Aquinas and others in the thirteenth century) and the a ...
The Bequeathed Teachings Sutra
... over the Venerable Subhadhra. All of those whom he should have crossed over had already been crossed over. He lay between the Twin Sala trees and was about to enter Nirvana. At this time, in the middle period of the night, all was quiet, without any sound. Then for the sake of all of his disciples h ...
... over the Venerable Subhadhra. All of those whom he should have crossed over had already been crossed over. He lay between the Twin Sala trees and was about to enter Nirvana. At this time, in the middle period of the night, all was quiet, without any sound. Then for the sake of all of his disciples h ...
The Yogin & the Madman: Reading the Biographical
... and repeated claims about their authenticity by stressing the close association of subject and biographer, teacher and disciple” (33). Significantly, although this specific trait is absent from later versions, its crucial function in the compositional process as a link between present (the author) a ...
... and repeated claims about their authenticity by stressing the close association of subject and biographer, teacher and disciple” (33). Significantly, although this specific trait is absent from later versions, its crucial function in the compositional process as a link between present (the author) a ...
For more information about Nichiren Buddhism and a - Sgi-Usa
... people to reveal their innate Buddhahood. When we chant to the Gohonzon with faith, we fuse our lives with the Mystic Law and reveal the wisdom, courage, compassion and all that is necessary to overcome any hardship and to help those around us do the same. Nichiren tells us never to seek the Gohonzo ...
... people to reveal their innate Buddhahood. When we chant to the Gohonzon with faith, we fuse our lives with the Mystic Law and reveal the wisdom, courage, compassion and all that is necessary to overcome any hardship and to help those around us do the same. Nichiren tells us never to seek the Gohonzo ...
THROWING BOMBS AT KODO
... “wields the sword … throws the bomb” lines. I boldface now portions clearly emphasizing a soldier’s ethics when finding himself (likely male in that age) thrown by circumstances into war. I also highlight a mysterious missing “therefore” (だから) which Victoria cut out of his translation although found ...
... “wields the sword … throws the bomb” lines. I boldface now portions clearly emphasizing a soldier’s ethics when finding himself (likely male in that age) thrown by circumstances into war. I also highlight a mysterious missing “therefore” (だから) which Victoria cut out of his translation although found ...
here - Nichiren Shu
... to create its own form of Nichiren Buddhism that had never been taught either by Nikko Shonin or by Nichiren Daishonin. This new Taisekiji trend was followed with an insistence on exclusiveness, saying that only their temple maintained the validity of Nichiren Daishonin's teachings. Not such an unco ...
... to create its own form of Nichiren Buddhism that had never been taught either by Nikko Shonin or by Nichiren Daishonin. This new Taisekiji trend was followed with an insistence on exclusiveness, saying that only their temple maintained the validity of Nichiren Daishonin's teachings. Not such an unco ...
The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Sgi-Usa
... In the period when Nichiren Daishonin began his propagation efforts in Kamakura, Japan had been experiencing a series of natural disasters and calamities, including extreme weather, severe earthquakes, famine, fires and epidemics. In particular, the devastating earthquake of the Shoka era, which str ...
... In the period when Nichiren Daishonin began his propagation efforts in Kamakura, Japan had been experiencing a series of natural disasters and calamities, including extreme weather, severe earthquakes, famine, fires and epidemics. In particular, the devastating earthquake of the Shoka era, which str ...
First Steps - SGI South Africa
... Nam-myoho-renge-kyo – In the practice established by Nichiren Daishonin, this is the phrase chanted by members of SGI. It can be translated very roughly as, “I embrace the Mystic Law of profound cause and effect which pervades the entire universe”. Nichiren Daishonin – The Japanese Buddha who lived ...
... Nam-myoho-renge-kyo – In the practice established by Nichiren Daishonin, this is the phrase chanted by members of SGI. It can be translated very roughly as, “I embrace the Mystic Law of profound cause and effect which pervades the entire universe”. Nichiren Daishonin – The Japanese Buddha who lived ...
Shambhala - Akamai.net
... these stress-management practices as easy as drawing a deep breath; they can be done anywhere and in any situation. He has tested and refined these techniques in his work with his clients over the last thirty years. Jewish wisdom for everyone: The author has a long history of multi-faith counseling ...
... these stress-management practices as easy as drawing a deep breath; they can be done anywhere and in any situation. He has tested and refined these techniques in his work with his clients over the last thirty years. Jewish wisdom for everyone: The author has a long history of multi-faith counseling ...