Urban Dharma Newsletters
... have brought the southern branch of the original Bodhi tree, where it was planted at Anuradhapura. From that day up to the present, the Buddhists in Sri Lanka have paid and are paying the utmost reverence to this branch of the Bodhi Tree under the shade of which the Master achieved Enlightenment. Mo ...
... have brought the southern branch of the original Bodhi tree, where it was planted at Anuradhapura. From that day up to the present, the Buddhists in Sri Lanka have paid and are paying the utmost reverence to this branch of the Bodhi Tree under the shade of which the Master achieved Enlightenment. Mo ...
Nietzsche and Buddhism
... simply our way of organizing our perceptions; hence, there are many truths and no truth. Here perspectivism and nihilism come very close to each other. In the pages that follow, I will use nihilism according to its more common philosophic meaning, unless otherwise indicated. As a result, I do not fe ...
... simply our way of organizing our perceptions; hence, there are many truths and no truth. Here perspectivism and nihilism come very close to each other. In the pages that follow, I will use nihilism according to its more common philosophic meaning, unless otherwise indicated. As a result, I do not fe ...
puñña kusala sukka
... correspondence between C and A.6 Nonetheless, we may yet ask whether C might be more precisely explainable in its own terms. Actions and their results are qualified as being “bright” or “dark”; these adjectives are clearly suggestive of positive and negative moral valuations. These words are, moreov ...
... correspondence between C and A.6 Nonetheless, we may yet ask whether C might be more precisely explainable in its own terms. Actions and their results are qualified as being “bright” or “dark”; these adjectives are clearly suggestive of positive and negative moral valuations. These words are, moreov ...
What the Buddha Taught - Career Account Web Pages
... in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teacher. I have kept as close as I could to the originals, and have ...
... in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teacher. I have kept as close as I could to the originals, and have ...
What the Buddha Taught
... in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teacher. I have kept as close as I could to the originals, and have ...
... in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teacher. I have kept as close as I could to the originals, and have ...
Reflections on Martha Nussbaum’s Work on Compassion from a Buddhist Perspective
... worth. It sees all living creatures as submitted to the same law of cause and effect. Karma literary means deed, which produces a fruit under certain circumstances; when it is ripe it falls on the one responsible. For a deed to produce its fruit, it must be morally good or bad and be conditioned by ...
... worth. It sees all living creatures as submitted to the same law of cause and effect. Karma literary means deed, which produces a fruit under certain circumstances; when it is ripe it falls on the one responsible. For a deed to produce its fruit, it must be morally good or bad and be conditioned by ...
Acknowledgment
... feel negative towards. Throughout our journey of life, our mind would hop from one thought to another and grasp onto something that we like or dislike, just like a grasshopper that jumps quickly when there is disturbance in its surroundings which it does not like, but stays calm on a spot when it is ...
... feel negative towards. Throughout our journey of life, our mind would hop from one thought to another and grasp onto something that we like or dislike, just like a grasshopper that jumps quickly when there is disturbance in its surroundings which it does not like, but stays calm on a spot when it is ...
Word of the Buddha
... of its Origin, of its Extinction, and of the Way leading to its extinction. From the book itself it will be seen how the teachings of the Buddha all ultimately converge upon the one final goal: Deliverance from Suffering. It was for this reason that on the title page of the first German edition ther ...
... of its Origin, of its Extinction, and of the Way leading to its extinction. From the book itself it will be seen how the teachings of the Buddha all ultimately converge upon the one final goal: Deliverance from Suffering. It was for this reason that on the title page of the first German edition ther ...
Mahayana Buddhism
... that the Truth was too deep and subtle to be comprehended by Sravakas and why the terse sayings of Buddhas were also unintelHgible to them. At the repeated request of Sariputra, Buddha agreed to explain the real aim of the Tathagatas only to those who had implict faith in him and not to those who we ...
... that the Truth was too deep and subtle to be comprehended by Sravakas and why the terse sayings of Buddhas were also unintelHgible to them. At the repeated request of Sariputra, Buddha agreed to explain the real aim of the Tathagatas only to those who had implict faith in him and not to those who we ...
JIABU, Vol. IX, 2016 - International Association of Buddhist
... discuss the difficult ideas that traditional studies are often afraid to consider. We all need to be literate on the controversial issues; we must lead discussions on the global stage where these issues are discussed so that policy-makers and shareholders will take our ideas seriously – ideas from B ...
... discuss the difficult ideas that traditional studies are often afraid to consider. We all need to be literate on the controversial issues; we must lead discussions on the global stage where these issues are discussed so that policy-makers and shareholders will take our ideas seriously – ideas from B ...
The Buddha`s Skillful Means
... The Mahayana sutras are full of stories that express the Buddha’s compassionate activities, some of which even go against orthodox Buddhist doctrine. The Upayakausalya Sutra tells of a young woman so in love with the Buddha that she was prepared to kill herself if the Buddha refused to be with her. ...
... The Mahayana sutras are full of stories that express the Buddha’s compassionate activities, some of which even go against orthodox Buddhist doctrine. The Upayakausalya Sutra tells of a young woman so in love with the Buddha that she was prepared to kill herself if the Buddha refused to be with her. ...
Buddha as Therapist: Meditations
... fundamentals (the Dharma) and its analysis (Abhidharma). Different schools developed and made their own commentaries. The process is still continuing, now restimulated by the encounter between Buddhism and modernism. This material is a treasure trove for contemporary psychologists as well as for sch ...
... fundamentals (the Dharma) and its analysis (Abhidharma). Different schools developed and made their own commentaries. The process is still continuing, now restimulated by the encounter between Buddhism and modernism. This material is a treasure trove for contemporary psychologists as well as for sch ...
Bullets - Fulford School : VLE
... The news that Siddharta wanted to leave the palace was a matter of great sorrow for his father and family. It must be remembered that there were great expectations upon him to carry out the responsibilities of his father, family and tribe. Nevertheless, Siddharta was not going to let anything stop h ...
... The news that Siddharta wanted to leave the palace was a matter of great sorrow for his father and family. It must be remembered that there were great expectations upon him to carry out the responsibilities of his father, family and tribe. Nevertheless, Siddharta was not going to let anything stop h ...
Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... They have abandoned as fruitless the attempt to reconstruct a pure Buddhism, are convinced that Buddhism is as much the work of the Buddhists as of the Buddha himself, and find the entire wealth and the true face of this religion in the manifoldness of its aspects, and the multiplicity of its sects ...
... They have abandoned as fruitless the attempt to reconstruct a pure Buddhism, are convinced that Buddhism is as much the work of the Buddhists as of the Buddha himself, and find the entire wealth and the true face of this religion in the manifoldness of its aspects, and the multiplicity of its sects ...
What is karma and how does it ripen?
... Vasubandhu is given credit for writing 1000 works, many of them commentaries on the works of others and some of them independent works in which he is presenting a particular doctrine within Buddhism and defending it against real or imagined critics. One of the works for which he is best known is a v ...
... Vasubandhu is given credit for writing 1000 works, many of them commentaries on the works of others and some of them independent works in which he is presenting a particular doctrine within Buddhism and defending it against real or imagined critics. One of the works for which he is best known is a v ...
"Be a light unto yourself" said Buddha to his disciples who had
... state. Eventually a small sliver of doubt occurs. Have we really made it? At first we are able to smooth over the question, but eventually the doubt begins to occur more and more frequently and soon we begin to struggle to regain our supreme confidence. As soon as we begin to struggle, we fall back ...
... state. Eventually a small sliver of doubt occurs. Have we really made it? At first we are able to smooth over the question, but eventually the doubt begins to occur more and more frequently and soon we begin to struggle to regain our supreme confidence. As soon as we begin to struggle, we fall back ...
Buddhism in China and Modern Society: An Introduction Centering
... From his viewpoint, even if it is the teaching or system that was presented by Buddha himself, it also requires adaptation, and changes in accordance to the changing society.14 In the Buddhist teachings recorded in the sutras, there is no abstract doctrine that is universally applicable. This propos ...
... From his viewpoint, even if it is the teaching or system that was presented by Buddha himself, it also requires adaptation, and changes in accordance to the changing society.14 In the Buddhist teachings recorded in the sutras, there is no abstract doctrine that is universally applicable. This propos ...
REINCARNATION IN BUDDHISM: AN ANALYSIS FROM ISLAMIC
... perished when he or she passes away, but not his mind. Mind in the perspective of Malay metaphysics consists of non-material entities such as thinking, feeling, life, spirit or soul (semangat)9 and what have been left behind what have been left behind like good and bad deeds. Out of these various co ...
... perished when he or she passes away, but not his mind. Mind in the perspective of Malay metaphysics consists of non-material entities such as thinking, feeling, life, spirit or soul (semangat)9 and what have been left behind what have been left behind like good and bad deeds. Out of these various co ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... of the approximately 3000 panels refer to five Buddhist books, while the other half is meant as embellishment (Soekmono, 1976). At the time of The Borobudur’s construction, reading all Buddhist scriptures would have taken more than a lifetime, if one in fact could read. It would in any case have bee ...
... of the approximately 3000 panels refer to five Buddhist books, while the other half is meant as embellishment (Soekmono, 1976). At the time of The Borobudur’s construction, reading all Buddhist scriptures would have taken more than a lifetime, if one in fact could read. It would in any case have bee ...
The Middle Way
... people astray. It is the people themselves who have the desire to inflate things they see valuable. If we are to interpret that the Buddha saw himself as particular persons in the past with particular names and positions, as many Buddhist interpretations claim, we are misinterpreting the Buddha’s te ...
... people astray. It is the people themselves who have the desire to inflate things they see valuable. If we are to interpret that the Buddha saw himself as particular persons in the past with particular names and positions, as many Buddhist interpretations claim, we are misinterpreting the Buddha’s te ...
The Four Noble Truths - Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
... of causal dependence. By developing a deep understanding of the interdependent nature of reality in terms of causal dependence then one will be able to appreciate the workings of karma or karmic law. One understands how experiences of pain and suffering come into being as the result of negative acti ...
... of causal dependence. By developing a deep understanding of the interdependent nature of reality in terms of causal dependence then one will be able to appreciate the workings of karma or karmic law. One understands how experiences of pain and suffering come into being as the result of negative acti ...
The Dhammapada
... He gave a small cocktail party in the uptown Manhattan apartment of Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, another unfailingly helpful and grace-imbued American. The others invited were Marianne Moore, Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Mis ...
... He gave a small cocktail party in the uptown Manhattan apartment of Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, another unfailingly helpful and grace-imbued American. The others invited were Marianne Moore, Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Mis ...
The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... He gave a small cocktail party in the uptown Manhattan apartment of Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, another unfailingly helpful and grace-imbued American. The others invited were Marianne Moore, Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Mis ...
... He gave a small cocktail party in the uptown Manhattan apartment of Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, another unfailingly helpful and grace-imbued American. The others invited were Marianne Moore, Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Mis ...
INTRODUCTION - Reggie Pawle
... Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262). In the true spirit of the Western synchronistic approach to Buddhism, I have had personal experi ...
... Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262). In the true spirit of the Western synchronistic approach to Buddhism, I have had personal experi ...