Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... emphasis and closer study of Hindu sacred lore by a more recent and very eminent writer, namely Mahámahopádhyáya Dr. Pandurang Váman Kane, it will be convenient to examine this view after setting out the observations and arguments of Dr Kane. This scholar has written a chapter on the Causes of the D ...
... emphasis and closer study of Hindu sacred lore by a more recent and very eminent writer, namely Mahámahopádhyáya Dr. Pandurang Váman Kane, it will be convenient to examine this view after setting out the observations and arguments of Dr Kane. This scholar has written a chapter on the Causes of the D ...
Are There Ethical Implications of Karma?
... The goal of karmic ethical training is to generate outcomes that escape the samasaric continuity of ironic consequences. Buddhism construes ethics or morality (sila) as founded on loving kindness and compassion for all sentient beings — another difference from the Vedic traditions, especially Brahma ...
... The goal of karmic ethical training is to generate outcomes that escape the samasaric continuity of ironic consequences. Buddhism construes ethics or morality (sila) as founded on loving kindness and compassion for all sentient beings — another difference from the Vedic traditions, especially Brahma ...
The Counseling Psychologist - National Taiwan University
... nonself, which can be attained in two ways: by leaving home to become a monk or a nun or by staying at home and cultivating oneself to become a secular Buddhist devotee (jiu-shi). Whether one leaves or stays at home, the fundamental principle of self-cultivation for Buddhists is learning an attitude ...
... nonself, which can be attained in two ways: by leaving home to become a monk or a nun or by staying at home and cultivating oneself to become a secular Buddhist devotee (jiu-shi). Whether one leaves or stays at home, the fundamental principle of self-cultivation for Buddhists is learning an attitude ...
Buddhism and the earth : environmental thought in early Buddhist
... also be translated as suffering or unsatisfactoriness) (Sanskrit - dukkha): birth is dukkha, old age is dukkha, sickness is dukkha, death is dukkha, sorrow, lannentation, dejection and despair are dukkha. Contact with unpleasant things is dukkha, not getting what one wishes is dukkha. In short, the ...
... also be translated as suffering or unsatisfactoriness) (Sanskrit - dukkha): birth is dukkha, old age is dukkha, sickness is dukkha, death is dukkha, sorrow, lannentation, dejection and despair are dukkha. Contact with unpleasant things is dukkha, not getting what one wishes is dukkha. In short, the ...
Niyāmas of Modern Western Interpretations of Theravāda Buddhist Doctrine
... intellectual, and temperamental differences are preponderantly due to our own actions and tendencies, both past ...
... intellectual, and temperamental differences are preponderantly due to our own actions and tendencies, both past ...
Buddhism as a `living tradition`
... and to, our own human experience. Further, not only have I found Buddhism directly applicable to lived experience but it also presents to me both firm roots in its traditional past and relevance to my own contemporary experience. In the ways I have experienced Buddhism, I have found no contradiction ...
... and to, our own human experience. Further, not only have I found Buddhism directly applicable to lived experience but it also presents to me both firm roots in its traditional past and relevance to my own contemporary experience. In the ways I have experienced Buddhism, I have found no contradiction ...
A Buddhist`s Reflections on Religious Conversion
... One of the principal ways that people are expected to react to the Buddha’s declaration that no one has an identity is to flatly deny that it is so. It is obvious to most of us that we in fact do have a rather strong sense of identity. Most of us are prepared to say in a fair amount of detail who we ...
... One of the principal ways that people are expected to react to the Buddha’s declaration that no one has an identity is to flatly deny that it is so. It is obvious to most of us that we in fact do have a rather strong sense of identity. Most of us are prepared to say in a fair amount of detail who we ...
Six Perfections - The Huntington Archive
... generosity in as many ways as possible. Also the fruits, i.e. the merit gained through being generous, should be abandoned. This is called "dedication of merit" and it is a very important part of every practice in Tibetan Buddhism. Dedicating the generosity practice to the enlightenment of all livin ...
... generosity in as many ways as possible. Also the fruits, i.e. the merit gained through being generous, should be abandoned. This is called "dedication of merit" and it is a very important part of every practice in Tibetan Buddhism. Dedicating the generosity practice to the enlightenment of all livin ...
Foundations of Buddhism The Four Noble Truths
... existence, and so many first-class minds have been devoted to the task, that had the problem been open to solution by the intellect alone we should certainly have been furnished with the definitive blueprint of our being, beyond all doubt or conjecture, many centuries ago. From the time when prehist ...
... existence, and so many first-class minds have been devoted to the task, that had the problem been open to solution by the intellect alone we should certainly have been furnished with the definitive blueprint of our being, beyond all doubt or conjecture, many centuries ago. From the time when prehist ...
12 ESSAYS ON BUDDHISM
... Let us begin with the idea of the saving of the soul. Conceding the possible controversy between the Christians and the Buddhists over the concept of soul, yet there must necessarily be agreement in the acceptance in both religions of distinctness and identity of persons or individuals, with moral a ...
... Let us begin with the idea of the saving of the soul. Conceding the possible controversy between the Christians and the Buddhists over the concept of soul, yet there must necessarily be agreement in the acceptance in both religions of distinctness and identity of persons or individuals, with moral a ...
Tiro,ku a Sutta
... The rajah, the princes, the country agent and the treasurer, too, passed away in due course and were reborn in the heavens. The country agent‘s relatives, who had ill will in their hearts, were reborn in the hells. Ninety-two aeons11 passed and those with ill will were reborn in hell after hell. Dur ...
... The rajah, the princes, the country agent and the treasurer, too, passed away in due course and were reborn in the heavens. The country agent‘s relatives, who had ill will in their hearts, were reborn in the hells. Ninety-two aeons11 passed and those with ill will were reborn in hell after hell. Dur ...
THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SELF: HOW EASTERN THOUGHT
... debate to those who are far more qualified to explore such things. For the purposes of this paper, the inclusion of dukkha, as part of The Four Noble Truths, is logical for exploring how Buddhism relates to Western Psychology, but we will return to dukkha in a moment. We will first explore the Buddh ...
... debate to those who are far more qualified to explore such things. For the purposes of this paper, the inclusion of dukkha, as part of The Four Noble Truths, is logical for exploring how Buddhism relates to Western Psychology, but we will return to dukkha in a moment. We will first explore the Buddh ...
Siddhartha – Background Information on the Novel, Buddhism
... that no one can teach him the way to himself. Siddhartha feels “like a newborn baby”. • In Chapter Eight, in desperation, Siddhartha lets himself fall into the river just as he hears the word, “Om.” As a result, he becomes “awakened” and is ...
... that no one can teach him the way to himself. Siddhartha feels “like a newborn baby”. • In Chapter Eight, in desperation, Siddhartha lets himself fall into the river just as he hears the word, “Om.” As a result, he becomes “awakened” and is ...
Some Basic Concepts in Jodo Shinshu
... A dozen or so ideas, practices and images are central to living as a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist. Without trying to define these exhaustively I will discuss some of them below. 1. Amida Buddha – The Buddha of inconceivably great Wisdom-Light and Endless Life. Amida is seen by many these days as a concept ...
... A dozen or so ideas, practices and images are central to living as a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist. Without trying to define these exhaustively I will discuss some of them below. 1. Amida Buddha – The Buddha of inconceivably great Wisdom-Light and Endless Life. Amida is seen by many these days as a concept ...
The "Suicide" Problem in the Pāli Canon
... Pali Canon. T h e topic of suicide has been chosen not only for its intrinsic factual and historical interest but because it spotlights certain key issues in the field of Buddhist ethics and doctrine. In particular, our investigations into this phenomenon may be seen to have a bearing on the doctrin ...
... Pali Canon. T h e topic of suicide has been chosen not only for its intrinsic factual and historical interest but because it spotlights certain key issues in the field of Buddhist ethics and doctrine. In particular, our investigations into this phenomenon may be seen to have a bearing on the doctrin ...
“The Gift of Rice”
... The whole wide world we traverse with our thought, And nothing to man more dear than the self. Since aye so dear the self to others is, Let the self-lover harm no other man. In another conversation with the king, Shakyamuni reminded the king of the meaning of loving oneself. He taught the king that ...
... The whole wide world we traverse with our thought, And nothing to man more dear than the self. Since aye so dear the self to others is, Let the self-lover harm no other man. In another conversation with the king, Shakyamuni reminded the king of the meaning of loving oneself. He taught the king that ...
Lesson 08 – The Five Precepts
... BCFE 102 – Origin of Buddhism and the Basic Concepts of Culture Lesson 08 – The Five Precepts ...
... BCFE 102 – Origin of Buddhism and the Basic Concepts of Culture Lesson 08 – The Five Precepts ...
Buddhism and Speciesism: on the Misapplication of Western Concepts to Buddhist Beliefs
... traits. Waldau charges Buddhism with speciesism because it fails to include beings with these characteristics within the moral circle, but he does not show that Buddhism determines the moral worth of beings based on whether or not they possess these characteristics. I will then go on to look at the ...
... traits. Waldau charges Buddhism with speciesism because it fails to include beings with these characteristics within the moral circle, but he does not show that Buddhism determines the moral worth of beings based on whether or not they possess these characteristics. I will then go on to look at the ...
Relational Buddhism: A Psychological Quest for Meaning and
... variegated appearances as a religion and as a philosophy as well as its present manifestation as a psychology. Seeds of psychology can be traced in various passages of the Buddha’s discourses < www.metta.lk >. The Buddha dealt with self (or rather not-self) which is a core subject in psychology. Un ...
... variegated appearances as a religion and as a philosophy as well as its present manifestation as a psychology. Seeds of psychology can be traced in various passages of the Buddha’s discourses < www.metta.lk >. The Buddha dealt with self (or rather not-self) which is a core subject in psychology. Un ...
Yowell_uta_2502M_13122
... therefore a passive one. It makes no attempt at reform, nor does it advocate, critique, or engage in histrionics on behalf of religion. It especially does not proselytize in any reasonable sense of the term. For the vast majority of potential religious topics, the reason for this passivity is clear. ...
... therefore a passive one. It makes no attempt at reform, nor does it advocate, critique, or engage in histrionics on behalf of religion. It especially does not proselytize in any reasonable sense of the term. For the vast majority of potential religious topics, the reason for this passivity is clear. ...
What the Buddha Thought, by Richard Gombrich. London: Equinox
... In the fifth chapter Gombrich takes up the doctrine of ‘No Soul’. This, too, was crafted in conscious opposition to Brahmanical teachings. The rejection of a permanent self is of a piece with the rejection of being — that which is and does not change. For the Buddha, there is no being, only becoming ...
... In the fifth chapter Gombrich takes up the doctrine of ‘No Soul’. This, too, was crafted in conscious opposition to Brahmanical teachings. The rejection of a permanent self is of a piece with the rejection of being — that which is and does not change. For the Buddha, there is no being, only becoming ...
Name - World History with Miss Bunnell
... their lives. The path to happiness is neither Because Suddhodana wanted Siddhartha to one through indulgence nor denial, day rule his kingdom, he The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism he said, but a “middle way.” shielded his son from anything Siddhartha taught that by Upon reaching enlightenment, unple ...
... their lives. The path to happiness is neither Because Suddhodana wanted Siddhartha to one through indulgence nor denial, day rule his kingdom, he The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism he said, but a “middle way.” shielded his son from anything Siddhartha taught that by Upon reaching enlightenment, unple ...
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... ethical conduct of lay life for the happiness of oneself and the welfare of the community. The Buddhist doctrines, which are designed to formulate an intricate system of analyzing human life and the intrinsic nature of things, are based on reasoning and rational thinking (Grimm, 1965 and Jacobson, 1 ...
... ethical conduct of lay life for the happiness of oneself and the welfare of the community. The Buddhist doctrines, which are designed to formulate an intricate system of analyzing human life and the intrinsic nature of things, are based on reasoning and rational thinking (Grimm, 1965 and Jacobson, 1 ...
The Mystery of Consciousness Continues June 9, 2011 John R
... The problem can be stated succinctly by presenting his account with the following dilemma: Is the self, as he describes it, unconscious or conscious? If it is unconscious then he has nothing to say about how its encounter with a mind results in consciousness. But if you look at the text closely it ...
... The problem can be stated succinctly by presenting his account with the following dilemma: Is the self, as he describes it, unconscious or conscious? If it is unconscious then he has nothing to say about how its encounter with a mind results in consciousness. But if you look at the text closely it ...
Gotama Buddha and Religious Pluralism
... of Absolutes that must somehow be distinguished from one another, since not all the things he labels as Absolutes in Indian philsophy are equivalent to one another. But he does attempt to show how the schools of classical Indian philosophy that he regards as forms of absolutism—Advaita Vedānta, Vij ...
... of Absolutes that must somehow be distinguished from one another, since not all the things he labels as Absolutes in Indian philsophy are equivalent to one another. But he does attempt to show how the schools of classical Indian philosophy that he regards as forms of absolutism—Advaita Vedānta, Vij ...