Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
... In the AbhidharmakoUabhALya, the exposition offered by the early canon is often described as contingent (AbhiprAyika),1 in contrast to the definitive (lAkLaOika) exposition of the abhidharma. One of the problems concerning the truth of the origin of the suffering, the second noble truth, is, as asked ...
... In the AbhidharmakoUabhALya, the exposition offered by the early canon is often described as contingent (AbhiprAyika),1 in contrast to the definitive (lAkLaOika) exposition of the abhidharma. One of the problems concerning the truth of the origin of the suffering, the second noble truth, is, as asked ...
An Analysis of the Pali Canon
... In the present edition, the basic analysis of the Canon has been left in its original state although some minor corrections had to be made. However, it has been found possible to fully explore the Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas together with three important texts from the Khuddaka Nikāya: Udāna, Iti ...
... In the present edition, the basic analysis of the Canon has been left in its original state although some minor corrections had to be made. However, it has been found possible to fully explore the Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas together with three important texts from the Khuddaka Nikāya: Udāna, Iti ...
The mandalas of Tibetan Buddhism and western psychotherapy
... spontaneous creation of the mandala by his patients was a visual symbol that depicted the current state of their psyche, in addition to their psyche's work toward individuation, as evidenced in his text Mandala Symbolism. Many well-know psychoanalysts and art therapists have followed in the footstep ...
... spontaneous creation of the mandala by his patients was a visual symbol that depicted the current state of their psyche, in addition to their psyche's work toward individuation, as evidenced in his text Mandala Symbolism. Many well-know psychoanalysts and art therapists have followed in the footstep ...
Attitudes Towards Nuns: Nandakovāda Light of its Parallels Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... reads mos pa; cf. also T 1442 at T XXIII 792c9: 信解了. On adhimuccati and vimuccati cf. also Lévi (44) and Wynne (79). This part of the nuns‖ statement does not have a counterpart in MN 146, where the nuns only indicate that they have already seen this well and with proper wisdom as it really is, cf. ...
... reads mos pa; cf. also T 1442 at T XXIII 792c9: 信解了. On adhimuccati and vimuccati cf. also Lévi (44) and Wynne (79). This part of the nuns‖ statement does not have a counterpart in MN 146, where the nuns only indicate that they have already seen this well and with proper wisdom as it really is, cf. ...
AN INTIMATE DESTRUCTION
... Body in Surrealism and Georges Bataille, October 2008. The dissertation addresses the influence of Tantric Buddhism on Surrealism and the work of the French writer Georges Bataille. Specifically, it explores the approaches of the two fields to the concepts of desire, death, and the separate self, an ...
... Body in Surrealism and Georges Bataille, October 2008. The dissertation addresses the influence of Tantric Buddhism on Surrealism and the work of the French writer Georges Bataille. Specifically, it explores the approaches of the two fields to the concepts of desire, death, and the separate self, an ...
Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra
... dhism was written first. As it was being revised after its publication in The Eastern Buddhist, Volume IV, Nos. 3-4, for 1928, the thought suggested itself that the sutra must be studied also textually since there are still three Chinese and one (or two) Tibetan translations. The result was the firs ...
... dhism was written first. As it was being revised after its publication in The Eastern Buddhist, Volume IV, Nos. 3-4, for 1928, the thought suggested itself that the sutra must be studied also textually since there are still three Chinese and one (or two) Tibetan translations. The result was the firs ...
Dependant Origination
... 12 Links – Explanations Ignorance (Avijja) is the first link or cause of the wheel of life. It clouds all right understanding. Dependent on ignorance of the Four Noble Truths arise activities (Sankhara) -- both moral and immoral. The activities whether good or bad rooted in ignorance which must nec ...
... 12 Links – Explanations Ignorance (Avijja) is the first link or cause of the wheel of life. It clouds all right understanding. Dependent on ignorance of the Four Noble Truths arise activities (Sankhara) -- both moral and immoral. The activities whether good or bad rooted in ignorance which must nec ...
OVERAA_DISSERTATION - University of Washington
... Somerset Maugham. All three of these writers experienced a profound crisis of faith in their youth that considerably determined their intellectual and literary trajectories and, in different ways and with varying results, impelled them to incorporate elements of Eastern religion and philosophy into ...
... Somerset Maugham. All three of these writers experienced a profound crisis of faith in their youth that considerably determined their intellectual and literary trajectories and, in different ways and with varying results, impelled them to incorporate elements of Eastern religion and philosophy into ...
Kosalan Philosophy dissertation - University of California, Berkeley
... examined in light of the task to reformulate and enliven concepts implicit in critique. The chapter suggests that the Kosalan brāhmaṇas, including the Kāṇvas, form the bulk of the audience of brāhmaṇas and munis addressed in this collection. Chapter four contains three sections. Part A introduces Ve ...
... examined in light of the task to reformulate and enliven concepts implicit in critique. The chapter suggests that the Kosalan brāhmaṇas, including the Kāṇvas, form the bulk of the audience of brāhmaṇas and munis addressed in this collection. Chapter four contains three sections. Part A introduces Ve ...
Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 2
... cannot grope for long in these dark ages without stumbling upon the word Mahayana. This is the name given to a movement which in its various phases may be regarded as a philosophical school, a sect and a church, and though it is not always easy to define its relationship to other schools and sects i ...
... cannot grope for long in these dark ages without stumbling upon the word Mahayana. This is the name given to a movement which in its various phases may be regarded as a philosophical school, a sect and a church, and though it is not always easy to define its relationship to other schools and sects i ...
The Ajivikas - Rare Book Society of India
... commentary (Viyahapannatti, Vyakhya-prajnapti), the Bhagavatl-sutra must be taken as later in point of date than some of the Arigas, e.g., Ayaramga, Suyagadamga ...
... commentary (Viyahapannatti, Vyakhya-prajnapti), the Bhagavatl-sutra must be taken as later in point of date than some of the Arigas, e.g., Ayaramga, Suyagadamga ...
Buddha`s lists explained
... This book has been prepared and printed for no profit. This is because the teachings from the Buddha are actually so valuable that no price could ever be attached to it. In the vipassana tradition teachings are offered free of charge, but voluntary donations called dana are accepted. Voluntary contr ...
... This book has been prepared and printed for no profit. This is because the teachings from the Buddha are actually so valuable that no price could ever be attached to it. In the vipassana tradition teachings are offered free of charge, but voluntary donations called dana are accepted. Voluntary contr ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... but to the Mahayana itself. There is a fallacy which I shall call the ‘essentialist fallacy’. It occurs when we take a single name or naming expression and assume that it must refer to one unified phenomenon. This is indeed a fallacy, as a little thought will show, but it is a peculiarly pervasive an ...
... but to the Mahayana itself. There is a fallacy which I shall call the ‘essentialist fallacy’. It occurs when we take a single name or naming expression and assume that it must refer to one unified phenomenon. This is indeed a fallacy, as a little thought will show, but it is a peculiarly pervasive an ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... though preaching remains important for disseminating Buddhist knowledge. Here are a few Buddhist terminologies. English translation for them is inconsistent; and the translations from different scholars or authors vary. In fact, translation for Buddhist concepts is particularly difficult. It is not ...
... though preaching remains important for disseminating Buddhist knowledge. Here are a few Buddhist terminologies. English translation for them is inconsistent; and the translations from different scholars or authors vary. In fact, translation for Buddhist concepts is particularly difficult. It is not ...
Buddhism A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown
... complex subject, and we should be wary of generalizations made on the basis of familiarity with any single part. In particular, statements which begin 'Buddhists believe . . .' or 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are bein ...
... complex subject, and we should be wary of generalizations made on the basis of familiarity with any single part. In particular, statements which begin 'Buddhists believe . . .' or 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are bein ...
The Development of the Tathāgatagarbha in the Early Mahāyāna
... śāstra-s which were produced and developed in India that based on the tathāgatagarbha literature, such as the Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra, Aṅgulimālika-sūtra, Śrīmālā-sūtra Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra (Lkt.), Ghana-vyūha-sūtra, almost of them were translated into Chinese. In this thesis, I will try to explore the o ...
... śāstra-s which were produced and developed in India that based on the tathāgatagarbha literature, such as the Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra, Aṅgulimālika-sūtra, Śrīmālā-sūtra Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra (Lkt.), Ghana-vyūha-sūtra, almost of them were translated into Chinese. In this thesis, I will try to explore the o ...
religionofthesamurai
... titles of 897 Mahayana sutras, yet the most important books often quoted by Northern Buddhist teachers amount to little more than twenty. There exist the English translation of Larger Sukhavativyuha-sutra, Smaller Sukhavati-vyuha-sutra, Vajracchedika-sutra, Larger Prajna-paramita-hradya-sutra, Small ...
... titles of 897 Mahayana sutras, yet the most important books often quoted by Northern Buddhist teachers amount to little more than twenty. There exist the English translation of Larger Sukhavativyuha-sutra, Smaller Sukhavati-vyuha-sutra, Vajracchedika-sutra, Larger Prajna-paramita-hradya-sutra, Small ...
What Buddhists Believe
... further and the light of Buddhism will shine over the entire world. This book, written by Venerable Dhammananda mainly from the Theravada perspective, is a good introduction to Buddhism. It explains basic principles of Buddhism in detail and is suitable for helping beginners obtain a general view on ...
... further and the light of Buddhism will shine over the entire world. This book, written by Venerable Dhammananda mainly from the Theravada perspective, is a good introduction to Buddhism. It explains basic principles of Buddhism in detail and is suitable for helping beginners obtain a general view on ...
Shankara: A Hindu Revivalist or a Crypto-Buddhist?
... result, it reveals the important but limited influence of Buddhism on Shankara’s teachings. The third section will explore the key philosophical concepts Brahman, maya, jiva, Atman, avidya, and moksa from the perspective of Shankara’s writings and commentaries on Shankara’s writings. It investigates ...
... result, it reveals the important but limited influence of Buddhism on Shankara’s teachings. The third section will explore the key philosophical concepts Brahman, maya, jiva, Atman, avidya, and moksa from the perspective of Shankara’s writings and commentaries on Shankara’s writings. It investigates ...
What Buddhists Believe Expanded 4th edition
... further and the light of Buddhism will shine over the entire world. This book, written by Venerable Dhammananda mainly from the Theravada perspective, is a good introduction to Buddhism. It explains basic principles of Buddhism in detail and is suitable for helping beginners obtain a general view on ...
... further and the light of Buddhism will shine over the entire world. This book, written by Venerable Dhammananda mainly from the Theravada perspective, is a good introduction to Buddhism. It explains basic principles of Buddhism in detail and is suitable for helping beginners obtain a general view on ...
preface - Metta.lk
... 'asau lokah'( yonder world) which is the heaven. Loka itself sometimes means the heaven while in other passages several different kinds of worlds. But from the Buddhist point of view, world means not merely this manifesting material phenomena but also this fathom long body of human beings with Consc ...
... 'asau lokah'( yonder world) which is the heaven. Loka itself sometimes means the heaven while in other passages several different kinds of worlds. But from the Buddhist point of view, world means not merely this manifesting material phenomena but also this fathom long body of human beings with Consc ...
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 ...
The Buddha`s Ancient Path
... On a full-moon day of May--vasanta-tide, when in India the trees were laden with leaf, flower and fruit, and man, bird and beast were .in joyous mood, Queen Mahamaya was travelling in state from Kapilavatthu to Devadaha, her parental home, according to the custom of the times, to give birth to her c ...
... On a full-moon day of May--vasanta-tide, when in India the trees were laden with leaf, flower and fruit, and man, bird and beast were .in joyous mood, Queen Mahamaya was travelling in state from Kapilavatthu to Devadaha, her parental home, according to the custom of the times, to give birth to her c ...
Sunyata 07 - Was Arya Nagarjuna A Mahayanist
... referred to any of the Mahayana Sutras. He referred to Tripitaka mainly Samyutta ...
... referred to any of the Mahayana Sutras. He referred to Tripitaka mainly Samyutta ...
save - Dl4a.org
... men and the destinies of the soul? What ideals do they hold up and is their teaching of value or at least of interest for Europe? I will not at once answer these questions by general statements, because such names as Hinduism and Buddhism have different meanings in different countries and ages, but ...
... men and the destinies of the soul? What ideals do they hold up and is their teaching of value or at least of interest for Europe? I will not at once answer these questions by general statements, because such names as Hinduism and Buddhism have different meanings in different countries and ages, but ...