Special Series: Dialogues on Eastern Wisdom (2)
... teachings of the Buddha. Please, O World-Honored One, grant me my desire to convey the Buddhist teachings correctly through the language favored by society, (that is, Sanskrit).” To this the Buddha replied, “You fool! Doing so would inflict grave injury. That would be to obscure the Buddhist sutras ...
... teachings of the Buddha. Please, O World-Honored One, grant me my desire to convey the Buddhist teachings correctly through the language favored by society, (that is, Sanskrit).” To this the Buddha replied, “You fool! Doing so would inflict grave injury. That would be to obscure the Buddhist sutras ...
A Vision of Peace in the Lotus Sutra
... to living beings, and therefore they appear in the world. They wish to cause living beings to awaken to the Buddha wisdom, and therefore they appear in the world. They wish to induce living beings to enter the path of Buddha wisdom, and therefore they appear in the world.”8 According to Buddhist sch ...
... to living beings, and therefore they appear in the world. They wish to cause living beings to awaken to the Buddha wisdom, and therefore they appear in the world. They wish to induce living beings to enter the path of Buddha wisdom, and therefore they appear in the world.”8 According to Buddhist sch ...
Ksitigrabha sutra - Khyentse Foundation
... If, in the future, kings, prime ministers, nobles, when they see aged ones suffering from disease, women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits a ...
... If, in the future, kings, prime ministers, nobles, when they see aged ones suffering from disease, women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits a ...
The Opening Of The Eyes
... Because the three virtues are characteristics exhibited by Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and various honored ones in relation to the people, it goes without saying that gauging who truly possesses these three virtues becomes extremely important in terms of what the people are taught and the type of practi ...
... Because the three virtues are characteristics exhibited by Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and various honored ones in relation to the people, it goes without saying that gauging who truly possesses these three virtues becomes extremely important in terms of what the people are taught and the type of practi ...
Northern/Southern Schools
... These traditional lineage charts (and Ch’an history) show that Hui-neng was not the sole heir to Master Hung-jen but that the failed verse-writer Shen-hsiu was also appointed Dharma successor and, along with another successor, Chi-shen (609-702) (J. Shishu Chisen), went on to develop his own lineage ...
... These traditional lineage charts (and Ch’an history) show that Hui-neng was not the sole heir to Master Hung-jen but that the failed verse-writer Shen-hsiu was also appointed Dharma successor and, along with another successor, Chi-shen (609-702) (J. Shishu Chisen), went on to develop his own lineage ...
The Words of the Lotus Sutra in Nichiren`s Thought
... expound the true aspect [of the dharmas],” and “principle,” as “the principle of the true aspect, which the words illuminate. Because the words expound the real aspect, they are called ‘true’; because the principle is that of the Buddha’s inner awakening, it is called ‘correct’” (dz 3: 616)—thus sug ...
... expound the true aspect [of the dharmas],” and “principle,” as “the principle of the true aspect, which the words illuminate. Because the words expound the real aspect, they are called ‘true’; because the principle is that of the Buddha’s inner awakening, it is called ‘correct’” (dz 3: 616)—thus sug ...
Did The Buddha Teach SP?
... a concise, pithy teacher whose preferred environment was silence. In fact, it is not unreasonable to suppose that he mainly offered brief utterances, or udānas, that later followers saw fit to position like gemstones in settings - sometimes strangely convoluted ones. Is that how the Middle Length an ...
... a concise, pithy teacher whose preferred environment was silence. In fact, it is not unreasonable to suppose that he mainly offered brief utterances, or udānas, that later followers saw fit to position like gemstones in settings - sometimes strangely convoluted ones. Is that how the Middle Length an ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism
... prince Ān Shìgāo 安世高, who reached Luoyang in 148 CE, where he died twenty years later, but the accuracy of this attribution is suspicious. The ...
... prince Ān Shìgāo 安世高, who reached Luoyang in 148 CE, where he died twenty years later, but the accuracy of this attribution is suspicious. The ...
Shobogenzo Nehanmyoshin (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
... Shakyamuni Buddha’s state of mind when he attained true awakening and was liberated from all suffering. “Marvelous mind” refers to this truly wonderful condition of mind he attained when he was released from all suffering. In this way Shobogenzo Nehanmyoshin, being comprised of several words with th ...
... Shakyamuni Buddha’s state of mind when he attained true awakening and was liberated from all suffering. “Marvelous mind” refers to this truly wonderful condition of mind he attained when he was released from all suffering. In this way Shobogenzo Nehanmyoshin, being comprised of several words with th ...
The Universal Use of Symbols for Teaching
... requires a little deeper thinking. In Tantric Buddhism the snake symbolizes a female energy known as Kundalini (Sanskrit for coil of rope) located at the base of the spine where it usually lies in a dormant state. In Tantric or yogic practice it is the goal of the student to awaken this energy and m ...
... requires a little deeper thinking. In Tantric Buddhism the snake symbolizes a female energy known as Kundalini (Sanskrit for coil of rope) located at the base of the spine where it usually lies in a dormant state. In Tantric or yogic practice it is the goal of the student to awaken this energy and m ...
Nichiren Shoshu/ Soka Gakkai Buddhism Profile
... The son of a fisherman, Nichiren was born in what is now Japan’s Chiba Prefecture in 1222. After years of study he concluded that Dengyoo Daishi, the Chinese monk who introduced Tendai Buddhism to Japan in the eighth century, was correct in holding to the superiority of the Lotus Sutra over all othe ...
... The son of a fisherman, Nichiren was born in what is now Japan’s Chiba Prefecture in 1222. After years of study he concluded that Dengyoo Daishi, the Chinese monk who introduced Tendai Buddhism to Japan in the eighth century, was correct in holding to the superiority of the Lotus Sutra over all othe ...
Mahayana Buddhism and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
... in the world through action. Abstaining from the taking of life is important because, aside from the obvious suffering that comes from the act of killing (the harm to the being itself, the emotional weight of the act of killing, and the grief of those who knew the victim), killing, like lying, comes ...
... in the world through action. Abstaining from the taking of life is important because, aside from the obvious suffering that comes from the act of killing (the harm to the being itself, the emotional weight of the act of killing, and the grief of those who knew the victim), killing, like lying, comes ...
Aspects of the Study of the (earlier) Indian Mahāyāna
... used. Meaning is, after all, determined through use, that is, through linguistic usage and the corresponding discursive concepts. In the first place, it has to be observed that Sravakayana is not necessarily just a polite (and perhaps ‘politically correct’) expression for Hinayana. The word ‘Sravaka ...
... used. Meaning is, after all, determined through use, that is, through linguistic usage and the corresponding discursive concepts. In the first place, it has to be observed that Sravakayana is not necessarily just a polite (and perhaps ‘politically correct’) expression for Hinayana. The word ‘Sravaka ...
Buddhism First Encounter
... would be an illustrious person. At his naming ceremony, priests foretold that his life could go in one of two directions: either he would follow in his father’s footsteps, inheriting his position and becoming a great king, a “world ruler”; or, if he were exposed to the sight of suffering, he would b ...
... would be an illustrious person. At his naming ceremony, priests foretold that his life could go in one of two directions: either he would follow in his father’s footsteps, inheriting his position and becoming a great king, a “world ruler”; or, if he were exposed to the sight of suffering, he would b ...
Emptiness: The Foundations of Buddhist Thought
... overcome the obstacles will grow. Fortunately, we don’t need a profound insight into emptiness to benefit. Just letting go of that sense of concrete reality really helps. Being softer about the consequences when something falls apart helps us so much. By applying ourselves to this subject, there wil ...
... overcome the obstacles will grow. Fortunately, we don’t need a profound insight into emptiness to benefit. Just letting go of that sense of concrete reality really helps. Being softer about the consequences when something falls apart helps us so much. By applying ourselves to this subject, there wil ...
A Study of Some Punctuation Errors Found in the Taisho
... Buddhist commentaries attributed to Indians, and most of them seem to regard ekasmin samaye as belonging to the preceding words evam maya śrutam." As a result, we think that there should be no break after śrutam. In fact, if we really think about what this sentence is supposed to mean, it makes no s ...
... Buddhist commentaries attributed to Indians, and most of them seem to regard ekasmin samaye as belonging to the preceding words evam maya śrutam." As a result, we think that there should be no break after śrutam. In fact, if we really think about what this sentence is supposed to mean, it makes no s ...
Bodhisattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
... ‘Middle Period’, from the first through sixth centuries CE. It is to be hoped that the methodological direction set by studies such as this—and, it should be noted, Jan Nattier’s similar treatment of the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra7—will be replicated across the entire spectrum of early Mahāyāna literature ...
... ‘Middle Period’, from the first through sixth centuries CE. It is to be hoped that the methodological direction set by studies such as this—and, it should be noted, Jan Nattier’s similar treatment of the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra7—will be replicated across the entire spectrum of early Mahāyāna literature ...
日莲正宗佛法介绍 - 新加坡日莲正宗佛教会Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist
... save them from their sufferings. Towards the last eight years of his life, Shakyamuni Buddha expounded the ultimate purpose of his life - the Lotus Sutra - as the supreme teaching for all mankind to attain enlightenment. In this Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha prophesied the advent of the True Origin ...
... save them from their sufferings. Towards the last eight years of his life, Shakyamuni Buddha expounded the ultimate purpose of his life - the Lotus Sutra - as the supreme teaching for all mankind to attain enlightenment. In this Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha prophesied the advent of the True Origin ...
Getting back to the source with Agon Shu
... personal prayers and desires on the gomagi. One pyre, the Shinkai-dan, was for the prayers, requests and desires of the living, while the other pyre — the Bukkai-dan — was for the liberation of the afflicted spirits of the departed. Kiriyama presided over the ceremony from his special Shishi-za or L ...
... personal prayers and desires on the gomagi. One pyre, the Shinkai-dan, was for the prayers, requests and desires of the living, while the other pyre — the Bukkai-dan — was for the liberation of the afflicted spirits of the departed. Kiriyama presided over the ceremony from his special Shishi-za or L ...
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps
... addition to vows, another way to personalize the Buddha's teaching has been to repeat gathas, fourline verses that sum up important points. Gathas too are found in the earliest Buddhist writings, and commonly have been memorized and used for Right Recollection-guideposts on the Buddha's path. The Dh ...
... addition to vows, another way to personalize the Buddha's teaching has been to repeat gathas, fourline verses that sum up important points. Gathas too are found in the earliest Buddhist writings, and commonly have been memorized and used for Right Recollection-guideposts on the Buddha's path. The Dh ...
Lecture 102: The Archetype of the Divine Healer Friends, In the
... fact, again according to Egyptian myth and legend, who helped the goddess Isis to purify the dismembered body of Osiris. And when Horus, the son, the infant son, of Isis and Osiris was stung by a great black scorpion, it was Thoth in his capacity of Divine Healer who drove out the poison from the b ...
... fact, again according to Egyptian myth and legend, who helped the goddess Isis to purify the dismembered body of Osiris. And when Horus, the son, the infant son, of Isis and Osiris was stung by a great black scorpion, it was Thoth in his capacity of Divine Healer who drove out the poison from the b ...
The Acceptance and Impact of the Lotus Sutra in Japan
... In the ninth century Saicho founded the Tendai Lotus sect in Japan. It was a very important event in the history of faith in the Lotus Sutra in Japan. In China the T’ien-t’ai sect had been founded already by Chih-i in the Sui dynasty. Although the Three Treatises sect ( , which was founded by Chi-ts ...
... In the ninth century Saicho founded the Tendai Lotus sect in Japan. It was a very important event in the history of faith in the Lotus Sutra in Japan. In China the T’ien-t’ai sect had been founded already by Chih-i in the Sui dynasty. Although the Three Treatises sect ( , which was founded by Chi-ts ...
An Examination of Taoist and Buddhist Perspectives on
... Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra, provide alternative views on emotions and conflict resolution. Taoist and Buddhist thoughts represent underlying Asian values and the patterned way of ideal thinking and action. For example, Taoists advised individuals to “embrace rather than resist” personal confl ...
... Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra, provide alternative views on emotions and conflict resolution. Taoist and Buddhist thoughts represent underlying Asian values and the patterned way of ideal thinking and action. For example, Taoists advised individuals to “embrace rather than resist” personal confl ...
M1-Dhamma-tj3
... They stick very closely to the traditional accounts and claim the teachings are accurate as passed on by Buddha as the 3 baskets, or the Tripitaka: 1. Vinaya pitaka – ‘rules’ 2. Sutta pitaka – explanations of teachings 3. AbhiDhamma pitaka - philosophy ...
... They stick very closely to the traditional accounts and claim the teachings are accurate as passed on by Buddha as the 3 baskets, or the Tripitaka: 1. Vinaya pitaka – ‘rules’ 2. Sutta pitaka – explanations of teachings 3. AbhiDhamma pitaka - philosophy ...