A Comparison of Buddhist Philosophy with Western Codes of Ethics
... considered which advocates that the greatest good should be realized through the process of following prescribed rules. Virtue ethics. Virtue ethics is also end-oriented and rooted in teleology (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000). Virtue ethics, developed by Aristotle, advocates for the position that ...
... considered which advocates that the greatest good should be realized through the process of following prescribed rules. Virtue ethics. Virtue ethics is also end-oriented and rooted in teleology (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000). Virtue ethics, developed by Aristotle, advocates for the position that ...
The Prince and the Monk: Shōtoku Worship in Shinran`s Buddhism
... prior to Shinran’s time, many Buddhist sects were already actively worshipping Shōtoku, and famous temples like Hōryūji and Shitennōji had been established for this purpose, thereby demonstrating that Shinran’s reverence of Shōtoku stemmed from a common heritage. The final chapter reads, in part, li ...
... prior to Shinran’s time, many Buddhist sects were already actively worshipping Shōtoku, and famous temples like Hōryūji and Shitennōji had been established for this purpose, thereby demonstrating that Shinran’s reverence of Shōtoku stemmed from a common heritage. The final chapter reads, in part, li ...
... The weight of scholarly effort to date within the study of Indian Buddhist ethics has leaned heavily toward understanding Pāli literature as interpreted in the Theravāda tradition.2 This paper attempts to redress that imbalance by examining the moral thought of the 7th century Indian Mahāyāna thinke ...
Nietzsche and Buddhism
... reduced to this question. Wherever he looked-science, asceticism, truth, God-he saw moral valuations that attempted to come to terms with the meaning of human existence (WP, 301). A number of questions grew out of this basic orientation: How can nihilism be overcome? What are the conditions for a he ...
... reduced to this question. Wherever he looked-science, asceticism, truth, God-he saw moral valuations that attempted to come to terms with the meaning of human existence (WP, 301). A number of questions grew out of this basic orientation: How can nihilism be overcome? What are the conditions for a he ...
twofold mystery - Iowa Research Online
... nirvana was not different from the Taoist salvation, the arhat like the Taoist [zhenren], or pure man.”4 This early perception of Buddhism in China did not only make Buddhism easily accessible to the Chinese people, but it also prevented Buddhist teachings from being labeled as barbaric. Nevertheles ...
... nirvana was not different from the Taoist salvation, the arhat like the Taoist [zhenren], or pure man.”4 This early perception of Buddhism in China did not only make Buddhism easily accessible to the Chinese people, but it also prevented Buddhist teachings from being labeled as barbaric. Nevertheles ...
Buddhism: The Awakening of Wisdom and Compassion
... employing the teachers. Reporting to the heshang are three associates or program executives, who are in charge of everything directly related to teaching, advising and disciplining, and general services. In China, a traditional temple or center was regarded as a Buddhist University. From this admini ...
... employing the teachers. Reporting to the heshang are three associates or program executives, who are in charge of everything directly related to teaching, advising and disciplining, and general services. In China, a traditional temple or center was regarded as a Buddhist University. From this admini ...
A COMPARISON OF ARISTOTELIAN AND BUDDHIST ETHICS AND
... guidelines; there is more evidence of relativism as has already been mentioned. So, if moral education is to have a coherent philosophical underpinning in such a society, it is important to discuss MacIntyre’s question: What type of people ought we to become? This thesis proceeds on several assumpti ...
... guidelines; there is more evidence of relativism as has already been mentioned. So, if moral education is to have a coherent philosophical underpinning in such a society, it is important to discuss MacIntyre’s question: What type of people ought we to become? This thesis proceeds on several assumpti ...
the comparative study between buddhism and christanity on peace
... In today’s world, the experience of conflicts is very likely. Violence, injustice, war are almost everywhere; more conflicts between countries, religions, and different ethnicities and even among families are arising. What are the reasons or causes for such human-made disasters? According to Oliver ...
... In today’s world, the experience of conflicts is very likely. Violence, injustice, war are almost everywhere; more conflicts between countries, religions, and different ethnicities and even among families are arising. What are the reasons or causes for such human-made disasters? According to Oliver ...
Canonical Jātaka Tales in Comparative Perspective
... tendency of turning popular tales into jātakas had the result that at times rather worldly narrations became 'Buddhist' even though they may have had little in common with Buddhist thought, "so konnte jede noch so weltliche, dem buddhistischen Ideenkreise noch so ferne stehende Geschichte zu einer ' ...
... tendency of turning popular tales into jātakas had the result that at times rather worldly narrations became 'Buddhist' even though they may have had little in common with Buddhist thought, "so konnte jede noch so weltliche, dem buddhistischen Ideenkreise noch so ferne stehende Geschichte zu einer ' ...
Buddhist Teachings
... consciousness…… no ignorance, no end of ignorance up to no old age and death, no end of old age and death; no suffering, no origin of suffering, no cessation of suffering, no path, no wisdom, no attainment, and no nonattainment. ...
... consciousness…… no ignorance, no end of ignorance up to no old age and death, no end of old age and death; no suffering, no origin of suffering, no cessation of suffering, no path, no wisdom, no attainment, and no nonattainment. ...
faith and renunciation
... only a beginner’s requisite, but it is also a quality of a Buddha. It is obvious in the Lakkhaṇasutta, where saddhā is one of the marks (lakkhaṇas) of a Buddha, together with morality (sīla), learning (suta), renunciation (cāga), wisdom (paññā or buddhī) and others. These are not momentary condition ...
... only a beginner’s requisite, but it is also a quality of a Buddha. It is obvious in the Lakkhaṇasutta, where saddhā is one of the marks (lakkhaṇas) of a Buddha, together with morality (sīla), learning (suta), renunciation (cāga), wisdom (paññā or buddhī) and others. These are not momentary condition ...
- J .Krishnamurti , Authentic Report of
... sectarianism leads to misery and “kills love and friendliness”.. It was about 500 years after the passing away of the Buddha that sects started to be established in the name of the Buddha and then sub sects and sub-sub sects…… this was not what The Buddha had taught. The Buddha said that the people ...
... sectarianism leads to misery and “kills love and friendliness”.. It was about 500 years after the passing away of the Buddha that sects started to be established in the name of the Buddha and then sub sects and sub-sub sects…… this was not what The Buddha had taught. The Buddha said that the people ...
buddhism - SGI Canada
... BUDDHISM: A PHILOSOPHY FOR LIVING He spent his life constantly interacting with others in his desire for all people to share the truth he had discovered. The common understanding of the word Buddha is “enlightened one.” Enlightenment is a fully awakened state of vast wisdom through which reality in ...
... BUDDHISM: A PHILOSOPHY FOR LIVING He spent his life constantly interacting with others in his desire for all people to share the truth he had discovered. The common understanding of the word Buddha is “enlightened one.” Enlightenment is a fully awakened state of vast wisdom through which reality in ...
Three Philosophies and One Reality
... When I was eighteen, I found a book called the Shobogenzo. It was written in the thirteenth century by the founder of the sect of Buddhism in Japan which is based on the practice of Zazen. His name is Master Dogen. I found the Shobogenzo almost impossible to read at that time, and I was amazed that ...
... When I was eighteen, I found a book called the Shobogenzo. It was written in the thirteenth century by the founder of the sect of Buddhism in Japan which is based on the practice of Zazen. His name is Master Dogen. I found the Shobogenzo almost impossible to read at that time, and I was amazed that ...
Three Philosophies and One Reality
... It was from his lifelong study of the Shobogenzo that Reverend Nishijima found the basis of the theory which he calls The Four Philosophies or The Four Views. In these seven lectures, he explains each of the four stages in terms of modern philosophical thought. Reverend Nishijima believes that Buddh ...
... It was from his lifelong study of the Shobogenzo that Reverend Nishijima found the basis of the theory which he calls The Four Philosophies or The Four Views. In these seven lectures, he explains each of the four stages in terms of modern philosophical thought. Reverend Nishijima believes that Buddh ...
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... birth and death and refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence. Samsara only cease by achieving the eternal state of being which is named nirvana (ibid: 45-46). ...
... birth and death and refers to the process of cycling through one rebirth after another within the six realms of existence. Samsara only cease by achieving the eternal state of being which is named nirvana (ibid: 45-46). ...
Shintō Research in Japan and its Questions and
... and not knowing what to do about it, and we cannot find an effective way out. The root cause of the decline of the humanities is, of course, a downturn in intellectual creativity and allure. If something is appealing, people will take an interest in it and be drawn towards it. That they do not is du ...
... and not knowing what to do about it, and we cannot find an effective way out. The root cause of the decline of the humanities is, of course, a downturn in intellectual creativity and allure. If something is appealing, people will take an interest in it and be drawn towards it. That they do not is du ...
PDF - Open Journal Systems
... came to be important for the spread of Buddhist-related teachings in the Western world, as well as contributing to create a new and positive image of Buddhism in the West. The purpose of theosophy was to find ‘the essence of all religions’, and in this mission it used elements from the Eastern relig ...
... came to be important for the spread of Buddhist-related teachings in the Western world, as well as contributing to create a new and positive image of Buddhism in the West. The purpose of theosophy was to find ‘the essence of all religions’, and in this mission it used elements from the Eastern relig ...
What the Buddha Taught
... the Buddha, or from anyone else. What is essential is seeing the thing, understanding it. There is an important story in the Majjhima-nikaya (sutta no.140) which illustrate this. The Buddha once spent a night in a potter's shed. In the same shed there was a young recluse who had arrived there earlie ...
... the Buddha, or from anyone else. What is essential is seeing the thing, understanding it. There is an important story in the Majjhima-nikaya (sutta no.140) which illustrate this. The Buddha once spent a night in a potter's shed. In the same shed there was a young recluse who had arrived there earlie ...
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 ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... The second form is religious Buddhism. Although originally not a religion, it has become one in the past few hundred years. Today, it is difficult to deny this. Why? The external form of Buddhism today is indeed that of a religion. It is no longer the education that was provided by a university that ...
... The second form is religious Buddhism. Although originally not a religion, it has become one in the past few hundred years. Today, it is difficult to deny this. Why? The external form of Buddhism today is indeed that of a religion. It is no longer the education that was provided by a university that ...
The Buddha - JBE Online Books
... The most recent research, however, suggests that these dates are too early and that the Buddha may have lived closer to our own time, perhaps from 490-410 B.C.E., or 480-400 B.C.E. Chronological precision is not really possible since due to the nature of the sources all dates from this period are ac ...
... The most recent research, however, suggests that these dates are too early and that the Buddha may have lived closer to our own time, perhaps from 490-410 B.C.E., or 480-400 B.C.E. Chronological precision is not really possible since due to the nature of the sources all dates from this period are ac ...
The Four Noble Truths
... But then the Buddha realized that maybe there is a way out which is the practice of a spiritual path. The Buddha understood this when he left the palace through the northern gate and saw a monk. And at this point he felt great weariness with the world and renounced the world at the age of 29. Since ...
... But then the Buddha realized that maybe there is a way out which is the practice of a spiritual path. The Buddha understood this when he left the palace through the northern gate and saw a monk. And at this point he felt great weariness with the world and renounced the world at the age of 29. Since ...
The Chinese Buddhist Ritual Field
... Text 3. Buddhist Services Held at Fixed Intervals: A list of nine ritual activities held only on specific dates, and sometimes no more than once per year. These first three texts were posted together on one large signboard, from left to right in the order they are listed here. Text 4. Dharma Announc ...
... Text 3. Buddhist Services Held at Fixed Intervals: A list of nine ritual activities held only on specific dates, and sometimes no more than once per year. These first three texts were posted together on one large signboard, from left to right in the order they are listed here. Text 4. Dharma Announc ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
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Buddhism in Myanmar is predominantly of the Theravada tradition, practised by 89% of the country's population It is the most religious Buddhist country in terms of the proportion of monks in the population and proportion of income spent on religion. Adherents are most likely found among the dominant Bamar people, Shan, Rakhine, Mon, Karen, Zo, and Chinese who are well integrated into Burmese society. Monks, collectively known as the sangha, are venerated members of Burmese society. Among many ethnic groups in Myanmar, including the Bamar and Shan, Theravada Buddhism is practiced in conjunction with nat worship, which involves the placation of spirits who can intercede in worldly affairs.With regard to the daily routines of Buddhists in Myanmar, there are two most popular practices: merit-making and vipassanā. The weizza path is the least popular; it is an esoteric form somewhat linked to Buddhist aspiration that involves the occult. Merit-making is the most common path undertaken by Burmese Buddhists. This path involves the observance of the Five Precepts and accumulation of good merit through charity and good deeds (dana) in order to obtain a favorable rebirth. The vipassana path, which has gained ground since the early 1900s, is a form of insight meditation believed to lead to enlightenment. The weizza path, is an esoteric system of occult practices (such as recitation of spells, samatha and alchemy) and believed to lead to life as a weizza (also spelt weikza), a semi-immortal and supernatural being who awaits the appearance of the future Buddha, Maitreya (Arimeitaya).