Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
... authority to his life. Although the five ascetics had vowed not to acknowledge their apostate former companion, as he entered the Deer Park in Sarnath and came toward them, they found themselves standing up to offer him respect* In spite of themselves, they were unable to resist the authority of ...
... authority to his life. Although the five ascetics had vowed not to acknowledge their apostate former companion, as he entered the Deer Park in Sarnath and came toward them, they found themselves standing up to offer him respect* In spite of themselves, they were unable to resist the authority of ...
The Four Noble Truths: The Essence of Buddhism
... sad expressions, and be consumed by depression and misery. However, after hearing the Four Noble Truths, some people may wonder: If we should seek joy in life, then why does Buddhism dwell so much on suffering? The reason the Buddha spoke of suffering is be cause it is important for us to realize t ...
... sad expressions, and be consumed by depression and misery. However, after hearing the Four Noble Truths, some people may wonder: If we should seek joy in life, then why does Buddhism dwell so much on suffering? The reason the Buddha spoke of suffering is be cause it is important for us to realize t ...
digitising_skt_buddhist_texts
... Nagarjuna Institute has initiated the input of other Mahayana Sutras to collect Mahayana Buddhist canon, the list of which is given below, Sanskrit Buddhist Sutra Pitaka Input ...
... Nagarjuna Institute has initiated the input of other Mahayana Sutras to collect Mahayana Buddhist canon, the list of which is given below, Sanskrit Buddhist Sutra Pitaka Input ...
The Buddha and Omniscience
... Saµyukta Ógama and in the Ekottarika Ógama. The three versions of this discourse agree in recording that the Buddha once went begging but did not receive any alms food at all.10 Another such dilemma comes up in the Milindapañha, namely the question why the Buddha, if he was omniscient, nevertheless ...
... Saµyukta Ógama and in the Ekottarika Ógama. The three versions of this discourse agree in recording that the Buddha once went begging but did not receive any alms food at all.10 Another such dilemma comes up in the Milindapañha, namely the question why the Buddha, if he was omniscient, nevertheless ...
First Exam
... What reasons does Huston Smith provide for treating Confucianism as a religion? What additional reasons did Professor Shrader provide in class? Are you convinced? Why? Explicate, and briefly discuss, the impact of Confucianism on China and other parts of Asia. Huston Smith presents three senses in w ...
... What reasons does Huston Smith provide for treating Confucianism as a religion? What additional reasons did Professor Shrader provide in class? Are you convinced? Why? Explicate, and briefly discuss, the impact of Confucianism on China and other parts of Asia. Huston Smith presents three senses in w ...
Chapter 8: Nichikan: Restorer of the Fuji School
... when Nichikan bestowed the Six-volume Writings on his disciples, he stated: “With these six volumes of writing, which are like the lion king, you need not be afraid of the various sects and schools in the nation even if they all come to this ...
... when Nichikan bestowed the Six-volume Writings on his disciples, he stated: “With these six volumes of writing, which are like the lion king, you need not be afraid of the various sects and schools in the nation even if they all come to this ...
Winning Life An - Soka Gakkai International
... benefit of better social conditions, since the one is the source of the other — for better or worse. While the word Buddha may conjure up images of a specific person from history or world religions courses we have taken, it is also a description of the highest state of life each of us can achieve. B ...
... benefit of better social conditions, since the one is the source of the other — for better or worse. While the word Buddha may conjure up images of a specific person from history or world religions courses we have taken, it is also a description of the highest state of life each of us can achieve. B ...
The Great Perfection of Tibetan Buddhism
... Bodhisattva an heroic figure to be emulated, development of the Bodhisattva mindset of universal compassion (Bodhichitta for the seeker of Buddhahood) is required of Mahayana practitioners. Since Dzogchen and Mahamudra31 are considered (at least by most masters) to be part of Vajrayana, the same app ...
... Bodhisattva an heroic figure to be emulated, development of the Bodhisattva mindset of universal compassion (Bodhichitta for the seeker of Buddhahood) is required of Mahayana practitioners. Since Dzogchen and Mahamudra31 are considered (at least by most masters) to be part of Vajrayana, the same app ...
A Buddhist Reflection on Suffering in Ashes of Time
... has persistently explored similar themes throughout his work. Most of his films focus on time and memory and on solitude and anguish as the results of lost time. Ashes of Time (Chinese title: Dongxie Xidu; 1994), which is based on Louis Cha’s Chinese martial-art novel series The Eagle Shooting Heroe ...
... has persistently explored similar themes throughout his work. Most of his films focus on time and memory and on solitude and anguish as the results of lost time. Ashes of Time (Chinese title: Dongxie Xidu; 1994), which is based on Louis Cha’s Chinese martial-art novel series The Eagle Shooting Heroe ...
Dona Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... more teeth, hiding one in between his toes (not a respectful place for such a sacred object) and the other in his clothing. If we accept these pious legends, then we must take Doṇa 2 as being capable of breaking a basic precept, and as such he is certainly not the non-returner, Doṇa 1. A simpler sol ...
... more teeth, hiding one in between his toes (not a respectful place for such a sacred object) and the other in his clothing. If we accept these pious legends, then we must take Doṇa 2 as being capable of breaking a basic precept, and as such he is certainly not the non-returner, Doṇa 1. A simpler sol ...
A Buddhist Life In America, 1998
... The Wit Lectures at Harvard Divinity School are an exploration of living a spiritual life in the contemporary world, a subject of great importance today as we see the suffering of so many beings in the face of human greed, hatred and confusion. This book by Joan Halifax tells us about a life that to ...
... The Wit Lectures at Harvard Divinity School are an exploration of living a spiritual life in the contemporary world, a subject of great importance today as we see the suffering of so many beings in the face of human greed, hatred and confusion. This book by Joan Halifax tells us about a life that to ...
Violence and Disruption in Society
... outlines rights and duties for the different social relationships in society. [21] An employer is advised to: assign work according to the strength of the employee; supply food and wages; tend workers in sickness; share with them unusual delicacies; grant them leave. The same Sutta comments on frien ...
... outlines rights and duties for the different social relationships in society. [21] An employer is advised to: assign work according to the strength of the employee; supply food and wages; tend workers in sickness; share with them unusual delicacies; grant them leave. The same Sutta comments on frien ...
Shakespeare, Buddha, and King Lear Journal of Buddhist Ethics Melvin Sterne
... Buddhist—Shakespeare was a devoted, life-long Catholic. But Buddhism, itself, does not lay claim to exclusive usage of any of its spiritual concepts. Many, if not most, arise in some form or another in other religious systems including Christianity. Certainly all have been the subject of debate amon ...
... Buddhist—Shakespeare was a devoted, life-long Catholic. But Buddhism, itself, does not lay claim to exclusive usage of any of its spiritual concepts. Many, if not most, arise in some form or another in other religious systems including Christianity. Certainly all have been the subject of debate amon ...
Lode Rosseels Gaṇeśa`s Underbelly From Hindu Goblin God to
... Chinese and Japanese texts that give accounts of Gaṇeśa to ensure their reliability. Even though esotericism limits the production of texts and their accessibility, it also requires strict obedience to traditional rules and scriptures, which guarantees that worship of Kangiten has remained virtually ...
... Chinese and Japanese texts that give accounts of Gaṇeśa to ensure their reliability. Even though esotericism limits the production of texts and their accessibility, it also requires strict obedience to traditional rules and scriptures, which guarantees that worship of Kangiten has remained virtually ...
Robert F. RHODES - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese
... Hua-yen s¨tra (according to the colophon, the s¨tra itself was copied in 513) allegedly from Tun-huang in the possession of the Mitsui Bunko 三井文庫. The vow reads in part, “(I pray that) my late parents will be born in the Realm of Heavenly Life in the Western Direction and constantly hear the right D ...
... Hua-yen s¨tra (according to the colophon, the s¨tra itself was copied in 513) allegedly from Tun-huang in the possession of the Mitsui Bunko 三井文庫. The vow reads in part, “(I pray that) my late parents will be born in the Realm of Heavenly Life in the Western Direction and constantly hear the right D ...
A Western Student`s Meditation Experience Under The Guidance of
... I am sorry to hear from your letter and from a letter to Sayama that you had a very bad cold. While taking the necessary treatment for the cure of the cold, I hope you will ardently take to Vipassanā meditation as a means for Dukkha-Nirodha, i.e., the removal of Dukkha in whatever form it may be. Th ...
... I am sorry to hear from your letter and from a letter to Sayama that you had a very bad cold. While taking the necessary treatment for the cure of the cold, I hope you will ardently take to Vipassanā meditation as a means for Dukkha-Nirodha, i.e., the removal of Dukkha in whatever form it may be. Th ...
Tibetan Scholastic Education and The Role of Soteriology
... this process begins in the Tibetan monastic education with the acquisition of basic literacy and the heuristic of memorization, it continues with the hermeneutical practices aimed at appropriating the content of tradition as a basis for the cultivation of virtues. In general, hermeneutics can be def ...
... this process begins in the Tibetan monastic education with the acquisition of basic literacy and the heuristic of memorization, it continues with the hermeneutical practices aimed at appropriating the content of tradition as a basis for the cultivation of virtues. In general, hermeneutics can be def ...
“Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came
... a phenomenon is made sense of by making it relatable to the same. This system poses a problem in its fabric, making personal opinion the sole authority, and any external being is seen as a threat because it is vastly other and unknown. Such a view extols ignorance, selfishness, greed, and possession ...
... a phenomenon is made sense of by making it relatable to the same. This system poses a problem in its fabric, making personal opinion the sole authority, and any external being is seen as a threat because it is vastly other and unknown. Such a view extols ignorance, selfishness, greed, and possession ...
Reconfiguring Buddhism as a Religion
... Buddhism as a religion that had its own “religious values” independent of human wisdom; the question of how it could be independent of human wisdom will be discussed later in the paper. This rationale might appear mundane because many contemporary narratives on religion are made with the premise tha ...
... Buddhism as a religion that had its own “religious values” independent of human wisdom; the question of how it could be independent of human wisdom will be discussed later in the paper. This rationale might appear mundane because many contemporary narratives on religion are made with the premise tha ...
The Teaching of the Buddha
... a category with fifty-two divisions and these are mostly mental or at least subjective states. The list opens with contact (phasso) and then follow sensation, perception, thought, reflection, memory and a series of dispositions or states such as attention, effort, joy, torpor, stupidity, fear, doub ...
... a category with fifty-two divisions and these are mostly mental or at least subjective states. The list opens with contact (phasso) and then follow sensation, perception, thought, reflection, memory and a series of dispositions or states such as attention, effort, joy, torpor, stupidity, fear, doub ...
Buddhism in Noh
... fierce. It is not that the identity of a monk's home temple made no difference. However the "school" affiliation of a figure in Noh cannot usually be deduced from what we learn of his religious life. This is because a monk from almost anywhere could be doing almost any of the practices then common. ...
... fierce. It is not that the identity of a monk's home temple made no difference. However the "school" affiliation of a figure in Noh cannot usually be deduced from what we learn of his religious life. This is because a monk from almost anywhere could be doing almost any of the practices then common. ...
No self, no free will, no problem Implications of the Anattalakkhaṇa
... Nevertheless he also maintains that there is a second sense in which the Buddha’s teachings imply that neither free will nor determinism can be true: “In a different way […] if a person is wrongly seen as an essential, permanent self, it is an ‘undetermined question’ as to whether ‘a person’s acts of ...
... Nevertheless he also maintains that there is a second sense in which the Buddha’s teachings imply that neither free will nor determinism can be true: “In a different way […] if a person is wrongly seen as an essential, permanent self, it is an ‘undetermined question’ as to whether ‘a person’s acts of ...
Title: Wisdom, Compassion, and Zen Social Ethics: the Case... Sŏngch’ŏl, and Minjung Buddhism in Korea
... Zen teachings in the larger milieu of the life-world beyond monastic experiences. In other words, is ethics possible in Zen Buddhism and, if so, what kind of ethics does Zen offer? This further raises the question of whether Zen Buddhism can make contribution to social activism. To answer these que ...
... Zen teachings in the larger milieu of the life-world beyond monastic experiences. In other words, is ethics possible in Zen Buddhism and, if so, what kind of ethics does Zen offer? This further raises the question of whether Zen Buddhism can make contribution to social activism. To answer these que ...
The Meaning of Friendship in Buddhism
... were disrespectful to parents might get monuments! [Laughter] But in ancient classical China it wasn’t at all like that. Sons and daughters who were conspicuous examples of filial piety could even be officially honoured by the government. They might be rewarded or recognised with a title, or given ...
... were disrespectful to parents might get monuments! [Laughter] But in ancient classical China it wasn’t at all like that. Sons and daughters who were conspicuous examples of filial piety could even be officially honoured by the government. They might be rewarded or recognised with a title, or given ...
did the dhamma die with the buddha?
... In very many cases, and Masefield records a large number in table 4. at the back of DRBP, people attained right-view, only after hearing the Dhamma from the Buddha – hence they are know as saavaka – the hearers. This is where Masefield’s discourse starts to come unstuck, because there are two extrem ...
... In very many cases, and Masefield records a large number in table 4. at the back of DRBP, people attained right-view, only after hearing the Dhamma from the Buddha – hence they are know as saavaka – the hearers. This is where Masefield’s discourse starts to come unstuck, because there are two extrem ...
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).