INSPIRED SPEECH IN EARLY MAHAYANA BUDDHISM I
... (and hence s~tra) be that which is spoken by this assortment of beings (grJvakas, sages and so on)? What is the connection between the model and the alternatives? Under what circumstances are those other than the Buddha admitted to speak words acceptable as s~tra? The problem is not solved by refere ...
... (and hence s~tra) be that which is spoken by this assortment of beings (grJvakas, sages and so on)? What is the connection between the model and the alternatives? Under what circumstances are those other than the Buddha admitted to speak words acceptable as s~tra? The problem is not solved by refere ...
Under the Influence of Buddhism
... GNH is premised on the notion that happiness pursued and realised within the context of the greater good of society offers the best possibility for the sustained happiness of the individual. Yet, society as a whole cannot achieve happiness if individuals compete irresponsibly for it. To this end, GN ...
... GNH is premised on the notion that happiness pursued and realised within the context of the greater good of society offers the best possibility for the sustained happiness of the individual. Yet, society as a whole cannot achieve happiness if individuals compete irresponsibly for it. To this end, GN ...
Buddhism in Chinese History
... lem of periodization. The periods into which I divide the process under study should be taken as hypotheses, as con venient but tentative means of dealing with a vast sweep ...
... lem of periodization. The periods into which I divide the process under study should be taken as hypotheses, as con venient but tentative means of dealing with a vast sweep ...
Digitization of Sanskrit Buddhist Texts in Nepal
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Aniccå Vata Sa∫khårå
... formations, is that they are all impermanent: “Impermanent, alas, are formations.” They are impermanent not only in the sense that in their gross manifestations they will eventually come to an end, but even more pointedly because at the subtle, subliminal level they are constantly undergoing rise an ...
... formations, is that they are all impermanent: “Impermanent, alas, are formations.” They are impermanent not only in the sense that in their gross manifestations they will eventually come to an end, but even more pointedly because at the subtle, subliminal level they are constantly undergoing rise an ...
Buddhism and the earth : environmental thought in early Buddhist
... postpones his/her own enlightenment to help others on the same path. One of the ramifications of the theory of ...
... postpones his/her own enlightenment to help others on the same path. One of the ramifications of the theory of ...
Awareness Place Well-Being Centre - Dharma Resources
... Located within the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, the college offers five-year courses taught in both English and Chinese. The English degree is jointly awarded by the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka, and the Chinese degree, by the Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University in Thailand. The s ...
... Located within the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, the college offers five-year courses taught in both English and Chinese. The English degree is jointly awarded by the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka, and the Chinese degree, by the Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University in Thailand. The s ...
the buddha - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... of meditation, ascetic austerities, fasting, self-mutilation, and celibacy. They would often gather to debate various popular philosophies and religious views. The Samaṇas were often resented, ridiculed, and occasionally persecuted by the Brahmins whose authority they rejected or undermined. Survivi ...
... of meditation, ascetic austerities, fasting, self-mutilation, and celibacy. They would often gather to debate various popular philosophies and religious views. The Samaṇas were often resented, ridiculed, and occasionally persecuted by the Brahmins whose authority they rejected or undermined. Survivi ...
Buddhism - Spiritual Awakening Radio
... castes. These were the Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra classes. This division was not related to merit or deeds, but was a tradition simply based on birth. The four groups engaged in distinct and separate life styles. Marriage out of caste was simply not allowed. It is clear from Jain and Bud ...
... castes. These were the Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra classes. This division was not related to merit or deeds, but was a tradition simply based on birth. The four groups engaged in distinct and separate life styles. Marriage out of caste was simply not allowed. It is clear from Jain and Bud ...
vajrayana buddhism in comparative perspective
... moral stability. Hence, the two spiritual truths involve reliance on the advice (śabda) of an expert like Shakyamuni and on the pedagogic tradition (āgama) of his heirs. Buddhist philosophy and science both presuppose a spiritual perspective on life, since they are premised on a human experience tha ...
... moral stability. Hence, the two spiritual truths involve reliance on the advice (śabda) of an expert like Shakyamuni and on the pedagogic tradition (āgama) of his heirs. Buddhist philosophy and science both presuppose a spiritual perspective on life, since they are premised on a human experience tha ...
2004 Annotated DBQ Rubric: Buddhism in China
... excellent examples and give up, thinking, “I can’t possibly do that.” Encourage them to take it one step at a time, to improve incrementally towards mastery, and eventually they WILL master the subject. Keep in mind that there are six different categories on the Generic DBQ Rubric, with seven possib ...
... excellent examples and give up, thinking, “I can’t possibly do that.” Encourage them to take it one step at a time, to improve incrementally towards mastery, and eventually they WILL master the subject. Keep in mind that there are six different categories on the Generic DBQ Rubric, with seven possib ...
Early Neo-Confucian View of Chinese Buddhism
... extent out of the picture, and the very success of such a radical movement .as Ch'anism was a confirmation of the Nee-Confucian accusations. Metaphysically, most of the weapons which they imported from India, like the formidable dialectics of the Madhyamika school, were of no use to the Buddhist sch ...
... extent out of the picture, and the very success of such a radical movement .as Ch'anism was a confirmation of the Nee-Confucian accusations. Metaphysically, most of the weapons which they imported from India, like the formidable dialectics of the Madhyamika school, were of no use to the Buddhist sch ...
An Introduction to True Buddhism - Nichiren Shoshu True Buddhism
... Buddhism is a religion that was established by Shakyamuni Buddha who lived in India nearly 3,000 years ago. He observed people suffering as a result of the inevitable cycles of birth, old age, sickness, and death. In searching for the means to alleviate that suffering, he realized, through his relig ...
... Buddhism is a religion that was established by Shakyamuni Buddha who lived in India nearly 3,000 years ago. He observed people suffering as a result of the inevitable cycles of birth, old age, sickness, and death. In searching for the means to alleviate that suffering, he realized, through his relig ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... editors of Inquiring Mind we feel privileged to have participated in and chronicled the transmission. Our journal serves what is commonly called the vipassana, or insight meditation, community, but the more accurate name for our root tradition is Theravada, which translates as the “path of the elder ...
... editors of Inquiring Mind we feel privileged to have participated in and chronicled the transmission. Our journal serves what is commonly called the vipassana, or insight meditation, community, but the more accurate name for our root tradition is Theravada, which translates as the “path of the elder ...
Samsara, Karma, and Self-Enlightenment: A Buddhist Perspective
... forms the doctrinal basis for the Buddhist explanations of the path of liberation from the world and its result, nirvāṇa.” Thus, liberation will be achieved when individuals obtain a complete understanding of karmic action and result which makes them free from samsara. Tibetan Buddhist teacher Je Ts ...
... forms the doctrinal basis for the Buddhist explanations of the path of liberation from the world and its result, nirvāṇa.” Thus, liberation will be achieved when individuals obtain a complete understanding of karmic action and result which makes them free from samsara. Tibetan Buddhist teacher Je Ts ...
Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns
... the evolution of the “life continuum” that gradually permitted the conditions for liberation to develop and eventually culminate in Arahatship. Freeing the mind of ignorance, like all activities, is an impersonal cause and effect process. Natural laws of this sort are cultivated and utilized by ment ...
... the evolution of the “life continuum” that gradually permitted the conditions for liberation to develop and eventually culminate in Arahatship. Freeing the mind of ignorance, like all activities, is an impersonal cause and effect process. Natural laws of this sort are cultivated and utilized by ment ...
Buddhist Meditation - Sungai Long Buddhist Society
... To share a personal example of how all this might work... I'm sitting in meditation, and in my mind... I find myself in a supermarket, but not standing in line this time. I'm on the bakery aisle, and there in front of me is a stack of Entenmann's chocolate cakes. I say to myself, "I'd like to take t ...
... To share a personal example of how all this might work... I'm sitting in meditation, and in my mind... I find myself in a supermarket, but not standing in line this time. I'm on the bakery aisle, and there in front of me is a stack of Entenmann's chocolate cakes. I say to myself, "I'd like to take t ...
Hitech Khadi Padmasambhava: The Lotus Born (2)
... Padmasambhava, was himself a householder with at least two consorts!) Monasteries, monks and nuns are all later extensions. The belief in Tulku or rebirth of Buddhist leaders is also a later extension. Buddhism came to Tibet as a layman's religion. Laymen upheld Buddhism without help from monastics ...
... Padmasambhava, was himself a householder with at least two consorts!) Monasteries, monks and nuns are all later extensions. The belief in Tulku or rebirth of Buddhist leaders is also a later extension. Buddhism came to Tibet as a layman's religion. Laymen upheld Buddhism without help from monastics ...
Lokāyata and Its Derivatives in the Sad-dharma-puṇḍarīka
... note 4; see also 438, note 1), equating them with the Cārvākas who appeared much later. D.D. Shastri (1981: 19) too glosses lokāyata as cārvākaśāstra although Moggalāna mentions nothing of this sort. The fact is that in the Pali commentaries and dictionaries, lokāyataṃ is always glossed as vitaṇḍasa ...
... note 4; see also 438, note 1), equating them with the Cārvākas who appeared much later. D.D. Shastri (1981: 19) too glosses lokāyata as cārvākaśāstra although Moggalāna mentions nothing of this sort. The fact is that in the Pali commentaries and dictionaries, lokāyataṃ is always glossed as vitaṇḍasa ...
Nietzsche and The Four Noble Truths
... -7into the cruelty of nature and, without yielding to a resignation or to ‘a Buddhistic negation of the will,’ reaffirms life with the creation of works of art” (Kaufmann 131). In “Beyond Good and Evil,” he furthers the point: “The discipline of suffering, of great suffering—do you not know that onl ...
... -7into the cruelty of nature and, without yielding to a resignation or to ‘a Buddhistic negation of the will,’ reaffirms life with the creation of works of art” (Kaufmann 131). In “Beyond Good and Evil,” he furthers the point: “The discipline of suffering, of great suffering—do you not know that onl ...
Special Integration Experiences Required Reading
... were divided into eight portions and various beings erected a great stupa over each. So arose the tradition of eight places of pilgrimage. The actions of the Buddha in each of these places, recalling which is an important aspect of making pilgrimage, are described within the canons of the scriptures ...
... were divided into eight portions and various beings erected a great stupa over each. So arose the tradition of eight places of pilgrimage. The actions of the Buddha in each of these places, recalling which is an important aspect of making pilgrimage, are described within the canons of the scriptures ...
Is Colorado Buddhism Green? - Digital Commons @ DU
... practice, I did participant observation, which is practicing meditation while observing. I participated in the Wednesday Morning Group Meditation to record the ritual. Through this method, I gained a first-hand personal experience in terms of how meditation practice empowers practitioners to be more ...
... practice, I did participant observation, which is practicing meditation while observing. I participated in the Wednesday Morning Group Meditation to record the ritual. Through this method, I gained a first-hand personal experience in terms of how meditation practice empowers practitioners to be more ...
The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess Ekottarika-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... arguably the earliest strata of jātaka tales attested in Buddhist literature, in order to provide a background for evaluating the Ekottarika-āgama discourse that reports a past life of the Buddha as a woman. Besides noting indications for the early development and significance of the jātaka genre th ...
... arguably the earliest strata of jātaka tales attested in Buddhist literature, in order to provide a background for evaluating the Ekottarika-āgama discourse that reports a past life of the Buddha as a woman. Besides noting indications for the early development and significance of the jātaka genre th ...
carrying Buddhism
... flowing and individual characteristics while the piece-mold method produces more angular and heavy characteristics, and indeed these are found when comparing a Gandharan image with one from China. Strahan elaborates these differences in her two articles. She then continues in her study to demonstrat ...
... flowing and individual characteristics while the piece-mold method produces more angular and heavy characteristics, and indeed these are found when comparing a Gandharan image with one from China. Strahan elaborates these differences in her two articles. She then continues in her study to demonstrat ...
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps
... points.3 This cosmic, yet intimate perspective is offered again and again throughout the sutra. Thomas Cleary, scholar of Hua-yen philosophy, writes: All things [are interdependent, and] therefore imply in their individual being the simultaneous being of all other things. Thus it is said that the e ...
... points.3 This cosmic, yet intimate perspective is offered again and again throughout the sutra. Thomas Cleary, scholar of Hua-yen philosophy, writes: All things [are interdependent, and] therefore imply in their individual being the simultaneous being of all other things. Thus it is said that the e ...
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).