Joseph M. KITAGAWA Paradigm change in Japanese Buddhism
... the organizing power behind the sch o la r-o ffic ia ls and gave fu ll expression to th e ir interests, ideas, and ideals" (Balazs 1964, p. 7). W ith the de fa c to canonization o f the Five Classics, which provided the basics fo r the tra in in g o f the s c h o la r-o ffic ia ls , moral norms fo r ...
... the organizing power behind the sch o la r-o ffic ia ls and gave fu ll expression to th e ir interests, ideas, and ideals" (Balazs 1964, p. 7). W ith the de fa c to canonization o f the Five Classics, which provided the basics fo r the tra in in g o f the s c h o la r-o ffic ia ls , moral norms fo r ...
Pre-Buddhist Elements in Himalayan Buddhism: The Institution of
... psyche. The ways of thinking of a people are shaped by the milieu, which is made up of various layers of culture. Some of the deepest layers of this milieu are rooted in the Little tradition and are of unknown origin. Hence, when a Great tradition moves on to new regions dominated by a Little tradit ...
... psyche. The ways of thinking of a people are shaped by the milieu, which is made up of various layers of culture. Some of the deepest layers of this milieu are rooted in the Little tradition and are of unknown origin. Hence, when a Great tradition moves on to new regions dominated by a Little tradit ...
1. Introduction 2. Prince Siddhartha`s Birth
... Siddhartha had learned that giving up bodily pleasures did not bring enlightenment. He decided to find a balance between the extremes of pleasure and pain. He would be neither a prince nor an ascetic. Instead, he would seek a “middle way” as a path to enlightenment. The prince’s new way of thinking ...
... Siddhartha had learned that giving up bodily pleasures did not bring enlightenment. He decided to find a balance between the extremes of pleasure and pain. He would be neither a prince nor an ascetic. Instead, he would seek a “middle way” as a path to enlightenment. The prince’s new way of thinking ...
Lecture 102: The Archetype of the Divine Healer Friends, In the
... stung by a great black scorpion, it was Thoth in his capacity of Divine Healer who drove out the poison from the bite. Later on we read that Thoth cured Horus of a tumour and healed a wound inflicted on the god Set. Now the ancient Greeks considered Thoth to be the counterpart of Hermes, the messeng ...
... stung by a great black scorpion, it was Thoth in his capacity of Divine Healer who drove out the poison from the bite. Later on we read that Thoth cured Horus of a tumour and healed a wound inflicted on the god Set. Now the ancient Greeks considered Thoth to be the counterpart of Hermes, the messeng ...
PDF sample - Dave`s Lawnscaping
... the heroic, other-regarding, compassionate nature of the ideal Buddhist: not otherworldly, but this-worldly. We do see people who exemplify these qualities – the Dalai Lama is the most famous, but there are many others. And in terms of Buddhist tradition, the inspiration we need already exists: in ...
... the heroic, other-regarding, compassionate nature of the ideal Buddhist: not otherworldly, but this-worldly. We do see people who exemplify these qualities – the Dalai Lama is the most famous, but there are many others. And in terms of Buddhist tradition, the inspiration we need already exists: in ...
The Hellenic Axel: The Greek Hellenization of Central Asia
... relationships that formed between the Greco-Macedonian settlers and the natives they came into contact with. Hellenic kings established kingdoms as far as modern day Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, bringing them into contact with the Persian and Indian natives. The study herein is focused on the re ...
... relationships that formed between the Greco-Macedonian settlers and the natives they came into contact with. Hellenic kings established kingdoms as far as modern day Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, bringing them into contact with the Persian and Indian natives. The study herein is focused on the re ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... of Buddhism’s influence within the lives of the Bhutanese people, punctuated by several important events. In the thirteenth century the Drukpa Kagyu lineage of Buddhism was introduced to the country ...
... of Buddhism’s influence within the lives of the Bhutanese people, punctuated by several important events. In the thirteenth century the Drukpa Kagyu lineage of Buddhism was introduced to the country ...
Buddhism, Science and Atheism - Buddhist Publication Society
... Western Science and Western Religion The Nature of Science For the purposes of this writing we shall define science as “man’s systematic and objective study of himself and the universe.” By calling science a study we limit ourselves to what is more commonly referred to as “pure science”, the gatheri ...
... Western Science and Western Religion The Nature of Science For the purposes of this writing we shall define science as “man’s systematic and objective study of himself and the universe.” By calling science a study we limit ourselves to what is more commonly referred to as “pure science”, the gatheri ...
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... it does harm to the votary of the Lotus Sutra, then epidemics should attack only the slanderers. Why is it that your own disciples also fall ill and die? The section of the letter we are studying begins with Nichiren Daishonin asking a question about why his followers also suffer from the epidemics ...
... it does harm to the votary of the Lotus Sutra, then epidemics should attack only the slanderers. Why is it that your own disciples also fall ill and die? The section of the letter we are studying begins with Nichiren Daishonin asking a question about why his followers also suffer from the epidemics ...
A brief introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya tradition
... in Sarnath near Varanasi. There he met a group of five renunciants he used to practice with before he had abandoned the path of ascetic discipline. Inspired by the undeniable radiance of his presence, and the clarity and truth that emanated from his words, these five renunciants became his first dis ...
... in Sarnath near Varanasi. There he met a group of five renunciants he used to practice with before he had abandoned the path of ascetic discipline. Inspired by the undeniable radiance of his presence, and the clarity and truth that emanated from his words, these five renunciants became his first dis ...
Theravada chaplaincy for death - imc
... While dying is a process of letting go, Buddhism does not assume that all of a person’s attachments vanish as one dies. In order to assist in more thoroughly letting go, caregivers can quietly encourage a person to let go. A passage from the Tibetan Book of the Dead has been adapted by some Western ...
... While dying is a process of letting go, Buddhism does not assume that all of a person’s attachments vanish as one dies. In order to assist in more thoroughly letting go, caregivers can quietly encourage a person to let go. A passage from the Tibetan Book of the Dead has been adapted by some Western ...
Entrance to the Middle Way
... 133. The Four Noble Truths 134. Peace and Kindness 135. Mindfulness - The Path to the Deathless 136. Now is the Knowing 137. The Way It Is 138. Ajaan Suwat Suvaco - A Fistful of Sand 139. The Light of Discernment ...
... 133. The Four Noble Truths 134. Peace and Kindness 135. Mindfulness - The Path to the Deathless 136. Now is the Knowing 137. The Way It Is 138. Ajaan Suwat Suvaco - A Fistful of Sand 139. The Light of Discernment ...
Escaping the Inescapable: Changes in Buddhist Karma Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... which one can be reborn. In the Cūlakammavibhaṅga Sutta, for instance, using a stock phrase, the fruits of actions are experienced “with the breaking up of the body after death” (kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā M iii.203) as a happy or miserable destination (sugati/duggati). However, the moral force of k ...
... which one can be reborn. In the Cūlakammavibhaṅga Sutta, for instance, using a stock phrase, the fruits of actions are experienced “with the breaking up of the body after death” (kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā M iii.203) as a happy or miserable destination (sugati/duggati). However, the moral force of k ...
Introduction to Buddhism
... Enlightenment while sitting under a bodhi tree. He then exclaimed, “Wonder of wonders! All sentient beings are inherently complete and perfect! But they do not realize it because of their delusions and cravings.” Thereupon He was known as Śākyamuni (or Gautama) Buddha, and embarked on an endless, co ...
... Enlightenment while sitting under a bodhi tree. He then exclaimed, “Wonder of wonders! All sentient beings are inherently complete and perfect! But they do not realize it because of their delusions and cravings.” Thereupon He was known as Śākyamuni (or Gautama) Buddha, and embarked on an endless, co ...
The Three Types of Spiritual Beings
... According to Buddhism, it is important to first study one’s own mind, and then to put the teachings into practice, over and over again. This is meditation. These spiritual goals will not be obtained merely by hearing. By merely thinking about them, they will not come about. Great effort at hearing, ...
... According to Buddhism, it is important to first study one’s own mind, and then to put the teachings into practice, over and over again. This is meditation. These spiritual goals will not be obtained merely by hearing. By merely thinking about them, they will not come about. Great effort at hearing, ...
Chan Buddhism
... Distance in physical terms, “ten-thousands and eight thousands of li [from here to the Pure Land] are the ten evils and eight heterodoxies within the body.” Two types of people: ...
... Distance in physical terms, “ten-thousands and eight thousands of li [from here to the Pure Land] are the ten evils and eight heterodoxies within the body.” Two types of people: ...
Buddhism, Animism, and Entertainment in Cambodian Melismatic
... known from times before the Red Khmer regime from 1975-1978 and only a few sources are available today, a fieldwork in 2010 was to determine if this chanting is still used. Indeed it was found to be vividly alive and recordings could be done in several monasteries. Cambodian Buddhism is known to hav ...
... known from times before the Red Khmer regime from 1975-1978 and only a few sources are available today, a fieldwork in 2010 was to determine if this chanting is still used. Indeed it was found to be vividly alive and recordings could be done in several monasteries. Cambodian Buddhism is known to hav ...
Buddhist-Christian Dialogue
... hile Zen Buddhism began to have a powerful artistic and cultural influence in America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the Buddhist-Christian dialogue officially began with the Parliament of the World Religions in Chicago in 1896. Buddhist teachers from around the world shared their scrip ...
... hile Zen Buddhism began to have a powerful artistic and cultural influence in America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the Buddhist-Christian dialogue officially began with the Parliament of the World Religions in Chicago in 1896. Buddhist teachers from around the world shared their scrip ...
Gandharan Standing Buddha
... demand for an icon arose. This sculpture of the Buddha, complete with devotional inscription, was evidently commissioned under such circumstances. The inscription ...
... demand for an icon arose. This sculpture of the Buddha, complete with devotional inscription, was evidently commissioned under such circumstances. The inscription ...
BUSINESS BUDDHA and the and the
... enterprise is about generating profits through satisfying needs (regardless of who created them) in a competitive marketplace. These two systems may seem, on first blush, irreconcilable. Yet, through twenty-five hundred years of Buddhist history and two-and-a-half centuries of capitalism, both have ...
... enterprise is about generating profits through satisfying needs (regardless of who created them) in a competitive marketplace. These two systems may seem, on first blush, irreconcilable. Yet, through twenty-five hundred years of Buddhist history and two-and-a-half centuries of capitalism, both have ...
nibbana update nov 2011
... better rebirth – perhaps to be born as a monk or nun. Then they have a better chance of attaining nibbana. For Mahayana Buddhists, the primary goal is to attain Nibbana. In order to do this they must improve their kamma . They think though this is possible with great effort in one lifetime. ...
... better rebirth – perhaps to be born as a monk or nun. Then they have a better chance of attaining nibbana. For Mahayana Buddhists, the primary goal is to attain Nibbana. In order to do this they must improve their kamma . They think though this is possible with great effort in one lifetime. ...
The Great Lion`s Roar
... Buddhist idea that there are many ways to cultivate a quality, and that it is the ultimate attainment of a trait which matters. By dispelling the previously common definition of an ascetic as one who practices self-mortification and replacing it with this cultivation-through-ascetic practices the Bu ...
... Buddhist idea that there are many ways to cultivate a quality, and that it is the ultimate attainment of a trait which matters. By dispelling the previously common definition of an ascetic as one who practices self-mortification and replacing it with this cultivation-through-ascetic practices the Bu ...
Buddhism Glossary - WATA - World Association of Arab Translators
... Mind or heart. the two terms being synonymous in Asian religious philosophy . Conditioned (compounded ) Describes all the various phenomena in the world - made up of separate, discrete elements, "with outflows," with no intrinsic nature of their own. Conditioned merits and virtues lead to rebirth wi ...
... Mind or heart. the two terms being synonymous in Asian religious philosophy . Conditioned (compounded ) Describes all the various phenomena in the world - made up of separate, discrete elements, "with outflows," with no intrinsic nature of their own. Conditioned merits and virtues lead to rebirth wi ...
Handout
... Asokan inscriptions are engraved in a rock shelter overlooking the Narmada valley, a Minor Rock Edict I (Falk 89–90) and a separate edict (Falk 109–110) that records a visit paid to “this locality” (imam desam) by Asoka when he was crown prince. The staff and stone parasol were found near the larges ...
... Asokan inscriptions are engraved in a rock shelter overlooking the Narmada valley, a Minor Rock Edict I (Falk 89–90) and a separate edict (Falk 109–110) that records a visit paid to “this locality” (imam desam) by Asoka when he was crown prince. The staff and stone parasol were found near the larges ...
Brahmana Tradition
... New development in the teachings of the Upanishad, like concepts of good and evil, theory of kamma, samsara, the transmigration of soul, liberation (moksha) were gradually beginning to develop during this period. Upanishad meaning sitting near-by and receiving secret instructions under a teacher. ...
... New development in the teachings of the Upanishad, like concepts of good and evil, theory of kamma, samsara, the transmigration of soul, liberation (moksha) were gradually beginning to develop during this period. Upanishad meaning sitting near-by and receiving secret instructions under a teacher. ...
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).