Liberation from Samsara-Soteriological Parallels between
... In contrast with Buddhism which is centred on monasticism, Sikhism is commonly known as ‘The Religion of the Householder’. The teachings of the ten Sikh Gurus2 can be summarized as meditation on God, honest living and sharing with the needy and have Shri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) as its source of rel ...
... In contrast with Buddhism which is centred on monasticism, Sikhism is commonly known as ‘The Religion of the Householder’. The teachings of the ten Sikh Gurus2 can be summarized as meditation on God, honest living and sharing with the needy and have Shri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) as its source of rel ...
The New Humanism for World Peace
... However, despite these global threats, just as it was during Shakyamuni’s time, or perhaps even to a larger degree now, people of today continue their belligerent ways through wars, conflicts and terrorist attacks. The causes of antagonism range from the widening gap between the rich and the poor, h ...
... However, despite these global threats, just as it was during Shakyamuni’s time, or perhaps even to a larger degree now, people of today continue their belligerent ways through wars, conflicts and terrorist attacks. The causes of antagonism range from the widening gap between the rich and the poor, h ...
The Four Noble Truths
... desire for power, pleasure and possessions In a group photograph, we look for our own picture first. Where is the person who would sacrifice his loved ones for the sake of ending world hunger? ...
... desire for power, pleasure and possessions In a group photograph, we look for our own picture first. Where is the person who would sacrifice his loved ones for the sake of ending world hunger? ...
President Toda said - Unofficial SGI SWS
... The 'Cause' To Dedicate One's Life to Kosen-rufu In Japan today, the word innen ("causes") is often associated with the curses of the spirits of deceased ancestors or some such superstition. But this has nothing to do with the original meaning of the term in Buddhism. The causes of our happiness or ...
... The 'Cause' To Dedicate One's Life to Kosen-rufu In Japan today, the word innen ("causes") is often associated with the curses of the spirits of deceased ancestors or some such superstition. But this has nothing to do with the original meaning of the term in Buddhism. The causes of our happiness or ...
Buddhism and Belief in Ātma
... when supported by name (ndma), and name when supported by form. He likens the two to a blind and a cripple; unless they mutually support each other, it is not possible for them to move." In short, consciousness manifests itself only as ndmarupa (name and form). At Visuddhimagga XX, 12 Buddhaghosa as ...
... when supported by name (ndma), and name when supported by form. He likens the two to a blind and a cripple; unless they mutually support each other, it is not possible for them to move." In short, consciousness manifests itself only as ndmarupa (name and form). At Visuddhimagga XX, 12 Buddhaghosa as ...
WebMuseum: Heian Art
... Fujiwara Art In the Fujiwara period, Pure Land Buddhism, which offered easy salvation through belief in Amida (the Buddha of the Western Paradise), became popular. Concurrently, the Kyoto nobility developed a society devoted to elegant aesthetic pursuits. So secure and beautiful was their world that ...
... Fujiwara Art In the Fujiwara period, Pure Land Buddhism, which offered easy salvation through belief in Amida (the Buddha of the Western Paradise), became popular. Concurrently, the Kyoto nobility developed a society devoted to elegant aesthetic pursuits. So secure and beautiful was their world that ...
Japanese Buddhism, Relativization, and Glocalization
... The term superempirical is given preference here over terms such as supernatural and superhuman, the problematical status of which has been illustrated by previous scholarship [24], and refers to what lies beyond the intersubjectively observable and testable phenomena (cf. [12], pp. 11–17; [13], pp. ...
... The term superempirical is given preference here over terms such as supernatural and superhuman, the problematical status of which has been illustrated by previous scholarship [24], and refers to what lies beyond the intersubjectively observable and testable phenomena (cf. [12], pp. 11–17; [13], pp. ...
this PDF file - Religion and Society in Central and
... these people continued to practice Buddhism and joined the first Buddhist group (LT_12, Interview). Thus, the circle of practicing Gelugpa Buddhists increased and a group known as the Dandaron group was formed. At present, there are several students, living and working in Lithuania, whose teachers w ...
... these people continued to practice Buddhism and joined the first Buddhist group (LT_12, Interview). Thus, the circle of practicing Gelugpa Buddhists increased and a group known as the Dandaron group was formed. At present, there are several students, living and working in Lithuania, whose teachers w ...
Word File - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... Fujiwara clan thanks to the abundant gold mining in the region and the exchange of cultural products that was being carried out across a broad region stretching from Southeast Asia to China and the Russian maritime region, and up to the northern seas. At the same time, it was constructed in a way t ...
... Fujiwara clan thanks to the abundant gold mining in the region and the exchange of cultural products that was being carried out across a broad region stretching from Southeast Asia to China and the Russian maritime region, and up to the northern seas. At the same time, it was constructed in a way t ...
Sanathana Sarathi. - Region 7 Sai Centers
... called Sahampati, to do so for the benefit of those who might be able to understand his message. He thought of his ascetic companions who had left him in disgust and set off to teach them what he had realized. After much initial resistance, they eventually came to the same insight that he himself ha ...
... called Sahampati, to do so for the benefit of those who might be able to understand his message. He thought of his ascetic companions who had left him in disgust and set off to teach them what he had realized. After much initial resistance, they eventually came to the same insight that he himself ha ...
Buddhist Sanskrit Texts from Northern Turkestan and their relation to
... with the length of a work. The Prasäda- ...
... with the length of a work. The Prasäda- ...
Bodhisattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
... never went away, and the fact that Buddhist authorities in this period began to compose in Sanskrit, the sacred language of the Brahmins, shows their growing cultural influence. Even if the socio-religious change initiated by the Guptas did not immediately impinge upon Indian Buddhism, the sangha mu ...
... never went away, and the fact that Buddhist authorities in this period began to compose in Sanskrit, the sacred language of the Brahmins, shows their growing cultural influence. Even if the socio-religious change initiated by the Guptas did not immediately impinge upon Indian Buddhism, the sangha mu ...
Document Word - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... Fujiwara clan thanks to the abundant gold mining in the region and the exchange of cultural products that was being carried out across a broad region stretching from Southeast Asia to China and the Russian maritime region, and up to the northern seas. At the same time, it was constructed in a way t ...
... Fujiwara clan thanks to the abundant gold mining in the region and the exchange of cultural products that was being carried out across a broad region stretching from Southeast Asia to China and the Russian maritime region, and up to the northern seas. At the same time, it was constructed in a way t ...
BERKELEY BUDDHIST TEMPLE June 2016 Web Edition
... "Count our blessings!" said Joe. "We almost got a normal rainfall year. And the snowpack! Look at the beautiful snowpack!" "Which is melting like it was on a stove," sighed Bob. "At the end of March, it was 87% of normal. At the end of April, 60% of normal. Will it even be there at the end of July?" ...
... "Count our blessings!" said Joe. "We almost got a normal rainfall year. And the snowpack! Look at the beautiful snowpack!" "Which is melting like it was on a stove," sighed Bob. "At the end of March, it was 87% of normal. At the end of April, 60% of normal. Will it even be there at the end of July?" ...
August - Oregon Buddhist Temple
... mold all over. This resulted because the cooler door which should have been kept open after use (the Spring bazaar?), was closed and probably not checked since that time. Both June and Stan worked to clean the cooler with cleanser, disinfectant and lots of elbow grease. In the future, whenever we us ...
... mold all over. This resulted because the cooler door which should have been kept open after use (the Spring bazaar?), was closed and probably not checked since that time. Both June and Stan worked to clean the cooler with cleanser, disinfectant and lots of elbow grease. In the future, whenever we us ...
Asian Studies Colloquium Syllabus
... Books (for purchase at Jeffrey Amherst Bookstore and on reserve at the library): Jayawickrame, trans. Story of Gotama Buddha Khoroche, trans. Once the Buddha Was a Monkey Thurman, trans. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti Wu, trans. The Monkey and the Monk Lhalungpa, trans. The Life of Milarepa Dowman ...
... Books (for purchase at Jeffrey Amherst Bookstore and on reserve at the library): Jayawickrame, trans. Story of Gotama Buddha Khoroche, trans. Once the Buddha Was a Monkey Thurman, trans. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti Wu, trans. The Monkey and the Monk Lhalungpa, trans. The Life of Milarepa Dowman ...
Shingon Buddhism: Theory and Practice (Minoru Kiyota)
... In reviewing a work of this sort, at least three strong points can be discerned: 1. Kiyota has relied heavily on primary sources; portions of the work contain canonical documents in excerpts translated by the author. While it is regrettable that the author did not offer more lengthy translations, th ...
... In reviewing a work of this sort, at least three strong points can be discerned: 1. Kiyota has relied heavily on primary sources; portions of the work contain canonical documents in excerpts translated by the author. While it is regrettable that the author did not offer more lengthy translations, th ...
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya
... was on this basis that the 250oth anniversary of his passing into final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. Hi ...
... was on this basis that the 250oth anniversary of his passing into final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. Hi ...
日莲正宗佛法介绍 - 新加坡日莲正宗佛教会Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist
... the advent of the True Original Buddha who would replace him 2,000 years after his passing in order to lead all people in this world to enlightenment in an age rife with evil called “Mappo”. In this age of Mappo, as predicted in the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren Daishonin made His advent as the True Buddha ...
... the advent of the True Original Buddha who would replace him 2,000 years after his passing in order to lead all people in this world to enlightenment in an age rife with evil called “Mappo”. In this age of Mappo, as predicted in the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren Daishonin made His advent as the True Buddha ...
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... fascinating religion, because it is quite different than the monotheistic religions that we might be more familiar with ...
... fascinating religion, because it is quite different than the monotheistic religions that we might be more familiar with ...
Glossary of Buddhist Terms - Prison Mindfulness Institute
... Bodhidharma. Following the instruction of his Master to transmit Dharma to China, Bodhidharma traveled east to Southern China in 526 A.D. Bodhisattva (Sanskrit) / Bodhisatta (Pali): One who has taken the great vow to rescue all beings from suffering and guide them to enlightenment. A being striving ...
... Bodhidharma. Following the instruction of his Master to transmit Dharma to China, Bodhidharma traveled east to Southern China in 526 A.D. Bodhisattva (Sanskrit) / Bodhisatta (Pali): One who has taken the great vow to rescue all beings from suffering and guide them to enlightenment. A being striving ...
Mahatma Gandhi and Buddhism - The Institute of Oriental Philosophy
... attachment with Kasturba (his wife) permitted him to serve her better. In a letter dated August 23, 1911, he praised his own state of voluntary poverty, as this was the state of the Buddha and the way to self-realization.7 After returning to India in 1915, until his imprisonment in 1922, Mahatma Gan ...
... attachment with Kasturba (his wife) permitted him to serve her better. In a letter dated August 23, 1911, he praised his own state of voluntary poverty, as this was the state of the Buddha and the way to self-realization.7 After returning to India in 1915, until his imprisonment in 1922, Mahatma Gan ...
Gotama Buddha and Religious Pluralism
... conscious of the interminable nature of the conflict, and resolves it by rising to the higher standpoint of criticism. Dialectic was born. To Buddha, then, belongs the honour of having discovered the dialectic long before anything approximating to it was formulated in the West. (Murti, 1960, pp. 40 ...
... conscious of the interminable nature of the conflict, and resolves it by rising to the higher standpoint of criticism. Dialectic was born. To Buddha, then, belongs the honour of having discovered the dialectic long before anything approximating to it was formulated in the West. (Murti, 1960, pp. 40 ...
MBV Newsletter Kathina 2012
... said: “Venerable sir, how did you cross the flood?” The Buddha said, “By not halting, friend, and by not straining I crossed the flood.” The deity then asked, “But Sir, how is it that by not halting and by not straining you crossed the flood?” The Buddha then answered, “When I came to a standstill, ...
... said: “Venerable sir, how did you cross the flood?” The Buddha said, “By not halting, friend, and by not straining I crossed the flood.” The deity then asked, “But Sir, how is it that by not halting and by not straining you crossed the flood?” The Buddha then answered, “When I came to a standstill, ...
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).