The Skillful Handling of Poison: Bodhicitta and the
... In this essay, I will primarily focus on the three kleśas of rage (krodha), craving (tṛṣṇā) and delusion (moha), which are held to be the deepest causes of saṃsāra in the Mahayana tradition, and are collectively referred to as ‘the three unwholesome roots (akuśala mūla)’ or ‘the three poisons (trivi ...
... In this essay, I will primarily focus on the three kleśas of rage (krodha), craving (tṛṣṇā) and delusion (moha), which are held to be the deepest causes of saṃsāra in the Mahayana tradition, and are collectively referred to as ‘the three unwholesome roots (akuśala mūla)’ or ‘the three poisons (trivi ...
Chapter One
... times done for this one purpose. They simply wish to show the Buddha wisdom to living being and enlighten them to it. Shariputra, the Thus Come Ones have only a single Buddha vehicle which they employ in order to preach the Law to living beings. They do not have any other vehicle, a second one or a ...
... times done for this one purpose. They simply wish to show the Buddha wisdom to living being and enlighten them to it. Shariputra, the Thus Come Ones have only a single Buddha vehicle which they employ in order to preach the Law to living beings. They do not have any other vehicle, a second one or a ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... Charles Lachman. Amy must be recognized for the expert advice and guidance she has given me, helping me through not only the mound of material that was my original research project on Baodingshan, but also through the maze of academia. Her self-discipline and clarity of purpose are something I shall ...
... Charles Lachman. Amy must be recognized for the expert advice and guidance she has given me, helping me through not only the mound of material that was my original research project on Baodingshan, but also through the maze of academia. Her self-discipline and clarity of purpose are something I shall ...
Teaching With Mindfulness - Journal of Curriculum Theorizing
... emptiness as principles of Buddhism have implications for mindfulness-based practices; being mindful is on the path to forgetting mindfulness. Meanwhile, in cultivating relationships, Taoist tradition exercises being-with/for and without being-with/for, which reflects non-attachment and the emptines ...
... emptiness as principles of Buddhism have implications for mindfulness-based practices; being mindful is on the path to forgetting mindfulness. Meanwhile, in cultivating relationships, Taoist tradition exercises being-with/for and without being-with/for, which reflects non-attachment and the emptines ...
Schism, semiosis and the Soka Gakkai
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
- Goldsmiths Research Online
... The problem of validation and the risk of imposing an alien scheme can be reduced through close attention to primary sources, drawing out the meanings of terms and teachings in their original context as much as possible. The use of a Kantian framework, like others that have been employed previously, ...
... The problem of validation and the risk of imposing an alien scheme can be reduced through close attention to primary sources, drawing out the meanings of terms and teachings in their original context as much as possible. The use of a Kantian framework, like others that have been employed previously, ...
THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND ITS `BODIES`: PHYSICAL BODIES
... scholars find themselves, poses a host of problems. While we cannot hope to resolve these issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, J ...
... scholars find themselves, poses a host of problems. While we cannot hope to resolve these issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, J ...
bussho notes
... but also introduce a more perjorative usage, to refer to those who know Buddhism only through books. Dōgen often uses the word in this latter sense, in such expressions as “scholar of the Tripiṭaka (sanzō no gakusha 三藏の學者), “scholar of words and letters” (monji no gakusha 文字 の學者). “The alien path of ...
... but also introduce a more perjorative usage, to refer to those who know Buddhism only through books. Dōgen often uses the word in this latter sense, in such expressions as “scholar of the Tripiṭaka (sanzō no gakusha 三藏の學者), “scholar of words and letters” (monji no gakusha 文字 の學者). “The alien path of ...
The Doctrinal Transformation of 20th Century
... texts for ritual purposes. Moreover, they often railed against the common practice among monks of conducting funeral rites for money since it fostered superstitious beliefs about ghosts among the people and encouraged greed as it became the primary source of income for many monasteries (Welch 1967). ...
... texts for ritual purposes. Moreover, they often railed against the common practice among monks of conducting funeral rites for money since it fostered superstitious beliefs about ghosts among the people and encouraged greed as it became the primary source of income for many monasteries (Welch 1967). ...
Conversion by the Book: Buddhist Print Culture in Early Republican
... to rebuild the corpus of Buddhist texts in circulation in post-Taiping China. That and his lasting influence on a number of monastic and lay students became his best-known contributions to Buddhist religious culture in modern China, and cemented his reputation as the 'father' of a modern revival of ...
... to rebuild the corpus of Buddhist texts in circulation in post-Taiping China. That and his lasting influence on a number of monastic and lay students became his best-known contributions to Buddhist religious culture in modern China, and cemented his reputation as the 'father' of a modern revival of ...
Maitreya Images in Asian Buddhist Fine Arts - Harvard
... of Maitreya in Xumishan, China, or the 26-m high bronze statue of Qianba Buddha in Tibet, etc. This manifests the significant role Maitreya image played in Asian Buddhist fine art in particular, and in Asian Buddhism in general, especially in the style of colossal statues. After establishing its rol ...
... of Maitreya in Xumishan, China, or the 26-m high bronze statue of Qianba Buddha in Tibet, etc. This manifests the significant role Maitreya image played in Asian Buddhist fine art in particular, and in Asian Buddhism in general, especially in the style of colossal statues. After establishing its rol ...
Untitled - Shambhala Publications
... truths-is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to refer not primarily to statements or language, but to the realities to which statem ...
... truths-is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to refer not primarily to statements or language, but to the realities to which statem ...
The future cakravartin-maitreyan soteriology in early China
... the angle of the ideal of cakravartin embedded in the image of Maitreya, who rules over a heavenly paradise and will come down to effect universal salvation in an earthly paradise. In the first section, I will present the social conditions as well as the indigenous schools of thought in Early China, ...
... the angle of the ideal of cakravartin embedded in the image of Maitreya, who rules over a heavenly paradise and will come down to effect universal salvation in an earthly paradise. In the first section, I will present the social conditions as well as the indigenous schools of thought in Early China, ...
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
... description of various mountains like Himalaya, Kailasha, Sumeru, Kanchana and various rivers and trees like Ganga, Niranjana, Jamuna and trees like Tala, Asoka, Lodhra etc. and descriptions of traditional seasons shows his skill on the field of geography and Botany and other medical science. In vie ...
... description of various mountains like Himalaya, Kailasha, Sumeru, Kanchana and various rivers and trees like Ganga, Niranjana, Jamuna and trees like Tala, Asoka, Lodhra etc. and descriptions of traditional seasons shows his skill on the field of geography and Botany and other medical science. In vie ...
Buddhist Meditation: An anthology from the Pali canon
... between samatha, calm meditation and vipassana, insight, was much more fluid in ancient times than is commonly supposed and that the canon constantly encourages a flexibly practical approach. This can be seen both in the assignation of meditation objects to practitioners and in the way help is somet ...
... between samatha, calm meditation and vipassana, insight, was much more fluid in ancient times than is commonly supposed and that the canon constantly encourages a flexibly practical approach. This can be seen both in the assignation of meditation objects to practitioners and in the way help is somet ...
Fabio Rambelli - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions
... 現世利益) and ultimately leads them to salvation. Taniguchi emphasizes family practice and writes about the beauty of a family united in front of the butsudan.8 According to him, practices conducive to the formation of such religious habitus include, for example, formal, stereotypical formulae of greeti ...
... 現世利益) and ultimately leads them to salvation. Taniguchi emphasizes family practice and writes about the beauty of a family united in front of the butsudan.8 According to him, practices conducive to the formation of such religious habitus include, for example, formal, stereotypical formulae of greeti ...
tathāgatagarbha, emptiness, and monism
... difference is that the former group of scholars see Mahāyāna in general as monistic while the latter do not. This essay is concerned with this question of the equation of pratītyasamutpāda,śūnyatā, and tathāgatagarbha and the related issue of whether or not tathāgatagarbha thought represents a form ...
... difference is that the former group of scholars see Mahāyāna in general as monistic while the latter do not. This essay is concerned with this question of the equation of pratītyasamutpāda,śūnyatā, and tathāgatagarbha and the related issue of whether or not tathāgatagarbha thought represents a form ...
Deva (Buddhism) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Bodhisattvas: A bodhisattva may be a deva in a particular life, but bodhisattvas are not essentially devas, and if they happen to be devas it is only in the course of being born in many different worlds over time. A bodhisattva is as likely to be born as a human or as an animal, and is only distingu ...
... Bodhisattvas: A bodhisattva may be a deva in a particular life, but bodhisattvas are not essentially devas, and if they happen to be devas it is only in the course of being born in many different worlds over time. A bodhisattva is as likely to be born as a human or as an animal, and is only distingu ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-1800s.5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two f ...
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-1800s.5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two f ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal Practice
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
golden sun adepts refuge
... the result of the combined efforts of a number of FPMT teachers and spiritual program coordinators, under the guidance and advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Spiritual Director of the FPMT. The aim of the Discovering BUDDHISM at Home program is to give participants a solid footing in the practice of Maha ...
... the result of the combined efforts of a number of FPMT teachers and spiritual program coordinators, under the guidance and advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Spiritual Director of the FPMT. The aim of the Discovering BUDDHISM at Home program is to give participants a solid footing in the practice of Maha ...
Gender and the soteriology debate in Buddhism: Is a
... There has been substantial research on women in Buddhism in general over the past few decades, one of the pioneering works being Isaline Blew Horner‘s Women under Primitive Buddhism, first published in 1930. Horner fully covers laywoman to ordained women in Buddhism during the time of the Buddha fro ...
... There has been substantial research on women in Buddhism in general over the past few decades, one of the pioneering works being Isaline Blew Horner‘s Women under Primitive Buddhism, first published in 1930. Horner fully covers laywoman to ordained women in Buddhism during the time of the Buddha fro ...
A Brief Exposition on the Heart Sutra The Heart Sutra
... itself is emptiness; emptiness itself is form. So, too, are feeling, cognition, formation, and consciousness. Shariputra, all dharmas are empty of characteristics. They are not produced. Not destroyed, not defiled, not pure, and they neither increase nor diminish. Therefore, in emptiness there is no ...
... itself is emptiness; emptiness itself is form. So, too, are feeling, cognition, formation, and consciousness. Shariputra, all dharmas are empty of characteristics. They are not produced. Not destroyed, not defiled, not pure, and they neither increase nor diminish. Therefore, in emptiness there is no ...
First Steps - SGI South Africa
... (1871-1944) whose discovery of Nichiren Buddhism in 1920 led to his founding the Soka Gakkai Buddhist lay society with Josei Toda in 1930. Arrested with Toda for holding to his faith, Makiguchi died in prison. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo – In the practice established by Nichiren Daishonin, this is the phras ...
... (1871-1944) whose discovery of Nichiren Buddhism in 1920 led to his founding the Soka Gakkai Buddhist lay society with Josei Toda in 1930. Arrested with Toda for holding to his faith, Makiguchi died in prison. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo – In the practice established by Nichiren Daishonin, this is the phras ...
Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion
... can be traced back to the National Learning (kokugaku) scholar Motoori Norinaga in the eighteenth century, and it is reflected more recently in Yanagida Kunio's work on Japanese folklore. The same trend is discernible in the writings of Hori 1chir6, who claims an opinion similar to Robert Bellah's a ...
... can be traced back to the National Learning (kokugaku) scholar Motoori Norinaga in the eighteenth century, and it is reflected more recently in Yanagida Kunio's work on Japanese folklore. The same trend is discernible in the writings of Hori 1chir6, who claims an opinion similar to Robert Bellah's a ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
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).