The Tulku System in Tibetan Buddhism
... Some of these newly arrived lamas started teaching Tibetan Buddhism in the West and even contributed to the development of Buddhist studies in academic circles.8 Another important development which happened in the 1960s and 70s was the emergence of the so-called spiritual movements in the United St ...
... Some of these newly arrived lamas started teaching Tibetan Buddhism in the West and even contributed to the development of Buddhist studies in academic circles.8 Another important development which happened in the 1960s and 70s was the emergence of the so-called spiritual movements in the United St ...
The Arya Dharma of Sakya Muni, Gautama Buddha. The Ethics of
... dictator were adopted by Jehovah. When he could not manage the Jews He went and joined the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, and betrayed the poor Jews to be taken captives to Babylon. In the Old Testament the prophets were guided by Jehovah; in the Koran Mahammad advised Allah the course to follow. W ...
... dictator were adopted by Jehovah. When he could not manage the Jews He went and joined the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, and betrayed the poor Jews to be taken captives to Babylon. In the Old Testament the prophets were guided by Jehovah; in the Koran Mahammad advised Allah the course to follow. W ...
Dokument in Tabellen
... Shakyamuni, and his practice was first Indian, then Chinese and finally Japanese. It is now universal. When we become familiar with the life and original teaching of Buddha, we can represent it through our kesa, through our monk's bowl, or even by turning a flower between our fingers, but surely not ...
... Shakyamuni, and his practice was first Indian, then Chinese and finally Japanese. It is now universal. When we become familiar with the life and original teaching of Buddha, we can represent it through our kesa, through our monk's bowl, or even by turning a flower between our fingers, but surely not ...
The Origin of Buddhist Meditation
... example, is probably in many respects a quite reliable record of the last few months of the Buddha’s life. It is likely that some of the events recorded in it are historically authentic, e.g. the Buddha’s death in Kusin r 7 and his last words on that occasion,8 for there is no reason to believe that ...
... example, is probably in many respects a quite reliable record of the last few months of the Buddha’s life. It is likely that some of the events recorded in it are historically authentic, e.g. the Buddha’s death in Kusin r 7 and his last words on that occasion,8 for there is no reason to believe that ...
- White Rose eTheses Online
... understandable too that Liu Bei emphasized his descent from the imperial family of the Han dynasty to strengthen his legitimacy in founding a new dynasty in the southwest even if there is a shortage of evidence about his actual ancestry. However, educated Chinese after the collapse of Western Jin ru ...
... understandable too that Liu Bei emphasized his descent from the imperial family of the Han dynasty to strengthen his legitimacy in founding a new dynasty in the southwest even if there is a shortage of evidence about his actual ancestry. However, educated Chinese after the collapse of Western Jin ru ...
The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant Chabbisodhana-sutta and its Parallel
... regard to these four nutriments have you attained the knowledge that there is no clinging to anything and that [through] the destruction of the influxes the mind has been liberated? A monk, whose influxes are destroyed and who in this teaching has attained the knowledge of having established the hol ...
... regard to these four nutriments have you attained the knowledge that there is no clinging to anything and that [through] the destruction of the influxes the mind has been liberated? A monk, whose influxes are destroyed and who in this teaching has attained the knowledge of having established the hol ...
the tantric mysticism of tibet - Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia
... There are moments during life when a startling but marvelous experience leaps into one’s mind as though coming from another world. The magic that calls it forth — as though someone had accidentally whispered the “open sesame” that rolls the stone back from the hidden treasure — is often so fleeting ...
... There are moments during life when a startling but marvelous experience leaps into one’s mind as though coming from another world. The magic that calls it forth — as though someone had accidentally whispered the “open sesame” that rolls the stone back from the hidden treasure — is often so fleeting ...
Wat Intravihan
... commonly known as Acharn Toh or Somdej Toh, studied the Buddhist scriptures of the Pali Canon with several Buddhist masters. After becoming a well-known monk, he became the preceptor for Prince Mongkut, who later became King Rama IV. During Rama IV's reign, Somdej Toh was given the ceremonial name P ...
... commonly known as Acharn Toh or Somdej Toh, studied the Buddhist scriptures of the Pali Canon with several Buddhist masters. After becoming a well-known monk, he became the preceptor for Prince Mongkut, who later became King Rama IV. During Rama IV's reign, Somdej Toh was given the ceremonial name P ...
Zen Buddhism and Media - DUO
... The concepts “religion” and “media” are often mentioned together. Although there seems to be few apparent connection between these two concepts, apart from all the news about religiously motivated terror attacks, as well as other often negatively oriented news, these two concepts actually have a lot ...
... The concepts “religion” and “media” are often mentioned together. Although there seems to be few apparent connection between these two concepts, apart from all the news about religiously motivated terror attacks, as well as other often negatively oriented news, these two concepts actually have a lot ...
Noble Truths versus Dependent Origination Professor Oliver
... with a variety of modes of exposition and the fact that the tradition of the ancient teachers is available in unbroken continuity for the purpose of reference and consultation. Because of these two considerations I have courageously taken the difficult task of elucidating the teaching on Paṭiccasam ...
... with a variety of modes of exposition and the fact that the tradition of the ancient teachers is available in unbroken continuity for the purpose of reference and consultation. Because of these two considerations I have courageously taken the difficult task of elucidating the teaching on Paṭiccasam ...
exemplars and commentary
... [For the purpose of this exemplar the significant religious question is: What is the nature of suffering as understood in Catholicism and Buddhism.] Catholics have a belief in a good and loving Creator who has created the world and we in his own image Because of this belief, Catholics need to under ...
... [For the purpose of this exemplar the significant religious question is: What is the nature of suffering as understood in Catholicism and Buddhism.] Catholics have a belief in a good and loving Creator who has created the world and we in his own image Because of this belief, Catholics need to under ...
The Buddha`s Victory
... developed human being. Secondly, there is the ideal of the path to Enlightenment, the sum total of all the principles, practices, and teachings that help the individual human being in the course of his or her quest for spiritual perfection. Thirdly, there is the ideal of fellowship in pursuing the w ...
... developed human being. Secondly, there is the ideal of the path to Enlightenment, the sum total of all the principles, practices, and teachings that help the individual human being in the course of his or her quest for spiritual perfection. Thirdly, there is the ideal of fellowship in pursuing the w ...
Mindfulness in Early Buddhism
... Contemplation of the body is not necessarily accompanied by an element of evaluation, however, in fact the next exercise, which turns to the existence of basic material qualities in the body, does not contain a comparable qualification. Contemplation of the body in terms of the elements is in most v ...
... Contemplation of the body is not necessarily accompanied by an element of evaluation, however, in fact the next exercise, which turns to the existence of basic material qualities in the body, does not contain a comparable qualification. Contemplation of the body in terms of the elements is in most v ...
The Buddha`s Ancient Path
... was a suitable place to continue his quest for enlightenment, he decided to stay. Five other ascetics who admired his determined effort waited on him. They were Kondanna, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahanama and Assaji. There was, and still is, a belief in India among many of her ascetics that purification and ...
... was a suitable place to continue his quest for enlightenment, he decided to stay. Five other ascetics who admired his determined effort waited on him. They were Kondanna, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahanama and Assaji. There was, and still is, a belief in India among many of her ascetics that purification and ...
Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars
... that nirva1)a or buddhahood transcends the range of thought. Finally, our recalcitrant Buddhist might object that there is not and never has been any such thing as "Buddhist theology" for the simple reason that the term is an imported one, with no precise equivalent in any Asian B uddhist language, ...
... that nirva1)a or buddhahood transcends the range of thought. Finally, our recalcitrant Buddhist might object that there is not and never has been any such thing as "Buddhist theology" for the simple reason that the term is an imported one, with no precise equivalent in any Asian B uddhist language, ...
Ikeda - Unofficial SGI SWS
... In any event, the life-state of Buddhahood and the great desire for widespread propagation are one and the same. It therefore follows that this vast state of life is only manifest in those who strive to actualize kosen-rufu. If we remove ourselves from the struggle to “exert a hundred million aeons ...
... In any event, the life-state of Buddhahood and the great desire for widespread propagation are one and the same. It therefore follows that this vast state of life is only manifest in those who strive to actualize kosen-rufu. If we remove ourselves from the struggle to “exert a hundred million aeons ...
Minnan Eisai and Hirado - The Introduction of - NAOSITE
... later Dutch and English merchants. It was however, because of its vicinity to the Asian continent and its convenient geographical position in connection to the seasonal currents, a well-used port for travel to and from the Asian mainland. More than three and a half centuries before Eisai, the famous ...
... later Dutch and English merchants. It was however, because of its vicinity to the Asian continent and its convenient geographical position in connection to the seasonal currents, a well-used port for travel to and from the Asian mainland. More than three and a half centuries before Eisai, the famous ...
SD 37.8 - The Dharmafarers
... 1.2.1 Economics and ecology. Apart from sleep, most of us spend more of our lives at work and wage-earning than in any other waking activity. Inevitably, the work that we do powerfully moulds us. An important message of the Vāseṭṭha Sutta (M 98 = Sn 3.9),3 for example, is that we are not born high o ...
... 1.2.1 Economics and ecology. Apart from sleep, most of us spend more of our lives at work and wage-earning than in any other waking activity. Inevitably, the work that we do powerfully moulds us. An important message of the Vāseṭṭha Sutta (M 98 = Sn 3.9),3 for example, is that we are not born high o ...
Reflections on Martha Nussbaum’s Work on Compassion from a Buddhist Perspective
... created, in the sense that the consciousness ascribes permanence to itself. The Buddhist concept of self/personality attributes roles to each of the contributing aggregates, the flesh as well as the mind. All our senses are carriers of experience, including the mind, showing as Peter Harvey puts it, ...
... created, in the sense that the consciousness ascribes permanence to itself. The Buddhist concept of self/personality attributes roles to each of the contributing aggregates, the flesh as well as the mind. All our senses are carriers of experience, including the mind, showing as Peter Harvey puts it, ...
The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry
... The striking difference with almost all other Buddhist lineages in the world, excluding Zen, lies in the fact that in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism the significant importance is given to the explanation of the path and the spiritual realization presented in the form of poems. Some of these poems are a ...
... The striking difference with almost all other Buddhist lineages in the world, excluding Zen, lies in the fact that in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism the significant importance is given to the explanation of the path and the spiritual realization presented in the form of poems. Some of these poems are a ...
Ashoka
... One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from the parts of the ancient territories of Khorasan, Sistan and Balochistan (unpartitioned) in what is now Afghanistan and possibly eastern Iran, through the ...
... One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from the parts of the ancient territories of Khorasan, Sistan and Balochistan (unpartitioned) in what is now Afghanistan and possibly eastern Iran, through the ...
- VU Research Repository
... I, Lisa E. Jones, declare that the PhD thesis entitled The Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus: Bringing Buddhist Wisdom and Compassion to Psychotherapy is no more than 100,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, figures, appendices, references and footnotes. This thesis contains no material that has ...
... I, Lisa E. Jones, declare that the PhD thesis entitled The Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus: Bringing Buddhist Wisdom and Compassion to Psychotherapy is no more than 100,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, figures, appendices, references and footnotes. This thesis contains no material that has ...
empathy vs. evidence in rhetorical speech
... humanities and here its application comprises psychology, arts and art history, philosophy, and other areas. Research regarding this term is well documented and its history in the Western culture well known. In Dutch the term empathie, in French empathie, in German Einfühlung und Empathy, in Italian ...
... humanities and here its application comprises psychology, arts and art history, philosophy, and other areas. Research regarding this term is well documented and its history in the Western culture well known. In Dutch the term empathie, in French empathie, in German Einfühlung und Empathy, in Italian ...
The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism
... peaceful and wrathful looking deities in Kathmandu valley. He will even be doubtful if these are Buddhist at all. Because in eravada Buddhist tradition they are famliar with the image of Shakyamuni Buddha, Dharmacakra symbol, stupa, or some devas connected with Buddha legends. However, this is not ...
... peaceful and wrathful looking deities in Kathmandu valley. He will even be doubtful if these are Buddhist at all. Because in eravada Buddhist tradition they are famliar with the image of Shakyamuni Buddha, Dharmacakra symbol, stupa, or some devas connected with Buddha legends. However, this is not ...
Visualization and Mandala
... When the practitioner first cultivates the skillful means of the contemplation .m! of the super-mundane he begins by contemplating the principal deity. Relymg on a painted image fi'< il: 13! he contemplates thoroughly. At first he attains illumination Bfj ) ' with eyes closed; later, gradually openi ...
... When the practitioner first cultivates the skillful means of the contemplation .m! of the super-mundane he begins by contemplating the principal deity. Relymg on a painted image fi'< il: 13! he contemplates thoroughly. At first he attains illumination Bfj ) ' with eyes closed; later, gradually openi ...
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).