Translation of Gongyo
... How can I cause living beings to gain entry into the unsurpassed way and quickly acquire the body of a Buddha?” ...
... How can I cause living beings to gain entry into the unsurpassed way and quickly acquire the body of a Buddha?” ...
Sutra of the Medicine Buddha
... The Buddha praised the Bodhisattva Manjusri, saying: “Excellent! Excellent, Manjusri! Out of great compassion, you have urged me to explain the names and titles,7 merits and virtues and past vows of the Buddhas, in order to liberate those who are bound by karmic obstructions and bring benefits, peace ...
... The Buddha praised the Bodhisattva Manjusri, saying: “Excellent! Excellent, Manjusri! Out of great compassion, you have urged me to explain the names and titles,7 merits and virtues and past vows of the Buddhas, in order to liberate those who are bound by karmic obstructions and bring benefits, peace ...
- Hospice of Mother Tara
... Big celebrations! We were able to host Venerable Namgyel in our newly completed residence during November and December, with the kitchen renovations coming together at the very last minute. Many thanks to everyone who helped with the work that has gone into it and funding the renovations. Special th ...
... Big celebrations! We were able to host Venerable Namgyel in our newly completed residence during November and December, with the kitchen renovations coming together at the very last minute. Many thanks to everyone who helped with the work that has gone into it and funding the renovations. Special th ...
Luangpor Teean whom I knew, but never met.
... and witness the fast pace of advancement in their Dharma practice by themselves, especially the 2 highest graduates in Dharma Studies, the 9th Grade Dharma Graduates, namely Venerable Phramaha Lai Kosako (9th Grade Dharma Graduate), the Abbot of Wat Phrasriratanaram, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and ...
... and witness the fast pace of advancement in their Dharma practice by themselves, especially the 2 highest graduates in Dharma Studies, the 9th Grade Dharma Graduates, namely Venerable Phramaha Lai Kosako (9th Grade Dharma Graduate), the Abbot of Wat Phrasriratanaram, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and ...
Contentment, Compassion and Wisdom, a Buddhist Perspective
... compassion. Love is the aspect of thinking may he or she be happy, when we see sentient beings. May I do something for each and everyone to be happy, this is love. What is bodhicitta? Bodhicitta is based on compassion and love, but here we make a wish that may this being be completely free of all th ...
... compassion. Love is the aspect of thinking may he or she be happy, when we see sentient beings. May I do something for each and everyone to be happy, this is love. What is bodhicitta? Bodhicitta is based on compassion and love, but here we make a wish that may this being be completely free of all th ...
The Four Noble Truths - Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
... of reality in terms of causal dependence then one will be able to appreciate the workings of karma or karmic law. One understands how experiences of pain and suffering come into being as the result of negative actions, thoughts and behavior. Similarly how desirable experiences like happiness and joy ...
... of reality in terms of causal dependence then one will be able to appreciate the workings of karma or karmic law. One understands how experiences of pain and suffering come into being as the result of negative actions, thoughts and behavior. Similarly how desirable experiences like happiness and joy ...
Environmental Ethics in Mahayana Buddhism: The Significance of
... ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN MAHAYANA ...
... ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN MAHAYANA ...
Vows and Declarations of Votaries of the Lotus Sutra and
... for the propagation of Buddhism, will either maintain that sole purpose or we will refute such organization. We vow that we will not knowingly create an organization that confuses people as to what they should be doing in order to attain enlightenment. We vow to never lead people to believe that sec ...
... for the propagation of Buddhism, will either maintain that sole purpose or we will refute such organization. We vow that we will not knowingly create an organization that confuses people as to what they should be doing in order to attain enlightenment. We vow to never lead people to believe that sec ...
Alan Wallace`s Buddhist Teachers
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
Four Noble Truths - anotheroxfordsittinggroup.org
... also refers to the first sermon, but does not mention the four truths. The monks receive here personal instructions.[57] Bronkhorst further notices that ...the accounts which include the Four Noble Truths had a completely different conception of the process of liberation than the one which includes ...
... also refers to the first sermon, but does not mention the four truths. The monks receive here personal instructions.[57] Bronkhorst further notices that ...the accounts which include the Four Noble Truths had a completely different conception of the process of liberation than the one which includes ...
Buddhist Meditation - Sungai Long Buddhist Society
... The first thing he might think is, "Are all sensations impermanent? Did any of them last the length of my meditation? Did any of them change in intensity, or were they always the same?" Upon reflection, he would find all sensations whether in mind or body were impermanent. They would arise because o ...
... The first thing he might think is, "Are all sensations impermanent? Did any of them last the length of my meditation? Did any of them change in intensity, or were they always the same?" Upon reflection, he would find all sensations whether in mind or body were impermanent. They would arise because o ...
Human-Centered Buddhism--One that Accords with Dharma
... distant past and its present transmission to the West have striking parallels. The Buddhist scriptures and practices that came gradually into China from India had developed in different historical periods and in different environments. The ways in which the ancient Chinese made sense of the bewilder ...
... distant past and its present transmission to the West have striking parallels. The Buddhist scriptures and practices that came gradually into China from India had developed in different historical periods and in different environments. The ways in which the ancient Chinese made sense of the bewilder ...
ĐẠI THỪA VÀ TIỂU THỪA - BHD GĐPTVN tại Hoa Kỳ
... Buddhism? Before the Buddha entered nirvana, he taught Venerable Ananda: "Sangha, if possible, remove or change a few minor rules" (but Ananda did not ask the Buddha which the minor rules are). On the same notion, some minor changes later could not be seen as unorthodox. Moreover, the Buddha replied ...
... Buddhism? Before the Buddha entered nirvana, he taught Venerable Ananda: "Sangha, if possible, remove or change a few minor rules" (but Ananda did not ask the Buddha which the minor rules are). On the same notion, some minor changes later could not be seen as unorthodox. Moreover, the Buddha replied ...
BUDDHIST BELIEF:
... In our efforts to practice the Dharma, we have to learn not to be attached or bound by our emotions. It is best for our practice if our relationships with others are level and smooth; intense relationships often do not last long. There is a Chinese saying, A gentlemanly relationship is as plain as w ...
... In our efforts to practice the Dharma, we have to learn not to be attached or bound by our emotions. It is best for our practice if our relationships with others are level and smooth; intense relationships often do not last long. There is a Chinese saying, A gentlemanly relationship is as plain as w ...
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... which is the expression of his own field of compassionate wishes, pure heart and nothing else. Having manifest a place of awakening accessible to all beings, it is the special vow of Amitabha that in order to benefit beings who are caught in the realm of their own confusion and suffering, one must o ...
... which is the expression of his own field of compassionate wishes, pure heart and nothing else. Having manifest a place of awakening accessible to all beings, it is the special vow of Amitabha that in order to benefit beings who are caught in the realm of their own confusion and suffering, one must o ...
A Survey Of The Paths Of Tibetan Buddhism
... techniques for bringing about a betterment within this life or attaining a favourable rebirth in the future as a human or god. Such a system highlights the importance of maintaining good behaviour. By performing good deeds and refraining from negative actions we can lead righteous lives and be able ...
... techniques for bringing about a betterment within this life or attaining a favourable rebirth in the future as a human or god. Such a system highlights the importance of maintaining good behaviour. By performing good deeds and refraining from negative actions we can lead righteous lives and be able ...
Leader Resource 1 - eternallycompelling.org
... While earlier Buddhist teachings focused on the rise and fall of phenomena in order to emphasize the futility of attachment, “Perfection of Wisdom” texts go beyond these teachings and state that there is no such rise and fall, because all phenomena are essentially empty. While the Heart Sutra is ver ...
... While earlier Buddhist teachings focused on the rise and fall of phenomena in order to emphasize the futility of attachment, “Perfection of Wisdom” texts go beyond these teachings and state that there is no such rise and fall, because all phenomena are essentially empty. While the Heart Sutra is ver ...
A Survey of the Paths of Tibetan Buddhism
... techniques for bringing about a betterment within this life or attaining a favourable rebirth in the future as a human or god. Such a system highlights the importance of maintaining good behaviour. By performing good deeds and refraining from negative actions we can lead righteous lives and be able ...
... techniques for bringing about a betterment within this life or attaining a favourable rebirth in the future as a human or god. Such a system highlights the importance of maintaining good behaviour. By performing good deeds and refraining from negative actions we can lead righteous lives and be able ...
Transcript of the teachings by Geshe Chonyi
... attainment the reality (emptiness) that was realised in meditative equipoise on the path of meditation.”2 (Subsequent attainment is also translated as the post meditative equipoise). As explained in the Lamrim, meditation on emptiness in meditative equipoise is called the space-like meditative equip ...
... attainment the reality (emptiness) that was realised in meditative equipoise on the path of meditation.”2 (Subsequent attainment is also translated as the post meditative equipoise). As explained in the Lamrim, meditation on emptiness in meditative equipoise is called the space-like meditative equip ...
Practical Advice for Meditator`s
... and must, to be successful, go hand in hand with such other practices as generosity, gentleness, nonviolence, patience, contentment and humility. If such genuine qualities of the Dhamma neither exist in oneself initially, nor grow through one's practice, then something is drastically wrong, and only ...
... and must, to be successful, go hand in hand with such other practices as generosity, gentleness, nonviolence, patience, contentment and humility. If such genuine qualities of the Dhamma neither exist in oneself initially, nor grow through one's practice, then something is drastically wrong, and only ...
Text - McGill University
... thinker of the seventh century CE, particularly through his work, the SikoJiisamuccaya (Compendium of Teaching). This study therefore helps redress a significant imbalance in the scholarship on Buddhist ethics, which has up to now focused primarily on the morality of the Theravada Buddhist tradition ...
... thinker of the seventh century CE, particularly through his work, the SikoJiisamuccaya (Compendium of Teaching). This study therefore helps redress a significant imbalance in the scholarship on Buddhist ethics, which has up to now focused primarily on the morality of the Theravada Buddhist tradition ...
Buddhism: The Awakening of Wisdom and Compassion
... helps others to reach enlightenment after achieving his or her own. Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism have attained this level. Third is "Perfect Complete Enlightenment,” a state in which one reaches perfection in both enlightenment for self as well as helping others to reach enlightenment. This is ...
... helps others to reach enlightenment after achieving his or her own. Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism have attained this level. Third is "Perfect Complete Enlightenment,” a state in which one reaches perfection in both enlightenment for self as well as helping others to reach enlightenment. This is ...
Prereadings For Cultivating The Heart-min
... The eight-fold path is called the middle way because it is balanced with moderation and does not incline to extremes of self-indulgence or self-denial. The Buddha’s eight-factored path is a way to balance any cognitive, affective and behavioural imbalances. The eight-fold path is in essence the prac ...
... The eight-fold path is called the middle way because it is balanced with moderation and does not incline to extremes of self-indulgence or self-denial. The Buddha’s eight-factored path is a way to balance any cognitive, affective and behavioural imbalances. The eight-fold path is in essence the prac ...
“Buddhism is a soteriology. It is concerned with bringing about for its
... attachment, desire, and craving . The desire for sense pleasures manifests itself as wanting to have pleasant experiences: the taste of good food, pleasant sexual experiences, delightful music. There is desire to have (wanting) and desire not to have (aversion) desire for sense-pleasures - kama-tanh ...
... attachment, desire, and craving . The desire for sense pleasures manifests itself as wanting to have pleasant experiences: the taste of good food, pleasant sexual experiences, delightful music. There is desire to have (wanting) and desire not to have (aversion) desire for sense-pleasures - kama-tanh ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... Second, is "enlightenment of self and others", a state in which one helps others to reach enlightenment after achieving his or her own. Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism have attained this level. Third is "Perfect Complete Enlightenment", a state in which one reaches perfection in both enlightenment ...
... Second, is "enlightenment of self and others", a state in which one helps others to reach enlightenment after achieving his or her own. Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism have attained this level. Third is "Perfect Complete Enlightenment", a state in which one reaches perfection in both enlightenment ...