The Science of the Buddha
... including the body with its five sense organs, as well as feelings, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness, are considered to be objects of mind consciousness (dharmas). The object of mind consciousness manifests in the same moment as mind consciousness. Subject and object of consciousness ...
... including the body with its five sense organs, as well as feelings, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness, are considered to be objects of mind consciousness (dharmas). The object of mind consciousness manifests in the same moment as mind consciousness. Subject and object of consciousness ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... do the work of purification themselves. I think that what happens between teacher and student is very complicated, and I don’t yet have a full understanding of the relationship. Somebody recently said that what he got from me most as a teacher, aside from meditation instructions, was a quality of fai ...
... do the work of purification themselves. I think that what happens between teacher and student is very complicated, and I don’t yet have a full understanding of the relationship. Somebody recently said that what he got from me most as a teacher, aside from meditation instructions, was a quality of fai ...
Seeds of Compassion - Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
... We have had four dogs living at the house. Kacie and Taylor’s dogs from their mother’s house have been staying with us, since their mom and grandmother were on vacation. Although we are used to having visitors and guests staying with us, this is the first time for visiting four-legged creatures. For ...
... We have had four dogs living at the house. Kacie and Taylor’s dogs from their mother’s house have been staying with us, since their mom and grandmother were on vacation. Although we are used to having visitors and guests staying with us, this is the first time for visiting four-legged creatures. For ...
The Story of Kisagotami
... first time he realised that life was full of suffering. He wanted to find a way to overcome or avoid suffering as much as possible so that people could lead happier lives. The Middle way teaches that if people avoid extreme ways of living and follow a lifestyle which is a middle path between the ext ...
... first time he realised that life was full of suffering. He wanted to find a way to overcome or avoid suffering as much as possible so that people could lead happier lives. The Middle way teaches that if people avoid extreme ways of living and follow a lifestyle which is a middle path between the ext ...
On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the
... If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquillity throughout the four quarters of the land, should you not? On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land, WND, 24 Submitted to Hojo Tokiyori on July 16, 1260 from Kamakura From ...
... If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquillity throughout the four quarters of the land, should you not? On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land, WND, 24 Submitted to Hojo Tokiyori on July 16, 1260 from Kamakura From ...
Taraloka Buddhist Retreat Centre for Women 2014 Classic Taraloka
... Maitrimala, Varakhanti + Satyajyoti Metta, loving kindness towards ourselves and others, lies at the heart of Buddhist practice. We'll explore how the Metta Bhavana meditation practice can transform our emotional lives into ones more consistently based on love, friendship and interconnectedness. The ...
... Maitrimala, Varakhanti + Satyajyoti Metta, loving kindness towards ourselves and others, lies at the heart of Buddhist practice. We'll explore how the Metta Bhavana meditation practice can transform our emotional lives into ones more consistently based on love, friendship and interconnectedness. The ...
Right Concentration - Aryaloka Buddhist Center
... for the most part, and one can’t generalize on the basis of experience outside of prison about what “should” go on within the walls. For this volunteer, it became clear that while I can see myself as just the same as all the men in the Concord sangha, my conditions for practice are quite different. ...
... for the most part, and one can’t generalize on the basis of experience outside of prison about what “should” go on within the walls. For this volunteer, it became clear that while I can see myself as just the same as all the men in the Concord sangha, my conditions for practice are quite different. ...
Introduction to Ichinen Sanzen
... cut me off!” Then your mobile phone goes off and you feel Rapture because you think it’s your new girlfriend ringing. But when you can’t get to the phone in time you Panic thinking she won’t call again. Does this scenario seem familiar? For some people, this roller coaster ride of emotions may be an ...
... cut me off!” Then your mobile phone goes off and you feel Rapture because you think it’s your new girlfriend ringing. But when you can’t get to the phone in time you Panic thinking she won’t call again. Does this scenario seem familiar? For some people, this roller coaster ride of emotions may be an ...
The Buddhist Concept of Heaven and Hell
... we go after death? In between we ask ourselves what is the purpose of being good. After all most people would agree that being good is much harder than being bad and unless there were very good reasons we would much rather do the easy thing. To my mind this is why religions came into existence and t ...
... we go after death? In between we ask ourselves what is the purpose of being good. After all most people would agree that being good is much harder than being bad and unless there were very good reasons we would much rather do the easy thing. To my mind this is why religions came into existence and t ...
Good Question, Good Answer - Visuddha Meditation Centre
... used to symbolize his sacrifice. And in Buddhism, the statue of the Buddha is used to symbolize human perfection. The statue of the Buddha also reminds us of the human dimension in Buddhist teaching, the fact that Buddhism is human-centered, rather than god-centered, that we must look within not wi ...
... used to symbolize his sacrifice. And in Buddhism, the statue of the Buddha is used to symbolize human perfection. The statue of the Buddha also reminds us of the human dimension in Buddhist teaching, the fact that Buddhism is human-centered, rather than god-centered, that we must look within not wi ...
An Introduction to Buddhist Prayer
... beings, and others just to this one world that we more or less agree on. No matter. Many different cosmologies or world views can work when it comes to Buddhist practice, or to the activity of prayer. However our mind is, there is benefit to be found in prayer. Take, for example, the wish, ‘May you ...
... beings, and others just to this one world that we more or less agree on. No matter. Many different cosmologies or world views can work when it comes to Buddhist practice, or to the activity of prayer. However our mind is, there is benefit to be found in prayer. Take, for example, the wish, ‘May you ...
Suffering in the mystical traditions of Buddhism and Christianity
... experiences belonging to the realm of samsara and maya [illusion] matter, if the human person is already liberated. As for the suffering, it does not affect an enlightened one in the same manner as it does the average person. The worldling reacts to all objective aspects of suffering, and therefore, ...
... experiences belonging to the realm of samsara and maya [illusion] matter, if the human person is already liberated. As for the suffering, it does not affect an enlightened one in the same manner as it does the average person. The worldling reacts to all objective aspects of suffering, and therefore, ...
No Real Protection without Authentic Love and Compassion Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... The rigorous cultivation of boundless attitudes, such as love and compassion, taken up as daily practice, permits something new to happen. Such practice helps us come newly conscious of ways we have been subconsciously frozen into socially conditioned patterns of hostility and fear. It shows us how ...
... The rigorous cultivation of boundless attitudes, such as love and compassion, taken up as daily practice, permits something new to happen. Such practice helps us come newly conscious of ways we have been subconsciously frozen into socially conditioned patterns of hostility and fear. It shows us how ...
Vedic Astrology, Karma and Right Understanding
... So you see, each fruition of karma is an opportunity for liberation. Unfortunately, it rarely comes in the good times, for we are caught up in our enjoyment. It mostly comes in the tough times when we are most motivated to ask ourselves why things are the why they are. It is said in ancient India, " ...
... So you see, each fruition of karma is an opportunity for liberation. Unfortunately, it rarely comes in the good times, for we are caught up in our enjoyment. It mostly comes in the tough times when we are most motivated to ask ourselves why things are the why they are. It is said in ancient India, " ...
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... need to be saved from? If we look closely at a few religions and the experiences of those who have seen humans at their worst, we can conclude that salvation is being saved from the human condition. Salvation is happening here and now by people who try to overcome the feelings that make us unmistaka ...
... need to be saved from? If we look closely at a few religions and the experiences of those who have seen humans at their worst, we can conclude that salvation is being saved from the human condition. Salvation is happening here and now by people who try to overcome the feelings that make us unmistaka ...
Text ProgrammeFINAL
... Maitrimala, Varakhanti + Satyajyoti Metta, loving kindness towards ourselves and others, lies at the heart of Buddhist practice. We'll explore how the Metta Bhavana meditation practice can transform our emotional lives into ones more consistently based on love, friendship and interconnectedness. The ...
... Maitrimala, Varakhanti + Satyajyoti Metta, loving kindness towards ourselves and others, lies at the heart of Buddhist practice. We'll explore how the Metta Bhavana meditation practice can transform our emotional lives into ones more consistently based on love, friendship and interconnectedness. The ...
BUDDHISM A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism
... Buddhism was believed to have started in India by Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born around the fifth century BCE to a tribal chief of a clan in southern Nepal. According to Buddhist literature, it was prophesied that he would become a king if he stayed at home or a great sage and the savior of ...
... Buddhism was believed to have started in India by Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born around the fifth century BCE to a tribal chief of a clan in southern Nepal. According to Buddhist literature, it was prophesied that he would become a king if he stayed at home or a great sage and the savior of ...
The Four Noble Truths - Garnet Valley School District
... Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears. It is said, that someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with ...
... Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears. It is said, that someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with ...
This booklet is presented with please to acquire insight knowledge
... to chant traits and bless by touching someone’s head. All of these are better than thinking, listening or doing futile things. But Bhikkus should not touch the head of any other person while blessing because there are females also waiting to get the blessings. The above said chanting can have a sens ...
... to chant traits and bless by touching someone’s head. All of these are better than thinking, listening or doing futile things. But Bhikkus should not touch the head of any other person while blessing because there are females also waiting to get the blessings. The above said chanting can have a sens ...
Buddhism and Vegetarianism
... into the precipice, creating problems for ourselves. Being in accord with the compassionate mind If we investigate the view that being a vegetarian cannot lead to liberation and that we may even become animals, we will see that cows, sheep, and horses eat grass not because of their own resolve. They ...
... into the precipice, creating problems for ourselves. Being in accord with the compassionate mind If we investigate the view that being a vegetarian cannot lead to liberation and that we may even become animals, we will see that cows, sheep, and horses eat grass not because of their own resolve. They ...
Advice Regarding Spiritual Teachers
... them. You can start with any of the references listed on p. 8. For a beginner, it is sufficient if your prospective spiritual teacher is endowed with good ethics, compassion, has more spiritual knowledge than yourself, lives by the principles that he or she teaches and is someone with whom you feel th ...
... them. You can start with any of the references listed on p. 8. For a beginner, it is sufficient if your prospective spiritual teacher is endowed with good ethics, compassion, has more spiritual knowledge than yourself, lives by the principles that he or she teaches and is someone with whom you feel th ...
A Refuge from Addiction - Orlando Insight Meditation Group
... want to translate dukkha. My perception of the facts is ever-shifting. My ideas are dissolving. The practice requires a continual effort to feel whatever arises in each moment. Continued focus on each moment requires more and more subtlety and feeling of each moment. “What is this?” becomes the que ...
... want to translate dukkha. My perception of the facts is ever-shifting. My ideas are dissolving. The practice requires a continual effort to feel whatever arises in each moment. Continued focus on each moment requires more and more subtlety and feeling of each moment. “What is this?” becomes the que ...
Buddhism and Science
... In the back section (where anything that is not a full article, or does not specifically relate to the topic will be included) there are some cool quotes about Buddhism and science, as well as a comparison between the concepts in Buddhism and modern physics. I hope this SACCA finds you all well, and ...
... In the back section (where anything that is not a full article, or does not specifically relate to the topic will be included) there are some cool quotes about Buddhism and science, as well as a comparison between the concepts in Buddhism and modern physics. I hope this SACCA finds you all well, and ...
The Great Perfection of Tibetan Buddhism
... “thought” or “thinking” and watch the thought disappear on its own. You do not look into the content of the thoughts whether they are positive, negative, neutral, spiritual, or anything else. The content is immaterial, the process is paramount. After doing this for some time, one finds that one’s th ...
... “thought” or “thinking” and watch the thought disappear on its own. You do not look into the content of the thoughts whether they are positive, negative, neutral, spiritual, or anything else. The content is immaterial, the process is paramount. After doing this for some time, one finds that one’s th ...
July/August 2012
... dissolves-down is up, up is down, north is west and so is east. You find yourself being roughly pushed into a chair and a little voice whispers in your ear, "Just sit still and the blindfold will be removed shortly." As you begin to catch your breath and gather your senses, you hear the footsteps of ...
... dissolves-down is up, up is down, north is west and so is east. You find yourself being roughly pushed into a chair and a little voice whispers in your ear, "Just sit still and the blindfold will be removed shortly." As you begin to catch your breath and gather your senses, you hear the footsteps of ...