Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... Burma and Thailand are the main ones – most villages contain monasteries housing at least one monk, a man with shaven head wearing yellow robes. However, the term Sangha is ambiguous. In early texts it was used to refer to all who had accepted certain fundamental Buddhist doctrines and signalled the ...
... Burma and Thailand are the main ones – most villages contain monasteries housing at least one monk, a man with shaven head wearing yellow robes. However, the term Sangha is ambiguous. In early texts it was used to refer to all who had accepted certain fundamental Buddhist doctrines and signalled the ...
The Revival of the Bhikkhuni Order and the Decline of the Sasana
... order and the Dharma in general survived far beyond the period of five hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhun! order in India and Sri Lanka, even though it took well over five hundred years for that to happen. The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkh ...
... order and the Dharma in general survived far beyond the period of five hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhun! order in India and Sri Lanka, even though it took well over five hundred years for that to happen. The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkh ...
Urban Dharma Newsletters
... Arhat Mahinda, the profoundly sapient thera, came to Sri Lanka as bidden by his father, the emperor Asoka (264-267 BC) of India, who was earlier known as Chandasoka (Asoka the wicked), but later, when he renounced armed conquests, he came to be known as Dharmasoka (Asoka the pious). He proclaimed B ...
... Arhat Mahinda, the profoundly sapient thera, came to Sri Lanka as bidden by his father, the emperor Asoka (264-267 BC) of India, who was earlier known as Chandasoka (Asoka the wicked), but later, when he renounced armed conquests, he came to be known as Dharmasoka (Asoka the pious). He proclaimed B ...
Protecting Oneself and Others Through Mindfulness – The Acrobat
... be able to offer such gifts will immediately have considerable wholesome repercussions on one's own mind. Such form of 'dāna' involves a training and educating of the mind in wholesomeness that has its own intrinsic value, independent of whoever may eventually be the recipients of these gifts. Here ...
... be able to offer such gifts will immediately have considerable wholesome repercussions on one's own mind. Such form of 'dāna' involves a training and educating of the mind in wholesomeness that has its own intrinsic value, independent of whoever may eventually be the recipients of these gifts. Here ...
Tevijja Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... (perhaps the only Pali masculine noun with a feminine -ā ending) and the adjective brahma (meaning “divine, perfect”). In the Pali Canon, such terms are characteristically used in the Buddhist sense of spiritual attainment or perfection. Due to the closed nature of Upanishadic transmission, the Budd ...
... (perhaps the only Pali masculine noun with a feminine -ā ending) and the adjective brahma (meaning “divine, perfect”). In the Pali Canon, such terms are characteristically used in the Buddhist sense of spiritual attainment or perfection. Due to the closed nature of Upanishadic transmission, the Budd ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... Buddhists and society when it first began to grow. Even the passing of a bird in the sky leaves some sort of trace, and in principle it should be possible to fashion the instruments to detect it. Much has already been written over the past two centuries about the interaction of the Buddhist Order wi ...
... Buddhists and society when it first began to grow. Even the passing of a bird in the sky leaves some sort of trace, and in principle it should be possible to fashion the instruments to detect it. Much has already been written over the past two centuries about the interaction of the Buddhist Order wi ...
Economic and Political Weekly June 9, 2007 2177
... began in one internet forum on Ravidas identity in relationship to Buddhism.2 It was argued that Ravidas was against the caste system and preached equality, and projected the same principles as Buddha did. Some discussants considered Ravidas to be a god who had even constituted a religion, others ju ...
... began in one internet forum on Ravidas identity in relationship to Buddhism.2 It was argued that Ravidas was against the caste system and preached equality, and projected the same principles as Buddha did. Some discussants considered Ravidas to be a god who had even constituted a religion, others ju ...
REINCARNATION IN BUDDHISM: AN ANALYSIS FROM ISLAMIC
... human were created through the mixture of four elements which is earth, fire, water and wind. These elements represent each organs of the human body. A human’s body will perished when he or she passes away, but not his mind. Mind in the perspective of Malay metaphysics consists of non-material enti ...
... human were created through the mixture of four elements which is earth, fire, water and wind. These elements represent each organs of the human body. A human’s body will perished when he or she passes away, but not his mind. Mind in the perspective of Malay metaphysics consists of non-material enti ...
THE TEACHING METHODS OF BUDDHA
... 1:140 f.; DhA 4:188 f.; Miln 349). Those words spoken by the Buddha on such an occasion are known as “Light Verses” or “Holographic Stanzas” (obhāsa,gāthā, SnA 16, 265). On one occasion, to subdue the pride of the Śākyas, the Buddha projected a jewelled walk (ratanacankamaa) in mid-air and then wal ...
... 1:140 f.; DhA 4:188 f.; Miln 349). Those words spoken by the Buddha on such an occasion are known as “Light Verses” or “Holographic Stanzas” (obhāsa,gāthā, SnA 16, 265). On one occasion, to subdue the pride of the Śākyas, the Buddha projected a jewelled walk (ratanacankamaa) in mid-air and then wal ...
Obstructive or counteractive karma (upapiḍaka
... Intention and the moral quality of actions[ "It is intention that I call karma" (cetanahan bukkhave kammam vadami) The fourth is the Aggregate of Mental Formations (Samkhārakkhandha). In this group are included all volitional activities both good and bad. What is generally known as karma (or kamma) ...
... Intention and the moral quality of actions[ "It is intention that I call karma" (cetanahan bukkhave kammam vadami) The fourth is the Aggregate of Mental Formations (Samkhārakkhandha). In this group are included all volitional activities both good and bad. What is generally known as karma (or kamma) ...
Ascetic Figures Before and in Early Buddhism: The Emergence of
... and muni are not only Buddhistic terms but trans-sectarian . then an investigation is warranted into their significance in relation to the wider context of the Jain and Brahmanic traditions. We therefore have resolved to explore each of these categories within both Buddhism and the wider ascetic mil ...
... and muni are not only Buddhistic terms but trans-sectarian . then an investigation is warranted into their significance in relation to the wider context of the Jain and Brahmanic traditions. We therefore have resolved to explore each of these categories within both Buddhism and the wider ascetic mil ...
RELS102 AnIntroductionto HinduismandBuddhism Semester1 2017
... introduce characteristic forms and key concepts of ancient, classical and contemporary Hinduism, and of new religious movements of Hindu origin; introduce central ideas and practices of early and later Indian Buddhism, and the Theravāda tradition in Asia and the West; and prepare students for furthe ...
... introduce characteristic forms and key concepts of ancient, classical and contemporary Hinduism, and of new religious movements of Hindu origin; introduce central ideas and practices of early and later Indian Buddhism, and the Theravāda tradition in Asia and the West; and prepare students for furthe ...
NO INNER CORE - ANATTA BY SAYADAW U SILANANDA
... could be regarded as a self existing, real ego-entity soul or any other abiding substance. “ In The Truth of Anatta, Dc G.P Malalasekera states that Attâ is “self, as a subtle metaphysical entity soul.”’ These definitions also cover a wide range of meanings of the term Attâ and of the usual translat ...
... could be regarded as a self existing, real ego-entity soul or any other abiding substance. “ In The Truth of Anatta, Dc G.P Malalasekera states that Attâ is “self, as a subtle metaphysical entity soul.”’ These definitions also cover a wide range of meanings of the term Attâ and of the usual translat ...
Laymen saints - The Dharmafarers
... audience since they have good roots, that is, enjoying the fruit of their past good karma. They are those with very little dust or do dust in their eyes, with keen faculties, with good qualities, easy to teach, seeing blame and fear in the otherworld. This too may refer to the rich field, especially ...
... audience since they have good roots, that is, enjoying the fruit of their past good karma. They are those with very little dust or do dust in their eyes, with keen faculties, with good qualities, easy to teach, seeing blame and fear in the otherworld. This too may refer to the rich field, especially ...
Brahmā`s Invitation: the Ariyapariyesanā
... Brahmā’s belief that beings arose in his realm in compliance with its wish for company. With a good dose of humour, the psychologically intriguing point is made by presenting the notion of a creator god as an inventive response to loneliness. Another discourse features a direct confrontation between ...
... Brahmā’s belief that beings arose in his realm in compliance with its wish for company. With a good dose of humour, the psychologically intriguing point is made by presenting the notion of a creator god as an inventive response to loneliness. Another discourse features a direct confrontation between ...
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism
... avoid karmic retribution are therefore confronted with the challenge to put an end to all activity. This can be most easily shown in the case of early Jainism. The most characteristic trait of early Jainism is that it teaches a way of asceticism in which suppression of all activity is central, espec ...
... avoid karmic retribution are therefore confronted with the challenge to put an end to all activity. This can be most easily shown in the case of early Jainism. The most characteristic trait of early Jainism is that it teaches a way of asceticism in which suppression of all activity is central, espec ...
Has Xuanzang really been in Mathurå?
... and history of arts, etc. it is certainly impossible to draw final conclusions about the credibility of the records—whether their facts and their information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or ...
... and history of arts, etc. it is certainly impossible to draw final conclusions about the credibility of the records—whether their facts and their information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or ...
A HISTORY OF THE JAINS ASHIM KUMAR ROY INTRODUCTION
... 5) Aparigraha (non-possession). As mentioned earlier Parshvanatha had prescribed only four vows. Mahavira splits Parshvanatha's fourth vow, which was perhaps Aparigraha into two. It is said that Brahmacharya was already included in Aparigraha, but Mahavira made it explicit so as to remove any misund ...
... 5) Aparigraha (non-possession). As mentioned earlier Parshvanatha had prescribed only four vows. Mahavira splits Parshvanatha's fourth vow, which was perhaps Aparigraha into two. It is said that Brahmacharya was already included in Aparigraha, but Mahavira made it explicit so as to remove any misund ...
No Inner Core
... the ultimate sense, denied. An individual may be an angry, hot-tempered person, for example, because in the past he or she has performed actions which leave conditions for traits, which are kamma results, to arise in the present. But this happens because kamma leaves a potential for those traits of ...
... the ultimate sense, denied. An individual may be an angry, hot-tempered person, for example, because in the past he or she has performed actions which leave conditions for traits, which are kamma results, to arise in the present. But this happens because kamma leaves a potential for those traits of ...
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... about the heartland of Brahmanism in his time. He calls it “land of the Āryas” (āryāvarta), and situates in essentially in the Ganges plain, between the Thar desert in the west and the confluence of the rivers Ganges (Gaṅgā) and Jumna (Yamunā) in the east.3 Exactly the same expression is used aga ...
... about the heartland of Brahmanism in his time. He calls it “land of the Āryas” (āryāvarta), and situates in essentially in the Ganges plain, between the Thar desert in the west and the confluence of the rivers Ganges (Gaṅgā) and Jumna (Yamunā) in the east.3 Exactly the same expression is used aga ...
Let`s Meet at the ak ayava a - Personal Pages
... With the development of śrāddha understood a little better, I now turn to the evidence available about Gayā. The first Brahmanical text to mention Gayā does so specifically in connection to the śrāddha. Vasiha Dharmasūtra was probably composed sometime in the first century CE. In his section on an ...
... With the development of śrāddha understood a little better, I now turn to the evidence available about Gayā. The first Brahmanical text to mention Gayā does so specifically in connection to the śrāddha. Vasiha Dharmasūtra was probably composed sometime in the first century CE. In his section on an ...
the two traditions of meditation in ancient india
... in the light of the later tradition.3 It would be unfair to those who uphold position (i) to put too much emphasis on the parallelism with the unfortunate history of Biblical studies. We must assume that they look upon their position as, in their eyes, the best hypothesis available, which they are r ...
... in the light of the later tradition.3 It would be unfair to those who uphold position (i) to put too much emphasis on the parallelism with the unfortunate history of Biblical studies. We must assume that they look upon their position as, in their eyes, the best hypothesis available, which they are r ...
Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India
... in the light of the later tradition.3 It would be unfair to those who uphold position (i) to put too much emphasis on the parallelism with the unfortunate history of Biblical studies. We must assume that they look upon their position as, in their eyes, the best hypothesis available, which they are r ...
... in the light of the later tradition.3 It would be unfair to those who uphold position (i) to put too much emphasis on the parallelism with the unfortunate history of Biblical studies. We must assume that they look upon their position as, in their eyes, the best hypothesis available, which they are r ...
use of theses - ANU Repository
... Rhys Davids is of the same opinion: "Gautama was born and brought up and lived ...
... Rhys Davids is of the same opinion: "Gautama was born and brought up and lived ...
the buddha image at amaravati
... In recent studies of Indian Buddhist art, an important theory developed by Alfred Foucher is the theory of aniconism in relation to the Buddha image. In The Beginning of the Buddhist Art, he states “[W]hen we find the ancient stone carvers in India in full activity, we observe that they are very ind ...
... In recent studies of Indian Buddhist art, an important theory developed by Alfred Foucher is the theory of aniconism in relation to the Buddha image. In The Beginning of the Buddhist Art, he states “[W]hen we find the ancient stone carvers in India in full activity, we observe that they are very ind ...