8 religion and philosophy in ancient india
... played an important part in the lives of the Indians from the earliest times. It assumed numerous forms in relation to different groups of people associated with them. Religious ideas, thoughts and practices differed among these groups, and transformations and developments took place in the various ...
... played an important part in the lives of the Indians from the earliest times. It assumed numerous forms in relation to different groups of people associated with them. Religious ideas, thoughts and practices differed among these groups, and transformations and developments took place in the various ...
Various aspects towards decline of buddhism in ancient Maharashtra
... Buddhism in India. In case of Buddhism in ancient Maharashtra, these Buddhist monasteries were situated in inaccessible places. These monasteries have tremendous wealth, but they don’t have permanent military for the security of this. If these monasteries met accidently with any robbery, then it is ...
... Buddhism in India. In case of Buddhism in ancient Maharashtra, these Buddhist monasteries were situated in inaccessible places. These monasteries have tremendous wealth, but they don’t have permanent military for the security of this. If these monasteries met accidently with any robbery, then it is ...
Buddhism
... (i.e. the sutras [Sutta Pitika], the monastic rules [Vinaya Pitika] and the ‘higher’ Dharma [Abhidharma Pitika]), texts began to appear that were not a part of the early textual tradition. These texts, taken by the Mahayana to be the ‘word of the Buddha’ (thus giving them legitimacy), are believed ( ...
... (i.e. the sutras [Sutta Pitika], the monastic rules [Vinaya Pitika] and the ‘higher’ Dharma [Abhidharma Pitika]), texts began to appear that were not a part of the early textual tradition. These texts, taken by the Mahayana to be the ‘word of the Buddha’ (thus giving them legitimacy), are believed ( ...
Chapter 2 INDIAN SOCIETY AT THE TIME OF THE
... wrote a guide to statecraft which is known as the Arthaśāstra. A Greek visitor, Megasthenes, gives a very strange description of the caste system (accepting seven instead of the usual four classes of people), and it is likely that he describes an attempted reform. This is certainly not impossible, b ...
... wrote a guide to statecraft which is known as the Arthaśāstra. A Greek visitor, Megasthenes, gives a very strange description of the caste system (accepting seven instead of the usual four classes of people), and it is likely that he describes an attempted reform. This is certainly not impossible, b ...
BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM: TWO ANTITHETIC
... simple belief in immortality – in face of all that rose up that man with His Message about the equal right of all men, without distinction of birth, class or rank, and even of sex, and ...
... simple belief in immortality – in face of all that rose up that man with His Message about the equal right of all men, without distinction of birth, class or rank, and even of sex, and ...
Bodhisattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
... ‘Middle Period’, from the first through sixth centuries CE. It is to be hoped that the methodological direction set by studies such as this—and, it should be noted, Jan Nattier’s similar treatment of the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra7—will be replicated across the entire spectrum of early Mahāyāna literature ...
... ‘Middle Period’, from the first through sixth centuries CE. It is to be hoped that the methodological direction set by studies such as this—and, it should be noted, Jan Nattier’s similar treatment of the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra7—will be replicated across the entire spectrum of early Mahāyāna literature ...
If Intention Is Karma: A New Approach to
... and teach kings. The kings he met obviously could not renounce their positions to follow him into a life of homelessness, and if they were to survive as kings they also could not abstain from using violence to punish criminals or enemies. However, they could still perform wholesome deeds by abstaini ...
... and teach kings. The kings he met obviously could not renounce their positions to follow him into a life of homelessness, and if they were to survive as kings they also could not abstain from using violence to punish criminals or enemies. However, they could still perform wholesome deeds by abstaini ...
Ethical Teachings of Buddhism
... 6. I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from taking untimely meals 7. I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from dancing, music, singing and watching grotesque mime 8. I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from the use of garlands, perfumes and personal adornment 9. I undert ...
... 6. I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from taking untimely meals 7. I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from dancing, music, singing and watching grotesque mime 8. I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from the use of garlands, perfumes and personal adornment 9. I undert ...
Are There Ethical Implications of Karma?
... the habitual and habituating pattern of suffering, we cannot control the effects and so it can only be a matter of chance that things turn out well. The goal of karmic ethical training is to generate outcomes that escape the samasaric continuity of ironic consequences. Buddhism construes ethics or m ...
... the habitual and habituating pattern of suffering, we cannot control the effects and so it can only be a matter of chance that things turn out well. The goal of karmic ethical training is to generate outcomes that escape the samasaric continuity of ironic consequences. Buddhism construes ethics or m ...
BUDDHISM AND GLOBAL PEACE : PERSPECTIVES ON
... the Great Vehicle. Buddha was the founder of this philosophy. He rejected the major aspects of the Hindu philosophy and challenged the authority of the priesthood. He did not agree with the validity of the Vedic scriptures and the sacrificial cult based on them. The process of the development of Bud ...
... the Great Vehicle. Buddha was the founder of this philosophy. He rejected the major aspects of the Hindu philosophy and challenged the authority of the priesthood. He did not agree with the validity of the Vedic scriptures and the sacrificial cult based on them. The process of the development of Bud ...
Making Sense of Ch`an
... • Sariputta : It is so clear and easy to understand • Buddha : Don’t say that . It is through not being able to comprehend Dependent Origination , that people are entangled like a ball of cotton, and not being able to see the Truth …………. ...
... • Sariputta : It is so clear and easy to understand • Buddha : Don’t say that . It is through not being able to comprehend Dependent Origination , that people are entangled like a ball of cotton, and not being able to see the Truth …………. ...
3. True Cause and True Effect
... sanzen, had to be practiced in reality on the crucial doctrine of True Cause found in the second half or Essential Teaching of the Sutra. These views were anathema to established Buddhist schools of his time 2 which were wellconnected with both the Imperial court and the actual seat of government in ...
... sanzen, had to be practiced in reality on the crucial doctrine of True Cause found in the second half or Essential Teaching of the Sutra. These views were anathema to established Buddhist schools of his time 2 which were wellconnected with both the Imperial court and the actual seat of government in ...
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... diversity of historical source materials increase dramatically. With better textual sources on which to base the standard history, it is not surprising that archaeological evidence is largely in accordance with it. The same cannot be said of the first half of the standard history. When compared to w ...
... diversity of historical source materials increase dramatically. With better textual sources on which to base the standard history, it is not surprising that archaeological evidence is largely in accordance with it. The same cannot be said of the first half of the standard history. When compared to w ...
Gautama Buddha - The Enlightened One
... accompanied by the miraculous sign of a white elephant entering his mother’s womb. Given the title Shakyamuni (sage of the Shakya clan) and Bodhisattva (a being on the way to enlightenment), Gautama’s parents were the local rulers of a small kingdom in the Ganges Valley in northeastern India. His mo ...
... accompanied by the miraculous sign of a white elephant entering his mother’s womb. Given the title Shakyamuni (sage of the Shakya clan) and Bodhisattva (a being on the way to enlightenment), Gautama’s parents were the local rulers of a small kingdom in the Ganges Valley in northeastern India. His mo ...
Moral Elements in the Ethical Code of Buddhism
... The connection of cause and effect between persons in the present life and persons in the past lives was not a physical one between different individuals, but rather a moral one. According to Buddhism, the karma is a moral cause. According to Buddhist ethics, it is necessary for us to refrain from a ...
... The connection of cause and effect between persons in the present life and persons in the past lives was not a physical one between different individuals, but rather a moral one. According to Buddhism, the karma is a moral cause. According to Buddhist ethics, it is necessary for us to refrain from a ...
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... As members of a learning community, we enjoy important intellectual freedoms and are answerable to equally important academic responsibilities. Doing our own work and properly acknowledging the work of others are bedrock values in a community of scholars. When you arrived at Roanoke College you pled ...
... As members of a learning community, we enjoy important intellectual freedoms and are answerable to equally important academic responsibilities. Doing our own work and properly acknowledging the work of others are bedrock values in a community of scholars. When you arrived at Roanoke College you pled ...
Victor van Bijlert PhD Department of Religious Studies, The VU
... vast areas of Asia. Tagore’s sources of information on Buddhist texts were limited but they sufficed for him to get the main drift of the Buddhist gospel.2 It is to the credit of Tagore’s genius that he needed little information on the basis of which he could comprehend the impact of Buddhism as a c ...
... vast areas of Asia. Tagore’s sources of information on Buddhist texts were limited but they sufficed for him to get the main drift of the Buddhist gospel.2 It is to the credit of Tagore’s genius that he needed little information on the basis of which he could comprehend the impact of Buddhism as a c ...
The Kalama Sutta: How Free is Freedom of Thought?
... the scope of application of this criterion. When considered broadly, there appear to be two view-points on this. One is that, it is applicable to all matters concerned with the dhamma, the other is that it is applicable to Dhamma as well as “all other matters.” It is necessary that one should consid ...
... the scope of application of this criterion. When considered broadly, there appear to be two view-points on this. One is that, it is applicable to all matters concerned with the dhamma, the other is that it is applicable to Dhamma as well as “all other matters.” It is necessary that one should consid ...
1 Kindness and Compassion as means to Nirvana in Early
... monk. The tradition holds that the texts of the sermons were formulated at the council held soon after the Buddha’s death. They were formulated by Ónanda, the monk who had been the Buddha’s personal attendant during the latter half of his forty-five-year preaching career. When Ónanda had formulated ...
... monk. The tradition holds that the texts of the sermons were formulated at the council held soon after the Buddha’s death. They were formulated by Ónanda, the monk who had been the Buddha’s personal attendant during the latter half of his forty-five-year preaching career. When Ónanda had formulated ...
Buddhism, Apophasis, Truth - Journal for Cultural and Religious
... to certain self-abrogating apophatic(B) discourses at least—classification schemes are ultimately to be left behind, this can only be achieved by starting within the scheme itself (within the “disciplinary horizon” in Smith’s terms), a scheme at least partially constituted by comparative analyses of ...
... to certain self-abrogating apophatic(B) discourses at least—classification schemes are ultimately to be left behind, this can only be achieved by starting within the scheme itself (within the “disciplinary horizon” in Smith’s terms), a scheme at least partially constituted by comparative analyses of ...
The Buddhist-Hindu Divide in Premodern Southeast Asia
... Chinese. Through this there evolved a highly standardized vocabulary. This is quite valuable to us, since many of the Sanskrit originals have been lost, but the reliability of Chinese versions makes it possible to reconstruct the originals with a fair degree of confidence. This consistency does not ...
... Chinese. Through this there evolved a highly standardized vocabulary. This is quite valuable to us, since many of the Sanskrit originals have been lost, but the reliability of Chinese versions makes it possible to reconstruct the originals with a fair degree of confidence. This consistency does not ...
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... Chinese. Through this there evolved a highly standardized vocabulary. This is quite valuable to us, since many of the Sanskrit originals have been lost, but the reliability of Chinese versions makes it possible to reconstruct the originals with a fair degree of confidence. This consistency does not ...
... Chinese. Through this there evolved a highly standardized vocabulary. This is quite valuable to us, since many of the Sanskrit originals have been lost, but the reliability of Chinese versions makes it possible to reconstruct the originals with a fair degree of confidence. This consistency does not ...
Buddhism: The Call to Awaken
... • Reality/Life does not change, but IS change, flux, flow • Image of river (“You cannot step into the same river twice” –Heraclitus) ...
... • Reality/Life does not change, but IS change, flux, flow • Image of river (“You cannot step into the same river twice” –Heraclitus) ...
Indian Philosophy - EIILM University
... unity of matter and spirit). The Upanishads also contain early speculations by Indian philosophers about nature, life, mind, and the human body, not to speak of ethics and social philosophy. The classical, or orthodox, systems (darshanas) debate, sometimes with penetrating insight and often with a d ...
... unity of matter and spirit). The Upanishads also contain early speculations by Indian philosophers about nature, life, mind, and the human body, not to speak of ethics and social philosophy. The classical, or orthodox, systems (darshanas) debate, sometimes with penetrating insight and often with a d ...