the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... formed is the Jizø Nagashi. Depending upon the relationship of the participant in the ritual to the deceased, it can be experienced as a memorial rite, ancestral rite, or both. It is distinctive, for it includes participants riding in a large boat on a lake. Examining a large public memorial/ancestr ...
... formed is the Jizø Nagashi. Depending upon the relationship of the participant in the ritual to the deceased, it can be experienced as a memorial rite, ancestral rite, or both. It is distinctive, for it includes participants riding in a large boat on a lake. Examining a large public memorial/ancestr ...
Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism
... Buddhist thought in modern Sinitic Buddhism. Among these have been the philosophical uses of Zen in Japan and Korea, the revival of Yogācāra studies in China and Japan, and the emergence of various forms of socially-engaged Buddhism in East Asia in the early twentieth century, such as China’s “Human ...
... Buddhist thought in modern Sinitic Buddhism. Among these have been the philosophical uses of Zen in Japan and Korea, the revival of Yogācāra studies in China and Japan, and the emergence of various forms of socially-engaged Buddhism in East Asia in the early twentieth century, such as China’s “Human ...
The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess Ekottarika-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Now, in the Pāli Jātaka commentary the Buddha’s past lives are also consistently male. Here this is not a result of the narrative setting, but much rather would be a result of the way these stories came into being. When identifying one of the protagonists of a particular story taken from ancient Ind ...
... Now, in the Pāli Jātaka commentary the Buddha’s past lives are also consistently male. Here this is not a result of the narrative setting, but much rather would be a result of the way these stories came into being. When identifying one of the protagonists of a particular story taken from ancient Ind ...
the comparative study between buddhism and christanity on peace
... The understanding of beings in Buddhism includes also all other life forms and even inanimate matter. Beings that have feelings and consciousnesses are called sentient beings while the rest are called insentient beings. Insentient beings make the physical environment of sentient beings, the natural ...
... The understanding of beings in Buddhism includes also all other life forms and even inanimate matter. Beings that have feelings and consciousnesses are called sentient beings while the rest are called insentient beings. Insentient beings make the physical environment of sentient beings, the natural ...
A Golden Ring
... contradict the fact that in the world, it is survival of the fittest. In the human world, we have wars against one another; how could we be one? Buddha’s experience of the oneness of all is beyond our ordinary experience, yet it is possible for any one of us to share this experience through the cult ...
... contradict the fact that in the world, it is survival of the fittest. In the human world, we have wars against one another; how could we be one? Buddha’s experience of the oneness of all is beyond our ordinary experience, yet it is possible for any one of us to share this experience through the cult ...
Mysteries of the World According to Buddhism
... only is great news for the needy, it is also a meaningful historic event for those loving and caring people who love and support charitable causes. On behalf of all elderly, disadvantaged, sick, and disabled people, may I give a warm welcome to everyone. Likewise, I would like to take this opportuni ...
... only is great news for the needy, it is also a meaningful historic event for those loving and caring people who love and support charitable causes. On behalf of all elderly, disadvantaged, sick, and disabled people, may I give a warm welcome to everyone. Likewise, I would like to take this opportuni ...
steve odin PEACE AND COMPASSION IN THE MICROCOSMIC
... and Tendai (Chinese: T’ien-t’ai) Buddhist philosophy rooted in the Buddhist scripture known as the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law (Japanese: Myôhô renge kyô), otherwise known as the Lotus Sutra (Japanese: Hoke-kyô). More specifically, this holographic or microcosmic– macrocosmic paradigm is articu ...
... and Tendai (Chinese: T’ien-t’ai) Buddhist philosophy rooted in the Buddhist scripture known as the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law (Japanese: Myôhô renge kyô), otherwise known as the Lotus Sutra (Japanese: Hoke-kyô). More specifically, this holographic or microcosmic– macrocosmic paradigm is articu ...
Paper - VII - History of Buddhism and Jainism upto 1000 A.D.
... idle concerns for the amusement of academicians. Any practitioner, of any century, stands to benefit from understanding how the early Buddhists lived, how they put the Buddha's teachings into practice, what challenges they faced; we stand to learn from those who have gone before. And there are other ...
... idle concerns for the amusement of academicians. Any practitioner, of any century, stands to benefit from understanding how the early Buddhists lived, how they put the Buddha's teachings into practice, what challenges they faced; we stand to learn from those who have gone before. And there are other ...
Empty Selves: A Comparative Analysis of Mahayana Buddhism
... department. I owe my completion of both in large part to the Professors I have had at Wesleyan. I first developed my status as Sartre superfan while in President Roth’s class “The Modern and the Post-Modern”. Then, in Elise Springer’s Ethics course, I realized Philosophy was not simply an old white ...
... department. I owe my completion of both in large part to the Professors I have had at Wesleyan. I first developed my status as Sartre superfan while in President Roth’s class “The Modern and the Post-Modern”. Then, in Elise Springer’s Ethics course, I realized Philosophy was not simply an old white ...
PDF - SGI Quarterly Magazine
... “Transcending religious dogma, Nichiren stands out among historical figures of Japan for his sincerity, his intellect and the human warmth that comes across in many of his writings.” Nichiren was subjected to continuous persecution by the authorities. There is a common perception that religious pers ...
... “Transcending religious dogma, Nichiren stands out among historical figures of Japan for his sincerity, his intellect and the human warmth that comes across in many of his writings.” Nichiren was subjected to continuous persecution by the authorities. There is a common perception that religious pers ...
Becoming Bhikkhunī Global Women’s Ordination Movement Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... khunīs, proper ordination cannot be performed and the Order of Buddhist nuns cannot be revived.10 Female aspirants have implemented creative hermeneutical strategies to circumvent this obstacle—primarily through securing ordination by the bhikkhu Saṅgha alone, seeking ordination from the recently re ...
... khunīs, proper ordination cannot be performed and the Order of Buddhist nuns cannot be revived.10 Female aspirants have implemented creative hermeneutical strategies to circumvent this obstacle—primarily through securing ordination by the bhikkhu Saṅgha alone, seeking ordination from the recently re ...
The Cultivation of Virtue in Buddhist Ethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Buddhahood; rather, the reverse is true: meritorious deeds lead to Buddhahood because they are good. In Buddhist ethics, the basic unit of moral evaluation is cetanā. “It is volition [cetanā], bhikkhus, that I call kamma; for having willed, one acts by body, speech, or mind” (AN 6:63/III 415). Cetan ...
... Buddhahood; rather, the reverse is true: meritorious deeds lead to Buddhahood because they are good. In Buddhist ethics, the basic unit of moral evaluation is cetanā. “It is volition [cetanā], bhikkhus, that I call kamma; for having willed, one acts by body, speech, or mind” (AN 6:63/III 415). Cetan ...
ekaf emulator
... Why is gratitude a rare quality? When one receives assistance from another at that moment usually one expresses appreciation and most of them are sincere in such declarations. However, with time most tend to forget the good action that benefited them. Thus, the noble quality of gratitude has to be c ...
... Why is gratitude a rare quality? When one receives assistance from another at that moment usually one expresses appreciation and most of them are sincere in such declarations. However, with time most tend to forget the good action that benefited them. Thus, the noble quality of gratitude has to be c ...
Read article - Dickinson Blogs
... 2. Vassakāra discerned how to defeat the Vajjīs from the Buddha's exposition of the Seven Conditions of Welfare (satta aparihāniyā dhammā). So did the Buddha intend to help Ajātasattu defeat the Vajjīs? If not, what was his purpose in expounding the seven Conditions of Welfare to Vassakāra? 3. If th ...
... 2. Vassakāra discerned how to defeat the Vajjīs from the Buddha's exposition of the Seven Conditions of Welfare (satta aparihāniyā dhammā). So did the Buddha intend to help Ajātasattu defeat the Vajjīs? If not, what was his purpose in expounding the seven Conditions of Welfare to Vassakāra? 3. If th ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... Pali terminology, Bhante sits in the room silently with downcast eyes and a serene smile. Sitting amongst the white-Caucasian American students, I was not certain about the meaning of the term “mala” but I had some thoughts on how to answer that question given my background. I had recited Buddhist m ...
... Pali terminology, Bhante sits in the room silently with downcast eyes and a serene smile. Sitting amongst the white-Caucasian American students, I was not certain about the meaning of the term “mala” but I had some thoughts on how to answer that question given my background. I had recited Buddhist m ...
Phra That Phanom, its related historic buildings and associated
... Unfortunately, Buddhism declined in India around the 13th Century A.D, leaving a great number of Stupas as ancient monuments to be later excavated by British officers and archaeologists. The seeds of Buddha's teachings, however, were sown and blossomed wide and far, especially in the Mekong River Ba ...
... Unfortunately, Buddhism declined in India around the 13th Century A.D, leaving a great number of Stupas as ancient monuments to be later excavated by British officers and archaeologists. The seeds of Buddha's teachings, however, were sown and blossomed wide and far, especially in the Mekong River Ba ...
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 ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... PhD Candidate, Arizona State University The forest has held an ambiguous and ambivalent place in Buddhist history. It is featured prominently in major moments of the Buddha’s life story as the place of his birth, enlightenment, and death. It is also perceived as a place of fear, resistance, escape, ...
... PhD Candidate, Arizona State University The forest has held an ambiguous and ambivalent place in Buddhist history. It is featured prominently in major moments of the Buddha’s life story as the place of his birth, enlightenment, and death. It is also perceived as a place of fear, resistance, escape, ...
Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Sy
... or ‘purities’ of the deities. These purities are evocatively expressed in the various ‘Praises to the Deities’, which were composed by many great Indian and Tibetan masters over the last fifteen hundred years. The poetic verses of these beautiful prayers often reveal the reverence, faith, love, and ...
... or ‘purities’ of the deities. These purities are evocatively expressed in the various ‘Praises to the Deities’, which were composed by many great Indian and Tibetan masters over the last fifteen hundred years. The poetic verses of these beautiful prayers often reveal the reverence, faith, love, and ...
Construction Of A sand Mandala By The Tibetan Monks Of
... ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life. From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, it ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. ...
... ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life. From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, it ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. ...
Buddhism - A Concise Introduction
... He was, in short, a man who seemed to have everything: family, “the venerable Gautama is well born on both sides, of pure descent”; fine appearance, “handsome, inspiring trust, gifted with great beauty of complexion, fair in color, fine in presence, stately to behold”; wealth, “he had elephants and ...
... He was, in short, a man who seemed to have everything: family, “the venerable Gautama is well born on both sides, of pure descent”; fine appearance, “handsome, inspiring trust, gifted with great beauty of complexion, fair in color, fine in presence, stately to behold”; wealth, “he had elephants and ...
A Comparison of Buddhist Philosophy with Western Codes of Ethics
... individual to create his/her own essence, and carve out who one genuinely is (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000). Sartre (1957/1998), a 20th century French existentialist, “argued that ‘existence precedes essence’” (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000, p. 106), thus we exist as humans and then, through ...
... individual to create his/her own essence, and carve out who one genuinely is (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000). Sartre (1957/1998), a 20th century French existentialist, “argued that ‘existence precedes essence’” (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000, p. 106), thus we exist as humans and then, through ...
Papers presented at the International Buddhist Conference, March
... great celebration where it was tended with honour and care. It still flourishes as one of the most sacred objects of veneration and worship for millions of Buddhists. The planting of the bodhi tree was symbolic of the establishment of Buddhism and Buddhist culture in the island. Cultural links betwe ...
... great celebration where it was tended with honour and care. It still flourishes as one of the most sacred objects of veneration and worship for millions of Buddhists. The planting of the bodhi tree was symbolic of the establishment of Buddhism and Buddhist culture in the island. Cultural links betwe ...
Building and Negotiating Religious Identities in A Zen Buddhist
... extremely fortunate to have enjoyed tremendous support and friendship in the past four years from my teachers, friends and family. In no particular order, I would like to express my gratitude for those who walked me through this wonderful journey. I am truly appreciative of my family back in China: ...
... extremely fortunate to have enjoyed tremendous support and friendship in the past four years from my teachers, friends and family. In no particular order, I would like to express my gratitude for those who walked me through this wonderful journey. I am truly appreciative of my family back in China: ...
Title: Wisdom, Compassion, and Zen Social Ethics: the Case... Sŏngch’ŏl, and Minjung Buddhism in Korea
... Zen teachings in the larger milieu of the life-world beyond monastic experiences. In other words, is ethics possible in Zen Buddhism and, if so, what kind of ethics does Zen offer? This further raises the question of whether Zen Buddhism can make contribution to social activism. To answer these que ...
... Zen teachings in the larger milieu of the life-world beyond monastic experiences. In other words, is ethics possible in Zen Buddhism and, if so, what kind of ethics does Zen offer? This further raises the question of whether Zen Buddhism can make contribution to social activism. To answer these que ...