ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajra ...
... of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajra ...
Schism, semiosis and the Soka Gakkai
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... I have been able to clarify my methodological approach in more detail. My Comparative Study of the Majjhima-nikāya in the light of its parallels,4 published in 2011, shows that according to the evidence we have at our disposal the early discourses are the genuine product of a long period of oral tra ...
... I have been able to clarify my methodological approach in more detail. My Comparative Study of the Majjhima-nikāya in the light of its parallels,4 published in 2011, shows that according to the evidence we have at our disposal the early discourses are the genuine product of a long period of oral tra ...
PALI TIPITAKA CHANTING : Oral Tradition of Theravada Buddhism
... North India since the Gupta period of 1st century B.C. to the medieval era and which spread up to Central Asia wherein the Buddhism travelled very deep at the conceptual level, but unfortunately the literature is still unpublished. Scholars say that most of the denominations of Buddhist religion whi ...
... North India since the Gupta period of 1st century B.C. to the medieval era and which spread up to Central Asia wherein the Buddhism travelled very deep at the conceptual level, but unfortunately the literature is still unpublished. Scholars say that most of the denominations of Buddhist religion whi ...
The History of the Soka Gakkai - Sgi-Usa
... and contemplation, he came to the realization that the Buddha is essentially life itself; this life of the Buddha exists within himself and all people, as well as in the vast universe. Then, in November, after chanting more determinedly than ever, he awakened to the truth that he himself was among t ...
... and contemplation, he came to the realization that the Buddha is essentially life itself; this life of the Buddha exists within himself and all people, as well as in the vast universe. Then, in November, after chanting more determinedly than ever, he awakened to the truth that he himself was among t ...
here as a pdf
... fundamental cause of people’s suffering and set forth the means by which people could eradicate such suffering. On 16 July, 1260, he submitted this treatise to Hojo Tokiyori, the retired regent of the Kamakura military government, who was still effectively the country’s most powerful leader. It w ...
... fundamental cause of people’s suffering and set forth the means by which people could eradicate such suffering. On 16 July, 1260, he submitted this treatise to Hojo Tokiyori, the retired regent of the Kamakura military government, who was still effectively the country’s most powerful leader. It w ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... nature correctly perceived34. The theory of the Four Noble Truths is also named as ‘Four Wisdoms’35 because it navigates a bright prospect to transcend suffering. The ‘Truths’ are the highest principles36 and pertain to four dimensions37: duḥkha or duḥkha-satya (Suffering or Nature of Suffering), sa ...
... nature correctly perceived34. The theory of the Four Noble Truths is also named as ‘Four Wisdoms’35 because it navigates a bright prospect to transcend suffering. The ‘Truths’ are the highest principles36 and pertain to four dimensions37: duḥkha or duḥkha-satya (Suffering or Nature of Suffering), sa ...
2015 SGINZ LEVEL ONE EXAM
... without practice will not lead to real personal growth or social change. Practical Buddhist study—moving forward with the two wheels of practice and study—is the tradition of the Soka Gakkai. The self-serving priesthood, content with merely brandishing its clerical authority, lacks both faith dedica ...
... without practice will not lead to real personal growth or social change. Practical Buddhist study—moving forward with the two wheels of practice and study—is the tradition of the Soka Gakkai. The self-serving priesthood, content with merely brandishing its clerical authority, lacks both faith dedica ...
Asoka`s Dhamma
... Moneya-suta, (6) the Upatisapasina and (7) the Laghulovado which was spoken by the blessed Buddha concerning falsehood - I· desire Sirs, that many groups of monks and many nuns may repeatedly listen to these expositions of the Dharma and may reflect on them. In the same way both layman and lay women ...
... Moneya-suta, (6) the Upatisapasina and (7) the Laghulovado which was spoken by the blessed Buddha concerning falsehood - I· desire Sirs, that many groups of monks and many nuns may repeatedly listen to these expositions of the Dharma and may reflect on them. In the same way both layman and lay women ...
Chapter 1 - Princeton University Press
... © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. P yrrho ’ s T hought • 23 ...
... © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. P yrrho ’ s T hought • 23 ...
Mindfulness: A Dialogue between Buddhism and Clinical
... The Context of Mindfulness in Buddhism In the Buddha’s noble eightfold path, right mindfulness (samma sati) features as the seventh factor in an integrated ten-factored path of intellectual, ethical, meditative, and wisdom training. As such, any consideration of mindfulness in the Buddhist context c ...
... The Context of Mindfulness in Buddhism In the Buddha’s noble eightfold path, right mindfulness (samma sati) features as the seventh factor in an integrated ten-factored path of intellectual, ethical, meditative, and wisdom training. As such, any consideration of mindfulness in the Buddhist context c ...
Ashoka - Net Texts
... to determine whether or not some actual events ever happened, but the stone etchings clearly depict how Ashoka wanted to be thought of and remembered. Ashoka's own words as known from his Edicts are: "All men are my children. I am like a father to them. As every father desires the good and the happi ...
... to determine whether or not some actual events ever happened, but the stone etchings clearly depict how Ashoka wanted to be thought of and remembered. Ashoka's own words as known from his Edicts are: "All men are my children. I am like a father to them. As every father desires the good and the happi ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... new milieu in China, the conception of what is entailed in stūpa worship might have undergone marked changes, being given new connotations by Chinese Buddhists that are different to those described in the scriptures. Hence, this dissertation examines how these people conceived of them, in order to f ...
... new milieu in China, the conception of what is entailed in stūpa worship might have undergone marked changes, being given new connotations by Chinese Buddhists that are different to those described in the scriptures. Hence, this dissertation examines how these people conceived of them, in order to f ...
Placing Nichiren in the Big Picture: Some
... Minobu. He traces Nichiren’s shift from an establishment to antiestablishment perspective through an exhaustive reading of his works and collation of their internal evidence, focusing on Nichiren’s view of the emperor and the Bakufu, his criticism of the esoteric teachings (mikkyõ), and his understa ...
... Minobu. He traces Nichiren’s shift from an establishment to antiestablishment perspective through an exhaustive reading of his works and collation of their internal evidence, focusing on Nichiren’s view of the emperor and the Bakufu, his criticism of the esoteric teachings (mikkyõ), and his understa ...
Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... racial differences between the Aryans, who are said to have migrated to India from the Northwest, and the darker indigenous Indians (the Sanskrit word for caste is varna, which means color) (Mendelsohn and Vicziany 7). Today, however, even Roman Catholics in southern India seat themselves according ...
... racial differences between the Aryans, who are said to have migrated to India from the Northwest, and the darker indigenous Indians (the Sanskrit word for caste is varna, which means color) (Mendelsohn and Vicziany 7). Today, however, even Roman Catholics in southern India seat themselves according ...
Buddhist Monastic Discipline
... and students of Buddhism in general, specially those who have missed seeing my work in the earlier edition and those who I believe are not adequately familiar with the original Vinaya texts in their Pali version. Mention must be made of Venerable Mettavihari of Denmark and Venerable Pamburana Sangha ...
... and students of Buddhism in general, specially those who have missed seeing my work in the earlier edition and those who I believe are not adequately familiar with the original Vinaya texts in their Pali version. Mention must be made of Venerable Mettavihari of Denmark and Venerable Pamburana Sangha ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... Chinese literati.5 These individuals were well-known government officials influenced by both Confucian and Taoist traditions, such as Zhong You (151-230) in Wei (220-266) during Three Kingdoms (220-280) and Wang Xizhi (303-361) in Eastern Jin Dynasty (316-420). They studied and explored the aestheti ...
... Chinese literati.5 These individuals were well-known government officials influenced by both Confucian and Taoist traditions, such as Zhong You (151-230) in Wei (220-266) during Three Kingdoms (220-280) and Wang Xizhi (303-361) in Eastern Jin Dynasty (316-420). They studied and explored the aestheti ...
ppt.
... nothingness, into some state that is without a center and without a boundary? ► If it is liberation, passing away or dying out, then into what? ► What happens when a person attains Nibbana? ► Is Nibbana a kind of death from purely mental point of view? ► There are some of the difficult question we t ...
... nothingness, into some state that is without a center and without a boundary? ► If it is liberation, passing away or dying out, then into what? ► What happens when a person attains Nibbana? ► Is Nibbana a kind of death from purely mental point of view? ► There are some of the difficult question we t ...
Ambedkar and Buddhism by Sangharakshita
... Bombay Legislative Assembly, pressed for the abolition of agricultural serfdom, defended the right of industrial workers to strike, advocated the promotion of birth control, and addressed meetings and conferences all over the Bombay Presidency. In 1939 World War II broke out in Europe and the fact ...
... Bombay Legislative Assembly, pressed for the abolition of agricultural serfdom, defended the right of industrial workers to strike, advocated the promotion of birth control, and addressed meetings and conferences all over the Bombay Presidency. In 1939 World War II broke out in Europe and the fact ...
Icon - University of Pretoria
... very nature of Buddhist monasticism. She continues to point out that the Buddhist sangha was intended specifically as an example of the optimum religious way of life. Its survival depends on the generosity of the lay community. The lay community’s support of the monastic community depends on its con ...
... very nature of Buddhist monasticism. She continues to point out that the Buddhist sangha was intended specifically as an example of the optimum religious way of life. Its survival depends on the generosity of the lay community. The lay community’s support of the monastic community depends on its con ...
Cullavagga Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Blessed One these eight principles to be respected, approached Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī. Having approached her, he said this to Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī: “Gotamī, if you will accept eight principles to be respected, then that will be your higher ordination: “A bhikkhunī who has received the higher ordination ...
... Blessed One these eight principles to be respected, approached Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī. Having approached her, he said this to Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī: “Gotamī, if you will accept eight principles to be respected, then that will be your higher ordination: “A bhikkhunī who has received the higher ordination ...
Camp Newsletter – Dec 2014
... the matter of suffering and happiness. All of the Buddhist sutras that contain the Buddha’s teachings are based on these Four Noble Truths. The Buddha and Buddhism do not condone a senseless philosophy, or one that is out of touch with mankind and life. Following is an example frequently cited in th ...
... the matter of suffering and happiness. All of the Buddhist sutras that contain the Buddha’s teachings are based on these Four Noble Truths. The Buddha and Buddhism do not condone a senseless philosophy, or one that is out of touch with mankind and life. Following is an example frequently cited in th ...
Now - Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
... an administrative position at Qixia or another large monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun purs ...
... an administrative position at Qixia or another large monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun purs ...
The Doctrinal Transformation of 20th Century
... realm of suffering, one has to eliminate it in order to attain enlightenment. On the other hand, proponents of the tathāgatagarbha, represented by Ratnamati (fl. 508), combined the concepts of the ālayavijñāna and the tathāgatagarbha, arguing that enlightenment consisted in purifying the ālaya ...
... realm of suffering, one has to eliminate it in order to attain enlightenment. On the other hand, proponents of the tathāgatagarbha, represented by Ratnamati (fl. 508), combined the concepts of the ālayavijñāna and the tathāgatagarbha, arguing that enlightenment consisted in purifying the ālaya ...