JBE Research Article ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 4 1997:1-74
... text corpus some redaction or other of which constitutes their respective canonical basis. It is this corpus of canonical texts, especially its, roughly speaking, pre-Abhidharmic layers, that I have in mind when speaking of the ÒEarly Buddhist traditionÓ. Since Theravàda is the only living represent ...
... text corpus some redaction or other of which constitutes their respective canonical basis. It is this corpus of canonical texts, especially its, roughly speaking, pre-Abhidharmic layers, that I have in mind when speaking of the ÒEarly Buddhist traditionÓ. Since Theravàda is the only living represent ...
buddhist-inspired options: aspects of lay religious life in the lower
... change was by no means irrelevant for certain religious developments, particularly where it concerned imperial support for specific doctrinal interpretations or monks and monasteries, it was less relevant to local religious life throughout the Lower Yangzi region. There are several indications that ...
... change was by no means irrelevant for certain religious developments, particularly where it concerned imperial support for specific doctrinal interpretations or monks and monasteries, it was less relevant to local religious life throughout the Lower Yangzi region. There are several indications that ...
Global Buddhism
... during the evenings. Strolling on, in front of the Sri Lankan pavilion a huge Buddha statue stretched up to the roof. However, one of the most discussed and admired national pavilions was the Bhutanese pagoda, enthusiastically portrayed as Òa jewel of the Himalaya.Ó Bhutan was represented by a tradi ...
... during the evenings. Strolling on, in front of the Sri Lankan pavilion a huge Buddha statue stretched up to the roof. However, one of the most discussed and admired national pavilions was the Bhutanese pagoda, enthusiastically portrayed as Òa jewel of the Himalaya.Ó Bhutan was represented by a tradi ...
BUDDHISM: SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION
... Dharmas are unsubstantial (anātman), because (using the Western terminology) they do not exist in se et per se, or (using the Buddhist terminology) they do not exist svabhāvena, i.e. they do not possess an own being; they are dependent, produced by causes and conditions. And, besides that, since t ...
... Dharmas are unsubstantial (anātman), because (using the Western terminology) they do not exist in se et per se, or (using the Buddhist terminology) they do not exist svabhāvena, i.e. they do not possess an own being; they are dependent, produced by causes and conditions. And, besides that, since t ...
A Guide to Japanese Buddhism
... exotic religion or a philosophical system of thought. However, Buddhism became known worldwide after the 20th century, with the rapid advancement of the modern technologies of communication and transportation, and interchange of personnel, materials, and information: Particularly after World War II, ...
... exotic religion or a philosophical system of thought. However, Buddhism became known worldwide after the 20th century, with the rapid advancement of the modern technologies of communication and transportation, and interchange of personnel, materials, and information: Particularly after World War II, ...
View online - Ghent University Library
... Superlatives in academics are scarce; in humanities they are almost taboo. And yet it is probably fair to say that one of the most significant robes of all Buddhist monastic attire is the pāṃsukūlacīvara. Often poorly translated as ‘robe from the dust-heap’, this transtradition monastic type of dres ...
... Superlatives in academics are scarce; in humanities they are almost taboo. And yet it is probably fair to say that one of the most significant robes of all Buddhist monastic attire is the pāṃsukūlacīvara. Often poorly translated as ‘robe from the dust-heap’, this transtradition monastic type of dres ...
Print this article - Journal of Global Buddhism
... Asian efforts to settle practical forms of Buddhism. In this case too, broader conditions such as political, social, and economic changes in Asian societies are of primary importance to explain the arrival of Buddhism through migration influxes. Buddhism has thus settled in the West following two di ...
... Asian efforts to settle practical forms of Buddhism. In this case too, broader conditions such as political, social, and economic changes in Asian societies are of primary importance to explain the arrival of Buddhism through migration influxes. Buddhism has thus settled in the West following two di ...
One Foot in the World
... the highest form of satisfaction that a layman can have. Every society has a code of ethics to be followed by its members. According to Buddhism the minimum code of ethics regulating the life of its adherents is the pañcasila, the Five Precepts. If one practices these virtues, one can have the sati ...
... the highest form of satisfaction that a layman can have. Every society has a code of ethics to be followed by its members. According to Buddhism the minimum code of ethics regulating the life of its adherents is the pañcasila, the Five Precepts. If one practices these virtues, one can have the sati ...
Masks — Anthropology on the Sinhalese Belief System
... belief system. His innovative approach is based on sharing the investigative process with those who are usually considered to be objects of the research. The three parts of the Sinhalese belief system—Theravada Buddhism, cult of deities, and exorcism—are concretely approached through the life histor ...
... belief system. His innovative approach is based on sharing the investigative process with those who are usually considered to be objects of the research. The three parts of the Sinhalese belief system—Theravada Buddhism, cult of deities, and exorcism—are concretely approached through the life histor ...
The Means (6)
... confess publicly to the community that is supporting them (as they are clearly not a good role model or bring good kamma). The senior monks give punishments according to the Buddha’s teachings. ...
... confess publicly to the community that is supporting them (as they are clearly not a good role model or bring good kamma). The senior monks give punishments according to the Buddha’s teachings. ...
BUDDHISM A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism
... THE KEY PRINCIPLES OF BUDDHISM Buddhism is different from many other faith traditions in that it is not centered on the relationship between humans and a high god. Buddhists do not believe in a personal creator God. In a sense then, Buddhism is more than a religion; it is a tradition that focuses on ...
... THE KEY PRINCIPLES OF BUDDHISM Buddhism is different from many other faith traditions in that it is not centered on the relationship between humans and a high god. Buddhists do not believe in a personal creator God. In a sense then, Buddhism is more than a religion; it is a tradition that focuses on ...
Niyāmas of Modern Western Interpretations of Theravāda Buddhist Doctrine
... and present . . . [but] although Buddhism attributes this variation to the law of Kamma, as the chief cause amongst a variety, it does not however assert that everything is due to Kamma . . . According to Buddhism, there are five orders or processes (niyamas) which operate in the physical and mental ...
... and present . . . [but] although Buddhism attributes this variation to the law of Kamma, as the chief cause amongst a variety, it does not however assert that everything is due to Kamma . . . According to Buddhism, there are five orders or processes (niyamas) which operate in the physical and mental ...
Buddhist Survival Khmer
... the monks told me to forget about it - that this was just magic mixed with Buddhism. They told me that there were some monks who did mix magic with Buddhist practices, some who could heal and tell fortunes, etc., but that they were certainly not practicing the purest form of Buddhism. (So much for g ...
... the monks told me to forget about it - that this was just magic mixed with Buddhism. They told me that there were some monks who did mix magic with Buddhist practices, some who could heal and tell fortunes, etc., but that they were certainly not practicing the purest form of Buddhism. (So much for g ...
Borobudur - AlamAsia.net
... Samantabhadra; depicted in the fourth gallery. The entire series of the fourth gallery is devoted to the teaching of Samantabhadra (the patron of the Lotus sutra) and who was an attendant to Shakyamuni- former Prince Siddharta Gautama, spiritual teacher of Buddhism. The narrative panels finally end ...
... Samantabhadra; depicted in the fourth gallery. The entire series of the fourth gallery is devoted to the teaching of Samantabhadra (the patron of the Lotus sutra) and who was an attendant to Shakyamuni- former Prince Siddharta Gautama, spiritual teacher of Buddhism. The narrative panels finally end ...
A Buddhist Reflection on Suffering in Ashes of Time
... (wave) is not the nature of water and the wet nature of water remains despite the influence of wind; that is, if the wind stops, the movement also stops. It goes on to say that tranquil and waving waters were originally not separable; they are intrinsically the same because both have wet natures and ...
... (wave) is not the nature of water and the wet nature of water remains despite the influence of wind; that is, if the wind stops, the movement also stops. It goes on to say that tranquil and waving waters were originally not separable; they are intrinsically the same because both have wet natures and ...
Man Religion Society Governance in Buddhism
... Nirvana. In Buddha's own words in the Ariyapariyesana Sutta, this termination is described as `This is my last birth. I have no more continuance in the life process of bhava'[... ayaṃ antimā jāti natthi'dāni punabbhavo - MN. I. 167]. These two adjacent concepts of bhava and jāti now being clearly pr ...
... Nirvana. In Buddha's own words in the Ariyapariyesana Sutta, this termination is described as `This is my last birth. I have no more continuance in the life process of bhava'[... ayaṃ antimā jāti natthi'dāni punabbhavo - MN. I. 167]. These two adjacent concepts of bhava and jāti now being clearly pr ...
107 A Comparative Study of Ahimsa (non
... interpretation removes all disputes. We can see that Jainism views the relationships between physical acts and mental attitudes as mutual and reciprocal. ...
... interpretation removes all disputes. We can see that Jainism views the relationships between physical acts and mental attitudes as mutual and reciprocal. ...
Alternative Traditions
... universal into an ethnic religion and the Sangha from a spiritual community into a cultural élite. In the course of this process Buddhism becomes (in the expolitical bhikkhu’s own words) ‘an institution of the Sinhalese monarchy’, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) becomes the Buddha’s own country, the killing of n ...
... universal into an ethnic religion and the Sangha from a spiritual community into a cultural élite. In the course of this process Buddhism becomes (in the expolitical bhikkhu’s own words) ‘an institution of the Sinhalese monarchy’, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) becomes the Buddha’s own country, the killing of n ...
The Oral Transmission of the Early Buddhist Literature
... basic claim cannot be entirely true — all of these texts, or even most of them, cannot go back to the Buddha’s life. There are at least two reasons for believing this. Firstly, although the different Buddhist sects claim that their canons were compiled at the first council of Rajag®ha (shortly after ...
... basic claim cannot be entirely true — all of these texts, or even most of them, cannot go back to the Buddha’s life. There are at least two reasons for believing this. Firstly, although the different Buddhist sects claim that their canons were compiled at the first council of Rajag®ha (shortly after ...
An Interpersonal Exploration of Zen Buddhism
... what it means to exist as a Buddhist, as well as practice Zen Buddhism. Therefore, looking at the experiential practice of what is taught through Buddhist Zen Dharma, I hope to answer the question: does the life of the monk /nun reflect their teachings? In this particular social setting, there are a ...
... what it means to exist as a Buddhist, as well as practice Zen Buddhism. Therefore, looking at the experiential practice of what is taught through Buddhist Zen Dharma, I hope to answer the question: does the life of the monk /nun reflect their teachings? In this particular social setting, there are a ...
Atman/Anatman in Buddhism - Eastern Tradition Research Institute
... with Truth itself. They aid us in reaching it, they guide our progress towards it; but they must be transcended if it is to be reached.34 ...
... with Truth itself. They aid us in reaching it, they guide our progress towards it; but they must be transcended if it is to be reached.34 ...
blood and bodhisattvas - College of the Holy Cross
... worship of Bungadya, it is neccessary to know the myth told to explain the origins of his annual procession. The essential story presented below is Npically offered by Hindu and Buddhist Newars, as well as non-Newar devotees. ...
... worship of Bungadya, it is neccessary to know the myth told to explain the origins of his annual procession. The essential story presented below is Npically offered by Hindu and Buddhist Newars, as well as non-Newar devotees. ...
ROBERT SZUKSZTUL* Possible Roots of the Pure Land Buddhist
... terminology into similarly linked clusters of concepts. Obviously, many ideas of the Pure Land Buddhism were transformed, owing to the Mahāyāna turn; however, the similarity of the general pattern is – in my opinion – still visible, which lends support to the hypothesis that Pure Land Buddhism is th ...
... terminology into similarly linked clusters of concepts. Obviously, many ideas of the Pure Land Buddhism were transformed, owing to the Mahāyāna turn; however, the similarity of the general pattern is – in my opinion – still visible, which lends support to the hypothesis that Pure Land Buddhism is th ...
The Question of Vegetarianism and Diet in Pāli Buddhism
... provision against slaying is so profoundly endorsed that the Buddha even argues that the only kind of slaying that he encourages is the killing of anger and other negative emotions (SN 7.1 255). This rejection of violence and killing seems to stem from the view that such actions will lead to sufferi ...
... provision against slaying is so profoundly endorsed that the Buddha even argues that the only kind of slaying that he encourages is the killing of anger and other negative emotions (SN 7.1 255). This rejection of violence and killing seems to stem from the view that such actions will lead to sufferi ...
Alan Wallace`s Buddhist Teachers
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...