Theosophy and Buddhist Reformers in the Middle of the Meiji Period
... During this period, also Inoue Enryō played an important role as a Buddhist reformer. Inoue was a priest of Higashi Hongan-ji 東本願寺, but it would be more accurate to call him a pioneering scholar of Western philosophy and the founder of Tōyō University (Tōyō Daigaku 東洋大学). After having studied philos ...
... During this period, also Inoue Enryō played an important role as a Buddhist reformer. Inoue was a priest of Higashi Hongan-ji 東本願寺, but it would be more accurate to call him a pioneering scholar of Western philosophy and the founder of Tōyō University (Tōyō Daigaku 東洋大学). After having studied philos ...
New Buddhist Extremism and the Challenges to Ethno
... on large stickers pasted on the rear window of state-owned SLTB buses plying from Colombo to Jaffna. This, I suggest, is as if to remind the people of Jaffna, the ideal political order, in the context where a serious attempt at transgressing that order had just been defeated militarily.3 ...
... on large stickers pasted on the rear window of state-owned SLTB buses plying from Colombo to Jaffna. This, I suggest, is as if to remind the people of Jaffna, the ideal political order, in the context where a serious attempt at transgressing that order had just been defeated militarily.3 ...
YEAR 6 Unit A2 – The Buddhist Community
... that Buddhism looks and sounds different throughout the world but that all Buddhists are practising the path taught by the Buddha. We hear the community in London reciting the three jewels. Stop here and ask the following questions: Buddhism spread from India to many other countries. Buddhists aroun ...
... that Buddhism looks and sounds different throughout the world but that all Buddhists are practising the path taught by the Buddha. We hear the community in London reciting the three jewels. Stop here and ask the following questions: Buddhism spread from India to many other countries. Buddhists aroun ...
Buddhist Contributions to the World
... ● Jawarhalal Nehru, Prime Minister of India. His message was one of universal benevolence, of love for all. It was an ideal of righteousness and self-discipline. Buddha relies on reason and logic and experience and asks people to seek the truth in their own minds. It is remarkable how near this phil ...
... ● Jawarhalal Nehru, Prime Minister of India. His message was one of universal benevolence, of love for all. It was an ideal of righteousness and self-discipline. Buddha relies on reason and logic and experience and asks people to seek the truth in their own minds. It is remarkable how near this phil ...
Buddhism and Volunteerism - Fo Guang Shan International
... virtuous. Not all volunteers are the same, however. Most volunteers work out of their own free will, but some do so with a certain agenda in mind. If volunteers do not have virtue in their minds, then the value of their work is doubtful. Most people are willing to help only if asked to do so. But a ...
... virtuous. Not all volunteers are the same, however. Most volunteers work out of their own free will, but some do so with a certain agenda in mind. If volunteers do not have virtue in their minds, then the value of their work is doubtful. Most people are willing to help only if asked to do so. But a ...
Buddhism and the West
... and, of course, more time for practising it. In this way there came into existence what came to be called residential spiritual communities. The members of these communities did not just live under the same roof. They meditated together every morning, ate together, studied the Dharma together, enco ...
... and, of course, more time for practising it. In this way there came into existence what came to be called residential spiritual communities. The members of these communities did not just live under the same roof. They meditated together every morning, ate together, studied the Dharma together, enco ...
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... these others features that I may find difficult to adjust to. These are the negative mind states that arise because of solitude and may need patience to deal with. Patience is useful because mind state like all conditions, do change and what seems problematic today may not seem so tomorrow. With oth ...
... these others features that I may find difficult to adjust to. These are the negative mind states that arise because of solitude and may need patience to deal with. Patience is useful because mind state like all conditions, do change and what seems problematic today may not seem so tomorrow. With oth ...
vision for the center - Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
... insight practices as prescribed in early suttas (MN-149:10- “…Serenity and Insight appear in him yoked evenly together…”so that one can fully see and understand the complete Buddha Dhamma. Many Buddhists agree that it is truly time for an American Sangha using English for the primary teaching langua ...
... insight practices as prescribed in early suttas (MN-149:10- “…Serenity and Insight appear in him yoked evenly together…”so that one can fully see and understand the complete Buddha Dhamma. Many Buddhists agree that it is truly time for an American Sangha using English for the primary teaching langua ...
Extending the Hand of Fellowship
... and the relation of the Order itself to the rest of the Buddhist world. As it happened, the tracing of the various steps by which I had arrived at my understanding of the act of Going for Refuge as the central and definitive act of the Buddhist life took much longer than I had expected, and I was ob ...
... and the relation of the Order itself to the rest of the Buddhist world. As it happened, the tracing of the various steps by which I had arrived at my understanding of the act of Going for Refuge as the central and definitive act of the Buddhist life took much longer than I had expected, and I was ob ...
What this unit contains
... In a class discussion link the work on suffering to local or national examples, e.g. local anti- racist issues and consider what a Buddhist response to these issues might be. ...
... In a class discussion link the work on suffering to local or national examples, e.g. local anti- racist issues and consider what a Buddhist response to these issues might be. ...
Acarya Santaraksita
... local gods and genii who delight in sin found that men were proved to virtue they became enraged and one of the most wrathful among them named Nenchhen-Than hurled a thunder-bolt on the Marpori hall. Another frightful demi-god named Yar-Lha-Shan-po cast down the place of Phan-Lhan of Yar-Lung. The f ...
... local gods and genii who delight in sin found that men were proved to virtue they became enraged and one of the most wrathful among them named Nenchhen-Than hurled a thunder-bolt on the Marpori hall. Another frightful demi-god named Yar-Lha-Shan-po cast down the place of Phan-Lhan of Yar-Lung. The f ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 170-189 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... keep in mind that the two are linked and one without the other is dangerous. For example, a person who is not wise may cause enormous problems by witlessly attempting to be compassionate, and a person who has penetrating insight without compassion is very dangerous indeed. In order to help one attai ...
... keep in mind that the two are linked and one without the other is dangerous. For example, a person who is not wise may cause enormous problems by witlessly attempting to be compassionate, and a person who has penetrating insight without compassion is very dangerous indeed. In order to help one attai ...
Religious Studies Review, No. 02
... Zen sect thirsted for realization of this essence. According to the Lý monks all those who wanted to release from suffering had to realize Buddhist discipline and see their own natures. The common say of Chan was “anyone can see his own nature to reach the Buddhahood”, he could release from sufferin ...
... Zen sect thirsted for realization of this essence. According to the Lý monks all those who wanted to release from suffering had to realize Buddhist discipline and see their own natures. The common say of Chan was “anyone can see his own nature to reach the Buddhahood”, he could release from sufferin ...
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... Precepts in fulfilling the primary conditions of "Right Livelihood:" abstain from killing, stealing, propriety of sex relationships, lying, and the use of intoxicants. Buddha (Saddhatissa, 1986: p. 68) elaborates: Now just as one man who is committing these things, produces present and future terrib ...
... Precepts in fulfilling the primary conditions of "Right Livelihood:" abstain from killing, stealing, propriety of sex relationships, lying, and the use of intoxicants. Buddha (Saddhatissa, 1986: p. 68) elaborates: Now just as one man who is committing these things, produces present and future terrib ...
Altered Space for a New Zen in Vietnam
... Architecturally, the pagodas of Vietnam lack med‐ itation halls – a feature that could be said to be essential for a Zen monastery. Nor did I ever see anyone, or hear of anyone, who practiced medita‐ tion. One old man who took a leadership role at a local pagoda in Hanoi once said to me ...
... Architecturally, the pagodas of Vietnam lack med‐ itation halls – a feature that could be said to be essential for a Zen monastery. Nor did I ever see anyone, or hear of anyone, who practiced medita‐ tion. One old man who took a leadership role at a local pagoda in Hanoi once said to me ...
Buddhism - Thomas Hardye School
... (Samyuttanikaya 2.28). In its classical form, dependent origination consists of twelve conditioned and conditioning links: (1) ignorance, (2) formations (the construction of new karma), (3) consciousness, (4) mind and body, (5) the six sense fields, (6) contact of the senses with the sense fields, ( ...
... (Samyuttanikaya 2.28). In its classical form, dependent origination consists of twelve conditioned and conditioning links: (1) ignorance, (2) formations (the construction of new karma), (3) consciousness, (4) mind and body, (5) the six sense fields, (6) contact of the senses with the sense fields, ( ...
Buddhist Symbolism in Akira Kurosawa`s Ran: A Counterpoint to
... Secondly, the film's Buddhist icons suggest that when humans ignore enlightened spirituality, when they heap violence and warfare upon each other, their lives will descend into chaos and self-destruction. Kurosawa hiniseu stated this was a major concern ofRan. "[S]ome of the essential scenes of tins ...
... Secondly, the film's Buddhist icons suggest that when humans ignore enlightened spirituality, when they heap violence and warfare upon each other, their lives will descend into chaos and self-destruction. Kurosawa hiniseu stated this was a major concern ofRan. "[S]ome of the essential scenes of tins ...
Colonel Olcott: His Service to Buddhism
... our Indian career. The Europeans present expressed themselves charmed with the industrial display, and gave deserved praise to Vishram Jetha’s mechanical exhibits.” The noble colonel decried the Indian caste system, which was one of the causes of the downfall of the great Indian civilisation. He mad ...
... our Indian career. The Europeans present expressed themselves charmed with the industrial display, and gave deserved praise to Vishram Jetha’s mechanical exhibits.” The noble colonel decried the Indian caste system, which was one of the causes of the downfall of the great Indian civilisation. He mad ...
A Curriculum on Buddhist Psychology and Therapy/Coaching
... The present curriculum on Buddhist psychology, psychotherapy and coaching is a learning program presenting a comprehensive Buddhist psychology which fits mainstream practice and includes cutting-edge methods of assessment, therapy and coaching. Timewise it varies from a 1 day workshop to a 16-day co ...
... The present curriculum on Buddhist psychology, psychotherapy and coaching is a learning program presenting a comprehensive Buddhist psychology which fits mainstream practice and includes cutting-edge methods of assessment, therapy and coaching. Timewise it varies from a 1 day workshop to a 16-day co ...
DAOIST CHONGXUAN (TWOFOLD MYSTERY) THOUGHT AND
... popularity of Buddhism, it was a great method to use Buddhist philosophical methods in the Doaist framework. Accordingly, it is highly probable that the common and effective use of these two tools by Buddhists led the Daoists to employ them as well. Imperially sponsored court debates certainly repr ...
... popularity of Buddhism, it was a great method to use Buddhist philosophical methods in the Doaist framework. Accordingly, it is highly probable that the common and effective use of these two tools by Buddhists led the Daoists to employ them as well. Imperially sponsored court debates certainly repr ...
The Way to Happiness - Buddhist Publication Society
... Asoka’s rule of over forty years of peace and contentment is unique in the annals of history. Rulers in other countries followed his noble example. To cite only one instance, Empress Komyo of Japan (7th century A.C.) opened a hospital for lepers and personally washed and bathed leper women in that a ...
... Asoka’s rule of over forty years of peace and contentment is unique in the annals of history. Rulers in other countries followed his noble example. To cite only one instance, Empress Komyo of Japan (7th century A.C.) opened a hospital for lepers and personally washed and bathed leper women in that a ...
Dialogue and Transformation: Buddhism in Asian Philosophy
... present the illusion of self themselves equally empty or do they enjoy a more permanent status? The readings are meant not only to present traditional positions on these issues, together with some of the philosophical reasons for them, but also to show how the Buddhist position clearly influenced th ...
... present the illusion of self themselves equally empty or do they enjoy a more permanent status? The readings are meant not only to present traditional positions on these issues, together with some of the philosophical reasons for them, but also to show how the Buddhist position clearly influenced th ...
Natural Law in the Buddhist Tradition, The
... mind-made." "To precede" may suggest time-sequence, but in this case there is no idea of priority in time. "To precede" here simply means "rooted in," that is to say, all- things in existence are rooted in the mind (manas) .4 They follow the Mind as it moves on; they are all formed in the Mind. We m ...
... mind-made." "To precede" may suggest time-sequence, but in this case there is no idea of priority in time. "To precede" here simply means "rooted in," that is to say, all- things in existence are rooted in the mind (manas) .4 They follow the Mind as it moves on; they are all formed in the Mind. We m ...
the significance of pagoda
... supposed to enshrine a particle, in most cases a minute one of the corporeal remains of the Buddha or a Buddhist saint from which they derived their sacred character and the devout Buddhist in worshipping a Stupa containing a relic of the Buddha as if he is worshipping the Buddha himself. Though stu ...
... supposed to enshrine a particle, in most cases a minute one of the corporeal remains of the Buddha or a Buddhist saint from which they derived their sacred character and the devout Buddhist in worshipping a Stupa containing a relic of the Buddha as if he is worshipping the Buddha himself. Though stu ...