Be a Lamp Upon Yourself
... in Him. To Him, religion is not a bargain but a noble way of life to gain Enlightenment and salvation for oneself and others. He did not want followers who believed Him blindly; He wishes us to think and understand for ourselves. The Buddha urges all to come forth to discover more about Buddhism and ...
... in Him. To Him, religion is not a bargain but a noble way of life to gain Enlightenment and salvation for oneself and others. He did not want followers who believed Him blindly; He wishes us to think and understand for ourselves. The Buddha urges all to come forth to discover more about Buddhism and ...
The Teachings of Vimalakirti - Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
... The Dehistorization of Buddhism. As recorded in the Pali Canon, the Buddha and his disciples lived in an historical context bounded by space and time. They walked through towns and cities, ofte ...
... The Dehistorization of Buddhism. As recorded in the Pali Canon, the Buddha and his disciples lived in an historical context bounded by space and time. They walked through towns and cities, ofte ...
The Four Noble Truths
... military conquest but rather in the form of a teaching that was intended to help beings find happiness. So most of these great teachers gave teachings that remain even today while military empires have come and gone by the hundreds. One may wonder why those teachings spread so widely and why they ar ...
... military conquest but rather in the form of a teaching that was intended to help beings find happiness. So most of these great teachers gave teachings that remain even today while military empires have come and gone by the hundreds. One may wonder why those teachings spread so widely and why they ar ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... is told.14 In contrast, the purpose of the early Buddhist oral tradition was the preservation of sacred material, for which free improvisation is inappropriate.15 Moreover, recitation was often undertaken communally by the reciters, which leaves little scope for free improvisation.16 The emphasis on ...
... is told.14 In contrast, the purpose of the early Buddhist oral tradition was the preservation of sacred material, for which free improvisation is inappropriate.15 Moreover, recitation was often undertaken communally by the reciters, which leaves little scope for free improvisation.16 The emphasis on ...
Karma and Rebirth in the Upaniṣads and Buddhism
... Whoeverknows thus "I am Brahman"becomesthis all. Even the gods cannot prevent his becoming thus, for he becomes their self. So whoever worships another divinity thinking that he (the worshipper) is one and (Brahman) another, he knows not, he knows not. He is like an animal to the gods. As many anima ...
... Whoeverknows thus "I am Brahman"becomesthis all. Even the gods cannot prevent his becoming thus, for he becomes their self. So whoever worships another divinity thinking that he (the worshipper) is one and (Brahman) another, he knows not, he knows not. He is like an animal to the gods. As many anima ...
did the dhamma die with the buddha?
... In very many cases, and Masefield records a large number in table 4. at the back of DRBP, people attained right-view, only after hearing the Dhamma from the Buddha – hence they are know as saavaka – the hearers. This is where Masefield’s discourse starts to come unstuck, because there are two extrem ...
... In very many cases, and Masefield records a large number in table 4. at the back of DRBP, people attained right-view, only after hearing the Dhamma from the Buddha – hence they are know as saavaka – the hearers. This is where Masefield’s discourse starts to come unstuck, because there are two extrem ...
Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns
... skill in teaching, and it is likely that the need to develop the extra paramis to teach the Dhamma made it necessary for Sukha to study under earlier Buddhas for so long without gaining the paths and fruits. Similar stories tell of how other bhikkhunis performed good works and put forth effort in pr ...
... skill in teaching, and it is likely that the need to develop the extra paramis to teach the Dhamma made it necessary for Sukha to study under earlier Buddhas for so long without gaining the paths and fruits. Similar stories tell of how other bhikkhunis performed good works and put forth effort in pr ...
Sabba Kamma Jaha Sutta
... 1.4.5.1 NĀGASENA‘S VIEW. There is the well known tradition that if a lay person were to become an arhat,29 he must ordain the very same day, or he will die (pass away into parinirvana) that day itself. However, this view is not found in any of the canonical texts.30 The earliest reference to such a ...
... 1.4.5.1 NĀGASENA‘S VIEW. There is the well known tradition that if a lay person were to become an arhat,29 he must ordain the very same day, or he will die (pass away into parinirvana) that day itself. However, this view is not found in any of the canonical texts.30 The earliest reference to such a ...
Buddhism - Spiritual Awakening Radio
... the maker of this dwelling (body) and have not found him. Painful is birth again and again. Now you are seen, O Builder of the house (body), you will not build the house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridgepole is destroyed, the mind, set on the attainment of nirvana (enlightenment,) has a ...
... the maker of this dwelling (body) and have not found him. Painful is birth again and again. Now you are seen, O Builder of the house (body), you will not build the house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridgepole is destroyed, the mind, set on the attainment of nirvana (enlightenment,) has a ...
Week One: The story of the Historical Buddha and its symbolic
... the idea of real existence in relation to the world. Seeing the cessation of the world as it really is through perfect view, one does not have the idea of real existence in relation to the world. While this world is mostly bound up with attachment, clinging and inclination, if one does not embrace o ...
... the idea of real existence in relation to the world. Seeing the cessation of the world as it really is through perfect view, one does not have the idea of real existence in relation to the world. While this world is mostly bound up with attachment, clinging and inclination, if one does not embrace o ...
manual of zen buddhism
... Adoration to Avalokiteshvara the Bodhisattva-Mahasattva who is the great compassionate one! Om, to the one who performs a leap beyond all fears! Having adored him, may I enter into the heart of the blue-necked one known as the noble adorable Avalokiteshvara! It means the completing of all meaning, i ...
... Adoration to Avalokiteshvara the Bodhisattva-Mahasattva who is the great compassionate one! Om, to the one who performs a leap beyond all fears! Having adored him, may I enter into the heart of the blue-necked one known as the noble adorable Avalokiteshvara! It means the completing of all meaning, i ...
Mahayana Buddhism
... Japan, where it was known as Kegon. Another important Chinese school, the Tiantai (Tendai in Japanese), was founded by Chinese monk Zhiyi, who organized the entire Buddhist canon around the cardinal Mahayana scripture, the Saddharmapundarika Sutra (Lotus Sutra). This school became very influential ...
... Japan, where it was known as Kegon. Another important Chinese school, the Tiantai (Tendai in Japanese), was founded by Chinese monk Zhiyi, who organized the entire Buddhist canon around the cardinal Mahayana scripture, the Saddharmapundarika Sutra (Lotus Sutra). This school became very influential ...
are buddhists idol - worshippers
... After the image was placed in the temple, the people became very happy. From this time, onwards, according to Fa-hsien, people started copying this replica of the Buddha. But it is difficult to find evidence in Buddhist literature and history to support the existence of Buddha images in India until ...
... After the image was placed in the temple, the people became very happy. From this time, onwards, according to Fa-hsien, people started copying this replica of the Buddha. But it is difficult to find evidence in Buddhist literature and history to support the existence of Buddha images in India until ...
The Dharma-ending Age
... In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that these two elements entered the Buddhist tradition together” (Nattier 1991:29). Nattier further notes that all these texts belong to the Nikāya school bu ...
... In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that these two elements entered the Buddhist tradition together” (Nattier 1991:29). Nattier further notes that all these texts belong to the Nikāya school bu ...
Bhikkhave Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... but with all instances of the vocative reinstated. The term appears much more often than Bhikkhu Bodhi translates it. For example on the Ariyapariyesanā-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, Bhikkhu Bodhi translates it only twelve times, whereas it appears in the sutta in the extant PTS Pāli edition 121 tim ...
... but with all instances of the vocative reinstated. The term appears much more often than Bhikkhu Bodhi translates it. For example on the Ariyapariyesanā-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, Bhikkhu Bodhi translates it only twelve times, whereas it appears in the sutta in the extant PTS Pāli edition 121 tim ...
Archaeological Discovery and Examination of the Money
... unearthed from Pengshan Cliff Tombs; the second is cast on the tree trunk, the cases of which took the bulk of all three types and can be represented by the money trees unearthed at Hejiashan, Mianyang City and Tujing, Zhongxian County; the third type, which showed only one case from the money tree ...
... unearthed from Pengshan Cliff Tombs; the second is cast on the tree trunk, the cases of which took the bulk of all three types and can be represented by the money trees unearthed at Hejiashan, Mianyang City and Tujing, Zhongxian County; the third type, which showed only one case from the money tree ...
Sutra on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings
... looking for joy in desires and passions and know how to feel satisfied with few possessions, we must not be lazy, letting days and months slip by neglectfully. Great patience and diligence are needed continually to develop our concentration and understanding in an endeavor of self-realization. We mu ...
... looking for joy in desires and passions and know how to feel satisfied with few possessions, we must not be lazy, letting days and months slip by neglectfully. Great patience and diligence are needed continually to develop our concentration and understanding in an endeavor of self-realization. We mu ...
The Divinization of the Buddha - Journal of Student Scholarhip
... Archaeological evidence, though sparse, provides some clues. One piece of evidence is an inscription from a late second or early first century BCE vase, discovered in the Swat region of India which once contained Buddhist relics. The vase, donated by a Greek official known as Theodorus, declares in ...
... Archaeological evidence, though sparse, provides some clues. One piece of evidence is an inscription from a late second or early first century BCE vase, discovered in the Swat region of India which once contained Buddhist relics. The vase, donated by a Greek official known as Theodorus, declares in ...
The Buddha`s Skillful Means
... people--and yet still achieve the same end--seems like sophistry. A good example of this can be found in the Brahma Vihara, where the Buddha offers advice on how to become united with the Hindu god, Brahma. What is striking about this teaching is not just that we find the Buddha giving instructions ...
... people--and yet still achieve the same end--seems like sophistry. A good example of this can be found in the Brahma Vihara, where the Buddha offers advice on how to become united with the Hindu god, Brahma. What is striking about this teaching is not just that we find the Buddha giving instructions ...
The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess Ekottarika-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Pāli Discourse Jātakas In what follows I first survey jātakas found in early discourse literature, arguably the earliest strata of jātaka tales attested in Buddhist literature, in order to provide a background for evaluating the Ekottarika-āgama discourse that reports a past life of the Buddha as a ...
... Pāli Discourse Jātakas In what follows I first survey jātakas found in early discourse literature, arguably the earliest strata of jātaka tales attested in Buddhist literature, in order to provide a background for evaluating the Ekottarika-āgama discourse that reports a past life of the Buddha as a ...
"Be a light unto yourself" said Buddha to his disciples who had
... "making it". Everything is seen from a competitive point of view. We are always trying to score points, and trying to prevent others from scoring on us. If someone achieves something special we become determined to out do them. We never trust anyone; we "know" they're trying to slip one past us. If ...
... "making it". Everything is seen from a competitive point of view. We are always trying to score points, and trying to prevent others from scoring on us. If someone achieves something special we become determined to out do them. We never trust anyone; we "know" they're trying to slip one past us. If ...
Shobogenzo Nehanmyoshin (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
... that since this “treasury” which houses the true Dharma, strictly speaking, is not the “true, correct teachings” themselves. Nevertheless, since these teachings are contained there, the true Dharma is certainly present within it. For this reason according to the tradition of the Zen school, when Sha ...
... that since this “treasury” which houses the true Dharma, strictly speaking, is not the “true, correct teachings” themselves. Nevertheless, since these teachings are contained there, the true Dharma is certainly present within it. For this reason according to the tradition of the Zen school, when Sha ...
Buddhist Examination Study Guide Buddhist Examination Study Guide
... ( T ) 40. Practice Buddhism does not require renunciation of family life and civil society. ( T ) 41. Buddhism teaches people how to regulate their deeds and how to understand and help themselves and their interactions with others. ( T ) 42. The Eight Sufferings are the suffering of birth, the suffe ...
... ( T ) 40. Practice Buddhism does not require renunciation of family life and civil society. ( T ) 41. Buddhism teaches people how to regulate their deeds and how to understand and help themselves and their interactions with others. ( T ) 42. The Eight Sufferings are the suffering of birth, the suffe ...
Freeing the Heart and Mind
... competing with the gods. Yet because their merit is never equal to that of the gods, they are always defeated and suffer greatly. According to the Buddha’s teachings, gods inhabit many different heavenlike realms. The gods have a very luxurious and high state. They have great enjoyment, a very long ...
... competing with the gods. Yet because their merit is never equal to that of the gods, they are always defeated and suffer greatly. According to the Buddha’s teachings, gods inhabit many different heavenlike realms. The gods have a very luxurious and high state. They have great enjoyment, a very long ...
日莲正宗佛法介绍 - 新加坡日莲正宗佛教会Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist
... School of True Buddhism established by our founder, Nichiren Daishonin, more than 750 years ago. Buddhism was first expounded nearly 3,000 years ago by Shakyamuni Buddha who made his advent in India. For more than 40 years, Shakyamuni Buddha taught the Law in various ways according to the circumstan ...
... School of True Buddhism established by our founder, Nichiren Daishonin, more than 750 years ago. Buddhism was first expounded nearly 3,000 years ago by Shakyamuni Buddha who made his advent in India. For more than 40 years, Shakyamuni Buddha taught the Law in various ways according to the circumstan ...