ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 241-260 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... that they are smart enough to figure out a way to save them, but it is most important that they are successful in saving the children. The story of Devatta is very instructive here. Its message is that even our enemies, regardless of their intentions, can be bodhisattvas for us if we regard them as ...
... that they are smart enough to figure out a way to save them, but it is most important that they are successful in saving the children. The story of Devatta is very instructive here. Its message is that even our enemies, regardless of their intentions, can be bodhisattvas for us if we regard them as ...
The Gohonzon - laureldistrictstudy
... the altar does not become overly crowded. As President Ikeda has said, it would be wrong if anything made it "even a bit more difficult for us to worship the Gohonzon:" Basic Offerings The [traditional] basic material offerings to the Gohonzon are evergreens, candles and incense. One may use an arra ...
... the altar does not become overly crowded. As President Ikeda has said, it would be wrong if anything made it "even a bit more difficult for us to worship the Gohonzon:" Basic Offerings The [traditional] basic material offerings to the Gohonzon are evergreens, candles and incense. One may use an arra ...
Lecture 102: The Archetype of the Divine Healer Friends, In the
... poison from the bite. Later on we read that Thoth cured Horus of a tumour and healed a wound inflicted on the god Set. Now the ancient Greeks considered Thoth to be the counterpart of Hermes, the messenger of the gods, or rather they considered Hermes to be the counterpart, in terms of their own myt ...
... poison from the bite. Later on we read that Thoth cured Horus of a tumour and healed a wound inflicted on the god Set. Now the ancient Greeks considered Thoth to be the counterpart of Hermes, the messenger of the gods, or rather they considered Hermes to be the counterpart, in terms of their own myt ...
An Introduction to the Tradition of Serene Reflection
... other two need some explanation. Spiritual craving is the desire to be reborn in some state better than the one we now occupy, such as in a heaven; material is the outcome of the delusive notion of a more or less real ego which is annihilated at death and which stands in no causal relation with the ...
... other two need some explanation. Spiritual craving is the desire to be reborn in some state better than the one we now occupy, such as in a heaven; material is the outcome of the delusive notion of a more or less real ego which is annihilated at death and which stands in no causal relation with the ...
Arahants and Bodhisattvas
... arahant. The defining mark of an arahant is the attainment of nirvàõa in this present life. The word "arahant" was not coined by the Buddha but was current even before he appeared on the Indian religious scene. The word is derived from a verb arahati, meaning "to be worthy," and thus means a person ...
... arahant. The defining mark of an arahant is the attainment of nirvàõa in this present life. The word "arahant" was not coined by the Buddha but was current even before he appeared on the Indian religious scene. The word is derived from a verb arahati, meaning "to be worthy," and thus means a person ...
nibbana update nov 2011
... For Therevada Buddhists, their primary goal is to improve their kamma. Ultimately they wish to attain Nibbana. They think though that Nibbana is only reached after many lifetimes of virtue and diligence in practicing the Dhamma. They think the more realistic goal of a life is to attain a better re ...
... For Therevada Buddhists, their primary goal is to improve their kamma. Ultimately they wish to attain Nibbana. They think though that Nibbana is only reached after many lifetimes of virtue and diligence in practicing the Dhamma. They think the more realistic goal of a life is to attain a better re ...
kumārajīva`s meditative legacy in china
... tva with craving being predominant, contemplates the thirty-six bodily parts until he becomes disgusted with body. When disenchanted by it, he gives rise to a great compassion (mahākaruṇā) and bodhicitta. Then he takes vows to save himself together with all sentient beings from suffering caused by r ...
... tva with craving being predominant, contemplates the thirty-six bodily parts until he becomes disgusted with body. When disenchanted by it, he gives rise to a great compassion (mahākaruṇā) and bodhicitta. Then he takes vows to save himself together with all sentient beings from suffering caused by r ...
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... enlightenment. Hence people at the stage of near-perfect enlightenment or below have faults of some kind, [but not those at the highest stage]. In contrast, the heart of the Lotus school is the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life, which reveals that both good and evil are in ...
... enlightenment. Hence people at the stage of near-perfect enlightenment or below have faults of some kind, [but not those at the highest stage]. In contrast, the heart of the Lotus school is the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life, which reveals that both good and evil are in ...
Buddhism and Vegetarianism
... To Practice Buddhism is to learn from the Buddha, learn from the Buddha’s purity of body, speech, and mind. “To learn from the Buddha’s body” is to emulate the Buddha’s actions. All the actions in our daily lives should be proper and meet the highest standards. “Learning from the Buddha’s speech” is ...
... To Practice Buddhism is to learn from the Buddha, learn from the Buddha’s purity of body, speech, and mind. “To learn from the Buddha’s body” is to emulate the Buddha’s actions. All the actions in our daily lives should be proper and meet the highest standards. “Learning from the Buddha’s speech” is ...
Sutra of the Medicine Buddha
... tive karma changes for the good. “The drifting life is cast aside for one of spiritual dedication” (John Blofeld). With the removal of greed, anger and delusion, most other illnesses, however physical their symptoms, are also eventually cured. b) Transference of merit Some of us may ask whether the ...
... tive karma changes for the good. “The drifting life is cast aside for one of spiritual dedication” (John Blofeld). With the removal of greed, anger and delusion, most other illnesses, however physical their symptoms, are also eventually cured. b) Transference of merit Some of us may ask whether the ...
Environmental ethics and the belief that `the whole of
... between human beings and nature. The first example is the case of Easter Island and the second is the case of the Japanese archipelago. Easter Island is situated in the middle of the Pacific, 3700 kilometres from the west coast of South America. It is an island of a mere 120 square kilometres. When ...
... between human beings and nature. The first example is the case of Easter Island and the second is the case of the Japanese archipelago. Easter Island is situated in the middle of the Pacific, 3700 kilometres from the west coast of South America. It is an island of a mere 120 square kilometres. When ...
Chapter Four - Hackett Publishing
... disengaged from the world or more involved and engaged with the world? ...
... disengaged from the world or more involved and engaged with the world? ...
Was the Buddha Omniscient?
... Jaini speculates that “the word sabbaññu was an ancient Āramaṇa technical term, and was in vogue among the Jains…at the time of Mahāvīra.”[19] It was, he believes, taken up by the Buddhists and applied to their Master but perhaps not fully assimilated. Given the ambiguous meaning of the term sabba ( ...
... Jaini speculates that “the word sabbaññu was an ancient Āramaṇa technical term, and was in vogue among the Jains…at the time of Mahāvīra.”[19] It was, he believes, taken up by the Buddhists and applied to their Master but perhaps not fully assimilated. Given the ambiguous meaning of the term sabba ( ...
Escaping the Inescapable: Changes in Buddhist Karma Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Finally both BU and CU propose different post-mortem destinations for those who know about the Five Fires (pañcāgni-vidyā), those who only practice the ordinary Brahmanical rituals, and those who do neither (BU 6.2, CU 5.2-10). Richard Gombrich has suggested that certain Pāli texts, particularly the ...
... Finally both BU and CU propose different post-mortem destinations for those who know about the Five Fires (pañcāgni-vidyā), those who only practice the ordinary Brahmanical rituals, and those who do neither (BU 6.2, CU 5.2-10). Richard Gombrich has suggested that certain Pāli texts, particularly the ...
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... attain the state of a Buddha. It must be stated that this is incorrect. This idea was spread by some early Orientalists at a time when Buddhist studies were beginning in the West, and the others who followed them accepted it without taking the trouble to go into the problem by examining the texts ...
... attain the state of a Buddha. It must be stated that this is incorrect. This idea was spread by some early Orientalists at a time when Buddhist studies were beginning in the West, and the others who followed them accepted it without taking the trouble to go into the problem by examining the texts ...
Slide 1
... Master in adoration. Asking for ordination he is taken to the temple where he soon becomes worthy of the highest obeisance of both deva and brahma gods. Thus the Buddha teaches that a man becomes neither a Brahman nor a low-caste by birth, but by deeds alone. ...
... Master in adoration. Asking for ordination he is taken to the temple where he soon becomes worthy of the highest obeisance of both deva and brahma gods. Thus the Buddha teaches that a man becomes neither a Brahman nor a low-caste by birth, but by deeds alone. ...
Aggañña Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... 2.3.3 bhassara is a celestial world, the highest of the 2nd-dhyana form worlds, populated by luminous beings who live on zest (pīti) and emanate lightning-like radiance. When the physical universe devolves or “contracts” (savaṭṭati) due to “fire,” it destroys the whole physical or sense-world univ ...
... 2.3.3 bhassara is a celestial world, the highest of the 2nd-dhyana form worlds, populated by luminous beings who live on zest (pīti) and emanate lightning-like radiance. When the physical universe devolves or “contracts” (savaṭṭati) due to “fire,” it destroys the whole physical or sense-world univ ...
The Erotics of Practice: Objects and Agency in Buddhist Avadaría
... visible so that the monks can cultivate prasäda in their minds, but it soon disappears. In the meantime, King Prasenajit hears that Käsyapa's body is now visible, so he and many hundreds and thousands of others go to Toyikä, only to become dejected when they discover that Käsyapa's body has disappea ...
... visible so that the monks can cultivate prasäda in their minds, but it soon disappears. In the meantime, King Prasenajit hears that Käsyapa's body is now visible, so he and many hundreds and thousands of others go to Toyikä, only to become dejected when they discover that Käsyapa's body has disappea ...
3. True Cause and True Effect
... shadow of death. Even horses and cattle fear being killed; no wonder human beings are afraid of death…Birds in a tree fear that they are too low and perch in the top branches, yet bewitched by bait, they too are caught in snares. Human beings are equally vulnerable. They give their lives for shallow ...
... shadow of death. Even horses and cattle fear being killed; no wonder human beings are afraid of death…Birds in a tree fear that they are too low and perch in the top branches, yet bewitched by bait, they too are caught in snares. Human beings are equally vulnerable. They give their lives for shallow ...
buddhism and science
... thing, but rather a series of moments, where each succeeding moment is similar to the previous moment, thus giving the false impression of a substance that lasts at least for a certain amount of time. This false impression is only a conventional truth. In reality, each being is not a substance, but ...
... thing, but rather a series of moments, where each succeeding moment is similar to the previous moment, thus giving the false impression of a substance that lasts at least for a certain amount of time. This false impression is only a conventional truth. In reality, each being is not a substance, but ...
The Four Noble Truths - Garnet Valley School District
... Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears. It is said, that someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with ...
... Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears. It is said, that someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with ...
Chapter 7: Creative Buddhas and Pure Lands in Renaissance Tibet
... central philosophical issues – relegated to issues of narrative, lay/popular concerns, or practices falling outside of philosophical inquiry - are instead deeply interwoven as central themes into a broader and complex philosophical system. These include pure land, relics, post-death intermediate sta ...
... central philosophical issues – relegated to issues of narrative, lay/popular concerns, or practices falling outside of philosophical inquiry - are instead deeply interwoven as central themes into a broader and complex philosophical system. These include pure land, relics, post-death intermediate sta ...
The Buddha`s Fire Miracles Anālayo . 5(11): 9–42. © 5 Bhikkhu
... fits the present narrative context. The Sakkapañha-sutta and its parallels continue with Sakka asking Pañcasikha to approach the Buddha on his behalf and request an audience. This narrative element needs to be read in the light of his earlier unsuccessful attempt to visit the Buddha. This previous a ...
... fits the present narrative context. The Sakkapañha-sutta and its parallels continue with Sakka asking Pañcasikha to approach the Buddha on his behalf and request an audience. This narrative element needs to be read in the light of his earlier unsuccessful attempt to visit the Buddha. This previous a ...
the real birth place of buddha yesterday`s kapilavastu, today`s
... and Lumbini, the actual birth place of Goutam Buddha, were situated in the Nepalese Tarai. The main basis of this belief is the inscribed pillar of Rummindei, recording the visit of the Mayuran emperor Asoka, the great to the place where Buddha was born. It is little known that the same fact in simi ...
... and Lumbini, the actual birth place of Goutam Buddha, were situated in the Nepalese Tarai. The main basis of this belief is the inscribed pillar of Rummindei, recording the visit of the Mayuran emperor Asoka, the great to the place where Buddha was born. It is little known that the same fact in simi ...
Justice, Kamma and Dhamma: Does Kamma in
... this situation: one is that Buddhism is ‘a gospel of personal salvation’ according to which escape from and not the transformation of samsara (wheel of existence) is the case. The second is that for Buddhists the western concept of justice is ‘too much of an unending revengeful tit for tat”. Coming ...
... this situation: one is that Buddhism is ‘a gospel of personal salvation’ according to which escape from and not the transformation of samsara (wheel of existence) is the case. The second is that for Buddhists the western concept of justice is ‘too much of an unending revengeful tit for tat”. Coming ...