April 8:
... date is most commonly noted around the world as his birthday. On this day, Buddhists celebrate in various ways depending on ethnicity and region. There are many Buddhas. Buddha can mean the historical Buddha, who was born Prince Siddhartha Gotama in the foothills of the Himalayas over 2,500 years ag ...
... date is most commonly noted around the world as his birthday. On this day, Buddhists celebrate in various ways depending on ethnicity and region. There are many Buddhas. Buddha can mean the historical Buddha, who was born Prince Siddhartha Gotama in the foothills of the Himalayas over 2,500 years ag ...
Introduction to BUDDHISM
... • One of the Buddha's greatest spiritual accomplishments was the doctrine of The Middle Way. He discovered the doctrine of the Middle Way only after he renounced the extreme practices of the forest dwellers. • The Buddha lived among the forest dwellers as an ascetic for some time. This experience co ...
... • One of the Buddha's greatest spiritual accomplishments was the doctrine of The Middle Way. He discovered the doctrine of the Middle Way only after he renounced the extreme practices of the forest dwellers. • The Buddha lived among the forest dwellers as an ascetic for some time. This experience co ...
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... around the beginning of our era, terraced stupas were systematically replacing round ones in Gandhara. Probably under the Gandharan influence, a new style of stupa emerged in Northern India and Nepal. The dome rose further from the ground and became less of a mound and more the section of a cylinder ...
... around the beginning of our era, terraced stupas were systematically replacing round ones in Gandhara. Probably under the Gandharan influence, a new style of stupa emerged in Northern India and Nepal. The dome rose further from the ground and became less of a mound and more the section of a cylinder ...
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... the gods, auras, humans, animals, ghosts, and demons. The 7th realm is that of Nirvana or God. These 7 realms correspond to the seven charkas in the human being, which represent biological centers for the 7 shells of man. These realms also correspond to each row of Sephiroth upon the kabala ...
... the gods, auras, humans, animals, ghosts, and demons. The 7th realm is that of Nirvana or God. These 7 realms correspond to the seven charkas in the human being, which represent biological centers for the 7 shells of man. These realms also correspond to each row of Sephiroth upon the kabala ...
Theravada (Hinayana – Lesser Vehicle) Mahayana (Greater Vehicle
... Theravada (Hinayana – Lesser Vehicle) ...
... Theravada (Hinayana – Lesser Vehicle) ...
The ascended ones - The Dharmafarers
... All religions have some kind of belief in gods and demons. Early Buddhism adopted the gods, spirits and demons of the religions and beliefs of the day and converted them into Buddhist mythology (psychologically themed stories) and cosmology (evolution and nature of the universe, including its realms ...
... All religions have some kind of belief in gods and demons. Early Buddhism adopted the gods, spirits and demons of the religions and beliefs of the day and converted them into Buddhist mythology (psychologically themed stories) and cosmology (evolution and nature of the universe, including its realms ...
73 Buddhism and Development of Peace
... of Buddhism to the problem of peace. Here, however, I would like to focus on the Buddhist concept of karma in order to show how pacifist thought in Buddhism is inherent in and can be derived from the concept of karma. The Buddha set out to develop an individual method of action by which to live one’ ...
... of Buddhism to the problem of peace. Here, however, I would like to focus on the Buddhist concept of karma in order to show how pacifist thought in Buddhism is inherent in and can be derived from the concept of karma. The Buddha set out to develop an individual method of action by which to live one’ ...
The Winning Life
... So when we are reborn, we still face the same problems or karma from causes we have made. This goes a long way to explaining why people are born under such different circumstances -- in other words, why people have different karma. ...
... So when we are reborn, we still face the same problems or karma from causes we have made. This goes a long way to explaining why people are born under such different circumstances -- in other words, why people have different karma. ...
Chapter XXV Glossary
... See the picture on a separate page. In Buddhism the devils are sometimes regarded as a protector of Buddhism. ...
... See the picture on a separate page. In Buddhism the devils are sometimes regarded as a protector of Buddhism. ...
Parallel universes
... Furthermore, we must also note what is not said. None of these texts, and other related texts, ever mention that there are Buddhas in any of these parallel universes, or beyond. Nor do these texts speak of any “paradise” in any direction, lorded over by a Cosmic Buddha. There is only one historical ...
... Furthermore, we must also note what is not said. None of these texts, and other related texts, ever mention that there are Buddhas in any of these parallel universes, or beyond. Nor do these texts speak of any “paradise” in any direction, lorded over by a Cosmic Buddha. There is only one historical ...
How to end the world―really
... comprise of pure light, and thirdly, the “formless” world of beings of pure energy. Only the first, the physical world of the senses, is destroyed in space-time. When our universe is destroyed, that is, when the physical world disintegrates, some of the beings are reborn into the form world or the f ...
... comprise of pure light, and thirdly, the “formless” world of beings of pure energy. Only the first, the physical world of the senses, is destroyed in space-time. When our universe is destroyed, that is, when the physical world disintegrates, some of the beings are reborn into the form world or the f ...
The Buddhist universe The realms of the universe The Buddhist
... cause of future events. Indian religions often see space and time as cyclical, such that world-systems come into being, survive for a time, are destroyed and then are remade. In Buddhism this happens naturally without the intervention of gods. One tale told by the Buddha in the Aggan̄n̄a Sutta descr ...
... cause of future events. Indian religions often see space and time as cyclical, such that world-systems come into being, survive for a time, are destroyed and then are remade. In Buddhism this happens naturally without the intervention of gods. One tale told by the Buddha in the Aggan̄n̄a Sutta descr ...