Maitreya, the Future Buddha
... realized that we had the core of something more than a conference panel, and we began to plan a year of activities at Princeton during 1981-2 that would culminate in a conference exploring the Maitreya theme from as many different perspectives as possible. With the enthusiastic support of the Depart ...
... realized that we had the core of something more than a conference panel, and we began to plan a year of activities at Princeton during 1981-2 that would culminate in a conference exploring the Maitreya theme from as many different perspectives as possible. With the enthusiastic support of the Depart ...
BUDDHIST IMAGERY IN THE WORK OF PAUL GAUGUIN: THE
... In the late nineteenth century in Europe, there was a renewed interest in Eastern religions, particularly Hinduism and Buddhism. Theosophy, inspired by Eastern religions was a ‘synthesis of all religion’ and although Gauguin never considered himself a Theosophist, his works testify to his interest i ...
... In the late nineteenth century in Europe, there was a renewed interest in Eastern religions, particularly Hinduism and Buddhism. Theosophy, inspired by Eastern religions was a ‘synthesis of all religion’ and although Gauguin never considered himself a Theosophist, his works testify to his interest i ...
The Evolution of the Precepts
... Adapted from “The Book of the Discipline”, translated by I.B. Horner, M.A. (Pali Text Society): “Sariputta, while Vipassin was a Blessed One, while Sikhin was a Blessed One, and while Vessabhu was a Blessed One the holy life did not last long. Sariputta, while Kakusandha was a Blessed One, while Kon ...
... Adapted from “The Book of the Discipline”, translated by I.B. Horner, M.A. (Pali Text Society): “Sariputta, while Vipassin was a Blessed One, while Sikhin was a Blessed One, and while Vessabhu was a Blessed One the holy life did not last long. Sariputta, while Kakusandha was a Blessed One, while Kon ...
Hachiman`s Initial Rise to Prominence
... Hachiman’s resurrection in the late eighth century. All in all I argue that Hachiman’s enduring importance is best explained by his Bodhisattva-like features, which took shape in the course of these events and singled him out among the other kami. Keywords: State Buddhism, ancestor cult, oracle, Tōd ...
... Hachiman’s resurrection in the late eighth century. All in all I argue that Hachiman’s enduring importance is best explained by his Bodhisattva-like features, which took shape in the course of these events and singled him out among the other kami. Keywords: State Buddhism, ancestor cult, oracle, Tōd ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... literature contains a number of precepts regulating devotional acts performed for these objects that are intended to distinguish them from those of non-Buddhist cults and to limit worship to only those set up for the Buddha and other Buddhist holy people. These teachings concerning the connotations ...
... literature contains a number of precepts regulating devotional acts performed for these objects that are intended to distinguish them from those of non-Buddhist cults and to limit worship to only those set up for the Buddha and other Buddhist holy people. These teachings concerning the connotations ...
Keizan Study
... of their religious authority. This emphasis on the symbolic role of Dōgen remained consistent throughout the history of the Japanese Sōtō school, except for one brief incident during the modern period. That rejection of Dōgen raised the issue of who should be revered as the founder of the Japanese S ...
... of their religious authority. This emphasis on the symbolic role of Dōgen remained consistent throughout the history of the Japanese Sōtō school, except for one brief incident during the modern period. That rejection of Dōgen raised the issue of who should be revered as the founder of the Japanese S ...
Searching for the Law: Ennin`s Journal as a Key to the Heian
... common tradition, although it was configured differently in each state. These commonalities were reinforced by the shared material world of Buddhist architecture, Sinitic characters, and Tang style dress. Premodern Japanese borrowing from the continent was so extensive and foundational that the Heia ...
... common tradition, although it was configured differently in each state. These commonalities were reinforced by the shared material world of Buddhist architecture, Sinitic characters, and Tang style dress. Premodern Japanese borrowing from the continent was so extensive and foundational that the Heia ...
The Development of Kaji Kito in Nichiren Shu Buddhism
... the core teachings of Buddhism have remained the same, both branches have differing views of the Buddha’s teachings (Herbrechtsmeier 1993: 1-5). Further subdivisions of Mahayana Buddhism, in particular, into separate Buddhist schools show varying views primarily based on issues of canonicity of scri ...
... the core teachings of Buddhism have remained the same, both branches have differing views of the Buddha’s teachings (Herbrechtsmeier 1993: 1-5). Further subdivisions of Mahayana Buddhism, in particular, into separate Buddhist schools show varying views primarily based on issues of canonicity of scri ...
The Seeker`s Glossary of Buddhism
... as the “epitome of Buddhist thought, Buddhist sentiment and Buddhist experience”, the sutra recounts the story of the youth Sudhana, the perennial seeker of the Way, who toward the end of the sutra sought entrance into Maitreya’s Tower – his own SelfNature and Mind. The present Seeker’s Glossary of ...
... as the “epitome of Buddhist thought, Buddhist sentiment and Buddhist experience”, the sutra recounts the story of the youth Sudhana, the perennial seeker of the Way, who toward the end of the sutra sought entrance into Maitreya’s Tower – his own SelfNature and Mind. The present Seeker’s Glossary of ...
The Reiki Symbols
... This 'secret' form, it transpires, is the phrase: nao hi. Now, while the phrases choku rei and nao hi do indeed have the same meaning: 'direct spirit' it is somewhat of an exaggeration to portray nao hi as a secret, Shinto jumon. It is important to be aware that, as kanji are of Chinese origin, each ...
... This 'secret' form, it transpires, is the phrase: nao hi. Now, while the phrases choku rei and nao hi do indeed have the same meaning: 'direct spirit' it is somewhat of an exaggeration to portray nao hi as a secret, Shinto jumon. It is important to be aware that, as kanji are of Chinese origin, each ...
Now - Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
... an administrative position at Qixia or another large monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun purs ...
... an administrative position at Qixia or another large monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun purs ...
The History of the Soka Gakkai - Sgi-Usa
... Then, in November, after chanting more determinedly than ever, he awakened to the truth that he himself was among the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. In the Lotus Sutra, these are the bodhisattvas entrusted with the mission to spread the sutra’s teaching in the Latter Day of the Law, the impure age after ...
... Then, in November, after chanting more determinedly than ever, he awakened to the truth that he himself was among the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. In the Lotus Sutra, these are the bodhisattvas entrusted with the mission to spread the sutra’s teaching in the Latter Day of the Law, the impure age after ...
Nichirenism, Utopianism, and Modernity
... 1. See for example Tokoro (1972), and in English, Lee (1975). Helen Hardacre (1984, 12) wrote that “The sympathies of those who subscribed to Nichirenshugi were with the ruling class. Their main concern with respect to the rest of society was that it be orderly, obedient, and loyal. They were not in ...
... 1. See for example Tokoro (1972), and in English, Lee (1975). Helen Hardacre (1984, 12) wrote that “The sympathies of those who subscribed to Nichirenshugi were with the ruling class. Their main concern with respect to the rest of society was that it be orderly, obedient, and loyal. They were not in ...
Dy, Ari C. (2013) Marginal Buddhists: religion and identity of a
... My first consciousness of being Chinese was the death of my paternal grandfather. I was barely nine years old, but the elaborate funerary rituals, the mourning customs and the major changes in the physical layout of the family dining room all indicated that family life would never be the same again. ...
... My first consciousness of being Chinese was the death of my paternal grandfather. I was barely nine years old, but the elaborate funerary rituals, the mourning customs and the major changes in the physical layout of the family dining room all indicated that family life would never be the same again. ...
1 1. What are Jizo? Jizo are statues of Buddhist boddhisattvas. Many
... The functions of Jizo have continued since the middle ages and through the Edo period to this day. In conclusion, at least for Kanazawa City, it is incidental that the places Jizo were erected to memorialize the dead or to obtain benefits in this world through the observance of Buddhist teachings we ...
... The functions of Jizo have continued since the middle ages and through the Edo period to this day. In conclusion, at least for Kanazawa City, it is incidental that the places Jizo were erected to memorialize the dead or to obtain benefits in this world through the observance of Buddhist teachings we ...
Wesak and the Re-Creation of Buddhist Tradition
... of its "continuing contribution to the working and persistence of the society in question" (Jary and Jary 516). In this context, the society in question is the Buddhist tradition. In order to determine Wesak's continuing role as a consolidator of Buddhist identity, it is necessary to adopt a sociolo ...
... of its "continuing contribution to the working and persistence of the society in question" (Jary and Jary 516). In this context, the society in question is the Buddhist tradition. In order to determine Wesak's continuing role as a consolidator of Buddhist identity, it is necessary to adopt a sociolo ...
Maitreya Images in Asian Buddhist Fine Arts - Harvard
... stemming from Zoroastrianism in Iran at the same time with early Buddhism is considered the time the Maitreya cult came into existence.3 Buddhist doctrines referring to Sakyamuni have specific and exact time and dates. Meanwhile, written documents mentioning Maitreya Buddha have vague, mysterious da ...
... stemming from Zoroastrianism in Iran at the same time with early Buddhism is considered the time the Maitreya cult came into existence.3 Buddhist doctrines referring to Sakyamuni have specific and exact time and dates. Meanwhile, written documents mentioning Maitreya Buddha have vague, mysterious da ...
- D-Scholarship@Pitt
... Studies at Pitt have provided me with adjunct teaching, teaching fellowships and tuition remission throughout much of my time at Pitt, while the P.E.O. Foundation offered me financial aid during my early years in the program. I am especially grateful for the support of two Andrew Mellon Doctoral Fel ...
... Studies at Pitt have provided me with adjunct teaching, teaching fellowships and tuition remission throughout much of my time at Pitt, while the P.E.O. Foundation offered me financial aid during my early years in the program. I am especially grateful for the support of two Andrew Mellon Doctoral Fel ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... earlier individual cave programs of Dunhuang, Yungang, and Longmen. Baodingshan was like a cave turned inside-out, its subject matter eclectic, and its mode of representation not truly akin to earlier carved or painted precedents [fig. 1]. Thus I began to search for the underlying motivation for suc ...
... earlier individual cave programs of Dunhuang, Yungang, and Longmen. Baodingshan was like a cave turned inside-out, its subject matter eclectic, and its mode of representation not truly akin to earlier carved or painted precedents [fig. 1]. Thus I began to search for the underlying motivation for suc ...
Japanese Temple Buddhism : Worldliness in a Religion of
... in a loud voice while rubbing his prayer beads in palms pressed together to form a mudra (ritual hand gesture). Anyone in attendance could not help but be impressed with the power and majesty of this performance. This ceremony and ones like it performed at temples of the Tendai sect across Japan com ...
... in a loud voice while rubbing his prayer beads in palms pressed together to form a mudra (ritual hand gesture). Anyone in attendance could not help but be impressed with the power and majesty of this performance. This ceremony and ones like it performed at temples of the Tendai sect across Japan com ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal
... general community of Buddhists in America. In order to have some context in which to consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America ...
... general community of Buddhists in America. In order to have some context in which to consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal Practice
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
Nor is it clear to me, as people are born and die
... strictly immanent spring up almost simultaneously. These counter-visions make the Pure Land interesting to Japanese philosophers looking for a utopian image that they can set in opposition to the existing state, at a moment of danger. Because this particular utopian image comes bound together with a ...
... strictly immanent spring up almost simultaneously. These counter-visions make the Pure Land interesting to Japanese philosophers looking for a utopian image that they can set in opposition to the existing state, at a moment of danger. Because this particular utopian image comes bound together with a ...
Asoka`s Dhamma
... then not even three hundred years old and which should live for three millennia or more. Asoka, striving for concord among the diverse religious communities or sects in his empire, began at home'and was determined to uproot the seeds of discord within his own sect. It may be emphatically noted that ...
... then not even three hundred years old and which should live for three millennia or more. Asoka, striving for concord among the diverse religious communities or sects in his empire, began at home'and was determined to uproot the seeds of discord within his own sect. It may be emphatically noted that ...
Conversion by the Book: Buddhist Print Culture in Early Republican
... 4 Gregory Adam Scott – Conversion by the Book structure, page layout, character set, and related factors, thereby adding an additional layer of historical context behind that of the textual content. The second aspect to print culture, social processes of print, extends this inquiry to the people an ...
... 4 Gregory Adam Scott – Conversion by the Book structure, page layout, character set, and related factors, thereby adding an additional layer of historical context behind that of the textual content. The second aspect to print culture, social processes of print, extends this inquiry to the people an ...
Buddhist art in Japan
Buddhism played an important role in the development of Japanese art between the 6th and the 16th centuries. Buddhist art and Buddhist religious thought came to Japan from China through Korea and Buddhist art was encouraged by Crown Prince Shōtoku in the Suiko period in the sixth century and by Emperor Shomu in the Nara period in the eighth century. In the early Heian period Buddhist art and architecture greatly influenced the traditional Shinto arts, and Buddhist painting became fashionable among wealthy Japanese. The Kamakura period saw a flowering of Japanese Buddhist sculpture, whose origins are in the works of Heian period sculptor Jōchō. The Amida sect of Buddhism provided the basis for many popular artworks. Buddhist art became popular among the masses via scroll paintings, paintings used in worship and paintings of Buddhas, saint's lives, hells and other religious themes. Under the Zen sect of Buddhism, portraiture of priests such as Bodhidharma became popular as well as scroll calligraphy and sumi-e brush painting.