The Core of Íåkyamuni Buddha`s Teachings and the Distinctive
... because some Mahåyåna sËtras criticized vehemently a part of early Nikåya Buddhism as the “Lesser Vehicle” (H¥nayåna), while those who were criticized did not accept the religious authority of Mahåyåna sËtras, there appeared bitter confrontation and tension between the two. I think that there was an ...
... because some Mahåyåna sËtras criticized vehemently a part of early Nikåya Buddhism as the “Lesser Vehicle” (H¥nayåna), while those who were criticized did not accept the religious authority of Mahåyåna sËtras, there appeared bitter confrontation and tension between the two. I think that there was an ...
235 5.3.6. Traditional Symbols Traditional symbols have
... full. It is believed that when the vase was presented before the throat of the Buddha, it enables the speech of Dharma to prevail forever in the land and inexhaustible wealth prospers at all times to come. 5.3.6.1.3. The Conch The Conch or dungkar, especially one that winds clockwise, symbolizes the ...
... full. It is believed that when the vase was presented before the throat of the Buddha, it enables the speech of Dharma to prevail forever in the land and inexhaustible wealth prospers at all times to come. 5.3.6.1.3. The Conch The Conch or dungkar, especially one that winds clockwise, symbolizes the ...
Ichibutsu Ryoso (One Buddha Two Founders) - sotozen-net
... Doshin that Soto Zen should have the Three Treasures as its objects of refuge. A third opinion was that chanting namu Shakamuni Butsu would be nothing but an imitation of Pure Land Buddhism and its Gate of Other Power. Another opinion was that, according to the doctrine of Three Bodies (the Trikaya ...
... Doshin that Soto Zen should have the Three Treasures as its objects of refuge. A third opinion was that chanting namu Shakamuni Butsu would be nothing but an imitation of Pure Land Buddhism and its Gate of Other Power. Another opinion was that, according to the doctrine of Three Bodies (the Trikaya ...
Stupa Explorer - Ancient India
... worship of the Buddha and Buddhist dignitaries. The shape of a stupa is based upon pre-Buddhist burial mounds. When the Buddha died in the fifth century B.C. he was cremated and his remains were divided into eight parts. The remains were placed in small caskets. Stupa mounds were then built in diffe ...
... worship of the Buddha and Buddhist dignitaries. The shape of a stupa is based upon pre-Buddhist burial mounds. When the Buddha died in the fifth century B.C. he was cremated and his remains were divided into eight parts. The remains were placed in small caskets. Stupa mounds were then built in diffe ...
Arhats in Buddhism
... attaining true buddhahood, unlike the more wise and compassionate bodhisattva. ...
... attaining true buddhahood, unlike the more wise and compassionate bodhisattva. ...
Symbolism in Asian Statues of the Buddha
... meanings in Buddhist statues would be seriously diminished if even one mudra were not utilized. Although the function of the mudra originated in the Hindu tradition and they are apparent in panAsian features of Buddhist art, the symbolism of the meditative (Dhyana) and teaching (Dharmachakra) mudras ...
... meanings in Buddhist statues would be seriously diminished if even one mudra were not utilized. Although the function of the mudra originated in the Hindu tradition and they are apparent in panAsian features of Buddhist art, the symbolism of the meditative (Dhyana) and teaching (Dharmachakra) mudras ...
nirvana 2
... Disciples frequently asked the Buddha, ‘What experiences Nibbana?’ If Nibbana means extinguishing of all desire, in what way does the person having the experience exist? The Buddha considered the four possibilities (‘He is’, ‘He is not’, ‘He is and he is not’, ‘He neither is nor is not’) to be specu ...
... Disciples frequently asked the Buddha, ‘What experiences Nibbana?’ If Nibbana means extinguishing of all desire, in what way does the person having the experience exist? The Buddha considered the four possibilities (‘He is’, ‘He is not’, ‘He is and he is not’, ‘He neither is nor is not’) to be specu ...
the real birth place of buddha yesterday`s kapilavastu, today`s
... of the Calcutta University was procured about March 1928 by Mr. Birendranath Roy for his private museum at Puri from a farmer of the village of Kapileswara, situated nearly a mile to the south of the famous Lingaraj temple at Bhubaneswar. The farmer had found the inscribed stone slab set in the mud ...
... of the Calcutta University was procured about March 1928 by Mr. Birendranath Roy for his private museum at Puri from a farmer of the village of Kapileswara, situated nearly a mile to the south of the famous Lingaraj temple at Bhubaneswar. The farmer had found the inscribed stone slab set in the mud ...
Buddha`s Birthday
... Dongdaemun Gate, and proceeds toward Jongno Street. As darkness gradually falls, the light from the lanterns grows brighter. Spectators cheer and applaud the river of light, many busy taking pictures. The soft and gentle light emitting from lanterns covered with hanji, traditional Korean paper handm ...
... Dongdaemun Gate, and proceeds toward Jongno Street. As darkness gradually falls, the light from the lanterns grows brighter. Spectators cheer and applaud the river of light, many busy taking pictures. The soft and gentle light emitting from lanterns covered with hanji, traditional Korean paper handm ...
DASABALASRIMITRA ON THE BUDDHOLOGY OF THE SAMMITIYAS
... present] Sakyamuni first made the wholesome root vow (kusalamillapral}idhiina) as a merchant, a sre${hin, during the preliminary career of resolution: 'Oh, may I in future become a Buddha, a worthy one, a truly and completely awakened one. And as this Blessed One is named Sakyamuni, so may I be Saky ...
... present] Sakyamuni first made the wholesome root vow (kusalamillapral}idhiina) as a merchant, a sre${hin, during the preliminary career of resolution: 'Oh, may I in future become a Buddha, a worthy one, a truly and completely awakened one. And as this Blessed One is named Sakyamuni, so may I be Saky ...
Chapter VII The Parable of a Magic City - Nichiren
... “Why are our palaces illumined more brightly than ever? Let us find the place from where this light has come. Did a god of great virtue or a Buddha appear somewhere in the universe?” (P.131, LL.24~29) The ray of the Buddha's compassion illuminated not only the place where the Buddha resided but also ...
... “Why are our palaces illumined more brightly than ever? Let us find the place from where this light has come. Did a god of great virtue or a Buddha appear somewhere in the universe?” (P.131, LL.24~29) The ray of the Buddha's compassion illuminated not only the place where the Buddha resided but also ...
Bhaisajyaguru - Metropolitan Museum of Art
... prabha, as in the Philadelphia mural. In the Metropolitan's mural they are relegated to secondary positions after two bodhisattvas, Avalokitesvara and Cintamanicakra, with the former on the Buddha's right. This part of the mural is particularly fragmentary and has been heavily restored, so that it i ...
... prabha, as in the Philadelphia mural. In the Metropolitan's mural they are relegated to secondary positions after two bodhisattvas, Avalokitesvara and Cintamanicakra, with the former on the Buddha's right. This part of the mural is particularly fragmentary and has been heavily restored, so that it i ...
The Great Lion`s Roar
... The Buddha presents a new way of understanding who is a true ascetic or Brahmin1, relating these terms not to radical austerities but to the perfection of certain qualities through practice. The Buddha espouses the difference between a practitioner of self-mortification and an ascetic. Kassapa, an a ...
... The Buddha presents a new way of understanding who is a true ascetic or Brahmin1, relating these terms not to radical austerities but to the perfection of certain qualities through practice. The Buddha espouses the difference between a practitioner of self-mortification and an ascetic. Kassapa, an a ...
Emergence of the Pure Land Path: The Mahayana Movement
... The path of realization based on the Mahayana conception of wisdom was elaborated as the career of the bodhisttva. In the early Buddhist tradition, the term “bodhisattva”—literally, “enlightenment-being”—meant “Buddha-to-be” and was used chiefly to refer to previous births of the Buddha Sakyamuni. T ...
... The path of realization based on the Mahayana conception of wisdom was elaborated as the career of the bodhisttva. In the early Buddhist tradition, the term “bodhisattva”—literally, “enlightenment-being”—meant “Buddha-to-be” and was used chiefly to refer to previous births of the Buddha Sakyamuni. T ...
The Buddha
... The Long Night 4 Watches:Despite Mara’s temptations, Siddhartha continues contemplating • 1st watch of the night: Siddhartha remembers his past lives and sees the truth that the cycle of existence is without substance. • 2nd watch: Siddhartha is filled with compassion for all beings because he sees ...
... The Long Night 4 Watches:Despite Mara’s temptations, Siddhartha continues contemplating • 1st watch of the night: Siddhartha remembers his past lives and sees the truth that the cycle of existence is without substance. • 2nd watch: Siddhartha is filled with compassion for all beings because he sees ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 241-260 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... merely to lines within them, or to lines which explain them, but also to the overall thrust and function of those stories within a religious tradition. It is not incidental that the original Lotus Såtra probably began with the chapter on upàya, and then, in the next chapter told a story, the parable ...
... merely to lines within them, or to lines which explain them, but also to the overall thrust and function of those stories within a religious tradition. It is not incidental that the original Lotus Såtra probably began with the chapter on upàya, and then, in the next chapter told a story, the parable ...
去る天平宝字七年（763）十二月二十日、神社の東に井あり
... scripture without any offering?” The monkey answered, “In that case I will join a group of several monks in Asai district 浅井郡 (a district in the same province) who are going to read the Rokkanshô 六巻抄 (a Buddhist perceptual writing).” Priest Eishô, in wonder and doubt, went to the Great master Man’yo ...
... scripture without any offering?” The monkey answered, “In that case I will join a group of several monks in Asai district 浅井郡 (a district in the same province) who are going to read the Rokkanshô 六巻抄 (a Buddhist perceptual writing).” Priest Eishô, in wonder and doubt, went to the Great master Man’yo ...
Thailand 2011 - Keith Davey has designed a number of educational
... We travelled the length of Vietnam from Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon, north to Hanoi. While on the Reunification Express we travelled with some of the hundreds of Viet travelling back home to their villages for their family New Year celebration of Tet. After visiting Thien Buhi’s family for the Tet c ...
... We travelled the length of Vietnam from Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon, north to Hanoi. While on the Reunification Express we travelled with some of the hundreds of Viet travelling back home to their villages for their family New Year celebration of Tet. After visiting Thien Buhi’s family for the Tet c ...
File - World Religions
... term for anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha). In ...
... term for anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha). In ...
The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
... crack?” One doesn’t need to think in terms of anatomical problems because the Buddha was a miraculous being and he just took birth through his mother’s right side without any pain or obstacle. At the time of the Buddha’s birth, there were many very special things ...
... crack?” One doesn’t need to think in terms of anatomical problems because the Buddha was a miraculous being and he just took birth through his mother’s right side without any pain or obstacle. At the time of the Buddha’s birth, there were many very special things ...
The Kalama Sutta: How Free is Freedom of Thought?
... If this is the true position, then there is no ground whatsoever to hold that in the kaalaama Sutta the Buddha advocates the rejection of any of the ten means (criteria) of knowledge (truth). If so, what does the Buddha advocates? From the content of the Sutta what is clear is that the Buddha admoni ...
... If this is the true position, then there is no ground whatsoever to hold that in the kaalaama Sutta the Buddha advocates the rejection of any of the ten means (criteria) of knowledge (truth). If so, what does the Buddha advocates? From the content of the Sutta what is clear is that the Buddha admoni ...
SGI - Unofficial SGI SWS
... fully-endowed Buddha? Will Study Lectures by very well-informed speakers help? Well, Buddhism has been well-known in England since 1920s, and practiced by some very clever and influential people including Judge Christmas Humphries and Madame Blavatsky. But it still numbers only a few score thousand ...
... fully-endowed Buddha? Will Study Lectures by very well-informed speakers help? Well, Buddhism has been well-known in England since 1920s, and practiced by some very clever and influential people including Judge Christmas Humphries and Madame Blavatsky. But it still numbers only a few score thousand ...
Worksheets on the life and teaching of the Buddha
... n the days of the Buddha, it was common for people to kill animals as a sacrifice, or offering to their gods. This was intended to make the gods pleased and willing to reward those who made the sacrifices with answers to their prayers. The Buddha saw that this custom was cruel and mistaken. Even as ...
... n the days of the Buddha, it was common for people to kill animals as a sacrifice, or offering to their gods. This was intended to make the gods pleased and willing to reward those who made the sacrifices with answers to their prayers. The Buddha saw that this custom was cruel and mistaken. Even as ...
Buddhism
... Our day-to-day troubles may seem to have easily identifiable causes: thirst, pain from an injury, sadness from the loss of a loved one. In the second of his Noble Truths, though, the Buddha claimed to have found the cause of all suffering - and it is much more deeply rooted than our immediate worrie ...
... Our day-to-day troubles may seem to have easily identifiable causes: thirst, pain from an injury, sadness from the loss of a loved one. In the second of his Noble Truths, though, the Buddha claimed to have found the cause of all suffering - and it is much more deeply rooted than our immediate worrie ...
Buddhism — Key Stage 1
... did whatever he liked. Sometimes he told lies just for the fun of it. One day, the Buddha said to Rahula, “Please bring me a basin of water. I want to wash my feet.” He washed his feet in the basin of water and asked Rahula, “Would ...
... did whatever he liked. Sometimes he told lies just for the fun of it. One day, the Buddha said to Rahula, “Please bring me a basin of water. I want to wash my feet.” He washed his feet in the basin of water and asked Rahula, “Would ...
Longmen Grottoes
The Longmen Grottoes (simplified Chinese: 龙门石窟; traditional Chinese: 龍門石窟; pinyin: lóngmén shíkū; lit. Dragon's Gate Grottoes) or Longmen Caves are one of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist art. Housing tens of thousands of statues of Buddha and his disciples, they are located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of present-day Luòyáng in Hénán province, China. The images, many once painted, were carved into caves excavated from the limestone cliffs of the Xiangshan and Longmenshan mountains, running east and west. The Yi River (Chinese: 伊河) flows northward between them and the area used to be called Yique (伊阙, ""The Gate of the Yi River""). The alternative name of ""Dragon's Gate Grottoes"" derives from the resemblance of the two hills that check the flow of the Yi River to the typical ""Chinese gate towers"" that once marked the entrance to Luoyang from the south.There are as many as 100,000 statues within the 1,400 caves, ranging from an 1 inch (25 mm) to 57 feet (17 m) in height. The area also contains nearly 2,500 stelae and inscriptions, whence the name “Forest of Ancient Stelae"", as well as over sixty Buddhist pagodas. Situated in a scenic natural environment, the caves were dug from a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) stretch of cliff running along both banks of the river. 30% date from the Northern Wei Dynasty and 60% from the Tang, caves from other periods accounting for less than 10% of the total. Starting with the Northern Wei Dynasty in 493 AD, patrons and donors included emperors, Wu Zetian of the Second Zhou Dynasty, members of the royal family, other rich families, generals, and religious groups.In 2000 the site was inscribed upon the UNESCO World Heritage List as “an outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity,” for its perfection of an art form, and for its encapsulation of the cultural sophistication of Tang China.