Maitreya, the Future Buddha
... the conference, we came to see how rich and how complex a figure Maitreya has in fact been, and from that we were able to see much more even in the material we thought we already knew. That broadening of our view of Maitreya's place in Buddhism was something that could have come only from the intera ...
... the conference, we came to see how rich and how complex a figure Maitreya has in fact been, and from that we were able to see much more even in the material we thought we already knew. That broadening of our view of Maitreya's place in Buddhism was something that could have come only from the intera ...
An Analysis of the Pali Canon
... In the present edition, the basic analysis of the Canon has been left in its original state although some minor corrections had to be made. However, it has been found possible to fully explore the Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas together with three important texts from the Khuddaka Nikāya: Udāna, Iti ...
... In the present edition, the basic analysis of the Canon has been left in its original state although some minor corrections had to be made. However, it has been found possible to fully explore the Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas together with three important texts from the Khuddaka Nikāya: Udāna, Iti ...
Keizan Study
... of Keizan as the purported popularizer of Dōgen’s socalled strict Zen rests not on the historical evidence but on simplistic apologetics that attempt to justify Sōjiji’s modern preeminence over and above Dōgen’s Eiheiji. Keizan, as much as Dōgen, focused his life’s efforts on providing strict monast ...
... of Keizan as the purported popularizer of Dōgen’s socalled strict Zen rests not on the historical evidence but on simplistic apologetics that attempt to justify Sōjiji’s modern preeminence over and above Dōgen’s Eiheiji. Keizan, as much as Dōgen, focused his life’s efforts on providing strict monast ...
The Evolution of the Precepts
... essential aspects of the context, and disrupt the logic of the original works. To help bring attention to the editing that has occurred, the normal “…” used for ellipsis is here expanded to “…***…” as the excerpts may leave out entire sentences, paragraphs and sections. References within articles to ...
... essential aspects of the context, and disrupt the logic of the original works. To help bring attention to the editing that has occurred, the normal “…” used for ellipsis is here expanded to “…***…” as the excerpts may leave out entire sentences, paragraphs and sections. References within articles to ...
Sunyata 07 - Was Arya Nagarjuna A Mahayanist
... but his real position would seem to have been not to take sides in a provocative controversy hardly conducive to progress on the way. He perhaps hoped to reunite the schools, old and new, in a single Buddhist doctrine agreed by all to be the reestablishment ...
... but his real position would seem to have been not to take sides in a provocative controversy hardly conducive to progress on the way. He perhaps hoped to reunite the schools, old and new, in a single Buddhist doctrine agreed by all to be the reestablishment ...
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 ...
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism
... intended to be an exploration of those ideas. The purpose of this edition is therefore to make it available once again, in its original form, after many years of inaccessibility. Those interested in particular details will no doubt explore more recent editions and translations of individual Buddhist ...
... intended to be an exploration of those ideas. The purpose of this edition is therefore to make it available once again, in its original form, after many years of inaccessibility. Those interested in particular details will no doubt explore more recent editions and translations of individual Buddhist ...
WONHYO - A. Charles Muller
... both in Korea and abroad; the dedicated employees at our committee offices; and all our other participants, who together aimed to meet the lofty standard of the cooperative translation tradition that is a part of our Buddhist heritage. To all these people, I would like to express my profound gratitu ...
... both in Korea and abroad; the dedicated employees at our committee offices; and all our other participants, who together aimed to meet the lofty standard of the cooperative translation tradition that is a part of our Buddhist heritage. To all these people, I would like to express my profound gratitu ...
1 1. What are Jizo? Jizo are statues of Buddhist boddhisattvas. Many
... 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 were along the roadside. The practice of erecting Dosojin statues in Japan began in the Edo period. a ...
... 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 were along the roadside. The practice of erecting Dosojin statues in Japan began in the Edo period. a ...
Master Dogen`s Shobogenzo
... Editorial Committee in Tokyo, Japan, chaired by Professor Sengaku Mayeda, Professor Emeritus of Musashino University. The Publication Committee members then put this volume through a rigorous succession of editorial and bookmaking efforts. Both the Editorial Committee in Tokyo and the Publication Co ...
... Editorial Committee in Tokyo, Japan, chaired by Professor Sengaku Mayeda, Professor Emeritus of Musashino University. The Publication Committee members then put this volume through a rigorous succession of editorial and bookmaking efforts. Both the Editorial Committee in Tokyo and the Publication Co ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... the Omniscient Buddha. The importance of appreciating doctrinal diversity applies not just to Buddhism as a whole but to the Mahayana itself. There is a fallacy which I shall call the ‘essentialist fallacy’. It occurs when we take a single name or naming expression and assume that it must refer to o ...
... the Omniscient Buddha. The importance of appreciating doctrinal diversity applies not just to Buddhism as a whole but to the Mahayana itself. There is a fallacy which I shall call the ‘essentialist fallacy’. It occurs when we take a single name or naming expression and assume that it must refer to o ...
PALI TIPITAKA CHANTING : Oral Tradition of Theravada Buddhism
... Theravada school which encompasses scripts of Sinhalese, Burmese, Thai, Cambodian, Tuatham of Laos. And it is noteworthy that ninety nine percent of Pali literature is published. On the other hand, as Sanskrit remained the main language in North India since the Gupta period of 1st century B.C. to th ...
... Theravada school which encompasses scripts of Sinhalese, Burmese, Thai, Cambodian, Tuatham of Laos. And it is noteworthy that ninety nine percent of Pali literature is published. On the other hand, as Sanskrit remained the main language in North India since the Gupta period of 1st century B.C. to th ...
The Buddha and His Teachings
... It gives me pleasure to state that a Vietnamese translation of this book by Mr. Pham Kim Khanh (Sunanda) was also published in Saigon. In preparing this volume I have made use of the translations of the Pāli Text Society and several works written by Buddhists and non-Buddhists. At times I may have m ...
... It gives me pleasure to state that a Vietnamese translation of this book by Mr. Pham Kim Khanh (Sunanda) was also published in Saigon. In preparing this volume I have made use of the translations of the Pāli Text Society and several works written by Buddhists and non-Buddhists. At times I may have m ...
The Buddha
... political allegiances, social and cultural factors, or simply the desire to weave a good tale. This book is intended for the interested generalist rather than the specialist, for the “student” rather than the “scholar,” but that does not mean that she or he should be sheltered from exposure to some ...
... political allegiances, social and cultural factors, or simply the desire to weave a good tale. This book is intended for the interested generalist rather than the specialist, for the “student” rather than the “scholar,” but that does not mean that she or he should be sheltered from exposure to some ...
Secrets Sutra - The EverLife Foundation
... rendered it the world’s most didactic major religion, in reference to non-Buddhist religions Buddhism has shown an unparalleled tolerance for other views and a desire for finding common ground on the basis of shared human values. Sakyamuni had left a life-affirming, peace-loving tradition designed f ...
... rendered it the world’s most didactic major religion, in reference to non-Buddhist religions Buddhism has shown an unparalleled tolerance for other views and a desire for finding common ground on the basis of shared human values. Sakyamuni had left a life-affirming, peace-loving tradition designed f ...
preface - Metta.lk
... 'asau lokah'( yonder world) which is the heaven. Loka itself sometimes means the heaven while in other passages several different kinds of worlds. But from the Buddhist point of view, world means not merely this manifesting material phenomena but also this fathom long body of human beings with Consc ...
... 'asau lokah'( yonder world) which is the heaven. Loka itself sometimes means the heaven while in other passages several different kinds of worlds. But from the Buddhist point of view, world means not merely this manifesting material phenomena but also this fathom long body of human beings with Consc ...
THE CONCEPT OF THE BUDDHA, Its evolution from
... N. Dutt devotes a chapter of his work MahAyAna Buddhism to the conception of kAya.3 Unlike the scholars mentioned above, Dutt’s discussion of the concept of kAya covers studies of the NikAyas and the early Indian Buddhist schools. His discussion of the kAya concept in the NikAyas is significant in th ...
... N. Dutt devotes a chapter of his work MahAyAna Buddhism to the conception of kAya.3 Unlike the scholars mentioned above, Dutt’s discussion of the concept of kAya covers studies of the NikAyas and the early Indian Buddhist schools. His discussion of the kAya concept in the NikAyas is significant in th ...
[22] Bussho: Buddha-nature
... between our inner and outer world, we fully manifest buddha-nature in ...
... between our inner and outer world, we fully manifest buddha-nature in ...
recognitions and congratulations to hh dorje chang buddha iii
... him, which included transmitting dharma to him. A few days before I did that, I saw in a supernatural state the Buddha Vajradhara appear over the head of the Karmapa. The Buddha Vajradhara was radiating light that empowered the Karmapa. Very soon after that, the Buddha Vajradhara metamorphosed into ...
... him, which included transmitting dharma to him. A few days before I did that, I saw in a supernatural state the Buddha Vajradhara appear over the head of the Karmapa. The Buddha Vajradhara was radiating light that empowered the Karmapa. Very soon after that, the Buddha Vajradhara metamorphosed into ...
Gautama Buddha was born in Helabima
... different tribes are not extraordinary, miraculous demons or ghosts. They are not Vaddhas3 either. Especially, the people who lived in Deva Hela in the ancient times were real human beings who possessed with the knowledge of science, knowledge of technologies, intelligences and advanced knowledge of ...
... different tribes are not extraordinary, miraculous demons or ghosts. They are not Vaddhas3 either. Especially, the people who lived in Deva Hela in the ancient times were real human beings who possessed with the knowledge of science, knowledge of technologies, intelligences and advanced knowledge of ...
The Quintessence of Secret (Esoteric) Buddhism
... Bodhisattvas as the result of successful practice of virtues. This result is attained over three kalpa (a very long period of time) During which time and under the law of karma, all errors and wrongdoings were totally erased. 3. THE INCARNATE BODY or Manifestation Body (Nirmanakaya) comes from the g ...
... Bodhisattvas as the result of successful practice of virtues. This result is attained over three kalpa (a very long period of time) During which time and under the law of karma, all errors and wrongdoings were totally erased. 3. THE INCARNATE BODY or Manifestation Body (Nirmanakaya) comes from the g ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... the Buddha),” which, by means of interpolations and additions, grew longer and longer in the course of time, till it became the “great Sutta of the perfect Nirvāṇa” which we now have in our Pāli Canon. (Winternitz, History of Indian Literature 2, 1972:39; cf 41 f) In his article, “The Traditional Da ...
... the Buddha),” which, by means of interpolations and additions, grew longer and longer in the course of time, till it became the “great Sutta of the perfect Nirvāṇa” which we now have in our Pāli Canon. (Winternitz, History of Indian Literature 2, 1972:39; cf 41 f) In his article, “The Traditional Da ...
Gender and the soteriology debate in Buddhism: Is a
... There has been substantial research on women in Buddhism in general over the past few decades, one of the pioneering works being Isaline Blew Horner‘s Women under Primitive Buddhism, first published in 1930. Horner fully covers laywoman to ordained women in Buddhism during the time of the Buddha fro ...
... There has been substantial research on women in Buddhism in general over the past few decades, one of the pioneering works being Isaline Blew Horner‘s Women under Primitive Buddhism, first published in 1930. Horner fully covers laywoman to ordained women in Buddhism during the time of the Buddha fro ...
The Arya Dharma of Sakya Muni, Gautama Buddha. The Ethics of
... fisherman, and Paul was a tentmaker of Tarsus. The founder of the religion was Jesus, son of a Jewish Carpenter of Nazareth. Islam was founded by Mohammed, who was by profession a supervisor of a caravan in service under an Arabian lady of Mecca. The religion of Zendavesta was founded by Zoroaster, ...
... fisherman, and Paul was a tentmaker of Tarsus. The founder of the religion was Jesus, son of a Jewish Carpenter of Nazareth. Islam was founded by Mohammed, who was by profession a supervisor of a caravan in service under an Arabian lady of Mecca. The religion of Zendavesta was founded by Zoroaster, ...
Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Persian: بت های باميان – but hay-e bamiyan) were two 6th-century monumental statues of standing buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, 230 km (140 mi) northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2,500 meters (8,200 feet). Built in 507 AD (smaller) and 554 AD (larger), the statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art.The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. This coating, practically all of which wore away long ago, was painted to enhance the expressions of the faces, hands, and folds of the robes; the larger one was painted carmine red and the smaller one was painted multiple colors.The lower parts of the statues' arms were constructed from the same mud-straw mix while supported on wooden armatures. It is believed that the upper parts of their faces were made from great wooden masks or casts. Rows of holes that can be seen in photographs were spaces that held wooden pegs that stabilized the outer stucco.They were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, after the Taliban government declared that they were idols. An envoy visiting the United States in the following weeks explained that they were destroyed to protest international aid exclusively reserved for statue maintenance while Afghanistan was experiencing famine, while the Afghan Foreign Minister claimed that the destruction was merely about carrying out Islamic religious iconoclasm. International opinion strongly condemned the destruction of the Buddhas, which in the following years was primarily viewed as an example of the extreme religious intolerance of the Taliban. Japan and Switzerland, among others, have pledged support for the rebuilding of the statues.