Maitreya, the Future Buddha
... culminate in a conference exploring the Maitreya theme from as many different perspectives as possible. With the enthusiastic support of the Department of Religion and the East Asian Studies Program along with the assistance of the university administration, Professors Kitagawa and Overmyer were inv ...
... culminate in a conference exploring the Maitreya theme from as many different perspectives as possible. With the enthusiastic support of the Department of Religion and the East Asian Studies Program along with the assistance of the university administration, Professors Kitagawa and Overmyer were inv ...
The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth
... meticulously documented book is needed because when reading Buddhist sources from this period, scholars will inevitably come across many references to the major events and figures I study in this book. If readers use my comprehensive index properly, together with the reference books listed in the bib ...
... meticulously documented book is needed because when reading Buddhist sources from this period, scholars will inevitably come across many references to the major events and figures I study in this book. If readers use my comprehensive index properly, together with the reference books listed in the bib ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... 2009:182). These are not the first or last people to have this opinion, and some scholars believe that Buddhism could once again flourish in Thailand if its people were to abandon the practice and use of such amuletic items, protective magic and superstitious ways (McDaniel, 2006:101). However, this ...
... 2009:182). These are not the first or last people to have this opinion, and some scholars believe that Buddhism could once again flourish in Thailand if its people were to abandon the practice and use of such amuletic items, protective magic and superstitious ways (McDaniel, 2006:101). However, this ...
The Development of Kaji Kito in Nichiren Shu Buddhism
... of information, some of sources that I have used did not include all of the dates, including the birth and death dates of important priests discussed in section three. Most of the Japanese terms used have been italicized only and the kanji form of the terms was not provided unless they were importan ...
... of information, some of sources that I have used did not include all of the dates, including the birth and death dates of important priests discussed in section three. Most of the Japanese terms used have been italicized only and the kanji form of the terms was not provided unless they were importan ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... fluency, the excerpts were shown only the sources of data in the form of in-text footnotes. Regarding Buddhist scriptures, there is an ocean of material in which interpretation varies from different versions or schools of thought. Using Buddhist teachings from only source will keep the consistent un ...
... fluency, the excerpts were shown only the sources of data in the form of in-text footnotes. Regarding Buddhist scriptures, there is an ocean of material in which interpretation varies from different versions or schools of thought. Using Buddhist teachings from only source will keep the consistent un ...
Helen J. Baroni: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen
... images of the Buddha and bodhisattvas. Outside, one often encounters the scent of burning leaves as the novices clean the grounds in the afternoon. Colorful silk banners stream down pillars within graceful wooden structures with smooth polished floors and ornately carved rafters. One may glimpse the ...
... images of the Buddha and bodhisattvas. Outside, one often encounters the scent of burning leaves as the novices clean the grounds in the afternoon. Colorful silk banners stream down pillars within graceful wooden structures with smooth polished floors and ornately carved rafters. One may glimpse the ...
Kosalan Philosophy dissertation - University of California, Berkeley
... and practices borrowed from Vedic tradition that have been studied by other scholars are examined in light of the task to reformulate and enliven concepts implicit in critique. The chapter suggests that the Kosalan brāhmaṇas, including the Kāṇvas, form the bulk of the audience of brāhmaṇas and munis ...
... and practices borrowed from Vedic tradition that have been studied by other scholars are examined in light of the task to reformulate and enliven concepts implicit in critique. The chapter suggests that the Kosalan brāhmaṇas, including the Kāṇvas, form the bulk of the audience of brāhmaṇas and munis ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... utterance is used. Because the expression ‘Mahayana’ (or its equivalent in the local language) has been used by Buddhists from perhaps as early as the first century BCE to the present day, from India through Tibet, Central Asia, Mongolia, China to Japan, Far East Asia and the Western world, so it mus ...
... utterance is used. Because the expression ‘Mahayana’ (or its equivalent in the local language) has been used by Buddhists from perhaps as early as the first century BCE to the present day, from India through Tibet, Central Asia, Mongolia, China to Japan, Far East Asia and the Western world, so it mus ...
Schism, semiosis and the Soka Gakkai
... The ritual practice of gongyo, borrowed from the priesthood, was developed over a span of 600 years on the temple grounds of Taiseki-ji, in the shadow of Mt. Fuji. The format and performance of this ritual was the result of hundreds of years of temple tradition. This practice was handed down to the ...
... The ritual practice of gongyo, borrowed from the priesthood, was developed over a span of 600 years on the temple grounds of Taiseki-ji, in the shadow of Mt. Fuji. The format and performance of this ritual was the result of hundreds of years of temple tradition. This practice was handed down to the ...
1 Glossary Words are listed here according to the language in which
... for the so-called factors of existence, which the Hinayana considers as building blocks of the empirical personality and its world. (The Shambala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen, 1991, p. 54) dokuraku (Jap. 独楽) = private or personal pleasure. en (Jap. 縁, Skt. pratyaya) = cause. En is defined by the J ...
... for the so-called factors of existence, which the Hinayana considers as building blocks of the empirical personality and its world. (The Shambala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen, 1991, p. 54) dokuraku (Jap. 独楽) = private or personal pleasure. en (Jap. 縁, Skt. pratyaya) = cause. En is defined by the J ...
Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... my honors thesis, the final project of my college career, but he soon cut me off. “No,” he said, “I mean what are you going to do with this?” I can only hope that my inadequate response was subsequently given value by public and private exploration of what it means to take part in “religious studies ...
... my honors thesis, the final project of my college career, but he soon cut me off. “No,” he said, “I mean what are you going to do with this?” I can only hope that my inadequate response was subsequently given value by public and private exploration of what it means to take part in “religious studies ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... uncovering how Chinese Buddhists understood Buddhist stūpas and whether they worshipped them. Though stūpas are not Buddhist inventions, they frequently appear in Buddhist scriptures, depicted as important Buddhist objects of worship symbolizing the Buddha after his nirvāa (or other Buddhist holy p ...
... uncovering how Chinese Buddhists understood Buddhist stūpas and whether they worshipped them. Though stūpas are not Buddhist inventions, they frequently appear in Buddhist scriptures, depicted as important Buddhist objects of worship symbolizing the Buddha after his nirvāa (or other Buddhist holy p ...
Searching for the Law: Ennin`s Journal as a Key to the Heian
... their advice and expertise to a project that has probably ranged farther afield than a dissertation should. I am grateful to Susan Klein for her perspective on the project as a whole, something I often lost sight of in the thicket of details, and her guidance in Irvine and in Tokyo. I am grateful to ...
... their advice and expertise to a project that has probably ranged farther afield than a dissertation should. I am grateful to Susan Klein for her perspective on the project as a whole, something I often lost sight of in the thicket of details, and her guidance in Irvine and in Tokyo. I am grateful to ...
Now - Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
... Everybody was cold and many people were starving. Before long, the monastery completely ran out of its normal food stores. Master Zhikai said, ‘In the granary we still have over two thousand pounds of soy beans. The beans are supposed to be used as offerings on the first and fifteenth of every mont ...
... Everybody was cold and many people were starving. Before long, the monastery completely ran out of its normal food stores. Master Zhikai said, ‘In the granary we still have over two thousand pounds of soy beans. The beans are supposed to be used as offerings on the first and fifteenth of every mont ...
A History of Mindfulness
... perspective on the Dhamma, and to bridge the gap between the Buddha’s time and our own. ...
... perspective on the Dhamma, and to bridge the gap between the Buddha’s time and our own. ...
The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... range of factors that led to the emergence of these two aspects of Buddhist thought, my contributions are just meant to present relevant material from the textual corpus of the early discourses, in the hope of thereby providing a point of reference for those who study the same topic based on other m ...
... range of factors that led to the emergence of these two aspects of Buddhist thought, my contributions are just meant to present relevant material from the textual corpus of the early discourses, in the hope of thereby providing a point of reference for those who study the same topic based on other m ...
How Mindfulness Becomes Mindlessness – A Hermeneutical
... This approach, however, also has its limitations. All texts are produced in a particular social, political and economic context, and thus their interpretation requires an understanding of that context as well as the context in which we find ourselves today (Zadek, 1993: 434). Writing about classic A ...
... This approach, however, also has its limitations. All texts are produced in a particular social, political and economic context, and thus their interpretation requires an understanding of that context as well as the context in which we find ourselves today (Zadek, 1993: 434). Writing about classic A ...
Mindfulness: A Dialogue between Buddhism and Clinical
... strategies and formal mindfulness practices may or may not be used (Baer 2003). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction This involves an 8-week group session in which clients are encouraged to practice mindfulness daily (Kabat-Zinn (1990, 2003) suggests the following operational definition for mindfulnes ...
... strategies and formal mindfulness practices may or may not be used (Baer 2003). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction This involves an 8-week group session in which clients are encouraged to practice mindfulness daily (Kabat-Zinn (1990, 2003) suggests the following operational definition for mindfulnes ...
Wesak and the Re-Creation of Buddhist Tradition
... their collective identities. Buddhist identity becomes an issue precisely because of this cultural contact, or confrontation, involving divergent languages, cultures, religions, festivals, etc. Thus Wesak becomes a central ritual medium through which communication takes place between Buddhists and t ...
... their collective identities. Buddhist identity becomes an issue precisely because of this cultural contact, or confrontation, involving divergent languages, cultures, religions, festivals, etc. Thus Wesak becomes a central ritual medium through which communication takes place between Buddhists and t ...
low-res pdf not print-ready - Research portal
... teachings subvert the fundamental staple notions of religions and what their adherents cherish the most: a belief in the existence of god, a permanent soul, and a promise of an everlasting bliss in heaven after death. Instead, he taught impermanence, not-self, and unsatisfactoriness to be the fundam ...
... teachings subvert the fundamental staple notions of religions and what their adherents cherish the most: a belief in the existence of god, a permanent soul, and a promise of an everlasting bliss in heaven after death. Instead, he taught impermanence, not-self, and unsatisfactoriness to be the fundam ...
Asoka`s Dhamma
... Pillar Edict VII could not be inscribed at other places because of ageing and death of Asoka, assuming Asoka reigned for thirty years or less. It has to be noted that Fourteen Rock Edicts and Two Kalinga Edicts were issued in the years after Asoka's conversion while the Seven Pillar Edicts were issu ...
... Pillar Edict VII could not be inscribed at other places because of ageing and death of Asoka, assuming Asoka reigned for thirty years or less. It has to be noted that Fourteen Rock Edicts and Two Kalinga Edicts were issued in the years after Asoka's conversion while the Seven Pillar Edicts were issu ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... the two schools separately, one aer the other. erefore, in a real sense, theirs are not comparative studies, because they neither discuss the similarities and differences nor analyze the causes behind them. In this paper, I mainly con ne myself to the early texts of both schools of thought, in whic ...
... the two schools separately, one aer the other. erefore, in a real sense, theirs are not comparative studies, because they neither discuss the similarities and differences nor analyze the causes behind them. In this paper, I mainly con ne myself to the early texts of both schools of thought, in whic ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... such a large-scale and unique work of art. Some areas of this quest have borne fruit, with some paths still remaining to be explored. ...
... such a large-scale and unique work of art. Some areas of this quest have borne fruit, with some paths still remaining to be explored. ...
Buddhism and Sustainability-Related Organisational Practices: A Sri
... The first investigation is a systematic review of the literature pertaining to Buddhism, sustainability and organisational studies. The review identifies a set of Buddhist principles and values appearing in this literature, defines research gaps, and delineates avenues for future research. The secon ...
... The first investigation is a systematic review of the literature pertaining to Buddhism, sustainability and organisational studies. The review identifies a set of Buddhist principles and values appearing in this literature, defines research gaps, and delineates avenues for future research. The secon ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. Since then, for over 1500 years, the skills have been well used to write Chinese characters and became vitally important for all kinds of government officials to know a ...
... Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. Since then, for over 1500 years, the skills have been well used to write Chinese characters and became vitally important for all kinds of government officials to know a ...