Aspects of the Study of the (earlier) Indian Mahāyāna
... narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines antithetical to the Bodhisattvayana (regardless of where these doctrines might be found). At all events, the fact remains that usage has varied through the enormous and (synchronically and diachronically) various literary ...
... narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines antithetical to the Bodhisattvayana (regardless of where these doctrines might be found). At all events, the fact remains that usage has varied through the enormous and (synchronically and diachronically) various literary ...
The History of Buddhism in Vietnam
... dot amidst two large countries, the two most ancient civilizations of Asia, and probably of the whole world: India and China. Being near two such large countries and ancient civilizations, Vietnam has naturally been influenced by both. And Vietnam's acquisition of Buddhism is no exception. Neverthel ...
... dot amidst two large countries, the two most ancient civilizations of Asia, and probably of the whole world: India and China. Being near two such large countries and ancient civilizations, Vietnam has naturally been influenced by both. And Vietnam's acquisition of Buddhism is no exception. Neverthel ...
The Concept of `Dhamma` in Thai Buddhism: A
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Sogdians and Buddhism - Sino
... name K’ang-chü continued to appear, but K’ang kuo (K’ang country) was increasingly often used in later Chinese sources. Thus K’ang-chü, as a nomadic state, included Sogdiana, and K’ang kuo referred to Sogdiana, or more specifically the city kingdom of Samarqand, where Buddhism must have been flouris ...
... name K’ang-chü continued to appear, but K’ang kuo (K’ang country) was increasingly often used in later Chinese sources. Thus K’ang-chü, as a nomadic state, included Sogdiana, and K’ang kuo referred to Sogdiana, or more specifically the city kingdom of Samarqand, where Buddhism must have been flouris ...
SAK YANT: THE TRANSITION FROM INDIC YANTRAS TO THAI
... broader changes in the modern religious context of Thailand. The transformation of Sak Yant over time likewise reflects the transformations of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand as it is converged with Animist and Hindu forms. This transformation is revealed by an analysis of the social and religious at ...
... broader changes in the modern religious context of Thailand. The transformation of Sak Yant over time likewise reflects the transformations of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand as it is converged with Animist and Hindu forms. This transformation is revealed by an analysis of the social and religious at ...
Education, Invention Of Orthodoxy, And The Construction
... practice and education at DDM? How are they defined differently? Why does DDM promote “education through academics”? What are some of the social, cultural, and religious implications of “academics” as defined by DDM in this context? Are there not other means to make Buddhism more relevant in twenty ...
... practice and education at DDM? How are they defined differently? Why does DDM promote “education through academics”? What are some of the social, cultural, and religious implications of “academics” as defined by DDM in this context? Are there not other means to make Buddhism more relevant in twenty ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... me that the Skandhaka deserves more attention from scholars who work with early Buddhism. When I use the term Skandhaka or ‘original Skandhaka’ without further specification I refer to a literary work that was composed more than two thousand years ago, that is the original form of the text. The term ...
... me that the Skandhaka deserves more attention from scholars who work with early Buddhism. When I use the term Skandhaka or ‘original Skandhaka’ without further specification I refer to a literary work that was composed more than two thousand years ago, that is the original form of the text. The term ...
Transplanting Buddhism: - Unisa Institutional Repository
... desist from in the future, defines the "little tradition". 5 Redfield's influence in Buddhist studies can be seen, for instance, in Melford Spiro's distinction between "nibbanic" and "kammatic" Buddhism in Burma. 6 These terms will here be used in a slightly different sense than Redfield might have ...
... desist from in the future, defines the "little tradition". 5 Redfield's influence in Buddhist studies can be seen, for instance, in Melford Spiro's distinction between "nibbanic" and "kammatic" Buddhism in Burma. 6 These terms will here be used in a slightly different sense than Redfield might have ...
BUDDHIST MONASTIC LIFE
... has been reestablished with the help of monks from other countries. This did not happen with the order of nuns. Although subsequently there have been women following what Dr. Wijayaratna calls "the path of inner progress," their status in both monastic and civil law has been that of laypersons who p ...
... has been reestablished with the help of monks from other countries. This did not happen with the order of nuns. Although subsequently there have been women following what Dr. Wijayaratna calls "the path of inner progress," their status in both monastic and civil law has been that of laypersons who p ...
pacific world - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... The biography of Vajrabodhi which will be examined in this paper is the extensive one written by his lay disciple Lü Xiang, probably compiled within two decades of Vajrabodhi’s death and then included in Yuanzhao’s (圓照) Zhenyuan xinding shijiao mulu (貞元新定釋教目錄, Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings Newly E ...
... The biography of Vajrabodhi which will be examined in this paper is the extensive one written by his lay disciple Lü Xiang, probably compiled within two decades of Vajrabodhi’s death and then included in Yuanzhao’s (圓照) Zhenyuan xinding shijiao mulu (貞元新定釋教目錄, Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings Newly E ...
History of Indian Buddhism From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana
... an admirable degree of completeness. Most of the significant topics in Indian Buddhism are discussed in some detail. Second, it ·is a very clearly written text. Because Hirakawa wrote it with students as the intended audience, he composed it in a style that could be readily understood by students an ...
... an admirable degree of completeness. Most of the significant topics in Indian Buddhism are discussed in some detail. Second, it ·is a very clearly written text. Because Hirakawa wrote it with students as the intended audience, he composed it in a style that could be readily understood by students an ...
A History of Indian Buddhism: From Śākyamuni to Early Mahāyāna
... an admirable degree of completeness. Most of the significant topics in Indian Buddhism are discussed in some detail. Second, it ·is a very clearly written text. Because Hirakawa wrote it with students as the intended audience, he composed it in a style that could be readily understood by students an ...
... an admirable degree of completeness. Most of the significant topics in Indian Buddhism are discussed in some detail. Second, it ·is a very clearly written text. Because Hirakawa wrote it with students as the intended audience, he composed it in a style that could be readily understood by students an ...
Theravada Buddhism And The British Encounter
... Sri Lanka. Its central concern is the way Buddhism was represented and constructed by the British scholars, officials, missionaries, travellers and religious seekers who travelled to the country. The book traces three main historical phases in the encounter from 1796 to 1900 and gives a sensitive an ...
... Sri Lanka. Its central concern is the way Buddhism was represented and constructed by the British scholars, officials, missionaries, travellers and religious seekers who travelled to the country. The book traces three main historical phases in the encounter from 1796 to 1900 and gives a sensitive an ...
Buddhist Women and Social Justice - Ideals
... people in positions of authority and seniority is an integral aspect of life in Buddhist societies. It is difficult to determine how children in Asian societies learn gendered patterns of expressing respect from early childhood, but it has been my experience that Asian Buddhists express greater resp ...
... people in positions of authority and seniority is an integral aspect of life in Buddhist societies. It is difficult to determine how children in Asian societies learn gendered patterns of expressing respect from early childhood, but it has been my experience that Asian Buddhists express greater resp ...
what, if anything, is mahayana buddhism?
... emphasizes a personal liberation from sam.sāra accessible only to the monk who can devote himself to intensive meditation practice, and so on. This is the Buddhism whose modern living representative is the Theravāda school, and when the term is used it is this which is called H¯õ nayāna, the smal ...
... emphasizes a personal liberation from sam.sāra accessible only to the monk who can devote himself to intensive meditation practice, and so on. This is the Buddhism whose modern living representative is the Theravāda school, and when the term is used it is this which is called H¯õ nayāna, the smal ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... Buddhism is generally accepted to have originated in the historical figure of the Buddha. Born in approximately 563 BCE in what is now southern Nepal, the Buddha was born a prince in the Sakya tribe. Legend has it that the prince led a secluded and luxurious life before one day encountering sickness ...
... Buddhism is generally accepted to have originated in the historical figure of the Buddha. Born in approximately 563 BCE in what is now southern Nepal, the Buddha was born a prince in the Sakya tribe. Legend has it that the prince led a secluded and luxurious life before one day encountering sickness ...
Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
... Ajahn Chah’s simple yet profound style of teaching had a special appeal to Westerners, and many came to study and practice with him. In 1975 Ajahn Chah established a special training monastery for the growing numbers of Westerners interested in undertaking monastic training. Since then Ajahn Chah’s ...
... Ajahn Chah’s simple yet profound style of teaching had a special appeal to Westerners, and many came to study and practice with him. In 1975 Ajahn Chah established a special training monastery for the growing numbers of Westerners interested in undertaking monastic training. Since then Ajahn Chah’s ...
The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient
... they might have their own opportunity to realize enlightenment. Thus Buddhism came to be split into two institutional realms. The monastic elite continued on Gautama’s quest for enlightenment, while new forms of mass Buddhism sprang up that were more concerned with earning an auspicious rebirth—usua ...
... they might have their own opportunity to realize enlightenment. Thus Buddhism came to be split into two institutional realms. The monastic elite continued on Gautama’s quest for enlightenment, while new forms of mass Buddhism sprang up that were more concerned with earning an auspicious rebirth—usua ...
- SOAS Research Online
... Several staff at the National Library (Beijing) were very helpful in handling my requests to whom I am grateful. I owe a special debt to my master, the Most Venerable Master Guangsheng, for inviting me to the KMSPKSM in the summer of 2012. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the librarians o ...
... Several staff at the National Library (Beijing) were very helpful in handling my requests to whom I am grateful. I owe a special debt to my master, the Most Venerable Master Guangsheng, for inviting me to the KMSPKSM in the summer of 2012. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the librarians o ...
Buddhism in India - Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
... The publication of this book is thus a culmination of over three years of research and writing, and a much longer period of discussion, debate and research on the issues involved. In some ways it is being published too soon and I am aware of the incomplete, even tentative nature of the project. Just ...
... The publication of this book is thus a culmination of over three years of research and writing, and a much longer period of discussion, debate and research on the issues involved. In some ways it is being published too soon and I am aware of the incomplete, even tentative nature of the project. Just ...
Buddhism in India
... The publication of this book is thus a culmination of over three years of research and writing, and a much longer period of discussion, debate and research on the issues involved. In some ways it is being published too soon and I am aware of the incomplete, even tentative nature of the project. Just ...
... The publication of this book is thus a culmination of over three years of research and writing, and a much longer period of discussion, debate and research on the issues involved. In some ways it is being published too soon and I am aware of the incomplete, even tentative nature of the project. Just ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... In terms of the overall domain of religion/spirituality and its relationship to communication, to date, several communication scholars have written on this topic — Bhawuk’s (2003) case studies on creativity in Indian spiritual traditions, Cheong’s (Cheong, Huang, & Poon, 2011; Cheong & Poon, 2009) ...
... In terms of the overall domain of religion/spirituality and its relationship to communication, to date, several communication scholars have written on this topic — Bhawuk’s (2003) case studies on creativity in Indian spiritual traditions, Cheong’s (Cheong, Huang, & Poon, 2011; Cheong & Poon, 2009) ...
BEHAVE HOW to T
... The ideas that modernists were articulating in Cambodia were resonant with forms and expressions of religious and literary modernism emerging elsewhere in Southeast Asia during this same period. Their emphasis on puri¤cation and rationalism as means for achieving “authentic” understanding of the Bud ...
... The ideas that modernists were articulating in Cambodia were resonant with forms and expressions of religious and literary modernism emerging elsewhere in Southeast Asia during this same period. Their emphasis on puri¤cation and rationalism as means for achieving “authentic” understanding of the Bud ...
PDF - UWA Research Portal
... exposed to non–Buddhist religious discourses (see Chapter Six). Global Buddhist organisations, on the other hand, present Tibetan teachings that have interacted for decades with the expectations of interested Westerners. After high religious teachers left Tibet as refugees in the middle of the twen ...
... exposed to non–Buddhist religious discourses (see Chapter Six). Global Buddhist organisations, on the other hand, present Tibetan teachings that have interacted for decades with the expectations of interested Westerners. After high religious teachers left Tibet as refugees in the middle of the twen ...
The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology
... but a reformulation of Weber’s fundamental question about the emergence of a new kind of person at that particular period in history.8 [p. 53:] Weber on Hinduism and India Specialists on South Asia are rarely motivated by a desire to answer such ambitiously large comparative questions about the orig ...
... but a reformulation of Weber’s fundamental question about the emergence of a new kind of person at that particular period in history.8 [p. 53:] Weber on Hinduism and India Specialists on South Asia are rarely motivated by a desire to answer such ambitiously large comparative questions about the orig ...
Buddhism in Thailand
Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school, which is followed by 90% of the population. Buddhism in Thailand has also become integrated with folk religion as well as Chinese religions from the large Thai Chinese population.Buddhist temples in Thailand are characterized by tall golden stupas, and the Buddhist architecture of Thailand is similar to that in other Southeast Asian countries, particularly Cambodia and Laos, with which Thailand shares cultural and historical heritage.