The Value of Buddhist Responses to Issues of Overpopulation
... the present historical period as the “terminal Cenozoic period,” commenting, “it seems that the human could come into being only at a period when the planet was at such a gorgeous moment in its expression of itself.”4 At the same time, because today many people within the world’s religions have curr ...
... the present historical period as the “terminal Cenozoic period,” commenting, “it seems that the human could come into being only at a period when the planet was at such a gorgeous moment in its expression of itself.”4 At the same time, because today many people within the world’s religions have curr ...
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... Always without a central organization, Buddhism had divided itself at some unspecified time into a number of sects, of which usually eighteen are counted. Most of these sects had their own Canon. Nearly all of them are lost to us, either because they were never written down, or because the depredati ...
... Always without a central organization, Buddhism had divided itself at some unspecified time into a number of sects, of which usually eighteen are counted. Most of these sects had their own Canon. Nearly all of them are lost to us, either because they were never written down, or because the depredati ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998:120143 Publication date: 1 May 1998
... avoid sexual misconduct, not to lie, and refrain from intoxicants such as alcohol or drugs (Aïguttara 5, 174). There are additional vows for a monk or nun, including ten fundamental ones, and a further 217 to 240 depending upon the specific traditions. Generosity (dàna) in the form of giving alms is ...
... avoid sexual misconduct, not to lie, and refrain from intoxicants such as alcohol or drugs (Aïguttara 5, 174). There are additional vows for a monk or nun, including ten fundamental ones, and a further 217 to 240 depending upon the specific traditions. Generosity (dàna) in the form of giving alms is ...
Two Buddhisms Further Considered
... Some scholars modify or refine the basic two Buddhisms typology, or adopt it with caveats. Peter Gregory (2001) assigns only provisional value to the two Buddhisms approach. Gregory, who finds the field of American Buddhist studies hampered by a ‘still primitive level of sophistication’ in such matt ...
... Some scholars modify or refine the basic two Buddhisms typology, or adopt it with caveats. Peter Gregory (2001) assigns only provisional value to the two Buddhisms approach. Gregory, who finds the field of American Buddhist studies hampered by a ‘still primitive level of sophistication’ in such matt ...
Precepts Guideline Manual
... them on and rules and regulations are best thought of as being avoided. To appreciate the usefulness of basic precepts, try imagining a society without any rules at all. How would it be if people drove on any side of the road they liked; stole what they could get away with, etc.? Under what conditio ...
... them on and rules and regulations are best thought of as being avoided. To appreciate the usefulness of basic precepts, try imagining a society without any rules at all. How would it be if people drove on any side of the road they liked; stole what they could get away with, etc.? Under what conditio ...
Tradition and Change: Two Buddhisms in the Bible
... as a result of its relocation to the southern region of the United States. However, the American interest in Buddhism is hard to ignore. While conducting textual research on Buddhism in America and in the American South, American Buddhism again came to my attention. I became convinced that this is a ...
... as a result of its relocation to the southern region of the United States. However, the American interest in Buddhism is hard to ignore. While conducting textual research on Buddhism in America and in the American South, American Buddhism again came to my attention. I became convinced that this is a ...
THE THREE JEWELS CONT`D - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... merits are stored up which warrant one to be a Buddha. Has both monastic and layperson ...
... merits are stored up which warrant one to be a Buddha. Has both monastic and layperson ...
Guang Ming Digest - Guang Ming Temple
... worked to improve the status of women in Taiwan. He has held full ordination ceremonies for women of the Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana traditions. In addition, Master Hsing Yun annually organizes conferences to bring together the various Buddhist schools and to promote dialogue between Bud ...
... worked to improve the status of women in Taiwan. He has held full ordination ceremonies for women of the Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana traditions. In addition, Master Hsing Yun annually organizes conferences to bring together the various Buddhist schools and to promote dialogue between Bud ...
2013, Volume 22, Number 1 - Sakyadhita International Association
... of life and explore its potential. We have a choice either to view our ageing as the gradual fading of all our dreams or to regard retirement as the start of a new and exciting era. As we grow older, we see our contemporaries – our friends and family members – succumbing to illnesses and death, so w ...
... of life and explore its potential. We have a choice either to view our ageing as the gradual fading of all our dreams or to regard retirement as the start of a new and exciting era. As we grow older, we see our contemporaries – our friends and family members – succumbing to illnesses and death, so w ...
āgama and aṅga in the early buddhist oral tradition
... attendant Ānanda recited the discourses on this occasion. They further report that the resultant textual material was divided into groups, presumably to facilitate oral transmission, by collecting long discourses and discourses of middle length into corresponding āgamas; and short discourses were fu ...
... attendant Ānanda recited the discourses on this occasion. They further report that the resultant textual material was divided into groups, presumably to facilitate oral transmission, by collecting long discourses and discourses of middle length into corresponding āgamas; and short discourses were fu ...
Will the marriage between Pragmatism and Buddhism last?
... claimed that in the field of philosophy one can distinguish between two personality types, which he called the tender-minded and the tough-minded. The tender-minded are those who tend to gravitate toward principles, toward intellectual theorizing, toward idealism, toward optimism, toward an emphasis ...
... claimed that in the field of philosophy one can distinguish between two personality types, which he called the tender-minded and the tough-minded. The tender-minded are those who tend to gravitate toward principles, toward intellectual theorizing, toward idealism, toward optimism, toward an emphasis ...
Three Dimensions of Buddhist Studies
... theistic religions. Further, proponents of Atiyoga and other Vajray›na doctrines affirm the existence of the Primordial Buddha, Samantabhadra, as the ground and origin of the whole of sa˙s›ra and nirv›˚a; and they view all phenomena as creative expressions of Samantabhadra, whose nature is none othe ...
... theistic religions. Further, proponents of Atiyoga and other Vajray›na doctrines affirm the existence of the Primordial Buddha, Samantabhadra, as the ground and origin of the whole of sa˙s›ra and nirv›˚a; and they view all phenomena as creative expressions of Samantabhadra, whose nature is none othe ...
The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of
... A householder named Sudinna, the son of Kalanda, was then among the crowd. Hearing the Dharma he was delighted and had this thought: “As I understand what the Buddha has said, being in the home life, bound by affection and craving, one does not get to cultivate the holy life fully for one’s entire l ...
... A householder named Sudinna, the son of Kalanda, was then among the crowd. Hearing the Dharma he was delighted and had this thought: “As I understand what the Buddha has said, being in the home life, bound by affection and craving, one does not get to cultivate the holy life fully for one’s entire l ...
Buddhist Diplomacy: History and Status Quo
... 1. Emperor Asoka’s “Conquest by Dhamma” In his campaign to unite the India subcontinent, Emperor Asoka engaged in battles against Kalinga in the year around 261 BCE. In the war, more than 100,000 people were killed.20 The bloody battle prompted him to devote his life to non-violence and to “feel a s ...
... 1. Emperor Asoka’s “Conquest by Dhamma” In his campaign to unite the India subcontinent, Emperor Asoka engaged in battles against Kalinga in the year around 261 BCE. In the war, more than 100,000 people were killed.20 The bloody battle prompted him to devote his life to non-violence and to “feel a s ...
The Revival of the Bhikkhuni Order and the Decline of the Sasana
... order and the Dharma in general survived far beyond the period of five hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhun! order in India and Sri Lanka, even though it took well over five hundred years for that to happen. The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkh ...
... order and the Dharma in general survived far beyond the period of five hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhun! order in India and Sri Lanka, even though it took well over five hundred years for that to happen. The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkh ...
his sacred biography, meditation practice and influence
... hierarchy is determined by the King, the government, and its administration. The Popular hierarchy contains monks who may not have official rank, but are held in high regard by the general public because of their spiritual achievements and reputation; in short, their accumulation of pāramī, or “Budd ...
... hierarchy is determined by the King, the government, and its administration. The Popular hierarchy contains monks who may not have official rank, but are held in high regard by the general public because of their spiritual achievements and reputation; in short, their accumulation of pāramī, or “Budd ...
A Buddhist`s Reflections on Religious Conversion
... nor priest nor god nor Mara [the personification of death] nor [the supreme god] Brahma can overturn.” The Buddha’s first talk to his five fellow ascetics outlines what have come to be called in English the Four Noble Truths. However much Buddhists around the world may have come to differ from one a ...
... nor priest nor god nor Mara [the personification of death] nor [the supreme god] Brahma can overturn.” The Buddha’s first talk to his five fellow ascetics outlines what have come to be called in English the Four Noble Truths. However much Buddhists around the world may have come to differ from one a ...
Nirvana for Sale?: Buddhism, Wealth, and the
... issue within Buddhist communities because members of the saṅgha are the principal preservers of the tradition through their orthodox teachings and purity of practice. But the modern period has ushered in an unprecedented number of challenges to the institution of Buddhist monasticism around the glo ...
... issue within Buddhist communities because members of the saṅgha are the principal preservers of the tradition through their orthodox teachings and purity of practice. But the modern period has ushered in an unprecedented number of challenges to the institution of Buddhist monasticism around the glo ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... original traditions of Theravada Buddhism. These believes, further secularized the Buddhism towards politics on its state sponsorship. Receiving Buddhism from India, which is one of the important factors regarding politicization of religion In Sri Lanka. Even today, regional domination on Indian pol ...
... original traditions of Theravada Buddhism. These believes, further secularized the Buddhism towards politics on its state sponsorship. Receiving Buddhism from India, which is one of the important factors regarding politicization of religion In Sri Lanka. Even today, regional domination on Indian pol ...
Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Transformative Politics
... And yet, there are some reasons to be cautious about seeing Buddhism as part of the political left or even as a promising ally. One set of concerns is philosophical: Buddhism comes with baggage that makes it an uneasy fit with a progressive left agenda, and which many European and American Buddhists ...
... And yet, there are some reasons to be cautious about seeing Buddhism as part of the political left or even as a promising ally. One set of concerns is philosophical: Buddhism comes with baggage that makes it an uneasy fit with a progressive left agenda, and which many European and American Buddhists ...
Beyond-the-Tipitaka - Ancient Buddhist Texts
... practice of mindfulness and virtue. They were not coming to meditation practice “cold” but were, in fact, unusually well prepared to receive this deep teaching – a point not apparent from the text of the sutta itself. The commentary thus reminds us that there are some important fundamentals to be de ...
... practice of mindfulness and virtue. They were not coming to meditation practice “cold” but were, in fact, unusually well prepared to receive this deep teaching – a point not apparent from the text of the sutta itself. The commentary thus reminds us that there are some important fundamentals to be de ...
buddhism - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... between the 6th and 4th centuries BC Buddhism was finally distinguished from Hinduism and identified as one of the great religious traditions of Asia. ...
... between the 6th and 4th centuries BC Buddhism was finally distinguished from Hinduism and identified as one of the great religious traditions of Asia. ...
the sociology of early buddhism - Assets
... austere he was, the better. Here, though, three points must be considered. The first is that the scriptures themselves are not univocal; they contain evidence capable of supporting discrepant interpretations of the Buddhist teaching. On the one hand, it can be seen as the sort of private, inwardlook ...
... austere he was, the better. Here, though, three points must be considered. The first is that the scriptures themselves are not univocal; they contain evidence capable of supporting discrepant interpretations of the Buddhist teaching. On the one hand, it can be seen as the sort of private, inwardlook ...
Salvation in Buddhism - Digital Commons @ Andrews University
... help anyone to attain nirvāna. He is not a liberator, but rather the pointer of the way to liberation. When it comes to the matter of salvation every person is on his or her own. Nonetheless, on a practical level, many laypeople consider and exalt the Buddha as a spiritual being, and they worship hi ...
... help anyone to attain nirvāna. He is not a liberator, but rather the pointer of the way to liberation. When it comes to the matter of salvation every person is on his or her own. Nonetheless, on a practical level, many laypeople consider and exalt the Buddha as a spiritual being, and they worship hi ...
Bhikkhunī Sāsana Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhunī order in India and Sri Lanka, even though it took well over five hundred years for that to happen. The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkhunī order with an overall decline of the Dharma or the Buddha’s dispens ...
... hundred years, what eventually did fall into decline was the bhikkhunī order in India and Sri Lanka, even though it took well over five hundred years for that to happen. The problem of associating the very existence of the bhikkhunī order with an overall decline of the Dharma or the Buddha’s dispens ...
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.