his sacred biography, meditation practice and influence
... the Popular hierarchy is their political challenge of central authority. However, this ignores the fact that monks like Khruba Sriwichai earned their rank in the Popular hierarchy due to their reputation as exemplary practitioners of Buddhism. Few scholars today describe Khruba Sriwichai as a Buddhi ...
... the Popular hierarchy is their political challenge of central authority. However, this ignores the fact that monks like Khruba Sriwichai earned their rank in the Popular hierarchy due to their reputation as exemplary practitioners of Buddhism. Few scholars today describe Khruba Sriwichai as a Buddhi ...
Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization
... America, Brazil, Hawai‘i, China, Nepal, and other localities. It is widely recognized that globalization takes place through localization, but the strategies used by Buddhist missionaries in accomplishing this have not gained widespread recognition through sufficient study. The present volume goes a l ...
... America, Brazil, Hawai‘i, China, Nepal, and other localities. It is widely recognized that globalization takes place through localization, but the strategies used by Buddhist missionaries in accomplishing this have not gained widespread recognition through sufficient study. The present volume goes a l ...
Buddhism in Canada - A Handful of Leaves
... Regarding the question of immigration, some readers will be unfamiliar with the fact that our immigration policies were once rather unapologetically based on race (or, to put it another way, were generated by racism). After World War II, as racism became increasingly discredited, Canadian and Americ ...
... Regarding the question of immigration, some readers will be unfamiliar with the fact that our immigration policies were once rather unapologetically based on race (or, to put it another way, were generated by racism). After World War II, as racism became increasingly discredited, Canadian and Americ ...
Praying for the Republic
... of their religion in the new republic. A similar disposition can be seen in the biographies and works of many other monks in this period. In fact, the centrality of education in the discourse of Chinese Buddhist modernization has prompted me to ask the following questions: What did the new-style Bud ...
... of their religion in the new republic. A similar disposition can be seen in the biographies and works of many other monks in this period. In fact, the centrality of education in the discourse of Chinese Buddhist modernization has prompted me to ask the following questions: What did the new-style Bud ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... Frauwallner was correct, the author of the Skandhaka would have described events of the distant past. I want to show that the time separating the origins of the Skandhaka from the events that it describes may be considerably shorter than previously assumed. Thus, the historical value of the work is ...
... Frauwallner was correct, the author of the Skandhaka would have described events of the distant past. I want to show that the time separating the origins of the Skandhaka from the events that it describes may be considerably shorter than previously assumed. Thus, the historical value of the work is ...
Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History
... There are many instances in the history of Southeast Asian tribes in which a conquering people incorporates into its own traditions not only the civilisation of the conquered, but also their clan gods, royal lineage, and thereby their history. This fact would explain the visits of the Buddha to Tha ...
... There are many instances in the history of Southeast Asian tribes in which a conquering people incorporates into its own traditions not only the civilisation of the conquered, but also their clan gods, royal lineage, and thereby their history. This fact would explain the visits of the Buddha to Tha ...
BUDDHIST MONASTIC LIFE
... the order he founded has existed for two and a half thousand years. Although by the medieval period the Buddhist monastic order had all but disappeared from India, by that time it had been established in almost every other part of Asia. During the centuries following the Buddha's death various diffe ...
... the order he founded has existed for two and a half thousand years. Although by the medieval period the Buddhist monastic order had all but disappeared from India, by that time it had been established in almost every other part of Asia. During the centuries following the Buddha's death various diffe ...
British Buddhism: Teachings, Practice and Development
... traditions. The Introduction explains the objectives and how the seven traditions were chosen. Chapter 2 gives an historical overview, tracing Buddhism’s introduction into Britain, both in general and in terms of its different traditions, particularly during the second half of the twentieth century. ...
... traditions. The Introduction explains the objectives and how the seven traditions were chosen. Chapter 2 gives an historical overview, tracing Buddhism’s introduction into Britain, both in general and in terms of its different traditions, particularly during the second half of the twentieth century. ...
FAMILY TIES TO BUDDHIST MONKS AND NUNS IN MEDIEVAL
... yet unexplored area in the study o f medieval Buddhism. This is especially critical in restructuring the relationship between political and religious spheres, which for the Sinologist have always been intricately linked to one another. Although there are studies noting the prominence of family conne ...
... yet unexplored area in the study o f medieval Buddhism. This is especially critical in restructuring the relationship between political and religious spheres, which for the Sinologist have always been intricately linked to one another. Although there are studies noting the prominence of family conne ...
Further Biographies of Nuns
... It is generally assumed that nuns in all Buddhist traditions have a lower position than monks. In the Theravāda tradition the lineage of nuns was broken by the thirteenth century and has never been fully restored, unlike the ordination lineage in the Mahāyāna tradition where it has been preserved si ...
... It is generally assumed that nuns in all Buddhist traditions have a lower position than monks. In the Theravāda tradition the lineage of nuns was broken by the thirteenth century and has never been fully restored, unlike the ordination lineage in the Mahāyāna tradition where it has been preserved si ...
Untitled - Terebess
... of Buddhisms which have evolved through the influence of the various host cultures, they focus upon a few of the simple ideas to which Buddhists of all denominations are supposed to adhere. The Buddhist doctrine first developed in northern India towards the fifth century BCE and gradually spread its ...
... of Buddhisms which have evolved through the influence of the various host cultures, they focus upon a few of the simple ideas to which Buddhists of all denominations are supposed to adhere. The Buddhist doctrine first developed in northern India towards the fifth century BCE and gradually spread its ...
Unmasking Buddhism
... of Buddhisms which have evolved through the influence of the various host cultures, they focus upon a few of the simple ideas to which Buddhists of all denominations are supposed to adhere. The Buddhist doctrine first developed in northern India towards the fifth century BCE and gradually spread its ...
... of Buddhisms which have evolved through the influence of the various host cultures, they focus upon a few of the simple ideas to which Buddhists of all denominations are supposed to adhere. The Buddhist doctrine first developed in northern India towards the fifth century BCE and gradually spread its ...
Nirvana for Sale?: Buddhism, Wealth, and the
... the contemporary world. The integrity of the saṅgha has long been a central 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 n ...
... the contemporary world. The integrity of the saṅgha has long been a central 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 n ...
Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia
... “Neither too far, nor too near”: The historical and cultural contexts of Buddhist monasteries in medieval China and Japan James Robson Buddhist monasteries, with their sumptuous architecture, ornate furnishings, and striking natural settings, have always stuck out dramatically on the religious lands ...
... “Neither too far, nor too near”: The historical and cultural contexts of Buddhist monasteries in medieval China and Japan James Robson Buddhist monasteries, with their sumptuous architecture, ornate furnishings, and striking natural settings, have always stuck out dramatically on the religious lands ...
Creating the body of a fighter and the mind of a pacifist
... One Buddhist renunciation that the Shaolin monks were notorious for breaking was the consumption of dead flesh. The monks who indulged in such behaviour fell back on two justifications, the first being so long as the Buddha was in your heart, meat and wine are nothing.1 The second relates to a mythi ...
... One Buddhist renunciation that the Shaolin monks were notorious for breaking was the consumption of dead flesh. The monks who indulged in such behaviour fell back on two justifications, the first being so long as the Buddha was in your heart, meat and wine are nothing.1 The second relates to a mythi ...
The Resistance of the Monks
... had been arrested and interrogated. I was beaten again; they punched me in my chest and head. I was interrogated from nine in the morning to six in the evening, and I was not allowed to eat or drink anything. I realized that I would be killed if they took me to another place.” The now 28-year-old m ...
... had been arrested and interrogated. I was beaten again; they punched me in my chest and head. I was interrogated from nine in the morning to six in the evening, and I was not allowed to eat or drink anything. I realized that I would be killed if they took me to another place.” The now 28-year-old m ...
PT Sangha - Audio/Visual Catalog
... explore the origins of aggression and war, explaining that they lie nowhere but within our own hearts and minds. She goes on to explain that the way in which we as individuals respond to challenges in our everyday lives can mean the difference between perpetuating a culture of violence or creating A ...
... explore the origins of aggression and war, explaining that they lie nowhere but within our own hearts and minds. She goes on to explain that the way in which we as individuals respond to challenges in our everyday lives can mean the difference between perpetuating a culture of violence or creating A ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
... feel that in this case the oral tradition may well be more reliable than modern historians would normally admit. One of the objectives of the narrative is to show that the Buddha's Teaching did not make a lasting impression on Myanmar immediately upon first arrival. The Sasana had to be re-introduce ...
... feel that in this case the oral tradition may well be more reliable than modern historians would normally admit. One of the objectives of the narrative is to show that the Buddha's Teaching did not make a lasting impression on Myanmar immediately upon first arrival. The Sasana had to be re-introduce ...
Charisma in Buddhism
... his book grew from my attempt to study cult and sect in Malay sian/Singaporean Buddhism, and to answer the question ‘Is Bud dhism today a cult?’ [Buddhism, History and Society, 1992g 11:6–6.21]. One of the main characteristics of a cult is its leader’s charisma. In this case, I was also concerned ...
... his book grew from my attempt to study cult and sect in Malay sian/Singaporean Buddhism, and to answer the question ‘Is Bud dhism today a cult?’ [Buddhism, History and Society, 1992g 11:6–6.21]. One of the main characteristics of a cult is its leader’s charisma. In this case, I was also concerned ...
EVERYONE NEEDS VINAYA: REFLECTION S ON BUDDHIST
... traditionally, although we don’t really know how far back many “traditions” go. Some are less than a hundred years old and others were a response to European imperialism. Very few actually go back to the early centuries of the tradition. Next, I will propose a new way of understanding Vinaya, one th ...
... traditionally, although we don’t really know how far back many “traditions” go. Some are less than a hundred years old and others were a response to European imperialism. Very few actually go back to the early centuries of the tradition. Next, I will propose a new way of understanding Vinaya, one th ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... hope to defend, when looking at the broad field of early Buddhism and its larger social and economic context. Two of these positions are interrogated in this book and one of the book’s aims is to convince those interested in Buddhism of the need to revise progressively the axioms governing our mode ...
... hope to defend, when looking at the broad field of early Buddhism and its larger social and economic context. Two of these positions are interrogated in this book and one of the book’s aims is to convince those interested in Buddhism of the need to revise progressively the axioms governing our mode ...
Buddhism and its relation to women and prostitution in Thai society
... some of the problems with women entering the sex trade. Chapter Three examines the economic, political, and social factors of the Thai sex trade industry in more detail. Human rights and HIV/AIDS, along with prostitution law in Thailand, will be discussed. The dynamics of Buddhism's connection with ...
... some of the problems with women entering the sex trade. Chapter Three examines the economic, political, and social factors of the Thai sex trade industry in more detail. Human rights and HIV/AIDS, along with prostitution law in Thailand, will be discussed. The dynamics of Buddhism's connection with ...
as a PDF
... world as a harmonious co-existence of beings? If W&nhyo's liberalist life represents the model of transcending the dichotomies in the world and limits of artificially constructed rules and regulations, where is the demarcation between the transcendence and the violation of precepts? And how do senti ...
... world as a harmonious co-existence of beings? If W&nhyo's liberalist life represents the model of transcending the dichotomies in the world and limits of artificially constructed rules and regulations, where is the demarcation between the transcendence and the violation of precepts? And how do senti ...
On Compassionate Killing and the Abhidhamma’s Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... very clear, in the Abhidhamma framework, killing from a compassionate motive is thought to be “simply impossible” (167), “simply excluded” (175), “not countenanced,” (175), “a psychological impossibility, a psychological contradiction in terms” (178), something that the Abhidhamma “does not allow” a ...
... very clear, in the Abhidhamma framework, killing from a compassionate motive is thought to be “simply impossible” (167), “simply excluded” (175), “not countenanced,” (175), “a psychological impossibility, a psychological contradiction in terms” (178), something that the Abhidhamma “does not allow” a ...
An Old Inscription from Amarāvatī and the Cult of the Local Monastic
... stupa. He calls it, perhaps without undue inflation, "a wonderful pictorial Bible of Buddhism as it was understood at the time of the erection of the monument." 7 But through the work of Zamindars, zealous treasure seekers, and untrained if well intentioned British civil servants, most of the comple ...
... stupa. He calls it, perhaps without undue inflation, "a wonderful pictorial Bible of Buddhism as it was understood at the time of the erection of the monument." 7 But through the work of Zamindars, zealous treasure seekers, and untrained if well intentioned British civil servants, most of the comple ...