TO THE TEACHER: OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students
... WHEN TO TEACH: In a full survey of Chinese history, Buddhism is generally taught when the medieval period is covered. However, a course limited to more modern China could still use this unit since Buddhism remained an important part of Chinese culture into modern times. In a topically-organized cour ...
... WHEN TO TEACH: In a full survey of Chinese history, Buddhism is generally taught when the medieval period is covered. However, a course limited to more modern China could still use this unit since Buddhism remained an important part of Chinese culture into modern times. In a topically-organized cour ...
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... cannot avoid failure. Power or crumbling comes progressively.13 Although these words refer to national policy, they reflect no more than a general view. Indeed, as was the situation of Buddhism at the time, the doctrine’s belief in benevolence more or less influenced royal policies as has been amply ...
... cannot avoid failure. Power or crumbling comes progressively.13 Although these words refer to national policy, they reflect no more than a general view. Indeed, as was the situation of Buddhism at the time, the doctrine’s belief in benevolence more or less influenced royal policies as has been amply ...
- ScienceCentral
... self-governing, it was likely for Gaochang to intensify the control of themselves and the exclusion of the outsiders, which ultimately made Gaochang independent.”8 Thereafter, during the period of Beiwei Shizhu (北魏世祖, 424-452 A.D.) when the Liang regimes alternated frequently, KanShuang (阚爽), a loca ...
... self-governing, it was likely for Gaochang to intensify the control of themselves and the exclusion of the outsiders, which ultimately made Gaochang independent.”8 Thereafter, during the period of Beiwei Shizhu (北魏世祖, 424-452 A.D.) when the Liang regimes alternated frequently, KanShuang (阚爽), a loca ...
(1) Book
... describes the life in the city of Matura from the dawn of the next day. While portraying the evening scene, the poet describes women, accompanied by their children and husbands, visiting a Buddhist vihara with flowers and incense to offer their vesper worship to the Buddha. From this, we are able to ...
... describes the life in the city of Matura from the dawn of the next day. While portraying the evening scene, the poet describes women, accompanied by their children and husbands, visiting a Buddhist vihara with flowers and incense to offer their vesper worship to the Buddha. From this, we are able to ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century bce. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes ...
... Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century bce. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century bce. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes ...
... Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century bce. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes ...
Buddhist Nuns: Between Past and Present
... although he later answered affirmatively to the monk Ānanda’s question whether or not women can become arhats and thus obtain enlightenment. In many accounts, the fact that Mahāprajāpatī was the Buddha’s stepmother also played a significant role, and extensive reference is made to the debt the Buddha i ...
... although he later answered affirmatively to the monk Ānanda’s question whether or not women can become arhats and thus obtain enlightenment. In many accounts, the fact that Mahāprajāpatī was the Buddha’s stepmother also played a significant role, and extensive reference is made to the debt the Buddha i ...
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... functions the church fulfils in Christianity seem to be fulfilled by the sangha: as a member of this group, one follows the ideal path to salvation, and it is the task of the community to preserve and hand over the teaching of the Buddha (the dhamma) to following generations. It seems obvious that t ...
... functions the church fulfils in Christianity seem to be fulfilled by the sangha: as a member of this group, one follows the ideal path to salvation, and it is the task of the community to preserve and hand over the teaching of the Buddha (the dhamma) to following generations. It seems obvious that t ...
buddhist-inspired options: aspects of lay religious life in the lower
... change was by no means irrelevant for certain religious developments, particularly where it concerned imperial support for specific doctrinal interpretations or monks and monasteries, it was less relevant to local religious life throughout the Lower Yangzi region. There are several indications that ...
... change was by no means irrelevant for certain religious developments, particularly where it concerned imperial support for specific doctrinal interpretations or monks and monasteries, it was less relevant to local religious life throughout the Lower Yangzi region. There are several indications that ...
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
... scholars construct the Buddhist monk as a rational renouncer who singlemindedly walks the Buddha’s path toward enlightenment (nibbana). They either ignore or are oblivious to the multiple roles played by the monk, not just in the present day, but also throughout Buddhist history. The word, monk, is ...
... scholars construct the Buddhist monk as a rational renouncer who singlemindedly walks the Buddha’s path toward enlightenment (nibbana). They either ignore or are oblivious to the multiple roles played by the monk, not just in the present day, but also throughout Buddhist history. The word, monk, is ...
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
... scholars construct the Buddhist monk as a rational renouncer who singlemindedly walks the Buddha’s path toward enlightenment (nibbana). They either ignore or are oblivious to the multiple roles played by the monk, not just in the present day, but also throughout Buddhist history. The word, monk, is ...
... scholars construct the Buddhist monk as a rational renouncer who singlemindedly walks the Buddha’s path toward enlightenment (nibbana). They either ignore or are oblivious to the multiple roles played by the monk, not just in the present day, but also throughout Buddhist history. The word, monk, is ...
Changing Buddhist Practice in Burma
... Buddhism, Karma explains the schematic order of beings and rebirth. In other words, Karma is the accumulated merits and virtues which operate at any order of beings. The higher Karma a being accumulated in the past, the higher stage the being will be reborn in at present, and the Karma accumulation ...
... Buddhism, Karma explains the schematic order of beings and rebirth. In other words, Karma is the accumulated merits and virtues which operate at any order of beings. The higher Karma a being accumulated in the past, the higher stage the being will be reborn in at present, and the Karma accumulation ...
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 ...
Tokharian Buddhism in Kucha - Sino
... SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS is an occasional series dedicated to making available to specialists and the interested public the results of research that, because of its unconventional or controversial nature, might otherwise go unpublished. The editor-in-chief actively encourages younger, not yet well estab ...
... SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS is an occasional series dedicated to making available to specialists and the interested public the results of research that, because of its unconventional or controversial nature, might otherwise go unpublished. The editor-in-chief actively encourages younger, not yet well estab ...
EXPLORATIONS - The Center for Southeast Asian Studies
... between lords and retainers, and laws and policies aimed at suppressing the ability of daimyō and other factions to gain too much power or wealth (Berry ...
... between lords and retainers, and laws and policies aimed at suppressing the ability of daimyō and other factions to gain too much power or wealth (Berry ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... Welcome to the 3rd Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Universities. This volume is long overdue, for too many or numerous reasons, none of which should be recollected. It’s here now, and we are excited to see it finally in print. The IABU has been functioning for several years now, ...
... Welcome to the 3rd Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Universities. This volume is long overdue, for too many or numerous reasons, none of which should be recollected. It’s here now, and we are excited to see it finally in print. The IABU has been functioning for several years now, ...
The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners
... The Expositor, Book I, Risings of Consciousness, Part III Discourse on Doors (or Gates), Chapter IV Discourse on Kamma (Voluntary Action) (p. 119) states: … the transcendental Path may be included in, and classified under three forms of kamma (bodily, vocal, mental). To expand: restraint of the wick ...
... The Expositor, Book I, Risings of Consciousness, Part III Discourse on Doors (or Gates), Chapter IV Discourse on Kamma (Voluntary Action) (p. 119) states: … the transcendental Path may be included in, and classified under three forms of kamma (bodily, vocal, mental). To expand: restraint of the wick ...
Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... 1. Towards a Definition of Early Buddhism Etymological Definitions of Religion........................................................... 3 Historical Definitions of Religion.................................................................. 3 Psychological Definitions of Religion................... ...
... 1. Towards a Definition of Early Buddhism Etymological Definitions of Religion........................................................... 3 Historical Definitions of Religion.................................................................. 3 Psychological Definitions of Religion................... ...
The Influence of Mahayana on Buddhadasa`s Thought Abstract
... built at his command, and the study and practice of Buddhism were encouraged. The next, I move on King Rama IV (King Mongkut) who had the more influence Thailand Buddhism. He was the first king who created a new nikaya in Thai Theravada during his twenty-seven years of monastic life which was Dhamma ...
... built at his command, and the study and practice of Buddhism were encouraged. The next, I move on King Rama IV (King Mongkut) who had the more influence Thailand Buddhism. He was the first king who created a new nikaya in Thai Theravada during his twenty-seven years of monastic life which was Dhamma ...
The Revival of the Bhikkhuni Order and the Decline of the Sasana
... order with an overall decline of the Dharma or the Buddha’s dispensation is not only that it attributes to the Buddha a prediction that has not come true, but also that it stands in direct opposition to the passages surveyed above, which clearly see the bhikkhun!s as an integral part of the Buddha’s ...
... order with an overall decline of the Dharma or the Buddha’s dispensation is not only that it attributes to the Buddha a prediction that has not come true, but also that it stands in direct opposition to the passages surveyed above, which clearly see the bhikkhun!s as an integral part of the Buddha’s ...
What is Sangha
... What is Sangha What is the Sangha? The Sangha is a spiritual family. At the centre of the family are the teacher and the teachings. In the Buddhist tradition, the teaching is called Dharma, and the founder of this Dharma is called Buddha Shakyamuni or Gautama Siddhartha. This tradition was born in 5 ...
... What is Sangha What is the Sangha? The Sangha is a spiritual family. At the centre of the family are the teacher and the teachings. In the Buddhist tradition, the teaching is called Dharma, and the founder of this Dharma is called Buddha Shakyamuni or Gautama Siddhartha. This tradition was born in 5 ...
Lesson 6 - Castlemilk High School
... craving for existence in world of form, and craving for existence in the non-material world. ...
... craving for existence in world of form, and craving for existence in the non-material world. ...
Going Against the Grain: A Historical and - ORCA
... The new concept of askēsis, involving training the will against a life of sensual pleasure, was exemplified by the Stoics who advocated the idea of bringing the passion of the body under the kingly command of reason to achieve apatheia––a state of mind where one is not disturbed by the passions.4 Ro ...
... The new concept of askēsis, involving training the will against a life of sensual pleasure, was exemplified by the Stoics who advocated the idea of bringing the passion of the body under the kingly command of reason to achieve apatheia––a state of mind where one is not disturbed by the passions.4 Ro ...
The Great Nalanda - Past and Present
... University unparalleled in the world. This reputation was so furthered that it came to be known as the ‘University of Universities.” Actually the Nalanda Mahavihara had not only been a great seat of learning but also became a great centre of culture and civilization. It is a well know fact that Budd ...
... University unparalleled in the world. This reputation was so furthered that it came to be known as the ‘University of Universities.” Actually the Nalanda Mahavihara had not only been a great seat of learning but also became a great centre of culture and civilization. It is a well know fact that Budd ...
Buddhism (World Religions)
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...