Bhikkhunī Sāsana Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... bhikkhu order was re-established from Burma.27 Thus, while the bhikkhunī The expression used to refer to their higher ordination is just pabbajiṃsu, cf. Oldenberg (88,17+19), Dīp 16.38f. This usage appears to be similar to a general tendency in the early texts to use the expression pabbajjā as an um ...
... bhikkhu order was re-established from Burma.27 Thus, while the bhikkhunī The expression used to refer to their higher ordination is just pabbajiṃsu, cf. Oldenberg (88,17+19), Dīp 16.38f. This usage appears to be similar to a general tendency in the early texts to use the expression pabbajjā as an um ...
Urban Dharma Newsletters
... during the reign of King Vatta Gamini that the Buddhist monks assembled in AlokaVihara and wrote down the Tripitaka, the three basket of the Teachings, known as the Pali scriptures for the first time. It was Sri Lankan nuns who introduced the Sangha of nuns into China in 433AD. In the 16th century t ...
... during the reign of King Vatta Gamini that the Buddhist monks assembled in AlokaVihara and wrote down the Tripitaka, the three basket of the Teachings, known as the Pali scriptures for the first time. It was Sri Lankan nuns who introduced the Sangha of nuns into China in 433AD. In the 16th century t ...
puñña kusala sukka
... correspondence between C and A.6 Nonetheless, we may yet ask whether C might be more precisely explainable in its own terms. Actions and their results are qualified as being “bright” or “dark”; these adjectives are clearly suggestive of positive and negative moral valuations. These words are, moreov ...
... correspondence between C and A.6 Nonetheless, we may yet ask whether C might be more precisely explainable in its own terms. Actions and their results are qualified as being “bright” or “dark”; these adjectives are clearly suggestive of positive and negative moral valuations. These words are, moreov ...
The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient
... During that era, the young Bohemians of the “beat generation” took up Zen as a kind of intellectual talisman and challenge to the existing view of things. The next two decades saw something of a “Zen boom” when, for the first time, significant numbers of Westerners began actual Buddhist practice. By ...
... During that era, the young Bohemians of the “beat generation” took up Zen as a kind of intellectual talisman and challenge to the existing view of things. The next two decades saw something of a “Zen boom” when, for the first time, significant numbers of Westerners began actual Buddhist practice. By ...
Charisma in Buddhism
... as a preprint but maintaining the original number sequence of the main book with which it should be used. In this way, individual topics of spe cial interest are made cheaply available even before the main title has been released. Some sections of the books listed below may not have as much details ...
... as a preprint but maintaining the original number sequence of the main book with which it should be used. In this way, individual topics of spe cial interest are made cheaply available even before the main title has been released. Some sections of the books listed below may not have as much details ...
Buddhism in Canada - A Handful of Leaves
... so many people felt was emerging. The highly problematic ‘quota’ system that had helped for decades to ‘keep Canada white’ (a popular slogan in the early part of the twentieth century) finally gave way at the end of the 1960s to the ‘point’ system. According to this new approach – still in place toda ...
... so many people felt was emerging. The highly problematic ‘quota’ system that had helped for decades to ‘keep Canada white’ (a popular slogan in the early part of the twentieth century) finally gave way at the end of the 1960s to the ‘point’ system. According to this new approach – still in place toda ...
Is South AsiaŁs Buddhist Leader the Gyalwang Drukpa an
... Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, a Vajrayāna and Mahāyāna tradition of Buddhism dating back to the life of its founder, Tsangpa Gya-re a (1161–1211). The Gyalwang Drukpa is distinguished by his systemic support of both Buddhist nuns and the environment over the past decade, and his efforts have b ...
... Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, a Vajrayāna and Mahāyāna tradition of Buddhism dating back to the life of its founder, Tsangpa Gya-re a (1161–1211). The Gyalwang Drukpa is distinguished by his systemic support of both Buddhist nuns and the environment over the past decade, and his efforts have b ...
Autumn Edition - Buddhist Society Victoria
... 2011-2012 has been a busy year for the BSV. We had a full calendar of activities dedicated to Dhamma teachings and meditation instructions by resident monks and visiting Teachers. Dhamma discussions and forums were held in the Buddhaloka Hall as well as the Library by teaching Monks and also by lear ...
... 2011-2012 has been a busy year for the BSV. We had a full calendar of activities dedicated to Dhamma teachings and meditation instructions by resident monks and visiting Teachers. Dhamma discussions and forums were held in the Buddhaloka Hall as well as the Library by teaching Monks and also by lear ...
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 ...
PDF - SGI Quarterly Magazine
... a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.” This statement from SGI President Daisaku Ikeda encapsulates the core philosophy of the SGI: That each of us has unfathomable potential, and in striving to bring this forth—spurred by trying circ ...
... a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.” This statement from SGI President Daisaku Ikeda encapsulates the core philosophy of the SGI: That each of us has unfathomable potential, and in striving to bring this forth—spurred by trying circ ...
Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology
... "Those salutary rules of morality proclaimed by the Exalted One, for what purpose, brother Ánanda, has he proclaimed them?" "Well said, brother Bhadda, well said! Pleasing is your wisdom, pleasing your insight, excellent is your question! Those salutary rules of morality proclaimed by the Exalted On ...
... "Those salutary rules of morality proclaimed by the Exalted One, for what purpose, brother Ánanda, has he proclaimed them?" "Well said, brother Bhadda, well said! Pleasing is your wisdom, pleasing your insight, excellent is your question! Those salutary rules of morality proclaimed by the Exalted On ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... which we are no longer conscious of a separation of body and mind. effects of ephemerality. Schooled in the doctrines of Sakyamuni Buddha, If someone, even for a short moment, sits up straight in the balanced Dōgen was greatly influenced by Japanese culture that emphasized composture of the Buddha, ...
... which we are no longer conscious of a separation of body and mind. effects of ephemerality. Schooled in the doctrines of Sakyamuni Buddha, If someone, even for a short moment, sits up straight in the balanced Dōgen was greatly influenced by Japanese culture that emphasized composture of the Buddha, ...
The Ch`an Tsung in Medieval China: School, Lineage, or What?
... individuals related by virtue of their inheritance of some sort of Dharma from a common ancestor. This translation has the virtue of being a nearly literal rendering wbicb neither assumes nor implies anything about the bistoricity or ontological status of the lineage in question, the latter being ma ...
... individuals related by virtue of their inheritance of some sort of Dharma from a common ancestor. This translation has the virtue of being a nearly literal rendering wbicb neither assumes nor implies anything about the bistoricity or ontological status of the lineage in question, the latter being ma ...
Introduction to Sakya Monastery
... in 1928 as the First Presbyterian Church. Over the years, different Christian denominations have owned the building. In 1984, a Baptist group sold it to Sakya Tegchen Choling center (Sakya Monastery’s predecessor). Since its cofounding in 1974 by H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya and H.E. Dezhung Rinpoche I ...
... in 1928 as the First Presbyterian Church. Over the years, different Christian denominations have owned the building. In 1984, a Baptist group sold it to Sakya Tegchen Choling center (Sakya Monastery’s predecessor). Since its cofounding in 1974 by H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya and H.E. Dezhung Rinpoche I ...
A Golden Ring
... other thoughts that have nothing to do with our eating. In order to carry on our daily lives with ease, concentration and clearness of mind, it is important for us to train our minds so that we may regain our natural ability to concentrate with a clear mind. Nevertheless, even if we adopt certain pr ...
... other thoughts that have nothing to do with our eating. In order to carry on our daily lives with ease, concentration and clearness of mind, it is important for us to train our minds so that we may regain our natural ability to concentrate with a clear mind. Nevertheless, even if we adopt certain pr ...
Dark and Bright Karma
... (virtue ethics), one has to take into account the intrinsic wholesomeness or unwholesomeness of certain actions (moral realism) as well as their consequences for the happiness of oneself and others (utilitarianism). In other words, Buddhist ethics in the Pāli Nikāyas is not a system of virtue ethics ...
... (virtue ethics), one has to take into account the intrinsic wholesomeness or unwholesomeness of certain actions (moral realism) as well as their consequences for the happiness of oneself and others (utilitarianism). In other words, Buddhist ethics in the Pāli Nikāyas is not a system of virtue ethics ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... The Kamakura Era was marked by the decline of the traditional Tendai Buddhist sect, which was based at Enryakuji Temple situated on Mount Hiei just to the northeast of Kyoto and was affiliated with the Fujiwara clan. Tendai was challenged and changed by the onset of a number of innovative, charismat ...
... The Kamakura Era was marked by the decline of the traditional Tendai Buddhist sect, which was based at Enryakuji Temple situated on Mount Hiei just to the northeast of Kyoto and was affiliated with the Fujiwara clan. Tendai was challenged and changed by the onset of a number of innovative, charismat ...
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... involved in Zen meditation)." National Catholic Reporter 3 Dec. 1999. This article is a firsthand account of a catholic woman participating in a Zen meditation ceremony. She gives details of what it felt like to meditate for the first time, how the meditation ceremony was similar and different from ...
... involved in Zen meditation)." National Catholic Reporter 3 Dec. 1999. This article is a firsthand account of a catholic woman participating in a Zen meditation ceremony. She gives details of what it felt like to meditate for the first time, how the meditation ceremony was similar and different from ...
5 Comparison between types of meditation in Theravada Buddhist
... present" in the Taoist meditation technique, which both the Shangqing School and Lingbao Schools popularized. It thus means that the mediator, by an act of conscious concentration and focused intention, causes certain energies to be present in certain parts of the body or makes specific deities or s ...
... present" in the Taoist meditation technique, which both the Shangqing School and Lingbao Schools popularized. It thus means that the mediator, by an act of conscious concentration and focused intention, causes certain energies to be present in certain parts of the body or makes specific deities or s ...
Colors of the Robe: Religion, Identity and Difference Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... that several prominent scholars of Theravada Buddhism implicitly turn to classical Buddhist sources for the litmus test of who is “Buddhist” or who is a “monk.” They then apply this literary standard to what they find “in the field.” As an alternative, Abeysekara examines two cases in which there wa ...
... that several prominent scholars of Theravada Buddhism implicitly turn to classical Buddhist sources for the litmus test of who is “Buddhist” or who is a “monk.” They then apply this literary standard to what they find “in the field.” As an alternative, Abeysekara examines two cases in which there wa ...
Buddhist Hard Determinism: No Self, No Free Will, No Responsibility
... prima facie incompatible ideas are “compatible,” but only by virtue of being elements of different discourse domains. Goodman argues essentially that free will is straightforwardly incompatible with determinism from the Buddhist’s eliminative perspective of the self because without any such entity a ...
... prima facie incompatible ideas are “compatible,” but only by virtue of being elements of different discourse domains. Goodman argues essentially that free will is straightforwardly incompatible with determinism from the Buddhist’s eliminative perspective of the self because without any such entity a ...
manual of zen buddhism
... Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, D.Litt., Professor of Buddhist Philosophy in the Otani University, Kyoto, was born in 1870. He is probably now the greatest living authority on Buddhist philosophy, and is certainly the greatest authority on Zen Buddhism. His major works in English on the subject of Buddhism ...
... Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, D.Litt., Professor of Buddhist Philosophy in the Otani University, Kyoto, was born in 1870. He is probably now the greatest living authority on Buddhist philosophy, and is certainly the greatest authority on Zen Buddhism. His major works in English on the subject of Buddhism ...
The Beatnik Buddhist: The Monk of American Pop
... intellectual circles. In this time, Asian Missionaries such as Shaku Soen, D. T. Suzuki, and Anagarika Dharmapala and American missionaries like Dwight Goddard had all attempted to introduce Americans to Buddhism. Meanwhile, intellectuals such as Paul Carus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thor ...
... intellectual circles. In this time, Asian Missionaries such as Shaku Soen, D. T. Suzuki, and Anagarika Dharmapala and American missionaries like Dwight Goddard had all attempted to introduce Americans to Buddhism. Meanwhile, intellectuals such as Paul Carus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thor ...
The Chinese Buddhist Ritual Field
... Text 3. Buddhist Services Held at Fixed Intervals: A list of nine ritual activities held only on specific dates, and sometimes no more than once per year. These first three texts were posted together on one large signboard, from left to right in the order they are listed here. Text 4. Dharma Announc ...
... Text 3. Buddhist Services Held at Fixed Intervals: A list of nine ritual activities held only on specific dates, and sometimes no more than once per year. These first three texts were posted together on one large signboard, from left to right in the order they are listed here. Text 4. Dharma Announc ...
Buddhism in the United States
Buddhism is one of the largest religions in the United States behind Christianity, Judaism and nonreligious, and approximately equal with Islam and Hinduism. American Buddhists include many Asian Americans, as well as a large number of converts of other ethnicities, and now their children and even grandchildren. In 2012, U-T San Diego estimated U.S. practitioners at 1.2 million people, of whom 40% are living in Southern California.