Minnan Eisai and Hirado - The Introduction of - NAOSITE
... the foremost expressions of Japanese culture, centers completely on its preparation. In 1191, Eisai returned from his second visit to China, arriving back at the island of Hirado, in present Nagasaki prefecture. Eisai stayed for some time in Hirado, but most works concerning him do not mention his a ...
... the foremost expressions of Japanese culture, centers completely on its preparation. In 1191, Eisai returned from his second visit to China, arriving back at the island of Hirado, in present Nagasaki prefecture. Eisai stayed for some time in Hirado, but most works concerning him do not mention his a ...
Recent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
The Therīgāthā - Buddhist Publication Society
... Anthology.” Reproduced with the kind permission of the editor of the Buddhist Studies Review, Russell Webb. The notes in this version have been slightly modified in a few places by its author. ...
... Anthology.” Reproduced with the kind permission of the editor of the Buddhist Studies Review, Russell Webb. The notes in this version have been slightly modified in a few places by its author. ...
Title: and the Moral Dimension of Enlightenment Author:
... does not include morality as a substantial or central element. This is not to say, of course, that Zen masters are necessarily immoral, or even amoral. No doubt at least a few masters in Zen history have been moral exemplars in their communities. But I conclude, following Tom Kasulis, Chris Ives, an ...
... does not include morality as a substantial or central element. This is not to say, of course, that Zen masters are necessarily immoral, or even amoral. No doubt at least a few masters in Zen history have been moral exemplars in their communities. But I conclude, following Tom Kasulis, Chris Ives, an ...
JBE Research Article Good or Skilful? Kusala in Canon and Commentary ISSN 1076-9005
... Buddhist theory or that involved in developing insight. A few passages concerned with mastery of jhàna or iddhi can also be mentioned at this point.33 The notion of skill in theory or practice develops further both in the Pali commentarial literature and in the Mahàyàna.34 This brings me to the very ...
... Buddhist theory or that involved in developing insight. A few passages concerned with mastery of jhàna or iddhi can also be mentioned at this point.33 The notion of skill in theory or practice develops further both in the Pali commentarial literature and in the Mahàyàna.34 This brings me to the very ...
Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
... monasteries, a portico was added over the front entrance. By 1997, the remodeling was sufficiently finished so that the main shrine room could be used for meditations. In 1998, the outside of Sakya Monastery’s building was painted in traditional Tibetan colors and a memorial stupa was erected to H.E ...
... monasteries, a portico was added over the front entrance. By 1997, the remodeling was sufficiently finished so that the main shrine room could be used for meditations. In 1998, the outside of Sakya Monastery’s building was painted in traditional Tibetan colors and a memorial stupa was erected to H.E ...
Buddhist Concepts in the Practice of Psychotherapy: A Qualitative
... illuminated. Next, an examination of the construct of mindfulness as an accepted Western psychotherapy treatment modality is provided, with a focus on empirical outcome studies and a description of basic mindfulness techniques. This review will provide the reader with a broad context for the underta ...
... illuminated. Next, an examination of the construct of mindfulness as an accepted Western psychotherapy treatment modality is provided, with a focus on empirical outcome studies and a description of basic mindfulness techniques. This review will provide the reader with a broad context for the underta ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... through applications of the model. Students will acquire basic knowledge of theories and practices of Buddhism and mediation in an integral approach and apply the appropriate skills to be their own mediator and to mediate other people’s dispute in their peer group or community. The model of teaching ...
... through applications of the model. Students will acquire basic knowledge of theories and practices of Buddhism and mediation in an integral approach and apply the appropriate skills to be their own mediator and to mediate other people’s dispute in their peer group or community. The model of teaching ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... through applications of the model. Students will acquire basic knowledge of theories and practices of Buddhism and mediation in an integral approach and apply the appropriate skills to be their own mediator and to mediate other people’s dispute in their peer group or community. The model of teaching ...
... through applications of the model. Students will acquire basic knowledge of theories and practices of Buddhism and mediation in an integral approach and apply the appropriate skills to be their own mediator and to mediate other people’s dispute in their peer group or community. The model of teaching ...
Zen spirituality in a secular age II
... Zen tradition by ‘sudden enlightenment’, and in more devotional Buddhist traditions by a ‘leap of faith’. In the context of medieval Japanese Buddhism, this ‘leap paradigm’ was represented by the immensely influential Tendai Buddhist discourse of ‘original enlightenment’ (hongaku), the assertion tha ...
... Zen tradition by ‘sudden enlightenment’, and in more devotional Buddhist traditions by a ‘leap of faith’. In the context of medieval Japanese Buddhism, this ‘leap paradigm’ was represented by the immensely influential Tendai Buddhist discourse of ‘original enlightenment’ (hongaku), the assertion tha ...
On the Practice of Buddhist Meditation According to the Pali Nikayas
... O n the Practice of Buddhist Meditation sonal instruction of a teacher. Thus the reason why the earlier texts fail to re veal very m u c h about just how to practice meditation is n o t because they are uninterested in such matters, or think they are unimportant, but rather pre cisely the opposit ...
... O n the Practice of Buddhist Meditation sonal instruction of a teacher. Thus the reason why the earlier texts fail to re veal very m u c h about just how to practice meditation is n o t because they are uninterested in such matters, or think they are unimportant, but rather pre cisely the opposit ...
Northern/Southern Schools
... sect and the (originally derogatory term) Hinayana (‘Small Vehicle”) sect. How the early Ch’an school was split in two is a fascinating story of power, self-aggrandizement and the development of religious doctrine. Most contemporary Zen students would be familiar with the Hui-neng story and the teac ...
... sect and the (originally derogatory term) Hinayana (‘Small Vehicle”) sect. How the early Ch’an school was split in two is a fascinating story of power, self-aggrandizement and the development of religious doctrine. Most contemporary Zen students would be familiar with the Hui-neng story and the teac ...
Buddhist Studies Semester I to IV
... Semester I Core Paper 2: Early History of Indian Buddhism (Socio, religio-philosophical and political history up toKaniska) (PAAICBS 102) This paper focuses on the life and teachings of the Buddha, the systematization of the teachings in various councils and the compilation of Buddhist canons. The ...
... Semester I Core Paper 2: Early History of Indian Buddhism (Socio, religio-philosophical and political history up toKaniska) (PAAICBS 102) This paper focuses on the life and teachings of the Buddha, the systematization of the teachings in various councils and the compilation of Buddhist canons. The ...
eForth and Zen
... explored how Forth did things and why things were done the ways they were. It put to rest the myth that Forth was a write-only language by showing that Forth could be understood by the average user with some casual study. It showed how the inner interpreter and the outer interpreter worked, and why ...
... explored how Forth did things and why things were done the ways they were. It put to rest the myth that Forth was a write-only language by showing that Forth could be understood by the average user with some casual study. It showed how the inner interpreter and the outer interpreter worked, and why ...
Forty-Three Years Ago
... Perhaps beyond the FWBO there are a few more people like my old dining companion for whom the issue looms with greater moment. The FWBO, which of course includes a substantial Indian wing known as Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha Sahayak Gana, is one of the largest and most active Buddhist movements aro ...
... Perhaps beyond the FWBO there are a few more people like my old dining companion for whom the issue looms with greater moment. The FWBO, which of course includes a substantial Indian wing known as Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha Sahayak Gana, is one of the largest and most active Buddhist movements aro ...
File - ICBI
... The March (Spring) 2015 Edition of the ICBI eJournal Patriarch’s Vision, has eight contributors that have produced eleven very interesting and varied articles, covering a wide-range of Ch’an and Buddhist related subjects and topics. This edition also sees the introduction of a new ‘ICBI Book Review’ ...
... The March (Spring) 2015 Edition of the ICBI eJournal Patriarch’s Vision, has eight contributors that have produced eleven very interesting and varied articles, covering a wide-range of Ch’an and Buddhist related subjects and topics. This edition also sees the introduction of a new ‘ICBI Book Review’ ...
Tainted Gender: Sexual Impurity and Women in Kankyo no Tomo
... that Siddhartha immediately took seven steps after his birth and said that “this would be the last time he would be reborn.”9 This episode expresses the sacredness of the Buddha, but at the same time, it blurs the biological ability of women to give birth. A delivery in which a baby comes out from ...
... that Siddhartha immediately took seven steps after his birth and said that “this would be the last time he would be reborn.”9 This episode expresses the sacredness of the Buddha, but at the same time, it blurs the biological ability of women to give birth. A delivery in which a baby comes out from ...
There is Only One Mindfulness: Why Science and Buddhism Need
... # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 ...
... # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 ...
View online - Ghent University Library
... ordained Buddhist community or Saṃgha (Skt., P. saṅgha); while passing it on from teacher to pupil came to be seen, within certain strands, as “proof of spiritual lineage”.5 It would seem that Buddhist monastics gave due consideration to their distinctive appearance from a very early date, and watch ...
... ordained Buddhist community or Saṃgha (Skt., P. saṅgha); while passing it on from teacher to pupil came to be seen, within certain strands, as “proof of spiritual lineage”.5 It would seem that Buddhist monastics gave due consideration to their distinctive appearance from a very early date, and watch ...
Buddhism in Noh
... from almost anywhere could be doing almost any of the practices then common. Therefore the following summary will be about modes of faith or practice, but not about sects. The Buddhism of Noh is composed of devotion to Amida (Amitgbha), of faith in the Lotus Sutra, and of elements of esoteric Buddhi ...
... from almost anywhere could be doing almost any of the practices then common. Therefore the following summary will be about modes of faith or practice, but not about sects. The Buddhism of Noh is composed of devotion to Amida (Amitgbha), of faith in the Lotus Sutra, and of elements of esoteric Buddhi ...
shambhala london 2015
... The book is divided into three parts: Part One focuses on deciding what you want to do with your life, job-wise and otherwise; Part Two explores how to be beneficial to others, beginning with those at your office and moving out to the world at large; and Part Three shows how to turn even the mo ...
... The book is divided into three parts: Part One focuses on deciding what you want to do with your life, job-wise and otherwise; Part Two explores how to be beneficial to others, beginning with those at your office and moving out to the world at large; and Part Three shows how to turn even the mo ...
modernization, social activism and the lao buddhist sangha1
... have to be transformed in order to remain meaningful in the every day lives of their followers. The discontinuities within society, caused for example by a rapid cultural and economic transformation and the effects of globalisation, are often the source of re-conceptualisation for religious teaching ...
... have to be transformed in order to remain meaningful in the every day lives of their followers. The discontinuities within society, caused for example by a rapid cultural and economic transformation and the effects of globalisation, are often the source of re-conceptualisation for religious teaching ...
ABSTRACT American Buddhism: A Sociological Perspective Buster
... population or non-immigrant Buddhists are not possible. The final hurdle in studying Buddhism in this country is the issue of syncretism and internalized religious pluralism. Unlike Judeo-Christian traditions that tend to emphasize exclusivity of affiliation, Buddhism has historically co-existed wit ...
... population or non-immigrant Buddhists are not possible. The final hurdle in studying Buddhism in this country is the issue of syncretism and internalized religious pluralism. Unlike Judeo-Christian traditions that tend to emphasize exclusivity of affiliation, Buddhism has historically co-existed wit ...
File - INTERNATIONAL CH`AN BUDDHISM INSTITUTE
... ‘The Buddhist vocabulary is extensive and all terms which were coined either by the Buddha or His enlightened disciples, correspond very well with various stages of spiritual awakening. It is a matter for regret that only a very limited number of these terms has been translated into Western language ...
... ‘The Buddhist vocabulary is extensive and all terms which were coined either by the Buddha or His enlightened disciples, correspond very well with various stages of spiritual awakening. It is a matter for regret that only a very limited number of these terms has been translated into Western language ...
Buddhism - A Concise Introduction
... wrote his doctoral dissertation under Smith at Syracuse University, and geographical proximity—Novak teaches at Dominican University in San Rafael, a half-hour’s drive across San Francisco Bay from Smith in Berkeley—has allowed their friendship to age like old wine. One proof of its vintage is that ...
... wrote his doctoral dissertation under Smith at Syracuse University, and geographical proximity—Novak teaches at Dominican University in San Rafael, a half-hour’s drive across San Francisco Bay from Smith in Berkeley—has allowed their friendship to age like old wine. One proof of its vintage is that ...
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.