Volition: An Introduction of the Law of Kamma
... The Buddha then explained about sickness and health. Some people cause injury to other beings; they like to inflict injury on others. On account of that, they are reborn in four woeful states. But if they are reborn as human beings, they are sickly and prone to disease. Those who do not cause injury ...
... The Buddha then explained about sickness and health. Some people cause injury to other beings; they like to inflict injury on others. On account of that, they are reborn in four woeful states. But if they are reborn as human beings, they are sickly and prone to disease. Those who do not cause injury ...
Kamma - Just be Good
... • Kamma literally means 'intentional action', and this refers to the Buddhist belief in the Principle of Cause and Effect. That is, every intentional act will give rise to a corresponding result, in either the present life or in a future one, when conditions are right. • The results of kamma are not ...
... • Kamma literally means 'intentional action', and this refers to the Buddhist belief in the Principle of Cause and Effect. That is, every intentional act will give rise to a corresponding result, in either the present life or in a future one, when conditions are right. • The results of kamma are not ...
Kosalan Philosophy dissertation - University of California, Berkeley
... projects to explain the influx of foreign ideas in relation to western religion, history, and philosophy. The work of Friedrich Max Müller and Ralph Waldo Emerson at this time shows that the task of philosophy to create concepts occurs even in ordinary language. Like the Brāhmaṇas, their work has no ...
... projects to explain the influx of foreign ideas in relation to western religion, history, and philosophy. The work of Friedrich Max Müller and Ralph Waldo Emerson at this time shows that the task of philosophy to create concepts occurs even in ordinary language. Like the Brāhmaṇas, their work has no ...
Life in Samsara: Torment, Torture and Tolerance in Buddhist Hell
... repetition in the head is the hell that no one else can be responsible for but oneself. Control seems lost since, consciously, no one would choose to experience these horrors. It becomes very clear that saṃsāra truly is a place of pain and anguish, and escape is nearly impossible. Hell is manife ...
... repetition in the head is the hell that no one else can be responsible for but oneself. Control seems lost since, consciously, no one would choose to experience these horrors. It becomes very clear that saṃsāra truly is a place of pain and anguish, and escape is nearly impossible. Hell is manife ...
The Five Precepts - Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
... taken away because we violated the five precepts. Thus, observing the precepts is also assuring that we will obey the laws of society. Only people who are able to undertake and observe the five precepts and truly understand them can enjoy real freedom. Thus, the true meaning of the precepts is freed ...
... taken away because we violated the five precepts. Thus, observing the precepts is also assuring that we will obey the laws of society. Only people who are able to undertake and observe the five precepts and truly understand them can enjoy real freedom. Thus, the true meaning of the precepts is freed ...
The Skillful Handling of Poison: Bodhicitta and the
... definition, see Wangchuk (2007, p. 152), and see his chap five section four and chapter eight for summaries of a range of positions held on the meaning of bodhicitta and its synonyms in Mahayana sutras. Ultimately, he claims that Mahayana texts differed as to whether bodhicitta is a moment of main c ...
... definition, see Wangchuk (2007, p. 152), and see his chap five section four and chapter eight for summaries of a range of positions held on the meaning of bodhicitta and its synonyms in Mahayana sutras. Ultimately, he claims that Mahayana texts differed as to whether bodhicitta is a moment of main c ...
Untitled - UO Libraries
... are three Chinese translations, the earliest being one by Kumarajiva (who came to China in A. D. 401), the first great schism seems to have broken out about one hundred years after the Buddha. The leader of the dissenters was Mahadeva, and his school was known as the Mahasangika (Great Council), whi ...
... are three Chinese translations, the earliest being one by Kumarajiva (who came to China in A. D. 401), the first great schism seems to have broken out about one hundred years after the Buddha. The leader of the dissenters was Mahadeva, and his school was known as the Mahasangika (Great Council), whi ...
Be a Lamp Upon Yourself
... the Asian an Western world to introduce the Buddha's message of peace. One of his scripts engraved in stone on the Ashoka Pillars, which still stands today in India reads, "One should not honor only one's religion and condemn the religion of others, but one should honor others' religion for this or ...
... the Asian an Western world to introduce the Buddha's message of peace. One of his scripts engraved in stone on the Ashoka Pillars, which still stands today in India reads, "One should not honor only one's religion and condemn the religion of others, but one should honor others' religion for this or ...
Dzogchen retreat 2013_EN - Palyul Dharma Center in Europe
... many profound transmissions from His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche and many others great Tibetan masters. Khen Rinpoche has thoroughly studied, researched and mastered the Tibetan Studies that cover the vast and profound teachings of Lord Buddha ...
... many profound transmissions from His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche and many others great Tibetan masters. Khen Rinpoche has thoroughly studied, researched and mastered the Tibetan Studies that cover the vast and profound teachings of Lord Buddha ...
Buddha as Therapist: Meditations
... This book is part of a set of four books (all published at Taos Institute Publications) and foundational for Buddhism 4.0 which is a secular Buddhism as a psychology and a method that deals with negative emotions. Psychotherapy is the direction Buddhism is developing toward after The Buddha’s first ...
... This book is part of a set of four books (all published at Taos Institute Publications) and foundational for Buddhism 4.0 which is a secular Buddhism as a psychology and a method that deals with negative emotions. Psychotherapy is the direction Buddhism is developing toward after The Buddha’s first ...
Word of the Buddha
... While it may well serve as a first introduction for the beginner, its chief aim is to give the reader who is already more or less acquainted with the fundamental ideas of Buddhism, a clear, concise and authentic summary of its various doctrines, within the framework of the all-embracing ‘Four Noble ...
... While it may well serve as a first introduction for the beginner, its chief aim is to give the reader who is already more or less acquainted with the fundamental ideas of Buddhism, a clear, concise and authentic summary of its various doctrines, within the framework of the all-embracing ‘Four Noble ...
eBook - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... Buddhism never found the need to give new interpretations to its teachings. Newly verified scientific discoveries never contradict the teachings of the Buddha as their spirit and methodologies are scientifically valid. Buddhism’s principles can be maintained under any circumstances without changing ...
... Buddhism never found the need to give new interpretations to its teachings. Newly verified scientific discoveries never contradict the teachings of the Buddha as their spirit and methodologies are scientifically valid. Buddhism’s principles can be maintained under any circumstances without changing ...
The Karmapa and Taiwan
... being able to stage a comeback. It was not until 1959, when Tibetan people staged a massive exodus to India and other countries, and the 14th Dalai Lama was unable to leave India, that the 16th Karmapa of Black Crown of Karma Kagyu made himself well-known on the international stage by visiting many ...
... being able to stage a comeback. It was not until 1959, when Tibetan people staged a massive exodus to India and other countries, and the 14th Dalai Lama was unable to leave India, that the 16th Karmapa of Black Crown of Karma Kagyu made himself well-known on the international stage by visiting many ...
Bullets - Fulford School : VLE
... Hindus believe that the power of karma from the previous life carries over into the next life. Bad actions will mean a life of suffering, while good actions and true aims will lead to a happy and better life. Every occurrence in life is the consequence of some action in the past. Hindus believe that ...
... Hindus believe that the power of karma from the previous life carries over into the next life. Bad actions will mean a life of suffering, while good actions and true aims will lead to a happy and better life. Every occurrence in life is the consequence of some action in the past. Hindus believe that ...
puñña sukka By Martin T. Adam Religious Studies Program
... pleasures of a happy one, are common motives among Buddhists. We should note, however, that while some meritorious actions will be purposefully aimed at these goals, others are thought of as simply having such results without their being aimed for XXX an important point to which we will return. ...
... pleasures of a happy one, are common motives among Buddhists. We should note, however, that while some meritorious actions will be purposefully aimed at these goals, others are thought of as simply having such results without their being aimed for XXX an important point to which we will return. ...
puñña kusala sukka
... Bhikkhus Ñāṇamoli and Bodhi indicate that “afflictive” and “unafflictive” should be understood in terms of the underlying volition of the action. They cross-reference this passage to the more detailed explanation provided at MN i 47, which contains two well-known tenfold descriptions of the unwholes ...
... Bhikkhus Ñāṇamoli and Bodhi indicate that “afflictive” and “unafflictive” should be understood in terms of the underlying volition of the action. They cross-reference this passage to the more detailed explanation provided at MN i 47, which contains two well-known tenfold descriptions of the unwholes ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... "Europe-Center."12 Nydahl himself has stated that he has given one of his trademark special teachings, the transference of consciousness at the moment of death (Tibetan: 'pho ba), to around 70,000 people. The Diamond Way can be meaningfully interpreted in sociological terms as a "movement" and as an ...
... "Europe-Center."12 Nydahl himself has stated that he has given one of his trademark special teachings, the transference of consciousness at the moment of death (Tibetan: 'pho ba), to around 70,000 people. The Diamond Way can be meaningfully interpreted in sociological terms as a "movement" and as an ...
Sett13ing in Motion the Dharma Wheel Talks on the Four Noble
... truth of the cessation of suffering, and the truth of the way out of suffering by means of the eightfold noble path [1.3]. This is the first of the "three turnings and twelve processes" [1.4] of the Dharma Wheel. What does that mean? As taught by the Buddha, each of the noble truths implied three t ...
... truth of the cessation of suffering, and the truth of the way out of suffering by means of the eightfold noble path [1.3]. This is the first of the "three turnings and twelve processes" [1.4] of the Dharma Wheel. What does that mean? As taught by the Buddha, each of the noble truths implied three t ...
Under the Influence of Buddhism
... Buddhist beliefs, explaining the truth of suffering and the way to overcome it. The first noble truth recognises that suffering is the essence of human existence: suffering from birth, old age, sickness, and death as well as the pain from separation, grief, and despair. The second noble truth explai ...
... Buddhist beliefs, explaining the truth of suffering and the way to overcome it. The first noble truth recognises that suffering is the essence of human existence: suffering from birth, old age, sickness, and death as well as the pain from separation, grief, and despair. The second noble truth explai ...
Wu Ch`eng-en`s Monkey as an Allegory for Buddhism
... Of course, Pigsy knows that Monkey does not possess this power. Upon the same occasion in a different scene, Pigsy also displays his proneness to thievery when he says to Monkey: “Brother…are you asking me to commit robbery? If so, that‟s a business I have experience of and can really be of some hel ...
... Of course, Pigsy knows that Monkey does not possess this power. Upon the same occasion in a different scene, Pigsy also displays his proneness to thievery when he says to Monkey: “Brother…are you asking me to commit robbery? If so, that‟s a business I have experience of and can really be of some hel ...
2010 - Mikaela Campbell
... Of course, Pigsy knows that Monkey does not possess this power. Upon the same occasion in a ...
... Of course, Pigsy knows that Monkey does not possess this power. Upon the same occasion in a ...
The Four Noble Truths
... mara Papiyan” with Papiyan being the leader of the maras. This happened when the Buddha was sitting under the bodhi tree. Mara used forms related to the three disturbing emotions (Skt. klesha) of ignorance, desire, and aggression in order to lure the Buddha away from his pursuit of enlightenment. Th ...
... mara Papiyan” with Papiyan being the leader of the maras. This happened when the Buddha was sitting under the bodhi tree. Mara used forms related to the three disturbing emotions (Skt. klesha) of ignorance, desire, and aggression in order to lure the Buddha away from his pursuit of enlightenment. Th ...
Janussoni Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... would receive any offerings made to them. The Buddha answers by saying that only the “departed” (peta) can receive such offerings and, in fact, need the merits of such wholesome deeds. 1.5.2 In connection with the brahminical giving to their departed (peta), the Buddha tells Jāṇussoṇī, “For, brahmin ...
... would receive any offerings made to them. The Buddha answers by saying that only the “departed” (peta) can receive such offerings and, in fact, need the merits of such wholesome deeds. 1.5.2 In connection with the brahminical giving to their departed (peta), the Buddha tells Jāṇussoṇī, “For, brahmin ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism
... will” and “determinism” as compatible is unclear. If, moreover, as Michael Barnhart claims,11 a “blissful maintenance of contradiction” is often embraced within Asian philosophy, it follows that we cannot assume that anyone maintaining two beliefs has a belief about their compatibility, much less an ...
... will” and “determinism” as compatible is unclear. If, moreover, as Michael Barnhart claims,11 a “blissful maintenance of contradiction” is often embraced within Asian philosophy, it follows that we cannot assume that anyone maintaining two beliefs has a belief about their compatibility, much less an ...
Introduction to Buddhism - Tushita Meditation Centre
... THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS Buddha was once like ourselves: an ordinary being, deluded and suffering. Through his own effort, he attained enlightenment, and then taught the way so that others can follow. Buddha cannot ―save‖ us, cannot make us enlightened. We have to do it ourselves, by following his adv ...
... THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS Buddha was once like ourselves: an ordinary being, deluded and suffering. Through his own effort, he attained enlightenment, and then taught the way so that others can follow. Buddha cannot ―save‖ us, cannot make us enlightened. We have to do it ourselves, by following his adv ...
Karma in Buddhism
Karma (Sanskrit, also karman, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means ""action"" or ""doing"". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention (cetanā) which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in samsara, the cycle of rebirth.