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... so much wealth and offering that thieves followed him around the pagoda. Similarly, the monk Tri Thien living under Ly Anh Tong and Ly Cao Tong’s reigns in the Phu Mon pagoda was given many offerings by Buddhist believers from many regions, according to a text on Buddhist believers from many regions ...
... so much wealth and offering that thieves followed him around the pagoda. Similarly, the monk Tri Thien living under Ly Anh Tong and Ly Cao Tong’s reigns in the Phu Mon pagoda was given many offerings by Buddhist believers from many regions, according to a text on Buddhist believers from many regions ...
Empty Selves: A Comparative Analysis of Mahayana Buddhism
... I never meant to major in Philosophy, much less write an honors thesis in the department. I owe my completion of both in large part to the Professors I have had at Wesleyan. I first developed my status as Sartre superfan while in President Roth’s class “The Modern and the Post-Modern”. Then, in Elis ...
... I never meant to major in Philosophy, much less write an honors thesis in the department. I owe my completion of both in large part to the Professors I have had at Wesleyan. I first developed my status as Sartre superfan while in President Roth’s class “The Modern and the Post-Modern”. Then, in Elis ...
Ālayavijñāna: On the Origin and the Early Development of a Central
... The first volume contains twelve chapters and two appendices. The heart of the argument is found in the first five chapters, in which Schmithausen's theory as to the origin of the dlaya-concept is presented and argued for. The remaining chapters and the appendices are devoted to more specific issues ...
... The first volume contains twelve chapters and two appendices. The heart of the argument is found in the first five chapters, in which Schmithausen's theory as to the origin of the dlaya-concept is presented and argued for. The remaining chapters and the appendices are devoted to more specific issues ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... post-graduate degrees as well as selling all forms of popular culture. Yet little is known about the communication dynamics behind the diffusion of Buddhist religious/spiritual traditions into the United States. Religion is an underexplored area of intercultural communication studies (Nakayama & Hal ...
... post-graduate degrees as well as selling all forms of popular culture. Yet little is known about the communication dynamics behind the diffusion of Buddhist religious/spiritual traditions into the United States. Religion is an underexplored area of intercultural communication studies (Nakayama & Hal ...
Mindfulness in Early Buddhism
... nearly 2500 years in the history of Buddhist thought, making it practically impossible to speak of “Buddhist mindfulness” as if this were a monolithic concept. Moreover, a proper assessment of any specific form of mindfulness needs to be based on a comparative study that takes into account all extan ...
... nearly 2500 years in the history of Buddhist thought, making it practically impossible to speak of “Buddhist mindfulness” as if this were a monolithic concept. Moreover, a proper assessment of any specific form of mindfulness needs to be based on a comparative study that takes into account all extan ...
- SOAS Research Online
... and even rejected by some traditionalists, it is also true that religious tolerance prevailed during most of the medieval period, save precisely for the handful of episodes of repression. Besides, as early as the sixth century, there was already a perception that Buddhism, together with Confucianism ...
... and even rejected by some traditionalists, it is also true that religious tolerance prevailed during most of the medieval period, save precisely for the handful of episodes of repression. Besides, as early as the sixth century, there was already a perception that Buddhism, together with Confucianism ...
Education, Invention Of Orthodoxy, And The Construction
... invention of Shenyan’s. The idea of transforming the world through transforming the self, which is not limited to cerebral, institutional educational systems, can be found in ancient Buddhist scriptures and even Confucian classics, such as the opening lines of Daxue 大學 or The Great Learning of Confu ...
... invention of Shenyan’s. The idea of transforming the world through transforming the self, which is not limited to cerebral, institutional educational systems, can be found in ancient Buddhist scriptures and even Confucian classics, such as the opening lines of Daxue 大學 or The Great Learning of Confu ...
Buddhism in Canada - A Handful of Leaves
... parts of Asia. However, at least two phenomena have introduced the tradition to a great many people outside Asia. First, of course, the interaction in the past half millennia between European scholars, clerics, merchants, soldiers, and colonizers on the one hand and the inhabitants of predominantly ...
... parts of Asia. However, at least two phenomena have introduced the tradition to a great many people outside Asia. First, of course, the interaction in the past half millennia between European scholars, clerics, merchants, soldiers, and colonizers on the one hand and the inhabitants of predominantly ...
ekaf emulator
... 111 years by 2009. A group of young Buddhists led by C.S. Dissanayake, a Roman Catholic, who later became a Buddhist by conviction, met at the Headquarters of the Buddhist Theosophical Society (BTS) at Maliban Street in Pettah and resolved to establish the Young Men’s Buddhist Association for the st ...
... 111 years by 2009. A group of young Buddhists led by C.S. Dissanayake, a Roman Catholic, who later became a Buddhist by conviction, met at the Headquarters of the Buddhist Theosophical Society (BTS) at Maliban Street in Pettah and resolved to establish the Young Men’s Buddhist Association for the st ...
The Treatise on the Path to Liberation (解脫道論) and the
... Treatise on the Path to Liberation, 解脫道論.3 According to the information given at the outset of this work, the Treatise on the Path to Liberation was compiled by the arahant Upatiṣya/Upatissa, while its translation into Chinese was undertaken by Saṃghapāla, Saṃghavarman or Saṃghabhara (僧伽婆羅), active ...
... Treatise on the Path to Liberation, 解脫道論.3 According to the information given at the outset of this work, the Treatise on the Path to Liberation was compiled by the arahant Upatiṣya/Upatissa, while its translation into Chinese was undertaken by Saṃghapāla, Saṃghavarman or Saṃghabhara (僧伽婆羅), active ...
The Tower of Power`s Finest Hour: Stupa Construction and
... story of the historical Buddha. Each of these scenes, moreover, has the same ending. As the text says, “Further, there could be seen how, after the Buddha’s parinirvāna [nal extinction], a stupa . . . of the seven jewels would be erected with the Buddhaśar ı̄ ra [relics of the Buddha]” (Hurvitz ...
... story of the historical Buddha. Each of these scenes, moreover, has the same ending. As the text says, “Further, there could be seen how, after the Buddha’s parinirvāna [nal extinction], a stupa . . . of the seven jewels would be erected with the Buddhaśar ı̄ ra [relics of the Buddha]” (Hurvitz ...
Northern/Southern Schools
... These traditional lineage charts (and Ch’an history) show that Hui-neng was not the sole heir to Master Hung-jen but that the failed verse-writer Shen-hsiu was also appointed Dharma successor and, along with another successor, Chi-shen (609-702) (J. Shishu Chisen), went on to develop his own lineage ...
... These traditional lineage charts (and Ch’an history) show that Hui-neng was not the sole heir to Master Hung-jen but that the failed verse-writer Shen-hsiu was also appointed Dharma successor and, along with another successor, Chi-shen (609-702) (J. Shishu Chisen), went on to develop his own lineage ...
Beyond Buddhist Apology The Political Use of Buddhism by
... brought considerable (if temporary) stability and prosperity to his realm. In this thesis, I will take a closer look at the tactics used by Emperor Wu to reinvent the imperial persona. Despite his reputation amongst later Buddhist and Confucian historiographers, Emperor Wu was not as singlemindedly ...
... brought considerable (if temporary) stability and prosperity to his realm. In this thesis, I will take a closer look at the tactics used by Emperor Wu to reinvent the imperial persona. Despite his reputation amongst later Buddhist and Confucian historiographers, Emperor Wu was not as singlemindedly ...
Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
BUDDHIST WELL-BEING Christopher W. Gowans Fordham
... An initial obstacle is presented by the Buddhist no-self teaching that what we ordinarily call a self or person is not a distinct substance with identity through time, but a causally related series of impermanent mental and physical elements or aggregates (the khandhas/skandhas). These elements incl ...
... An initial obstacle is presented by the Buddhist no-self teaching that what we ordinarily call a self or person is not a distinct substance with identity through time, but a causally related series of impermanent mental and physical elements or aggregates (the khandhas/skandhas). These elements incl ...
the development of chinese calligraphy
... Buddhists fully understood the political and cultural potency associated with this form as they assimilated into Chinese society.2 These written words were important both in textual content and artist form. The inscriptions on the Tang Buddhist steles, in addition to offering texts that served relig ...
... Buddhists fully understood the political and cultural potency associated with this form as they assimilated into Chinese society.2 These written words were important both in textual content and artist form. The inscriptions on the Tang Buddhist steles, in addition to offering texts that served relig ...
A Gandhari Version of the Rhinoceros Sutra
... stories. This has given rise to the suspicion that it is only because of the association, by definition, of pratyeka-buddhas with solitude that they were subsequently, rather than originally, associated with the Rhinoceros Siitra, of which solitude is the central theme and message. This suspicion ha ...
... stories. This has given rise to the suspicion that it is only because of the association, by definition, of pratyeka-buddhas with solitude that they were subsequently, rather than originally, associated with the Rhinoceros Siitra, of which solitude is the central theme and message. This suspicion ha ...
On the naturalization of karma and rebirth | SpringerLink
... risks falling into the snare of the “naturalistic fallacy.” Ethical concepts, therefore, are not natural ones; that is, they are not scientifically observable and not subject to scientific explanation. In the quest for scientific investigations into rebirth from primarily an ethical perspective, nat ...
... risks falling into the snare of the “naturalistic fallacy.” Ethical concepts, therefore, are not natural ones; that is, they are not scientifically observable and not subject to scientific explanation. In the quest for scientific investigations into rebirth from primarily an ethical perspective, nat ...
AMAZON REVIEWS, including 41 by readers (August 30, 2013) This
... Comment Comment 3 of 5 people found the following review helpful 4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, short, interesting, good read., September 10, 2012 By Jack - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with A ...
... Comment Comment 3 of 5 people found the following review helpful 4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, short, interesting, good read., September 10, 2012 By Jack - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with A ...
Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade The Realignment
... symposium on Sino-Indian interactions at the XXXVIth International Congress of Asian and North Mrican Studies. I would also like to thank other friends and colleagues who have read the entire manuscript or sections of it and given extensive comments: Jerry Bentley, Daniel Boucher, Hugh Clark, Alan D ...
... symposium on Sino-Indian interactions at the XXXVIth International Congress of Asian and North Mrican Studies. I would also like to thank other friends and colleagues who have read the entire manuscript or sections of it and given extensive comments: Jerry Bentley, Daniel Boucher, Hugh Clark, Alan D ...
Daniel Bouchez - Hal-SHS
... Before coming to the heart of the matter, I wish first to take up what an esteemed scholar, the late Pak Sŏngŭi, wrote in 1972 in a book that attracted some attention.24 After quoting several texts, which according to him showed that Sŏp'o upheld the idea of the harmony of the Three Teachings, he ad ...
... Before coming to the heart of the matter, I wish first to take up what an esteemed scholar, the late Pak Sŏngŭi, wrote in 1972 in a book that attracted some attention.24 After quoting several texts, which according to him showed that Sŏp'o upheld the idea of the harmony of the Three Teachings, he ad ...
the two traditions of meditation in ancient india
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
Surun-Khanda D. Syrtypova
... This will allow us to determine which traditions of ancient Indian teachers and masters took root in Mongolia and Buriatia, and how they were developed or transformed in the local conditions. As result of this research, we find amazing masterpieces of Buddhist art created by artists of the peripheri ...
... This will allow us to determine which traditions of ancient Indian teachers and masters took root in Mongolia and Buriatia, and how they were developed or transformed in the local conditions. As result of this research, we find amazing masterpieces of Buddhist art created by artists of the peripheri ...