Compass of Zen - Kansas Zen Center
... Rearrange the 12 links in the chain of dependent origination. Compare with the original. Lesson 3 Readings: from The Compass of Zen: p. 97 — 111. (e-text: 4 sections, from The Four Noble Truths through Three Kinds of Practice) look up (in a dictionary or online): four noble truths, dukkha, eightfold ...
... Rearrange the 12 links in the chain of dependent origination. Compare with the original. Lesson 3 Readings: from The Compass of Zen: p. 97 — 111. (e-text: 4 sections, from The Four Noble Truths through Three Kinds of Practice) look up (in a dictionary or online): four noble truths, dukkha, eightfold ...
The Discourse on the “Land of Kami” (Shinkoku) in Medieval Japan
... ered an indigenous religious notion rooted in the kami cults [jtngi suhai 神祇崇拝 ）that formed the basis of popular religiosity.1 This position, as far as it goes, is rooted in an objective view of Japanese religious and intellectual history. One should be aware, how ever, or its underlying presupposi ...
... ered an indigenous religious notion rooted in the kami cults [jtngi suhai 神祇崇拝 ）that formed the basis of popular religiosity.1 This position, as far as it goes, is rooted in an objective view of Japanese religious and intellectual history. One should be aware, how ever, or its underlying presupposi ...
The Criteria of Goodness in the P¯ ali Nik¯
... nirvanic virtues. The problem is that many Buddhists, at least at the beginning of their spiritual practice, act morally not so much motivated by nirvanic virtues, but rather by nonnirvanic virtues such as craving for a proximate goal such as a good rebirth. Even practitioners who act ethically aimi ...
... nirvanic virtues. The problem is that many Buddhists, at least at the beginning of their spiritual practice, act morally not so much motivated by nirvanic virtues, but rather by nonnirvanic virtues such as craving for a proximate goal such as a good rebirth. Even practitioners who act ethically aimi ...
Download:Three Methods of Merit Accumulation(PDF file)
... this moment or recite the name of Amitabha for a little while, there are very few people who practice the Mantra of Avalokiteshvara at this particular moment. Therefore, from today, we should adopt the habit of reciting this mantra whenever we see any sentient being dying or will be killed. Why is t ...
... this moment or recite the name of Amitabha for a little while, there are very few people who practice the Mantra of Avalokiteshvara at this particular moment. Therefore, from today, we should adopt the habit of reciting this mantra whenever we see any sentient being dying or will be killed. Why is t ...
Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit
... several months with a daily schedule of meditation from 3:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Two key elements in Mahasi's method for developing mindfulness are the careful labeling of one's immediate experience together with the cultivation of a high level of sustained concentration known as "momentary concentra ...
... several months with a daily schedule of meditation from 3:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Two key elements in Mahasi's method for developing mindfulness are the careful labeling of one's immediate experience together with the cultivation of a high level of sustained concentration known as "momentary concentra ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... members of the Sam≥gha. In the paradigmatic story of the Buddha, and other similar stories, we are presented with a view that conversion is a gradual process of realization, whereas in a number of other instances early Buddhists experience a sudden change that is more akin to the Christian idea of c ...
... members of the Sam≥gha. In the paradigmatic story of the Buddha, and other similar stories, we are presented with a view that conversion is a gradual process of realization, whereas in a number of other instances early Buddhists experience a sudden change that is more akin to the Christian idea of c ...
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 ...
ekaf emulator
... Albert Einstein paid tribute to Buddhism when he said in his autobiography “If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism.” The Buddha Dhamma requires no revision to keep it up to date with recent scientific findings. It is the bridge between religious a ...
... Albert Einstein paid tribute to Buddhism when he said in his autobiography “If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism.” The Buddha Dhamma requires no revision to keep it up to date with recent scientific findings. It is the bridge between religious a ...
Is South AsiaŁs Buddhist Leader the Gyalwang Drukpa an
... Theology (Ackermann 1983). There she mentions that “feminist theology…endeavors to challenge the church to recognize the distortion of the Christian message created by the church’s patriarchal socialization, and to reconstruct its social patterns, language and theology to affirm the full humanity of ...
... Theology (Ackermann 1983). There she mentions that “feminist theology…endeavors to challenge the church to recognize the distortion of the Christian message created by the church’s patriarchal socialization, and to reconstruct its social patterns, language and theology to affirm the full humanity of ...
The Terracotta Plaques of Pagan: Indian Influence
... Since its inception Buddhist art aimed to make the Buddhist disciples well aware with the life and teachings of Buddha. The Buddhist followers had a belief that the attainment of Buddhahood was not an outcome of a single birth but was a successive effort and practice of ten pāramitās in his previous ...
... Since its inception Buddhist art aimed to make the Buddhist disciples well aware with the life and teachings of Buddha. The Buddhist followers had a belief that the attainment of Buddhahood was not an outcome of a single birth but was a successive effort and practice of ten pāramitās in his previous ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... it embodies solitude, peace, and tranquility. How can one resolve these differing notions? Why does this ambivalence exist? How have all of these meanings changed over time? This essay looks at the rhetoric of the forest in Buddhist thought by tracing the ambivalent attitudes of the forest within th ...
... it embodies solitude, peace, and tranquility. How can one resolve these differing notions? Why does this ambivalence exist? How have all of these meanings changed over time? This essay looks at the rhetoric of the forest in Buddhist thought by tracing the ambivalent attitudes of the forest within th ...
1 The Victorian Title of Paper: Ki
... and others (xix). The notion of social hierarchy represented an especially important way by which affinities between the metropole and the periphery were constructed in the late-Victorian Empire: since “Britons generally conceived of themselves as belonging to an unequal society characterized by a s ...
... and others (xix). The notion of social hierarchy represented an especially important way by which affinities between the metropole and the periphery were constructed in the late-Victorian Empire: since “Britons generally conceived of themselves as belonging to an unequal society characterized by a s ...
World History: Patterns of Interaction
... • Came from the steppes—dry grasslands north of the Caucasus mountains The Indo-European Language Family • Language ancestral to many modern languages of Europe an Asia • English, Spanish, Persian, Hindu trace origins to original Indo-European • Language groups settled in different areas ...
... • Came from the steppes—dry grasslands north of the Caucasus mountains The Indo-European Language Family • Language ancestral to many modern languages of Europe an Asia • English, Spanish, Persian, Hindu trace origins to original Indo-European • Language groups settled in different areas ...
World History: Patterns of Interaction
... • Came from the steppes—dry grasslands north of the Caucasus mountains The Indo-European Language Family • Language ancestral to many modern languages of Europe an Asia • English, Spanish, Persian, Hindu trace origins to original Indo-European • Language groups settled in different areas ...
... • Came from the steppes—dry grasslands north of the Caucasus mountains The Indo-European Language Family • Language ancestral to many modern languages of Europe an Asia • English, Spanish, Persian, Hindu trace origins to original Indo-European • Language groups settled in different areas ...
preface - Metta.lk
... Almost all those philosophers have speculated making man the nucleus of their Teachings. In accordance with Satapatha Brahman, there are three births to man (trir havai puruso jayate) . Of them the first one is what he gets from his parents, the second through sacrificial ceremonies and the 3rd afte ...
... Almost all those philosophers have speculated making man the nucleus of their Teachings. In accordance with Satapatha Brahman, there are three births to man (trir havai puruso jayate) . Of them the first one is what he gets from his parents, the second through sacrificial ceremonies and the 3rd afte ...
sarkar and the buddha`s four noble truths
... from each other. If this is indeed the case (a question that goes beyond the scope of this paper), and if it is possible to trace the tantric teachings of Buddhism back to an origin in Gotama himself, it would then be instructive to examine how Gotama's essential teachings ...
... from each other. If this is indeed the case (a question that goes beyond the scope of this paper), and if it is possible to trace the tantric teachings of Buddhism back to an origin in Gotama himself, it would then be instructive to examine how Gotama's essential teachings ...
A Buddhist theory of Unconscious Mind
... Even the concept of consciousness itself (Pāli: viññāṇa; Sanskrit: vijñāna) comprised cognitive functions that were continuous and implicit as well as those that were momentary and explicit. All this changed, though, with the developments in Abhidharma Buddhism from the 2nd c. BCE until well after t ...
... Even the concept of consciousness itself (Pāli: viññāṇa; Sanskrit: vijñāna) comprised cognitive functions that were continuous and implicit as well as those that were momentary and explicit. All this changed, though, with the developments in Abhidharma Buddhism from the 2nd c. BCE until well after t ...
History of Won
... Buddhism, and Taoism, the fortunate will gradually accept it and teach people in the world without my presence.” Ten years before the foundation of Wonbulgyo (1900-1909), Kang, Chūngsan (Ilsun, 1871-1909) prophesized the appearance of a new Buddha who would open a great religious order in the coming ...
... Buddhism, and Taoism, the fortunate will gradually accept it and teach people in the world without my presence.” Ten years before the foundation of Wonbulgyo (1900-1909), Kang, Chūngsan (Ilsun, 1871-1909) prophesized the appearance of a new Buddha who would open a great religious order in the coming ...
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
... the full Buddhist orders, his earnest courage, clear intelligence, and strict regulation of his demeanour were conspicuous; and soon after, he undertook his journey to India in search of complete copies of the Vinaya-pitaka. What follows this is merely an account of his travels in India and return ...
... the full Buddhist orders, his earnest courage, clear intelligence, and strict regulation of his demeanour were conspicuous; and soon after, he undertook his journey to India in search of complete copies of the Vinaya-pitaka. What follows this is merely an account of his travels in India and return ...
The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology
... called ‘the theatre state’), as driven by the need for legitimation. Weber is here rejected in the name of a relationship between culture and power that is neither functionalist nor yet Marxist – but what exactly it is, is hard to specify. Though Pollock rejects Weber’s stress on legitimation, at le ...
... called ‘the theatre state’), as driven by the need for legitimation. Weber is here rejected in the name of a relationship between culture and power that is neither functionalist nor yet Marxist – but what exactly it is, is hard to specify. Though Pollock rejects Weber’s stress on legitimation, at le ...
Buddhism A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown
... complex subject, and we should be wary of generalizations made on the basis of familiarity with any single part. In particular, statements which begin 'Buddhists believe . . .' or 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are bein ...
... complex subject, and we should be wary of generalizations made on the basis of familiarity with any single part. In particular, statements which begin 'Buddhists believe . . .' or 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are bein ...
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 ...
Fifth Precept Sangha - Northwest Buddhist Recovery
... Only the Truth will Really Make us Happy .............................................................................................................. 15 Simplicity of Life .............................................................................................................................. ...
... Only the Truth will Really Make us Happy .............................................................................................................. 15 Simplicity of Life .............................................................................................................................. ...
The Dhammapada
... in luxury, groomed by his father to be the heir to the throne, in his early manhood he went through a deeply disturbing encounter with the sufferings of life, as a result of which he lost all interest in the pleasures and privileges of rulership. One night, in his twenty-ninth year, he fled the roy ...
... in luxury, groomed by his father to be the heir to the throne, in his early manhood he went through a deeply disturbing encounter with the sufferings of life, as a result of which he lost all interest in the pleasures and privileges of rulership. One night, in his twenty-ninth year, he fled the roy ...
Self-Defense in Asian Religions
... Confucianism and Taoism, anticipate a great deal of Western thought about well-regulated militias being the most secure defense of a rightly-ordered society—that is, a society with a popularly-supported government which never engages in imperial aggression, and which is always able to defend its peo ...
... Confucianism and Taoism, anticipate a great deal of Western thought about well-regulated militias being the most secure defense of a rightly-ordered society—that is, a society with a popularly-supported government which never engages in imperial aggression, and which is always able to defend its peo ...