Taraloka Buddhist Retreat Centre for Women 2014 Classic Taraloka
... Teacher, guide and doorway to awakening, the human body tells the truth. Opening fully to sensation, physical awareness brings us into the present moment and helps us feel our lives; knowing the depths and delights, pleasure and pain of a fully human being buzzing with life. Meditation, movement, ar ...
... Teacher, guide and doorway to awakening, the human body tells the truth. Opening fully to sensation, physical awareness brings us into the present moment and helps us feel our lives; knowing the depths and delights, pleasure and pain of a fully human being buzzing with life. Meditation, movement, ar ...
Tantra In America - Tibetan Buddhism in the West
... stress that the disciple must be deeply knowledgeable in each step of the open teachings, which are presented in full in our own Institute’s courses. The tantric path is not easy. It requires a great knowledge of Buddhist philosophy, a willingness to work long and hard in retreats and other practice ...
... stress that the disciple must be deeply knowledgeable in each step of the open teachings, which are presented in full in our own Institute’s courses. The tantric path is not easy. It requires a great knowledge of Buddhist philosophy, a willingness to work long and hard in retreats and other practice ...
Sutra on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings
... Dharma books contain the teachings of the Buddha; they have the power to protect against lower rebirth and to point the way to liberation. Therefore, they should be treated with respect – kept off the floor and places where people sit or walk – and not stepped over. They should be covered or protect ...
... Dharma books contain the teachings of the Buddha; they have the power to protect against lower rebirth and to point the way to liberation. Therefore, they should be treated with respect – kept off the floor and places where people sit or walk – and not stepped over. They should be covered or protect ...
Phra That Phanom, its related historic buildings and associated
... celebrations according to the Lunar calendar. For example, the Makha Puja is annually held for three days and three nights at Phra That Phanom on the full moon of the third lunar month (February or March), to commemorate an important event of the "Four Assembly" occurred early in the teaching life o ...
... celebrations according to the Lunar calendar. For example, the Makha Puja is annually held for three days and three nights at Phra That Phanom on the full moon of the third lunar month (February or March), to commemorate an important event of the "Four Assembly" occurred early in the teaching life o ...
talk in the shade of the bo tree
... and commercial relations with the West, but holds also many of the ideas and ideals which, in the West, find strength and support in the Judaeo-Christian heritage. Yet for all the prodigious labors of many Christian missionaries, some of whom have had exceptional qualities of mind and heart, respons ...
... and commercial relations with the West, but holds also many of the ideas and ideals which, in the West, find strength and support in the Judaeo-Christian heritage. Yet for all the prodigious labors of many Christian missionaries, some of whom have had exceptional qualities of mind and heart, respons ...
THE OLDEST BOY Resource Guide
... Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Glossary . . . ...
... Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Glossary . . . ...
Silk Road Foundation
... of participating in the Silkroad Foundation’s Dunhuang seminar and the subsequent tour to sites along the “Northern Silk Road” included visits to a number of museums. They ranged from the dusty little box at the Yumenguan west of Dunhuang, through the motion picture set complex at Yangguan, to the m ...
... of participating in the Silkroad Foundation’s Dunhuang seminar and the subsequent tour to sites along the “Northern Silk Road” included visits to a number of museums. They ranged from the dusty little box at the Yumenguan west of Dunhuang, through the motion picture set complex at Yangguan, to the m ...
Fundamentals of Buddhism
... this moment a pleasant feeling arises, the next moment a painful feeling; this moment one state of consciousness, the next moment another. That which we call a being, an individual, a person does not in itself, as such, possess any independent abiding reality. In the absolute sense (paramattha) no i ...
... this moment a pleasant feeling arises, the next moment a painful feeling; this moment one state of consciousness, the next moment another. That which we call a being, an individual, a person does not in itself, as such, possess any independent abiding reality. In the absolute sense (paramattha) no i ...
Dark and Bright Karma
... this interpretation is that according to Abhidharma literature, a mental state must have a root or dominant mental factor. From the Abhidharma perspective, an action can be either dark or bright (unwholesome or wholesome), but never dark-and-bright at the same time or same mental moment. For instanc ...
... this interpretation is that according to Abhidharma literature, a mental state must have a root or dominant mental factor. From the Abhidharma perspective, an action can be either dark or bright (unwholesome or wholesome), but never dark-and-bright at the same time or same mental moment. For instanc ...
What Does it Mean to do the Right Thing?
... nectedness.5 Such awareness, he explains, may lead to ethical behavior that complies with the Golden Rule.6 In this Commentary, I wish to follow this perspective, and to add a complimentary layer that may assist in clarifying why, and in what way, the cultivation of mindfulness and wisdom as underst ...
... nectedness.5 Such awareness, he explains, may lead to ethical behavior that complies with the Golden Rule.6 In this Commentary, I wish to follow this perspective, and to add a complimentary layer that may assist in clarifying why, and in what way, the cultivation of mindfulness and wisdom as underst ...
File - Drukpa Mila Center
... Vajrayana path of Tantric Buddhism. This fact is easily witnessed through the Elements' primordial integration with the Buddha Families themselves. In order to introduce practitioners to these sacred teachings, Karma Rinpoche will focus on the relationship of the Elements to the health of the human ...
... Vajrayana path of Tantric Buddhism. This fact is easily witnessed through the Elements' primordial integration with the Buddha Families themselves. In order to introduce practitioners to these sacred teachings, Karma Rinpoche will focus on the relationship of the Elements to the health of the human ...
Week One: The story of the Historical Buddha and its symbolic
... piece of music or exploring a work of art. It can even arise within the intellectual or those with an analytical mind, who try to explore by reason and logic the meaning of existence. It can certainly arise as a result of meditation practice when the mind has been systematically stilled and when al ...
... piece of music or exploring a work of art. It can even arise within the intellectual or those with an analytical mind, who try to explore by reason and logic the meaning of existence. It can certainly arise as a result of meditation practice when the mind has been systematically stilled and when al ...
Popular Buddhist Texts From Nepal : Narratives and Rituals of
... then, ‘late’ Newar practice allows us to see clearly the enactment of ‘early’ Mahayana ideas in south Asian culture. To get a sense of how they would have looked, this otherwise would simply not be possible. The Newar treatment of books, moreover, is not an isolated example. Some years ago I thought ...
... then, ‘late’ Newar practice allows us to see clearly the enactment of ‘early’ Mahayana ideas in south Asian culture. To get a sense of how they would have looked, this otherwise would simply not be possible. The Newar treatment of books, moreover, is not an isolated example. Some years ago I thought ...
Philosophy of mind in the Yogacara Buddhist idealistic school
... submerged in error, as the creation of delusion), we find already in some ancient Hinduist texts – Upanishads, Puranas, Mahabharata, etc. – a series of passages which could be interpreted as idealistic. In the seventh century AD, Gaudapada, who showed an undeniable influence of idealistic Buddhist s ...
... submerged in error, as the creation of delusion), we find already in some ancient Hinduist texts – Upanishads, Puranas, Mahabharata, etc. – a series of passages which could be interpreted as idealistic. In the seventh century AD, Gaudapada, who showed an undeniable influence of idealistic Buddhist s ...
Back to Exhibition Index Palden Lhamo (dpal ldan lha mo) in her
... Below the main goddess are two figures, the animal-headed female attendents, Chu srin gdong can and Seng ge'i gdong can, who, by their presence, further confirm that this is the above stated form of the goddess. Chu srin gdong can, the "makara-headed" dakini to Palden Lhamo's right, is dark blue in ...
... Below the main goddess are two figures, the animal-headed female attendents, Chu srin gdong can and Seng ge'i gdong can, who, by their presence, further confirm that this is the above stated form of the goddess. Chu srin gdong can, the "makara-headed" dakini to Palden Lhamo's right, is dark blue in ...
Korean Buddhist Taego Order America-Europe Parish
... no form, sound, smell, taste, touch, or objects of mind, no realm of sight, no realm of consciousness. No ignorance, nor extinction of ignorance, no old age and death, nor extinction of them. ...
... no form, sound, smell, taste, touch, or objects of mind, no realm of sight, no realm of consciousness. No ignorance, nor extinction of ignorance, no old age and death, nor extinction of them. ...
The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra
... The first thing to notice is that the mantra is in Sanskrit and unlike most mantras contains a series of well-formed grammatical sentences. The vajra was the weapon of Indra who, like the Greek Zeus, hurled thunderbolts at his enemies and was sometimes called Vajrapāṇi (thunderbolt wielder). The wor ...
... The first thing to notice is that the mantra is in Sanskrit and unlike most mantras contains a series of well-formed grammatical sentences. The vajra was the weapon of Indra who, like the Greek Zeus, hurled thunderbolts at his enemies and was sometimes called Vajrapāṇi (thunderbolt wielder). The wor ...
Exorcising Luther - University of Canterbury
... journey has also led me back to a topic which I examined in my Honours dissertation, the controversy surrounding the Tibetan deity Dorje Shugden and the development of the New Kadampa Tradition in the West. My aim is to uncover the social and political factors which have led to the development of T ...
... journey has also led me back to a topic which I examined in my Honours dissertation, the controversy surrounding the Tibetan deity Dorje Shugden and the development of the New Kadampa Tradition in the West. My aim is to uncover the social and political factors which have led to the development of T ...
Bahudhātuka-sutta On Women‖s Inabilities Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The Bahudhātuka-sutta has several parallels which show some variations in their presentation of these impossibilities. Of particular significance is ...
... Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The Bahudhātuka-sutta has several parallels which show some variations in their presentation of these impossibilities. Of particular significance is ...
The eye of new awareness WELCOME TO KAGYU MONLAM
... method or a way where we can focus on accumulations and dedicating them, aiming them towards something that is timeless, towards something that is immeasurable, towards something that is almost, in a way, unlimited in terms of its benefit. And that method would be none other than using or directing ...
... method or a way where we can focus on accumulations and dedicating them, aiming them towards something that is timeless, towards something that is immeasurable, towards something that is almost, in a way, unlimited in terms of its benefit. And that method would be none other than using or directing ...
Archaeology of Buddhism in South Asia
... volume of abstracts for the SAARC International Conference on Archaeology of Buddhism: Recent discoveries in South Asia. SAARC is a region where various cultures and religions has been coexisting for millennia and continues to show their common cultural continuum that has influenced, and metamorphos ...
... volume of abstracts for the SAARC International Conference on Archaeology of Buddhism: Recent discoveries in South Asia. SAARC is a region where various cultures and religions has been coexisting for millennia and continues to show their common cultural continuum that has influenced, and metamorphos ...
puñña kusala sukka
... scholars assessing the nature of Buddhist morality. The distinction is not always recognized; the criteria actually employed for judgment are often confused with the causal factors in virtue of which the action is good or bad. An analogy here would be illness. We do not confuse a fever, which is an ...
... scholars assessing the nature of Buddhist morality. The distinction is not always recognized; the criteria actually employed for judgment are often confused with the causal factors in virtue of which the action is good or bad. An analogy here would be illness. We do not confuse a fever, which is an ...
A New Approach to Gaudapadakarika
... through these three factors the stubborn mind can easily be pacified. When the mind becomes low-spirited the yogin should cultivate analytical thinking, exertion and joy because through these factors the low-spirited mind can easily be awakened (Samyutta V, 12 ff). The S. Siddhi discusses this point ...
... through these three factors the stubborn mind can easily be pacified. When the mind becomes low-spirited the yogin should cultivate analytical thinking, exertion and joy because through these factors the low-spirited mind can easily be awakened (Samyutta V, 12 ff). The S. Siddhi discusses this point ...
Insight Meditation Society
... eat without having given. Even if it were their last morsel, their last mouthful, they would not eat without having shared.” This statement reflects his sense of the incredible power of the practice of generosity. And generosity is truly a practice; it’s something we work with. It’s not always easy ...
... eat without having given. Even if it were their last morsel, their last mouthful, they would not eat without having shared.” This statement reflects his sense of the incredible power of the practice of generosity. And generosity is truly a practice; it’s something we work with. It’s not always easy ...
Week 2 Mantras - YoWangdu Tibetan Culture
... Although there are various Buddhas – such as Maitreya, the Future Buddha, or Amitabha, the Pure Land Buddha – it is the Buddha Shakyamuni that we mean when we say “the Buddha.” Shakyamuni Buddha was, historically, a spiritual master who lived and taught in modern day India and Nepal in either the 6t ...
... Although there are various Buddhas – such as Maitreya, the Future Buddha, or Amitabha, the Pure Land Buddha – it is the Buddha Shakyamuni that we mean when we say “the Buddha.” Shakyamuni Buddha was, historically, a spiritual master who lived and taught in modern day India and Nepal in either the 6t ...