April
... When we celebrate Buddha’s birth, we reflect on our lives and on the Buddha’s birth and life. We think about meaning of our own birth and life. Upon reaching their teens, children may begin to ask questions such as, “Why was I born and what is the meaning of life? Or why do we have to have suffering ...
... When we celebrate Buddha’s birth, we reflect on our lives and on the Buddha’s birth and life. We think about meaning of our own birth and life. Upon reaching their teens, children may begin to ask questions such as, “Why was I born and what is the meaning of life? Or why do we have to have suffering ...
June - Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
... shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel? Set your hearts on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.” Today, the Buddha in my mind tells me that I must love not only those who hate me but all people every moment. I must do this anonymously, humbly, and with ...
... shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel? Set your hearts on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.” Today, the Buddha in my mind tells me that I must love not only those who hate me but all people every moment. I must do this anonymously, humbly, and with ...
Buddhism and Music
... them in Chinese characters, the text will contain too many syllables and the pace of the music will sound rushed. But, if you sing in Chinese and keep the text in Sanskrit, then you will have to rush through a very long section of text while pronouncing only a few syllables. For this reason, we have ...
... them in Chinese characters, the text will contain too many syllables and the pace of the music will sound rushed. But, if you sing in Chinese and keep the text in Sanskrit, then you will have to rush through a very long section of text while pronouncing only a few syllables. For this reason, we have ...
Full-text PDF - College of the Holy Cross
... example, Nguyen Khac Vien 1972; Pelley 2002), most people I met described Vietnamese tradition as resting on concepts that they identified as Confucianism [Nho Giáo]. These included the four virtues [tA IAc] for women and general moral principles of filial piety [hiCu], benevolence [nhân], and loyal ...
... example, Nguyen Khac Vien 1972; Pelley 2002), most people I met described Vietnamese tradition as resting on concepts that they identified as Confucianism [Nho Giáo]. These included the four virtues [tA IAc] for women and general moral principles of filial piety [hiCu], benevolence [nhân], and loyal ...
Masters and Gautama: A Synthesis of Buddhist Philosophy
... magic on us, ultimately serve to wrap us in a prison of thought. At the same time, there exist modifiers which may serve to free us. Depending on the right conditions, the time, we can be fortunate enough to see through the shroud pulled over our head at birth, to the true explanation of why we’re h ...
... magic on us, ultimately serve to wrap us in a prison of thought. At the same time, there exist modifiers which may serve to free us. Depending on the right conditions, the time, we can be fortunate enough to see through the shroud pulled over our head at birth, to the true explanation of why we’re h ...
Winter - nichiren shu
... wisdom in India focused on saving themselves. The focus was entirely on the individual. But the Buddha was able to unify himself with the Truth of the universe. In other words, he realized that he himself was an inseperable part of all life in the universe. At the moment he attained enlightenment, t ...
... wisdom in India focused on saving themselves. The focus was entirely on the individual. But the Buddha was able to unify himself with the Truth of the universe. In other words, he realized that he himself was an inseperable part of all life in the universe. At the moment he attained enlightenment, t ...
The Four Noble Truths
... understood the Buddhist teachings. The Buddha taught whatever would enable a person to develop so he or she could progress gradually towards the very deep and vast teachings. When we analyze all the Buddha’s teachings, we see that they fall into three main approaches or vehicles. The Buddha’s teachi ...
... understood the Buddhist teachings. The Buddha taught whatever would enable a person to develop so he or she could progress gradually towards the very deep and vast teachings. When we analyze all the Buddha’s teachings, we see that they fall into three main approaches or vehicles. The Buddha’s teachi ...
Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns
... of the Dhamma. Only a small number of nuns are renowned for their skill in teaching, and it is likely that the need to develop the extra paramis to teach the Dhamma made it necessary for Sukha to study under earlier Buddhas for so long without gaining the paths and fruits. Similar stories tell of ho ...
... of the Dhamma. Only a small number of nuns are renowned for their skill in teaching, and it is likely that the need to develop the extra paramis to teach the Dhamma made it necessary for Sukha to study under earlier Buddhas for so long without gaining the paths and fruits. Similar stories tell of ho ...
The Concept of a " Creator God" in Tantric Buddhism
... some well established conceptions of the nature of Buddhist religion. To initiate a debate concerning the modes of our understanding the consummate reality (sunyatd) so that it will incorporate, and eventually integrate, the tantric experience of pristine bliss (mahdsukha) would be truly rewarding. ...
... some well established conceptions of the nature of Buddhist religion. To initiate a debate concerning the modes of our understanding the consummate reality (sunyatd) so that it will incorporate, and eventually integrate, the tantric experience of pristine bliss (mahdsukha) would be truly rewarding. ...
Vedic Astrology, Karma and Right Understanding
... by Dennis Flaherty Recognizing the consequences of one’s thoughts and actions is the key to understanding Jyotish. The word karma has found usage in nearly all the languages of the world. It is found in English, French and German dictionaries, but the word's mother tongue is Sanskrit, the Sanskrit o ...
... by Dennis Flaherty Recognizing the consequences of one’s thoughts and actions is the key to understanding Jyotish. The word karma has found usage in nearly all the languages of the world. It is found in English, French and German dictionaries, but the word's mother tongue is Sanskrit, the Sanskrit o ...
What, If Anything, Is Mahyna Buddhism? Problems of Definitions and
... illustrates Barth's acute sensitivity to the multiple factors which could have been at work in the background of the statements of any of our witnesses. Barth's approach and his observations seem to have remained unnoticed by most scholars until Jean Przyluski, an extremely creative and iconoclastic ...
... illustrates Barth's acute sensitivity to the multiple factors which could have been at work in the background of the statements of any of our witnesses. Barth's approach and his observations seem to have remained unnoticed by most scholars until Jean Przyluski, an extremely creative and iconoclastic ...
the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
... conveyed to your destination; and if you merely stand by it, you will be left behind. Those who desire to be liberated from all sufferings should use that vehicle. That is to say they should use knowledge they gained for practical purposes. The most important task for you while you are born into thi ...
... conveyed to your destination; and if you merely stand by it, you will be left behind. Those who desire to be liberated from all sufferings should use that vehicle. That is to say they should use knowledge they gained for practical purposes. The most important task for you while you are born into thi ...
The Means (6)
... additional rules was the only way to deal with the social beliefs of the time… Check out the daily life of monks and nuns on ...
... additional rules was the only way to deal with the social beliefs of the time… Check out the daily life of monks and nuns on ...
āgama and aṅga in the early buddhist oral tradition
... one such reference in the Mahāgopālaka-sutta of the Majjhimanikāya, however, three parallels preserved in Chinese translation also mention such elders. Yet they only qualify them as “learned”, without bringing in the other epithets used in the Mahāgopālakasutta and thus also without a counterpart to ...
... one such reference in the Mahāgopālaka-sutta of the Majjhimanikāya, however, three parallels preserved in Chinese translation also mention such elders. Yet they only qualify them as “learned”, without bringing in the other epithets used in the Mahāgopālakasutta and thus also without a counterpart to ...
View
... 6th century used to relate Buddhist scriptures from Central Asia or India and the languages in which they were written with hutift, a Chinese word usually translated into English as "barbarian". From Sui and Tang times on, however, this word suddenly disappeared in new Buddhist literature. Down to t ...
... 6th century used to relate Buddhist scriptures from Central Asia or India and the languages in which they were written with hutift, a Chinese word usually translated into English as "barbarian". From Sui and Tang times on, however, this word suddenly disappeared in new Buddhist literature. Down to t ...
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps
... primary importance as a way of personalizing the practice in all forms of the religion today.5 In addition to vows, another way to personalize the Buddha's teaching has been to repeat gathas, fourline verses that sum up important points. Gathas too are found in the earliest Buddhist writings, and co ...
... primary importance as a way of personalizing the practice in all forms of the religion today.5 In addition to vows, another way to personalize the Buddha's teaching has been to repeat gathas, fourline verses that sum up important points. Gathas too are found in the earliest Buddhist writings, and co ...
The Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths and Their Opposites
... final path of liberation; for the aspect of 'principle' (= method), positing that the insight comprehending non-self is not a path of liberation; for the aspect of 'accomplishment,' positing the situation of the objectscope while having gone astray; for the aspect, 'way of deliverance,' positing th ...
... final path of liberation; for the aspect of 'principle' (= method), positing that the insight comprehending non-self is not a path of liberation; for the aspect of 'accomplishment,' positing the situation of the objectscope while having gone astray; for the aspect, 'way of deliverance,' positing th ...
03_2015 - Gaden Choling Toronto
... Phowa, or ‘transference of consciousness at the time of death,’ is the simplest and most direct method to reach clear light and pure land of the Buddha dur ing t he time of our departure from this life. Powa practise is one of the six Yogas of Naropa and it is taught by all Tibetan Buddhist traditio ...
... Phowa, or ‘transference of consciousness at the time of death,’ is the simplest and most direct method to reach clear light and pure land of the Buddha dur ing t he time of our departure from this life. Powa practise is one of the six Yogas of Naropa and it is taught by all Tibetan Buddhist traditio ...
Exploring Mongol -Tibetan Relations: The Contribution
... masters who had been acknowledged in terms of contribution made to the development of Mongol-Tibetan relations. After a long gap since the visit of the third Dalai Lama, the visit of the thirteenth Dalai Lama to Mongolia in early 20th century was considered to be the most significant development in ...
... masters who had been acknowledged in terms of contribution made to the development of Mongol-Tibetan relations. After a long gap since the visit of the third Dalai Lama, the visit of the thirteenth Dalai Lama to Mongolia in early 20th century was considered to be the most significant development in ...
Intersubjectivity in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
... According to the Madhyamaka, or ‘Middle Way’, view, of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, which seeks to avoid the two extremes of substantialism and nihilism, the self is brought into existence by the power of conceptual imputation. That is, on the basis of either some aspect of the body (e.g. I am tall) or so ...
... According to the Madhyamaka, or ‘Middle Way’, view, of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, which seeks to avoid the two extremes of substantialism and nihilism, the self is brought into existence by the power of conceptual imputation. That is, on the basis of either some aspect of the body (e.g. I am tall) or so ...
the buddha - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... the Sati Center website. Additional printed copies may be purchased for printing and shipping costs from amazon.com. The sutta passages are quoted from the Access to Insight website (http://www.accesstoinsight.org), John Bullitt, ed., 7/13/2012. The sutta translations are those of Ven. Thanissaro Bh ...
... the Sati Center website. Additional printed copies may be purchased for printing and shipping costs from amazon.com. The sutta passages are quoted from the Access to Insight website (http://www.accesstoinsight.org), John Bullitt, ed., 7/13/2012. The sutta translations are those of Ven. Thanissaro Bh ...
Representations of Buddhism in Ondaatje`s Anil`s - Purdue e-Pubs
... nate deeply within Buddhist iconography" (24). As far as he is concerned, this can mean only one thing: "When all the significant actants in a story about Sri Lanka are Sinhala, when in addition all the place names noticed by the text when it sees the National Atlas of Sri Lanka are Sinhala ones" (3 ...
... nate deeply within Buddhist iconography" (24). As far as he is concerned, this can mean only one thing: "When all the significant actants in a story about Sri Lanka are Sinhala, when in addition all the place names noticed by the text when it sees the National Atlas of Sri Lanka are Sinhala ones" (3 ...
Land Route or Sea Route? - Sino
... Eastern Han Buddhist iconography discussed since the 1980's. He argues that only those objects which propagate Buddhist ideas or serve· in Buddhist ritual or institutional practices can be considered Buddhist art. One should not expect to determine the content of such art works by their fonus only, ...
... Eastern Han Buddhist iconography discussed since the 1980's. He argues that only those objects which propagate Buddhist ideas or serve· in Buddhist ritual or institutional practices can be considered Buddhist art. One should not expect to determine the content of such art works by their fonus only, ...
Theravāda Buddhism`s Meditations on Death and the Symbolism of
... its origin, and its causes. They personified death in the figures of Yama, PrajBpati, and M ~ t y uthey ; ~ explained death as the result of karma or of kdla (time, fate) or of both; and in the Upanishads they declared death illusory in relation to the eternal self or soul.6 But as Frank Reynolds ha ...
... its origin, and its causes. They personified death in the figures of Yama, PrajBpati, and M ~ t y uthey ; ~ explained death as the result of karma or of kdla (time, fate) or of both; and in the Upanishads they declared death illusory in relation to the eternal self or soul.6 But as Frank Reynolds ha ...
buddhism and the making of democracy in cambodia
... Understanding what political culture in general is, we can readily look at the context which informs and governs political behavior in current Cambodian society. This will help us understand the problems and prospects of political stability, integration, and conflicts which inhabit the country for y ...
... Understanding what political culture in general is, we can readily look at the context which informs and governs political behavior in current Cambodian society. This will help us understand the problems and prospects of political stability, integration, and conflicts which inhabit the country for y ...