Spring 2011 - Rangjung Yeshe Institute
... course together with our monastic teachers. Professor Waldron comes to us from Middlebury College, USA where he teaches courses on Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan religion, comparative psychology, and theory in the study of religion. Enrollment closes May 15th. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to e ...
... course together with our monastic teachers. Professor Waldron comes to us from Middlebury College, USA where he teaches courses on Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan religion, comparative psychology, and theory in the study of religion. Enrollment closes May 15th. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to e ...
The Four Truths eightfold path
... 2. The Second Noble Truth is that the origin of suffering is desire (tanha). The world is impermanent but we continue to think of things as permanent. The origin of suffering is craving and attachment to transient things. Transient things do not only include the physical objects that surround us, bu ...
... 2. The Second Noble Truth is that the origin of suffering is desire (tanha). The world is impermanent but we continue to think of things as permanent. The origin of suffering is craving and attachment to transient things. Transient things do not only include the physical objects that surround us, bu ...
Moore Post Canonical Buddhist Political Thought
... there is any truly political content at all (as opposed to parables and commentary on contemporary events), if so whether the Buddha articulates a normative political theory (or merely makes scattered comments), and if there is such a theory what it is. I have addressed those controversies in depth ...
... there is any truly political content at all (as opposed to parables and commentary on contemporary events), if so whether the Buddha articulates a normative political theory (or merely makes scattered comments), and if there is such a theory what it is. I have addressed those controversies in depth ...
CHAPTER II BUDDHISM AND TAOISM DURING THE GOLDEN
... constituent part of Chinese traditional religion, but more often, the two are regarded as synonymous. Chinese folk religion is composed of a syncretistic combination of religious practice. Chinese folk religion also retains traces of some of its ancestral belief systems, which include the veneration ...
... constituent part of Chinese traditional religion, but more often, the two are regarded as synonymous. Chinese folk religion is composed of a syncretistic combination of religious practice. Chinese folk religion also retains traces of some of its ancestral belief systems, which include the veneration ...
Research Article - Journal of Global Buddhism
... Mongolia one time. The Jebtsundampa Khutukhtu, also called Bogdo Gegen or Bogdo Khan, was the highest Buddhist dignitary in Khalkha Mongolia up to 1924, when the eighth Jebtsundampa died. Upon the death of this Buddhist incarnation, who from the time of the third Jebtsundampa was always an ethnic Ti ...
... Mongolia one time. The Jebtsundampa Khutukhtu, also called Bogdo Gegen or Bogdo Khan, was the highest Buddhist dignitary in Khalkha Mongolia up to 1924, when the eighth Jebtsundampa died. Upon the death of this Buddhist incarnation, who from the time of the third Jebtsundampa was always an ethnic Ti ...
gesture of awareness 2015
... Gesture of Awareness is a unique means of exploring movement. It uses the body as skillful means of inquiry into one’s true essence. In order to do this, one needs to stop elaborating on what is happening, to let go of the habitual tendencies of judging, evaluating and of labelling every experience. ...
... Gesture of Awareness is a unique means of exploring movement. It uses the body as skillful means of inquiry into one’s true essence. In order to do this, one needs to stop elaborating on what is happening, to let go of the habitual tendencies of judging, evaluating and of labelling every experience. ...
For Passion or Power - Yale Journal of International Affairs
... not unimportant, does not account for the divergence by itself. The political clout of each country’s Buddhist institutions was important as well, and the strategies adopted towards them were, at least in part, a function of their relative capacity to pose a political threat to the communist regime. ...
... not unimportant, does not account for the divergence by itself. The political clout of each country’s Buddhist institutions was important as well, and the strategies adopted towards them were, at least in part, a function of their relative capacity to pose a political threat to the communist regime. ...
The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
... supplicating a god. Buddhist believe that there are gods, there are deities which were created by mind. But unlike theistic religions Buddhist do not believe these deities created the universe. These deities cannot affect your individual karma by rewarding and punishing you. So, the possibility of h ...
... supplicating a god. Buddhist believe that there are gods, there are deities which were created by mind. But unlike theistic religions Buddhist do not believe these deities created the universe. These deities cannot affect your individual karma by rewarding and punishing you. So, the possibility of h ...
Homework Questions for EBP (with the answers in red) Module 1
... A framework in which we can insert all other Buddhist teachings we learn A basis for our practice of Buddhism, so we can at least take the first few steps. (Those are the points mentioned in the notes, but you may have thought of others, based on your own experience!) 2. Why did the Buddha teach ...
... A framework in which we can insert all other Buddhist teachings we learn A basis for our practice of Buddhism, so we can at least take the first few steps. (Those are the points mentioned in the notes, but you may have thought of others, based on your own experience!) 2. Why did the Buddha teach ...
Explaining Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism at Shuchi-in
... the Heart Sutra it says that the Buddhas of the past, present and future rely on wisdom to become fully enlightened. If you have an understanding of emptiness but are motivated to achieve liberation that‟s where it will lead, only if you have bodhichitta will it lead to Buddhahood. Bodhichitta has t ...
... the Heart Sutra it says that the Buddhas of the past, present and future rely on wisdom to become fully enlightened. If you have an understanding of emptiness but are motivated to achieve liberation that‟s where it will lead, only if you have bodhichitta will it lead to Buddhahood. Bodhichitta has t ...
- St. Anselm`s Abbey
... itinerant preacher and teacher for the remaining four decades of his life, gradually gaining followers. Many of these became celibate monks like himself, living in monasteries especially during the rainy season but for much of the year being entrusted by the Buddha to go about teaching just as he di ...
... itinerant preacher and teacher for the remaining four decades of his life, gradually gaining followers. Many of these became celibate monks like himself, living in monasteries especially during the rainy season but for much of the year being entrusted by the Buddha to go about teaching just as he di ...
Mason Baekdu-daegan Book Chapter 10 - San-shin
... Manjusri (Sk), Wenshu 文殊 (Ch) or Monju (Jp) the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, paragon of diamond-sharp awareness that cuts through all delusions, teacher of all Buddhas along their path to enlightenment. The Diamond Sutra is the most important scripture associated with him in Northeast Asian Buddhism, rema ...
... Manjusri (Sk), Wenshu 文殊 (Ch) or Monju (Jp) the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, paragon of diamond-sharp awareness that cuts through all delusions, teacher of all Buddhas along their path to enlightenment. The Diamond Sutra is the most important scripture associated with him in Northeast Asian Buddhism, rema ...
Prereadings For Cultivating The Heart-min
... The Four Noble Truths The “four noble truths” are the principles on which Buddhist psychology and meditation practice are based, and can give us a way of understanding life’s difficulties and ways to cope with them. The primary aim of Buddhism is the realisation of the four noble truths. The four t ...
... The Four Noble Truths The “four noble truths” are the principles on which Buddhist psychology and meditation practice are based, and can give us a way of understanding life’s difficulties and ways to cope with them. The primary aim of Buddhism is the realisation of the four noble truths. The four t ...
Buddhist Perspectives on Health and Healing
... creations and destructions, therefore it is the actual essence of kamma, as is given in the Buddha’s words, “Bhikkhus! Intention, I say, is kamma. Having willed, we create kamma, through body, speech and mind.” (A.III. 415, in ibid.: 6). In the Buddhist view of kamma, when there is kamma there are i ...
... creations and destructions, therefore it is the actual essence of kamma, as is given in the Buddha’s words, “Bhikkhus! Intention, I say, is kamma. Having willed, we create kamma, through body, speech and mind.” (A.III. 415, in ibid.: 6). In the Buddhist view of kamma, when there is kamma there are i ...
the practice of the debate of the tibetan buddhism as a space
... They are always public and take place in the monasteries. Two people face each other: the messenger of the tradition, defendant of a thesis, sits. The challenger, clarifier of the reasoning, defends no thesis and stands in front of him. To begin the debate, the challenger gets closer and stays a few ...
... They are always public and take place in the monasteries. Two people face each other: the messenger of the tradition, defendant of a thesis, sits. The challenger, clarifier of the reasoning, defends no thesis and stands in front of him. To begin the debate, the challenger gets closer and stays a few ...
Buddhist Magazine - Hilda Jayewardenaramaya Buddhist Monastery
... The Buddhist practice aims at transforming our personality to an enlightened one through a gradual path. Bhāvanā or mental development is the concluding stage of this gradual path. Once a person has shaped his or her life with the practice of generosity (dāna) and moral behavior (sīla), then his or ...
... The Buddhist practice aims at transforming our personality to an enlightened one through a gradual path. Bhāvanā or mental development is the concluding stage of this gradual path. Once a person has shaped his or her life with the practice of generosity (dāna) and moral behavior (sīla), then his or ...
Sabba Kamma Jaha Sutta
... 1.4.1 A certain arhat. From the verse [§6], it is clear that this ―certain monk‖ is an arhat, fully focussed in his meditation. The awakened (including the Buddha), as we know, still feels bodily pains (they still have a physical body!), but their minds are unaffected by the pains.11 The phrase, ―wh ...
... 1.4.1 A certain arhat. From the verse [§6], it is clear that this ―certain monk‖ is an arhat, fully focussed in his meditation. The awakened (including the Buddha), as we know, still feels bodily pains (they still have a physical body!), but their minds are unaffected by the pains.11 The phrase, ―wh ...
The Communist Pure Land: The Legacy of Buddhist Reforms in the
... can perceive the myriad journal editions of Modern Buddhism (1950-1966) as a continuation of Taixu’s vision to create a humanistic Buddhism. With this knowledge, it will be possible to understand that a congenial relationship existed between Buddhism and the Communist Party leading up to the late 1 ...
... can perceive the myriad journal editions of Modern Buddhism (1950-1966) as a continuation of Taixu’s vision to create a humanistic Buddhism. With this knowledge, it will be possible to understand that a congenial relationship existed between Buddhism and the Communist Party leading up to the late 1 ...
Learning the Buddha`s Great Compassion
... Shin Buddhism maintains the fundamental practice of a two-fold ‘merit transference’ (eko) of oso and genso, where oso is the state of departing this world for the Pure Land, while genso is that of returning from it to a worldly existence, both originally emanating from the single source of Amida Bud ...
... Shin Buddhism maintains the fundamental practice of a two-fold ‘merit transference’ (eko) of oso and genso, where oso is the state of departing this world for the Pure Land, while genso is that of returning from it to a worldly existence, both originally emanating from the single source of Amida Bud ...
An introduction to the origin of Buddhist Stupa
... Whatever kind of Buddhist stupa, there should have three fundamental features. They are mound, railing fence around the mound and umbrella. In addition, there are also other features; they are enclosure wall (torana-s) and circular terrace (medhi). How the Buddhist got the stupa with umbrella, four ...
... Whatever kind of Buddhist stupa, there should have three fundamental features. They are mound, railing fence around the mound and umbrella. In addition, there are also other features; they are enclosure wall (torana-s) and circular terrace (medhi). How the Buddhist got the stupa with umbrella, four ...
Conference abstracts – PDF
... Zeitzen [in press]), and where Buddhism arranges encounters between different kinds of economies, including Buddhist economic ethics. At this market, you can buy everything that you need for your Tibetan Buddhist practice – as a lay person, nun or monk. It can be a complicated matter, however, to sh ...
... Zeitzen [in press]), and where Buddhism arranges encounters between different kinds of economies, including Buddhist economic ethics. At this market, you can buy everything that you need for your Tibetan Buddhist practice – as a lay person, nun or monk. It can be a complicated matter, however, to sh ...
A Brief History of Buddhism in Tibet
... The Nyingma school developed in Tibet in the early or first diffusion and its influence on other schools has been very significant. For instance there seem to be few advanced Kagyu practitioners who are not partly Nyingma. Buddhism came to Tibet in the late eighth century CE. Previously there had ...
... The Nyingma school developed in Tibet in the early or first diffusion and its influence on other schools has been very significant. For instance there seem to be few advanced Kagyu practitioners who are not partly Nyingma. Buddhism came to Tibet in the late eighth century CE. Previously there had ...
Beyond-the-Tipitaka - Ancient Buddhist Texts
... Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10) is popularly cited today as evidence that all one needs to achieve Awakening is a week or two of unrelenting mindfulness practice. But the commentary (Papañcasūdanī) suggests another viewpoint. It explains that the Buddha’s audience for this particular discourse (the villa ...
... Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10) is popularly cited today as evidence that all one needs to achieve Awakening is a week or two of unrelenting mindfulness practice. But the commentary (Papañcasūdanī) suggests another viewpoint. It explains that the Buddha’s audience for this particular discourse (the villa ...
Siddhartha Gautama
... Named Siddhartha meaning “he who brings good” by his father “King Suddhodhana” was born in 560 B.C.E. in Lumbini, what is now Nepal. Some legends says that “The Buddha” talked and walked at birth and meditated at a young age. During the celebration of Siddhartha’s birth an unexpected guest, respect ...
... Named Siddhartha meaning “he who brings good” by his father “King Suddhodhana” was born in 560 B.C.E. in Lumbini, what is now Nepal. Some legends says that “The Buddha” talked and walked at birth and meditated at a young age. During the celebration of Siddhartha’s birth an unexpected guest, respect ...