BUDDHIST MONASTIC LIFE
... has been reestablished with the help of monks from other countries. This did not happen with the order of nuns. Although subsequently there have been women following what Dr. Wijayaratna calls "the path of inner progress," their status in both monastic and civil law has been that of laypersons who p ...
... has been reestablished with the help of monks from other countries. This did not happen with the order of nuns. Although subsequently there have been women following what Dr. Wijayaratna calls "the path of inner progress," their status in both monastic and civil law has been that of laypersons who p ...
"Texts memorized, texts performed: a reconsideration of the role of
... seven days5. Prior to the actual ceremony, the boy's father is asked to construct a pavilion or ma∞∂apa and to place a small seat, where his son will be seated, in the middle. He is then instructed to arrange eight or sixteen chairs around the ma∞∂apa, have eight or sixteen monks occupy the seats, a ...
... seven days5. Prior to the actual ceremony, the boy's father is asked to construct a pavilion or ma∞∂apa and to place a small seat, where his son will be seated, in the middle. He is then instructed to arrange eight or sixteen chairs around the ma∞∂apa, have eight or sixteen monks occupy the seats, a ...
09_chapter 3
... Sometimes, the monks even formulated the country’s governing policy. The imperial preceptor Vien Thong gave the following advice to Ly Than Thong: The people are like material things. If they are put in a peaceful place, they will be peaceful. If they are put in a dangerous position, they will becom ...
... Sometimes, the monks even formulated the country’s governing policy. The imperial preceptor Vien Thong gave the following advice to Ly Than Thong: The people are like material things. If they are put in a peaceful place, they will be peaceful. If they are put in a dangerous position, they will becom ...
- SOAS Research Online
... In the history of Buddhism in China, three major persecutions took place between the fifth and the ninth centuries. In the present research, I propose to study them together and in their broader context as a means of understanding the relationship between Buddhism and the state in medieval China. Al ...
... In the history of Buddhism in China, three major persecutions took place between the fifth and the ninth centuries. In the present research, I propose to study them together and in their broader context as a means of understanding the relationship between Buddhism and the state in medieval China. Al ...
Two Dogmas of Zen Buddhism
... The purpose of this paper is to undermine these two dogmas by arguing for an alternative picture of Zen (Buddhist) practice. What is needed is, first, an appreciation that not only do we do more with language than attempt (and fail) to say how things are in the world, but language, concepts, and me ...
... The purpose of this paper is to undermine these two dogmas by arguing for an alternative picture of Zen (Buddhist) practice. What is needed is, first, an appreciation that not only do we do more with language than attempt (and fail) to say how things are in the world, but language, concepts, and me ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... tradition in China, and Dr. Henrik Sørenson for pointing out the relatedness of the sutra carvings at Baodingshan to inscribed texts found elsewhere in Sichuan. Grants from the Samuel Kress Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Studies aided me in my rese ...
... tradition in China, and Dr. Henrik Sørenson for pointing out the relatedness of the sutra carvings at Baodingshan to inscribed texts found elsewhere in Sichuan. Grants from the Samuel Kress Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Studies aided me in my rese ...
THE TREATISE ON THE ELUCIDATION OF THE KNOWABLE THE
... Ever since the Buddha’s Great Demise over twenty-five hundred years ago, his message of wisdom and compassion has spread throughout the world. Yet no one has ever attempted to translate the entire Buddhist canon into English throughout the history of Japan. It is my greatest wish to see this done an ...
... Ever since the Buddha’s Great Demise over twenty-five hundred years ago, his message of wisdom and compassion has spread throughout the world. Yet no one has ever attempted to translate the entire Buddhist canon into English throughout the history of Japan. It is my greatest wish to see this done an ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... goddess~worshippers or new age therap ists. In fact, these women are attending a women's sesshin, or retreat, organised by the Sydney Zen Centre. Bur how is it that Japanese Zen Buddhism, with its patriarchal, monastic hierarchy and emphasis on harsh discipline, is now being practised by a group of ...
... goddess~worshippers or new age therap ists. In fact, these women are attending a women's sesshin, or retreat, organised by the Sydney Zen Centre. Bur how is it that Japanese Zen Buddhism, with its patriarchal, monastic hierarchy and emphasis on harsh discipline, is now being practised by a group of ...
The Karmapa and Taiwan
... the Dalai Lama and others answered an invitation to visit Beijing. After returning from Beijing, he once again embarked on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal, and Sikkim. In early 1959, the 16th Karmapa sent the 12th Tai Situpa and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche to Bhutan. In early February, he led a grou ...
... the Dalai Lama and others answered an invitation to visit Beijing. After returning from Beijing, he once again embarked on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal, and Sikkim. In early 1959, the 16th Karmapa sent the 12th Tai Situpa and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche to Bhutan. In early February, he led a grou ...
Placing Nichiren in the “Big Picture”
... guishable from that of Nara and Heian times, something that “presents a large obstacle to understanding Nichiren， s religion solely in terms of the so-called new Buddhism” (p. 68). Ienaea is an outstand ing scholar, and his work on Kamakura Buddhism, read critically, is still useful today. Nonethel ...
... guishable from that of Nara and Heian times, something that “presents a large obstacle to understanding Nichiren， s religion solely in terms of the so-called new Buddhism” (p. 68). Ienaea is an outstand ing scholar, and his work on Kamakura Buddhism, read critically, is still useful today. Nonethel ...
Stupas and their consecration in contemporary Kalmykia
... Ethnically the Kalmyks are of Mongolian origin; their language belongs to the Mongolian group of languages. In 1992 both Kalmyk and Russian were stated to be the official languages of Kalmykia. However, at the present moment a substantial part of the Kalmyk population does not speak their native lan ...
... Ethnically the Kalmyks are of Mongolian origin; their language belongs to the Mongolian group of languages. In 1992 both Kalmyk and Russian were stated to be the official languages of Kalmykia. However, at the present moment a substantial part of the Kalmyk population does not speak their native lan ...
2015 SGINZ LEVEL ONE EXAM
... Lotus Sutra that leads all people to Buddhahood, and we ordinary human beings are in no way different or separate from one another. To chant Myoho-renge-kyo with this realization is to inherit the ultimate Law of life and death” (WND-1, 216). He also writes, “Myo represents death, and ho, life” (WND ...
... Lotus Sutra that leads all people to Buddhahood, and we ordinary human beings are in no way different or separate from one another. To chant Myoho-renge-kyo with this realization is to inherit the ultimate Law of life and death” (WND-1, 216). He also writes, “Myo represents death, and ho, life” (WND ...
Awaken to the Buddha Within
... one thing to know what we are supposed to do; doing so is an entirely different matter. But without doing what is good, we will be unable to benefit others or ourselves: We will be unable to help all beings find their way to genuine happiness and secure their liberation from suffering. How do we beg ...
... one thing to know what we are supposed to do; doing so is an entirely different matter. But without doing what is good, we will be unable to benefit others or ourselves: We will be unable to help all beings find their way to genuine happiness and secure their liberation from suffering. How do we beg ...
TIBETAN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE PRICE LIST
... Jamgon Kongtrul: Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Using the Mahayana Buddhist Slogans to Tame the Mind and Awaken the Heart (trans. Ken McLeod) Jamgon Kongtrul: Light of Wisdom, Vol II (root text by Padmasambhava) Jamgon Kongtrul: Myriad Worlds: Buddhist Cosmology in Abhidharma, Kalacha ...
... Jamgon Kongtrul: Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Using the Mahayana Buddhist Slogans to Tame the Mind and Awaken the Heart (trans. Ken McLeod) Jamgon Kongtrul: Light of Wisdom, Vol II (root text by Padmasambhava) Jamgon Kongtrul: Myriad Worlds: Buddhist Cosmology in Abhidharma, Kalacha ...
The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal
... Buddhism has enjoyed a prominent place in the study of Asian religious ideas at Hamburg University for almost 100 years, ever since the birth of Buddhist Studies in Germany. We are proud that our program is housed in one of the pioneering academic institutions in Europe at which the study of Buddhis ...
... Buddhism has enjoyed a prominent place in the study of Asian religious ideas at Hamburg University for almost 100 years, ever since the birth of Buddhist Studies in Germany. We are proud that our program is housed in one of the pioneering academic institutions in Europe at which the study of Buddhis ...
Wat Intravihan
... every time he was invited to important events, to bless a new home, or during a simple lunch invitation. Before giving out one of his Somdej, Somdej Toh would give his blessings and tell the person accepting the Phra Somdej that this amulet would bless them with happiness and prosperity. Somdej Toh ...
... every time he was invited to important events, to bless a new home, or during a simple lunch invitation. Before giving out one of his Somdej, Somdej Toh would give his blessings and tell the person accepting the Phra Somdej that this amulet would bless them with happiness and prosperity. Somdej Toh ...
The Ajivikas - Rare Book Society of India
... an ancient religious order of the hermits? Are we not justified in presuming that the Ajivika sect sprang originally from a Vanaprastha or Vaikhanasa order of the hermits and gained an independent foothold as the result of its gradual differentiation from ...
... an ancient religious order of the hermits? Are we not justified in presuming that the Ajivika sect sprang originally from a Vanaprastha or Vaikhanasa order of the hermits and gained an independent foothold as the result of its gradual differentiation from ...
Talismanic Writing in Chinese Buddhism
... There is an increasingly large body of material on these topics, but see, among others, Theodor H. Gaster, “Amulets and Talismans,” in Hidden Truths: Magic Alchemy and the Occult, ed. Lawrence E. Sullivan (New York: Macmillan, 1987), 145–47; and Don C. Skemer, Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the M ...
... There is an increasingly large body of material on these topics, but see, among others, Theodor H. Gaster, “Amulets and Talismans,” in Hidden Truths: Magic Alchemy and the Occult, ed. Lawrence E. Sullivan (New York: Macmillan, 1987), 145–47; and Don C. Skemer, Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the M ...
The Buddhist Coleridge: Creating Space for The Rime of the Ancient
... Wandering Jew! The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a Christian poem about sin and redemption.” Silenced by rejection, I wrote my term paper that semester on the spiritually castigated Mariner/Wandering Jew instead of on the enlightened Mariner/Buddha. It was not until graduate school that the desire ...
... Wandering Jew! The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a Christian poem about sin and redemption.” Silenced by rejection, I wrote my term paper that semester on the spiritually castigated Mariner/Wandering Jew instead of on the enlightened Mariner/Buddha. It was not until graduate school that the desire ...
Chan Master Sheng Yen 1930 – 2009
... his students, and Simon Child, came to Taiwan before they went on to the mainland for a pilgrimage tour. There were seven of them, and right now I see that there are 21. Added together, that makes almost thirty. As for myself, my impact on mainstream Buddhism in the West can be said to be not that s ...
... his students, and Simon Child, came to Taiwan before they went on to the mainland for a pilgrimage tour. There were seven of them, and right now I see that there are 21. Added together, that makes almost thirty. As for myself, my impact on mainstream Buddhism in the West can be said to be not that s ...
Papers presented at the International Buddhist Conference, March
... chronicles, that the Buddha himself visited Sri Lanka three times during his lifetime. It was mainly because of its universal teaching that Buddhism has been successful at various times in its history. It was because of this that it enjoyed royal patronage of kings and dynasties, not only at the tim ...
... chronicles, that the Buddha himself visited Sri Lanka three times during his lifetime. It was mainly because of its universal teaching that Buddhism has been successful at various times in its history. It was because of this that it enjoyed royal patronage of kings and dynasties, not only at the tim ...
Beyond Buddhist Apology The Political Use of Buddhism by
... they still relied on their official positions within the state bureaucracy for their privileged position in society. 4 The emperor, from his part, needed the sanction of his fellow members of the elite to support his claim on the throne. This is undoubtedly a major reason why Emperor Wu, despite his ...
... they still relied on their official positions within the state bureaucracy for their privileged position in society. 4 The emperor, from his part, needed the sanction of his fellow members of the elite to support his claim on the throne. This is undoubtedly a major reason why Emperor Wu, despite his ...
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... fundamental cause of people’s suffering and set forth the means by which people could eradicate such suffering. On 16 July, 1260, he submitted this treatise to Hojo Tokiyori, the retired regent of the Kamakura military government, who was still effectively the country’s most powerful leader. It w ...
... fundamental cause of people’s suffering and set forth the means by which people could eradicate such suffering. On 16 July, 1260, he submitted this treatise to Hojo Tokiyori, the retired regent of the Kamakura military government, who was still effectively the country’s most powerful leader. It w ...