Basics of Practice - Nichiren Shoshu Myoshinji
... which people can enjoy happy lives together based on True Buddhism (Kosen-rufu). “Attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime” does not mean changing your human form. Nor does it mean becoming a Buddha when you die, a mistaken view commonly held in other Buddhist denominations. Rather, it means achieving, ...
... which people can enjoy happy lives together based on True Buddhism (Kosen-rufu). “Attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime” does not mean changing your human form. Nor does it mean becoming a Buddha when you die, a mistaken view commonly held in other Buddhist denominations. Rather, it means achieving, ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... By studying textual material from a new prospective, this dissertation aims at uncovering how Chinese Buddhists understood Buddhist stūpas and whether they worshipped them. Though stūpas are not Buddhist inventions, they frequently appear in Buddhist scriptures, depicted as important Buddhist object ...
... By studying textual material from a new prospective, this dissertation aims at uncovering how Chinese Buddhists understood Buddhist stūpas and whether they worshipped them. Though stūpas are not Buddhist inventions, they frequently appear in Buddhist scriptures, depicted as important Buddhist object ...
Kosalan Philosophy dissertation - University of California, Berkeley
... munis, including Vedic ones. The Kāṇva Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and the Suttanipāta are compilations which contain layers from different time periods. Despite comprising earlier material, the final redactions of both texts occurred during the Śuṅga dynasty in the second or first century BCE. This suggest ...
... munis, including Vedic ones. The Kāṇva Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and the Suttanipāta are compilations which contain layers from different time periods. Despite comprising earlier material, the final redactions of both texts occurred during the Śuṅga dynasty in the second or first century BCE. This suggest ...
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
... Other aspects of Buddha's teachings are also of interest. Buddha was rather logical, scientific, and rational in his approach. He did not speak of supernatural phenomena or an afterlife, and he dismissed the possibility of miracles. Buddha taught self-reliance. He had little use for rituals and form ...
... Other aspects of Buddha's teachings are also of interest. Buddha was rather logical, scientific, and rational in his approach. He did not speak of supernatural phenomena or an afterlife, and he dismissed the possibility of miracles. Buddha taught self-reliance. He had little use for rituals and form ...
Ashoka - Net Texts
... to determine whether or not some actual events ever happened, but the stone etchings clearly depict how Ashoka wanted to be thought of and remembered. Ashoka's own words as known from his Edicts are: "All men are my children. I am like a father to them. As every father desires the good and the happi ...
... to determine whether or not some actual events ever happened, but the stone etchings clearly depict how Ashoka wanted to be thought of and remembered. Ashoka's own words as known from his Edicts are: "All men are my children. I am like a father to them. As every father desires the good and the happi ...
Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... developed because of him. Here I use the term academic in the broadest possible sense, for the power of this experience lay in the fact that it prompted both intellectual and personal reflection. For example, I will never forget the end of my interview with Samuel, a Dalit Christian and Marxist in B ...
... developed because of him. Here I use the term academic in the broadest possible sense, for the power of this experience lay in the fact that it prompted both intellectual and personal reflection. For example, I will never forget the end of my interview with Samuel, a Dalit Christian and Marxist in B ...
PowerPoint - Just be Good
... 2. Real – A person who follows the teachings of the Buddha. Therefore, a Real Buddhist is one who learns and practices the teachings of the Buddha to attain Enlightenment. ...
... 2. Real – A person who follows the teachings of the Buddha. Therefore, a Real Buddhist is one who learns and practices the teachings of the Buddha to attain Enlightenment. ...
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
... Western scholars who have taken their cues from Yanagida have, however, essentially retained his historical critique of the origins of Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retr ...
... Western scholars who have taken their cues from Yanagida have, however, essentially retained his historical critique of the origins of Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retr ...
Teachings from Traditional Lamas
... having to leave hall and just meditate. Of course, if one’s understanding of the Great Seal (Mahamudra) teachings is solid enough, every event turns into a teaching on karma, and one’s view and way of handling things makes the level of one’s development clear. For most people, however, trying to wor ...
... having to leave hall and just meditate. Of course, if one’s understanding of the Great Seal (Mahamudra) teachings is solid enough, every event turns into a teaching on karma, and one’s view and way of handling things makes the level of one’s development clear. For most people, however, trying to wor ...
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[22] Bussho: Buddha-nature
... described with the words “living being” or “sentient being” or “life- ...
... described with the words “living being” or “sentient being” or “life- ...
Syncretism in the study of Quanzhen Taoism from essence to
... this ‘syncretism’, this debate about whether or not Quanzhen can be labeled Taoist based upon its explicit incorporation of other schools within its teachings is a common theme amongst scholars of Quanzhen. The attempt to define its identity based upon its actions or teachings amounts basically to v ...
... this ‘syncretism’, this debate about whether or not Quanzhen can be labeled Taoist based upon its explicit incorporation of other schools within its teachings is a common theme amongst scholars of Quanzhen. The attempt to define its identity based upon its actions or teachings amounts basically to v ...
Untitled - Hey Gluten Free
... heart, and Kerouac never fails to show them in his writing. Gerard left his younger brother a reverence for life and a self-ideal that aspired to be in a state of beatitude—“trying to love all life, trying to be utterly sincere with everyone, practicing endurance, kindness, cultivating joy of the he ...
... heart, and Kerouac never fails to show them in his writing. Gerard left his younger brother a reverence for life and a self-ideal that aspired to be in a state of beatitude—“trying to love all life, trying to be utterly sincere with everyone, practicing endurance, kindness, cultivating joy of the he ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajrayāna school of thought, a huge change in the idea of Prajñāpā ...
... Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajrayāna school of thought, a huge change in the idea of Prajñāpā ...
Buddhist-Christian Dialogue and Action in the
... different journals; the main articles are collected in book form.1 Their thought and praxis, expressed in these works, has been the subject of a wide range of scholarly research. Earlier comprehensive researches on Buddhadåsa were focused on his new hermeneutic of rationalization, demythologization, ...
... different journals; the main articles are collected in book form.1 Their thought and praxis, expressed in these works, has been the subject of a wide range of scholarly research. Earlier comprehensive researches on Buddhadåsa were focused on his new hermeneutic of rationalization, demythologization, ...
The Buddha and His Teachings
... “He who practises my teaching best, reveres me most”, is the advice of the Buddha. An understanding Buddhist can practise the Dhamma without external forms of homage. To follow the Noble Eightfold Path neither temples nor images are absolutely necessary. ...
... “He who practises my teaching best, reveres me most”, is the advice of the Buddha. An understanding Buddhist can practise the Dhamma without external forms of homage. To follow the Noble Eightfold Path neither temples nor images are absolutely necessary. ...
Guide to the Bodhisattva`s Way of Life
... should equip ourselves with mindfulness and awareness when we use modern facilities. Otherwise, we may start to use those facilities to study and propagate the Dharma, but end up being sunk into an abyss without any self-control. That is a real pity! Today, I am going to introduce how popular the Bo ...
... should equip ourselves with mindfulness and awareness when we use modern facilities. Otherwise, we may start to use those facilities to study and propagate the Dharma, but end up being sunk into an abyss without any self-control. That is a real pity! Today, I am going to introduce how popular the Bo ...
Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra
... for 1928, the thought suggested itself that the sutra must be studied also textually since there are still three Chinese and one (or two) Tibetan translations. The result was the first part of the present work, which appeared as an independent article in The Eastern Buddhist, Volume V, No. 1, for 19 ...
... for 1928, the thought suggested itself that the sutra must be studied also textually since there are still three Chinese and one (or two) Tibetan translations. The result was the first part of the present work, which appeared as an independent article in The Eastern Buddhist, Volume V, No. 1, for 19 ...
Ruppert , Brian - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... that the regalia are purely products of a native ^hmto erase traditions of Buddha-^^mz identification (honji suijaku 本 地 _迹 or shinbutsu shugo 神仏習合） ，which had an indispensable role in the production of royal charisma. It is well-known that the jewel (yasakani [no] 饥以ノ〈 坂瓊勾玉) is one of the three so- ...
... that the regalia are purely products of a native ^hmto erase traditions of Buddha-^^mz identification (honji suijaku 本 地 _迹 or shinbutsu shugo 神仏習合） ，which had an indispensable role in the production of royal charisma. It is well-known that the jewel (yasakani [no] 饥以ノ〈 坂瓊勾玉) is one of the three so- ...
The Yogin & the Madman: Reading the Biographical
... development, being “ubiquitously found throughout the proto-works” (119). What Quintman notes is new in the compendia is the text’s strong emphasis on Milarepa’s extraordinary status, significantly highlighted “through the continued use of prophecy, introduced by both mother and guru as well as auth ...
... development, being “ubiquitously found throughout the proto-works” (119). What Quintman notes is new in the compendia is the text’s strong emphasis on Milarepa’s extraordinary status, significantly highlighted “through the continued use of prophecy, introduced by both mother and guru as well as auth ...
GCSE Religious Studies A Specimen Question Paper Unit 12
... Do not write on the insert. Any work on the insert will not be marked. Do not place the insert into the answer booklet at the end of the examination. Answer either Question B5 or Question B6 on pages 10 to 16. There are 28 marks available. Four of these marks are for spelling, punctuation and gramma ...
... Do not write on the insert. Any work on the insert will not be marked. Do not place the insert into the answer booklet at the end of the examination. Answer either Question B5 or Question B6 on pages 10 to 16. There are 28 marks available. Four of these marks are for spelling, punctuation and gramma ...
Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion
... 3) Based on this line of thought, "the miscellaneous nature of Japanese religion," whereby a person may be Buddhist and Shinto at the same time, is taken as an unchanging characteristic of Japanese culture. When such a fomma is applied to all cultural phenomena in history, then a miscellaneous, expe ...
... 3) Based on this line of thought, "the miscellaneous nature of Japanese religion," whereby a person may be Buddhist and Shinto at the same time, is taken as an unchanging characteristic of Japanese culture. When such a fomma is applied to all cultural phenomena in history, then a miscellaneous, expe ...
Raho,gata Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... 3.1 MASTERING THE BODY BEFORE THE MIND. The early suttas often indicate that the state of our body can significantly affect our spiritual development. It is stated in the Mahā Saccaka Sutta (M 36), for example, that the Bodhisattva can only attain dhyana after he has given up self-mortification and ...
... 3.1 MASTERING THE BODY BEFORE THE MIND. The early suttas often indicate that the state of our body can significantly affect our spiritual development. It is stated in the Mahā Saccaka Sutta (M 36), for example, that the Bodhisattva can only attain dhyana after he has given up self-mortification and ...