Brahmā`s Invitation: the Ariyapariyesanā
... term inclusivism refers to a tendency to include, although in a subordinate position and at times with significant modifications, central elements of other religious traditions within the framework of one’s own. e role of the ancient Indian god Brahmā in early Buddhist texts is a good example of the ...
... term inclusivism refers to a tendency to include, although in a subordinate position and at times with significant modifications, central elements of other religious traditions within the framework of one’s own. e role of the ancient Indian god Brahmā in early Buddhist texts is a good example of the ...
THE IMPACT OF THE BUDDHIST DOCTRINE OF KARMA ON THE
... and merchants. There was also a supposition that Buddhism might enter China in 200 C.E. when Buddhist scriptures were widely translated into Chinese and made known to the people.12 Of all the three assumptions, the one which indicates that Buddhism probably came to China in 200 B.C.E. sounds most s ...
... and merchants. There was also a supposition that Buddhism might enter China in 200 C.E. when Buddhist scriptures were widely translated into Chinese and made known to the people.12 Of all the three assumptions, the one which indicates that Buddhism probably came to China in 200 B.C.E. sounds most s ...
Was the Buddha Omniscient?
... to abandon the ‘All’ and, in doing so, liberate oneself from suffering. Other contexts make it clear that pariññā is a special, higher kind of knowledge - a gnosis - not merely a factual sort. It is identical with the goal of Buddhism[18]. Knowing the ‘All’ in this sense may be spoken of in several ...
... to abandon the ‘All’ and, in doing so, liberate oneself from suffering. Other contexts make it clear that pariññā is a special, higher kind of knowledge - a gnosis - not merely a factual sort. It is identical with the goal of Buddhism[18]. Knowing the ‘All’ in this sense may be spoken of in several ...
Pain and its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the...
... Truths" (pp. 108-30). Too many accounts of the Buddhism of the P!li Canon have neglected or glossed over the abhidhamma material. By contrast, Carol Anderson offers an intelligent and useful survey of the materials relating to the truths found in the Abhidhamma-pi"aka. She comments, "In all of the p ...
... Truths" (pp. 108-30). Too many accounts of the Buddhism of the P!li Canon have neglected or glossed over the abhidhamma material. By contrast, Carol Anderson offers an intelligent and useful survey of the materials relating to the truths found in the Abhidhamma-pi"aka. She comments, "In all of the p ...
Review Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen.
... An interesting aspect of Chan is that when Buddhism spread from India to China, it took on an unquestionable Chinese character. Buddhists in India were ascetics and exchanged teaching for alms. This however did not work in China since Chinese have no respect for beggars. In chapter 7 “Farming Medita ...
... An interesting aspect of Chan is that when Buddhism spread from India to China, it took on an unquestionable Chinese character. Buddhists in India were ascetics and exchanged teaching for alms. This however did not work in China since Chinese have no respect for beggars. In chapter 7 “Farming Medita ...
The Buddha`s Skillful Means
... one could break the cycle at the right point then one could achieve liberation. And then, just as dawn arrived, he cried, “Birth-and-death are finished! I have fulfilled my cherished goal!” It is easy to think that what the Buddha taught after his enlightenment was the “truth” of that experience, an ...
... one could break the cycle at the right point then one could achieve liberation. And then, just as dawn arrived, he cried, “Birth-and-death are finished! I have fulfilled my cherished goal!” It is easy to think that what the Buddha taught after his enlightenment was the “truth” of that experience, an ...
The Berkshire Scholar
... I believe that is the message my mother wants me to understand every time she tells this story: If you start something with a bad beginning or with a mistaken impression, it will be difficult, in some cases impossible, to turn around. Chinese families put a lot of emphasis on educating the next gene ...
... I believe that is the message my mother wants me to understand every time she tells this story: If you start something with a bad beginning or with a mistaken impression, it will be difficult, in some cases impossible, to turn around. Chinese families put a lot of emphasis on educating the next gene ...
Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Path to Buddhahood
... effect of equivalent likes and dislikes. It is also the effect of a debt. It is, one might say, a reciprocal responsibility. This follows from the fact that, according to the Buddhist view, all sentient beings have been reborn innumerable times. In the course of these innumerable rebirths, all senti ...
... effect of equivalent likes and dislikes. It is also the effect of a debt. It is, one might say, a reciprocal responsibility. This follows from the fact that, according to the Buddhist view, all sentient beings have been reborn innumerable times. In the course of these innumerable rebirths, all senti ...
Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... monks, among whom, what is more, it was practiced not only by “the average village monks,” but also by the educated monks who appear to have been the teachers and transmitters of official Buddhist scripture. He found three such monks in his epigraphical material: “one is called a Trepidaka, one is c ...
... monks, among whom, what is more, it was practiced not only by “the average village monks,” but also by the educated monks who appear to have been the teachers and transmitters of official Buddhist scripture. He found three such monks in his epigraphical material: “one is called a Trepidaka, one is c ...
Buddhist Concepts in the Practice of Psychotherapy: A Qualitative
... concepts in Western psychotherapy will be examined in two dimensions. First, a review of the history of this process and the individuals at the forefront of this discourse will be illuminated. Next, an examination of the construct of mindfulness as an accepted Western psychotherapy treatment modali ...
... concepts in Western psychotherapy will be examined in two dimensions. First, a review of the history of this process and the individuals at the forefront of this discourse will be illuminated. Next, an examination of the construct of mindfulness as an accepted Western psychotherapy treatment modali ...
Forty-Three Years Ago
... The discovery left me in a quandary. If the supposed bhikkhu was not really a bhikkhu then I was not really a bhikkhu either, his presence within the sima having invalidated the entire proceedings and rendered my ordination ceremony null and void. What should I do? It was not really open to me to se ...
... The discovery left me in a quandary. If the supposed bhikkhu was not really a bhikkhu then I was not really a bhikkhu either, his presence within the sima having invalidated the entire proceedings and rendered my ordination ceremony null and void. What should I do? It was not really open to me to se ...
What is Nirvana - Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
... benefits and so on, is going in circles. We have unwholesome, non-virtuous thoughts and attitudes leading to non-virtuous deeds on the physical and verbal plane and a similar circle of positive mental attitudes, with the cultivation of positive emotions of love, compassion, things of this kind, that ...
... benefits and so on, is going in circles. We have unwholesome, non-virtuous thoughts and attitudes leading to non-virtuous deeds on the physical and verbal plane and a similar circle of positive mental attitudes, with the cultivation of positive emotions of love, compassion, things of this kind, that ...
Shakespeare, Buddha, and King Lear Journal of Buddhist Ethics Melvin Sterne
... Buddhism has been steadily gaining popularity in the West since the 1950s, in large part because of its emphasis on honesty, virtue, simplicity, compassion, and non-violence. These principles are in opposition to those which, in general, guide the dominant global-consumerist ethos (if this can be ca ...
... Buddhism has been steadily gaining popularity in the West since the 1950s, in large part because of its emphasis on honesty, virtue, simplicity, compassion, and non-violence. These principles are in opposition to those which, in general, guide the dominant global-consumerist ethos (if this can be ca ...
The Buddha and The Cross: The Development of
... most of the early Irish Buddhists left Ireland to be ordained or to practice in Asian countries like Japan and Burma (Cox 4). Some of these early Buddhists include Captain C. Pfounds, an Irish military officer whose service in the Opium Wars led him to Japan. After the war, he stayed, beginning a l ...
... most of the early Irish Buddhists left Ireland to be ordained or to practice in Asian countries like Japan and Burma (Cox 4). Some of these early Buddhists include Captain C. Pfounds, an Irish military officer whose service in the Opium Wars led him to Japan. After the war, he stayed, beginning a l ...
The Buddhist Transformation of Silla Kingship: Buddha as a King
... Silla believed to have descended from Heaven. In the beginning of the sixth century the Shinkung (Divine Palace) was constructed at Naul, a place where Hyokkose was supposed to have descended from heaven. Sacrifices and ancestor-worship had no doubt their own functions in the early Silla society, bu ...
... Silla believed to have descended from Heaven. In the beginning of the sixth century the Shinkung (Divine Palace) was constructed at Naul, a place where Hyokkose was supposed to have descended from heaven. Sacrifices and ancestor-worship had no doubt their own functions in the early Silla society, bu ...
Buddhism, Animism, and Entertainment in Cambodian Melismatic
... and therefore unique to this area of Southeast Asia. As the style in its most sophisticated form needs extensive vocal training and precise knowledge of the correct ornaments to present, monasteries give smot training courses running over years with final exams finding the best singers. The musical ...
... and therefore unique to this area of Southeast Asia. As the style in its most sophisticated form needs extensive vocal training and precise knowledge of the correct ornaments to present, monasteries give smot training courses running over years with final exams finding the best singers. The musical ...
BUDDHIST FILIAL PIETY: MITIGATING CONFUCIAN DUTY AND
... does indeed ask the son to help his mother ascend out of a woman’s hell in which women are forced to stand in a pool of menstrual blood up to their mouths and drink from it three times a day. However, the Blood Bowl concept, while adopted by some Buddhists and provided in textual form by some temple ...
... does indeed ask the son to help his mother ascend out of a woman’s hell in which women are forced to stand in a pool of menstrual blood up to their mouths and drink from it three times a day. However, the Blood Bowl concept, while adopted by some Buddhists and provided in textual form by some temple ...
Ashtasahasrika_prajnaparamita
... eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal during the reign of the Palas (c.A.D.800-1200), who were ardent followers of Mahayana Buddhism. ...
... eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal during the reign of the Palas (c.A.D.800-1200), who were ardent followers of Mahayana Buddhism. ...
Part 12 - SGI-UK
... voice as we say Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Can you chant and listen to your voice for long enough to hear Nammyoho-renge-kyo one time, before a different thought comes into your mind? How about three times? Or five times, or ten times? Gradually we get better at listening to this expression of our Buddhah ...
... voice as we say Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Can you chant and listen to your voice for long enough to hear Nammyoho-renge-kyo one time, before a different thought comes into your mind? How about three times? Or five times, or ten times? Gradually we get better at listening to this expression of our Buddhah ...