English - Seattle Buddhist Temple
... ♫Musical Notes The ukelele group (Sat Ichikawa, Brandon Harano, Evan Ko, Mas Tamekuni and Tak Matsui) with Steve Yamasaki on soprano sax delighted the sangha on Mother’s Day Sunday with In a Quiet Valley and Arigato. Mas reported that the musicians had a lot of fun. To view and hear Arigato again, ...
... ♫Musical Notes The ukelele group (Sat Ichikawa, Brandon Harano, Evan Ko, Mas Tamekuni and Tak Matsui) with Steve Yamasaki on soprano sax delighted the sangha on Mother’s Day Sunday with In a Quiet Valley and Arigato. Mas reported that the musicians had a lot of fun. To view and hear Arigato again, ...
Retreatant Course _Information
... meditation and understanding. Walking this path, we can learn to abandon actions of body, speech and mind that bring suffering to ourselves and those around us, and cultivate actions that bring true happiness to ourselves and those around us. The cultivation of sila, or ethics, is fundamental to the ...
... meditation and understanding. Walking this path, we can learn to abandon actions of body, speech and mind that bring suffering to ourselves and those around us, and cultivate actions that bring true happiness to ourselves and those around us. The cultivation of sila, or ethics, is fundamental to the ...
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... much more is it the case that science may benefit not only from the separate insights of two religious traditions, but also from the cross-fertilization that occurs in the interreligious dialogue. Two caveats before proceeding with the essay. First, I speak first and foremost as a Christian theologi ...
... much more is it the case that science may benefit not only from the separate insights of two religious traditions, but also from the cross-fertilization that occurs in the interreligious dialogue. Two caveats before proceeding with the essay. First, I speak first and foremost as a Christian theologi ...
Zen is not Buddhism - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... However, love is something which should be directed to others; if it is directed at one's self, it becomes self-attachment. On the basis of the Buddhist teaching of non-self (muga-setsu), I have come to the following conclusions: 1. One should disdain oneself; and 2. One should love only the absolut ...
... However, love is something which should be directed to others; if it is directed at one's self, it becomes self-attachment. On the basis of the Buddhist teaching of non-self (muga-setsu), I have come to the following conclusions: 1. One should disdain oneself; and 2. One should love only the absolut ...
Masters and Gautama: A Synthesis of Buddhist Philosophy
... of his time, and 2500 years later Rinpoche became the equivalent of these men in service to Masters. From these teachings, the two take on similar quests, coincidentally unaware of what their true goal is at the start, and end up finding freedom from the mental torment that drove them to begin. The ...
... of his time, and 2500 years later Rinpoche became the equivalent of these men in service to Masters. From these teachings, the two take on similar quests, coincidentally unaware of what their true goal is at the start, and end up finding freedom from the mental torment that drove them to begin. The ...
Course Information
... meditation and understanding. Walking this path, we can learn to abandon actions of body, speech and mind that bring suffering to ourselves and those around us, and cultivate actions that bring true happiness to ourselves and those around us. The cultivation of sila, or ethics, is fundamental to the ...
... meditation and understanding. Walking this path, we can learn to abandon actions of body, speech and mind that bring suffering to ourselves and those around us, and cultivate actions that bring true happiness to ourselves and those around us. The cultivation of sila, or ethics, is fundamental to the ...
Toward a Buddhist Theory of Structural Peace: Lessons
... mindfulness and good intentions necessarily lead to both inner and outer peace is seriously challenged. At the heart of this challenge is the recognition that in today’s interconnected world, cause-and-effect relationships between one’s action and its unintended consequences, as exemplified by globa ...
... mindfulness and good intentions necessarily lead to both inner and outer peace is seriously challenged. At the heart of this challenge is the recognition that in today’s interconnected world, cause-and-effect relationships between one’s action and its unintended consequences, as exemplified by globa ...
Impermanence, Anattā, and the Stability of Egocentrism; or,
... constants, play no essential part” (84). Obviously, if they did, there would be nothing at all universal about the rule, which means it would not be a rule in the sense of being “committed to taking the same view about any other relevantly similar action” (83). Further, Mackie explicitly claims that ...
... constants, play no essential part” (84). Obviously, if they did, there would be nothing at all universal about the rule, which means it would not be a rule in the sense of being “committed to taking the same view about any other relevantly similar action” (83). Further, Mackie explicitly claims that ...
The Lorax Wears Saffron: Toward a Buddhist Environmentalism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Although I think that Olendzki’s observation is accurate, it does not fully account for how dependent origination is applied in eco-discourse. The goal may certainly be to become unconditioned, but the uses of dependent origination in the context of eco-Buddhist discourse emphasize how to live in th ...
... Although I think that Olendzki’s observation is accurate, it does not fully account for how dependent origination is applied in eco-discourse. The goal may certainly be to become unconditioned, but the uses of dependent origination in the context of eco-Buddhist discourse emphasize how to live in th ...
Name - World History with Miss Bunnell
... would become a great king, but if he learned of the enlightenment—a state of heightened wisdom. suffering of the outside world, Siddhartha would The Buddha taught his followers to seek balance become a great teacher. in their lives. The path to happiness is neither Because Suddhodana wanted Siddhart ...
... would become a great king, but if he learned of the enlightenment—a state of heightened wisdom. suffering of the outside world, Siddhartha would The Buddha taught his followers to seek balance become a great teacher. in their lives. The path to happiness is neither Because Suddhodana wanted Siddhart ...
Vows and Declarations of Votaries of the Lotus Sutra and
... many different sutras and teachings spring up here and there like so many orchids and chrysanthemums, when the various schools command a large following and enjoy renown, when truth and error stand shoulder to shoulder, and when Mahayana and Hinayana dispute which is superior. At such a time, one mu ...
... many different sutras and teachings spring up here and there like so many orchids and chrysanthemums, when the various schools command a large following and enjoy renown, when truth and error stand shoulder to shoulder, and when Mahayana and Hinayana dispute which is superior. At such a time, one mu ...
Teaching Journey to the West in Wisconsin
... superior!forces!through!the!embrace!of!the!Three!Treasures:!compassion,!frugality,!and!humility!(notice! the!parallel!with!Mahayana!Buddhism’s!Three!Jewels:!Buddha,!or!enlightenment;!Dharma,!or!teachings;! and!Sangha,!or!community).!The!concept!of!“dao”! encapsulates!this!fundamental!attitude!to!li ...
... superior!forces!through!the!embrace!of!the!Three!Treasures:!compassion,!frugality,!and!humility!(notice! the!parallel!with!Mahayana!Buddhism’s!Three!Jewels:!Buddha,!or!enlightenment;!Dharma,!or!teachings;! and!Sangha,!or!community).!The!concept!of!“dao”! encapsulates!this!fundamental!attitude!to!li ...
Buddhism in Thailand - Southeast Asia Program
... 1. Instruct the students to write down what they want most in one word on the piece of paper. 2. Tell students to fold their papers so that what they’ve written cannot be seen. Then tell the students to set the papers aside on their desks. 3. As the students continue to write, collect the papers. B. ...
... 1. Instruct the students to write down what they want most in one word on the piece of paper. 2. Tell students to fold their papers so that what they’ve written cannot be seen. Then tell the students to set the papers aside on their desks. 3. As the students continue to write, collect the papers. B. ...
Swe Swe Mon - Conflict Management in Buddhism
... conflicts by engaging in contention with beings of incompatible positions. With regard to the Aggañña Sutta,1 the peacefulness on this earth in the very beginning was broken by a dispute over the delicious edible earth. The tendency towards conflict in the human psyche which started then has becom ...
... conflicts by engaging in contention with beings of incompatible positions. With regard to the Aggañña Sutta,1 the peacefulness on this earth in the very beginning was broken by a dispute over the delicious edible earth. The tendency towards conflict in the human psyche which started then has becom ...
M1-Dhamma-tj3
... will exist – Siddhartha was just one. • Dharma has always existed and can be expressed in different ways. • Trikaya – earthly, heavenly and transcendent. Siddhartha became earthly. • Many enlightened beings and Bodhisattvas can be contacted. ...
... will exist – Siddhartha was just one. • Dharma has always existed and can be expressed in different ways. • Trikaya – earthly, heavenly and transcendent. Siddhartha became earthly. • Many enlightened beings and Bodhisattvas can be contacted. ...
Multiple Meanings of Buddhist Self
... or deviant practice that was rejected by the Buddhist tradition, may actually be understood to offer a bodily path to attain awakening and ultimately buddhahood. While this path took rather a different form than those soteriologies that stress the mind, such as meditation and learning, it was a path ...
... or deviant practice that was rejected by the Buddhist tradition, may actually be understood to offer a bodily path to attain awakening and ultimately buddhahood. While this path took rather a different form than those soteriologies that stress the mind, such as meditation and learning, it was a path ...
The Great Perfection of Tibetan Buddhism
... Bodhisattva an heroic figure to be emulated, development of the Bodhisattva mindset of universal compassion (Bodhichitta for the seeker of Buddhahood) is required of Mahayana practitioners. Since Dzogchen and Mahamudra31 are considered (at least by most masters) to be part of Vajrayana, the same app ...
... Bodhisattva an heroic figure to be emulated, development of the Bodhisattva mindset of universal compassion (Bodhichitta for the seeker of Buddhahood) is required of Mahayana practitioners. Since Dzogchen and Mahamudra31 are considered (at least by most masters) to be part of Vajrayana, the same app ...
Aniccå Vata Sa∫khårå
... The fact that sa∫khåras can include both active forces and the things produced by them is highly significant and secures for the term its role as the cornerstone of the Buddha’s philosophical vision. For what the Buddha emphasizes is that the sa∫khåras in the two active senses—the volitional formati ...
... The fact that sa∫khåras can include both active forces and the things produced by them is highly significant and secures for the term its role as the cornerstone of the Buddha’s philosophical vision. For what the Buddha emphasizes is that the sa∫khåras in the two active senses—the volitional formati ...
Buddhist Revival in Vietnam - United Nations Day of Vesak 2017
... Of all the Mahayana orders introduced into Vietnam, many historians believe it was Zen, as can be seen in the above, that resonated the most with the Vietnamese: “…Zen most thoroughly permeated the practise of Vietnamese Buddhism, and its doctrines and methods of teaching, though somewhat nominal to ...
... Of all the Mahayana orders introduced into Vietnam, many historians believe it was Zen, as can be seen in the above, that resonated the most with the Vietnamese: “…Zen most thoroughly permeated the practise of Vietnamese Buddhism, and its doctrines and methods of teaching, though somewhat nominal to ...
Business and Buddhist Ethics - Center for Ethics of Science and
... Buddhism has always accepted the truth that happiness is an essential part of ethics. Happiness gives significance to the practice of dhamma and forms the ground or support for religious observance both on the level of dhamma practice and the level of ethics in general.1 Therefore, all people should ...
... Buddhism has always accepted the truth that happiness is an essential part of ethics. Happiness gives significance to the practice of dhamma and forms the ground or support for religious observance both on the level of dhamma practice and the level of ethics in general.1 Therefore, all people should ...
Contributions to the Study of Popular Buddhism: The Newar
... of society's economic classes, Buddhism evolved to espouse the basic foundations of spiritually-centered civilization. Centered on high moral standards and attuned to daily life, local Buddhist traditions encompassed a broad range of intellectual discourse and ritual performances. Over the first mil ...
... of society's economic classes, Buddhism evolved to espouse the basic foundations of spiritually-centered civilization. Centered on high moral standards and attuned to daily life, local Buddhist traditions encompassed a broad range of intellectual discourse and ritual performances. Over the first mil ...
Ullambana Service - Ti-Sarana Buddhist Association
... some departed beings. Instead burningfrom elaborate members devotees are encouraged to offered offer Dna parpar-take in the transference of merit to all departed beings. The Tirokudda Sutta will be recited after the Evening departed elaborate offerings, members and devotees are encouraged to offer ...
... some departed beings. Instead burningfrom elaborate members devotees are encouraged to offered offer Dna parpar-take in the transference of merit to all departed beings. The Tirokudda Sutta will be recited after the Evening departed elaborate offerings, members and devotees are encouraged to offer ...
Buddhism, Apophasis, Truth - Journal for Cultural and Religious
... systematically from Indian philosophical writings into a European language will, knowingly or unknowingly, be using the method of 'comparative philosophy.'”13 Hence engaging in self-reflexive comparative analyses of one’s own philosophical presuppositions vis-à-vis the presuppositions of, say, Buddh ...
... systematically from Indian philosophical writings into a European language will, knowingly or unknowingly, be using the method of 'comparative philosophy.'”13 Hence engaging in self-reflexive comparative analyses of one’s own philosophical presuppositions vis-à-vis the presuppositions of, say, Buddh ...
The Value of Buddhist Responses to Issues of Overpopulation
... the present historical period as the “terminal Cenozoic period,” commenting, “it seems that the human could come into being only at a period when the planet was at such a gorgeous moment in its expression of itself.”4 At the same time, because today many people within the world’s religions have curr ...
... the present historical period as the “terminal Cenozoic period,” commenting, “it seems that the human could come into being only at a period when the planet was at such a gorgeous moment in its expression of itself.”4 At the same time, because today many people within the world’s religions have curr ...