Title Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten: origin and meaning of Buddhist
... papers submitted for publication after they were presented at one of the conferences organized by our Institute every year. The papers published in the series have not been refereed and are published as they were submitted by the author. The series serves two purposes. First, we want to disseminate ...
... papers submitted for publication after they were presented at one of the conferences organized by our Institute every year. The papers published in the series have not been refereed and are published as they were submitted by the author. The series serves two purposes. First, we want to disseminate ...
Lecture 55: How Buddhism Came to Tibet (Edited) THIS IS A STORY
... Furthermore, he caused a new code of civil law to be drafted, and he ensured that the ethical precepts of Buddhism were widely taught throughout his domain. But as yet there were no Buddhist monks or monasteries in Tibet. In fact, Songtsen Gampo's interest in Buddhism appears to have been more cultu ...
... Furthermore, he caused a new code of civil law to be drafted, and he ensured that the ethical precepts of Buddhism were widely taught throughout his domain. But as yet there were no Buddhist monks or monasteries in Tibet. In fact, Songtsen Gampo's interest in Buddhism appears to have been more cultu ...
Reviews
... and the poetic flights of the Pure Land scriptures. He shows Shan-tao as an accomplished painter and poet himself, and offers evidence showing that the story of Shan-tao committing suicide to hasten his entry into the Pure Land was a later fabrication (Pas claims it was one of Shan-taoÕs disciples t ...
... and the poetic flights of the Pure Land scriptures. He shows Shan-tao as an accomplished painter and poet himself, and offers evidence showing that the story of Shan-tao committing suicide to hasten his entry into the Pure Land was a later fabrication (Pas claims it was one of Shan-taoÕs disciples t ...
Ln13 Comparison and Contrast Between Jainism
... 2. Ethical views Buddhist and Jain ethics share an emphasis on avoiding the killing of any living being, though in Jainism, while intentional harm is worse, even unintentional harm is to be constantly guarded against, so as to avoid accumulating the karma of killing. Just as Buddhism recruited well ...
... 2. Ethical views Buddhist and Jain ethics share an emphasis on avoiding the killing of any living being, though in Jainism, while intentional harm is worse, even unintentional harm is to be constantly guarded against, so as to avoid accumulating the karma of killing. Just as Buddhism recruited well ...
- Esamskriti
... whole of the Buddhist teaching. The Buddha has gifted the world a huge golden vessel called the atthangika magga (Pali) or astangika marga (Sanskrit), containing the nectar called nibbana (Pali; Sanskrit, nirvana), the state of lasting peace: all are free to taste it. In fact, everyone wants this ne ...
... whole of the Buddhist teaching. The Buddha has gifted the world a huge golden vessel called the atthangika magga (Pali) or astangika marga (Sanskrit), containing the nectar called nibbana (Pali; Sanskrit, nirvana), the state of lasting peace: all are free to taste it. In fact, everyone wants this ne ...
... one the opportunity to study Dharma. However, since nirvāṇa is thought to be beyond all rebirth, the actions of an arahat, a liberated being, do not and cannot be thought to have the capacity to bring further karmic fruitfulness. Hence karmically fortunate acts-that is, acts which are essentially pu ...
The Buddhist Canon and the Canon of Buddhist Studies
... canon appears as one among many representations of Buddhism, but as a rather unexciting one. 1.2. Teaching Buddhism without a Canon: The Affection for Contemporary Practice It comes as no surprise that the focus on the Pali canon in research caused an identical focus in teaching. Charles Hallisey re ...
... canon appears as one among many representations of Buddhism, but as a rather unexciting one. 1.2. Teaching Buddhism without a Canon: The Affection for Contemporary Practice It comes as no surprise that the focus on the Pali canon in research caused an identical focus in teaching. Charles Hallisey re ...
Fr Fayard, 1999, 393 pages, ISBN: 2–213–60103–8 (paper): 135 ff. é
... the case for Donald Lopez, for instance, whose book Prisoners of Shangrila4 is criticized for a coercive and traditional conception of the myth of Shangrila. (Lenoir states that Ò[i]n my opinion, the myth per se turns out to be dangerous when people do believe in it integrally and with no distance. ...
... the case for Donald Lopez, for instance, whose book Prisoners of Shangrila4 is criticized for a coercive and traditional conception of the myth of Shangrila. (Lenoir states that Ò[i]n my opinion, the myth per se turns out to be dangerous when people do believe in it integrally and with no distance. ...
... to take much notice of social factors. Karma, as we have been delimiting it so far, is concerned solely with individual actions and consequences, narrowly accenting the effects of actions upon individuals. Thus, in Zen Buddhism the idea appears to be to focus wholly upon oneÕs own actions in order t ...
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya
... was on this basis that the 250oth anniversary of his passing into final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. Hi ...
... was on this basis that the 250oth anniversary of his passing into final Nibbana was celebrated, as Buddha Jayanti, in the East in 1956-57. He belonged to the Sakya clan dwelling on the edge of the Himalayas, his actual birthplace being a few miles north of the present-day Indian border, in Nepal. Hi ...
The Evolution and Philosophy of Tantric
... The Mahayanic way of worship became Tantric system. Tantric elements such as “Dharini”, “Mantra”, “Mudra”, “Jantra” and” Mandala” were adopted and rules with rituals are being strictly observed during Tantric worship. The Mantra element seems to have been introduced in Mahayan Buddhism first in the ...
... The Mahayanic way of worship became Tantric system. Tantric elements such as “Dharini”, “Mantra”, “Mudra”, “Jantra” and” Mandala” were adopted and rules with rituals are being strictly observed during Tantric worship. The Mantra element seems to have been introduced in Mahayan Buddhism first in the ...
Nikāya Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Modern-day Buddhist scholars have put forth answers to this question at least since C. A. F. Rhys Davids asserted that “The Buddhist, then, was a Hedonist,” and “his morality . . . utilitarian,” on the strength of the kamma-vipāka law that eventually and necessarily pleasure follows right and good a ...
... Modern-day Buddhist scholars have put forth answers to this question at least since C. A. F. Rhys Davids asserted that “The Buddhist, then, was a Hedonist,” and “his morality . . . utilitarian,” on the strength of the kamma-vipāka law that eventually and necessarily pleasure follows right and good a ...
Support for the Dying
... reborn into the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. 2. It is important to remind the dying person to cease thinking of wealth and property, as well as attachments to family and friends. 3. If the patient has written a will so much the better, but if not, it is best to counsel against writing one at ...
... reborn into the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. 2. It is important to remind the dying person to cease thinking of wealth and property, as well as attachments to family and friends. 3. If the patient has written a will so much the better, but if not, it is best to counsel against writing one at ...
Buddhism
... idiot before an uncomprehending audience? Why not wash one's hands of the whole hot world — be done with the body and slip at once into Nirvana? ...
... idiot before an uncomprehending audience? Why not wash one's hands of the whole hot world — be done with the body and slip at once into Nirvana? ...
Buddhism, Science and Atheism - Buddhist Publication Society
... they had seen such shapes, strata and imprints. But if the Christian takes a literal view of his scriptures, he would reject the geologist’s conclusion that these findings tell the story of millions of years of geological history. His religion teaches that the world was created in six days. He woul ...
... they had seen such shapes, strata and imprints. But if the Christian takes a literal view of his scriptures, he would reject the geologist’s conclusion that these findings tell the story of millions of years of geological history. His religion teaches that the world was created in six days. He woul ...
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. ...
Mahayana Buddhist Ritual and Ethical Activity in
... ritual literally includes all beings in the buddhas' activity. Thus, any specific social service functions ritually as a universal paradigm, something significant not only for its own sake, but for its place in an all-encompassing economy of salvation that can excludes no living being. Actions to pr ...
... ritual literally includes all beings in the buddhas' activity. Thus, any specific social service functions ritually as a universal paradigm, something significant not only for its own sake, but for its place in an all-encompassing economy of salvation that can excludes no living being. Actions to pr ...
Tillich and Buddhism Sample
... This book will explore Tillich’s theory as it pertains to the Christian doctrines of the nature of God, the human predicament, and the meaning of Jesus as the Christ. In each of these three areas, I will draw on examples from Buddhism with the goal of illustrating the ways in which Tillich’s ontolog ...
... This book will explore Tillich’s theory as it pertains to the Christian doctrines of the nature of God, the human predicament, and the meaning of Jesus as the Christ. In each of these three areas, I will draw on examples from Buddhism with the goal of illustrating the ways in which Tillich’s ontolog ...
Did The Buddha Teach SP?
... and mind. He appears to have taught that this potential - presumably the ultimate goal of personhood - will only be realized by one who fully develops body and mind to see things as they are. The central axis of this cultivation is, of course, meditation, so even a little more clarity about how to p ...
... and mind. He appears to have taught that this potential - presumably the ultimate goal of personhood - will only be realized by one who fully develops body and mind to see things as they are. The central axis of this cultivation is, of course, meditation, so even a little more clarity about how to p ...
All pages - Ancient Asia
... catering to this process. We get information of the early Satvahana rule, which already was comprised of farming villages as well as several big and small towns. First time larger settlements and institutionalised religion were developing in the larger area of Deccan. The process of expansion of sta ...
... catering to this process. We get information of the early Satvahana rule, which already was comprised of farming villages as well as several big and small towns. First time larger settlements and institutionalised religion were developing in the larger area of Deccan. The process of expansion of sta ...