One Foot in the World
... truly a very sad person, and what is worse he infects others around him too with the same sadness. The cultivation of sublime modes of behavior such as loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy . Abstinence from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech and intoxicants. ...
... truly a very sad person, and what is worse he infects others around him too with the same sadness. The cultivation of sublime modes of behavior such as loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy . Abstinence from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech and intoxicants. ...
Theravāda Buddhism and John Dewey’s Metaethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... proceeding exclusively from end to means” (42). Because every end we may pursue, once it is brought about, has its own effects, it must also be viewed as a potential means to other ends. This agrees with common sense, which considers it foolish to pursue an end without giving any thought to its cons ...
... proceeding exclusively from end to means” (42). Because every end we may pursue, once it is brought about, has its own effects, it must also be viewed as a potential means to other ends. This agrees with common sense, which considers it foolish to pursue an end without giving any thought to its cons ...
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... understanding dukkha, however, is critical to understanding the four noble truths, and the four noble mental discipline: Through Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration we develop truths are the foundation of Buddhism. the mental discipline to cut through delusion. Many suffering or ...
... understanding dukkha, however, is critical to understanding the four noble truths, and the four noble mental discipline: Through Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration we develop truths are the foundation of Buddhism. the mental discipline to cut through delusion. Many suffering or ...
recent writing on the anthropology of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
... and off since 1981. At the monastery I was assigned the companionship of the only other European there; he had come with his teacher from a meditation centre where he was studying for ordination. He was not impressed with the proceedings. 'This', he said, surveying the crowd arranging itself for a c ...
... and off since 1981. At the monastery I was assigned the companionship of the only other European there; he had come with his teacher from a meditation centre where he was studying for ordination. He was not impressed with the proceedings. 'This', he said, surveying the crowd arranging itself for a c ...
Current Issue - Buddhism in Ottawa
... swinging through the air, and began meditation in the main Hall shortly thereafter. Aside from the first meditation which was an hour, no sitting lasted longer than 3/4 of an hour and each sitting was generally followed by a walking meditation of half an hour outside through the beautiful forest. Th ...
... swinging through the air, and began meditation in the main Hall shortly thereafter. Aside from the first meditation which was an hour, no sitting lasted longer than 3/4 of an hour and each sitting was generally followed by a walking meditation of half an hour outside through the beautiful forest. Th ...
Buddha`s Life Conception and Birth
... disciples. They are given some hairs from the Buddha's head, which are believed to now be enshrined in the Shwe Dagon Temple in Rangoon, Burma. The Buddha intended to visit Asita, and his former teachers, Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta to explain his findings, but they had already died. The Buddh ...
... disciples. They are given some hairs from the Buddha's head, which are believed to now be enshrined in the Shwe Dagon Temple in Rangoon, Burma. The Buddha intended to visit Asita, and his former teachers, Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta to explain his findings, but they had already died. The Buddh ...
Read article - Dickinson Blogs
... internal, self-regulatory one. While the object of the boycott is censured for compromising the integrity of the sangha, in more recent cases such arbitration can be seen to have over-stepped this rationale into a conscious political resistance designed to protect the (lay Buddhist and non-Buddhist) ...
... internal, self-regulatory one. While the object of the boycott is censured for compromising the integrity of the sangha, in more recent cases such arbitration can be seen to have over-stepped this rationale into a conscious political resistance designed to protect the (lay Buddhist and non-Buddhist) ...
Reviews
... the divergent uses of the såtra and the structure of the commentarial tradition and enterprise the text occasions. Each is packed with useful information and a plethora of subtle insights into the text and the religious and philosophical culture in which it and its commentarial sequelae figure. It i ...
... the divergent uses of the såtra and the structure of the commentarial tradition and enterprise the text occasions. Each is packed with useful information and a plethora of subtle insights into the text and the religious and philosophical culture in which it and its commentarial sequelae figure. It i ...
Six Perfections - The Huntington Archive
... intoxicants). 2. Cultivating, protecting, and increasing virtue. 3. Helping and benefiting living beings, working for their aims in this and the next life. Helping others can be the giving of friendship, support, protection, and material things for those in need. LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR SPIRITUAL ...
... intoxicants). 2. Cultivating, protecting, and increasing virtue. 3. Helping and benefiting living beings, working for their aims in this and the next life. Helping others can be the giving of friendship, support, protection, and material things for those in need. LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR SPIRITUAL ...
work GentleV AprJune06 - Jamyang Buddhist Centre
... the cycle of existence, and in which the first of the twelve factors is ignorance. And it is in order to remove ignorance that Nagarjuna goes deeper into an explanation of what ignorance is— the ignorance of grasping or attachment, beginning with egoclinging, which makes us think that we are more im ...
... the cycle of existence, and in which the first of the twelve factors is ignorance. And it is in order to remove ignorance that Nagarjuna goes deeper into an explanation of what ignorance is— the ignorance of grasping or attachment, beginning with egoclinging, which makes us think that we are more im ...
November - Spokane Buddhist Temple
... Greetings to all my dharma friends at the Spokane Buddhist Temple. I am writing to you from my room at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley –having just returned from Kyoto, Japan. By now, I imagine most of you have learned that last Friday at the Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto, Minister‘s Assistant ...
... Greetings to all my dharma friends at the Spokane Buddhist Temple. I am writing to you from my room at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley –having just returned from Kyoto, Japan. By now, I imagine most of you have learned that last Friday at the Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto, Minister‘s Assistant ...
Attracting the Heart: Social Relations and the Aesthetics
... novices, older monks and lay patrons. Narada himself takes them on outings and allows them to play. Formal training, in fact, only starts after several “spontaneous” months, in which the novices learn through observation and socialising. This formal training is then described. The insights given are ...
... novices, older monks and lay patrons. Narada himself takes them on outings and allows them to play. Formal training, in fact, only starts after several “spontaneous” months, in which the novices learn through observation and socialising. This formal training is then described. The insights given are ...
BUDDHIST LITERARY CULTURES ASLC 31/REL 71 Professors
... Books (for purchase at Jeffrey Amherst Bookstore and on reserve at the library): Jayawickrame, trans. Story of Gotama Buddha Khoroche, trans. Once the Buddha Was a Monkey Thurman, trans. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti Wu, trans. The Monkey and the Monk Lhalungpa, trans. The Life of Milarepa Dowman ...
... Books (for purchase at Jeffrey Amherst Bookstore and on reserve at the library): Jayawickrame, trans. Story of Gotama Buddha Khoroche, trans. Once the Buddha Was a Monkey Thurman, trans. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti Wu, trans. The Monkey and the Monk Lhalungpa, trans. The Life of Milarepa Dowman ...
Here - Steamboat Buddhist Center
... because you have less than someone else doesn’t mean that you are more morally pure or virtuous. In fact, humility itself can be a form of hypocrisy. When we understand the essencelessness and impermanence of the material world, renunciation is no longer a form of self-flagellation. It doesn’t mean ...
... because you have less than someone else doesn’t mean that you are more morally pure or virtuous. In fact, humility itself can be a form of hypocrisy. When we understand the essencelessness and impermanence of the material world, renunciation is no longer a form of self-flagellation. It doesn’t mean ...
Buddhism
... that desire bound up with longing and greed, which indulges itself now here, now there; the desire of the senses, the desire to be, the desire to destroy oneself.” ...
... that desire bound up with longing and greed, which indulges itself now here, now there; the desire of the senses, the desire to be, the desire to destroy oneself.” ...
DASABALASRIMITRA ON THE BUDDHOLOGY OF THE SAMMITIYAS
... The primary Sthavira source is the Vimuttimagga or Vimuktimiirga, an important early text that is lost in the original Indic, but preserved in a Chinese translation (T. 1648) dating to the early sixth century. Dasabalasrimitra' s excerpts from the Vimuttimagga take up three full chapters (Chaps. 13- ...
... The primary Sthavira source is the Vimuttimagga or Vimuktimiirga, an important early text that is lost in the original Indic, but preserved in a Chinese translation (T. 1648) dating to the early sixth century. Dasabalasrimitra' s excerpts from the Vimuttimagga take up three full chapters (Chaps. 13- ...
this PDF file
... explore schools of Buddhism and their effects on local communities. Readers are introduced to Jodo Shinshu in Alberta, Lao Buddhism in Ontario, Zen Buddhism in Toronto, Tibetan Shambhala in Halifax, and The Woodenfish Program across the country. Regardless of the school of Buddhism, the goal is to p ...
... explore schools of Buddhism and their effects on local communities. Readers are introduced to Jodo Shinshu in Alberta, Lao Buddhism in Ontario, Zen Buddhism in Toronto, Tibetan Shambhala in Halifax, and The Woodenfish Program across the country. Regardless of the school of Buddhism, the goal is to p ...
The Buddhist Concept of the Human Being
... the Law of non-self and dependent origination. He traveled throughout India preaching the Law, telling people that by becoming aware of this Law within their own lives, they could free themselves from the shackles of suffering. In other words, he taught that the fundamental cause of suffering in the ...
... the Law of non-self and dependent origination. He traveled throughout India preaching the Law, telling people that by becoming aware of this Law within their own lives, they could free themselves from the shackles of suffering. In other words, he taught that the fundamental cause of suffering in the ...
1 CHAN BUDDHIST AND EARLY DAOIST
... priority. Whereas in the Vajrayanaviii these traditions merged with Daoist healing methods in order to transmute the body within the perspective of immortality, in the Hinayanaix the teachings of the Buddha were phrased according to these Ayurvedic traditions, emphasizing the healing of the mind. C ...
... priority. Whereas in the Vajrayanaviii these traditions merged with Daoist healing methods in order to transmute the body within the perspective of immortality, in the Hinayanaix the teachings of the Buddha were phrased according to these Ayurvedic traditions, emphasizing the healing of the mind. C ...
Sutra on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings
... When practicing generosity, we should consider everyone equal. Some people think that they can only practice generosity if they are wealthy. This is not true. Some people who are very wealthy do practice generosity, but many give alms with the aim of gaining merit, profiting, or pleasing others. Peo ...
... When practicing generosity, we should consider everyone equal. Some people think that they can only practice generosity if they are wealthy. This is not true. Some people who are very wealthy do practice generosity, but many give alms with the aim of gaining merit, profiting, or pleasing others. Peo ...
