Papers presented at the International Buddhist Conference, March
... countries must pay respect to Lord Buddha, the Great Master, who showed, preached and taught to the suffering humanity the Middle Path of Compassion, Peace, Harmony and all round Happiness. This path, Universal in character, is based on Sila (Morality), Samaddhi (concentration) and Palifid (wisdom). ...
... countries must pay respect to Lord Buddha, the Great Master, who showed, preached and taught to the suffering humanity the Middle Path of Compassion, Peace, Harmony and all round Happiness. This path, Universal in character, is based on Sila (Morality), Samaddhi (concentration) and Palifid (wisdom). ...
Cullen Interview on Types of Buddhism
... (mindfulness, investigation, energy, rapture, calm, concentration and equanimity) are automatically cultivated. Mindfulness does have that function of drawing the other factors of enlightenment together. ...
... (mindfulness, investigation, energy, rapture, calm, concentration and equanimity) are automatically cultivated. Mindfulness does have that function of drawing the other factors of enlightenment together. ...
Gotami-apadana
... After the changes in post-Asokan society, the stories of ascetic monks and nuns renouncing the world and attaining nirvana did not possess the traditional appeal for a new group of followers who did not plan to renounce the world (Walters, 114). The challenge for Buddhist leaders was to find somethi ...
... After the changes in post-Asokan society, the stories of ascetic monks and nuns renouncing the world and attaining nirvana did not possess the traditional appeal for a new group of followers who did not plan to renounce the world (Walters, 114). The challenge for Buddhist leaders was to find somethi ...
Shikantaza（Just Sitting） - sotozen-net
... 2. The Content of Shikantaza Shikantaza has two aspects of emphasis: (1) Emphasis on zazen and rejection of other practices (full devotion to zazen) (2) Rejection of zazen as a means to an end (oneness of practice and realization) As for the first aspect, Zen Master Nyojo rejected practices other th ...
... 2. The Content of Shikantaza Shikantaza has two aspects of emphasis: (1) Emphasis on zazen and rejection of other practices (full devotion to zazen) (2) Rejection of zazen as a means to an end (oneness of practice and realization) As for the first aspect, Zen Master Nyojo rejected practices other th ...
Re-Imagining the Buddha
... definition give us the key to how Sangharakshita understands imagination. It should be understood at the outset that image and imagination are not necessarily confined to the visual or its visionary counterpart. All the senses deliver images, including the less obvious ones, like the kinaesthetic se ...
... definition give us the key to how Sangharakshita understands imagination. It should be understood at the outset that image and imagination are not necessarily confined to the visual or its visionary counterpart. All the senses deliver images, including the less obvious ones, like the kinaesthetic se ...
Sogdians and Buddhism - Sino
... to Lou-lan, another Sogdian colony in the region, according to their content. There were many Sogdian colonies in the northern part of China, and the Sogdians were successful merchants at that time, mediating and organizing the trade between Sogdiana and China along the Silk Road. According to a Chi ...
... to Lou-lan, another Sogdian colony in the region, according to their content. There were many Sogdian colonies in the northern part of China, and the Sogdians were successful merchants at that time, mediating and organizing the trade between Sogdiana and China along the Silk Road. According to a Chi ...
Shambhala - Akamai.net
... homeschooling publications PRAISE: "This wonderful go-to book will help real people create not just musical opportunities, but a musical home."--Dar Williams "More than just helpful tips about singing together, [this book] is an invitation to be fearless and sing our hearts out."--Annie Patterson an ...
... homeschooling publications PRAISE: "This wonderful go-to book will help real people create not just musical opportunities, but a musical home."--Dar Williams "More than just helpful tips about singing together, [this book] is an invitation to be fearless and sing our hearts out."--Annie Patterson an ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
Praying for the Republic
... my supervisors, Victor Hori and Robin Yates, to whom I owe my deepest gratitude. Victor Hori’s clear analytical vision has helped steer my ideas into productive directions. His patience and dedication as a teacher will always remain an inspiration. Robin Yates gave me essential historiographical tra ...
... my supervisors, Victor Hori and Robin Yates, to whom I owe my deepest gratitude. Victor Hori’s clear analytical vision has helped steer my ideas into productive directions. His patience and dedication as a teacher will always remain an inspiration. Robin Yates gave me essential historiographical tra ...
empathy vs. evidence in rhetorical speech
... psychological theory of art which asserts that because the dynamics of the formal relations in a work of art suggest muscular and emotional attitudes in a viewing subject, that sub -ject experiences those feelings as qualities of the object .Aesthetic pleasure may thus be explained as objectified se ...
... psychological theory of art which asserts that because the dynamics of the formal relations in a work of art suggest muscular and emotional attitudes in a viewing subject, that sub -ject experiences those feelings as qualities of the object .Aesthetic pleasure may thus be explained as objectified se ...
Untitled - Abhidharma.ru
... As far as we can tell, primitive man had little self-consciousness. He lived in a twilight, dream-like world, unable fully to differentiate between his inner and outer reality. It is as though, in the unconscious, we carry this racial memory. O u r consciousness, too, has 'strata' - some of which ar ...
... As far as we can tell, primitive man had little self-consciousness. He lived in a twilight, dream-like world, unable fully to differentiate between his inner and outer reality. It is as though, in the unconscious, we carry this racial memory. O u r consciousness, too, has 'strata' - some of which ar ...
The Phor Tay Experience - Than Hsiang Research Center
... the education department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people the ...
... the education department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people the ...
Untitled - Shambhala Publications
... truths-is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to refer not primarily to statements or language, but to the realities to which statem ...
... truths-is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to refer not primarily to statements or language, but to the realities to which statem ...
BE2 Mr Lye Voon Seong-Buddhism and Education
... department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people they like, there ...
... department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people they like, there ...
Buddhism and Suicide The Case of Channa ISSN 1076-9005 Damien Keown
... wrong for another, or even right and wrong for the same person at different times, as his state of mind changes, and desire comes and goes. The suggestion that suicide is right for Arhats but wrong for non-Arhats also seems strange in another respect. Arhats and Buddha's are held up by the tradition ...
... wrong for another, or even right and wrong for the same person at different times, as his state of mind changes, and desire comes and goes. The suggestion that suicide is right for Arhats but wrong for non-Arhats also seems strange in another respect. Arhats and Buddha's are held up by the tradition ...
“Beautiful Women Dig Graves”: Richard Baker-roshi
... It is often said of Buddhism that it adapts to other cultures with uncanny ease, mingling with indigenous practices and values so as better to establish itself in a new territory. This commingling has certainly been evident in the history of American Buddhism, but the energy behind such adaptations ...
... It is often said of Buddhism that it adapts to other cultures with uncanny ease, mingling with indigenous practices and values so as better to establish itself in a new territory. This commingling has certainly been evident in the history of American Buddhism, but the energy behind such adaptations ...
Daniel Miracapillo
... realms - the conditioned and the Unconditioned – as they appear to be perfectly poised inbetween them, operating as a swinging threshold connecting path and goal, partaking of some of the qualities of Nirvāṇa/Nibbāna, without yet exhausting its wholly transcendent nature. Although belonging to the c ...
... realms - the conditioned and the Unconditioned – as they appear to be perfectly poised inbetween them, operating as a swinging threshold connecting path and goal, partaking of some of the qualities of Nirvāṇa/Nibbāna, without yet exhausting its wholly transcendent nature. Although belonging to the c ...
Buddhism A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown
... complex subject, and we should be wary of generalizations made on the basis of familiarity with any single part. In particular, statements which begin 'Buddhists believe . . .' or 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are bein ...
... complex subject, and we should be wary of generalizations made on the basis of familiarity with any single part. In particular, statements which begin 'Buddhists believe . . .' or 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are bein ...
Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History
... behind an image of himself for them to worship. Modern historiography will, of course, dismiss these stories as fabrications made out of national pride, as the Myanmar had not even arrived in the region at the time of the Buddha. However, it is possible that the Myanmar and Arakanese integrated into ...
... behind an image of himself for them to worship. Modern historiography will, of course, dismiss these stories as fabrications made out of national pride, as the Myanmar had not even arrived in the region at the time of the Buddha. However, it is possible that the Myanmar and Arakanese integrated into ...
The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant Chabbisodhana-sutta and its Parallel
... The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant According to the Chabbisodhana-sutta ...
... The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant According to the Chabbisodhana-sutta ...
Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia
... institutions that we all seem to have a general understanding of, it is worth noting how the topic of monasticism rarely enters into the discourse on religion in a neutral way, as the writings of Edward Gibbon and Max Weber attest.2 Monasteries, as we shall see, have also been contested grounds with ...
... institutions that we all seem to have a general understanding of, it is worth noting how the topic of monasticism rarely enters into the discourse on religion in a neutral way, as the writings of Edward Gibbon and Max Weber attest.2 Monasteries, as we shall see, have also been contested grounds with ...
Buddhist Pilgrimage
... He passed into Mahaparinibbana, the Buddha advised pious disciples to visit four places that may be for their inspiration after He was gone. They are Lumbini, where He was born; Buddhagaya, where He attained Supreme Enlightenment; Deer Park in Sarnath, where He preached the First Sermon; and Kusinar ...
... He passed into Mahaparinibbana, the Buddha advised pious disciples to visit four places that may be for their inspiration after He was gone. They are Lumbini, where He was born; Buddhagaya, where He attained Supreme Enlightenment; Deer Park in Sarnath, where He preached the First Sermon; and Kusinar ...
Autumn Edition - Buddhist Society Victoria
... Brought to you by the University of Melbourne Buddhist Studies Society and the Buddhist Society of Victoria You must register to attend at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/mubss/ or, if you don’t have facebook register by emailing mubss.unimelb@gmail.com ...
... Brought to you by the University of Melbourne Buddhist Studies Society and the Buddhist Society of Victoria You must register to attend at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/mubss/ or, if you don’t have facebook register by emailing mubss.unimelb@gmail.com ...
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... justify the continued relevance of the Buddha's physical body (riJpakaya). In other words. especially but not exclusively in Mahayana Buddhism, there is a variety of strategies that serve to incorporate the relic cult into mainstream Buddhist practice. (Faure, 137-43) Among the most significant cont ...
... justify the continued relevance of the Buddha's physical body (riJpakaya). In other words. especially but not exclusively in Mahayana Buddhism, there is a variety of strategies that serve to incorporate the relic cult into mainstream Buddhist practice. (Faure, 137-43) Among the most significant cont ...
golden sun adepts refuge
... Discovering BUDDHISM at Home: An FPMT Introductory Program is the result of the combined efforts of a number of FPMT teachers and spiritual program coordinators, under the guidance and advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Spiritual Director of the FPMT. The aim of the Discovering BUDDHISM at Home program i ...
... Discovering BUDDHISM at Home: An FPMT Introductory Program is the result of the combined efforts of a number of FPMT teachers and spiritual program coordinators, under the guidance and advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Spiritual Director of the FPMT. The aim of the Discovering BUDDHISM at Home program i ...
Buddhism
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Buddhism /ˈbudɪzəm/ is a nontheistic religion or philosophy (Sanskrit: dharma; Pali: धम्म dhamma) that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha (""the awakened one"").According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance and craving. Buddhists believe that this is accomplished through the direct understanding and perception of dependent origination and the Four Noble Truths.Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada (""The School of the Elders"") and Mahayana (""The Great Vehicle""). Theravada has a widespread following in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, etc.). Mahayana is found throughout East Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, etc.) and includes the traditions of Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Shingon, and Tiantai (Tendai). Vajrayana, a body of teachings attributed to Indian siddhas, may be viewed as a third branch or merely a part of Mahayana. Tibetan Buddhism, as practiced in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, the Himalayan region of India, Kalmykia, Mongolia and surrounding areas, preserves the Vajrayana teachings of eighth century India. Buddhists number between an estimated 488 million and 535 million, making it one of the world's major religions.In Theravada Buddhism, the ultimate goal is the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana, achieved by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way), thus escaping what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. Mahayana Buddhism instead aspires to Buddhahood via the bodhisattva path, a state wherein one remains in this cycle to help other beings reach awakening. Tibetan Buddhism aspires to Buddhahood or rainbow body.Buddhist schools vary on the exact nature of the path to liberation, the importance and canonicity of various teachings and scriptures, and especially their respective practices. One consistent belief held by all Buddhist schools is the lack of a creator deity. The foundations of Buddhist tradition and practice are the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings), and the Sangha (the community). Taking ""refuge in the triple gem"" has traditionally been a declaration and commitment to being on the Buddhist path, and in general distinguishes a Buddhist from a non-Buddhist. Other practices may include following ethical precepts; support of the monastic community; renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic; the development of mindfulness and practice of meditation; cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment; study of scriptures; devotional practices; ceremonies; and in the Mahayana tradition, invocation of buddhas and bodhisattvas.