Zen Buddhism and Media - DUO
... perhaps would initially anticipate, both historically and today. In this thesis, I will not try to reconstruct the history of the interrelation between “religion” and “media,” since this would certainly require a life time of work. Nor will I try to discuss how religion is being portrayed in the con ...
... perhaps would initially anticipate, both historically and today. In this thesis, I will not try to reconstruct the history of the interrelation between “religion” and “media,” since this would certainly require a life time of work. Nor will I try to discuss how religion is being portrayed in the con ...
Aggañña Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... writes about history—myself included—has some point of view, some agenda to push. Fact & fable, science & superstition, do not exist in two entirely separate domains. They are complementary ways of seeing the world, and have much to learn from each other. However, it is obvious that the main purpose ...
... writes about history—myself included—has some point of view, some agenda to push. Fact & fable, science & superstition, do not exist in two entirely separate domains. They are complementary ways of seeing the world, and have much to learn from each other. However, it is obvious that the main purpose ...
The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya: Visual
... act skillfully in the world for others.26 The Vajaryāna, though sometimes referred to as a distinct school in Tibetan Buddhism, is more accurately viewed as a subset of the Mahāyāna tradition. Having essentially the same overarching motivation as the Mahāyāna, this third yāna introduces practitioner ...
... act skillfully in the world for others.26 The Vajaryāna, though sometimes referred to as a distinct school in Tibetan Buddhism, is more accurately viewed as a subset of the Mahāyāna tradition. Having essentially the same overarching motivation as the Mahāyāna, this third yāna introduces practitioner ...
The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology
... but a reformulation of Weber’s fundamental question about the emergence of a new kind of person at that particular period in history.8 [p. 53:] Weber on Hinduism and India Specialists on South Asia are rarely motivated by a desire to answer such ambitiously large comparative questions about the orig ...
... but a reformulation of Weber’s fundamental question about the emergence of a new kind of person at that particular period in history.8 [p. 53:] Weber on Hinduism and India Specialists on South Asia are rarely motivated by a desire to answer such ambitiously large comparative questions about the orig ...
Siddhartha
... fourth sight was revealed. One day he was out in his chariot when he met a holy man. Some sources say the holy man was an ascetic, a person who practices strict self-discipline and lives a life free from all worldly pleasure. Others say the man was a monk. Regardless, he made an impression on Siddha ...
... fourth sight was revealed. One day he was out in his chariot when he met a holy man. Some sources say the holy man was an ascetic, a person who practices strict self-discipline and lives a life free from all worldly pleasure. Others say the man was a monk. Regardless, he made an impression on Siddha ...
Was the Buddha Omniscient?
... This context makes the scope of the Buddha’s claim much clearer. He is not claiming to know all facts. The ‘world’ indicated here is clearly the world of the unenlightened being, the being immersed in dukkha (suffering). The Buddha claims to know how this world arises and how to make it come to an e ...
... This context makes the scope of the Buddha’s claim much clearer. He is not claiming to know all facts. The ‘world’ indicated here is clearly the world of the unenlightened being, the being immersed in dukkha (suffering). The Buddha claims to know how this world arises and how to make it come to an e ...
Fundamentals of Buddhism
... III. The third truth, or the truth about the extinction of suffering, shows how, through the extinction of craving and ignorance, all suffering will vanish and liberation from this Samsara be attained. IV. The fourth truth shows the way, or the means by which this goal is reached. It is the Noble Ei ...
... III. The third truth, or the truth about the extinction of suffering, shows how, through the extinction of craving and ignorance, all suffering will vanish and liberation from this Samsara be attained. IV. The fourth truth shows the way, or the means by which this goal is reached. It is the Noble Ei ...
Transplanting Buddhism: - Unisa Institutional Repository
... Like all concepts, they arc "empty" in a profoundly Buddhist sense: they have no intrinsic meaning apart from those we assign to them as a (hopefully) skilful means. 1 Let us take "Africa" first. At first, it seems the easier of the two, since it refers to a discernible landmass, the warmest and sec ...
... Like all concepts, they arc "empty" in a profoundly Buddhist sense: they have no intrinsic meaning apart from those we assign to them as a (hopefully) skilful means. 1 Let us take "Africa" first. At first, it seems the easier of the two, since it refers to a discernible landmass, the warmest and sec ...
Laymen saints - The Dharmafarers
... 4 The parable of the fields A good teacher knows his students. The Buddha‘s remarkable teaching skill is well illustrated in the Desanā Sutta (S 42.7), where he gives the parable of the fields: ―Now what do you think, headman? Suppose a farmer here has three fields, one excellent, one moderate, and ...
... 4 The parable of the fields A good teacher knows his students. The Buddha‘s remarkable teaching skill is well illustrated in the Desanā Sutta (S 42.7), where he gives the parable of the fields: ―Now what do you think, headman? Suppose a farmer here has three fields, one excellent, one moderate, and ...
sarkar and the buddha`s four noble truths
... within the inanimate body. This occurs in the context of an environment congenial to the development of life. Primitive life- forms then undergo the process of evolution driven by the three forces of (1) struggle of the organism with the physical environment (analogous to Darwinian natural selection ...
... within the inanimate body. This occurs in the context of an environment congenial to the development of life. Primitive life- forms then undergo the process of evolution driven by the three forces of (1) struggle of the organism with the physical environment (analogous to Darwinian natural selection ...
BUSL-IC-Proceedings 2015 - Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
... of achieving the objectives of the University Act and finding out Buddhist ways and means to develop future human society with the participation of local and foreign scholars. At present, it is possible to see the world population forgetting human values and engaging in activities which are resultin ...
... of achieving the objectives of the University Act and finding out Buddhist ways and means to develop future human society with the participation of local and foreign scholars. At present, it is possible to see the world population forgetting human values and engaging in activities which are resultin ...
Visualization and Mandala
... not only to represent the spirit of the deceased abbot, but also, in some sense, to embody it." 108 Eison's image, likewise, embodying the spirit of the deceased master, would serve his spiritual descendants as an object of veneration, and a source of inspiration, from this time onward. ...
... not only to represent the spirit of the deceased abbot, but also, in some sense, to embody it." 108 Eison's image, likewise, embodying the spirit of the deceased master, would serve his spiritual descendants as an object of veneration, and a source of inspiration, from this time onward. ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... an analogue to a Western theory but as its own unique system. Furthermore, I argue that the private and esoteric nature of Nirvāṇa prevents us from being able to draw the kinds of conclusions that Keown and Goodman put forward. Both consequentialism and virtue ethics specify the relationship relati ...
... an analogue to a Western theory but as its own unique system. Furthermore, I argue that the private and esoteric nature of Nirvāṇa prevents us from being able to draw the kinds of conclusions that Keown and Goodman put forward. Both consequentialism and virtue ethics specify the relationship relati ...
Theories on the Foundation of the Nuns` Order –
... proposition can be summarized in four sections, which cover: (1) the occurrence of the expressions vuhāpeti and pavattinī in the Bhikkhunīvibhaga; (2) the Buddha's contacts with nuns in the four Pāli Nikāyas; (3) a comparison with the position of nuns in the Jaina tradition; and von Hinüber's hyp ...
... proposition can be summarized in four sections, which cover: (1) the occurrence of the expressions vuhāpeti and pavattinī in the Bhikkhunīvibhaga; (2) the Buddha's contacts with nuns in the four Pāli Nikāyas; (3) a comparison with the position of nuns in the Jaina tradition; and von Hinüber's hyp ...
Handbook For Mankind
... So if Buddhism is viewed with differing degrees of intelligence, differing pictures of it will be seen, simply because it can be viewed from any aspect. As we have said, Buddhism is a practical method for liberating oneself from suffering by means of coming to realize as did the Buddha himself, the ...
... So if Buddhism is viewed with differing degrees of intelligence, differing pictures of it will be seen, simply because it can be viewed from any aspect. As we have said, Buddhism is a practical method for liberating oneself from suffering by means of coming to realize as did the Buddha himself, the ...
Insular Buddhist Communities and Attendance Patterns: The True
... in-depth interviews suggest that non-Asian participants attended temple services despite conceptual differences with the Asian members towards the notion of devotion, due to the development of affective social bonds with other members. Differences in cultural attitudes toward social bonding also und ...
... in-depth interviews suggest that non-Asian participants attended temple services despite conceptual differences with the Asian members towards the notion of devotion, due to the development of affective social bonds with other members. Differences in cultural attitudes toward social bonding also und ...
On Compassionate Killing and the Abhidhamma’s Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... very clear, in the Abhidhamma framework, killing from a compassionate motive is thought to be “simply impossible” (167), “simply excluded” (175), “not countenanced,” (175), “a psychological impossibility, a psychological contradiction in terms” (178), something that the Abhidhamma “does not allow” a ...
... very clear, in the Abhidhamma framework, killing from a compassionate motive is thought to be “simply impossible” (167), “simply excluded” (175), “not countenanced,” (175), “a psychological impossibility, a psychological contradiction in terms” (178), something that the Abhidhamma “does not allow” a ...
Quintessential Buddhism - QUINTESSENTIAL TIBETAN BUDDHA
... Newar (a form of MahayanaVajrayana Buddhism) is practiced by the Newar ethnic community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, with unique socioreligious elements, which include a non-monastic Buddhist Society based on a caste system and patri-lineal descent. Padmasambhava Session One | Quintessential Bu ...
... Newar (a form of MahayanaVajrayana Buddhism) is practiced by the Newar ethnic community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, with unique socioreligious elements, which include a non-monastic Buddhist Society based on a caste system and patri-lineal descent. Padmasambhava Session One | Quintessential Bu ...
Nirvana for Sale?: Buddhism, Wealth, and the
... the contemporary world. The integrity of the saṅgha has long been a central issue within Buddhist communities because members of the saṅgha are the principal preservers of the tradition through their orthodox teachings and purity of practice. But the modern period has ushered in an unprecedented n ...
... the contemporary world. The integrity of the saṅgha has long been a central issue within Buddhist communities because members of the saṅgha are the principal preservers of the tradition through their orthodox teachings and purity of practice. But the modern period has ushered in an unprecedented n ...
Kierkegaard`s Stages Toward Authentic Religious Experience And
... marked by an intensely compassionate motivation to help all humanity reach enlightenment. Historical Background and Life of Kierkegaard Soren Aabye Kierkegaard was born May 5th, 1813, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He died November 4th, 1855, and was buried in the churchyard, which is also the meaning of h ...
... marked by an intensely compassionate motivation to help all humanity reach enlightenment. Historical Background and Life of Kierkegaard Soren Aabye Kierkegaard was born May 5th, 1813, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He died November 4th, 1855, and was buried in the churchyard, which is also the meaning of h ...
The Tree of Enlightenment
... mind, while in traditionally Buddhist communities, Buddhism has an altogether different image. e dismissive attitude that prevails in such communities has to be overcome before people there can really begin to appreciate the teaching of the Buddha. In this way people everywhere can acquire the bal ...
... mind, while in traditionally Buddhist communities, Buddhism has an altogether different image. e dismissive attitude that prevails in such communities has to be overcome before people there can really begin to appreciate the teaching of the Buddha. In this way people everywhere can acquire the bal ...
The Tower of Power`s Finest Hour: Stupa Construction and
... Stupa veneration enjoyed great popularity under the patronage of early Buddhist rulers such as Ashoka (304–232 B.C.E.) but became particularly prominent near the beginning of the Common Era, when a new religious movement, the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”), began to appear, spreading northwest from In ...
... Stupa veneration enjoyed great popularity under the patronage of early Buddhist rulers such as Ashoka (304–232 B.C.E.) but became particularly prominent near the beginning of the Common Era, when a new religious movement, the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”), began to appear, spreading northwest from In ...
puñña sukka By Martin T. Adam Religious Studies Program
... pleasures of a happy one, are common motives among Buddhists. We should note, however, that while some meritorious actions will be purposefully aimed at these goals, others are thought of as simply having such results without their being aimed for XXX an important point to which we will return. ...
... pleasures of a happy one, are common motives among Buddhists. We should note, however, that while some meritorious actions will be purposefully aimed at these goals, others are thought of as simply having such results without their being aimed for XXX an important point to which we will return. ...
Mindfulness in Early Buddhism
... modern day setting and perhaps open up new avenues for research into the significance and effects of its cultivation. The theoretical construct of mindfulness and the practices informed by this notion have gone through considerable development during nearly 2500 years in the history of Buddhist thou ...
... modern day setting and perhaps open up new avenues for research into the significance and effects of its cultivation. The theoretical construct of mindfulness and the practices informed by this notion have gone through considerable development during nearly 2500 years in the history of Buddhist thou ...
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.