The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... It happened in July 1966. I was in New York as an invited delegate from India to the XXXIVth International P.E.N. Congress. Glenway Wescott, with exceeding courtesy and hospitality, took it upon himself to introduce me to American writers and intellectuals. He gave a small cocktail party in the upto ...
... It happened in July 1966. I was in New York as an invited delegate from India to the XXXIVth International P.E.N. Congress. Glenway Wescott, with exceeding courtesy and hospitality, took it upon himself to introduce me to American writers and intellectuals. He gave a small cocktail party in the upto ...
Buddhist Teachings
... Vajrayana is the use of subtle vital energies to transform the mind. The gross mind is neutralized and the subtle mind “rides” on the clear light of bliss. This inner light is considered the only aspect of existence that is eternal. Once uncovered, one is said to be capable of attaining Buddha-hood. ...
... Vajrayana is the use of subtle vital energies to transform the mind. The gross mind is neutralized and the subtle mind “rides” on the clear light of bliss. This inner light is considered the only aspect of existence that is eternal. Once uncovered, one is said to be capable of attaining Buddha-hood. ...
PDF - Open Journal Systems
... a convertite Buddhism with Western-born participants. She writes that there are often barriers between these two kinds of Buddhism, relating both to language and kinds of practices (Plank 2011: 144–8). It is a well-known fact that Buddhism has attracted Westerners partly because of the relative ease ...
... a convertite Buddhism with Western-born participants. She writes that there are often barriers between these two kinds of Buddhism, relating both to language and kinds of practices (Plank 2011: 144–8). It is a well-known fact that Buddhism has attracted Westerners partly because of the relative ease ...
The Dhammapada
... It happened in July 1966. I was in New York as an invited delegate from India to the XXXIVth International P.E.N. Congress. Glenway Wescott, with exceeding courtesy and hospitality, took it upon himself to introduce me to American writers and intellectuals. He gave a small cocktail party in the upto ...
... It happened in July 1966. I was in New York as an invited delegate from India to the XXXIVth International P.E.N. Congress. Glenway Wescott, with exceeding courtesy and hospitality, took it upon himself to introduce me to American writers and intellectuals. He gave a small cocktail party in the upto ...
What the Buddha Taught
... Gotama, lived in North India in the 6th century B.C. His father Suddhodana, was the ruler of the kingdom of the Sakyas (in modern Nepal). His mother was queen Maya. According to the custom of the time, he was married quite young, at the age of sixteen, to a beautiful and devoted young princess named ...
... Gotama, lived in North India in the 6th century B.C. His father Suddhodana, was the ruler of the kingdom of the Sakyas (in modern Nepal). His mother was queen Maya. According to the custom of the time, he was married quite young, at the age of sixteen, to a beautiful and devoted young princess named ...
Mindfulness and Mindlessness in Early Chan
... his Chinese teacher Tiantong Rujing 天童如淨 (1163–1228). However, the term shi kantaza does not appear in surviving Chinese documents, and most nonsectarian scholars now approach “simply sitting” as a Japanese innovation, based on Dōgen’s idiosyncratic understanding of the “silent illumination” (mozha ...
... his Chinese teacher Tiantong Rujing 天童如淨 (1163–1228). However, the term shi kantaza does not appear in surviving Chinese documents, and most nonsectarian scholars now approach “simply sitting” as a Japanese innovation, based on Dōgen’s idiosyncratic understanding of the “silent illumination” (mozha ...
laotian hill tribes - Welcome to Muang Lao new website
... debate or, in fact, since the modern era had dawned in. Now, if I may, I will elaborate on my own concept as to why Buddhism doesn’t impede the progress of the country. First, we need to understand what the true tenets of Buddhism are. After all, Buddhism is not for the other world, resignation or p ...
... debate or, in fact, since the modern era had dawned in. Now, if I may, I will elaborate on my own concept as to why Buddhism doesn’t impede the progress of the country. First, we need to understand what the true tenets of Buddhism are. After all, Buddhism is not for the other world, resignation or p ...
INSPIRED SPEECH IN EARLY MAHAYANA BUDDHISM I
... the teacher of gods and men (satth~ de~.a-manuss~nam.); he teaches the dharma (dhammam deseti) and reveals the pure way of life that accords with it (brahmacariyam pak~seti). When others, even the greatest disciples, teach the dharma, they teach what was first made known by him. T o be sure, they te ...
... the teacher of gods and men (satth~ de~.a-manuss~nam.); he teaches the dharma (dhammam deseti) and reveals the pure way of life that accords with it (brahmacariyam pak~seti). When others, even the greatest disciples, teach the dharma, they teach what was first made known by him. T o be sure, they te ...
Building and Negotiating Religious Identities in A Zen Buddhist
... encouraged to modify themselves into an ideal prototype for the convenience of their modernized audience. Quite often these religions borrow practices from each other because one strategy that succeeds on the marketplace may “work” for others as well. Nagata (1999) identifies religious globalization ...
... encouraged to modify themselves into an ideal prototype for the convenience of their modernized audience. Quite often these religions borrow practices from each other because one strategy that succeeds on the marketplace may “work” for others as well. Nagata (1999) identifies religious globalization ...
The Other Side of Zen - Princeton University Press
... Japan. Furthermore, both popular and academic writing about all three major Japanese Zen schools—Sôtô, Rinzai, Ôbaku—presented Zen as a unique tradition, set apart from other Japanese Buddhist and non-Buddhist religious traditions. In the case of the Sôtô Zen school, the subject of this book, such s ...
... Japan. Furthermore, both popular and academic writing about all three major Japanese Zen schools—Sôtô, Rinzai, Ôbaku—presented Zen as a unique tradition, set apart from other Japanese Buddhist and non-Buddhist religious traditions. In the case of the Sôtô Zen school, the subject of this book, such s ...
The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan
... In one of the most philosophically interesting chapters, Dreyfus sets out to “highlight some of the differences between traditional and modern conceptions of rationality” (295). He argues that Tibetan scholastic conceptions of rationality are embedded in the texts that constitute fields of study tog ...
... In one of the most philosophically interesting chapters, Dreyfus sets out to “highlight some of the differences between traditional and modern conceptions of rationality” (295). He argues that Tibetan scholastic conceptions of rationality are embedded in the texts that constitute fields of study tog ...
Emptiness and Eight Fold Path - OpenSIUC
... desire for things to go our way and be in control of what we want, that is what makes us suffer so. Desire and attachment to things, ideas, and people is the source of our suffering. That is the basis of the First and Second Noble Truths. The Third Noble Truth was that there is a way to extinguish ...
... desire for things to go our way and be in control of what we want, that is what makes us suffer so. Desire and attachment to things, ideas, and people is the source of our suffering. That is the basis of the First and Second Noble Truths. The Third Noble Truth was that there is a way to extinguish ...
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... conceptual cognition. Further, most spirits have more physical power and knowledge than ordinary human beings, but their spiritual wisdom and true virtues are limited. The discoveries of Terma take place from the omnipresent enlightened nature of mind through the spontaneously arisen wisdom power of ...
... conceptual cognition. Further, most spirits have more physical power and knowledge than ordinary human beings, but their spiritual wisdom and true virtues are limited. The discoveries of Terma take place from the omnipresent enlightened nature of mind through the spontaneously arisen wisdom power of ...
viii world cycles whe buddhas appear
... According to the Buddha, the number of beings who are reborn as humans is like the dust on his thumbnail, while the number of beings reborn in the four woeful states is like the whole earth. As an example, just the krill population in the Southern Ocean (estimated at 600 trillion) exceeds the human ...
... According to the Buddha, the number of beings who are reborn as humans is like the dust on his thumbnail, while the number of beings reborn in the four woeful states is like the whole earth. As an example, just the krill population in the Southern Ocean (estimated at 600 trillion) exceeds the human ...
Buddhist Hard Determinism: No Self, No Free Will, No Responsibility
... nothing anyone does can make any difference to what—already—will be, but the former is an acausal doctrine, whereas the latter is causal. 4 The Buddha rejected the fatalistic attitude of agential impotence, precisely on the ground that it would lead to what may be described as a form of volitional c ...
... nothing anyone does can make any difference to what—already—will be, but the former is an acausal doctrine, whereas the latter is causal. 4 The Buddha rejected the fatalistic attitude of agential impotence, precisely on the ground that it would lead to what may be described as a form of volitional c ...
Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Path to Buddhahood
... its objective with the attainment of ultimate Enlightenment Consciousness. This process of awakening and developing Enlightenment Consciousness is also conterminous with the progress of the Bodhisattva the central figure in the Mahāyāna drama of liberation towards Buddhahood. Indeed, as we see in th ...
... its objective with the attainment of ultimate Enlightenment Consciousness. This process of awakening and developing Enlightenment Consciousness is also conterminous with the progress of the Bodhisattva the central figure in the Mahāyāna drama of liberation towards Buddhahood. Indeed, as we see in th ...
BLIAQ Newsletter - Chung Tian Temple
... that time, he did not even have clothes to wear. His ‘half brother’ (a Dharma brother borrowing their Master’s name but following another one to renounce) gave him two sets of clothes. A few days later, the clothes were worn out but he still wore them for two years, using paper and paste to mend the ...
... that time, he did not even have clothes to wear. His ‘half brother’ (a Dharma brother borrowing their Master’s name but following another one to renounce) gave him two sets of clothes. A few days later, the clothes were worn out but he still wore them for two years, using paper and paste to mend the ...
shambhala london 2015
... The first-century classic Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra may be the best known of all the Buddhist Scriptures. It's a key Zen text, chanted daily by many, but is studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition too. In just about thirty-five lines, it expresses the truth of impermanence and the relea ...
... The first-century classic Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra may be the best known of all the Buddhist Scriptures. It's a key Zen text, chanted daily by many, but is studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition too. In just about thirty-five lines, it expresses the truth of impermanence and the relea ...
Silk Road Foundation
... to be an agenda for normal tour Fig. 7. Statue of a Bodhisattva, nationality,” even though that groups (the average tourist likely Yangguan Museum designation is an artifical creation has little patience for much more), and within it there is great taking them first to see the ethnographic cultural ...
... to be an agenda for normal tour Fig. 7. Statue of a Bodhisattva, nationality,” even though that groups (the average tourist likely Yangguan Museum designation is an artifical creation has little patience for much more), and within it there is great taking them first to see the ethnographic cultural ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... As is indicated by the preferred verb conjugation among these women, they are oriented in a Buddhist understanding of things. This includes the assumption that we are born with a longing for good things to be permanent and seek the fulfillment of our desires. This is the primary condition from which ...
... As is indicated by the preferred verb conjugation among these women, they are oriented in a Buddhist understanding of things. This includes the assumption that we are born with a longing for good things to be permanent and seek the fulfillment of our desires. This is the primary condition from which ...
Self-Defense in Asian Religions
... natural right.1 Often, the principle of defense against unorganized criminals has been extended to include defense against criminal governments. Indeed, modern international law of warfare, including limitations on the conduct of warfare, is founded on the universal right of personal self-defense.2 ...
... natural right.1 Often, the principle of defense against unorganized criminals has been extended to include defense against criminal governments. Indeed, modern international law of warfare, including limitations on the conduct of warfare, is founded on the universal right of personal self-defense.2 ...
Buddhism Reconsidered - Digital Commons @ Liberty University
... centuries. At first glance we may think what the Buddha did was cruel. But we should not look at his actions that way. He was living out a teaching, a philosophy about life. The Buddha recognized that life is suffering. Before one can be enlightened they must first recognize their own darkness. The ...
... centuries. At first glance we may think what the Buddha did was cruel. But we should not look at his actions that way. He was living out a teaching, a philosophy about life. The Buddha recognized that life is suffering. Before one can be enlightened they must first recognize their own darkness. The ...
Archaeology of Buddhism in South Asia
... message on behalf of the Member States of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, SAARC Secretariat, and on my own on the occasion of the publication of the volume of abstracts for the SAARC International Conference on Archaeology of Buddhism: Recent discoveries in South Asia. SAARC is a r ...
... message on behalf of the Member States of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, SAARC Secretariat, and on my own on the occasion of the publication of the volume of abstracts for the SAARC International Conference on Archaeology of Buddhism: Recent discoveries in South Asia. SAARC is a r ...
Mahāmaitrī in a Mahāyāna Sūtra in Khotanese ― Continuity and
... sources of immense empowerment that could be accessed in visualisations and other forms of recollection. These developments and possibilities were to gradually change not just the concept of the Buddha(s), but also the very way the meditative path is theoretically and practically articulated in orde ...
... sources of immense empowerment that could be accessed in visualisations and other forms of recollection. These developments and possibilities were to gradually change not just the concept of the Buddha(s), but also the very way the meditative path is theoretically and practically articulated in orde ...
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.