The Great Lion`s Roar
... addresses Kassapa's inquiry by saying that a practitioner of self-mortification who has not developed these qualities is not an ascetic. This is an alteration of how asceticism and Brahminism have been defined elsewhere – the Buddha himself chose not to follow these paths in their mainstream form. S ...
... addresses Kassapa's inquiry by saying that a practitioner of self-mortification who has not developed these qualities is not an ascetic. This is an alteration of how asceticism and Brahminism have been defined elsewhere – the Buddha himself chose not to follow these paths in their mainstream form. S ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Course Description This is a foundation course. Its main aim is to provide a foundational knowledge of Mahāyāna Buddhism for students with no or little background in Buddhist Studies. At the end of the course, students are expected to have acquired sufficient fundamental knowledge on the Mahāyāna tr ...
... Course Description This is a foundation course. Its main aim is to provide a foundational knowledge of Mahāyāna Buddhism for students with no or little background in Buddhist Studies. At the end of the course, students are expected to have acquired sufficient fundamental knowledge on the Mahāyāna tr ...
Right Concentration - Aryaloka Buddhist Center
... for inner personal practice while living in a world with great needs for the support and wisdom of the Dharma. We discussed societal concerns - violence and militarism, climate change, social action, grief work, and how to be effective teachers in the modern world. As we learned from one another we ...
... for inner personal practice while living in a world with great needs for the support and wisdom of the Dharma. We discussed societal concerns - violence and militarism, climate change, social action, grief work, and how to be effective teachers in the modern world. As we learned from one another we ...
cjbs 7 four noble truths last
... stands the cessation of dukkha as it really is and understands the path to the cessation of dukkha as it really is. 15. "How does [a learned noble disciple] understand dukkha as it really is? That is, birth is dukkha, old age is dukkha, disease is dukkha, death is dukkha, separation from what is lik ...
... stands the cessation of dukkha as it really is and understands the path to the cessation of dukkha as it really is. 15. "How does [a learned noble disciple] understand dukkha as it really is? That is, birth is dukkha, old age is dukkha, disease is dukkha, death is dukkha, separation from what is lik ...
The Therīgāthā - Buddhist Publication Society
... had reached the crowning goal of their religious endeavours, the arahant state. On analysis, these statements reveal in various ways the experiences that preceded the attainment of that goal, the learning processes that were brought to bear in winning it, and how those who attained the unique state ...
... had reached the crowning goal of their religious endeavours, the arahant state. On analysis, these statements reveal in various ways the experiences that preceded the attainment of that goal, the learning processes that were brought to bear in winning it, and how those who attained the unique state ...
Compassion in Buddhist Psychology
... self and others in their underlying potential for such inner freedom. The compassion that emerges from that liberating insight, therefore, is not discouraged or depressed by the layers of suffering it senses in beings, but holds them in their potential for deep freedom from suffering. Such compassi ...
... self and others in their underlying potential for such inner freedom. The compassion that emerges from that liberating insight, therefore, is not discouraged or depressed by the layers of suffering it senses in beings, but holds them in their potential for deep freedom from suffering. Such compassi ...
The Teachings of Vimalakirti - Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
... The Sutra was most likely written down for the first time in India between the 1st century BCE and the 1st century CE (with ca. 100 CE most frequently mentioned), making it one of the ...
... The Sutra was most likely written down for the first time in India between the 1st century BCE and the 1st century CE (with ca. 100 CE most frequently mentioned), making it one of the ...
Janussoni Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... Descendants of common ancestors are sometimes defined as sa,pia, comprising those who commensally eat pias (balls of rice offered at rddha feasts).8 2.4 Early Buddhism accepts the notion of preta (P peta), the departed, but they are regarded as members of a realm of suffering beings (peta,yoni ...
... Descendants of common ancestors are sometimes defined as sa,pia, comprising those who commensally eat pias (balls of rice offered at rddha feasts).8 2.4 Early Buddhism accepts the notion of preta (P peta), the departed, but they are regarded as members of a realm of suffering beings (peta,yoni ...
THE BAILIN BUDDHIST TEMPLE: THRIVING UNDER
... the President of the Buddhist Association of China from 1980 till his death, was especially important. Zhao was the unchallenged leader of Chinese Buddhism in the last two decades of the twentieth century. He also held important political positions, including being the Vice Chairman of the Chinese P ...
... the President of the Buddhist Association of China from 1980 till his death, was especially important. Zhao was the unchallenged leader of Chinese Buddhism in the last two decades of the twentieth century. He also held important political positions, including being the Vice Chairman of the Chinese P ...
vi death ad rebirth
... be taken to mean that “a being to be born or soul is waiting for the egg and sperm to unite and then enter it.” Parents only provide us with the cellular material in the rebirth process. This does not mean that all beings require parents for their birth because there are beings that are reborn spont ...
... be taken to mean that “a being to be born or soul is waiting for the egg and sperm to unite and then enter it.” Parents only provide us with the cellular material in the rebirth process. This does not mean that all beings require parents for their birth because there are beings that are reborn spont ...
Indian Scholar
... In this back drop we shall try to understand the Indian caste system and untouchability. As per the census of Indian 2001, the former untouchables categorized as Scheduled Caste (hence forth called SC and also Dalits) composition of the state of Bihar is as following: Chamar –31.3%; Dusadh-30.9%; Mu ...
... In this back drop we shall try to understand the Indian caste system and untouchability. As per the census of Indian 2001, the former untouchables categorized as Scheduled Caste (hence forth called SC and also Dalits) composition of the state of Bihar is as following: Chamar –31.3%; Dusadh-30.9%; Mu ...
Sutra on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings
... to feel satisfied with few possessions, we must not be lazy, letting days and months slip by neglectfully. Great patience and diligence are needed continually to develop our concentration and understanding in an endeavor of self-realization. We must use all of our time to meditate on the four truths ...
... to feel satisfied with few possessions, we must not be lazy, letting days and months slip by neglectfully. Great patience and diligence are needed continually to develop our concentration and understanding in an endeavor of self-realization. We must use all of our time to meditate on the four truths ...
Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology
... Buddha is vaguely equated with God or Jesus, and meditation is suspected of being a hypnotic approach to mysticism or an escape from reality. However, such erroneous notions of the Dhamma, the teaching of the Buddha, are not entirely the result of Western ignorance and ethnocentrism. Before his demi ...
... Buddha is vaguely equated with God or Jesus, and meditation is suspected of being a hypnotic approach to mysticism or an escape from reality. However, such erroneous notions of the Dhamma, the teaching of the Buddha, are not entirely the result of Western ignorance and ethnocentrism. Before his demi ...
JIABU, Vol. IX, 2016 - International Association of Buddhist
... peace and liberation, through the Bodhisattva Ideal. Ven. Phan Anh Duoc contributes a paper on various leaders involved with engaged Buddhism, expressing their ideas on Nibbana. A leader from China is written about in Mr. Saiping An’s paper on Venerable Chin Kung, illuminating the idea of multicultu ...
... peace and liberation, through the Bodhisattva Ideal. Ven. Phan Anh Duoc contributes a paper on various leaders involved with engaged Buddhism, expressing their ideas on Nibbana. A leader from China is written about in Mr. Saiping An’s paper on Venerable Chin Kung, illuminating the idea of multicultu ...
Ksitigrabha sutra - Khyentse Foundation
... women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits are inconceivable and donors of these things will always be reborn as a Suddhavasodeva for one hundr ...
... women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits are inconceivable and donors of these things will always be reborn as a Suddhavasodeva for one hundr ...
dhamma texts - International Meditation Centres
... encourages people to make as much effort as possible, without insisting that they go against their own beliefs. The first steps in Buddhist Meditation, as he points out, are compatible with other religions, and anyone who makes a sincere effort can develop concentration. It is far better, of course, ...
... encourages people to make as much effort as possible, without insisting that they go against their own beliefs. The first steps in Buddhist Meditation, as he points out, are compatible with other religions, and anyone who makes a sincere effort can develop concentration. It is far better, of course, ...
wheel of dharma - Buddhist Churches of America
... with their friends. I always see people talking with their friends even while walking, but the new way to communicate is to send text messages. When I phone my children sometimes they do not answer, yet they always answer when I text them. I have even seen a person texting a person sitting right nex ...
... with their friends. I always see people talking with their friends even while walking, but the new way to communicate is to send text messages. When I phone my children sometimes they do not answer, yet they always answer when I text them. I have even seen a person texting a person sitting right nex ...
Buddhist Concepts: The Gohonzon
... within, truly believing this about all people and living based on this belief is not easy. Nichiren Daishonin inscribed the Gohonzon so that anyone can believe in and activate his or her Buddha nature. Just having the Gohonzon, however, will not ensure this. Both faith and practice are essential to ...
... within, truly believing this about all people and living based on this belief is not easy. Nichiren Daishonin inscribed the Gohonzon so that anyone can believe in and activate his or her Buddha nature. Just having the Gohonzon, however, will not ensure this. Both faith and practice are essential to ...
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
... Holiness’s broad-ranging overview of this important topic constitutes the first part of this book. The lecture insightfully distills some of the most central themes of Buddhism: why the mind is so essential to the tradition, how science and traditional Buddhist learning can benefit from mutual inter ...
... Holiness’s broad-ranging overview of this important topic constitutes the first part of this book. The lecture insightfully distills some of the most central themes of Buddhism: why the mind is so essential to the tradition, how science and traditional Buddhist learning can benefit from mutual inter ...
An Introduction to True Buddhism - Nichiren Shoshu True Buddhism
... practices, that life is impermanent and subject to change, yet at the core of existence is something eternal and immutable: the eternal law of life, the law of causality. He clarified this eternity of life, and explained the reasons for the individual circumstances of our day-to-day lives. Shakyamuni ...
... practices, that life is impermanent and subject to change, yet at the core of existence is something eternal and immutable: the eternal law of life, the law of causality. He clarified this eternity of life, and explained the reasons for the individual circumstances of our day-to-day lives. Shakyamuni ...
What is Sangha
... No. In this tradition, dharma practice is a personal pursuit and as such is entirely driven by you. Whether or how often you come along is entirely up to you. There’s no roll call, the sangha is just there for you whenever you want to come. Having said that, the Buddha identified ‘right effort’ or a ...
... No. In this tradition, dharma practice is a personal pursuit and as such is entirely driven by you. Whether or how often you come along is entirely up to you. There’s no roll call, the sangha is just there for you whenever you want to come. Having said that, the Buddha identified ‘right effort’ or a ...
Buddhist Practice as Play: A Virtue Ethical View
... My concern is not to which ethical theory Buddhist ethics “belongs” according to this or that text or body of texts. I think this can never be definitively established as if it were a matter of fact, because it is not. It is a hermeneutical matter, and as such there is more than just one way to look ...
... My concern is not to which ethical theory Buddhist ethics “belongs” according to this or that text or body of texts. I think this can never be definitively established as if it were a matter of fact, because it is not. It is a hermeneutical matter, and as such there is more than just one way to look ...
The Sacred Writing by Central Asian Buddhist Monks in China (3
... Bactrian culture. Buddhism was popular at the end of the first century BCE. It is probable that the Buddhist scriptures were orally transmitted into Chinese by missionaries during that time. ...
... Bactrian culture. Buddhism was popular at the end of the first century BCE. It is probable that the Buddhist scriptures were orally transmitted into Chinese by missionaries during that time. ...
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested on numerous
... bestow a powerful blessing on the place where it is recited. In general, the recitation of Mahayana sutras is one of the six virtuous practices specifically recommended for purification, and the recitation of this sutra in particular has far-reaching karmic consequences that last for many lifetimes, ...
... bestow a powerful blessing on the place where it is recited. In general, the recitation of Mahayana sutras is one of the six virtuous practices specifically recommended for purification, and the recitation of this sutra in particular has far-reaching karmic consequences that last for many lifetimes, ...
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... which is the expression of his own field of compassionate wishes, pure heart and nothing else. Having manifest a place of awakening accessible to all beings, it is the special vow of Amitabha that in order to benefit beings who are caught in the realm of their own confusion and suffering, one must o ...
... which is the expression of his own field of compassionate wishes, pure heart and nothing else. Having manifest a place of awakening accessible to all beings, it is the special vow of Amitabha that in order to benefit beings who are caught in the realm of their own confusion and suffering, one must o ...
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.