Toward a Buddhist Theory of Structural Peace: Lessons
... Structural violence (Galtung, 1969) is a well-established concept in peace and conflict research. It suggests that violence, as a harming, incapacitating effect on the human body, mind, and spirit, exits not only in its direct, physical form, but also in an indirect, structural form. Structural viol ...
... Structural violence (Galtung, 1969) is a well-established concept in peace and conflict research. It suggests that violence, as a harming, incapacitating effect on the human body, mind, and spirit, exits not only in its direct, physical form, but also in an indirect, structural form. Structural viol ...
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
... we impose our will on others either through manipulation and intimidation or by appealing to the opinions of those more powerful than ourselves. Authority becomes a question of force rather than of integrity. Instead of presenting himself as a savior, the Buddha saw himself as a healer. He presented ...
... we impose our will on others either through manipulation and intimidation or by appealing to the opinions of those more powerful than ourselves. Authority becomes a question of force rather than of integrity. Instead of presenting himself as a savior, the Buddha saw himself as a healer. He presented ...
Bacon Elizabeth - 2016 - Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita
... However, not every religion fits into those presuppositions about religious struggle. In fact, most do not attribute the universe and its systems to a single god, some do not make major distinctions between good and evil, and some do not attribute constant virtues such as goodness, omniscience, rela ...
... However, not every religion fits into those presuppositions about religious struggle. In fact, most do not attribute the universe and its systems to a single god, some do not make major distinctions between good and evil, and some do not attribute constant virtues such as goodness, omniscience, rela ...
The Teaching of the Buddha
... must be assimilated and taken into the life of every true Buddhist. All cannot do this: most of the unconverted are blinded by lust and passion, but some are incapacitated by want of mental power. They must practise virtue and in a happier birth their minds will be enlarged. The reader who has peru ...
... must be assimilated and taken into the life of every true Buddhist. All cannot do this: most of the unconverted are blinded by lust and passion, but some are incapacitated by want of mental power. They must practise virtue and in a happier birth their minds will be enlarged. The reader who has peru ...
Karma/Kamma: Teachings on Action and its Consequences
... They have actions as (their) origin/womb; actions are their arbitrator. MN 135.4 The concept of karma (kamma in Pali) is central to teachings found in the Middle Length Discourses. It emphasizes that actions have consequences. What we do with our body, speech and mind directly effects what we experi ...
... They have actions as (their) origin/womb; actions are their arbitrator. MN 135.4 The concept of karma (kamma in Pali) is central to teachings found in the Middle Length Discourses. It emphasizes that actions have consequences. What we do with our body, speech and mind directly effects what we experi ...
Bullets - Fulford School : VLE
... of Mara the devil who was trying to confuse him. He found himself above this world, above pain and suffering. The Buddha as a result became "The Enlightened One". He spent the rest of his life educating others, travelling from place to place. He taught what he knew, what he had experienced and the m ...
... of Mara the devil who was trying to confuse him. He found himself above this world, above pain and suffering. The Buddha as a result became "The Enlightened One". He spent the rest of his life educating others, travelling from place to place. He taught what he knew, what he had experienced and the m ...
Early Neo-Confucian View of Chinese Buddhism
... Many historians describe the Sung DYnasty (960-1279) as the Golden Age of Chinese Culture, as well as the starting point of "the early modern society of Chin~"l which has been characterized for the last 800 years by the NeD-Confucian state ideology.2 This major change in Chinese history reached its ...
... Many historians describe the Sung DYnasty (960-1279) as the Golden Age of Chinese Culture, as well as the starting point of "the early modern society of Chin~"l which has been characterized for the last 800 years by the NeD-Confucian state ideology.2 This major change in Chinese history reached its ...
Traditionalist Representations of Buddhism
... Romanticism. Part of the artificial idealized past constructed by the Traditionalists involves the retrograde projection of this therapeutic individualized interior spirituality onto all religious cultures—overcoding the concerns of those cultures with a prophetic vision of our own modern life as on ...
... Romanticism. Part of the artificial idealized past constructed by the Traditionalists involves the retrograde projection of this therapeutic individualized interior spirituality onto all religious cultures—overcoding the concerns of those cultures with a prophetic vision of our own modern life as on ...
Arahants and Bodhisattvas
... To briefly characterize these perspectives, I would say that the Nikàyas and âgamas give us a "historical-realistic perspective" on the Buddha, while the Mahàyàna såtras give us a "mythic-metaphysical perspective." By using these terms, I'm not intending to use the Nikàyas to trump the Mahàyàna såtr ...
... To briefly characterize these perspectives, I would say that the Nikàyas and âgamas give us a "historical-realistic perspective" on the Buddha, while the Mahàyàna såtras give us a "mythic-metaphysical perspective." By using these terms, I'm not intending to use the Nikàyas to trump the Mahàyàna såtr ...
The Dharma-ending Age
... uncertain sectarian affiliation: the Ch’ü-t’an-mi chi-kuo ching15 and the Chung pen-ch’i ching.16 All these texts exist only in Chinese translation. In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that the ...
... uncertain sectarian affiliation: the Ch’ü-t’an-mi chi-kuo ching15 and the Chung pen-ch’i ching.16 All these texts exist only in Chinese translation. In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that the ...
Paper - VII - History of Buddhism and Jainism upto 1000 A.D.
... As far as the teaching of the Buddha is concerned, it was well preserved through oral tradition, till it was put to writing in the fourth council. To verify their authenticity, time and again, six historical Thervada Councils were held. Oral teachings of the Buddha, popularly known as Theravada teac ...
... As far as the teaching of the Buddha is concerned, it was well preserved through oral tradition, till it was put to writing in the fourth council. To verify their authenticity, time and again, six historical Thervada Councils were held. Oral teachings of the Buddha, popularly known as Theravada teac ...
歷屆英文考題(至2016年)
... path without concern for their own personal benefit. 31. All dharmas are marked with emptiness; they are neither born nor destroyed, neither pure nor impure, neither increasing nor __________. 32. The sutras say that a human body is difficult to __________, and we should look upon our body as a prec ...
... path without concern for their own personal benefit. 31. All dharmas are marked with emptiness; they are neither born nor destroyed, neither pure nor impure, neither increasing nor __________. 32. The sutras say that a human body is difficult to __________, and we should look upon our body as a prec ...
34_8.
... this name remained changed. Though after Chinese occupation, the tradition of changing the name of all places into Chinese is taking place. Seeking political alliance, Srong Tsen Gam Po sent emissaries to King Ansuvarman and Tai-Tsung, the king of Nepal and King Tang dynasty respectively. The king ...
... this name remained changed. Though after Chinese occupation, the tradition of changing the name of all places into Chinese is taking place. Seeking political alliance, Srong Tsen Gam Po sent emissaries to King Ansuvarman and Tai-Tsung, the king of Nepal and King Tang dynasty respectively. The king ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... the time of The Borobudur’s construction, reading all Buddhist scriptures would have taken more than a lifetime, if one in fact could read. It would in any case have been an impossible task as there was no book-printing.6 Depicting enchanting scenes The Borobudur is a practical guide teaching how to ...
... the time of The Borobudur’s construction, reading all Buddhist scriptures would have taken more than a lifetime, if one in fact could read. It would in any case have been an impossible task as there was no book-printing.6 Depicting enchanting scenes The Borobudur is a practical guide teaching how to ...
here - Harvard Negotiation Law Review
... mystical, otherwordly states of mind as the goal of meditation practice. Contemporary American teachers of Buddhism echo this skepticism toward mystical powers: Astral travel, psychokinesis, and telepathy are just some powers that are often described as being developed through spiritual practice. As ...
... mystical, otherwordly states of mind as the goal of meditation practice. Contemporary American teachers of Buddhism echo this skepticism toward mystical powers: Astral travel, psychokinesis, and telepathy are just some powers that are often described as being developed through spiritual practice. As ...
Lecture 102: The Archetype of the Divine Healer Friends, In the
... fact, again according to Egyptian myth and legend, who helped the goddess Isis to purify the dismembered body of Osiris. And when Horus, the son, the infant son, of Isis and Osiris was stung by a great black scorpion, it was Thoth in his capacity of Divine Healer who drove out the poison from the b ...
... fact, again according to Egyptian myth and legend, who helped the goddess Isis to purify the dismembered body of Osiris. And when Horus, the son, the infant son, of Isis and Osiris was stung by a great black scorpion, it was Thoth in his capacity of Divine Healer who drove out the poison from the b ...
The Bhikkhunī-ordination controversy in Thailand
... rules of vinaya texts,5 the five hundred arahants at the First Rehearsal decided to freeze all training rules of the vinaya, agreeing unanimously that these rules must not be changed.6 As a consequence of this decision, the Theravāda school developed a conservatism that has formed a central part of ...
... rules of vinaya texts,5 the five hundred arahants at the First Rehearsal decided to freeze all training rules of the vinaya, agreeing unanimously that these rules must not be changed.6 As a consequence of this decision, the Theravāda school developed a conservatism that has formed a central part of ...
The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners
... literally ‘sitting close by’, i.e. a ‘lay adherent’ is any lay follower who is filled with faith and has taken refuge in the Buddha, his doctrine and his community of noble disciples. His virtue is regarded as pure if he observes the Five Precepts (Pañca Sı̄la). He should avoid the following wrong ...
... literally ‘sitting close by’, i.e. a ‘lay adherent’ is any lay follower who is filled with faith and has taken refuge in the Buddha, his doctrine and his community of noble disciples. His virtue is regarded as pure if he observes the Five Precepts (Pañca Sı̄la). He should avoid the following wrong ...
Going Against the Grain: A Historical and - ORCA
... lifestyle of wandering monks.7 The value of asceticism has been a part of many religions and philosophies throughout history in strengthening an individual’s will and his deeper spiritual powers. When the term asceticism is used in a religious context, it may be defined as a system of spiritual prac ...
... lifestyle of wandering monks.7 The value of asceticism has been a part of many religions and philosophies throughout history in strengthening an individual’s will and his deeper spiritual powers. When the term asceticism is used in a religious context, it may be defined as a system of spiritual prac ...
Neither the Same nor the Other
... What is the meaning of transmigration in Buddhism? Buddhism is a salvific teaching, first of ethical and contemplative, later also of religious nature. The Buddha’s teaching (dhamma in Pali, dharma in Sanskrit) helps the “enlightened one” (buddha) reach the salvation from samsara and the attainment ...
... What is the meaning of transmigration in Buddhism? Buddhism is a salvific teaching, first of ethical and contemplative, later also of religious nature. The Buddha’s teaching (dhamma in Pali, dharma in Sanskrit) helps the “enlightened one” (buddha) reach the salvation from samsara and the attainment ...
Buddhism in Crisis? Institutional Decline in Modern Japan
... decline.8 There is an understandable tendency, in studies of religion, to focus on areas of growth and vitality — but the corollary is that scholars of religion have often neglected to examine what happens when religions become moribund. This point has also been made recently by Clark Chilson (2010) ...
... decline.8 There is an understandable tendency, in studies of religion, to focus on areas of growth and vitality — but the corollary is that scholars of religion have often neglected to examine what happens when religions become moribund. This point has also been made recently by Clark Chilson (2010) ...
BUDDHIST FILIAL PIETY: MITIGATING CONFUCIAN DUTY AND
... Buddhism but is also found in Cole’s own use of the You interchange, during which it appears a son is asked to mourn his parents based upon the mother’s effort. Cole further relies on the Blood Bowl Sutra,24 a text held in common by both Buddhism and Daoism to support his main contention that Buddhi ...
... Buddhism but is also found in Cole’s own use of the You interchange, during which it appears a son is asked to mourn his parents based upon the mother’s effort. Cole further relies on the Blood Bowl Sutra,24 a text held in common by both Buddhism and Daoism to support his main contention that Buddhi ...
Hitech Khadi Padmasambhava: The Lotus Born (2)
... The first thought of Guru Rinpoche when he arrived at Tibet was to transmit the dzogchen teaching to Tibetans so that the practice got permanently established in the land. (Dzogchen is an advanced Vajrayana dhamma practice comparable to insight meditation of Theravada.) Later the Guru realized that ...
... The first thought of Guru Rinpoche when he arrived at Tibet was to transmit the dzogchen teaching to Tibetans so that the practice got permanently established in the land. (Dzogchen is an advanced Vajrayana dhamma practice comparable to insight meditation of Theravada.) Later the Guru realized that ...
Pedagogical Development of Zen Buddhism and Taoism for Taos
... backpacking. The philosophies of Zen Buddhism and Taoism will be briefly brought up while in the classroom and selected introductory readings will be handed out to students as material that can be read while on the trail. These philosophies will provide a unique perspective from a different culture ...
... backpacking. The philosophies of Zen Buddhism and Taoism will be briefly brought up while in the classroom and selected introductory readings will be handed out to students as material that can be read while on the trail. These philosophies will provide a unique perspective from a different culture ...
The Quandary of the Saffron`s Involvement in Politics in Burma
... throughout Burma. Such actions usually covered by the state swamped the media, for an example: The New light of Myanmar. From the aforementioned paragraphs, it is pretty obvious that Buddhism itself actually has been suffering from dual treatments: both enjoy counterfeited privileges of being Buddh ...
... throughout Burma. Such actions usually covered by the state swamped the media, for an example: The New light of Myanmar. From the aforementioned paragraphs, it is pretty obvious that Buddhism itself actually has been suffering from dual treatments: both enjoy counterfeited privileges of being Buddh ...
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.