Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen’s Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics
... unfortunate consequence of the fact that after constructing his basic ideas, Ichikawa “never fleshed them out into a systematic ethic” (166). Ives attempts to pick up where Ichikawa left off with his own exploration of a possible Zen social ethic. Quite poignantly, he critiques the idea put forth by ...
... unfortunate consequence of the fact that after constructing his basic ideas, Ichikawa “never fleshed them out into a systematic ethic” (166). Ives attempts to pick up where Ichikawa left off with his own exploration of a possible Zen social ethic. Quite poignantly, he critiques the idea put forth by ...
Agon Shu unites Buddhist traditions in Fire Rites
... “Perfect Buddhism” Kiriyama has mastered all three branches of Buddhism. Agon Shu is thus the world’s only Buddhist group that has integrated the three branches of the faith into one complete whole, with the historical Buddha’s way of becoming Buddha, which had been lost, as its core. Agon Shu calls ...
... “Perfect Buddhism” Kiriyama has mastered all three branches of Buddhism. Agon Shu is thus the world’s only Buddhist group that has integrated the three branches of the faith into one complete whole, with the historical Buddha’s way of becoming Buddha, which had been lost, as its core. Agon Shu calls ...
The Opening Of The Eyes
... the various teachings of China, including Confucianism and Taoism, the various non-Buddhist teachings of India, including Brahmanism; and, of course, the various teachings of Buddhism. This covers all of the principal strains of thought that had been transmitted to Japan in the Daishonin's day. The ...
... the various teachings of China, including Confucianism and Taoism, the various non-Buddhist teachings of India, including Brahmanism; and, of course, the various teachings of Buddhism. This covers all of the principal strains of thought that had been transmitted to Japan in the Daishonin's day. The ...
Medicine Buddha Sangha - Susquehanna Yoga and Meditation
... The Venerable Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche was born in the Nag-chu District of Tibet. From his earliest years, the Venerable Thinley Ningpo was distinguished by a loving and compassionate nature and an active concern for the welfare of others. He entered school at the age of eight and diligently ...
... The Venerable Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche was born in the Nag-chu District of Tibet. From his earliest years, the Venerable Thinley Ningpo was distinguished by a loving and compassionate nature and an active concern for the welfare of others. He entered school at the age of eight and diligently ...
Is Colorado Buddhism Green? - Digital Commons @ DU
... Through comparing the attitudes and behaviors between Buddhist practitioners and nonBuddhists, I analyzed whether (1) Buddhist practitioners have more environmental concerns about the earth, and (2) their daily activities reflect their pro-environmental behaviors. For those Buddhist practitioners wh ...
... Through comparing the attitudes and behaviors between Buddhist practitioners and nonBuddhists, I analyzed whether (1) Buddhist practitioners have more environmental concerns about the earth, and (2) their daily activities reflect their pro-environmental behaviors. For those Buddhist practitioners wh ...
The Dharma-ending Age
... 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 these two elements entered the Buddhist tradition together” (Nattier 1991:29). Nattier further notes that all these texts belong to the Nikāya school bu ...
... 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 these two elements entered the Buddhist tradition together” (Nattier 1991:29). Nattier further notes that all these texts belong to the Nikāya school bu ...
(CBS Library 2011 Library) Page: 1 `The Eastern Buddhist: New
... Meditation. 1st edn (Boston: Shambhala, 1986), pp. v. <1- >. Bliss, K, The Future of Religion (London,: Watts, 1969), pp. xi, 193 Blo-bzaṅ-grags-pa, T-k-p, J Hopkins, R Lati, B Frye, and L Kensur, Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism (London: Rider, 1980), pp. 254 Blofeld, JEC, The Wheel of Life: The Auto ...
... Meditation. 1st edn (Boston: Shambhala, 1986), pp. v. <1- >. Bliss, K, The Future of Religion (London,: Watts, 1969), pp. xi, 193 Blo-bzaṅ-grags-pa, T-k-p, J Hopkins, R Lati, B Frye, and L Kensur, Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism (London: Rider, 1980), pp. 254 Blofeld, JEC, The Wheel of Life: The Auto ...
Some Reflections on R.S.Y. Chi`s Buddhist Formal Logic
... F and G. At any rate, if these quantifiers are taken normally (as in an elementary logic textbook), they should range over a domain composed only of actually existent things. And that leads to difficulties in the case of Buddhist logic: (a) pervasion (and hence quantification) is not restricted to e ...
... F and G. At any rate, if these quantifiers are taken normally (as in an elementary logic textbook), they should range over a domain composed only of actually existent things. And that leads to difficulties in the case of Buddhist logic: (a) pervasion (and hence quantification) is not restricted to e ...
Violence and Nonviolence in Buddhist Animal Ethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... killing” (57: 218). In fact, if a person of the right caste status,4 temperament, and knowledge sacrifices an animal in the correct ritually prescribed way, then that animal is actually better off dead than alive, since “[the ritualist] leads himself and those animals to the highest state” (39: 140) ...
... killing” (57: 218). In fact, if a person of the right caste status,4 temperament, and knowledge sacrifices an animal in the correct ritually prescribed way, then that animal is actually better off dead than alive, since “[the ritualist] leads himself and those animals to the highest state” (39: 140) ...
Are There Ethical Implications of Karma?
... ―that mind that mistakenly grasps onto phenomena is called ignorance. Ignorance always entails rei cation. In this way we grasp onto the true existence of ourselves, and similarly, when focusing on an adversary, we grasp onto that person as truly existent. This is how attachment and aversion arise a ...
... ―that mind that mistakenly grasps onto phenomena is called ignorance. Ignorance always entails rei cation. In this way we grasp onto the true existence of ourselves, and similarly, when focusing on an adversary, we grasp onto that person as truly existent. This is how attachment and aversion arise a ...
Violence and Disruption in Society
... delicacies; grant them leave. The same Sutta comments on friendship and says that four foes in the likeness of friends should be avoided: a rapacious person, a man of words not deeds, the flatterer and the fellow-waster. The study of what the Early Buddhist texts say about violence must be seen agai ...
... delicacies; grant them leave. The same Sutta comments on friendship and says that four foes in the likeness of friends should be avoided: a rapacious person, a man of words not deeds, the flatterer and the fellow-waster. The study of what the Early Buddhist texts say about violence must be seen agai ...
Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... They have abandoned as fruitless the attempt to reconstruct a pure Buddhism, are convinced that Buddhism is as much the work of the Buddhists as of the Buddha himself, and find the entire wealth and the true face of this religion in the manifoldness of its aspects, and the multiplicity of its sects ...
... They have abandoned as fruitless the attempt to reconstruct a pure Buddhism, are convinced that Buddhism is as much the work of the Buddhists as of the Buddha himself, and find the entire wealth and the true face of this religion in the manifoldness of its aspects, and the multiplicity of its sects ...
The Dynamic Practices of Luangpor Teean A Thai
... bodily movement. The content of a series of koans is also quite different from the content in the "object of practice" in dynamic meditation. On his second visit to Singapore, October 16-31, Luangpor Teean taught and guided a dynamic meditation retreat for interested people there. During both visits ...
... bodily movement. The content of a series of koans is also quite different from the content in the "object of practice" in dynamic meditation. On his second visit to Singapore, October 16-31, Luangpor Teean taught and guided a dynamic meditation retreat for interested people there. During both visits ...
Buddhism and its Relationship to Dvaravati Period
... To obtain “a historical understanding of human activities in the environment and how the environment itself came to be,” historical ecology allows for multiscalar geographical and temporal perspectives ( Balée and Erickson 2006 : 12). Buddhist sites and landscapes must be viewed within both local an ...
... To obtain “a historical understanding of human activities in the environment and how the environment itself came to be,” historical ecology allows for multiscalar geographical and temporal perspectives ( Balée and Erickson 2006 : 12). Buddhist sites and landscapes must be viewed within both local an ...
She Who Laughs Loudest: A Meditation on Zen Humor
... situation, Ikkyū responds by ridiculing the underlying reality that gives way to the situation. Almost naked, Ikkyū makes us laugh at the social divide and its inherently empty nature. While earlier schools of Buddhism, especially Indian Buddhism, consisted in rather serious logical or analytical ex ...
... situation, Ikkyū responds by ridiculing the underlying reality that gives way to the situation. Almost naked, Ikkyū makes us laugh at the social divide and its inherently empty nature. While earlier schools of Buddhism, especially Indian Buddhism, consisted in rather serious logical or analytical ex ...
A Study Of Their Faith And Beliefs
... religious thought of the Chakma tribe. Along with these two thought, another thought i.e. of Basumati (the earth) constitute the Gojen (almighty).6 INFLUENCE OF ‘TANTRICISM’ ON THE RELIGION Belief in natural objects like sun, moon, water, fire etc is the universal feature of the tribal religion. The ...
... religious thought of the Chakma tribe. Along with these two thought, another thought i.e. of Basumati (the earth) constitute the Gojen (almighty).6 INFLUENCE OF ‘TANTRICISM’ ON THE RELIGION Belief in natural objects like sun, moon, water, fire etc is the universal feature of the tribal religion. The ...
Cross-Cultural Transmission of Buddhist Texts
... Prof. Dr. Akira Saito (then at the University of Tokyo). Later that year, the Tsadra Foundation, in collaboration with several other foundations and institutions, organized a conference on “Translation and Transmission” (October 2–5, 2014, Keystone, Colorado), in which numerous academics, practition ...
... Prof. Dr. Akira Saito (then at the University of Tokyo). Later that year, the Tsadra Foundation, in collaboration with several other foundations and institutions, organized a conference on “Translation and Transmission” (October 2–5, 2014, Keystone, Colorado), in which numerous academics, practition ...
The Art of Buddhism - Freer and Sackler Galleries
... medium: the material with which an artist works. point of view: the way in which the author or artist presents material; the vantage point (in literature this is most commonly first person or third person—omniscient or limited). structure: a work’s organizational framework. subject matter: the topic ...
... medium: the material with which an artist works. point of view: the way in which the author or artist presents material; the vantage point (in literature this is most commonly first person or third person—omniscient or limited). structure: a work’s organizational framework. subject matter: the topic ...
newsletter - Zen Buddhist Temple
... Sunim’s biographical sketch at Wikipedia which was based in part upon my work. And I also want to post this here at my personal blog. I have long been an admirer of Zen Master Samu Sunim’s work. But I read that he never received Dharma transmission. I should have dug deeper than I did before writing ...
... Sunim’s biographical sketch at Wikipedia which was based in part upon my work. And I also want to post this here at my personal blog. I have long been an admirer of Zen Master Samu Sunim’s work. But I read that he never received Dharma transmission. I should have dug deeper than I did before writing ...
Hinayana and Mahayana
... I went to Ajantaexpecting that art historianSheilaWeinerwas correctwhen she wrote, "Ajantaoccupies a unique position in the historyof Indianart because it is the only extant site of such grandeur which ... extends in time from the early Hfnaydnaaniconic phase through the Mahayanaperiod.... It is in ...
... I went to Ajantaexpecting that art historianSheilaWeinerwas correctwhen she wrote, "Ajantaoccupies a unique position in the historyof Indianart because it is the only extant site of such grandeur which ... extends in time from the early Hfnaydnaaniconic phase through the Mahayanaperiod.... It is in ...
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 ...
Merit Presentation
... It is their nature to arise and cease, Having arisen, then they pass away, Their calming and cessation—happiness. Water is then poured into an overflowing cup to represent the transfer of merit whilst the following is chanted: Just as water rained on high ground moves [down] to the low land, even so ...
... It is their nature to arise and cease, Having arisen, then they pass away, Their calming and cessation—happiness. Water is then poured into an overflowing cup to represent the transfer of merit whilst the following is chanted: Just as water rained on high ground moves [down] to the low land, even so ...
dhamma texts - International Meditation Centres
... be my second address and I have to do so to such high personalities as those belonging to STEM. I am not sure whether I will be quite successful in my attempt. But I am making preparations to give you the best I can.” An extract from the first talk mentioned is given as an addendum to What Buddhism ...
... be my second address and I have to do so to such high personalities as those belonging to STEM. I am not sure whether I will be quite successful in my attempt. But I am making preparations to give you the best I can.” An extract from the first talk mentioned is given as an addendum to What Buddhism ...
The Authenticity of the Early Buddhist Texts
... most literal of senses, while sceptics assert that we cannot know anything about the Buddha for certain, and further, that the notion of authenticity is irrelevant or pernicious. Rarely, however, has the question of authenticity been systematically investigated. Seeing the lack of an easily accessib ...
... most literal of senses, while sceptics assert that we cannot know anything about the Buddha for certain, and further, that the notion of authenticity is irrelevant or pernicious. Rarely, however, has the question of authenticity been systematically investigated. Seeing the lack of an easily accessib ...
The Primordial Mandalas of East and West: Jungian and Tibetan
... A comparative analysis of Jungian depth psychology and Tibetan Buddhist Tantra reveals a fascinating array of similarities, which are united in their most essential form through the manner in which mythic imagery is employed in both disciplines as a powerful agent of inner transformation. Various fo ...
... A comparative analysis of Jungian depth psychology and Tibetan Buddhist Tantra reveals a fascinating array of similarities, which are united in their most essential form through the manner in which mythic imagery is employed in both disciplines as a powerful agent of inner transformation. Various fo ...