Buddhist Concepts: The Gohonzon
... “The Emergence of the Treasure Tower,” the 11th chapter of the Lotus Sutra, describes a gigantic tower adorned with precious treasures emerging from beneath the earth and hovering in the air. Nichiren explains that this tower is a metaphor for the magnitude of the human potential—the grandeur of the ...
... “The Emergence of the Treasure Tower,” the 11th chapter of the Lotus Sutra, describes a gigantic tower adorned with precious treasures emerging from beneath the earth and hovering in the air. Nichiren explains that this tower is a metaphor for the magnitude of the human potential—the grandeur of the ...
BUDDHISM A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism
... Buddhism was believed to have started in India by Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born around the fifth century BCE to a tribal chief of a clan in southern Nepal. According to Buddhist literature, it was prophesied that he would become a king if he stayed at home or a great sage and the savior of ...
... Buddhism was believed to have started in India by Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born around the fifth century BCE to a tribal chief of a clan in southern Nepal. According to Buddhist literature, it was prophesied that he would become a king if he stayed at home or a great sage and the savior of ...
Mahayana Buddhism and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
... and human realms (Gethin 2004; Snelling 1998). The six realms are metaphorical representations of conditioned existence or samsara. These realms are classified as dukkha or suffering being temporary and not perfect. Entry into one of the six realms is based on karmic deeds, good or bad. Bad deeds an ...
... and human realms (Gethin 2004; Snelling 1998). The six realms are metaphorical representations of conditioned existence or samsara. These realms are classified as dukkha or suffering being temporary and not perfect. Entry into one of the six realms is based on karmic deeds, good or bad. Bad deeds an ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... of eco-Buddhist philosophers and activists. Inquiring Mind has tracked all these turnings of the Dharma wheel as it has rolled through. We have been the fortunate contemporaries to extraordinary teachers of Dharma and honored to have conversed with them about our common human dilemmas. Among those w ...
... of eco-Buddhist philosophers and activists. Inquiring Mind has tracked all these turnings of the Dharma wheel as it has rolled through. We have been the fortunate contemporaries to extraordinary teachers of Dharma and honored to have conversed with them about our common human dilemmas. Among those w ...
BP2 M01 L35 (upload). - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... Khen Rinpoche: Then we can compare which explanation is better! But don’t repeat what I have just said. Comes the day when one not only understands but also realises that negativities are empty of existing inherently, then I think the frequency of accumulating negative karma will definitely lessen. ...
... Khen Rinpoche: Then we can compare which explanation is better! But don’t repeat what I have just said. Comes the day when one not only understands but also realises that negativities are empty of existing inherently, then I think the frequency of accumulating negative karma will definitely lessen. ...
Toward a Buddhist Theory of Structural Peace: Lessons
... and structural peace. Findings include their shared understanding of the deeply spiritual, innerdirected nature of conflict and reconciliation, and their highly divergent, contested understandings of the structural roots of human suffering in today’s globalized and interconnected world. To meet thes ...
... and structural peace. Findings include their shared understanding of the deeply spiritual, innerdirected nature of conflict and reconciliation, and their highly divergent, contested understandings of the structural roots of human suffering in today’s globalized and interconnected world. To meet thes ...
A Study of Some Punctuation Errors Found in the Taisho
... Sutra) is presented in Figure 3. Taishō Tripitaka is the most used and read version in the Buddhist as well as the academic circles. However, many scholars, such as Carl Bielefeldt and Lewis Lancaster (1975), are aware that the Taishō edition contains many errors. William M. Bodiford (2005) gives th ...
... Sutra) is presented in Figure 3. Taishō Tripitaka is the most used and read version in the Buddhist as well as the academic circles. However, many scholars, such as Carl Bielefeldt and Lewis Lancaster (1975), are aware that the Taishō edition contains many errors. William M. Bodiford (2005) gives th ...
Buddhism in Thailand
... the Brahmanic influence, such as religious and cultural rites, especially in the court circles, passed on from Cambodia to the Thais during this period, for Hinduism was already firmly established in Cambodia at that time. Even the Thai scripts, based on Cambodian scripts which, in turn, derived the ...
... the Brahmanic influence, such as religious and cultural rites, especially in the court circles, passed on from Cambodia to the Thais during this period, for Hinduism was already firmly established in Cambodia at that time. Even the Thai scripts, based on Cambodian scripts which, in turn, derived the ...
Pilgrimage to the Buddha`s Life Sites
... monasteries. The tradition of pilgrimage was established in these new areas and consequently pilgrims made their way back to the Buddhist homeland in India in order to visit sacred sites and to collect texts and relics. The accounts written by Chinese pilgrims not only describe the places visited, b ...
... monasteries. The tradition of pilgrimage was established in these new areas and consequently pilgrims made their way back to the Buddhist homeland in India in order to visit sacred sites and to collect texts and relics. The accounts written by Chinese pilgrims not only describe the places visited, b ...
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... a prominent position within the sacred area, came from a member of the lay community. It shows that this individual financed an important religious building critical to the function of the Kalawan sacred area. The inscription shares the merit generated from this donation with other members of the do ...
... a prominent position within the sacred area, came from a member of the lay community. It shows that this individual financed an important religious building critical to the function of the Kalawan sacred area. The inscription shares the merit generated from this donation with other members of the do ...
The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners
... The Expositor, Book I, Risings of Consciousness, Part III Discourse on Doors (or Gates), Chapter IV Discourse on Kamma (Voluntary Action) (p. 119) states: … the transcendental Path may be included in, and classified under three forms of kamma (bodily, vocal, mental). To expand: restraint of the wick ...
... The Expositor, Book I, Risings of Consciousness, Part III Discourse on Doors (or Gates), Chapter IV Discourse on Kamma (Voluntary Action) (p. 119) states: … the transcendental Path may be included in, and classified under three forms of kamma (bodily, vocal, mental). To expand: restraint of the wick ...
Conversion to Tibetan Buddhism
... negotiable. Without succumbing to a misplaced nostalgia, it makes sense to ask whether Tibetan Buddhism represents an improvement over the traditions which it displaces. If the truth be told, I fall into the same category of spiritual seeker that the Dalai Lama probably had in mind when he made the ...
... negotiable. Without succumbing to a misplaced nostalgia, it makes sense to ask whether Tibetan Buddhism represents an improvement over the traditions which it displaces. If the truth be told, I fall into the same category of spiritual seeker that the Dalai Lama probably had in mind when he made the ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... ancient India; of these 100 belong to Jainism, 200 to Brāhmaṇism and the remaining to Buddhism. These three-fourths of ancient Indian rock-cut architecture or the unequalled masterpieces of Buddhist paintings at Ajantā cannot have been due to a heresy. In all fields of the culture and civilization o ...
... ancient India; of these 100 belong to Jainism, 200 to Brāhmaṇism and the remaining to Buddhism. These three-fourths of ancient Indian rock-cut architecture or the unequalled masterpieces of Buddhist paintings at Ajantā cannot have been due to a heresy. In all fields of the culture and civilization o ...
Colonel Olcott: His Service to Buddhism
... of twenty musicians played Indian and foreign airs—among the latter the American national hymn and the scene was altogether beautiful. Far above the palms, the azure, tropical, starstudded sky looked down on us. “Inside the library building, tables and walls were covered with exhibits of indigenous ...
... of twenty musicians played Indian and foreign airs—among the latter the American national hymn and the scene was altogether beautiful. Far above the palms, the azure, tropical, starstudded sky looked down on us. “Inside the library building, tables and walls were covered with exhibits of indigenous ...
Empty Selves: A Comparative Analysis of Mahayana Buddhism
... ambitious. Instead of foolishly tackling the entire Western philosophical tradition, I narrowed my focus to just two Western traditions, Sartre’s Existentialism and Freud and Jung’s Depth Psychology. I then chose the Mahayana Buddhism school to focus on within the entire Buddhist project. A substant ...
... ambitious. Instead of foolishly tackling the entire Western philosophical tradition, I narrowed my focus to just two Western traditions, Sartre’s Existentialism and Freud and Jung’s Depth Psychology. I then chose the Mahayana Buddhism school to focus on within the entire Buddhist project. A substant ...
Buddhism and Western Psychology
... being. This generality makes it particularly useful in integrating Buddhist and Western ...
... being. This generality makes it particularly useful in integrating Buddhist and Western ...
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... being. This generality makes it particularly useful in integrating Buddhist and Western ...
... being. This generality makes it particularly useful in integrating Buddhist and Western ...
Samsaric existence in Jack Kerouac`s The Dharma Bums and
... Life, which reflects Samsara and defines life as ignorance, desire, and the creation of an illusion for the individual. Buddhist belief draws a strong distinction between this Wheel and the Noble Eightfold Path which leads the practitioner to Nirvana. Most importantly for my project, any continued b ...
... Life, which reflects Samsara and defines life as ignorance, desire, and the creation of an illusion for the individual. Buddhist belief draws a strong distinction between this Wheel and the Noble Eightfold Path which leads the practitioner to Nirvana. Most importantly for my project, any continued b ...
Autumn Edition - Buddhist Society Victoria
... and Delusion and the Ultimate Seclusion: the seclusion of Nibbhana. If you are secluded physically, but have Greed as your silent companion, you are not going to get too far in your practice. Therefore for a lay person, practicing the second form of solitude is the best; where you are with people bu ...
... and Delusion and the Ultimate Seclusion: the seclusion of Nibbhana. If you are secluded physically, but have Greed as your silent companion, you are not going to get too far in your practice. Therefore for a lay person, practicing the second form of solitude is the best; where you are with people bu ...
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
... Just as the presence of anguish is an opportunity for understanding, so the presence of the self-centered craving that underlies it is an opportunity for letting go, Such craving is manifest in a variety of ways: it extends from simple egoism and selfishness to that deep-seated, anxious longing for ...
... Just as the presence of anguish is an opportunity for understanding, so the presence of the self-centered craving that underlies it is an opportunity for letting go, Such craving is manifest in a variety of ways: it extends from simple egoism and selfishness to that deep-seated, anxious longing for ...
On the naturalization of karma and rebirth | SpringerLink
... actuality of rebirth is based on well-founded reasoning. For instance, the theory of rebirth, together with karma, explains why we are born differently in this world. It offers insights into the causes of inequality that exists among mankind, and furthermore offers an explanation of why the circumst ...
... actuality of rebirth is based on well-founded reasoning. For instance, the theory of rebirth, together with karma, explains why we are born differently in this world. It offers insights into the causes of inequality that exists among mankind, and furthermore offers an explanation of why the circumst ...
2010 - Mikaela Campbell
... dragon-horse. Metaphorically, a person on the road to Buddhist enlightenment, when faced with impedance along the way, must turn to compassion in order to resolve said issue in the correct manner. With that simple fact, it can be inferred by any reader that Kuan-yin represents compassion. Buddhism i ...
... dragon-horse. Metaphorically, a person on the road to Buddhist enlightenment, when faced with impedance along the way, must turn to compassion in order to resolve said issue in the correct manner. With that simple fact, it can be inferred by any reader that Kuan-yin represents compassion. Buddhism i ...
Shedras in the Dechen - Dechen Buddhist Centres
... large enough to possess shedras and often young monks had to travel to the principal monasteries of their tradition for such studies. There they would be able to pursue studies under the direction of highly qualified masters on the topics of Madhyamaka (The Philosophy of the Middle Way), Paramita (T ...
... large enough to possess shedras and often young monks had to travel to the principal monasteries of their tradition for such studies. There they would be able to pursue studies under the direction of highly qualified masters on the topics of Madhyamaka (The Philosophy of the Middle Way), Paramita (T ...
Wu Ch`eng-en`s Monkey as an Allegory for Buddhism
... dragon-horse. Metaphorically, a person on the road to Buddhist enlightenment, when faced with impedance along the way, must turn to compassion in order to resolve said issue in the correct manner. With that simple fact, it can be inferred by any reader that Kuan-yin represents compassion. Buddhism i ...
... dragon-horse. Metaphorically, a person on the road to Buddhist enlightenment, when faced with impedance along the way, must turn to compassion in order to resolve said issue in the correct manner. With that simple fact, it can be inferred by any reader that Kuan-yin represents compassion. Buddhism i ...