Theme in Indian History - I questions prelims
... (c.fifth-fourth century BCE) his teachings were compiled by his disciples at a council of “elders” or senior monks at Vesali (Pali for Vaishali in present-day Bihar). These compilations were known as Tipitaka– literally, three baskets to hold different types of texts . They were first transmitted or ...
... (c.fifth-fourth century BCE) his teachings were compiled by his disciples at a council of “elders” or senior monks at Vesali (Pali for Vaishali in present-day Bihar). These compilations were known as Tipitaka– literally, three baskets to hold different types of texts . They were first transmitted or ...
Introduction to Buddha-Dharma and Sōtō Zen Practice
... Shobogenzo Zuimonki: Sayings of Eihei Dogen Zenji – Shohaku Okumura Transmission of Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Keizan Zenji – Thomas Cleary Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan’s Denkoroku – Francis Cook Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom – Sal ...
... Shobogenzo Zuimonki: Sayings of Eihei Dogen Zenji – Shohaku Okumura Transmission of Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Keizan Zenji – Thomas Cleary Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan’s Denkoroku – Francis Cook Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom – Sal ...
Acknowledgment
... events - the Buddhist Exhibition and the annual Bodhi Nite. Both events were very successful. A lot What is the factor or strength that links our mind of people have attended the events and developed and external phenomena together? It is our interest in Buddhism. The members’ enthusiasm and conscio ...
... events - the Buddhist Exhibition and the annual Bodhi Nite. Both events were very successful. A lot What is the factor or strength that links our mind of people have attended the events and developed and external phenomena together? It is our interest in Buddhism. The members’ enthusiasm and conscio ...
The Ethics of Knowledge and Action in Postmodern Organizations
... seem to have nothing to do with the world at all. This is why they are incapable of governing the world" (Chan 1963:8). The Buddhism Wang attacks seems a caricature and might have been utilized by him in a dialectical sense to clarify his own teaching. What he calls "Buddhism" certainly is not ident ...
... seem to have nothing to do with the world at all. This is why they are incapable of governing the world" (Chan 1963:8). The Buddhism Wang attacks seems a caricature and might have been utilized by him in a dialectical sense to clarify his own teaching. What he calls "Buddhism" certainly is not ident ...
Buddhist Approaches to Psychotherapy Part I
... 5. The Buddhist concept of ego is very different from the way the term is used in many Western psychologies and psychotherapies, where it often has the positive connotation of inner-strength and self-confidence. Which of the following is a true statement about ego in Buddhism? a. According to Buddhi ...
... 5. The Buddhist concept of ego is very different from the way the term is used in many Western psychologies and psychotherapies, where it often has the positive connotation of inner-strength and self-confidence. Which of the following is a true statement about ego in Buddhism? a. According to Buddhi ...
What Buddhism Taught Cognitive Science about Self, Mind
... The binding problem in cognitive science is defined in the following way: «How does the information initially processed by a multitude of independent modular systems become integrated into coherent representations for perception, memory, and action?» (Revonsuo & Newman, 1999). Put simply, Lancaster ...
... The binding problem in cognitive science is defined in the following way: «How does the information initially processed by a multitude of independent modular systems become integrated into coherent representations for perception, memory, and action?» (Revonsuo & Newman, 1999). Put simply, Lancaster ...
What did Siddhartha realise when he became enlightened?
... Whilst Siddhartha was meditating, Mara, the chief of all the demons tried to disturb Siddhartha’s concentration by conjuring up many fearful apparitions and visions. He manifested terrifying demons, some throwing spears, some firing arrows, some trying to burn him with fire, and some hurling boulder ...
... Whilst Siddhartha was meditating, Mara, the chief of all the demons tried to disturb Siddhartha’s concentration by conjuring up many fearful apparitions and visions. He manifested terrifying demons, some throwing spears, some firing arrows, some trying to burn him with fire, and some hurling boulder ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... emphasis and closer study of Hindu sacred lore by a more recent and very eminent writer, namely Mahámahopádhyáya Dr. Pandurang Váman Kane, it will be convenient to examine this view after setting out the observations and arguments of Dr Kane. This scholar has written a chapter on the Causes of the D ...
... emphasis and closer study of Hindu sacred lore by a more recent and very eminent writer, namely Mahámahopádhyáya Dr. Pandurang Váman Kane, it will be convenient to examine this view after setting out the observations and arguments of Dr Kane. This scholar has written a chapter on the Causes of the D ...
Violence and (Non-)resistance: Ahiṃsā Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... between ethics and religion, belief and faith, and knowledge and experience. I suggest that it is, despite a theoretical ambiguity, also “determinative” insofar as experience itself presents moral agents with unequivocal demands to act, or not act, on the bases of often nonconceptualized processes. ...
... between ethics and religion, belief and faith, and knowledge and experience. I suggest that it is, despite a theoretical ambiguity, also “determinative” insofar as experience itself presents moral agents with unequivocal demands to act, or not act, on the bases of often nonconceptualized processes. ...
Stupa Explorer - Ancient India
... remains were divided into eight parts. The remains were placed in small caskets. Stupa mounds were then built in different regions of India to house the caskets. The casket was placed in a small hollow space at the base of the otherwise solid dome of the stupa. Around the stupa dome was a pathway so ...
... remains were divided into eight parts. The remains were placed in small caskets. Stupa mounds were then built in different regions of India to house the caskets. The casket was placed in a small hollow space at the base of the otherwise solid dome of the stupa. Around the stupa dome was a pathway so ...
On the relationship between mindfulness and Buddhism (hint: It`s
... In Chapter 11, Puhakka states, “If by essential Buddhism is meant that the teachings of Buddhism are not reducible to the forms of the culture within which its transmission takes place, then I affirm such a notion … At the same time, I am aware that any articulation of what this essential Buddhism m ...
... In Chapter 11, Puhakka states, “If by essential Buddhism is meant that the teachings of Buddhism are not reducible to the forms of the culture within which its transmission takes place, then I affirm such a notion … At the same time, I am aware that any articulation of what this essential Buddhism m ...
Zen Buddhism and Persian Culture, V1
... established themselves in India as the Maga-Dias or Maga-Brahmanas. Their major centers are in Rajasthan in Western India and near Gaya in Bihar. According to Bhavishya Purana and other texts, they were invited to settle in Punjab to conduct the worship of Lord Sun (Mitra or Surya in Sanskrit). Bhav ...
... established themselves in India as the Maga-Dias or Maga-Brahmanas. Their major centers are in Rajasthan in Western India and near Gaya in Bihar. According to Bhavishya Purana and other texts, they were invited to settle in Punjab to conduct the worship of Lord Sun (Mitra or Surya in Sanskrit). Bhav ...
The Great Lion`s Roar
... point up himself and immediately dismisses the notion. In regard to each of these things the Buddha says “I do not see any who have surpassed me in this,” (para 21). The Buddha considers himself supreme in all of these regards, and thus it does not matter if other teachers preach similar ideas since ...
... point up himself and immediately dismisses the notion. In regard to each of these things the Buddha says “I do not see any who have surpassed me in this,” (para 21). The Buddha considers himself supreme in all of these regards, and thus it does not matter if other teachers preach similar ideas since ...
Man Religion Society Governance in Buddhism
... Buddhist texts almost say `The viññāṇa's [i.e. of the trans-saṃsāric psychiccomponent viññāṇa's] descent into the mother's womb signals, as it were, to the life-embryo which goes under the name of nāma-rūpa to commence its development of sense organs or saḷāyatana [possibly together with the brain, ...
... Buddhist texts almost say `The viññāṇa's [i.e. of the trans-saṃsāric psychiccomponent viññāṇa's] descent into the mother's womb signals, as it were, to the life-embryo which goes under the name of nāma-rūpa to commence its development of sense organs or saḷāyatana [possibly together with the brain, ...
2013, Volume 22, Number 1 - Sakyadhita International Association
... becomes the focus of their lives and they cultivate devotion. In this way, their lives remain meaningful and important, even as the axis of focus shifts. For women in particular, it often happens that our youth is taken up with acting out the roles that society has determined for us. First, as physi ...
... becomes the focus of their lives and they cultivate devotion. In this way, their lives remain meaningful and important, even as the axis of focus shifts. For women in particular, it often happens that our youth is taken up with acting out the roles that society has determined for us. First, as physi ...
"Be a light unto yourself" said Buddha to his disciples who had
... We play with it for awhile, until the novelty wears out, and then we look around for the next piece of software that has the magic glow of not being possessed yet. Soon we haven't even got the shrink wrap off the current package when we start looking for the next one. Owning the software and using i ...
... We play with it for awhile, until the novelty wears out, and then we look around for the next piece of software that has the magic glow of not being possessed yet. Soon we haven't even got the shrink wrap off the current package when we start looking for the next one. Owning the software and using i ...
here. - Insight Books
... attention, focus, pace, devotion and commitment, helping us to find our way to that elusive Cultivating transcendence which is inner peace. A wonderful book of life sketches of exemplars such as Helen Inner Peace & Scott Nearing, The Shakers, Walt Whitman, Gandhi, John Muir, Thoreau and Tagore. Incl ...
... attention, focus, pace, devotion and commitment, helping us to find our way to that elusive Cultivating transcendence which is inner peace. A wonderful book of life sketches of exemplars such as Helen Inner Peace & Scott Nearing, The Shakers, Walt Whitman, Gandhi, John Muir, Thoreau and Tagore. Incl ...
Buddhism in the Russian Republic of Buryatia
... to clan principles. As a result, the community of each dugan can consist of people from a single place or family lineage. One of the most important challenges for the contemporary Sangha in Buryatia has been finding its own distinctive place in the Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhist world. As Bernstein wr ...
... to clan principles. As a result, the community of each dugan can consist of people from a single place or family lineage. One of the most important challenges for the contemporary Sangha in Buryatia has been finding its own distinctive place in the Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhist world. As Bernstein wr ...
Word of the Buddha
... extinction. From the book itself it will be seen how the teachings of the Buddha all ultimately converge upon the one final goal: Deliverance from Suffering. It was for this reason that on the title page of the first German edition there was printed the passage from the Anguttara Nika-ya which says: ...
... extinction. From the book itself it will be seen how the teachings of the Buddha all ultimately converge upon the one final goal: Deliverance from Suffering. It was for this reason that on the title page of the first German edition there was printed the passage from the Anguttara Nika-ya which says: ...
Untitled
... out press coverage), with the latest, “Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Treatment of Depression,” at Emory University in October 2007 (for a list of all dialogues and their topics, see the appendix to this article). Publication of these dialogues has proceeded at a slower and irregular pace, in part ...
... out press coverage), with the latest, “Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Treatment of Depression,” at Emory University in October 2007 (for a list of all dialogues and their topics, see the appendix to this article). Publication of these dialogues has proceeded at a slower and irregular pace, in part ...
An Introduction to the Tradition of Serene Reflection
... Anatta (No-soul or individual self). Apart from mind and matter which constitute this socalled being, which we know as man, there is no immortal soul, or eternal ego, with which we are either gifted or have obtained in a mysterious way from a mysterious being or force. The Buddhist doctrine of rebir ...
... Anatta (No-soul or individual self). Apart from mind and matter which constitute this socalled being, which we know as man, there is no immortal soul, or eternal ego, with which we are either gifted or have obtained in a mysterious way from a mysterious being or force. The Buddhist doctrine of rebir ...
What the Buddha Taught
... is to be regretted, however, that most of them have been written by those who are not really competent, or who bring to their task misleading assumptions derived from other religions, which must misinterpret and misrepresent their subject. A professor of comparative religion who recently wrote a boo ...
... is to be regretted, however, that most of them have been written by those who are not really competent, or who bring to their task misleading assumptions derived from other religions, which must misinterpret and misrepresent their subject. A professor of comparative religion who recently wrote a boo ...
What the Buddha Taught - Career Account Web Pages
... is to be regretted, however, that most of them have been written by those who are not really competent, or who bring to their task misleading assumptions derived from other religions, which must misinterpret and misrepresent their subject. A professor of comparative religion who recently wrote a boo ...
... is to be regretted, however, that most of them have been written by those who are not really competent, or who bring to their task misleading assumptions derived from other religions, which must misinterpret and misrepresent their subject. A professor of comparative religion who recently wrote a boo ...
whitehill.txt ... JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST ETHICS VOLUME 1: 1994
... of Buddhist philosophy in a Western ethical milieu dominated by demands for human rights and individual autonomy.[7] Assuming the under-developed condition of the domain of Buddhist ethics in Western context, I now address at length my second, more tentative conjecture on the future prospect of West ...
... of Buddhist philosophy in a Western ethical milieu dominated by demands for human rights and individual autonomy.[7] Assuming the under-developed condition of the domain of Buddhist ethics in Western context, I now address at length my second, more tentative conjecture on the future prospect of West ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism
... think Buddhism is threatened by the Western philosophical problem. It is natural that the first Buddhist scholars to consider whether Buddhism is threatened by this Western philosophical dilemma would be inclined to defend Buddhism by embracing compatibilism, because compatibilism may be described, ...
... think Buddhism is threatened by the Western philosophical problem. It is natural that the first Buddhist scholars to consider whether Buddhism is threatened by this Western philosophical dilemma would be inclined to defend Buddhism by embracing compatibilism, because compatibilism may be described, ...