Buddhism in China and Modern Society: An Introduction Centering
... Secondly, it opens up the most precious spiritual resources from researching the entire Buddhist teachings. He based on the Ahan Jing [Agama Sutra] as the scripture for Buddhism for the Human Realm, and took the teachings of the earlier scriptures as the theoretical foundation of Buddhism for the Hu ...
... Secondly, it opens up the most precious spiritual resources from researching the entire Buddhist teachings. He based on the Ahan Jing [Agama Sutra] as the scripture for Buddhism for the Human Realm, and took the teachings of the earlier scriptures as the theoretical foundation of Buddhism for the Hu ...
An Old Inscription from Amarāvatī and the Cult of the Local Monastic
... the erection of the monument." 7 But through the work of Zamindars, zealous treasure seekers, and untrained if well intentioned British civil servants, most of the complex—one of the longest lasting in India—has disappeared. 8 As a consequence, we know next to nothing about the monastic quarters the ...
... the erection of the monument." 7 But through the work of Zamindars, zealous treasure seekers, and untrained if well intentioned British civil servants, most of the complex—one of the longest lasting in India—has disappeared. 8 As a consequence, we know next to nothing about the monastic quarters the ...
his sacred biography, meditation practice and influence
... biographies, his monastic dress, and the meditation practices and stories of his disciples and other monks who were part of the northern Thai Buddhist sphere. Based on this information I will argue that there is some evidence that Khruba Sriwichai practiced yogāvacara meditation, an esoteric form of ...
... biographies, his monastic dress, and the meditation practices and stories of his disciples and other monks who were part of the northern Thai Buddhist sphere. Based on this information I will argue that there is some evidence that Khruba Sriwichai practiced yogāvacara meditation, an esoteric form of ...
A Blueprint for Buddhist Revolution
... to Buddhism was the Muga-ai or Selfless Love society, founded by former Shin priest Itō Shōshin 伊藤証信 (1876–1963), whose mission was to promote and engage in compassionate action towards the poor and oppressed. Another figure in this movement was economist and writer Kawakami Hajime 河上 肇 (1879–1946), ...
... to Buddhism was the Muga-ai or Selfless Love society, founded by former Shin priest Itō Shōshin 伊藤証信 (1876–1963), whose mission was to promote and engage in compassionate action towards the poor and oppressed. Another figure in this movement was economist and writer Kawakami Hajime 河上 肇 (1879–1946), ...
A Long and Winding Road: Soto Zen Training in America
... blossomed forth into a rich and colorful garden of Buddhist cultures, traditions, sects, and lineages. Their common root is love of the Buddha way, which blooms in many varieties. Likewise, the training of teachers, priests, monks, and nuns varies widely. It would take many thousands of words to des ...
... blossomed forth into a rich and colorful garden of Buddhist cultures, traditions, sects, and lineages. Their common root is love of the Buddha way, which blooms in many varieties. Likewise, the training of teachers, priests, monks, and nuns varies widely. It would take many thousands of words to des ...
Buddhist Practice as Play: A Virtue Ethical View
... truth of a certain interpretation is not determined by whether or not it corresponds to the “facts” but by whether it is fruitful. My purpose is to show that a virtue ethical interpretation of Buddhist ethics is possible and that it is a fruitful interpretation. It is fruitful in the sense that it i ...
... truth of a certain interpretation is not determined by whether or not it corresponds to the “facts” but by whether it is fruitful. My purpose is to show that a virtue ethical interpretation of Buddhist ethics is possible and that it is a fruitful interpretation. It is fruitful in the sense that it i ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... Buddhist teachings and interaction with the laity. Taylor writes of the history of the forest tradition and how after meeting his teacher, Ajahn Man, Ajahn Mahā Boowa (var. Mahabua) “turned away from scholastic or book pursuits (kanthathura) to kammathaan [practices of the forest monk] practices. Th ...
... Buddhist teachings and interaction with the laity. Taylor writes of the history of the forest tradition and how after meeting his teacher, Ajahn Man, Ajahn Mahā Boowa (var. Mahabua) “turned away from scholastic or book pursuits (kanthathura) to kammathaan [practices of the forest monk] practices. Th ...
JBE Research Article ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 4 1997:1-74
... any case for HAKAMAYA human interests come first.18 It would thus seem that the sources for our knowledge of Early Buddhism are not sufficiently explicit and unambiguous on the issue of ecological ethics; for otherwise such a wide divergence of opinions would hardly be explainable. Actually, in form ...
... any case for HAKAMAYA human interests come first.18 It would thus seem that the sources for our knowledge of Early Buddhism are not sufficiently explicit and unambiguous on the issue of ecological ethics; for otherwise such a wide divergence of opinions would hardly be explainable. Actually, in form ...
Buddha name Siddhartha Gautama
... Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from ancient India on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.[1] In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." [note 1] The ...
... Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from ancient India on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.[1] In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." [note 1] The ...
Traces of Gandhāran Buddhism: An Exhibition of Ancient Buddhist
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
traces of gandhāran buddhism - Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology
... gruent” (Gellner 1983: 1). Gellner considered nationalism a recent phenomenon related to modernization and industrialization, but a fundamental assumption of political Buddhism is that this harmony between state (political) and nation (national unit) has existed in Sri Lanka since ancient times and ...
... gruent” (Gellner 1983: 1). Gellner considered nationalism a recent phenomenon related to modernization and industrialization, but a fundamental assumption of political Buddhism is that this harmony between state (political) and nation (national unit) has existed in Sri Lanka since ancient times and ...
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... so much wealth and offering that thieves followed him around the pagoda. Similarly, the monk Tri Thien living under Ly Anh Tong and Ly Cao Tong’s reigns in the Phu Mon pagoda was given many offerings by Buddhist believers from many regions, according to a text on Buddhist believers from many regions ...
... so much wealth and offering that thieves followed him around the pagoda. Similarly, the monk Tri Thien living under Ly Anh Tong and Ly Cao Tong’s reigns in the Phu Mon pagoda was given many offerings by Buddhist believers from many regions, according to a text on Buddhist believers from many regions ...
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... (38). Sariputra states that there would have been no question of falsehood even if the old man had provided no cart whatsoever, “because the original thought of the old man was: ‘I will get my children to escape by a skilful means.’”13 Pye believes the basic point here is not that the old man gave t ...
... (38). Sariputra states that there would have been no question of falsehood even if the old man had provided no cart whatsoever, “because the original thought of the old man was: ‘I will get my children to escape by a skilful means.’”13 Pye believes the basic point here is not that the old man gave t ...
Down This Talk - Three Wheels Temple
... Kyoto and Osaka for twenty years. Having retired from the academic world rather earlier than is normal, I returned to my master’s temple to practise Buddhism. After coming to London, however, I find myself once more connected to some extent with the academic world. Besides giving talks at meetings h ...
... Kyoto and Osaka for twenty years. Having retired from the academic world rather earlier than is normal, I returned to my master’s temple to practise Buddhism. After coming to London, however, I find myself once more connected to some extent with the academic world. Besides giving talks at meetings h ...
Creating the body of a fighter and the mind of a pacifist
... One Buddhist renunciation that the Shaolin monks were notorious for breaking was the consumption of dead flesh. The monks who indulged in such behaviour fell back on two justifications, the first being so long as the Buddha was in your heart, meat and wine are nothing.1 The second relates to a mythi ...
... One Buddhist renunciation that the Shaolin monks were notorious for breaking was the consumption of dead flesh. The monks who indulged in such behaviour fell back on two justifications, the first being so long as the Buddha was in your heart, meat and wine are nothing.1 The second relates to a mythi ...
Further Biographies of Nuns
... It is generally assumed that nuns in all Buddhist traditions have a lower position than monks. In the Theravāda tradition the lineage of nuns was broken by the thirteenth century and has never been fully restored, unlike the ordination lineage in the Mahāyāna tradition where it has been preserved si ...
... It is generally assumed that nuns in all Buddhist traditions have a lower position than monks. In the Theravāda tradition the lineage of nuns was broken by the thirteenth century and has never been fully restored, unlike the ordination lineage in the Mahāyāna tradition where it has been preserved si ...
Jayarava-Spiral Path
... Arising from this survey is a challenge to the claim that the Upanisā Sutta is the locus classicus of the Spiral Path. The Upanisā Sutta is singular, and not in fact representative of the class. Indeed, when we look at the English language literature on the Spiral Path it becomes apparent that the c ...
... Arising from this survey is a challenge to the claim that the Upanisā Sutta is the locus classicus of the Spiral Path. The Upanisā Sutta is singular, and not in fact representative of the class. Indeed, when we look at the English language literature on the Spiral Path it becomes apparent that the c ...
Jennifer Kieser - Missouri Western State University
... Buddhism to countries outside India Missionaries – even his own son and daughter – were sent out to accomplish his goal and build monuments to the Buddha King Ashoka sent missionaries to: Sri Lanka (by Arhat Mahinda, son of Ashoka) Myanmar (by bhikkhunis named Sona and Uttara) Thailand C ...
... Buddhism to countries outside India Missionaries – even his own son and daughter – were sent out to accomplish his goal and build monuments to the Buddha King Ashoka sent missionaries to: Sri Lanka (by Arhat Mahinda, son of Ashoka) Myanmar (by bhikkhunis named Sona and Uttara) Thailand C ...
Return Tranquility
... desires and actions begin with the thoughts we think. Thought precedes one’s experience (mano pubbangama dhamma). Modern cognitive psychologists have now begun to realize this. This means, “As we think, so we feel, as we feel, so we act, as we act, so we reap the results of our actions.” Our destiny ...
... desires and actions begin with the thoughts we think. Thought precedes one’s experience (mano pubbangama dhamma). Modern cognitive psychologists have now begun to realize this. This means, “As we think, so we feel, as we feel, so we act, as we act, so we reap the results of our actions.” Our destiny ...
PowerPoint - Just be Good
... RECOGNITION of the remarkable personality of the Dalai Lama is a separate issue from Christian assessment of Buddhism. There are strong reasons why Christians should be sceptical of Buddhism, whether Theravada (Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka), Mahayana (China, Japan, Korea), or Vajr ...
... RECOGNITION of the remarkable personality of the Dalai Lama is a separate issue from Christian assessment of Buddhism. There are strong reasons why Christians should be sceptical of Buddhism, whether Theravada (Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka), Mahayana (China, Japan, Korea), or Vajr ...
Buddhism and Western Psychology
... If essential Buddhism is not religion or philosophy, although usually confused and confounded with them, then what is it? Clearly it is psychology, for it deals with topics such as sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, mind, and consciousness. The Buddha said his primary work was to ...
... If essential Buddhism is not religion or philosophy, although usually confused and confounded with them, then what is it? Clearly it is psychology, for it deals with topics such as sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, mind, and consciousness. The Buddha said his primary work was to ...
astract - University of West Florida
... If essential Buddhism is not religion or philosophy, although usually confused and confounded with them, then what is it? Clearly it is psychology, for it deals with topics such as sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, mind, and consciousness. The Buddha said his primary work was to ...
... If essential Buddhism is not religion or philosophy, although usually confused and confounded with them, then what is it? Clearly it is psychology, for it deals with topics such as sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, mind, and consciousness. The Buddha said his primary work was to ...
BUSL-IC-Proceedings 2015 - Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
... It is with great pleasure that I convey this message regarding the International Buddhist Conference which is going to be held at the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka on a grand scale. It has become a need of the hour to conduct an International Buddhist Conference on the theme „Buddhism for Future Hu ...
... It is with great pleasure that I convey this message regarding the International Buddhist Conference which is going to be held at the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka on a grand scale. It has become a need of the hour to conduct an International Buddhist Conference on the theme „Buddhism for Future Hu ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... formulations of filial piety can either be bent in the direction of an allencompassing universalist concept, or on the contrary be appropriated as an instrument to justify particularism and enforce submissive behaviors. II. Filial Piety as a Genre of Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Literature The theme of ...
... formulations of filial piety can either be bent in the direction of an allencompassing universalist concept, or on the contrary be appropriated as an instrument to justify particularism and enforce submissive behaviors. II. Filial Piety as a Genre of Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Literature The theme of ...