gautama buddha - the enlightened world-teacher
... M i n d f u l of what Asita had prophesied, king Suddhodana never relaxed in his planning for his son to pass his days i n such a manner as w o u l d make h i m come i n touch only w i t h the sunny side of life. Says Gautama himself i n one of the Buddhist texts: " I had three palaces at m y dispos ...
... M i n d f u l of what Asita had prophesied, king Suddhodana never relaxed in his planning for his son to pass his days i n such a manner as w o u l d make h i m come i n touch only w i t h the sunny side of life. Says Gautama himself i n one of the Buddhist texts: " I had three palaces at m y dispos ...
Some Basic Concepts in Jodo Shinshu
... major theorist in Pure Land Buddhist tradition, Tao-cho (Doshaku) claimed that self-power could be abandoned altogether. According to Tao-cho and most of later tradition Enlightenment can be accomplished by Tariki (a spiritual power beyond the known self) alone. Even at this juncture jiriki was seen ...
... major theorist in Pure Land Buddhist tradition, Tao-cho (Doshaku) claimed that self-power could be abandoned altogether. According to Tao-cho and most of later tradition Enlightenment can be accomplished by Tariki (a spiritual power beyond the known self) alone. Even at this juncture jiriki was seen ...
Buddhism
... • The celestial beings of Mahayana Buddhism are believed to hold powers that can benefit beings trapped in samsaric existence (Asian Philosophies, p.142). • Indeed, under Mahayana Buddhism, the characteristics of a Buddha are magnified beyond what was attributed to Gautama Buddha in the early texts ...
... • The celestial beings of Mahayana Buddhism are believed to hold powers that can benefit beings trapped in samsaric existence (Asian Philosophies, p.142). • Indeed, under Mahayana Buddhism, the characteristics of a Buddha are magnified beyond what was attributed to Gautama Buddha in the early texts ...
File - Benoit`s Religion Classes
... • Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears. • Someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with compassion fo ...
... • Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears. • Someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with compassion fo ...
Buddhist Councils
... meditations in the form of instructive discourses delivered to both the Sangha and the laity although most of the sermons were intended mainly for the benefit of Bhikkhus. The third collection, Abhidhamma pitaka, is the higher teaching of the Buddha, describing the ultimate realities in the Universe ...
... meditations in the form of instructive discourses delivered to both the Sangha and the laity although most of the sermons were intended mainly for the benefit of Bhikkhus. The third collection, Abhidhamma pitaka, is the higher teaching of the Buddha, describing the ultimate realities in the Universe ...
A Glossary of Pali and Buddhist Terms
... may be helpful to have defined as one reads Buddhist material. Abhidhamma: (1) In the discourses of the Pali canon, this term simply means "higher Dhamma," and a systematic attempt to define the Buddha's teachings and understand their interrelationships. (2) A later collection of analytical treatise ...
... may be helpful to have defined as one reads Buddhist material. Abhidhamma: (1) In the discourses of the Pali canon, this term simply means "higher Dhamma," and a systematic attempt to define the Buddha's teachings and understand their interrelationships. (2) A later collection of analytical treatise ...
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... doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life, which reveals that both good and evil are inherent even in those at the highest stage of perfect enlightenment. The fundamental nature of enlightenment manifests itself as Brahma and Shakra, whereas the fundamental darkness manifests itse ...
... doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life, which reveals that both good and evil are inherent even in those at the highest stage of perfect enlightenment. The fundamental nature of enlightenment manifests itself as Brahma and Shakra, whereas the fundamental darkness manifests itse ...
1. The Buddhism founder
... 5. Vital force, the energy poured in the nature. Across: 6. The Tibet-Mongolian form of the Buddhism. 7. A name of the future Buddha. 8. School of the southern Buddhism. 9. The collection of the Buddhist texts recognized canonical. 10. A symbol of an embodiment of the Buddha. ...
... 5. Vital force, the energy poured in the nature. Across: 6. The Tibet-Mongolian form of the Buddhism. 7. A name of the future Buddha. 8. School of the southern Buddhism. 9. The collection of the Buddhist texts recognized canonical. 10. A symbol of an embodiment of the Buddha. ...
Buddhism and the Mode of Having vs. Being Erich Fromm 2009a
... step further. Buddhist teaching is considerably more radical than the average “progressive” reader is today. To eliminate God, to make man the individual entirely responsible for his actions, to deprive him of all illusions, to transcend all allegiance to class and nation and to arrive at the shared ...
... step further. Buddhist teaching is considerably more radical than the average “progressive” reader is today. To eliminate God, to make man the individual entirely responsible for his actions, to deprive him of all illusions, to transcend all allegiance to class and nation and to arrive at the shared ...
Buddhism and Volunteerism - Fo Guang Shan International
... Today, many Buddhists are active volunteers in temples and monasteries. They know the importance of service to others to form affinity before they attain Buddhahood. Volunteer service is the door to good human relationships, improved communication, and friendship among people. For example, in one of ...
... Today, many Buddhists are active volunteers in temples and monasteries. They know the importance of service to others to form affinity before they attain Buddhahood. Volunteer service is the door to good human relationships, improved communication, and friendship among people. For example, in one of ...
Did the Buddha Believe in Karma and Rebirth?
... the texts of the Veda, and in the Jaina canon. Passages in the early Buddhist texts that are more or less similar to what we find in these other texts inform us, according to this line of reasoning, about the earliest form of the doctrine of karma and rebirth in Buddhism. In this connection we must ...
... the texts of the Veda, and in the Jaina canon. Passages in the early Buddhist texts that are more or less similar to what we find in these other texts inform us, according to this line of reasoning, about the earliest form of the doctrine of karma and rebirth in Buddhism. In this connection we must ...
What Is Our Buddhist Practice
... life, to be the highest and ultimate teaching of Buddhism. The Lotus Sutra most clearly shows Buddhism as a powerful, life-affirming, egalitarian and humanistic teaching. Born the son of a fisherman in a time of social unrest and natural catastrophe, Nichiren became a religious acolyte and after a ...
... life, to be the highest and ultimate teaching of Buddhism. The Lotus Sutra most clearly shows Buddhism as a powerful, life-affirming, egalitarian and humanistic teaching. Born the son of a fisherman in a time of social unrest and natural catastrophe, Nichiren became a religious acolyte and after a ...
Worksheets on the life and teaching of the Buddha
... “Also, do not criticize the teaching of others and say they are no good. There are many other great teachers in the world and they all have their own way of helping people. So do not insult any of them. This is not your business. Your only business is to find happiness and help others find it, too.” ...
... “Also, do not criticize the teaching of others and say they are no good. There are many other great teachers in the world and they all have their own way of helping people. So do not insult any of them. This is not your business. Your only business is to find happiness and help others find it, too.” ...
Buddhism Goes to the Movies: Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice
... the consequences of war, the chapter has far too many lax connections, such as this one: “Although the story does not mention it, there is also a Theravada practice of meditating on the decay of corpses. The idea in doing this is to become free of attachment to the body and realize the transience of ...
... the consequences of war, the chapter has far too many lax connections, such as this one: “Although the story does not mention it, there is also a Theravada practice of meditating on the decay of corpses. The idea in doing this is to become free of attachment to the body and realize the transience of ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 310-313 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... starting point of a scientific study of Buddhism; 1863, the height of the controversy on Buddhism as nihilismin France, England and Germany). The third part, beginning with a growing number of scientific studies on Buddhism and ending in 1893 (the World Parliament of Religions) shows the decline of ...
... starting point of a scientific study of Buddhism; 1863, the height of the controversy on Buddhism as nihilismin France, England and Germany). The third part, beginning with a growing number of scientific studies on Buddhism and ending in 1893 (the World Parliament of Religions) shows the decline of ...
Mahayana Buddhism
... body of essence is seen as the universal ground of being, revealed for many Mahayana believers in the Lotus Sutra; other sects regard it as present within oneself and accessible through meditation. The historical Buddha is believed to be one transformation body emanated by the body of essence. Conse ...
... body of essence is seen as the universal ground of being, revealed for many Mahayana believers in the Lotus Sutra; other sects regard it as present within oneself and accessible through meditation. The historical Buddha is believed to be one transformation body emanated by the body of essence. Conse ...
Buddhism
... Who could be expected to understand truth as profound as that which the Buddha had laid hold of? How could speech-defying revelation be translated into words, or visions that shatter definitions be caged in language? In short, how show what can only be found, teach what can only be learned? ...
... Who could be expected to understand truth as profound as that which the Buddha had laid hold of? How could speech-defying revelation be translated into words, or visions that shatter definitions be caged in language? In short, how show what can only be found, teach what can only be learned? ...
Learning the Buddha`s Great Compassion
... viewed as those in genso though we cannot take credit for it nor regard ourselves such because we are corrupt beings. Further, social actions may be seen as Amida’s compassion working through us, though it is not our action for which we take credit. Merit-transference called eko means that such work ...
... viewed as those in genso though we cannot take credit for it nor regard ourselves such because we are corrupt beings. Further, social actions may be seen as Amida’s compassion working through us, though it is not our action for which we take credit. Merit-transference called eko means that such work ...
Introduction to Buddhism
... from a certain set of causal conditions. We also see that everything is impermanent. For example, a tree needs seed, earth, water, air, and sunshine to grow. Because the causal conditions are always changing, the resulting phenomena must always be changing. When the causal conditions fall apart, thi ...
... from a certain set of causal conditions. We also see that everything is impermanent. For example, a tree needs seed, earth, water, air, and sunshine to grow. Because the causal conditions are always changing, the resulting phenomena must always be changing. When the causal conditions fall apart, thi ...
Did The Buddha Teach SP?
... eventually would become the ‘collection bundled by topic’ - Saṃyutta Nikāya - with many other relatively short teachings arranged according to the growing fashion of lists in the ‘progressively numbered collection’, the Aṇguttara Nikāya. This is not to say that the suttas in these collections are th ...
... eventually would become the ‘collection bundled by topic’ - Saṃyutta Nikāya - with many other relatively short teachings arranged according to the growing fashion of lists in the ‘progressively numbered collection’, the Aṇguttara Nikāya. This is not to say that the suttas in these collections are th ...
Sculpture
... This ornately decorated seated Buddha is made of paper-mache. It has then been lacquered and either painted or gilded and inlayed with colour glass. Lacquer mixed with bone ash can provide moulded decoration for hair, jewellery, and borders on clothing. The lacquer also provides a base for the inlay ...
... This ornately decorated seated Buddha is made of paper-mache. It has then been lacquered and either painted or gilded and inlayed with colour glass. Lacquer mixed with bone ash can provide moulded decoration for hair, jewellery, and borders on clothing. The lacquer also provides a base for the inlay ...
Mahayana
Mahāyāna (Sanskrit: महायान mahāyāna, literally the ""Great Vehicle"") is one of two (or three, under some classifications) main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice. The Buddhist tradition of Vajrayana is sometimes classified as a part of Mahayana Buddhism, but some scholars may consider it as a different branch altogether.According to the teachings of Mahāyāna traditions, ""Mahāyāna"" also refers to the path of the Bodhisattva seeking complete enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings, also called ""Bodhisattvayāna"", or the ""Bodhisattva Vehicle"". A bodhisattva who has accomplished this goal is called a samyaksaṃbuddha, or ""fully enlightened Buddha"". A samyaksaṃbuddha can establish the Dharma and lead disciples to enlightenment. Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and this can be accomplished even by a layperson.The Mahāyāna tradition is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today, with 53.2% of practitioners, compared to 35.8% for Theravāda and 5.7% for Vajrayāna in 2010.In the course of its history, Mahāyāna Buddhism spread from India to various other Asian countries such as Bangladesh, China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Malaysia, and Mongolia. Major traditions of Mahāyāna Buddhism today include Zen, Chinese Chán, Pure Land, Tiantai, and Nichiren. It may also include the Vajrayāna Buddhist traditions of Shingon, Tendai and Tibetan Buddhism, which add esoteric teachings to the Mahāyāna tradition.