The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth
... Obaku school in Japan. The primary focus of this book, however, is the transformation of the Chan tradition in the seventeenth century. Readers might find this book not easy because so many people’s names, book titles, and place names are mentioned and discussed. Reading this book requires great pati ...
... Obaku school in Japan. The primary focus of this book, however, is the transformation of the Chan tradition in the seventeenth century. Readers might find this book not easy because so many people’s names, book titles, and place names are mentioned and discussed. Reading this book requires great pati ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... unit of a new order of magnitude in India, the first, for example, in which there were speakers of Indo-Aryan languages (derivatives of Sanskrit) so far apart that their dialects must have been mutually incomprehensible. Aśoka’s precise dates are controversial. Eggermont, the scholar who has devoted ...
... unit of a new order of magnitude in India, the first, for example, in which there were speakers of Indo-Aryan languages (derivatives of Sanskrit) so far apart that their dialects must have been mutually incomprehensible. Aśoka’s precise dates are controversial. Eggermont, the scholar who has devoted ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... unit of a new order of magnitude in India, the first, for example, in which there were speakers of Indo-Aryan languages (derivatives of Sanskrit) so far apart that their dialects must have been mutually incomprehensible. Aśoka’s precise dates are controversial. Eggermont, the scholar who has devoted ...
... unit of a new order of magnitude in India, the first, for example, in which there were speakers of Indo-Aryan languages (derivatives of Sanskrit) so far apart that their dialects must have been mutually incomprehensible. Aśoka’s precise dates are controversial. Eggermont, the scholar who has devoted ...
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... comfort with material things and technology. Children are brought up and over influenced by modern high technology and materialism, while adults are attached to the competitive world for survival. People are so focused on the here and now that they tend to discount religious considerations and thoug ...
... comfort with material things and technology. Children are brought up and over influenced by modern high technology and materialism, while adults are attached to the competitive world for survival. People are so focused on the here and now that they tend to discount religious considerations and thoug ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... alike. The use of amulets has to an extent always been contested in Southeast Asia and many other areas, with a divide consistently present between individuals, and, in the case of Southeast Asia, between the varying schools of Buddhist thought. Although there are examples of scriptures and texts su ...
... alike. The use of amulets has to an extent always been contested in Southeast Asia and many other areas, with a divide consistently present between individuals, and, in the case of Southeast Asia, between the varying schools of Buddhist thought. Although there are examples of scriptures and texts su ...
SAK YANT: THE TRANSITION FROM INDIC YANTRAS TO THAI
... Officially, Thailand is dominated by the state-sponsored Theravada Buddhist tradition, which has essentially been practiced in Thailand since 1902 when the sangha bureaucracy was established. However, within the last couple of decades a hybrid form of Thai Buddhism has emerged. The contemporary, hyb ...
... Officially, Thailand is dominated by the state-sponsored Theravada Buddhist tradition, which has essentially been practiced in Thailand since 1902 when the sangha bureaucracy was established. However, within the last couple of decades a hybrid form of Thai Buddhism has emerged. The contemporary, hyb ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... (220-589 C.E.) understood and treated Buddhist stūpas. These objects of worship were significant to Buddhism in India, thus frequently appearing in Chinese Buddhist scriptures, which Chinese Buddhists believed to have originated there. However, when adapting to the new milieu in China, the conceptio ...
... (220-589 C.E.) understood and treated Buddhist stūpas. These objects of worship were significant to Buddhism in India, thus frequently appearing in Chinese Buddhist scriptures, which Chinese Buddhists believed to have originated there. However, when adapting to the new milieu in China, the conceptio ...
The Concept of `Dhamma` in Thai Buddhism: A
... R eproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ...
... R eproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ...
Buddhist-Christian Dialogue and Action in the
... Asanga.3 However, scholarly interests have mainly moved onto the socio-political significance of Buddhadåsa’s reformist movement in the process of modernization in Thailand. The most enduring research topic is the doctrinal and sociological analyses, showing how Buddhadåsa elaborates on the meaning ...
... Asanga.3 However, scholarly interests have mainly moved onto the socio-political significance of Buddhadåsa’s reformist movement in the process of modernization in Thailand. The most enduring research topic is the doctrinal and sociological analyses, showing how Buddhadåsa elaborates on the meaning ...
PALI TIPITAKA CHANTING : Oral Tradition of Theravada Buddhism
... (250 B.C.) during the reign of Emperor Asoka in India. After the Third Council, the Vibhajjavadins were divided into four mainly for the geographical distance. They are: Mahisasaka, Kasyapiya, Dharmaguptaka and the Tamraparniya. Theravada is descended from the Tamraparniya, which means the ‘Sri Lank ...
... (250 B.C.) during the reign of Emperor Asoka in India. After the Third Council, the Vibhajjavadins were divided into four mainly for the geographical distance. They are: Mahisasaka, Kasyapiya, Dharmaguptaka and the Tamraparniya. Theravada is descended from the Tamraparniya, which means the ‘Sri Lank ...
Buddhist Monastic Discipline
... extremely reliable and trustworthy. Admittedly, they tried to work with perfect detachment but it cannot always be said, perhaps due to forces beyond their control, that they were free from bias of some sort or another. ...
... extremely reliable and trustworthy. Admittedly, they tried to work with perfect detachment but it cannot always be said, perhaps due to forces beyond their control, that they were free from bias of some sort or another. ...
Aspects of the Study of the (earlier) Indian Mahāyāna
... narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines antithetical to the Bodhisattvayana (regardless of where these doctrines might be found). At all events, the fact remains that usage has varied through the enormous and (synchronically and diachronically) various literary ...
... narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines antithetical to the Bodhisattvayana (regardless of where these doctrines might be found). At all events, the fact remains that usage has varied through the enormous and (synchronically and diachronically) various literary ...
Buddhism A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown
... with any single part. In particular, statements which begin 'Buddhists believe . . .' or 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are being referred to, which tradition of Buddhism they follow, which school or sect they belong to ...
... with any single part. In particular, statements which begin 'Buddhists believe . . .' or 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are being referred to, which tradition of Buddhism they follow, which school or sect they belong to ...
Buddhist Women and Social Justice - Ideals
... living in Buddhist cultures over a period of twenty years has taught me that, overall, there is a marked difference between the way people regard monks and nuns. Even among monastics themselves, the exemplars of cherished Buddhist values, disparities exist in attitudes toward nuns and monks. Many ti ...
... living in Buddhist cultures over a period of twenty years has taught me that, overall, there is a marked difference between the way people regard monks and nuns. Even among monastics themselves, the exemplars of cherished Buddhist values, disparities exist in attitudes toward nuns and monks. Many ti ...
The History of Buddhism in Vietnam
... before the massive waves of Buddhist influence which came from China. Indeed, by the beginning of the 4th century, Vietnamese Buddhist monks were traveling in turn to India to retrieve more Buddhist sutras and do advanced study. Chapter II, “Ancient Luy Lau during Chinese Control of Vietnam, in the ...
... before the massive waves of Buddhist influence which came from China. Indeed, by the beginning of the 4th century, Vietnamese Buddhist monks were traveling in turn to India to retrieve more Buddhist sutras and do advanced study. Chapter II, “Ancient Luy Lau during Chinese Control of Vietnam, in the ...
wat-stay proposals for cutural tourism, conservation and
... CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THAILAND’S HISTORIC TEMPLES: THE CASE OF WAT RAKHANGKOSITARAM.THESIS ADVISOR PROF. DR. WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Ph. D AND DR. SUMET JUMSAI, Ph. D: pp ...
... CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THAILAND’S HISTORIC TEMPLES: THE CASE OF WAT RAKHANGKOSITARAM.THESIS ADVISOR PROF. DR. WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Ph. D AND DR. SUMET JUMSAI, Ph. D: pp ...
Transplanting Buddhism: - Unisa Institutional Repository
... is to explore the tension caused by Buddhism and its interaction with Africa. In so doing, we shall be viewing the past, present and, tentatively, the future of South African Buddhism. This implies that we are looking at what in other religions, most notably Christianity, would be called "mission" o ...
... is to explore the tension caused by Buddhism and its interaction with Africa. In so doing, we shall be viewing the past, present and, tentatively, the future of South African Buddhism. This implies that we are looking at what in other religions, most notably Christianity, would be called "mission" o ...
Wat Intravihan
... commonly known as Acharn Toh or Somdej Toh, studied the Buddhist scriptures of the Pali Canon with several Buddhist masters. After becoming a well-known monk, he became the preceptor for Prince Mongkut, who later became King Rama IV. During Rama IV's reign, Somdej Toh was given the ceremonial name P ...
... commonly known as Acharn Toh or Somdej Toh, studied the Buddhist scriptures of the Pali Canon with several Buddhist masters. After becoming a well-known monk, he became the preceptor for Prince Mongkut, who later became King Rama IV. During Rama IV's reign, Somdej Toh was given the ceremonial name P ...
Cullavagga Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Theravāda monastics, the Pāli Vinaya in the form it has been handed down is the central frame of reference, not whatever we believe really happened in ancient India two and a half millennia ago.5 In my previous paper “On the Bhikkhunī Ordination Controversy” I briefly discussed the difference betwee ...
... Theravāda monastics, the Pāli Vinaya in the form it has been handed down is the central frame of reference, not whatever we believe really happened in ancient India two and a half millennia ago.5 In my previous paper “On the Bhikkhunī Ordination Controversy” I briefly discussed the difference betwee ...
10_chapter 4
... Dai Dang and the former transmitted to Phu Trac. Among the sects having existed under the Ly reign, as we have seen, only the branches from the Wu Yan Tong sect remained. The Thao Duong sect that had developed among the royal and dignitary circles under the Ly reign, perished after the crash of the ...
... Dai Dang and the former transmitted to Phu Trac. Among the sects having existed under the Ly reign, as we have seen, only the branches from the Wu Yan Tong sect remained. The Thao Duong sect that had developed among the royal and dignitary circles under the Ly reign, perished after the crash of the ...
Buddhism in India - Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
... the main social ideology opposing exploitation; and to the existing interpretations of Buddhism itself. Ambedkar had no doubt that Brahmanism was responsible for most of the evils affecting India and that Buddhism was its main potential alternative. ‘The history of Indian society,’ he had written in ...
... the main social ideology opposing exploitation; and to the existing interpretations of Buddhism itself. Ambedkar had no doubt that Brahmanism was responsible for most of the evils affecting India and that Buddhism was its main potential alternative. ‘The history of Indian society,’ he had written in ...
Buddhism in India
... the main social ideology opposing exploitation; and to the existing interpretations of Buddhism itself. Ambedkar had no doubt that Brahmanism was responsible for most of the evils affecting India and that Buddhism was its main potential alternative. ‘The history of Indian society,’ he had written in ...
... the main social ideology opposing exploitation; and to the existing interpretations of Buddhism itself. Ambedkar had no doubt that Brahmanism was responsible for most of the evils affecting India and that Buddhism was its main potential alternative. ‘The history of Indian society,’ he had written in ...
pacific world - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... Bianhong ever returned home to Java or sent scriptures copied from the manuscripts available to him in the monasteries of Chang’an, but it is clear that he was not the only Javanese monk to venture abroad in search of esoteric knowledge. It seemingly took the Javanese about a decade to establish ano ...
... Bianhong ever returned home to Java or sent scriptures copied from the manuscripts available to him in the monasteries of Chang’an, but it is clear that he was not the only Javanese monk to venture abroad in search of esoteric knowledge. It seemingly took the Javanese about a decade to establish ano ...
- SOAS Research Online
... apparently including Buddhism. 7 These early episodes echo a general model of religious persecution, resulting from the attempt to establish through violence a religious orthodoxy. In other cases, which may eventually have caused the decline and ultimate disappearance of Buddhism in India, the attac ...
... apparently including Buddhism. 7 These early episodes echo a general model of religious persecution, resulting from the attempt to establish through violence a religious orthodoxy. In other cases, which may eventually have caused the decline and ultimate disappearance of Buddhism in India, the attac ...
"Texts memorized, texts performed: a reconsideration of the role of
... monastics had to make with the laity who were, as it were, unable to comprehend the profound doctrines of the Buddha and who found the harsh and inflexible doctrine of karma too overwhelming12. She writes (1981:23), for instance, that “according to the theory of karma, in Buddhism the burden of resp ...
... monastics had to make with the laity who were, as it were, unable to comprehend the profound doctrines of the Buddha and who found the harsh and inflexible doctrine of karma too overwhelming12. She writes (1981:23), for instance, that “according to the theory of karma, in Buddhism the burden of resp ...