river and mountains in the distance, above the main buildings of the center. For other types of practices, meditators prefer or must be indoors or even in a cave or place of complete isolation and darkness for most of the time.
One Sunday evening, after a Dharma talk at the International Zen Center of New York, a student asked Seung Sahn Soen-sa, “Why do you chant? Isn’t sitting Zen enough?” Soen-sa said, “This is a very important matter. We bow together, chant together, eat together, sit together, a...
(This article belongs to the Special IssueRe-staging the Periphery as the Center: Women Communities in East Asian Religions) Downloadkeyboard_arrow_down Browse Figures Versions Notes Abstract This paper studies the history of the Singapore Girls’ Buddhist Institute, the first and only modern Buddhist...
The miraculous narrative about the events on Wutai Mountain clearly breaks down into three parts. In the first part, Guxin Ruxin encountered an old woman who handed over to him a monk’s robe, which used to belong to her late son. Then she cautioned Guxin Ruxin that Mañjuśrī is ...
combined with elements of traditional Chinese architecture, with its flying attics, brackets, and glazed tile roofs. TLKY is considered one of the more prominent Buddhist temples in Hong Kong and serves as a center for the Buddhist community and a place of education for monastics.Continue ...
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In the center we see Benzaiten standing atop a rocky mountain surrounded by four attendants (kenzoku 眷属). This painting symbolizes protection of the state, the granting of children, and the promise of prosperity. In the upper portion are two protective martial deities, while the lower section...
This post is intended to address the disturbing reactions to the Islamic cultural center that is proposed to be built near the world trade center site. The anger and “islamaphobia” that has arisen as a result of the proposal to build the center acts as a direct challenge to the ideals ...
Center for Buddhist Studies Columbia University USA HH the XIV Dalai Lama Nobel Laureate Tibet/India Though not able to be reached in time to sign this letter, HH the Dalai Lama has publicly and repeatedly stated his concern about the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. He urges everyone to continue...
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