1969, with whomMori began to study the Mahayana Buddhism and prac-ticed Zen [42]. By doing so, Mori constructed a culturalframe with which he could interpret the potential signif-icance of technological advancement within the teachingof Buddhism.His books on Buddhism are original in that he ...
This teaching is a very optimistic one, highlighting not only the continuity and connection between all sentient beings, but also the inevitably of change—which we can influence for good. Given that we inhabit a world in the throes of a deadly pandemic and on the verge...
19. About Sūryagupta Tāranātha says, that he received Tārā's teaching from Nāgamitra, who belonged to the lineage of Āryadeva. 20. (see http://www.himalayanart.org/search/ [last assessed 01.03.2014] - items 74239, 74240, 74241 White Tārā; 74242, 74243 Green Tārā from the ...
. The same pattern of exposition is followed by scholar monks Shengyan and Guodeng (Shengyan 1996, pp. 143–44, 149;Guodeng 2004, pp. 89–102). By contrast, Japanese scholar Hasebe Yūkei does not analyze the teaching of Guxin Ruxin, but rather focuses on meticulous calculation of ...
Yet Habian, the erstwhile Zen monk who would have known the Mahayana Buddhist teaching that “true emptiness is wondrous existence” shinkū myōu 真空妙有, presented the whole of Japanese religion, and in particular Buddhism and its varied schools, as nothing more than different ways of ...
New Professorships: multi-year grants to colleges and universities to establish or expand teaching in Buddhist studies These are global competitions. There are no restrictions as to the location of work proposed, the citizenship of applicants, or the languages of the final written product. Applicatio...
“Great Discourse on Origination”(Mahānidāna-sutta),from theDīgha-nikāya, the Buddha actually inaugurates his teaching on cau-sality with the topic of birth itself:“‘If,Ānanda, there were no birth at all,anywhere [. . .] then, with the cessation of birth, could ageing-and-death...
Because the Lojong teaching is all about how to cultivate skillful responses in place of our habitual unskillful responses. We need to look and question and see without pretending. We need to cultivate inner change. Where we see something in our responses which is not helpful, which is ...
Because each indicates a different level of sophistication with which Amida manifests himself. It is not that Amida himself is more or less sophisticated. Instead, he is able instantly to adjust the depth of his manifestation, teaching, and saving to suit the level of those who call upon him...