The images are”intended as a way to support seeing without thinking predominating.” One’s attention falls into habit, thus seeing more traditional image of a Buddhist temple tends merely to provoke the mind to recollect the idea of a temple through image-association. These images, radically ...
We dropped off our backpacks at the baggage storage in Galle Railway Station, then found our way into the old fortified city. The first thing we saw inside the fortress was Galle Services Club (est. 1947) and the 1883 clock tower. Located on the highest point in the fortress, the Dutch...
-7- This book is chiefly intended for those who study the Buddhist teachings through the medium of the English language, but wish to familiarize themselves with some of the original Pàli terms of doctrinal import. They are in the same position as a student of philo- sophy or science who ...
There is a way of perceiving addictions however as psychological illnesses instead of "moral failures." Just because one does something bad does not mean they are a bad person. This was first modeled many years ago under the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve Steps system, and moved later on towards ...
Sitting meditation is not only a method of Chan practice but also the be…more The Way to Buddhahood(成佛之道). Very useful outline for the whole book, which makes for great class outline notes. Also useful for those who wish to learn some of the basic Buddhist terminology and concepts ...
I have been on a journey of mindfulness for more than a decade now as a way to metabolize the trauma of my husband’s death. One of the first books that I turned to wasWhen Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Timesby Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön. The path to a peaceful ...
the-way-to-buddhahood-verses-english-chinese Enjoy May all beings benefit The Six Paramitas (Perfections) The Sanskrit word paramita means to cross over to the other shore. Paramita may also be translated as perfection, perfect realization, or reaching beyond limitation. Through the practice of ...
If I go to the San Fran cisco Zen Cen ter I will find on e kind of community. If I go to the Thai tem ple in Berkeley I will find an other. If I go to the Buddhist Churches of America on Ch anning Way, I am going to find an other. If I go to the Nyingma Institute I...
through mortal creatures, but these gods had no control over the world; they were not omniscient and were obliged, like everything else, to submit to the transcendent order that kept everything in existence, set the stars on their course, made the seasons follow each other, and compelled ...
Because the sutra promises protection of the state, Benzaiten was initially considered a warrior deity protecting the Japanese nation, but in this text, Benzaiten also promises to protect those who possess it and worship it, and help them "increase their eloquence, beautify their way of explainin...