In fact, ancient Buddhas even re-manifest as Bodhisattvas out of endless compassion to guide beings still in suffering, and to exemplify the path to Buddhahood. Guanyin Bodhisattva is one of them, who already attained Buddhahood many kalpas ago. How very moving! As in her case, Bodhisattvas...
This tradition of eating Laba porridge, originating from Indian Buddhism, has a history of over one thousand years in China. On that day, Laba porridge would be cooked in many temples, with ingredients such as rice, peanuts, carrots and dates. Since Laba porridge was believed to be blessed ...
It was impressive to see how seriously all of the authors used the critiques to polish what were already interesting pieces to transform them so that they articulated the author’s views more concisely and clearly. We wanted this to be a good experience for all involved, one that felt ...
Hinduism and Buddhism are the so called hydraulic civilizations. They are of the rivers, big rivers. The Rhine is also big, but there are no civilizations. AA: I think it is interesting to see that you are recognized as one of the key players in the development of non-alignment and Afro...
At about 6 am, the monks began their procession through the town, where locals and tourists alike lined the streets with baskets of sticky rice. In fact, we saw very few tourists, which surprised and pleased me as I had worried that the whole alms-giving thing was just a touristy ...
Saint-Germain didn’t become the New Age rock-star that he is nowadays untilElizabeth Clare Prophetand herChurch Universal and Triumphantmovement as well the Summit Lighthouse ministries began to spread a New Age religion/message combining elements of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Theosophy wit...
It also looks very different from the Buddhism we constructive Western Buddhist scholars are accustomed to thinking about.Stephen Jenkins (inJIABS 33.1-2) has acutely pointed out how often premodern Buddhist texts seem to advocate gratuitous violence, and the Mahāvaṃsa is a key exa...
... of the Buddha's Fire Sermon (which corresponds in importance to the Sermon on the Mount) from which these words are taken, will be found translated in the late Henry Clarke Warren's Buddhism in Translation (Harvard Oriental Series). Mr. Warren was one of the great pioneers of Buddhis...
All the blocks that make up the Mandalas Pop-up Digital Art Museum can be split and reorganized into a “dKyil-‘khor” (an inner palace or Buddha realm in Chinese Buddhism, translated as “mandala” in English). This echoes an interpretation of the Mandala Sandpainting: when a sand manda...
about it, Einstein argued, and others proved, that there is only one thing in the universe: matter/energy. If anything is aware or conscious, then it has to be due to a property of energy/matter. Further, while this does sound strange to us, two world religions—Hinduism and Buddhism—...