Dharmais an important Hindu, Buddhist and yogic concept, referring to a law or principle which governs the universe. For an individual to live out their dharma is for them to act in accordance with this law. Dharma is considered to be one of the three jewels of Buddhism, alongsidesanghaand...
Sangha The Sangha are the community of fellow Buddhists. This term has a variety of definitions, sometimes applied only to monks and nuns, or only to more advanced practitioners. But generally speaking, we refer to our fellow practitioners as members of the Sangha. Including them in our refuge...
However noble and pure Buddhism may be, it would be useless to the masses of mankind if they could not follow it in their daily life in the world of today. 不论佛教是多么纯净而高尚, 如果广大的群众不能在今日世界的 日常生活里受持奉行它,它就将一无用处。 But if you understand the spirit ...
which faces the heart, represents the inner world while the right represents the surrounding world. In metaphysical terms, the circle represents the union of method and wisdom. The jewels of Buddhism, which are Buddha, dharma and sangha,are represented by the three stretched fingers of the left ...
In Sri Lankan folk Buddhism it's extended farther to include any kind of slight directed against an ariyan. So it's here that it comes to mean something akin to "blasphemy" and its use often takes an accusatory form. For example, if I were to say that the wayward monks and cult foun...
SILK Summary This study investigates some problems regardingthe definition of Mahayana Buddhism.Tracingthe historyof the notionin modem scholarship,it pays particular attentionto the questionof the relationbetween Mahayanaand so-called Hinayana or SectarianBuddhism.Findingthe commonlyused methodsof ...
In that sense, Vedanta is not for everyone, for it does require a commitment of time and effort. Until quite recently, Vedanta was something of a closed system, only taught in India by qualified teachers and delivered in Sanskrit. Whereas yoga and Buddhism have easily exported to the West ...
One might now ask: If a man can follow Buddhism while living the life of an ordinary layman, 有人也许要问:如果常人可以 过在家的生活,而仍能修习佛法, why was the Sangha, the Order of monks, established by the Buddha? 为什么佛要创立和合僧团呢? The Order provides opportunity for those ...