Tibetan Tantra (also known as the Vajrayâna) incorporates the major aspects of both the Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhist teachings. It is basically an esoteric extension on these themes. Hinayana and Mahayana are two schools of Buddhist practice that have basically similar goals and techniques but s...
Recent scholarship has elucidated many aspects of medieval Japanese reli gion and society, leadingto a radical rethinking' of the term "Kamakura New Buddhism." Kuroda Toshio,s model of an exoteric-esoteric system (kenmitsu taisei) has been particularly influential. Nevertheless some prob lems ...
I have conflicting standpoints on the term mysticism, as it is on the one hand has a rather cool and esoteric sound to it while on the other hand I feel that it makes the essence of mysticism more mystical, complex and elusive than it should be. Mysticism isn’t really that mystical, ...
some may prefer the term "non-theist" because it is less emotionally freighted. Non-theism has the connotation of secular and is often used to mean that the existence of God is irrelevant. "Non-theistic religions," like some forms of Buddhism, make no claims about ...
Buddhism from its Indian roots toward forms that are more associated with Taoic religions. Comparative religion also looks at the development of esoteric faiths and mystic traditions within a religion, such as Sufism within Islam, Gnosticism within Christianity, Kabbala within Judaism, Chakra within ...
even if the material world that exists in it is destroyed. May be, in reality, space is not what we consider it to be. It may be a type of element (tattva) or even matter (matra), which comes into existence at the time of the formation of the universe. If it is so, then space...
Hence, our religion, which is derived from them, is also known as eternal religion. Creation after creation and in the beginning of each manvantara, God reintroduces the Vedas to the human beings for their welfare so that they know what their duties are and how they should perform them. ...
The nam lake local Tibetan national minority people call it " Tenggeli (desert) sea ", the meaning are " day lake ".The followers revere it are one of four big overwhelming power lakes, passes on wins the happy Jin'gang's Buddhist temple for esoteric sect this, is Tibetan Buddhism's ...
All other religions espouse eliminating evil, promoting good, restraining selfishness, and benefiting others. The cultivator cannot rely upon this alone, for this is cultivation without understanding the purpose of Buddhism. This alone is not the practice of true Buddhism. Thus, in our cultivation, ...
We are looking for freedom. What is freedom? It is not in anything objective. It is neither the creation, nor the creator of this universe, nor the God who is looking after preservation, nor destruction. It is none of that. It is neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars, nor ...