Buddhism
epub |eng | | Author:Dalai Lama

REFLECTION 1.The altruistic intention of bodhicitta encompasses all sentient beings. Generating it uplifts our hearts and gives meaning to our lives. 2.Generating bodhicitta begins with wanting to free ourselves from ...
( Category: Dalai Lama March 3,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sangharakshita

5 ‘MASCULINITY’ AND ‘FEMININITY’ IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE TO REFER TO masculinity and femininity in any context these days is, of course, to tread on dangerous ground, and perhaps even ...
( Category: Mahayana March 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-12-14 | Author:Appleton, Naomi; Shaw, Sarah [Books, Silkworm]

1. Introduced and translated by Naomi Appleton. The opera is the creation of Thai-American composer Somtow Sucharitkul and stars an international cast. It previewed in Bangkok in December 2012. I ...
( Category: Sacred Writings March 1,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2018-03-31 | Author:Jan Westerhoff

* * * OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 31/3/2018, SPi YOGĀCĀRA  or finally, it may indeed refer to a different Vasubandhu, but in quite another way. Paramārtha’s biography tells ...
( Category: Buddhism March 1,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Salguero, C. Pierce;

The authors of the texts discussed in this chapter exhibited different attitudes toward Indian medical knowledge, forwarded divergent interpretations of its core doctrines, and took distinct stances on how it ...
( Category: Chinese Medicine February 29,2020 )
epub |eng | 1987-07-15 | Author:Albert Schweitzer [Schweitzer, Albert]

There now sets in a development which works against the spirit of the age. The hitherto unopposed authority of the rational ideal is undermined. Forces of reality which are not ...
( Category: Ethics & Morality February 27,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Marshall Glickman

CHAPTER 9 IS THIS REALLY HOW THE BUDDHA WANTED US TO MEDITATE? There may be different techniques.We don’t say that this is the only way. But what I am teaching ...
( Category: History February 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-14 | Author:Pema Lodoe

And so, from that day forward I ceased my daily production of quatrains, seeing such activity as an unwanted and unnecessary means of increasing my ties to the world of ...
( Category: History February 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-19 | Author:Michael D. Nichols;

The Blurring of Both Worlds: Māra and the Śūraṃgamasamādhi Sūtra The Śūraṃgamasamādhi Sūtra (abbreviated as “Śgs” hereafter) is closely related to the Vimalakītri Sūtra, both in time period and focus ...
( Category: History February 20,2020 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Ambedkar, Dr. Bhimrao Ramji [Ambedkar, Dr. Bhimrao Ramji]

and unwisdom, you will be the reverse of all these things. 49. "That though others may clutch at and hug the temporal, nor loose their hold thereon, you will clutch ...
( Category: Buddhism February 19,2020 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2014-05-01 | Author:Harvey Kraft

KARMA His reputation preceded him. As Sakamuni entered the area, word spread quickly that on this day the Buddha would direct his attention at the centerpiece of Brahmanism, the Doctrine ...
( Category: Mysticism February 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-29 | Author:Evan Thompson

4 mindfulness mania Mindfulness mania is rampant in North American society.1 Mindful living, mindful parenting, mindful eating, mindful sex, mindful leadership, mindful coloring books—the list goes on. A story in ...
( Category: Science & Religion January 30,2020 )
epub |eng | 2008-09-15 | Author:Michael Jerryson & Mark Juergensmeyer [Jerryson, Michael & Juergensmeyer, Mark]

The available information indicates that, unlike what happened during the Anti-Japanese War—when some Buddhists had questioned the authenticity and legitimacy of a Buddhist airplane (which would cause the massive destruction ...
( Category: History January 17,2020 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Dogen [Dogen]

Rujing, my late master, said: “Although there are a number of those in all directions who ascend the lion seat and are regarded as masters of humans and devas, there ...
( Category: Zen Spirituality December 17,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-11-11 | Author:Barbara O'Brien

ZEN LEAVES CHINA: KOREA AND VIETNAM SOMETIME in the seventh century two Buddhist monks from the Korean Peninsula set forth on a pilgrimage to China. They traveled on foot through ...
( Category: Zen Philosophy November 18,2019 )