The Buddha S Law Among The Birds

Author : Edward Conze
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8120801989

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The Buddha's Law Among the Birds by Edward Conze Pdf

In the Buddhist religion, the Dharma concept of the Buddha is not confined to men, but is taught to all kinds of beings, including ghosts and animals. According to a legend Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of mercy, had taken among the birds the form of a cuckoo- an animal which recommends itself to the Buddhist mind by its attitude to family life. The present book constitutes an English translation of the Tibetan original. In his introduction, Dr. Conze not only sketches the background of the story, but gives extracts from another tibetan Work, originating from the Kagyudpa school of Milarepa, which describes the spiritual antecedents of the cuckoo. The book in spite of its deep content makes a plesent and easy reading. As a work of popular interest, it should be welcomed by scholars as well as by general readers interest in Buddhist literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:247722300

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The Buddha's Law Among the Birds by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter (Petra) Gardella,Laurence Krute
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780197691878

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Wings of the Gods by Peter (Petra) Gardella,Laurence Krute Pdf

Wings of the Gods surveys the many roles that birds have played in the development of religions, from legends, rituals, costumes, wars, and spiritual disciplines to the current ecological crisis. Peter (Petra) Gardella and Laurence Krute, both scholars and birdwatchers, transcend a narrow focus on humanity to explore the agency of birds in world history.

Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781911407676

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The Purpose and Practice of Buddhist Meditation by Sangharakshita Pdf

A compilation of Sangharakshita’s teachings on meditation. Whether dipped into, consulted on a specific subject, or read from cover to cover, this collection offers practical, inspiring and encouraging advice for new and experienced meditators alike. It is deeply imbued with the Buddhist vision of the role of meditation in the quest for Enlightenment.

Author : Christmas Humphreys
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135797454

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A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys Pdf

A dictionary and a glossary of terms plus brief biographies of eminent Buddhists and scholars from both East and West.

Author : Bodo Balsys
Publisher : Universal Dharma Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780992356811

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Considerations of Mind - a Buddhist Enquiry by Bodo Balsys Pdf

Considerations of Mind - a Buddhist Enquiry This volume primarily focuses upon the Yogācāra- Vijñānavādin concepts of mind and its means of expression such as the various consciousnesses, the nature of the bījas, and the ālayavijñāna. From this basis, related topics such as the nature of light, the simile of a river with respect to the flow of a consciousness-stream, and the nāḍīs that convey prāṇas, are explored. This allows consideration of the attributes of time and certain chakras that exist below the diaphragm. The ‘soul’ concept then comes into view and its relation to śūnyatā is revealed.

Author : Christmas Humphreys
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136773211

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The Wisdom of Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys Pdf

A balanced selection from Buddhist writings, including scriptures used by the Zen School, with chapters on the Buddha, Tibetan Buddhism, Concentration and Meditation, the Buddhist Order, and Nirvana. With sources, glossary and index.

Author : Lal Mani Joshi
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8120802810

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Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of India During the 7th and 8th Centuries A.D. by Lal Mani Joshi Pdf

It is a pioneer attempt of its kind to study Indian Buddhism in its entirety as a system of rational philosophy, profound faith, and as a historical matrix of creative human culture and civilized institution during the 7th and 8th centuries the brilliant epoch of the University of Nalanda, the mere name of which spells the great wonder that was Buddhism in Ancient India.A chapter on the contribution of Buddhism to Indian Civilization has also been added. The treatment of the subject is critical and integral though not traditional.

Author : Brian D. Lepard
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271030692

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Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention by Brian D. Lepard Pdf

Few foreign policy issues in the past decade have elicited as much controversy as the use of military force for humanitarian purposes. In this book Brian Lepard offers a new method for analyzing humanitarian intervention that seeks to resolve conflicts among legal norms by identifying ethical principles embedded in the UN Charter and international law and relating them to a pivotal principle of "unity in diversity." A special feature of the book, which avoids the charge of ethnocentricity brought against other approaches, is that Lepard shows how passages from the revered texts of seven world religions may be interpreted as supporting these ethical principles. In connecting law with ethics and religion in this way, he takes a major step forward in the effort to formulate a normative basis for international law in our multicultural world.

Author : John P. Keenan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498221320

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The Emptied Christ of Philippians by John P. Keenan Pdf

Before the Gospels were written, long before the creeds of the Church were hammered out, Christ followers in Philippi sang a hymn of the Christ who, "although he was in the form of God . . . emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born as are all humans." But this emptied Christ never fit neatly into later theologies of the church, shaped by Greek thought, concerned with being and essence. In Philippians, Paul struggles, stumbling over his own awkward words to express his hope, his eschatological faith, that he might "gain Christ and be found in him . . . and participate in his sufferings by being conformed to his death, if in some way I may reach to what goes beyond the resurrection from the dead." Might we better comprehend Paul's inchoate, even mystical, faith in Jesus Christ with aid from a less empirical world of thought than our western heritage offers? Might the thinking of Mahā[set macron over a]yā[set macron over a]na Buddhism guide us toward an awareness of a truth in the Christian faith that is more profound than anything reducible to historical "facts," or even to human language?

Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781915342041

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Beating the Dharma Drum by Sangharakshita Pdf

The first part of this volume consists of Sangharakshita’s writings about Anagarika Dharmapala, a Sri Lankan Buddhist who made it his life’s mission to restore the sacred site of Bodh Gaya, and whom Sangharakshita came to revere as one of the great Buddhists of the twentieth century. The second part is made up of articles Sangharakshita wrote for the Maha Bodhi journal, first as a regular contributor and then as the editor. They include poetic and philosophical reflections on the Dharma, as well as trenchant observations on the Buddhist world and calls to action on the issues of the day. The third part is a collection of book reviews published in the Maha Bodhi journal and other magazines over the course of nearly fifty years, from the days when the appearance of any new translation or commentary was a significant event, to more recent times, when readers could choose between hundreds of new titles.

Author : Robert Aitken
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781614293842

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Zen Master Raven by Robert Aitken Pdf

"A uniquely playful and incisive illustrated collection of Zen teaching stories from one of America's best-known and most-respected Zen masters. A Modern Classic. In the tradition of the great koan collections and the extensive records of ancient masters, Robert Aitken--one of America's best-known and most-respected Zen masters--distills a lifetime of teaching down to its essence. Intriguing, playful, and deceptively easy to read, Zen Master Raven is a brilliant encapsulation of Zen in over a hundred koan-like encounters--featuring curious beginners like Mallard and Mole, to teachers-in-training like Porcupine, to the profound wisdom of masters like Brown Bear, Moose Roshi, and Zen Master Raven himself"--

Author : Mujū Ichien,Robert E. Morrell
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1985-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0887060609

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Sand and Pebbles by Mujū Ichien,Robert E. Morrell Pdf

Sand and Pebbles presents the first complete English rendering of Shasekishū--the classic, popular Buddhist "Tale Literature" (setsuwa). This collection of instructive, yet often humorous, anecdotes appeared in the late thirteenth century, within decades of the first stirrings of the revolutionary movements of Kamakura Buddhism. Shasekishū's author, Mujū Ichien (1226-1312), lived in a rural temple apart from the centers of political and literary activity, and his stories reflect the customs, attitudes and lifestyles of the commoners. In Sand and Pebbles, complete translations of Book One and other significant narrative parts are supplemented by summaries of the remaining (especially didactic) material and by excerpts from Mujū's later work. Introduced by a historical sketch of the period, this work also contains a biography of Mujū. Illustrations, charts, a chronology, glossary of terms, notes, an extensive bibliography and an index guide the reader into a seldom seen corner of old Japan. Mujū and his writings will interest students of literature as well as scholars of Japanese religion, especially Buddhism. Anthropologists and sociologists will discover details of Kamakura life and thought unrecorded in the official chronicles of the age.

Author : Kurtis R. Schaeffer,Matthew T. Kapstein,Gray Tuttle
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231509787

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Sources of Tibetan Tradition by Kurtis R. Schaeffer,Matthew T. Kapstein,Gray Tuttle Pdf

The most comprehensive collection of Tibetan works in a Western language, this volume illuminates the complex historical, intellectual, and social development of Tibetan civilization from its earliest beginnings to the modern period. Including more than 180 representative writings, Sources of Tibetan Tradition spans Tibet's vast geography and long history, presenting for the first time a diversity of works by religious and political leaders; scholastic philosophers and contemplative hermits; monks and nuns; poets and artists; and aristocrats and commoners. The selected readings reflect the profound role of Buddhist sources in shaping Tibetan culture while illustrating other major areas of knowledge. Thematically varied, they address history and historiography; political and social theory; law; medicine; divination; rhetoric; aesthetic theory; narrative; travel and geography; folksong; and philosophical and religious learning, all in relation to the unique trajectories of Tibetan civil and scholarly discourse. The editors begin each chapter with a survey of broader social and cultural contexts and introduce each translated text with a concise explanation. Concluding with writings that extend into the early twentieth century, this volume offers an expansive encounter with Tibet's exceptional intellectual heritage.

Author : John R. Hinnells
Publisher : Springer
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781349095001

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Who’s Who of World Religions by John R. Hinnells Pdf

In historical terms, religions do not exist apart from the people who practise them. This is the first collection of biographical studies of figures from religions around the globe and from traditions both ancient and modern. It represents the work of an enormous international team of scholars, and although many entries involve original research, this substantial work of reference is intended to be of use to both the specialist and the general reader. Particular care has been taken to ensure a balance between religions and to include figures from the diverse branches of the different religions. Indexes and an extensive bibliography make it an invaluable working tool.