Dharma Wheel

My recommendation is the Sutra that is the primary source for the teaching of what the Tibetans call "Other Emptiness" which is The Sutra of Queen Srimala's Lion's Rpar. There are a couple of published English translations, the one by Diana Paul is better than the one by the Waymans, thoug...

More precisely, the way affliction causes karma, which results in suffering. Each of the 12 limbs are either affliction, karma, or suffering. As in Karma being an offshoot of Samskara? As I see it, afflictions do not cause our karma, our karma causes our afflictions in a circular trap. The fourth s...

Mind (citta) is unconditioned, does not increase or decrease, is not born or annhilated, etc. No, citta just a synonym for vijñāna and manas. They are given different names depending the frame of reference: conceptual thinking (citta), nonconceptual direct perception (vijñāna) and memory (manas). E...

I began to study Mahayana Buddhism and learned about skandhas. The teachings of Mahayana Buddhism say that every person is made up of skandhas: form, sensations, perceptions, mental activity or formations and consciousness. I want to know: 1. Do all modern schools of Mahayana Buddhism believe that ...

When a mind (vijñāna) conditioned (saṃskāra) by ignorance (avidyā) conceives (nāmarūpa) an impression (sparśa) through the six senses (ṣaḍāyatana) that feels (vedanā) pleasant/unpleasant, then it craves (tṛṣṇā) for its continuation/discontinuation, attempts to keep (upādāna) and identify (bhava) wi...

"Chan-Samadhi", Skt. dhyana-samadhi; Ch. chan-sanmei 禪三昧 or chan-ding 禅定; J. zen-zanmai or zenjo; or in English Zen-Samadhi, is the essence of Zen/Chan practice.As both terms “zen” and “samadhi” have been incorporated into English dictionaries, I don’t translate them further. Zen-samadhi i...

I'm nearing completion of a new translation of Queen Srimala's Lion's Roar Sutra. I've posted installments of the translation on my blog page Turning the Wheel of Wonder . In addition, I have been giving a Zoom sutra study class on the Sutra and my translation. The first introduction class is posted...

Yes, it is important to distinguish between vows and precepts. In the Brahma Net Sutra, the Buddha vows to follow the precepts that are listed as 10 major and 48 minor. These are universal precepts and a general vow to live by them. The vows to follow the precepts are not the same as the proclamatio...

Thanks, My problem is that I have a little knowledge but not enough about how this works. If someone could hold my hand and give me directions to talk me through it then that would help. I sent my IP address to the jumpline support email and I'm waiting to hear back from them. I have to go to a CT s...

Gregory Wonderwheel wrote: Reb Anderson has a new book out called The Third Turning of the Wheel: Wisdom of the Samdhimirmocana Sutra

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Correctly spelled: The Third Turning of the Wheel: Wisdom of the Samdhinirmocana Sutra

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Gregory

Cleary's translation has been called an "abridged" or "shortened" version. However, all the chapters seem to be there. Cleary's title of the sutra is "Scripture Unlocking the Mysteries" but is often misstated as "Buddhist Yoga" because his book that contains h...

Dogen has been characterized as a "mystic" because he perceived the outer world directly as the body of the Buddhas, etc. So how did the outer world arise? Through action of course but Dogen kind of doesn't seem to say this directly. His major concern was getting people to recognize their...

I see you have sent me a PM Mr Wonderwheel. However I learned from E Sangha days to only open PM's from the mods...so I would rather you answered in the open forum. :namaste: I don't discuss persons or personalities on an open board. It only devolves into ad hominen and/or name calling, as you seem...

Outline of Practice Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice. To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and d...

Why do people struggle so with enlightenment? Once you understand it intellectually you can have it. All this wishy-washy business about sitting still and discipline, is it just an alternate route? Is it just a way to crack the ego's defenses? :shrug: To quote Alan Watts, "If you have a thin s...

There are a couple of Mahayana traditions where they take the Nirvana Sutra as an important scripture, like in Tiantai and Chan. However, if you say they have no meditation like the one you say exists in the sutra itself, it is either that there has never been such a meditation, or there was but di...

Hey Friend the Mahaparinirvana sutra doesnt just influence shin it influences ALL Mahayana Buddhism.the reason it is so important is cause it teaches the centerpeice of Buddhism:(Tathagatagarbha/Buddha Nature). As far as Books to discuss the influence of the sutra on Shinran I wouldnt know(my Sangh...