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- Sun Apr 01, 2018 1:54 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: ‘Dharmas do not arise’
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13166
Re: ‘Dharmas do not arise’
But that overlooks the sense in which ‘the world’ is really Vijñāna and not a separately existent reality. This is a point that Yogācāra also stresses: the presence of the "grasped" (cognized object) and "grasper" (the subjective agent cognizing the object) is a result of false ...
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 11:23 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: ‘Dharmas do not arise’
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13166
Re: ‘Dharmas do not arise’
From here I do encounter this declaration on DharmaWheel regularly, but I don’t understand it. What I always want to say is ‘but I still have to mow the lawn’. So - what does it mean? Awhile back I translated a brief essay by Chéngguān 澄觀 (738-839), which might be a bit useful to consider in this r...
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 2:33 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7200
Re: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
By all means, come for the talk if you're anywhere nearby.Fortyeightvows wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:05 amhttp://www.ikgf.uni-erlangen.de/content ... -flyer.pdf
I just came across this, the lineup looks great!
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:08 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7200
Re: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
Anyway I would like to ask you Jeff, what was the house system used in the Buddhist astrology of the Tang dynasty? Was it whole sign houses? Sorry for the late reply. Chinese Buddhist and more broadly Chinese horoscopy used whole-sign houses exclusively until perhaps around the 17th century when un...
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:37 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Tibetan Astrology
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5368
Re: Tibetan Astrology
Since Kālacakra is part of Tibetan Buddhism, it is worth nothing that the Kālacakra includes a component of scientific astronomy, a bit of astrology and use of the tropical zodiac (in contrast to the normal sidereal zodiac of Indian astrology). I'm uncertain the extent to which modern practitioners ...
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:30 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: nagarjuna basics?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7681
Re: nagarjuna basics?
I am doing well. Not a professor yet! Thank you for asking.
If you're interested in my recent research and activities, see the following:
http://huayanzang.blogspot.com/2017/09/ ... egree.html
If you're interested in my recent research and activities, see the following:
http://huayanzang.blogspot.com/2017/09/ ... egree.html
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 10:36 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: nagarjuna basics?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7681
Re: nagarjuna basics?
Welcome back Indra! Been a fan of yours for years hah Tell us more about how you see Nagarjuna and some of the points he makes. I think your right on the money with your above presentation. Hi! I don't have much more to say off the top of my head. I will say this. If you want to read Buddhist philo...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:39 pm
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Vedic Sanskrit is basically undeciphered
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2608
Re: Vedic Sanskrit is basically undeciphered
I don't think it is fair to say it is "basically undeciphered".
I know colleagues who specialize in Vedic Sanskrit and Indo-European. I am not of the impression that Vedic Sanskrit, according to them, is undeciphered.
I know colleagues who specialize in Vedic Sanskrit and Indo-European. I am not of the impression that Vedic Sanskrit, according to them, is undeciphered.
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:35 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: nagarjuna basics?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7681
Re: nagarjuna basics?
Also, bear in mind that Nāgārjuna's treatise (MMK) is refuting Hīnayāna, namely Sarvāstivādin, doctrines, so in order to understand what he wrote, you need to have a basic understanding of the prevailing Buddhist philosophy of his time. The Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya is precious in this respect because i...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:19 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: nagarjuna basics?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7681
Re: nagarjuna basics?
I recommend that you read the Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya before Nāgārjuna, for the simple reason that the categories and concepts that Nāgārjuna addresses in his work are based on an earlier Buddhist framework that is quite elegantly and thoroughly explained in the Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya.
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:15 pm
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Vedic Sanskrit is basically undeciphered
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2608
Re: Vedic Sanskrit is basically undeciphered
Vedic Sanskrit is nowadays normally studied through the lens of reconstructed Indo-European and Proto-Indo-European.
- Tue Dec 12, 2017 2:31 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7200
Re: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
BTW Jeff, could you recommend any introductions to Hellenistic astrology? I have tried a few resources in the past but found it difficult to put together all the pieces. Indeed! This book is what you need: http://www.hellenisticastrology.com/book/ I highly recommend it. In addition to explaining th...
- Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:57 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Shakra-Indra as Xtian God
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10420
Re: Shakra-Indra as Xtian God
Not quite sure if this is going to answer your questions, but here's a good overview of lore related to Indra/Sakka (it is lengthy!):
http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_n ... /sakka.htm
http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_n ... /sakka.htm
- Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:28 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7200
Re: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
You probably give examples in the rest of the paper, but if not, the Ten Stages Sutra in the Fifth Stage section there is this (Cleary 739): Definitely! I cite that text and passage. The truth is that Mahāyāna jumped on a trend by encouraging its adherents to study worldly sciences. The stigma agai...
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:28 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7200
Re: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
But why is some of it "under embargo" and what does that mean? Never heard of that before. It means that some of the content in those chapters is officially published elsewhere, such as in articles. That means the article is the first public presentation of the relevant work, rather than ...
- Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:41 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7200
Re: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
Congratulations. Thanks! Didn't read it yet, but curious if you looked at Kalachakra astrology too? In the dissertation, I briefly mention it, since its calendar's epoch of 806 is identical to what we find a Chinese text from the early- to mid-ninth century. I discuss the Kālacakra in more detail i...
- Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:43 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7200
Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
Greetings everyone. I would like to let everyone know that my PhD dissertation, or about 80% of it, is available online: https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/54858 In a nutshell, my study documents the Buddhist practice of astrology first in India, and then in China, where it really took off...
- Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:28 am
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Preparing for Ordination
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10276
Re: Preparing for Ordination
If you're not independently wealthy or have a reliable source of income that you can earn remotely (translation for example), then the biggest obstacle will be financial. Some monks have sponsors, but unless they're very reliable people long-term, you might have to go around requesting assistance fr...
- Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:54 am
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: More Pdfs from BDK
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3752
Re: More Pdfs from BDK
You beat me to it.
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:14 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Shinto - Buddhism
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7700
Re: Shinto - Buddhism
I understand, but this is a very touchy issue that is also being discussed among some western Shinto practitioners. This line of thought by Rev. Indrajala can actually bar many people from exploring this kind of spirituality. When actually, we have examples of native faiths being exported and assim...