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5) Karma's apparent perfection without an intelligent mind behind it Karma can create things and manifest results based on moral actions and intentions, and it works perfectly. Some Buddhists compare it to gravity, as in it is just a natural law like the laws of physics. But its workings often have...

"Furthermore, when they reach the ocean, all the great rivers—that is, the Ganges, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī—lose their names and clans and are simply considered ‘the ocean’. In the same way, when they go forth from the lay life to homelessness, all four castes—aristocrats, brahmins,...

takso wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:47 am Emptiness is form, meaning that it is the primary source of perceptible realities. Emptiness is necessary for an object to exist; without it, the object would be impossible.

How is it when you are in a state free of concepts?

White Mahakala is quite popular in some schools of Tantric Buddhism (Shangpa Kagyu for an example). White Mahakala is standing on two forms of Ganesha that are lying under his feet and are holding radishes in their hands.

I agree. It's also precisely the medicine needed to address the ailments of modern secular society. Its also difficult for people whose brains are wired for modern secular society, I'm inclined to agree more-or-less consistent cushion-time meditating is essential, however I've personally seen that ...

There are a lot of books that present a survey of Japanese Buddhism. Foundations of Japanese Buddhism is a good one. Very quickly - I think a few of the original 6 Nara schools still exists - Kegon (Flower Garland centric) and Hosso (Yogacara). Tendai is a mix of ordinary Mahayana of the Tiantai va...

Or are there exceptions, non-empty or form-less phenomena? There are exceptions. For instance, space and cessations are both phenomena which lack form (unconditioned dharmas). In the Ratnagotravibhāga, and related version of (Mahā)Madhyamaka, there are buddha qualities more numerous than the grains...

There are a lot of books that present a survey of Japanese Buddhism. Foundations of Japanese Buddhism is a good one. Very quickly - I think a few of the original 6 Nara schools still exists - Kegon (Flower Garland centric) and Hosso (Yogacara). Tendai is a mix of ordinary Mahayana of the Tiantai va...

Or are there exceptions, non-empty or form-less phenomena? There are exceptions. For instance, space and cessations are both phenomena which lack form (unconditioned dharmas). In the Ratnagotravibhāga, and related version of (Mahā)Madhyamaka, there are buddha qualities more numerous than the grains...

Today is the 19th day of the second lunar month, which marks the commemoration of the birthday of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/434325690_826917436149366_6396164152880574120_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&...

Hiroyuki Iwaki, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus

Toshiro Mayuzumi [黛 敏郎]: Nirvana-Symphony

0:00 Campanology I
10:18 Sū ram gamah
19:08 Campanology II
23:51 Mahāprajnāpāramitā
26:32 Campanology III
32:30 Finale

There is the book A Meditator's Diary: A Western Woman's Unique Experiences in Thailand ... by Jane Hamilton-Merritt It is available in https://books.google.fi/books?id=xyqGDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fi&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Another, somewhat ...

I wonder if the Simha son of Ajatasatru is the same person as the General Siha in the Pali texts? The meaning of "Simha" is the same as of "Siha", i.e. "Lion". General Siha was formerly a follower of the Jains, but he converted to Buddhism, AN.12 says: "Now at that...

The Shorter Devatā Sūtra , ལྷའི་མདོ་ཉུང་ངུ། (lha’i mdo nyung ngu), Alpadevatāsūtra Summary While staying in Śrāvastī, the Buddha is approached by an unnamed “divine being,” who inquires as to what behavior merits rebirth in the higher realms. In response, the Buddha explains, in a series of concise...

Mahayana goes even further, emptiness itself is (merely) relative. Things would be empty, if there was something non-empty or substantial, in relation to which they would be "empty". But there isn't. Therefore emptiness too lacks reality and is nonexistent or "empty". (Nagarjuna ...

There is something similar in the teachings of Dogen, with the original quote. The idea certainly exists in his writings (somewhere), I could only find this right now : "34 - Dogen's Genjokoan Part 1: Non-Duality, Intimacy, and ... But in a moment of awakening there is only awakening to the way...

The universe of thousand million worlds or trisahasra-mahasahasra-lokadhatu "This image, captured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31. This is a cropped version of the full image and has 1.5 bill...

One such word is saugata a. (î) [sugata] Buddhistic; m. Buddhist , a follower of Sugata. I believe it is in plural saugatena (?), i.e. buddhists, - have heard it long time ago. (in Sanskrit Dictionary) In the early suttas/sutras buddhists are called sakyaputtas/shakyaputras and sakyaputta samanas/ s...

In many Mahāyāna sūtras, for instance, prajñāpāramitā-sūtras, it is said that those who follow Śrāvaka type of Buddhism are at Māra's disposal. Therefore one should not associate with those followers. I mentioned in a post above that the Lotus includes an implicit critique of Mahayana that denigrat...

When these people have attained rebirth in the pureland, they will hear the teaching of the White Lotus Sutra there, says Hui Yuan. ... The Lotus sutra says in its beginning that Buddha was reluctant to teach it, because the truth is so difficult to believe and so hard to accept. Buddha Gautama fin...