Encyclopedia of Buddhism
his feet bears close similarity to some of the martial ex- ercises emphasizing balance exhibited in Shaolin mar- tial forms. By ...
agility, such as leaping great distances. Though there is no suggestion that Bodhidharma performed martial feats, including him ...
considered an invented tradition, and it is this tradi- tion that has permeated much of the Western under- standing of the relat ...
medicines (Bhesajjakhandha) of the Buddhist monas- tic code (Vinayapitaka; Basket of Discipline) of the Pali canon. Once estab ...
Zysk, Kenneth G. “Buddhist Healing and Ayurveda: Some Gen- eral Observations.” In Studies in Orientology: Essays in Mem- ory of ...
audible, neither heavy nor too rapid, breathing in and out slowly and effortlessly (Kamalas ́la, First Bhava- nakrama). Thes ...
specific instructions. In most cases meditation sessions are planned, prepared, and adorned, and thus tagged, in predictable fas ...
alizing one’s teacher as identical with one’s protective deity (a practice called guru-yoga). Mental culture The above reflectio ...
anusmrti(recollection), the meditator is required to bring to mind one of six different ideal subjects: the Buddha, his teachin ...
Meditation in Mahayana Most Buddhist currents and religious groups in In- dia—whether they were identified as nikaya(so-cal ...
Second, one cannot escape the obvious emphasis on the senses that pervades Tantric practice. Sight is both stimulated and used b ...
thing constructed and generated by language. Its in- vocation therefore brings forth not an individual bud- dha, but the totalit ...
traditions of mental culture and moral-ascetic cultiva- tion. In the latter function, the recitation may be part of a visualizat ...
The system remained permeable to various influences from the literature and philosophy of the countries in which koan were used ...
their willingness or capacity to actually practice med- itation. But it is also true that many Buddhists see med- itation as a v ...
ration of Buddhist and local elements of worship (which came to be identified as Shinto), triggering a brief but exceedingly vi ...
MERIT AND MERIT-MAKING Merit (punya; Chinese, gongde; Japanese, kudoku) is karmic virtue acquired through moral and ritual ac- ...
Merit can also be transferred between people with- out the ritual services of a cleric. Passing merit directly between people te ...
joyed in this life as well as the next, and testimonies abound about how people gained worldly boons from their moral and ritual ...
the Vajras ́ekhara(Vajra Pinnacle), sutras that exem- plify the kriya(action [i.e., rite]) and carya(ritual per- formance) st ...
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