Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Japan’s largest “new religions.” To an extent not seen in other Buddhist sects, the religious energy of mod- ern Nichiren Buddhi ...
Buddha’s teachings, he spent the next sixteen years studying at major monasteries, including the great Tendai Buddhist center at ...
(3) The kaidan,or ordination platform.This des- ignates the place of practice. Nichiren’s own writings do not explain it in deta ...
Habito, Ruben L. F. “Lotus Buddhism and Its Liberational Thrust: A Rereading of the Lotus Sutraby Way of Nichiren.” Ching feng35 ...
Buswell, Robert E., Jr. Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul’s Ko- rean Way of Zen.Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1991. Cho, ...
son seeking to characterize him would use to recog- nize [him as a] Tathagata. They are cut off at the root, ... so that they w ...
word means not only that he is “calm,” but also that he appears to be “serenely content.” This usage sug- gests the common Buddh ...
tional cessation, and yet it is somehow the goal of all the virtues and goodness of a buddha. Moreover, the Abhidharmakos ́a(II. ...
liberation in nirvana. But, another formulation, per- haps stemming from a different polemic, states that in some sense SAMSA ...
other times, the body as such is the location for nir- vana, so that a homology between the body, speech, and mind of the prac ...
core nature of each individual is that of a buddha, but mental afflictions (klésa) prevent most from realizing it. Although ear ...
tion, approximately one hundred precepts were for- mulated on the basis of wrongdoings that occurred among the nuns. The four pa ...
transmitted to Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan, where it still thrives. Buddhist nuns in contemporary society In 2003 there were an e ...
Cambodia they are known as donchee, in Laos as maikao,and in Thailand as maechee.Nuns in Myan- mar wear pink robes with an orang ...
leadership positions in Buddhist organizations. Nev- ertheless, nuns in Taiwan are widely respected for the exemplary work they ...
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women, a Comparative Analy- sis of the ...
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OBON. SeeGhost Festival OM MANI PADME HUM Ommani padme humis the MANTRAof the bodhisattva Avalokites ́vara. In recitatio ...
See also:Heart Sutra Bibliography Imaeda, Yoshro. “Note préliminaire sure la formule Omma- nipadme hum dans les manuscripts ...
s ́ramanerika.In Southeast Asia this step may be taken as early as age seven; in East Asia one may not for- mally become a nov ...
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