Download or read book A General Explanation of the Buddha Speaks written by Xuan Hua and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra written by Hsuan Hua and published by Buddhist Text Translation Society. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The so-called ‘’shorter’’ Amitabha Sutra has been and is a foundation of spirituality for millions of Buddhist believers throughout the ages. The Sutra describes the magnificent Buddhist “heaven,” the Pure Land, where conditions are perfect for the practice of the Buddhist path. The sutra also describes the method for being reborn to that land, namely mindfulness of its Buddha, Amitabha. Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua’s accompanying commentary amplifies the text and explains its main concepts by providing many interesting anecdotes involving the Buddha and his disciples. This volume, combining the Sutra with Master Hua’s commentary, succeeds not only in introducing the practice and thought of Pure Land Buddhism, also referred to as Mahayana Buddhism, but effectively presents a lucid introduction to this Buddhism as it is practiced today.

Download or read book A General Explanation of The Buddha Speaks The Sutra in Forty two Sections written by Hsüan Hua and published by Dharma Realm Buddhist Association. This book was released on 1977 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machine generated contents note: I Leaving Home and Certifying To The Fruition1 -- 2 Cutting Odj Deihte And Ending Cetification10 -- 3 Severing Love and.Renouncing Gtreed12 -- 4 Cltaidying Good and Evi 14 -- 5 TuAnjng Setious Offenesz Into Light Ones 16 -- 6 Being Patient With Evildoern And Not Becoming Angy18 -- 7 Evit RetuArns To The Doer 9 19 -- 8 Du6t and Spit Dedile Oneet6 21 -- 9 Retuwning To The Origin One Obtains The Way22 -- 10 Joyous Giving BrLings 8e4singz 23 -- 11 The Ascending Cycte Od Giving Food 25 -- 12 Mentioning Difficultie6 To Exhoxt One To Cuttivate 28 -- 13 AMking About The Way And Past Lives 35 -- 14 Asking About Goodness And Greatness 37 -- 15 Asking About Strength And Britiance 38 -- 16 Catting Aside Love And Attaining The Way 40 -- 17 When BAightness Arive6 Da,rknes s Fades 42 -- 18 Thought And So Fotth Are Basicatty Empty 43 -- 19 Contemplating Both The True And The False 45 -- 20 ConcLuding That The Setd ls Basicatty Empty46 -- 21 Fame Deztr4oyo One's Source4 -- 22 Weatth And Sex Cause Suf6eAing 48 -- 23 Wives And Chidtren Are A P}ison 49 -- 24 Sexual De 6ire Obzstucts The Way 51 -- 25 The Fire 06 Dezite Butnz Up The Body52 -- 26 Heavenly Demons Tempt The Buddha 53 -- 27 Devoid 06 Attachment One Attains The Way55 -- 28 The Mind *I Wild; Do Not Indulge It 57 -- 29 PTopet Contemptatiqn Combats Sexual Desite 59 -- Sections, cont. -- 30 Stay Distant Fxom The Fite O Desice60 -- 31 When The Mind 14 Ttanquit De-ite z DVipelted 62 -- 32 When The Sefd Is Empty Fea& Di-appeau 64 -- 33 Wisdom And Ctatity DestLoy The Demons65 -- 34 In The Middle, One Obtainu The Way 67 -- 35 PuXiiedd 0O Defitement6 B&ightne46 Remain 70 -- 36 The Cycle To Succe471 -- 37 Minddut 05 Precepts One DVaws Neat The Way 74 -- 38 Extinction Immediatety Foltows Bixth77 -- 39 The Teaching 4I Without DVi ckimination80 -- 40 Pnactice 0 The Way Is In The Mind 81 -- 41 A StAaight Mind Gets Rid 0 DVei&e 83 -- 42 Undeutand That Things Ahe ILtusoAy 85 -- Index89

Download or read book A General Explanation of the Buddha Speaks of Amit bha S tra written by Shih Tu-lun and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A General Explanation of The Buddha Speaks of Amit bha S tra written by Hsüan Hua and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A General Explanation of the Buddha Speaks of the Amitabha Sutra written by Tripitaka Master and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Why Buddhism is True written by Robert Wright and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness. At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer—and the reason we make other people suffer—is that we don’t see the world clearly. At the heart of Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: We can learn to see the world, including ourselves, more clearly and so gain a deep and morally valid happiness. In this “sublime” (The New Yorker), pathbreaking book, Robert Wright shows how taking this promise seriously can change your life—how it can loosen the grip of anxiety, regret, and hatred, and how it can deepen your appreciation of beauty and of other people. He also shows why this transformation works, drawing on the latest in neuroscience and psychology, and armed with an acute understanding of human evolution. This book is the culmination of a personal journey that began with Wright’s landmark book on evolutionary psychology, The Moral Animal, and deepened as he immersed himself in meditative practice and conversed with some of the world’s most skilled meditators. The result is a story that is “provocative, informative and...deeply rewarding” (The New York Times Book Review), and as entertaining as it is illuminating. Written with the wit, clarity, and grace for which Wright is famous, Why Buddhism Is True lays the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age and shows how, in a time of technological distraction and social division, we can save ourselves from ourselves, both as individuals and as a species.

Download or read book A General Explanation of the Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra written by and published by Dharma Realm Buddhist Association. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Sutra, which was spoken by the Buddha without having been formally requested as Sutras usually were, explains the causes and circumstances for rebirth in the Land of Ultimate Bliss of Amitabha (Limitless Light) Buddha. The commentary includes extensive information on common Buddhist terminology and stories about many of the Buddha's foremost disciples. Of the five great schools of Buddhism - the Ch'an (Zen) School, the Secret School, the Teaching School, the Vinaya School, and the Pure Land School, the Pure Land Dharma door of Buddha-recitation is the most suited for living beings of the Dharma-ending Age. Spoken for us who live in this age that is beset by external disasters and internal obstacles, this teaching is extremely direct and encompasses beings of all dispositions.

Download or read book A General Explanation of The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra by Tripitaka Master Hua written by Hsuan Hua and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Buddha Taught Nonviolence Not Pacifism written by Paul R. Fleischman and published by Pariyatti Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, this thought-provoking essay explores the Buddha's teaching to find one prescription: not war, not pacifism but nonviolence.

Download or read book The Buddha Speaks written by Anne Bancroft and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the core of the Buddha’s teaching in his own words, as it was memorized word-for-word by his disciples and written down two hundred years after his death. These selections from the Buddhist scriptures deal with the search for truth, the way of contemplation, life and death, living in community, and many other topics, serving as an excellent small introduction to the Buddha’s teaching. Whether addressed to monks and nuns, householders, outcastes, or thieves, the Buddha’s teachings are characterized by one main concern: conveying the reality of our bondage to suffering—and the supremely good news that liberation is possible. It is a concern as relevant for people today as it was for the people of north India a millennium and a half ago.

Download or read book Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Buddha Sutra written by YongHua Shakya and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Silk Road The Study Of Drama Culture written by Fen Gao and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silk Road: The Study of Drama Culture is the translated edition of the Chinese academic book of the same title written by Professor LI Qiang from Shaanxi Normal University, China. The book breaks through the concept of regarding Han Drama as the center, yet elaborates the Silk Road drama as an inclusive culture and a prevailing literary art form in human civilization. Relying on his extensive experience and broad vision, the author conducts the thorough study by means of literature, artifacts and academic fieldwork. The book studies the drama culture of all ethnic groups from Asia, Europe and Africa and touches upon the cultural exchanges between China and its neighboring countries, between the East and the West. The carefully presented details in this book are aimed to explore all the related fields such as dramaturgy, philology, phonology, religion, history, geography, archeology, ethnology, and folklore between the East and the West from the perspective of cultural anthropology. The explanations in the book contribute to an in-depth study on the origins of the Silk Road and the drama culture along the Silk Road.

Download or read book Buddhism of Wisdom and Faith written by Dharma Master Thfch Thien Tam and published by International Buddhist Monastic Institute. This book was released on with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Pure Land treatise is, to our knowledge, the first and only compendium of Pure Land teaching and thought currently available in a Western language. In the tradition of the Avatamsaka Sutra (which D.T. Suzuki described as the epitome of Buddhist thought, sentiment and experience), the author sometimes shifts from one plane of meaning to another, at times down-to-earth, at times metaphysical, so as to reach readers at every level and to sever attachment to his very words. It is in this light that certain paradoxes already familiar to students of Zen (illusory but not non-existent, recitation with no thought of recitation, etc.) should be viewed and understood. While the primary focus of this treatise is Pure Land theory and practice, more than half of the book is devoted to questions of concern to all Buddhist schools. Therefore, we suggest the following approach to reading the text, according to the background of the reader: Zen School: Chap. VII to IX first. Tantrism: Chap. VI to X first. Pure La,nd: Chap. I-V first. The bereaved: Chap. X. All others: Note on Pure Land and Epilogue. The reader might also familiarize himself with a number of key concepts explained in the Glossary (Amitabha, Awakening vs. Enlightenment, Buddha Recitation, Merit and Virtue, Noumenon/phenomena,1 Pure Land, etc.). Whatever his approach, he will be forever enriched. Once reborn in the Pure La,nd, like the proverbial seeker of the Way, he will not only discover the treasure trove (Great Awakening), but also, in time, partake at will of its priceless gems (attain Enlightenment) -- for the common benefit of all sentient beings. (Van Hien Study Group I New York, Vesak '94)

Download or read book What the Buddha Taught written by Walpola Rahula and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A terrific introduction to the Buddha’s teachings.” —Paul Blairon, California Literary Review This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, “the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught fills the need as only could be done by one having a firm grasp of the vast material to be sifted. It is a model of what a book should be that is addressed first of all to ‘the educated and intelligent reader.’ Authoritative and clear, logical and sober, this study is as comprehensive as it is masterly.” This edition contains a selection of illustrative texts from the Suttas and the Dhammapada (specially translated by the author), sixteen illustrations, and a bibliography, glossary, and index. “[Rahula’s] succinct, clear overview of Buddhist concepts has never been surpassed. It is the standard.” —Library Journal

Download or read book Mahayana Buddhism written by Paul Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and in the attraction of Westerners towards Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. Paul Williams’ Mahayana Buddhism is widely regarded as the standard introduction to the field, used internationally for teaching and research and has been translated into several European and Asian languages. This new edition has been fully revised throughout in the light of the wealth of new studies and focuses on the religion’s diversity and richness. It includes much more material on China and Japan, with appropriate reference to Nepal, and for students who wish to carry their study further there is a much-expanded bibliography and extensive footnotes and cross-referencing. Everyone studying this important tradition will find Williams’ book the ideal companion to their studies.

Download or read book Pure Land Pure Mind written by Master Chu-hung and Master Tsung-pen and published by Amitabha Buddhist Society of Central Florida. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what appears to be a long time ago, in the summer of 1990, a friend drew our attention to a manuscript anthologizing the teachings of two eminent Chinese masters of the sixteenth century. We recall reading through the text with keen interest, hoping that it would soon become widely available. • The matter then skipped our minds as we busied ourselves, in the intervening years, with editing and publishing the four-volume Pure Land Series of the Sutra Translation Committee. One thing leading to another, in early 1993, we were reminded of the manuscript, still unpublished at the time, and opened discussions in earnest with the translator, Dr. J.C. Cleary. One more year would go by, however, before the matter was finally settled, thanks in large part to the assistance of Master Lok To and Mr. Lee Tsu-ku. Causes and conditions having finally met, we believe that the reader will find Dr. Cleary's translation a lucid and inspiring text on Pure Land - a Buddhist tradition widely followed in Asia but little known in the West. The present volume contains Dr. Cleary's original manuscript, except for the section on Master Chu-hung's "Answers to Forty-Eight Questions on the Pure Land," which is being considered for a separate publication. Transcription of names is in the Wade-Giles system to conform to other works in this Pure Land Series. *** To those pressed for time and hungry for solace, Buddha Sakyamuni left behind a treasure trove of 84,000 Dharma gems. All of them are rare, exquisite and priceless, beyond mankind's deepest and wildest dreams; Whatever gem strikes your fancy, be it the brilliant Zen diamond or the fiery Esoteric ruby, do not forget the translucent green jade of Pure Land, bestowed upon Sudhana - the quintessential seeker of the Way. In the words of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, Sudhana's fifty­ third and last teacher in the Avatamsaka Sutra: The supreme and endless blessings of Samantabhadra's deeds, I now universally transfer. May every living being, drowning and adrift, Soon return to the Land of Limitless Light -· of Amitabha Buddha!