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Buddha and described
This is unique, as most Mahayana Sutras are usually ascribed to Shakyamuni Buddha and the teachings, deeds or vows of the bodhisattvas are described by Shakyamuni Buddha.
Some of the earliest recorded speculations linked mind ( sometimes described as identical with soul or spirit ) to theories concerning both life after death, and cosmological and natural order, for example in the doctrines of Zoroaster, the Buddha, Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient Greek, Indian and, later, Islamic and medieval European philosophers.
This ultimate state is described by the Buddha as " deathlessness " ( Pali: amata or amāravati ).
The Noble Eightfold Path (, ) is one of the principal teachings of the Buddha, who described it as the way leading to the cessation of suffering ( dukkha ) and the achievement of self-awakening.
In the next canonical discourse, the Buddha described the minimal negative consequences of breaking the precepts.
In Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha each are described as having certain characteristics.
In his book The Silence of God: the Answer of the Buddha, Raimundo Panikkar analyzes the fourteen unanswerable questions in the context of Buddhist-Christian dialogue, and comes to the conclusion that the Buddha's position can best be described as " transcendental apophaticism ," i. e., a position in which the transcendent ( in this case, nirvana ), is defined through negation.
In the Maha Samaya Sutta, the defeated antagonist of the Buddha, Mara also known as " Namuci " or the " Dark One " is described as an Asura whose army consisted of " Sensual passions, Discontent, Hunger and Thirst, Craving, Sloth and Drowsiness, Terror, Uncertainty, Hypocrisy and Stubbornness, Gains, Offerings, Fame and Status wrongly gained, and whoever would praise self and disparage others " ( Sn 3. 2 Padhana Sutta ).
Thomas as The Beginnings of Buddhist Art ), in which he described how Buddhist art prior to Pan-Hellenism was principally aniconic, representing the Buddha by depicting elements of the Buddha's life instead of depicting the Buddha himself.
Eliade's Romanian disciple Ioan Petru Culianu, who recalled the scientific community's reaction to the news, described Eliade's death as " a mahaparanirvana ", thus comparing it to the passing of Gautama Buddha.
In the Madhupindika Sutta ( MN 18 ), Buddha is described in powerful terms as the Lord of the Dhamma ( Pali: Dhammasami, skt.
Similarly, in the Anuradha Sutta ( SN 44. 2 ) Buddha is described as
Regarding Pure Land practice in Indian Buddhism, Hajime Nakamura writes that as described in the Pure Land sūtras from India, Mindfulness of the Buddha ( Skt.
Jetari taught the young man three things: 1 ) taking refuge in the Three Jewels of Buddha, 2 ) Dharma and Sangha and 3 ) bodhichitta, described as the mind-oriented aspiration towards enlightenment with the intent of benefiting all sentient beings.
However, the Ajitasena Sūtra also depicts an Arahant seeing all the Buddha fields, and it is said that reciting the name of the sutra saves beings from suffering and from the hell realms, and a meditative practice is described as allowing one to see with the eyes of a Buddha and receive teachings from Buddhas.
Mara is described both as an entity having a literal existence, just as the various deities of the Vedic pantheon are shown existing around the Buddha, and also is described as a primarily psychological force a metaphor for various processes of doubt and temptation that obstruct spiritual practice.
Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century AD ( see Buddhist art ), the Physical characteristics of the Buddha are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya, in the discourse titled " Sutra of the Marks " ( Pali: Lakkhana Sutta ) ( D. iii. 142ff.
100 years later, when Song-Yun visited in 520, a different picture was described: the area had been destroyed by Huns and was ruled by Lae-Lih who did not practice laws of the Buddha.
This seems to describe that the symbolism of the unification of the " Rose " and the " Cross " ( Christian Rose Cross ), in the Legend, implies the existence of a Christic state ( Christ, the Light of the World ), which includes liberation from the cycle of births and deaths, comparable and higher than the Buddhic state ( Buddha, the Light of Asia ) described in the eastern sacred literature.

Buddha and
Faith ( Pali: Saddhā, Sanskrit: Śraddhā ) is an important constituent element of the teachings of Gautama Buddha in both the Theravada and the Mahayana traditions.
In 1233 he went to Kamakura, where he studied Amidism a pietistic school that stressed salvation through the invocation of Amida ( Amitābha ), the Buddha of infinite compassion under the guidance of a renowned master.
To eliminate such suffering and achieve personal peace, followers in the path of the Buddha adhere to a set of teachings called the Four Noble Truths a central tenet in Buddhist philosophy.
To eliminate such suffering and achieve personal peace, followers in the path of the Buddha adhere to a set of teachings called the Four Noble Truths a central tenet in Buddhist philosophy.
* 543 BC Death of Gautama Buddha ( traditional in Thailand and elsewhere basis of the Thai solar calendar )
* 528 BC Gautama Buddha attained Enlightenment, and began his ministry.
* April, 563 BC Birth of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as Gautama Buddha in Lumbini, Nepal
It consists primarily of quotations ( of varying length ) from sūtras, authoritative texts considered to be the word of the Buddha generally those sūtras associated with Mahāyāna tradition, including the Samadhiraja Sutra.
Ama-cha is mainly used for kan-butsu-e ( the Buddha bathing ceremony ) on April 8 every year the day thought to be Buddha's birthday in Japan.
* Shippō ( 七宝 ) Seven Treasures of Buddha
Kūkai suggests that all sounds are the voice of the Dharmakaya Buddha i. e. as in Hindu Upanishadic and Yogic thought, these sounds are manifestations of ultimate reality, in the sense of sound symbolism postulating that the vocal sounds of the mantra have inherent meaning independent of the understanding of the person uttering them.
In response to the question from a man named Acela Kassapa as to whether or not suffering is self-caused, the Buddha gave a negative reply ; " A person acts and the same person experiences result this, Kassapa, which you emphatically call ' suffering self-wrought ', amounts to the eternalist theory.
The future Buddha may appear in them as a king, an outcast, a god, an elephant but, in whatever form, he exhibits some virtue that the tale thereby inculcates.
* 8. 12 Enlightenment Day of Śākyamuni Buddha
* 1. 1 Birthday of Maitreya Buddha
* 8. 2 Renunciation Day of Śākyamuni Buddha
* 15. 2 Mahāparinirvāṇa Day of Śākyamuni Buddha
* 8. 4 Birthday of Śākyamuni Buddha
* 22. 8 Birthday of Dīpaṃkara Buddha ( an ancient buddha )
* 30. 9 Birthday of Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha ( Medicine Buddha )

Buddha and whether
When asked whether he was a deva or a human, he replied that he had eliminated the deep-rooted unconscious traits that would make him either one, and should instead be called a Buddha ; one who had grown up in the world but had now gone beyond it, as a lotus grows from the water but blossoms above it, unsoiled.
Some teachers take the view that all teachings that stem from the fundamental insights of Buddha constitute the Buddha's speech, whether they are explicitly the historical words of the Buddha or not.
" The question which the Buddha poses to his audience is whether compounded phenomena are fit to be considered as self, to which the audience agrees that it is unworthy to be considered so.
He states that 200 years after the of the Buddha, much of the school moved north of Rājagṛha, and were divided over whether the Mahāyāna teachings should be incorporated formally into their Tripiṭaka.
The 6th century CE Indian monk Paramārtha wrote that 200 years after the parinirvāṇa of the Buddha, much of the Mahāsāṃghika school moved north of Rājagṛha, and were divided over whether the Mahāyāna teachings should be incorporated formally into their Tripiṭaka.
When the Buddha asks Shariputra whether the father was guilty of falsehood, he answers.
There is some debate regarding the exact date for the development of the anthropomorphic representation of the Buddha, and this has a bearing on whether the innovation came directly from the Indo-Greeks, or was a later development by the Indo-Scythians, the Indo-Parthians or the Kushans under Hellenistic artistic influence.
In terms of artistic predispositions for the first representations of the Buddha, Greek art provided a very natural and centuries-old background for an anthropomorphic representation of a divinity, whether on the contrary " there was nothing in earlier Indian statuary to suggest such a treatment of form or dress, and the Hindu pantheon provided no adequate model for an aristocratic and wholly human deity " ( Boardman ).
The narrative then gives an ambiguous statement on whether they then give formal farewells or make love ( possibly Gaiman's way of implying that there are contradictory versions of the story, giving it an extra layer of authenticity ), and then he takes her place, giving her the advice, " Seek not revenge, but the Buddha.
In Mahayana Buddhism ( the dominant form of Buddhism in the world today ), the Trikaya ( three bodies ) Doctrine, and praying to Buddha as savior in Shin / Pure Land Buddhism significantly blurs the issue for Jews of whether Buddhism is a religion and whether Buddha is considered a God.
And as a problem in morality, the question amounts to a discussion of whether man himself is ultimately responsible for all the displeasure that he feels or whether there exists a superior being who inflicts displeasure upon man whether he deserves it or not ... the Buddha Gotama is portrayed not as an atheist who claims to be able to prove God's nonexistence, but rather as a skeptic with respect to other teachers ' claims to be able to lead their disciples to the highest good.
No being, whether a god or an enlightened being ( including the historical Buddha ), is ascribed powers of creation, granting salvation and judgement.
According the Mahāyāna Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra, which is associated with the Vaibhāṣika Sarvāstivādins, in the " Śrāvaka Dharma " ( āgamas and related teachings ), " the Buddha did not say whether or not there are contemporaneous buddhas in the ten directions.
# Ambattha Sutta (): Ambattha the Brahmin is sent by his teacher to find whether the Buddha possesses the 32 bodily marks, but on arrival he is rude to the Buddha on grounds of descent ; the Buddha responds that he is actually higher born than Ambattha and that society treats aristocrats like himself as higher ranking than Brahmins, but that he considers those fulfilled in conduct and wisdom as higher, and he explains conduct and wisdom as above
# Kutadanta Sutta (): Kutadanta the Brahmin asks the Buddha how to perform a sacrifice ( Rhys Davids considers this an example of a peculiar straight-faced sort of humour to be found in texts such as this ); the Buddha replies by telling of one of his past lives, as chaplain to a king, where they performed a sacrifice which consisted of making offerings, with no animals killed ; Kutadanta asks whether there are any better sacrifices, and the Buddha recommends in succession going to the Three Refuges, taking the Five Precepts and the path as above

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