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...Enchanting, powerful, horrific, beautiful, wise, deadly, compassionate, seductive. Women in Buddhist story and image are all these things and more. She takes the signs of the ancient goddess – the lotus, the sacred grove, the serpent, the sacrifice – and uses them in astonishing new ways. Her story is one of sufferi...

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...’s Play 11 Perception, Symbol, Myth 12 On Using Jung 13 The Dhamma of Gender 14 Mythic Fact, Historic Fiction 15 The Other First Bhikkhuni 16 A Buddhist Femme Fatale 17 The Weaving of the Web 18 Fears of the Future 19 The Flood 20 The Serpent 21 The Deepest Taboo 22 How to Kill a Dead Nun 23 A Very Grievous Text 24 The Hero Departs 25 The Hero Wakes 26 The ...

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...…Bhikkhuni Vinaya StudiesResearch & reflections on monastic discipline for Buddhist nunsA Swift Pair of MessengersCalm and insight in the Buddha’s wor... ... wordsDreams of BhaddāSex. Murder. Betrayal. Enlightenment. The story of a Buddhist nun.A History of MindfulnessHow insight worsted tranquillity in th... ... http://santipada.orgWhite Bones Red RotBlack SnakesA Buddhist mythology of the feminine Bhikkhu Sujato S A... ... 15715 The Other First Bhikkhuni 16616 A Buddhist Femme Fatale 17417 The Weaving of the Web ... ...he lady who ho dsl the bent branch does not confine her graces to the Buddhist faith, for the image is a classic Indian motif, the sālabhañjikā c... ... or upset the established order of nature. Of th s c ass oi l f monarchs the Mikado or Dairi, the spiritual emperor of Japan, is or ra...

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...xample, Lancaster (1981) describes Chinese literary sources for the history of Borobudur in present-day Indonesia. Wu and Dziwenka discuss the use of Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese in the Korean Buddhist tradition (Wu and Dziwenka, pp. 268-303). Unfortunately, the proportion of historic Chinese literature that has been translated to English is still relatively...

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...y of Borobudur in present-day Indonesia. Wu andDziwenka discuss the use of Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese in the Korean Buddhisttradition... ...important for ourunderstanding of Asian history and also for the spread of Buddhist to China. Support for studiesof cultural exchange with early China... ...exchange with early China by scholars like Lancaster and other scholars of Buddhiststudies is important to the author.3IntroductionThe 漢書 Hanshu, lite... ...w since, as discussed above, the Nanyue rulers were considered princes,not monarchs.元鼎 Yuanding: 116-111 BCE, a reign 漢武帝 Emperor Wu of Han, who ruled... ...or a study of Barabudur,” " In Barabudur: History and Significance of a Buddhist Monument, ed. Luis O. Gomez and Hiram W. Woodward, Berkeley: Un... ...uddha's word in East Asia: the formation and transformation of the Chinese Buddhist canon. Columbia University Press, pp. 268-303. 42. Wylie, A., ...

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...s to as the Bonreligion. So, in addition to Bon's philosophy and culture,Buddhists influenced the Bon resulting in BuddhistBon, known as Limbu local... ... entered Tibet in the seventh century,and the ancient Bon transformed into Buddhist Bon.Buddhist Bon abolished offerings of alcohol and meat.After Lam... ...rificial rituals and the alcoholoffering practice (Dibeltulo, 2015). The Buddhist Bon faith became forced to adopt analterindigenous name. That soug... .... Everest), Lasahang, Lhasa, andadjoining sites (Subba, 1988). The Yuma (Buddhist Bon) faith, which forbidssacrifice and alcohol due to Buddhist inf... ...e capital.As a result, Yasok became known as Yasokeni, theepicenter of the Buddhist Bon (Yumaism) religion(Chemjong, 2003a, 2003b). Yuma also took the... ...he sixth reason,there was state-level support for Buddhism by variousKirat monarchs, Sen dynasty kings, EmperorHarshavardhana, Kanishka, and Bengal's ... ...t history and MudenchungSamba's genealogy. It is true that some of these monarchs latergathered themselves in Tibet and regained control ofthe Kirat... ...rat history. They find Hang with theirsurname because their ancestors were monarchs(Hang). According to Chemjong, the Kashi dynasty camefrom Munatem... ...people of KiratLimbuwan were on the offensive then. As a result, thefeudal monarchs of Kirat Limbuwan were forced toslander in front of Tibetan rivals...

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...al figure. I find this point a barrier in many discussions withChristians and even with many Buddhists who have succumbed to a belief-basedapproach de... ... So on a voyage around southern Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, I read itinterspersed with Buddhist readings and reflections while passing a few qui... ...ing behindsuch scriptures. René has written much and beautifully, and I was able to help his‘Buddhist-Christian Parallels’ be initially published on t... ...reaction to Sabina Murray’s ‘TheCaprices’. I also recall unpopularly introducing the idea to Buddhist discussions when theholier-than-thou attitude to... ...ie those religions.So it was, that when I read Gruber and Kersten’s ‘The Original Jesus: The BuddhistSources of Christianity’ at the suggestion of Ren... ...on the king being the representative of ‘heaven’, much as was the case inother systems until monarchs proved to be the same as everyone else.Yet, as K...

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...mage of the serpent was worn affixed to the headdress of thegreat Egyptian monarchs; and it was not lawful for any one else towear it, as the sun is i... ...der the name of “EkoDeva Trimurtti,” “One God, Three Forms.” In Japan, the Buddhistsworship their great divinity, Buddha, with three heads, in the ver... ...ho is fated to appear before the World’sEnd is from an old synopsis in the Buddhist scriptures known as KalkiAvatara, the “Destroyer of Sin,” who will... ...by belief in these, that thereligion of Buddha was established.” ~Burnouf. Buddhist garments andstaffs were supposed to imbibe some mysterious power, ... ...e mysterious power, and blessedwere they who were allowed to touch them. A Buddhist saint, whoattained the power called ‘Perfection,’ was able to rise... ...ble to rise and float alongthrough the air, his body becoming imponderous. Buddhist annals giveaccounts of miraculous suspensions in the air.We are al... ...s and gods. Deificationof the Roman leaders will be replicated by European monarchs, whowill declare, “All kings are descendents of God,” and initiate...

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...d to thedownfall of the Hindu Faith as it got concocted intoHinduism, many Buddhist monks and masters, whoconsidered themselves to be the Buddha led t... ... Today, Buddhism exists, just like Hinduism, invarious parts of the world. Buddhists believe in chantingand achieving Nirvana, a state of bliss, just ... ...sm in the 6th century CE. From then onShinto faiths and traditions took on Buddhist elements, 83 ... ...Confucian ones. Some Shinto shrines becameBuddhist temples, existed within Buddhist temples, orhad Buddhist priests in charge. Today, the faith is aun... ... faith is aunied account of ancient Japanese mythology, markedstrongly by Buddhist inuences, and is followed by thevast majority of the country's po... ...eedom of speech, religion, and trade. Skepticism ofreligious dogma - where monarchs were placed inpositions of power by the Will of God and were notsu...

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...rmon was called the Turning of the Wheel of Law, and wasthe nucleus of the Buddhist teaching. It incorporated the Four NobleTruths (that is, the world... ...nking, and the rational undertone ofthe argument was characteristic of the Buddhist emphasis on causalityas the basis of analysis, particularly in a s... ... from the wheel of rebirth. Thus the doctrine of karma wasessential to the Buddhist system of salvation. Unlike the brahmanicalidea, karma was not use... ...ar cults such as theworship of trees and funerary tumuli were accepted and Buddhistswere thus able to associate themselves with popular worship.” Ro... ... monasteries were richlyendowed, that huge stupas were built, and that the Buddhist Orderbecame affluent and respected. Some of the monasteries had su... ... 156The Number Game The Number Game “If the Mughal monarchs had assumed their responsibilities asMuslim rulers and organized i... ...h for a lack of 159‘intensive tabliq by the Mughal monarchs’. But what if, had the jihadi zeal of the Musalmans to plunder ‘...

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...come out with a big “Hello, sir.” It’s about all the Eng- Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan or Christian, rich or poor. lish they kno... ...come out with a big “Hello, sir.” It’s about all the Eng- Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan or Christian, rich or poor. lish they kno... ...l would eventually be provided Priyadasi (Darrel Peiris), a Sinhalese Buddhist who, during his first visit with electric saws. Ge... ...py and awed to meet my fourth catalyst on the island of Sri Lanka, a Buddhist. He was a strong, active Sinhalese man dedicated to spiritua... ...t around with a notebook and listed all His mentor, Dayananda, was a Buddhist mystic, politician and social activist who engaged Robert i... ...injunction. Also per-formed in the inauguration of religious and political monarchs and other special blessings.Absolute: Lower case (absolute): real,... ...injunction. Also per-formed in the inauguration of religious and political monarchs and other special blessings.Absolute: Lower case (absolute): real,...

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...ical thinking, andthe rational undertone of the argument was characteristic of the Buddhist emphasis oncausality as the basis of analysis, particularl... ... freedom from the wheelof rebirth. Thus the doctrine of karma was essential to the Buddhist system of salvation.Unlike the brahmanical idea, karma was... ...m: popular cults such as the worship of trees and funerary tumuli wereaccepted and Buddhists were thus able to associate themselves with popular worsh... ...ore that monasteries were richly endowed, thathuge stupas were built, and that the Buddhist Order became affluent and respected.Some of the monasterie... ..., the monks alone not being able to cope with the work. Gone were thedays when the Buddhist monks lived entirely on the alms which they collected duri... ...e succeeded in subjugating the Musalmans!Chapter 22The Number Game “If the Mughal monarchs had assumed their responsibilities as Muslim rulers andorg...

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...nding of narratives otherwise discounted as unintelligiblemyth. For example, an early Buddhist story relates agriculture to thehoarding of grain as... ...ed invidiouscomparisons and dissatisfaction – otherwise translated as ‘suffering’in Buddhist philosophy.21 The Greek story of Cadmus’ ploughi... ...o an apt conjunction of lawn and black satin we entitle aBishop”.99 The ancient Greco-Buddhist story of the Milindapanha100illustrates the same insigh... ...cultures across millennia, but we should notbecome distracted by the tools. A Chinese Buddhist Sutra expressesit in a famous parable of a fool mistaki... ...l depths;these were further developed in the philosophical traditions of theJains and Buddhists. The unifying theme, as in the Western religionsand se... ...rs through their divine connections. The conceptioncontinues in monarchs’ titles today as ‘Lord of Waters’ in modernThai ...

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...rances and healing journeys of indigenous shamans, to thesimple grace of the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path, to HinduYoga, Sufi dances, Christian monas... ...t which has been consistently mistranslated into English as"repentance"), by Buddhists as Satori, and by Islamic Sufimystics as presential vision, bot... ...of its meme-countering power to itsunique, cross-cultural blending of Indian Buddhist philosophyand meditation practice with Chinese Taoism; the Scien... ... 98Could the visions of Christian mystics, the satori of Buddhistmonks, the kundalini experiences of Hindu Yogis, etc. bemanifesta... ...ords and actions, especially if weidentify ourselves as Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus,Jews, etc.? The unflinching integrity Jesus lived from... ...poor inevery country, followers and leaders within every religion,commoners, monarchs, despots, revolutionaries and freely-elected Heads of State alik...

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...in and out, is the funda- in the process.mental practice for all Buddhist and Hinduschools of meditation. The breath is usedto calm the body... ...anned skin thesethrough a multitude of form, a multitude of Thai Buddhist monks looked the part.people. I am not singular, I am a multitude ... .... As Bodhgaya is a majorworthless without it. So now when An- Buddhist pilgrim spot all Buddhist coun-drew offered it freely I jumped at ... ...y own came to a head. I was going to give upway. There is the Buddhist fundamental everything I knew and had, and this ledco... ...w I understoodpowers us. what I had read in the Buddhist Sutras. Often in the beginning of ... ...Ṛta.Mitra-Varuna are conceived as young, they wear glisteninggarments, are monarchs and guardians of the whole world and theirpalace is golden, with a...

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... Zoroastrians believe in a singleGod. This is called monotheism. The purist Buddhists would not believe in a special god, butsome Buddhist sects do an... ...he world. The places ofworship like the Greek temples on the Acropolis, the Buddhist shrines at Ankor, themagnificent Christian cathedrals and the inc... ...ey can‘t always have things their way because the majorityrules. Hereditary monarchs tend to dislike this theory, but they, as other totalitarian lead... ...ashioned iron-willed kings were never that popular with the peasants.Modern monarchs are not too bad but they cost a lot. Should the people pay millio... ...ould certainly not be an option. But using the philosophicalapproach of the Buddhists or the pantheistic approach of the Jains does not give one theul... ...onaire, we all want more of something—money, fame, power.‖ ―A devout Buddhist would renounce them all for inner peace. Should wetherefore push ... ...ain playingtricks? How many Muslims see Jesus on their death beds? How many Buddhists seeMohammad?‖ —―Some scientists have duplicated these out...

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...andown in front of the tea house. The geisha thanks him profusely and the monks continue on tothe Buddhist temple. Just before they enter the shrine, ... ...but simply lay in the grass along the river bankwatching the dragonflies and butterflies – mostly monarchs and darkly beautiful, blueswallowtails draw...

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...orm in the middle of thehall, taking the young ones by the hands - an amateur Buddhist monk hailingfrom New England. Not only his robes glowed, but al... ...e soldier's diary, the newspaper prints reportsfrom Saigon: yesterday another Buddhist nun, a mother of two children,burned herself in front of a pago... ...r Buddhist nun, a mother of two children,burned herself in front of a pagoda; Buddhists in the public are stabbingthemselves in the chest and writing ... ...tured, sincere laugh,in which an invitation to join. “I was on a hill with a Buddhist from the same sect, and together wewatched as American planes d... ...errified by these humantorches below. “Napalm is still terrible,” I told this Buddhist. Do you knowwhat he answered me: “I would like him to be even h... ...of asbestos. Sequoias are a rare gift, naturegave it only to California. The “monarchs of the forest,” which make eventhe baobabs look like teenagers,...

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...age town sacred to Vedda, Hindu and Buddhists. There is a shrine dedicat... ...ts Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa and was a respectedrepresentative of the Buddhist community at the United Nations and Europe. Mahinda Rajapakse was ... ...iversity of Paris VIII.He became the President of the Vietnamese Theravada Buddhist Association until his death. He continued his life as a monk withs... ...s and honesty for many years, attending to the religious activities of the Buddhist communities established in France andSri Lanka. In particular, he ... ...ather, Maurice Declercq, in 2015, Venerable Gnanissara Murungagasyayeled a Buddhist commemorative ceremony at the author's home in Kortrijk and that o... ... the will of late KingDharmapala. 22Peiris finds this unusual, but European monarchs always respected and applied local laws, particularly if they had ...

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... and detailed whatconstituted a perfect courtier, or one who wasregularly present at the courts of monarchs orroyal personages. The text deviates fro... ...-tality. On Rosh Hashanah, Jews beckon a sweet,new year by eating apple slices dipped in hon-ey. In Buddhist tradition, honey commemoratesthe festival...

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...t comes from a confused sense of the truth. Even the Greeks, who were closer to the ancient knowledge of the Brahmins and Buddhists, get there w... ... especially by men of ingenuity, who are always overwhelmed by the ignorant many, while they are prized and celebrated by monarchs. Monarchy con...

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...omething metaphysically real. The self is, in a sense, anillusion—yes, the Buddhists are right: at its core it is nothing butself-consciousness, consc... ...gnoring the“unpeople” and overseeing crimes against humanity. LikeEuropean monarchs in the 18th century, they see politics and war asgames—extremely s... ...no place in a scientific account of the world. * I have a Buddhist friend who spent a year in a monastery inIndia. He describes it as... ...sical literature to the value of children. That’s far from true,though, of Buddhist and of Christian literature. From the Gospelson, Christians held c...

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...t in the back. The truck starts rough and it moves. Brian asks. “I thought Buddhists monks were forbidden to drivetrucks?”“Only when it serves a highe... ...he town of Nyalam in southern Tibet. They have found transportation with a Buddhist monkheaded to the objective. Also the general as contacted a Marti... ...all the heat the ambers give, and that is all the faith you need.”“Are you Buddhist or a Christian?” The monk smiles and says. “Why not?” Brian and Br... ...ns all and has none. She rides with her torso up right with a majesty that monarchs display to show magnificence but hereyes show her sorrow the void ...