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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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...The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is the most influential scripture in Buddhist meditation. It is the foundation text for the modern schools of ‘vipassanā’ or ‘insight’ meditation. The well-known Pali discourse is, however, only one of many early Buddhist texts that deal with mindfulness. This i...

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...Foreword: The Vipassananāvādā 1 The Meaning of ‘Buddha’ 1.1 The Ambiguity of Tradition 1.2 The Death of Myth 2 The GIST 1​—​Three Strata of Early Texts 2.1 Before the Buddha 2.2 The First Discourses 2.3 The Gāthā Theory 2.4 The Earliest Collection 2.5 The First Abhidhamma 2.6 Some Problems 3 The GIST 2​—​The Agreement of the Three Strata 3.1 The Seeds of the Sa...

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..., those stories took on a life of their own. Eventually the real man is buried under a mountain of beautiful fantasies and magical tales. Scholars in Buddhist studies have never lost sight of the historical Buddha. There is a beautiful story to tell about the real man but the materials never quite made it to the mass market because academic books are generally hard to read...

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...Table of Contents Abbreviations for Pali Canon Texts | i An Author’s Request | ii Foreword | viii Chapter One: Spread of Dhamma to Kosala | 1 Chapter Two: Establishing the Nun Order | 19 Chapter Three: Sangha Quarrels at Kosambi | 37 Chapter Four: Middle Age – Succe...

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...in 3 vols. : James Darmesteter & L. H. Mills. ~, IS, 24, 37, 47. PAHLAVI TEXTS, in 5 vols. : E. W. West. 6, g. THE QUR'AN, in 2 vols. : E. H. Palme... ...g. 10. THE DHAMMAPADA : F. Max Miiller; SUTTA-NIPATA : V. Fausboll. II. BUDDHIST SUTTAS : T. W. Rhys Davids. 12,26,4 1 ,43,44. THE SATAPATHA-BRAHM... ... THE SATAPATHA-BRAHMA~A, in 5 vols. : Julius Eggeling. 13, 17,20. VINAYA TEXTS, in 3 vols. : T . W. Rhys Davids & H ermann Oldenberg. . 19· THE FO... ...ield. 4fl. THE VEDANTA-SUTRAS with Ramanuja's Sribha~ya: G. Thibaut. 49. BUDDHIST MAHAYANA TEXTS: E . B. Cowell, F. Max Milller & J. Takakusu. 50.... ...DANTA-SUTRAS with Ramanuja's Sribha~ya: G. Thibaut. 49. BUDDHIST MAHAYANA TEXTS: E . B. Cowell, F. Max Milller & J. Takakusu. 50. INDEX : M. Winter... ...VOLUMES OF THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST VOL. VOL. VOL. 1 Upanishads. 16 Texts of Confucian- 32 Vedic Hymns. 2 Sacred Laws of ism. 33 Minor Law-Boo... ...Vedic Hymns. 2 Sacred Laws of ism. 33 Minor Law-Books. Aryas. 17 Villaya Texts. 34 Vedlinta-SGtras. 3 Texts of Confucian- 18 Pahlavi Texts. ~:}Mi\... ...2 Atharva ·veda. 10 (ii) Sutta-Nipata. 25 Laws of Manu. 43} Satapatha- 11 Buddhist Suttas. 26 Satapatha- 44 Brahmalla. 12 Satapatha- Brahmana. 45 Ga... ..., and Mohammed, 6, xli sq. ed, 15, Iii n.; quotes Milindapanha, AbbhQ.na, Buddhist t.t., when unlaw- 35, xxvi; 36, xvii. ful, 17, 268 sq., 270 sq., ...

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..., those stories took on a life of their own. Eventually the real man is buried under a mountain of beautiful fantasies and magical tales. Scholars in Buddhist studies have never lost sight of the historical Buddha. There is a beautiful story to tell about the real man but the materials never quite made it to the mass market because academic books are generally hard to read...

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...Abbreviations for Pali Canon texts | i Map | ii Author’s request | iii Foreword | ix Life as a Layman | 1 From Home to Homelessness | 29 Enlightenment: Nibbana! Release! | 55 Legend of the Seven Weeks | 89 Unveiling Dhamma | 119 Spreading Dhamma...

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...permission of Eranos Foundation, Ascona, Switzerland. Edward Conze (tr.), Buddhist Scriptures, Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, 1959. © Edward Conze,... ...quotations in this book are translations of the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts by the author, as also are quotations from Plato. TABLE OF CONTENTS ... ...f Buddhism Since Gautama The Essence Of Buddhism The Concept Of The Buddha Buddhist Yoga Zen Buddhism And Jung Christianity 59 Origins How Much Does H... ...of India had THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION x been popularized in the West, with Buddhist and Hindu doctrines being widely known—even though for the most pa... ...a prior experience of what they refer to. As examples I would point to the Buddhist teachings of nirvana and karma, and the Christian doctrines of the... ...efs in common. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Parsees, and perhaps the bulk of Buddhists align themselves with this viewpoint. Yet others feel religion to... ...occupation, and the New Testament which consists of writings selected from texts composed by Christians during the first two centuries AD. Details of ... ... RELIGIOUS DIMENSION 68 frequently refers to God as “Father,” and in many texts the specific phrase “son of God” is applied to Jesus. In a Semitic la... ...HRISTIANITY 69 perhaps even inviting interpretation of many New Testament texts, it runs counter to what eventually became the overriding conviction ...

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...d priests from all religions, including Catholics, Nestorians, Armenians, Buddhists, and Muslims. Kublai Khan‘s reign spawned numerous developments ... ...lped oversee the Bible project as well as the more profitable printing of texts, such as Latin grammars and papal indulgences (the forgiveness of si... ... secrets of double-entry bookkeeping. 19 In editing and publishing such texts, moreover, printers passed on to others the lessons they had to lear... ...onks, became immersed in a new culture of capitalism when they took their texts to print shops. Meanwhile, printers‘ connection with the ―divine art... ...d Carnegie Self-teaching laboratories G.I. Bill of Rights makes college texts affordable US #1 World power 21ST CENTURY Age of Cyberspace Di...

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...Although historically marginalized, Buddhist nuns are taking their place in modern Buddhism. Like the monks, Buddhist nuns live by an ancient system of monastic law, the Vinaya. This work investigates various areas of uncertainty and controversy in how the Vina...

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...Introduction 0.1 The Nature of Vinaya 0.2 Vinaya in Context 0.3 Bhikkhunis in History 0.4 The Vinaya Texts 0.5 Schools 1 A Question of Interpretation 1.1 What can we expect from Vinaya? 1.2 The Scope of Vinaya 1.3 The Layers of Text 1.4 What is a Tradition? 2 Principles to be Respected 2.1 Garudhamma 1 2.2 Garudhamm...

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... Power of sorcerers 103 * From tradition to belief in development 104 Buddhist religion Buddhism of the village community 107 From local reli... ... of morality that existed in the Christian villages of the past or in the Buddhist communities of this book. Never has so much information and resear... ... before, but today one cannot say that, and such dishonesty is contrary to Buddhist morality. Improvements in the roads and in villagers' community sp... ...ed to adapt to Thai society, they speak the Thai language and also observe Buddhist customs. It is often said that the Chinese immigrants were mostly ... ... calendars, but some have acquired carved teak plaques depicting national (Buddhist) themes and blending in with the style of the carved furniture. A ... ...ved. In the chapel at the cremation site, the monks hold a service, recite texts appropriate to the occasion, and bless the departed. The service ends...

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...d priests from all religions, including Catholics, Nestorians, Armenians, Buddhists, and Muslims. Kublai Khan‘s reign spawned numerous development... ...lped oversee the Bible project as well as the more profitable printing of texts, such as Latin grammars and papal indulgences (the forgiveness of si... ...ecrets of double-entry bookkeeping. 19 In editing and publishing such texts, moreover, printers passed on to others the lessons they had to lear... ...onks, became immersed in a new culture of capitalism when they took their texts to print shops. Meanwhile, printers‘ connection with ... ...d Carnegie Self-teaching laboratories G.I. Bill of Rights makes college texts affordable US #1 World power 21ST CENTURY Age of Cyberspace Di...

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...considerable freedom, but Origen is already hope- lessly in the net of the texts. The writer of St. John’s gospel was a free man, but Origen was a sup... ...at he speaks of as renascent or modern religion; he is neither atheist nor Buddhist nor Mohammedan nor Chris- tian. He will make no pretence, therefor... ...monstrated by a free use of miracles. Only one great religious system, the Buddhist, seems to have resisted the temptation to secure for its divinity ... ...e at last extinct. If that is not the very “resignation” he imputes to the Buddhist I do not know what it is. He believes that an individual which has...

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... to be sure.” “And why live? The Schopenhauers, the Hartmanns, and all the Buddhists, say that the greatest happiness is Nir- vana, Non-Life; and they... ... great and dangerous intimacy between a man and a woman under certain pre- texts. One must make himself the laughing stock of ev- erybody, if he desir...

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...ple and receives a divine wisdom, old things pass away,—means, teach- ers, texts, temples fall; it lives now, and absorbs past and future into the pre... ...d, or Jeremiah, or Paul. We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts, on a few lives. We are like children who repeat by rote the sentence... ...t additional incident in the plot, rises naturally into poetry. Among many texts take the following. The Roman Martius has conquered Ath- ens,—all but... ...r the surface of the water. But this is flat rebellion. Nature will not be Buddhist: she resents generalizing, and insults the philosopher in ev- ery ...

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...ts not Baptists, and the Baptists Roman Catholics, and the Roman Catholics Buddhists, and the Buddhists Quakers, and the Quakers Episcopalians, and th... ... more or less entertainment out of it. I did as you ordered: I placed two texts before my eyes— one a dull one and barren of interest, the other one ...