Buddhisme: retninger og grupper

Паяси сутта е част от Палийския канон - колекцията от свещени текстове на последователите на хинаяна, малката колесница. Тя съдържа разговора между един брамин и млада девойка на име Кашяпа, която доказва по убедителен начин, че жените не само могат да практикуват будизма, но са способни да помогнат и на мъжете в това отношение. Буда казва, че всички чувстващи същества са равни. Например в Диамантената сутра четем "Всички дхарми са равни, няма по-висши или по-нисши. За онзи, който е успял да наблюдава този аспект, казваме, че е наблюдавал анутара-самяк-самбодхи (истинското върховно и окончателно просветление). Това, което се нарича равенство, е, че всички чувстващи същества притежават истинската природа на буда - татхагатагарбха, която е абсолютно еднаква във всички тях. Тази природа на буда прави възможни кармата и прераждането. Природата на буда е идентична във всички чувстващи същества, затова както се отнасяме към другите, така и те ще се отнасят към нас. Наистина в Паяси сутта природата на буда не се назовава изрично, както това се прави в сутрите на махаяна, но подробно се разглеждат нейните характеристики.

'Unseen Beings is a magnificent, passionate, brilliantly written manifesto for our urgent reimagining of our relationship with every aspect of the creation... indispensable reading for anyone who longs for a just and balanced human future. Buy it and give it to everyone you know.' Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope A revolutionary perspective on the climate catastrophe bridging history, philosophy, science, and religion. You've heard the hard-hitting data and you've seen the documentaries. But what will it truly take for humanity to change? We will not tackle the climate catastrophe with data alone - we need new stories and new ways of seeing and thinking. By drawing on traditional eco-philosophies and Buddhist wisdom, Erik Jampa Andersson offers an approach to our environmental emergency that will make us rethink the very nature of our existence on this incredible planet. Looking at the climate catastrophe through the framework of disease, Unseen Beings examines our ecological diagnosis, its historical causes and conditions and, crucially, its much-needed treatment, as well as exploring: how and why we constructed a human-centric worldview amazing recent discoveries around non-human intelligencehow religious traditions have dealt with questions of nature, sentience and ecologycritical connections between human health and environmental healthThis book is a call to action. Climate anxiety has left many of us feeling confused and powerless, but there is another way. If we can recover our natural sense of enchantment and kinship with non-human beings, we may still find a path to build a better future.

In troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh?one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today?reveals an art of living in mindfulness that helps us answer life's deepest questions and experience the happiness and freedom we desire.Thich Nhat Hanh presents, for the first time, seven transformative meditations that open up new perspectives on our lives, our relationships, and our interconnectedness with the world around us. Based on the last full talks before his sudden hospitalization, and drawing on intimate examples from his own life, he shows us how these seven meditations can free us to live a happy, peaceful, and active life, and face aging and dying with curiosity and joy and without fear.Containing the essence of the Buddha's teachings and Thich Nhat Hanh's poignant, timeless, and clarifying prose, The Art of Living provides a spiritual dimension to our lives. This is not an effort to escape life or to dwell in a place of bliss outside of this world. Instead, this path will allow us to discover where we come from and where we are going. And most of all, it will generate happiness, understanding, and love so we can live deeply in each moment of our life, right where we are.

Each of us has the possibility to become awakened, to perceive reality as it is, and to liberate ourselves from what enchains us and leads us to dissatisfaction. No one is excluded, the only condition is to remove the different veils that cover what is already there. This situation can be compared to a person sitting on a treasure, except that the latter is buried underground. It is only by digging that we will take advantage of it, any search at the surface of the ground will not lead anywhere. Consciousness is also a treasure, but it remains inaccessible as long as perception lacks depth. Which path is to be walked to see what we truly are? How is awakened consciousness, Buddhahood, characterized? In the Treatise on Pointing Out Buddha Nature, the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339), Tibetan master from the Kagyü lineage concisely presents Buddha nature, and he gives some elements to see it directly. Based on this treatise and a commentary from Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813¿1899), a phenomenological approach is offered to touch on these questions.

Beloved Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh offers 79 meditations to help you through your daily routines in a peaceful and mindful way and connect to the joy of the present momentWaking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.  This beautifully illustrated book shares a simple verse with an enlightening commentary that will give you the space and heart to live each day in a connected and calm way. Developed during a summer retreat in Plum Village, Thich Nhat Hanh's meditation center in France, these poetic verses were collected to help people practice mindfulness. The result is a handbook of practical, down-to-earth verses. These gathas, or mindfulness verses, are poetic verse designed to turn ordinary daily activities such as washing the dishes, driving the car, or standing in line, into opportunities to return to a natural state of mindfulness and happiness.Reciting these poetic yet practical verses can help us to slow down and enjoy each moment of our lives.

"While Pure Land Buddhism is generally thought of as an East Asian tradition with an Indian origin, the Copper-Coloured Mountain is in fact the first and only pure land with scriptural origins entirely in the Tibetan tradition. It represents Tibetan culture's fascinating intersection of traditional history with liturgical tantric practice. The Copper-Colored Mountain is understood to be the current abode of Padmasambhava, the Indian master credited with first bringing Buddhism to Tibet and founding Tibet's first monastery, Samye. After leaving Tibet, it is said that Padmasambhava set up residence on Cåamara, one of the two islands on either side of the continent of Jambudvipa, our world according to Buddhist cosmology. After taming the resident ogres of Cåamara and converting them to Buddhism, he then built an octagonal palace where Buddhist practitioners may be transported in visions and dreams or reborn through aspiration prayers. This work is a translation and analysis of one such aspiration prayer. This prayer was composed by Jigme Lingpa, a treasure revealer of the Nyingma tradition in the eighteenth century and remains the most important prayer to this pure land in Tibetan Buddhism. Merging academic precision in representing the Tibetan texts and devotion to the principles of tantric Buddhism, translators Georgios Halkias and Christina Partsalaki enable a wider appreciation of the history and impact of this prayer in Tibetan Buddhist literature while elucidating its meaning for Buddhist practitioners"--

Title Presentation:Zen was uniquely suited to the Samurai of Japan. The high moral principles of Buddhism, when adopted and adapted by the Japanese warriors who became the Samurai, created an austere philosophy of singular beauty and depth. Its characteristic requirements of strict control over body and mind was exemplified by ancient warrior monks whose serene countenance, even in the face of certain death, made them much admired even by their foes.Zen may be the most misunderstood of the world's moral philosophies. While it is often classified as a Religion, it is frequently considered by its adherents to be a utilitarian philosophy, a collection of rational moral precepts or, even more simply, as a state of being. The aim of the practice of Zen is to become Enlightened and achieve the beatitude of Nirvana.To reach Nirvana means to achieve the state of extinction of pain and the annihilation of sin. Zen never looks for the realization of its beatitude in a place like heaven, nor believes in the realm of Reality transcendental of the phenomenal universe, nor gives countenance to the superstition of Immortality, nor does it hold the world is the best of all possible worlds, nor conceives life simply as blessing. It is in this life, full of shortcomings, misery, and sufferings, that Zen hopes to realize its beatitude. It is in this world, imperfect, changing, and moving, that Zen finds the Divine Light it worships. It is in this phenomenal universe of limitation and relativity that Zen aims to attain to highest Nirvana.Publisher's note for the printed edition: in order to be more enjoyable during reading, this book is in 6" x 9" format. In the same spirit, the paper is cream-colored, which causes less fatigue to the eyes than white paper. All our publications are carefully crafted, both in terms of typography as well as design.Publisher's note for the Kindle edition: our Kindle publications are carefully crafted, with Table of Contents, Index, Footnotes and References when applicable. A strong emphasis has been put on the typography as well as the design.Your comments are welcome at discoverypublisher.com - Thank you for choosing Discovery Publisher.

Tibetan Buddhist practice isn’t just a matter of what—it’s also a matter of how. This book shows you how.Building on the foundation in Book 1 (Why Bother?) which together with this book are updated versions of the previously published Why Is The Dalai Lama Always Smiling?, Lama Tsomo gives you the chance to try out these methods and see how they work for you. Wisdom & Compassion: Starting with Yourself provides a lively, approachable guide, sprinkled with humor, for people ready to begin applying the time-tested, lab-tested Tibetan practices to find happiness and peace in their own modern life. Through step-by-step instructions, photographs, and helpful explanations, Lama Tsomo shares practices that have been used for thousands of years, and teaches how we can experience the rich benefits of meditation. She offers techniques for sharpening our focus, enhancing our relationships, and living each day more mindfully, joyfully, and meaningfully. Included are a set of beautifully illustrated meditation cards, "Science Tidbits," a glossary of terms, and teachings and practices also presented in Namchak Foundation eCourses and retreats. Grab your cushion and teacup, and let’s begin!

The truth of Zen has always resided in individual experience rather than in theoretical writings. to give the modern reader access to understanding of this truth, the Zen experience illumines zen as it was created and shaped by the personalities, perceptions, and actions of its masters over the centuries.Beginning with the twin roots of Zen in Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism, we follow it through its initial flowering in China under the first patriarch Bodhidharma; its division into schools of "gradual" and "sudden" enlightenment under Shen-hsui and Shen-hui; the ushering in of its golden age by Hui-neng; the development of "shock" enlightenment by Ma-tsu; its poetic greatness in the person of Han-shan; the perfection of the use of the koan by Ta-hui; the migration of Zen to Japan and its extraordinary growth there under a succession of towering Japanese spiritual leaders.Rich in historical background, vivid in revealing anecdote and memorable quotation, this long-needed work succeeds admirably in taking Zen from the library shelves and restoring its living, human form.Newly designed and typeset by Waking Lion Press.

A collection of articles that were originally written for the New East, published in Japan during the 1914 war, for readers that would like an introduction to Zen Buddhism.--Preface, page 8.

"The Gyalwang Karmapa has taught Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight verses of training the mind on several occasions. Though short, this text gets to the core of Mahayana practice, and each time he teaches it, he emphasizes different themes. In this particular teaching, he stressed how we need to bring our practice to bear on the difficulties that face us in our life and our dharma practice -- an issue that all practitioners must face if their practice is to be effective. The teachings in this were originally given in a weekend teaching called 'The art of happiness' organized by the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (FURHHDL) in November 2014."--Introduction, pages xv-xvi.

History of Zen in China is mainly concerned with a detailed account of inheriting lineages and sermons of different Zen schools and sects in China. Zen Buddhism developed in China some fifteen hundred years ago, with Bodhidarma or Daruma being the First Patriarch, and became the dominant form of Buddhism in China in the late Tang Dynasty. This book presents before the readers a systematic map for the inheriting lineages of different Zen schools in Chinese history. The text of this book is easy to understand and the lineage charts at the end of the book, collected by the author from different corners of the world, are of great value for those who are interested in Zen Buddihsm.

This book contains numbers 47 to 60 of the renowned Wheel Publications, originally published as small booklets, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha's teaching. The titles are: WH 47 Buddhism and the God-Idea, WH 48/49 The Discourse on the Snake Simile, WH 50 Knowledge and Conduct, WH 51 Taming the Mind, WH 52/53 Pathways of Buddhist Thought, WH 54 The Mirror of the Dhamma, WH 55 The Five Precepts, WH 56 Ordination in Theravada Buddhism, WH 57/58 A Discourse to Knowers of Veda, WH 59 Stories of Old, and WH 60 The Satipatthana Sutta and Its Application to Modern Life.

This book contains numbers 61 to 75 of the renowned Wheel Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha's teaching. WH61/62, The Simile of the Cloth & Discourse on Effacement. WH 63/64, Aids to the Abhidhamma Philosophy. WH65/66, The Way of Wisdom. WH 67/69, Last Days of the Buddha. WH 70/72, Anagarika Dharmapala. WH 73, The Blessings of Pindapata. WH 74/75, German Buddhist Writers.

The Pariyatti Edition of Collected Wheels Volume III contains numbers 31 to 46 that were originally published as small booklets. WH031/032 Manual of Insight - Ledi SayadawWH033 Advice To Rahula - Nyanaponika Thera (Editor)WH034/035 Four Noble Truths - Francis StoryWH036/037 Buddhism and The Age Of Science - U Chan HtoonWH038 Lamp of the Law - Soma Thera & Piyadassi TheraWH039/040 Purification of Character - Dr. C.B. Dharmasena & Bhikkhu VimaloWH041 Buddhism and Peace - K.N. JayatillekeWH042/043 Early Western Buddhists - Francis StoryWH044 Contribution of Buddhism to World Culture - Soma TheraWH045/046 Escape To Reality - Ananda Pereira