Buddhism and Dietary Preference written by Sonam Yeshe, a Lay Vajrayana Buddhist Eating meat does not violate the 1st precept – otherwise, the precept would have explicitly mentioned avoiding all types of meat. The first precept of Buddhism is to do with avoiding of killing and harming of […]
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Law of Karma: The Story of Queen Mallika Great Merits from Sincere Giving to the Buddha At the time of the Buddha, a daughter was born to the foreman of the guild of garland-makers in Savatthi. She was beautiful, clever and well behaved and a source of joy to her […]
Understanding Fa Hsiang Sect (Part 4/4) Three Manifestation Potentials [三能變] According to Fa-hsiang ‘s doctrine, all sentient beings and non-sentient matters are manifestations of consciousnesses. The seeing portion is the ability to be conscious and aware, while the seen portion is the phenomena in the entire world. Both portions are the […]
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Deciphering the Lotus Sutra: Commentary by Gene Reeves (Chapter 1 – GR 1.1) #1 – The Lotus Sutra is For All Living Beings Monks and nuns, laymen and laywomen, gods, dragons, satyrs, centaurs, ashuras, griffins, chimeras, pythons, humans and nonhumans, minor kings, and holy wheel-rolling kings, and others are all […]
5 Supernatural Powers of Moggallana (Maudgalyayana) In the discourse about the disciples who excelled in special capacities and qualities (A. I, 13), the Buddha said that Moggallana was foremost among the Bhikkhus who possessed magical faculties. One day when Moggallana with some of his disciples walked up and down, the Buddha […]
Understanding Fa Hsiang Sect (Part 3/4) Four Functional Portions With respect to the relationship between the subjective consciousness and the object phenomena, there are four mental functional portions in each of the eight consciousnesses. They are interdependent in nature. The objective or the seen portion [相分], ie. Laksana-bhaga — all phenomena […]
Translators in Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty Here are the famous translators during Sui Dynasty [隋朝] (581-618 A.D.) and Tang Dynasty [唐朝] (618-907 A.D.) Jnanayasas [闍那耶舍/尊稱] from Magadha in North India to China at the end of the Period of Disunity, but recognised by the new Emperor Sui Wen-ti [隋文帝] Teacher of Yasogupta and Jnanagupta translated […]
Gosho Study #9: Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realized this truth. The sutra’s statement, “Those persons who had heard the […]
Differences in Doctrines and Practices: Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism Buddhism is a world religion or philosophy with immense internal diversity when it comes to doctrines, practices, and sectarians. With over more than 2500 years of development and transmission of Buddhism from India to East Asia and Southeast Asia, Buddhism […]
