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Interpreters Introduction From the Storyteller to the Reader King Goodness the Great King Fruitful and Queen Sivali Rebirth of the Bodhisattva) Gaining Power Giving Up Power A Gang of Drunkards The Whatnot Tree Prince Five-Weapons and Sticky-Hair A Huge Lump of Gold Mr Monkey and Sir Crocodile A Prince of Monkeys Two Ways of Beating a Drum Two Mothers The Priest Who Gambled With a Life The ...

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The Dhammapada The path of the Dhamma The Dhammapada consists of 423 verses in Pali uttered by the Buddha on some 305 occasions for the benefit of a wide range of human beings. These sayings were selected and compiled into one book as being worthy of special note on account of their beauty and relevance for moulding the lives of future generations of Buddhists. They are divided into 26 chapters ...

Jataka Stories Buddhist Tales For The Young And Old 51 King Goodness the Great Perseverance 52, 539 King Fruitful and Queen Sivali Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Rebirth of the Bodhisatta Gaining Power Giving up Power 53 A Gang of Drunkards Sobriety 54, 85 The Whatnot Tree Prudence 55 Prince Five-Weapons and Sticky Hair The Diamond Weapon 56 A Huge Lump of Gold Moderation 57, 224 Mr. Monkey and ...

VI. VERSES DELINEATING THE EIGHT CONSCIOUSNESSES by Tripitaka Master Hsuan-Tsang of the Tang Dynasty Translation and Explanation by Ronald Epstein CONTENTS: I. INTRODUCTION II. TRANSLATION III. TEXT AND EXPLANATION A. Explanation of the Title B. The Author C. The Text PART ONE: THE FIRST FIVE CONSCIOUSNESSES PART TWO: THE SIXTH CONSCIOUSNESS PART THREE: THE SEVENTH CONSCIOUSNESS PART FOUR: THE ...

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Lankavatara Sutra Chapter I. Thus have I heard. The Blessed One once appeared in the Castle of Lanka which is on the summit of Mt.Malaya in the midst of the great Ocean. A great many Boddhisattva-Mahasattvas had miraculousy assembled from all the Buddha-lands, and a large number of bhikshus were gathered there. The Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas with Mahamati their head were all perfect masters of the ...

Main | Other Chinese Web Sites Chinese Cultural Studies: The Lotus Sutra: The True Nature of the Buddha from Edward Conze, ed., Buddhist Texts through the Ages, (New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1964), pp 142-143, repr in Albert M. Craig, et al, The Heritage of World Civilizations, 2d ed., (New York: Macmillan, 1990), p. 310 The Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarikasutra), Lotus of the True Dharma is ...

Bhikkuni-Samyutta Suttas The Bhikkunis ( nuns ) Bhikkhuni-samyutta -- The bhikkhunis (nuns). In these suttas Mara, the personification of doubt and evil, tries in vain to lure the nuns away from their meditation spots in the forest by asking them provocative questions. Without exception, these wise women conquer Mara decisively. Suttas Involving Bhikkunis ( closest English concept: Nuns ) TITLE: ...

Tell me when this page is updated JATAKA TALES Jataka Tales, like the tales of panchatantra are very old and have a long tradition of being passed on from generation to generation serving as source for moral behaviour for humans in general. These stories are stories of wisdom, and morals written around 300 B.C in a language called PALI, which were later translated and distributed to people ...

Main | Other Chinese Web Sites Chinese Cultural Studies: The Buddha: Sermons and Teachings (6th century B.C.E.) From: Ephanius Wilson, Sacred Books of the East, rev. ed. (London: The Colonial Press, 1900), pp. 158, 160-61, 171-72, repr. In Mark A. Kishlansky, ed., Sources of World History, Volume I, (New York: HarperCollins CollegePublishers, 1995), pp. 67-71 Siddhartha Gautama (ca. 563-483 BCE.

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The Householder Sutta Page Welcome to the Householder Sutta Page. My name is Greg Bester and I am a practicing lay Buddhist. I have recently come into contact with several people on the Internet who are confused by the role of lay people in the Buddhist community. As a service to those people, and to help in my own development, I have decided to create a resource for householders. On this ...

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Main | Other Chinese Web Sites Chinese Cultural Studies: Buddha Sermon on the Not-Self Characteristic (Anatta) The Anattalakkhana Sutta, Samyutta Nikaya XXII, 59 From an internet site (locating...). One of the most important, and hard to grasp, of all all Buddhist teachings is the doctrine of anatta, or no-self . One of Sakyamuni Buddha's teachings about the cause of suffering was that it was a ...

Quotes From The Masters Click HERE to expand image Quotes From the Masters Collected and Presented by EM Hashim Sutras from some of the greatest minds of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We have quotes from Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsadeva, Sri Swami Vivekananda, Sri Jiddu Krishnamurti, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Sri Osho Rajneesh and ...

Dharma Ohana CONTENTS Opening Meditation: Sakyamuni Buddha shared with Ananda, Listen: the air is joyous with the songs in honor of the Buddha. However, the Buddha is paid a more enduring honor. Monks, nuns, all believers, all those that see the Dharma, all those who live within the Dharma, they are the ones that do the Buddha supreme honor. Therefore, you must live according to the Dharma and ...

Anapanasati Sutra Discourse on the Mindfulness of Breathing (exerpts translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu) Now in what way does the monk develop and frequently practice mindfulness of in-and-out breathing so that it bears great fruit and great benefits There is the case of a monk who, having gone to a forest, to the shade of a tree or to an empty building, sits down folding his legs crosswise, ...

Sammaditthi Sutta THE DISCOURSE ON RIGHT VIEW The Sammaditthi Sutta and its Commentary Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Nanamoli Edited and Revised by Bhikkhu Bodhi The Wheel Publication No. 377/379 ISBN 955-24-0079-1 Published in 1991 BUDDHIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY KANDY SRI LANKA Copyright 1991 Buddhist Publication Society * * * DharmaNet Edition 1994 This electronic edition is offered for ...

Satipatthana Sutra Discourse on The Four Foundations of Mindfulness (exerpts translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu) And in what way does the monk develop and frequently practice mindfulness of in-and-out breathing so that the four foundations of mindfulness come to completion On whatever occasion a monk breathing in long discerns that he is breathing in long; or breathing out long, discerns that he ...

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