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...Maiden, murderer, ascetic, philosopher, awakened nun. Bhadda Kundalakesa is one of the most intriguing figures of early Buddhism. This is a fictionalized account of her life, partially based on historical sources....

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...Why are there so many schools of Buddhism? Are the differences just cultural, or do they have fundamentally different visions of Dhamma? This work assesses the claims of the traditions, and takes into account to findings of modern scholarship. It pays specia...

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...Foreword Abstract 0.1 The Early Period (BCE) 0.2 The Middle Period (CE) 0.3 Comparing pre-CE & post-CE evidence 0.4 The Mahāvihāravāsins 0.5 The Dharmaguptakas 0.6 The Mūlasarvāstivādins Chapter 1 The ‘Unity Edicts’ 1.1 Schism & unity 1....

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...courses place serenity right at the center of the path. This book collects virtually all the significant passages on this topic that are found in the early discourses, carefully elucidated for the modern reader....

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...his supervision. N ow the fiftieth and concluding volume is at last finished when I myself have already arrived at advanced middle age. Owing to my early relations with the editor and my interest in the series ever since, I am glad to have this opportunity of accompanying with a few words by way of preface the volume that brings the series to an end....

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...d when I myself have already arrived at advanced middle age. Owing to my early relations with the editor and my interest in the series ever since, ... ...ian religions the Vedic-Brah­ manic system here claims twenty-one volumes, Buddhism ten, and J ainism two. Eight volumes comprise translations of the... ...losophy, vols. 1, 8, 15, 34, 38, 48. (d) Laws, vols. 2, 7, 14,25,33. II. BUDDHISM, voIs. 10, 11, 13, 17, 19,20,21,35,36,49. III. GAINA RELIGION, vo...

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...their thoughts but conditioned into repudiating their aloneness. It was an early Bangkok morning with a new day tripping over the corpse of the earlie... ...e earlier one the way dogs on the Bangkok sidewalks were walked on. It was early in the relationship of the two passengers and this nascent associatio... ...a of the moon, that they happened to glimpse as accompanying them on their early morning departure as they were of the monarch, Ramkhamhaeng, that was... ...ave been all the more beautiful mute and deaf. He had proposed getting up early initially to compensate for his slow, pokey movements but not as earl... ...t if feigning a serious illness would have altered his parents' journey of early demise. Later there were others such as trying to persuade the fetid... ...en are distorted into Gods, and philosophy is made into a sordid religion. Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism-it is all a perversion of the found... ... laid out like that of a deceased founder of a company. The principles of Buddhism would be in place and operative. But such was not the case. Kaze... ...cy one might isolate as a Jatupon if one were to imagine such a being when Buddhism stipulated that the self was nothing but a delusion. Whenever he ...

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...drance—several interns, volunteers and docents were falling to the flu bug early this year. She wasn't so sure she didn't have it herself. She felt li... ...ock/radio, the LED reading not nearly enough to alarm her. Why is he up so early? The aroma of Sunday morning cooking wafted out to her almost on cue ... ...n, or even hint that she wasn't paying her dues now for being "blessed" so early in her career with a coveted curatorship. She was paying it royally a... ...le more clever and professional. "When do I start?" "Next week, bright and early if that's not too soon." "No, not at all." The director went through ... ...ree-in-the-freaking-morning. It wasn't like she needed the sleep to get up early cuz she had anywhere important to go in the morning, just that she tr... ...piritual knowledge goes much further than mere vocabulary. And I find this Buddhism of which he speaks very interesting." "Yeah, so did he. For a coup...

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...? And what is Dan's role in all this? Who, exactly, then, is Dan? II. Who is Dan? Buddhism compares Man to a river. Both retain their identity des... ...ikely that our reputation precedes us. Luckily for us, we are virtual unknowns. As early as 1960, the implications of an encounter with an ETI were...

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...e literal Torah, even mathematics and physics, our daily life routine or even Buddhism. Everything is seen in a new way, reminding us of the Creator... ...hour a day for the soul, preferably before you go to sleep. Then, go to sleep early and get up one hour earlier (or two or three) and continue with ... ...s satisfy you, decide whether or not to study with them. It might be a little early for you to learn Kab- balah and correct your soul, and other text... ...ree more exiles: Persia and Media, Babylon and the current and last exile. An early exit from exile, from pregnancy, is called “abortion.” But this ... ...he correction of the world by ourselves. But there are other systems, such as Buddhism, Yoga, and sophism that speak of various means of enlightenme... .... Great Kabbalists had hoped to come to teach the wisdom of Kab- balah at very early ages. For example, the GRA (Vilna Gaon) said that if it were pos... ...ilna Gaon) said that if it were possible, he would start teaching children as early as nine years of age, or even six, which Kabbalists regard as sp...

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...of the goals that I had set for myself. If it had dawned on me during the early stages of my life that there is nothing to understand, I wouldn't ha... ... If they are looking for answers they should not look to Vedanta or Zen Buddhism. Those sects don't have any answers for their problems. The scien...

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...efore can be misleading. I have been extremely regretful for my ideological errors and mistakes in previous publications, especially those concerning Buddhism. As I mentioned in this book, I am not qualified. So please note that I am limited in my knowledge and enlightenment of the giant of Chinese heritage. I can express nothing more than my personal bias....

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...F. Liu. 22 -- Annotation in the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 27 -- Neutrosophic Dialogues. 51 -- Absolute Truth. 68 -- Science, Destiny, and Buddhism. 79 -- Call for Papers. 94 -- Neutrosophy and Dialectic, postface by Anthony Mansueto. 95 --...

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... Absolute Truth……………………………………………………………………………68 Science, Destiny, and Buddhism……………………………………………………….…79 Call for Papers……………………………………………………………... ...errors and mistakes in previous publications, especially those concerning Buddhism. As I mentioned in this book, I am not qualified. So please note... ...ecially in traditional Chinese culture, or specifically, Confucianism and Buddhism. 2. The Distinct Perspectives of the Universe How much do ... ... universe and have to keep harmony. Through proper educations, especially Buddhism, countless people do succeed to see the ultimate true world (e.g.... ...s, http://www.amtb.org.tw, http://www.amtb.org.sg for the introduction of Buddhism.). Is science a kind of truth or illusion? If it is a truth, w... ...mbine the opposite data in order to get a better result. FL: (in a very early email, but now no more such ideas) Although this is very vague, I nee... ... most important concern for human beings is that of life and death. Thus, early death and longevity subsume all conditions, whether favorable or unfa...

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...lagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based ...

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...03 * From tradition to belief in development 104 Buddhist religion Buddhism of the village community 107 From local religion to national fait... ... that everyone in this village should learn the five basic commandments of Buddhism. If we were to obey them, we wouldn't commit sins or be too selfis... ... the eighth or ninth month, we used to plough the fields with buffalo from early morning up till midday. Then, during the day, the buffalo were given ... ...traffic jams. The irrigation network was constructed in the village in the early 1970s, and at the same time, division of land was verified for taxati... ...lane. The irrigation network and electricity arrived in the village in the early 1980s. When arable land was divided for permanent private ownership, ... ...s and other people in employment. This village, too, sees the people leave early in the morning by car and moped towards the city, and in the afternoo... ... trees in the surrounding forests. When I first came to the village in the early 1970s, young men rode around in the forests on sturdy-framed bicycles... ...In his view, local economy works even when large-scale industry stagnates. Buddhism has thrived in village communities, and its ideology supports the ... ...counts are superimposed on two religious world views: ancestral belief and Buddhism.According to the ancestral belief system, the dead are reborn with...

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... 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 is the first full-scale study to encompass all extant versions of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, taking into account the dynamic evolution of the Buddhist scriptures and the broa...

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...AMMA 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 ...

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...tuation Ingredients of Thai Agriculture Summary Chapter 2 - Agricultural Origins From Gathering to Growing Neolithic to Iron Age Domination of Rice Early Thai Agriculturists Khmer Agriculture Pagan Agriculture Southern Thailand Summary Chapter 3 - Arrival of Tai Agriculture Chinese Tai Muang F Integrating Technologies Tai Agriculturists Migrating Farmers Tai in Thaila...

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...tuation Ingredients of Thai Agriculture Summary Chapter 2 - Agricultural Origins From Gathering to Growing Neolithic to Iron Age Domination of Rice Early Thai Agriculturists Khmer Agriculture Pagan Agriculture Southern Thailand Summary Chapter 3 - Arrival of Tai Agriculture Chinese Tai Muang F Integrating Technologies Tai Agriculturists Migrating Farmers Tai in Thaila...

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...em as worthy of protection and care for the benefit of all of humanity. Our writers and photographers explore these temples and caves, dating back as early as 200 bce, introducing us to a depth and breadth of the rich Hindu landscape. You will be charmed by the historical accounts from western explorers. On a heart warming note, the middle section of this issue introduc...

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...errelated Religious Systems The Connection Between Psychology And Religion Buddhism 16 Hindu Beliefs The Establishment Of Buddhism The Nature Of The B... ...ture Of The Break From Hinduism The Spiritual Dimension The Development Of Buddhism Since Gautama The Essence Of Buddhism The Concept Of The Buddha Bu... ...autama The Essence Of Buddhism The Concept Of The Buddha Buddhist Yoga Zen Buddhism And Jung Christianity 59 Origins How Much Does Historical Truth Ma... ... excursions into the conceptual worlds of oriental religions, particularly Buddhism. These I found very helpful in unders- tanding what symbols relate... ...ured—have been found, in what appear to be religious chapels, even in very early village buildings. However, their specific significance and the relig... ...ly knit as in Egypt. 1 From this blend of religious cultures developed the early Hebrew reli- gious culture. In its initial stages Hebrew religious cu... ...y knit as in Egypt. 12 From this blend of religious cultures developed the early Hebrew religious culture. In its initial stages Hebrew religious cult... ...olds that he left his wife and son—and perhaps other children—while in his early thirties, to go on a quest for Truth. 20 Just what the religious situ... ...very difficult to determine. As a rule, religious histori- ans assume that early forms of the same Hindu teachings as are found in the sacred writings...

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...ictory utterances form the core of the Taoism and Zen/Chan (which emerged from Buddhism and Taoism) doctrines. How to judge the truth-value of a met... ...flect complex truth about reality one can find can be found. Nevertheless, the early definition of NS cited above says nothing about a space to which... ...world. The whole induction of such argument is based on the intensive study on Buddhism and Daoism including I-ching. In addition, a framework of co... ...tentionally instead of negation that leads to confusion. It is also shown that Buddhism and Daoism play an important role in neutrosophy, and should... ...ntention of neutrosophy. Keywords: Neutrosophy, Multi-valued logic, I-ching, Buddhism, Dao, Yin-yang, Creativity, Contradiction, Illusion, Learnin... ...gift rather than logic rules, acquired largely after birth, e.g., through Buddhism practice. Note that our creativity lies just between interna... ... about it, it is not a reason to stop speaking about it (as Wittgenstein would early suggest in his Tractatus Logicus Philosophicus), because we can ... ... it, it is not a reason to stop speaking about it (as Wittgenstein (1918) would early suggest in his Tractatus Logicus Philosophicus), because we can ...

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...Cosmo-Art, cosmic forces are already acting along with human forces from as early as intrauterine life. The type of pain that the Fetal I is struck w... ...it, or because it has existed as a monad since the beginning of time. For Buddhism, neither God nor the soul exist, but for many Buddhists this last... ...ul exist, but for many Buddhists this last question is very controversial. Buddhism arose in 600 B.C.E., and over the course of the millennia, it has...

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...te, he whose fetid brothers had called "Porn," --those brothers who in his early years had often made him terrified to move by swinging, striking, an... ...rchase had been to arrest fleeing sanity and, if anyone had witnessed this early, disconcerted behavior, to have that moment of senility's waning be e... ...s in summers with that air conditioner in the window of the living room on early into early morning chilling the house like an American winter, and he... ..." "Partying there. You?" "Sure, partying with you." "Might as well have an early one then." The stranger raised a beer up to Nawin who put it in his h... ...s. Independence, you know. They will be facing starvation in Laos shortly. Early death is like being a marathon winner, don't you think? Guys who star... ...spell that transformed Buddha into a god even though there were no gods in Buddhism (at least not in Buddha's Buddhism), no netherworld of heavenly cr... .... Sound and sturdy atheistic ideas like those experienced by Buddha before Buddhism or Christ before Christianity could only be sustained by exception... ...hailand and the simpletons within it, he thought. Still he smiled, for the Buddhism of the Thais had such ineffable beauty the way a sunset was both t... ... he would be sitting in some park or another reading a volume of essays on Buddhism or art, and when glancing up at the sky he would hear nothing with...

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... any drive for power we might have, which he called sublimation, is only a small part of the pleasure drive. Alfred Adler, as you know, was an early ... ...wards pleasure or a drive for power, and we find that their hypotheses are based on a relatively few interviews with Viennese neurotics in the early ... ...e evidence of that need in the West. But is it true among the natives of Oceania or Asia? Still, let us look for a while at some of the major early ... ... 21 —―It is exactly these kinds of behaviors that we work to eliminate early ... ...agers closer to that ‗truly human‘ level. It‘s actually a lifelong process, but some people are quite self-actualized by their mid-twenties or early ... ...s don‘t care what you believe. Buddhists have the same problem with not being irrationally power driven. Has there ever been a war to advance Buddhi... ... may convert to Islam from Christianity or to evangelical Christianity from a more traditional way of Christian worship. Or maybe they accept Buddhi...