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Buddhism - Dorje

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy that developed from the teachings ofb> the Buddha Gautama (or Gautama), who lived as early as the 6th century BC.
The Buddha was not a god and the philosophy ofb> Buddhism does not entail any theistic world-view.
Buddhism and its founder must be considered on the basis ofb> this social structure which is confirmed in the oldest texts as well as in the modern Oxford History ofb> India.

http://www.crystalinks.com/buddhism.html (2690 words)



buddhism.rtf

For the bulk ofb> Japan was culturally unaffected by the adoption ofb> Chinese urban culture and Chinese Buddhism.
The Buddha wasn't a human being, as he was in Theravada Buddhism, but the manifestation ofb> a universal, spiritual being.
Theravada Buddhism, however, focussed primarily on meditation and concentration, the eighth ofb> the Eightfold Noble Path; as a result, it emphasized a monastic life removed from the hustle and bustle ofb> society and required an extreme expenditure ofb> time in meditating.

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TEXT/buddhism.rtf (7035 words)



Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road

Persecution ofb> Buddhism in Gupta empire by the invading Hephthalites
As Buddhism advanced towards the Tarim basin, Kashgaria with Yarkand and Khotan in the west, Tumsuk, Aksu and Kizil in the north, Loulan, Karasahr and Dunhuang in the east, and Miran and Cherchen in the south became important centers ofb> Buddhist art and thought.
Before Buddhism reached Gandhara in the 3rd century BC, there had been no representation ofb> the Buddha, and it was in the Gandharan culture that the use ofb> Buddha images had begun.

http://www.silk-road.com/artl/buddhism.shtml (3351 words)



Untitled Document

Mellor, Philip A. "''Protestant Buddhism?' The Culturalb> Translation ofb> Buddhism in England," in Religion 21,1, 73-92.
In the Sri Lankan context, for which the concept ofb> Protestant Buddhism was initially created, the influence ofb> spirit cults and syncretic tendencies with Hindu elementsb> in Buddhism was justified as a consequence ofb> the distinction between the worldly (laukika) and the supramundane (lokottara) (Bechert 1978: 219, Gombrich and Obeyesekere 1988: 16).
Tibetan Buddhism is normally described as a result ofb> the syncretism between the Tantric Buddhist stream and the local Tibetan religion (Bon).

http://www.globalbuddhism.org/4/shoji032.htm (12843 words)



BuddhaNet Magazine Artcle: Ethnic Buddhism and Other Obstackes to the Dhamma in the West

Buddhism is the name given to the teaching ofb> Siddhatta Gotama, who is better known as the Buddha, and Buddhists are those who affirm the validity ofb> his teaching.
Another testimony to the universalist character ofb> Buddhism was that Buddhism was the world's first missionary religion.
In the United States the dominant form ofb> Buddhism is Mahayana Buddhism, and Theravada Buddhism is confined to a few viharas.

http://www.buddhanet.net/bsq14.htm (8067 words)



Tibetan Buddhism, the mongolian religion

Before the Tibetans were converted to Buddhism, their original religious belief was known as Bon, a faith similar to Boe ofb> the Mongols.
Buddhism mainly developed among the Khalkha Mongols on the north ofb> the Gobi because ofb> the knowledge ofb> Buddhism there and its political links--that is the prestige it had among the household ofb> the First Jebtsundamba Khutughru, who were members ofb> the "Golden descendants" ofb> Chinggis Khan.
Although at that time Tibetan Buddhism was only the religious faith ofb> the Mongolian imperial clan and the people ofb> the higher class, it had begun to greatly influence the thought ofb> many Mongols.

http://www.innermongolia.org/english/tibetan_buddhism.htm (2058 words)



Introduction Hindu-Buddhism Archaeology

When inscriptions first make their appearance in Indonesian history, between the 6th and 8th centuries, they depict a culture that already contained both Hindu and Buddhist elementsb>, and that was in the process ofb> consolidation around a few main centres ofb> power.
More abstract culturalb> elementsb> also played a role, such as the concepts ofb> the cakravartin (universal ruler), warna or social class, the existence ofb> a supreme supernatural power, rasa in aesthetics, and all the detailed artistic renderings ofb> those concepts.
Culturalb> and religious circumstances, the introduction ofb> Sanskrit for writing, and the adoption ofb> Buddhist and Hindu mythology were not the domain ofb> traders.

http://www.arkeologi.net/classic.php (2178 words)



Dictionary ofb> the History ofb> Ideas

Buddhism the ritual ofb> ordination by anointment with
Buddhism is the state religion ofb> Thailand, Laos, and
In Buddhism monks and priests are responsible for

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-34 (5813 words)



Evolution ofb> the Buddha Image

Buddhism was a wide spread phenomenon even in the Buddha's lifetime and every place and person, devoted to this new path, cherished the desire to feel the presence ofb> the Master.
Buddhism was by now the dominant religion ofb> China.
In India, Buddhism was now the religion primarily ofb> Tibet, Nepal and Ladakh like hilly regions where it is yet the principal faith ofb> people.

http://www.exoticindia.com/article/lordbuddha (4102 words)



Zen Buddhism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05

In its formative period Zen was influenced by both Taoism and elementsb> ofb> Prajna-Paramita Buddhism (see sunyata).
1957), and Essentials ofb> Zen Buddhism (1962, repr.
After the great persecution ofb> Buddhism in 845, Zen emerged as the dominant Chinese sect, due partly to its innate vitality and partly to its isolation in mountain monasteries away from centers ofb> political power.

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ze/ZenBuddh.html (688 words)



Japanese Buddhism

But opponents ofb> Buddhism were unable to hold out for long against the new religion's advocates, who found it useful to promote the monarch--already considered a descendant ofb> the highest-ranked kami--as a delegate ofb> the Buddha.
Another alternative to orthodox Nara Buddhism was MOUNTAIN BUDDHISM, which emphasized kinship with nature and the kami over the study ofb> Buddhist scriptures, and ascetic practice to obtain Buddhahood--and adeptness at magic--over rites to benefit the court.
In Japan, Buddhism underwent further changes that made even ritualists for the kami lose reason for protest: native beliefs were accomodated, and the kami were seen as friendly to Buddhism rather than offended by it.

http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~jmg/ah/budd.over1.html (3049 words)



Forshang World Foundation and Forshang Buddhism World Center Da-Yuan Association

Other objectives include development and preservation ofb> traditional culture, culturalb> artifacts, and wisdom ofb> ancient Buddhism; improvement ofb> human health to lengthen human life span; preaching the Supreme Hua-Yen ofb> Forshang Buddhism to the future world.
In the doctrines ofb> Forshang Buddhism World, it outlines, Compassion is the utmost power ofb> all Buddha. This is the fundamental in which it was established.
In the future, Forshang World Foundation will continue to develop in accordance with the four preaching principles ofb> Forshang Buddhism: the worldly orientation ofb> Buddhism, the daily practicality ofb> Buddhist doctrines, the scientific approach ofb> Buddhist study, and the modernization ofb> Buddhist system.

http://www.forshang.org/000forshangintro/ForshaWorldFoundIntroe.htm (602 words)



The Discourse ofb> Study and Practice

However, the forms ofb> Buddhism practiced and the close-knit ethnic groups who practice them belie this apparent unity.
Though never himself a priest or a monk, he has been called by many the First Patriarch ofb> American Zen Buddhism (Fields 191).
19). Focusing single-mindedly on the path ofb> Buddhism was traditionally made possible by freedom from family obligations, but the simple fact is that the life ofb> a monk is unacceptable to most Americans (Coleman 147).

http://www.mindground.net/discourse.html (1303 words)



The Jakarta Post - The Journal ofb> Indonesia Today

Such diffusion ofb> culturalb> elementsb> was not a mechanical process.
Indonesia absorbed the three main religions ofb> India -- Hinduism from ancient times, Buddhism in the medieval period and Islam from twelfth century onwards.
When Buddhism and Hinduism penetrated into Indonesia, the new religions brought with them a new wave ofb> musical traditions.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20050411.R05 (1132 words)



Culturalb> Policy in Thailand

The Thai national culturalb> policy was formulated and proclaimed in 1981 in accordance with the spirit ofb> Article LXIV ofb> the Constitution ofb> the Royal Thai Kingdom B.E. 2521 which reads "the State shall promote and preserve the national culture." The substance ofb> the policy can be summarized as below.
The provincial and regional culturalb> centers, mostly located in the Teachers' Training Colleges, and the universities are directly under the supervision ofb> the directors ofb> the colleges, or the chairmen ofb> the parent institutes.
The culturalb> centers established in the colleges as regional branches ofb> the Office ofb> the National Culture Commission organize exhibition lectures and seminars for the college students as well as for the public.

http://www.wwcd.org/policy/clink/Thailand.html (3734 words)



Amazon.com: Sherpas through their Rituals (Cambridge Studies in Culturalb> Systems): Books

This book is at once a general interpretation ofb> Sherpa culture, an examination ofb> the relationship between the Sherpas' Buddhism and other aspects ofb> their society, and a theoretical contribution to the study ofb> ritual and religious symbolism.
The Sherpas ofb> the Himalayas practice Tibetan Buddhism, a variety ofb> Mahayana Buddhism that has never before been studied in its social setting by an anthropologist.
A key factor is the dimension ofb> Buddhism that emphasizes the ideal ofb> individual autonomy and social withdrawal.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521292166?v=glance (882 words)



Ditch the raft

But one day all the intellectual reading I'd done on Buddhism and all the emotional running I'd done from religion dropped, and I found myself sobbing in a temple at the base ofb> a shrine to Maitreya Buddha.
These too are integral elementsb> in personality and therefore sanctity--because a saint is one whom God's love has fully developed into a person in the likeness ofb> his Creator.
Since I attended the Women in Buddhism conference, I've had a growing need to articulate monasticism and its purpose.

http://ditchtheraft.blogspot.com (9728 words)



Journal ofb> Religion & Film: Buddhism, Christianity, and The Matrix: the Dialectic ofb> Myth-Making in Contemprary Cinema by James L. Ford

In particular, the symbolic and existential parallels to a fourth century (C.E.) philosophical school ofb> Buddhism know as "Consciousness-only" (Vijñavada/Yogacara) are indeed striking.
The most famous example here is Amitabha (Japan: Amida), the central Buddha ofb> the Pure Land tradition ofb> Buddhism in East Asia.
While the Christian metaphors throughout the film have been well noted, significant elementsb> ofb> a Buddhist worldview are often overlooked.

http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/thematrix.htm (3865 words)



Chinese Culturalb> Studies: Andrew L. March: Myth ofb> Asia

All elementsb> ofb> the life ofb> nations must he regarded as independent developments, not [only] in so far as they serve a final development.' Whatever, their historical role, all human events have this aspect ofb> being', 'immediate to God'.
The elementsb> form not a logical whole but a reservoir ofb> not always compatible images that can be drawn on selectively to yield a favourable or-most commonly in recent centuries-an unfavourable interpretation ofb> virtually anything that Asia may be found to contain.
Diversity and moderation combine in a model Europe composed ofb> elementsb> each ofb> which is moderate and whose total number and range ofb> variation are moderate; thus while they can fruitfully interact no one ofb> them can dominate, subordinate, or eliminate others and so diminish the diversity ofb> the whole.

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/mythofasia.html (6363 words)



The Sacred Land Initiative Contact Us

Traditionally they live in sparsely populated areas ofb> the high Himalayas and share many culturalb> links with Tibet including their language, religion, dress, architecture and agricultural practices.
It is in the clean pristine alpine meadows that most ofb> the herbs used in Tibetan medicine grow.
However, not all Sherpas live in Khumbu, but are also found through out Nepal and in India, Bhutan and Tibet.

http://www.sacredland.net/ecokhumbu.htm (647 words)



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Black Tai and Lao Song Dam

In recent years, some haphazard acculturation has occurred-increasing attendance to Buddhism, formal education, adoption ofb> Western dress styles, incorporation ofb> local folk rituals, and engagement in non-traditional occupations and exchange systems-though not uniformly among Song communities nor to a degree that emblematic culturalb> practices and membership boundaries have disappeared.
As with their Black Tai forbears, Song have been regarded as extraordinarily conservative ofb> culturalb> identity.
The similarities between Black Tai and Lao Song culturalb> form, as well as the common attributions ofb> traditionalism, must be considered separately from their ethnic identities.

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tai/TaiDam/article/a6.htm (1339 words)



Culturalb> elementsb> ofb> Buddhism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Japan.doc

How did the Japanese incorporate outside culturalb> elementsb> yet make these elementsb> distinctly Japanese?

http://www.mnstate.edu/wellsja/Lectout104/Japan.doc (58 words)



Serebella: Index - Culturalb> anthropology to Culture (microbiology)

Serebella: Index - Culturalb> anthropology to Culture (microbiology)

http://www.serebella.com/encyclopedia/level2.php?start1=107500&start2=650 (8 words)



Korea Link Archive

(A close look at interwoven culturalb> elementsb> which belie the generalizations ofb> the American press.)
(A unique presentation ofb> an important element ofb> the Asian tapestry woven into America's heritage.)

http://www.mindground.net/korealinks.html (464 words)



Kushan Empire

Culturalb> exchanges also flourished, encouraging the development ofb> Greco-Buddhism, a fusion ofb> hellenist and Buddhist culturalb> elementsb>, that was to expand into central and northern Asia as Mahayana Buddhism.
This council is attributed with having marked the official beginning ofb> the pantheistic Mahayana Buddhism and its scission with Nikaya Buddhism.
Along with the Indian king Ashoka, the Indo-Greek king Menander I (Milinda), and Harshavardhan, Kanishka is considered by Buddhism as one ofb> its greatest benefactors.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/kushan_empire (739 words)



The Berzin Archives - Bon and Tibetan Buddhism

Likewise, within Indian Buddhism, we do find discussion ofb> protectors, ofb> various spirits, offering pujas and so on, but the Tibetans expanded these elementsb> tremendously because it was in their culture.
We cannot divorce Buddhism from the society in which it was taught, but we can be clear about what is culturalb> and what is about the four noble truths, the path to enlightenment, bodhichitta and so on.
Both Bon and Tibetan Buddhism have monasteries and monastic vows.

http://www.berzinarchives.com/comparison_buddhist_traditions/bon_tibetan_buddhism.html (4841 words)



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HIS 371 / 571, TRADITIONAL CHINA

Han religion sees the incorporation ofb> pre-existing religious elementsb> into the Confucian canon, the merging ofb> Taoism and popular religious cults and deities and the introduction ofb> Buddhism from South Asia.
The growth ofb> Buddhism as a religion witnesses the emergence ofb> two distinct branches, the Theravada and the Mahayana; the latter eventually spreads into China beginning in the Han Dynasty.
Culturalb> contacts are initiated with the concurrent Roman Empire with the "balance" decidedly in Han China's favor; Chinese life during the Han is enriched by a number ofb> culturalb> innovations and indigenous developments.

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