Supplemental catalog subcollection information: American Libraries Collection; American University Library Collection
Physics
Supplemental catalog subcollection information: Religious Literature Collection; Theological Literature
Buddha (The concept) ; Buddhism
Description: Includes bibliographical references and index
Supplemental catalog subcollection information: American Libraries Collection; American University Library Collection; List of principal authorities consulted: p. 59-60
Description: Includes bibliographical references
Colic ; Horses
Description: 26 45 52
Description: Binder tilte: Gatapadaya
Colics of the horse ; Includes bibliographical references and index ; Veterinary Library's copy part of the John A. Seaverns Equine Collection
Colic ; Horses ; Horse Diseases
Description: This mid-19th Century work is one of the few public domain descriptions of Tibetan Buddhism we have found. Desipte the sketchy knowledge of Buddhism in Europe at the time, this has a surprising level of detail about the subject, due to the pi
BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network document.
Excerpt: It is a pleasure to rewrite the jataka stories in modem english understandable by western readers
Excerpt: The historical accounts of the Northern and Southern Schools of Ch'an demonstrate an unusual, yet vitally important period of development. This period resulted from a seed of creativity planted by the 5th Chinese Patriarch, Hung-jen, and was followed by what could be called the Golden Age of Ch'an development. To adequately discuss this we need to first explain how Hung-jen planted this seed, followed by his creative successors who expanded on his teachings. The...
Excerpt: Here in this monastery we practice not in line with people's wishes and opinions, but in line for the most part with the principles of the Dhamma and Vinaya, the principles of the religion. We do this for the sake of the public at large who rely on the religion as a guiding principle in what is good and right, and who rely on the good and right behavior of monks and novices, the religious leaders for Buddhists at large. For this reason, I'm not interested in tre...
Excerpt: The name Buddhism comes from the word ?budhi? which means ?to wake up? and thus Buddhism is the philosophy of awakening. This philosophy has its origins in the experience of the man Siddhata Gotama, known as the Buddha, who was himself awakened at the age of 36. Buddhism is now 2,500 years old and has about 300 million followers world-wide. Until a hundred years ago, Buddhism was mainly an Asian philosophy but increasingly it is gaining adherents in Europe and America.
Excerpt: Zen originally comes from the religion of Mahayana Buddhism. But the spirit and practise of Zen go beyond institutional religion. The heart of Zen, is indeed religious, and the heart of religion is Zen. What relationship is there between Buddhism and Zen, between Christianity and Zen, and between religion and Zen
Excerpt: Today I'd like to take the opportunity to tell you some of my own ignorance and doubts, with the thought that we all come from the land of ignorance and doubt inasmuch as our parents and their ancestors before them were people with the defilements (kilesa) that led them to ignorance as well. Even all of us here: There's probably not a one of us who slipped through to be born in the land of intelligence and freedom from doubt. This being the case, we all must be ...
Excerpt: The following excerpt is from Chagdud Rinpoche's Gates to Buddhist Practice, the first book of The Living Dharma Series: The Oral Teachings of Chagdud Tulku, to be published by Padma Publishing.