Sunday 30 November 2014

21st Century Education: Buddhism documentary - Buddhism religion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWn6S34zXmU


Buddhism documentary - Buddhism religion

Published on Nov 29, 2014
Examines the origin of Buddhism as a world religion and looks into the teachings of Buddhism. The program also profiles Buddhist architecture, the two schools of Buddhism, and one of the main Buddhist celebrations. Note: This video addresses topics including faith and spiritual practice.





Friday 28 November 2014

The Buddhist Leap of Faith

http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2014/11/05/4122342.htm

The Buddhist Leap of Faith

Jarni Blakkarly ABC Religion and Ethics 5 Nov 2014

One of the recurring debates surrounding the practice of Buddhism in the West concerns faith and the role it has in the religion.

The Buddhist Practice of Releasing Lives to Freedom

http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/A%20-%20Tibetan%20Buddhism/Authors/Yutang%20Lin/Releasing%20Lives%20to%20Freedom/The%20Buddhist%20Practice%20of%20Releasing%20Lives%20to%20Freedom.htm

The Buddhist Practice of  Releasing Lives to Freedom

Dr. Yutang Lin
Part I A Ritual by Yogi Chen
The Ritual of Releasing Lives to Freedom
Following the oral transmission of the Buddhist Yogi C. M. Chen
Under the supervision of Dr. Yutang Lin
Written by Dr. Juan Bulnes
The practitioner sends animals back to their natural state. They can be any animals which were in captivity, or condemned to death to provide food, etc. Among the auspicious animals are turtles to pray for longevity and fish to pray for Enlightenment. (The individual loses the ego and becomes one with the universe just as the fish, upon being released, become one with the ocean.)
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Wednesday 26 November 2014

Becoming our own therapist: Buddhist perspectives on attachment and delusion

http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/04/01/3727423.htm

Becoming our own therapist: Buddhist perspectives on attachment and delusion

Robina Courtin ABC Religion and Ethics 1 Apr 2013
The Buddhist view is that the mind is the main event. But we must develop the skill to be introspective in a clear and disciplined way, so that we can change our emotions, or become our own therapist.

Friday 21 November 2014

China: Ascetic Nuns live a peripatetic life of hardship

http://www.chinasmack.com/2014/pictures/devout-chinese-ascetic-nuns-live-a-peripatetic-life-of-hardship.html

China: Ascetic Nuns live a peripatetic life of hardship


Daoyuan Temple of Haicheng Liaoning is a strict discipline nunnery in China. This temple is composed entirely of women. The nuns practice Buddhism at the Dabei Temple in Haicheng Liaoning and belongs to the same Guiyang School of Zen Buddhism as the Dabei Temple.

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Buddhism and Money with Michael Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIPiYz1kfhk

Buddhism and Money with Michael Stone 


Published on Oct 29, 2014
Let`s discuss our relationship with money and work. In this evening talk and discussion, Michael will offer some teachings from the Buddhist tradition on how to make a living, choosing work that is important, balancing budgets and managing debt, and how to make ethical decisions around money in a financial world that revolves around extraction and exploitation.Please join us for lecture and community discussion around how we make a living, how it affects our lives and the lives of others, and where we get hung up when it comes to earning, spending and living with money.View the original article on Global Mind Body at() at the Centre for Social Innovation () with live video streaming provided by the team at Global Mind Body (). Cover photo by Andrea de Keijzer (), background music by Ram Vakkalanka ().

Cradle of Buddhism - Odisha Tourism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrY9cas4XI0

Cradle of Buddhism - Odisha Tourism 

Digital Odisha

Documentary:Birth of Buddhism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7kNr4MrZAM

Documentary:Birth of Buddhism, History Channel


Published on Nov 1, 2014
Birth of Buddhism-The story of Buddha

Nishi Hongwanji Temple (HQ of the Jodo-shin Buddhism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s0d08wIO_Y

Nishi Hongwanji Temple (HQ of the Jodo-shin Buddhism


Published on Oct 29, 2014
We visited the Nihshi Hongwanji Temple on Nov 25, 2011 as a part of the course on `Introduction to Japanese Religion` which is provided for the Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA), Doshisha University. Rev. Gene Sekiya, a Hongwanji priest, guided us. In this movie he talked about the essence of Buddhism, especially Jodo-shin Buddhism, and escorted us to the Hall of Amida, the Founder`s Hall, the Shoin Complex, the Kara Gate and the Flying Cloud Pavilion.The Shin Buddhist path was founded by Shinran Shonin (1173-1263) during the Kamakura period, and in several centuries grew into one of the largest and most influential schools of Buddhism in Japan, a position it maintains today. The Hongwanji temple is the headquarters of the Hongwanji denomination of Shin Buddhism (Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha), and is known as Nishi (lit. `West`) Hongwanji.