Dharmapeople : Resources: November 2015

On April 20, 2007, Georges B. Dreyfus, Professor of Religion at Williams College, and Eshin Nishimura, former president of Hanazono University, Kyoto, Japan, each spoke, with a Q&A moderated by Donald K. Swearer following the two talks. This event was sponsored by Harvard Divinity School (with a special grant from Richard Watson); the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School; and the Boston Theological Institute. This was the third event in the "When Worlds Collide: The Study of Religion in an Age of Science" lecture series.

Audiopedia: Buddhism and Science

Audiopedia for the blind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO51bnWUewM

Buddhism and Science

Published on Nov 29, 2015

Buddhism and science have increasingly been discussed as compatible, and Buddhism has entered into the science and religion dialogue. The case is made that the philosophic and psychological teachings within Buddhism share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought. For example, Buddhism encourages the impartial investigation of Nature — the principal object of study being oneself. Some popular conceptions of Buddhism connect it to discourse regarding evolution, quantum theory, and cosmology, though most scientists see a separation between the religious and metaphysical statements of Buddhism and the methodology of science. In 1993 a model deduced from Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development was published arguing that Buddhism is a fourth mode of thought beyond magic, science and religion.
Buddhism has been described by some as rational and non-dogmatic, and there is evidence that this has been the case from the earliest period of its history, though some have suggested this aspect is given greater emphasis in modern times and is in part a reinterpretation. Not all forms of Buddhism eschew dogmatism, remain neutral on the subject of the supernatural, or are open to scientific discoveries. Buddhism is a varied tradition and aspects include fundamentalism, devotional traditions, supplication to local spirits, and various superstitions. Nevertheless, certain commonalities have been cited between scientific investigation and Buddhist thought. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, in a speech at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, listed a "suspicion of absolutes" and a reliance on causality and empiricism as common philosophical principles shared between Buddhism and science.

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Sunday, 29 November 2015

Alice Project

http://www.aliceproject.org/?lang=en

Alice Project

A unique educational research in India, to develop a sustainable education
and a culture of peace, towards ourselves and others.

India:

the Country of spirituality and of a new Educational paradigm.

This is the place where two teachers, Luigina de Biasi and Valentino Giacomin, have come after successfully experimenting – for then years – in three Italian Governmental Schools – a new revolutionary method called Alice Project. The first Indian Alice Project intercultural and interreligious school was founded in Sarnath, in 1994.

Initially, there were only 75 students and four teachers. Today, after 20 years of unyelding activity, the school has more than one thousand students, 43 teachers and it is officially recognized by the Indian Government. Classes cover all school years, ranging from kindergarten to university.

In 2001 another school was opened in Bodhgaya, and it is now partly self-managed by the students. A third school, for the Chakma ethnic minority, is located in the State of Arunachal Pradesh.

The methodology of the project, which respects all spiritual paths, has been successfully adopted by the Aghoreshwar School in Varanasi, Tergar monastery in Bodhgaya and by some Tibetan schools in Ladakh. Previously, teachers in Italy, Taiwan, U.S.A., Colombia and France had started pilot projects related to the Alice Project.

ZEN BRAIN: EXPLORING CONSCIOUSNESS: Waking, Sleeping, Dreaming, Dying Series : All 11 Parts

https://www.upaya.org/2013/02/zen-brain-exploring-consciousness-waking-sleeping-dreaming-dying-series-all-11-parts/

ZEN BRAIN: EXPLORING CONSCIOUSNESS: Waking, Sleeping, Dreaming, Dying Series : All 11 Parts

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Thursday, 26 November 2015

T'ien T'ai resources

http://www.tientai.net/

T'ien T'ai resources

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

The Decision to Become a Buddhist BY CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE

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The Decision to Become a Buddhist

BY CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE| NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Taking refuge in the Buddha, the dharma and the sangha is something more than a ritual, wrote Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. By taking refuge, we are committing ourselves to freedom.

“I take refuge in the Buddha.
I take refuge in the dharma.
I take refuge in the sangha.”

In the Buddhist tradition, the purpose of taking refuge is to awaken from confusion and associate oneself with wakefulness. Taking refuge is a matter of commitment and acceptance and, at the same time, of openness and freedom. By taking the refuge vow we commit ourselves to freedom.

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Sensei Mui - The Ten Perfections - Part 1 to 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Fbu9v80Vo&list=PLgd5q-JA8xpJW10jdiqdC4kSAXax-LUde

Sensei Mui - The Ten Perfections - Part 1 to 8
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Shurangama Sutra Chapter 1 English Spoken Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Er39a5hxE&list=PLRPhGXkwv0blx3S0syTBo1ZzA1WlyS-Aw

Shurangama Sutra Chapter 1 English Spoken Audio

Published on Sep 2, 2015

In the Shurangama Sutra, the Buddha describes the nature of reality and mind consciousness by stripping Ananda of his attachment to the illusory body and mind before revealing the One Mind. To teach how this One Mind can be realized he asked twenty-five Bodhisattvas to describe the different methods by which each had attained Enlightenment.

Enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism consists of transmuting the mind into the Great Mirror Wisdom. The Shurangama Sutra points directly at the Mind which when stirred by the first thought creates the basic illusion of an ego and splits the Whole into subject and object.

This recording of The Shurangama Sutra: Chapter 1 describes the setting of the discourse, who is in attendance and outlines that Ananda has been practicing without Cultivation; riding on Buddha's coattails because they are cousins. He begins by asking Ananda simple questions about where the mind is located and deconstructing each of his answers in order to reveal the One Mind.

Tackling: What is consciousness? Where is the mind? Description of mind consciousness in Quantum Physics 2,500 years ago.

www.fodian.net/world/shurangama.html - The recording of the Sutra is taken from this version.

http://online.sfsu.edu/rone/Buddhism/... - An excellent pdf version of the sutra

Shurangama Sutra
Sutra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Crown of the Great Buddha; and of All the Bodhisattvas' Myriad Practices for Cultivating and Certifying to the Complete Meaning of the Tathagata's Secret Cause.