Thursday 26 May 2016

Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism

https://archive.org/stream/outlinesofmahay00suzurich#page/n0/mode/2up

Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism, by D.T.Suzsuki

Publisher London, Luzac and Company, Publishers to the University of Chicago
Pages 444
Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language English
Call number nrlf_ucb:GLAD-246028
Digitizing sponsor MSN
Book contributor University of California Libraries
Collection cdlamericana

Full catalog record MARCXML

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Saturday 14 May 2016

Differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/snapshot02.htm

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/schools1.htm

http://www.alanpeto.com/buddhism/understanding-mahayana-theravada/

Differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

by Buddhanet

The Unconscious Motivations for Meditation Practice, by J.Engler

https://mettarefuge.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/the-unconscious-motivations-for-meditation-practice/

The Unconscious Motivations for Meditation Practice

Sharon Salzberg on getting started with meditation

http://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-meditate-sharon-salzberg-on-getting-started/


Sharon Salzberg on getting started with meditation

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How to do Mindfulness Meditation

http://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-do-mindfulness-meditation/

How to do Mindfulness Meditation

“Mindfulness practice is simple and completely feasible, says Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. “Just by sitting and doing nothing, we are doing a tremendous amount.”


Buddhism and meditation for beginners — a Lion’s Roar guide

http://www.lionsroar.com/beginning-with-buddhism-and-meditation/


Buddhism and meditation for beginners — a Lion’s Roar guide

Creating a Good Ground for Meditation

http://www.lionsroar.com/creating-a-good-ground-for-meditation/?utm_source=Lion%27s+Roar+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9a0251da2a-LR_Weekend_Read_May_13_20165_12_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1988ee44b2-9a0251da2a-20974389&goal=0_1988ee44b2-9a0251da2a-20974389

Creating a Good Ground for Meditation

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Meditation isn’t a one-way street—you can’t just meditate and your life will get better. You have to change the way you live to improve your meditation. Thanissaro Bhikkhu outlines five principles of the ethical, restrained life conducive to meditation practice.

Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem

http://www.lionsroar.com/alone-together-finding-friends-on-the-path-2/

Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem

by Christina Feldman

A personal meditation practice is the foundation of Buddhism, but do we need more? Essentially we make the journey alone, but many people find that committing themselves to the three jewels—Buddha, dharma, and sangha—helps take them further. These three make up the lineage, philosophy, and community of Buddhism, and their purpose is to deepen and expand our practice.

Wednesday 4 May 2016

Dhamma and Non-duality by Bhikkhu Bodhi

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/bps-essay_27.html

Dhamma and Non-duality

by
Bhikkhu Bodhi
One of the most challenging issues facing Theravada Buddhism in recent years has been the encounter between classical Theravada vipassana meditation and the "non-dualistic" contemplative traditions best represented by Advaita Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism. Responses to this encounter have spanned the extremes, ranging from vehement confrontation all the way to attempts at synthesis and hybridization. While the present essay cannot pretend to illuminate all the intricate and subtle problems involved in this sometimes volatile dialogue, I hope it may contribute a few sparks of light from a canonically oriented Theravada perspective.

The Path of Purification / Visuddhimagga / Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli

http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma14/pathpure.html

The Path of Purification / Visuddhimagga / Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli

2.7 MB in PDF / Free Download / Click Here
Publisher’s Note: The BPS thanks all those who assisted with making this book available in a digital as well as printed edition. This book is the result of the work of Mr John Bullitt of Access to Insight who initiated this digital edition, the several volunteers who helped him to convert the previous edition of this book to digital text, the other volunteers who helped the BPS with proofreading, Bhikkhu Nyanatusita, the BPS editor, who helped with and coordinated the proofreading, formatting, and typesetting, corrected the Pali, etc., and the work of the BPS typesetters Bhikkhu Sacramento Upatissa and Mr Nalin Ariyaratna who skilfully typeset the text.


"Buddhaghosa has composed one of the great spiritual classics of mankind. If I had to choose one book to take with me on a desert island, the Visuddhimagga would be my choice." Edward Conze.
Visuddhimagga or The Path of Purification, is a Theravada Buddhist commentary written by Buddhaghosa approximately in 430 CE in Sri Lanka. It is considered the most important Theravada text outside of the Tipitaka canon of scriptures. The Visuddhimagga is a systematic examination and condensation of Buddhist doctrine and meditation technique. The various teachings of the Buddha found throughout the Pali canon are organized in a clear, comprehensive path leading to the final goal of nibbana, the state of complete purification. Originally composed in the fifth century, this new translation provides English speakers insights into this foundational text. In the course of this treatise full and detailed instructions are given on 40 subjects of meditation aimed at concentration, an elaborate account of Buddhist Abhidhamma philosophy, and explicit descriptions of the stages of insight culminating in final liberation.
Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa composed the Visuddhimagga in the early part of the fifth century. Bhikkhu Ñanamoli was ordained as a monk in Sri Lanka, where he spent 11 years living in a monastery and translating the texts of the Theravada Buddhism into English. He was the author of The Discourse on Right View, Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, and The Life of the Buddha.

Visuddhimagga / Amazon.com Reviews of the Retail Version:

A marvelous translation of an indispensible text., By Will (Taos, NM United States)
This book is, indeed, "The Classic Manual of Buddhist Doctrine and Meditation". Written by Buddhaghosa in the Fifth Century in Sri Lanka, and known by its Pali title, Visuddhimagga, it is the fundamental manual for the Theravadin school of Buddhism, upon which the popular Vipassana meditation is based. But it is ever so much more than merely a Vipassana manual. Divided into three main sections covering the three "baskets" of Buddha's teaching, it first addresses Virtue (Sila) and a brief chapter on acceptable ascetic practices. Next there follows a large and wonderful section on training in Concentration (Samadhi) based on the forty traditional meditation subjects. Finally, it concludes with a large section on Understanding (Panna), the wisdom teachings of the Abhidhamma. If anyone has ever tried to learn and understand the Abhidhamma merely through study of the original texts (available in English through the Pali Text Society), then you will clearly appreciate the need for a commentary, and Buddhaghosa's commentary in the Visuddhimagga is one of the best. In general the book is comprehensive and profoundly helpful to one's practice, and to one's appreciation of the roots of Buddhist tradition as well.
This translation by Bhikkhu Nanamoli is wonderful. For years I had loved a translation by Pe Maung Tin, put out by the Pali Text Society. The language in that translation was more poetic, but I gradually grew to appreciate Bhikkhu Nanamoli's more approachable and practical language, and now I seldom refer to the other. There is for me, a Mahayana practitioner, something very beautiful and attractive in the bare, almost dry purity of Theravadin writings and practices, and this translation captures that quiet beauty very well. It is interesting to note that Bhikkhu Nanamoli, an Englishman who ordained in Sri Lanka at age 43 in 1949, and who then spent most of the rest of his remaining years in study and retreat, wrote this translation solely for his own use, because there were no available copies of the only other extant translation: only later did someone request him to publish it. We are fortunate that he did. I cannot recommend it highly enough to the serious practitioner or student.
One of the most famous books in Buddhist history., By steve (sunnyvale, CA USA)
This is it, the masterful commentary on Buddha's path that is one of the cornerstones of Theravada Buddhism. Although dense and difficult, the effort you put forth to understand this great beast of a book is well rewarded. Read the notes,stop after each paragraph and reflect, and you'll make you're way through. When you're finished, you'll be changed enough that you can go back to the beginning and get new insights on a second trip through.
Everyday, after I get off my meditation cushion, I chew my way though a few pages... It's good to be alive in a time when excellent English translations of this and other great Buddhist works are readily available.

The Path of Freedom / Vimuttimagga / Arahant Upatissa
18 MB in PDF  / Free Download / Click Here
Vimuttimagga - Probably written in Pali in Sri Lanka during the first century AD, the Vimuttimagga survived only in Chinese translation, from which the present rendering has been made. Ascribed to the Arahant Upatissa, the work is a meditation manual similar to the Visuddhimagga, but less analytical and more practical in its treatment of meditation.
The work is compiled in accordance with classical Buddhist division of the path into the three stages of virtue, concentration, and wisdom, culminating in the goal of liberation. It is widely believed that the Vimuttimagga may have been the model used by Buddhaghosha to compose his magnum opus, the Visuddhimagga (Path of Purification), several centuries later. The older work is marked by a leaner style and a more lively sense of urgency stemming from its primarily practical orientation.

Tuesday 3 May 2016

Milarepa cave Tibet !! Mystic Documentary

https://youtu.be/L38I3AAZYbk

Milarepa cave Tibet !! Mystic Documentary

Published on Nov 12, 2013
Land of peace and religious peoples. by Lama Sopa Rinpoche la during visit to Tibet,