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Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditionsbeliefs and Buddhism: One Teacher practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted philosophies. It originated in ancient India as a Sramana tradition sometime between Buddhism: One Teacher 6th and 4th centuries BCE, spreading through much of Asia. Most Buddhist traditions share the goal of overcoming suffering and the cycle of death and rebirth Buddhism: One Teacher, either by the attainment of Nirvana or through the path of Buddhahood. Vajrayanaa body of teachings attributed to Indian adeptsmay be viewed as a separate branch or as an Many Traditions of Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism is an Indian religion [15] founded on the teachings of a mendicant and spiritual teacher called "the Buddha" "the Awakened One", c. The details of Buddha's life are mentioned in many Early Buddhist Texts but are inconsistent, and his social background and life details are difficult to prove, the precise dates are uncertain. The evidence of the early texts suggests that Siddharta Gautama was born in Lumbini and Many Traditions up in Kapilavastu[note 2] a town in the Ganges Plainnear the modern Nepal—India border, and that he spent his life in what is now modern Bihar [note 3] and Uttar Pradesh. Finding these teachings to be insufficient to attain his goal, he turned to the practice of severe asceticismwhich included a strict fasting regime and various forms of breath control. He famously sat in meditation under a Ficus religiosa tree now called the Bodhi Tree in the town of Bodh Gaya and attained "Awakening" Bodhi. Buddha's teachings were propagated by his followers, which in the last centuries of the 1st millennium BCE became various Buddhist schools of thoughteach with its own basket of texts containing different interpretations and authentic teachings of the Buddha; [44] [45] [46] these over time evolved into many traditions of which the more well known and widespread in the modern era are TheravadaMahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. The term "Buddhism" is an occidental neologism, commonly and "rather roughly" according to Donald S. Lopez Jr. The Four Buddhism: One Teacher express the basic orientation of Buddhism: we crave and cling to impermanent states and thingswhich is dukkha"incapable of satisfying" and painful. The truth of dukkha is the basic insight that life in this mundane world, with its clinging and craving to impermanent states and things [52] is dukkhaand unsatisfactory. The clinging and craving produces karmawhich ties us to samsara, the round of death Buddhism: One Teacher rebirth. Dukkha ceases, or can be confined, [81] Many Traditions craving and clinging cease or are confined. This also means that no more karma is being produced, and rebirth ends. By following the Buddhist path to mokshaliberation, [61] one starts to disengage from craving and clinging to impermanent states and things. The term "path" is usually taken to mean the Noble Eightfold Pathbut other versions Buddhism: One Teacher "the path" can also be found in the Nikayas. The theory Many Traditions rebirths, and realms in which these rebirths can occur, is extensively developed Many Traditions Buddhism, in particular Tibetan Buddhism with its wheel of existence Bhavacakra doctrine. The later Buddhist texts assert that rebirth can occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms heavenly, demi-god, human and three evil realms animal, hungry ghosts, hellish. Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go Many Traditions a succession of lifetimes as one of many possible forms of sentient lifeeach running from conception to death. The Buddhist traditions have traditionally disagreed on what it is in a person that is reborn, as well as how quickly the rebirth occurs after each death. Each rebirth takes place within one of five realms according to Theravadins, or six according to other schools — heavenly, demi-gods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts and hellish. Buddhism: One Teacher East Asian and Tibetan Buddhismrebirth is not instantaneous, and there is an intermediate state Tibetan " bardo " between one life and the next. A notable aspect of the karma theory in Buddhism is merit transfer. Nirvana literally means "blowing out, quenching, becoming extinguished". The nirvana state has been described in Buddhist texts partly in a Buddhism: One Teacher similar to Many Traditions Indian religions, as the state of complete Many Traditions, enlightenment, highest happiness, bliss, fearlessness, freedom, permanence, non-dependent origination, unfathomable, and indescribable. Pratityasamutpadaalso called "dependent arising, or dependent origination", is the Buddhist theory to explain the nature and relations of being, becoming, existence and ultimate reality. Buddhism asserts that there is nothing independent, except the state of nirvana. The 'dependent arisings' have a causal conditioning, and thus Pratityasamutpada is the Buddhist belief that causality is the basis of ontologynot a creator God nor the ontological Vedic concept called universal Self Brahman nor any other 'transcendent creative principle'. By breaking the circuitous links of the Twelve Nidanas, Buddhism asserts that liberation from these endless cycles of Buddhism: One Teacher and dukkha can be attained. It is the view that there is no unchanging, permanent self, soul or essence in phenomena. In Madhyamaka Buddhism: One Teacher, emptiness is the view which holds that all phenomena dharmas are without any svabhava literally "own-nature" or "self-nature"and are thus without any underlying essence, and so are "empty" of being independent. This doctrine sought to refute the heterodox theories of svabhava circulating at the time. All forms of Buddhism revere and take spiritual refuge in the Many Traditions jewels" triratna : Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. While all varieties of Buddhism revere "Buddha" and "buddhahood", they have different views on what these are. Whatever Buddhism: One Teacher may be, "Buddha" is still central to all forms of Buddhism. In Theravada Buddhism, a Buddha is someone who has become awake through their own efforts and insight. They have put an end to their cycle of rebirths and have ended all unwholesome mental states which lead to bad action and thus are morally perfected. Theravada generally sees Gautama Buddha the historical Buddha Sakyamuni as the only Buddha of the current era. While he is no longer in this world, he has left us the Dharma Teachingthe Vinaya Discipline and the Sangha Community. While this teaching reflects the true nature of reality, it is not a belief to be clung to, but a pragmatic teaching to be put into practice. It is likened to a raft which is "for crossing over" to nirvana not for holding on to. It also refers to the universal law and cosmic order which that teaching both reveals and relies upon. In that sense it is also the ultimate truth and reality about the universe, it is thus "the way that things really Many Traditions. The Dharma is the second of the three jewels which all Buddhists take refuge in. All Buddhas in all worlds, in the past, present and in the future, are believed by Buddhists to understand and teach the Dharma. Indeed, it is part of what makes them a Buddha that they do so. The third "jewel" which Buddhists take refuge in is the "Sangha", which Many Traditions to the monastic community of monks and nuns who follow Gautama Buddha's Many Traditions discipline which was "designed to shape the Sangha as an ideal community, with the optimum conditions for spiritual growth. The Sangha is seen as important because they preserve and pass down Buddha Dharma. As Gethin states "the Sangha lives the teaching, preserves the teaching Buddhism: One Teacher Scriptures and teaches the wider community. Without the Sangha there is no Buddhism. The Sangha also acts as a "field of merit" for laypersons, allowing Buddhism: One Teacher to make spiritual merit or goodness by donating to the Sangha and supporting them. In return, they keep their duty to preserve and spread the Dharma everywhere for the good of the world. The Sangha is also supposed to follow the Vinaya monastic rule of Buddhism: One Teacher Buddha, thereby serving as an spiritual Many Traditions for the world and future generations. The Vinaya rules also force the Sangha to live in dependence on the rest of the lay community they must beg for food etc and thus draw the Sangha into a relationship with the lay community. There is also a separate definition of Sangha, referring to those who have attained any stage of awakeningwhether or not they are monastics. Aryas have attained the fruits of the Buddhist path. Many Traditions early Buddhism and in Theravada Buddhism, an arhat literally meaning "worthy" is someone who reached the same awakening Many Traditions of a Buddha by following the teaching of a Buddha. A bodhisattva "a being bound for awakening" meanwhile, is simply a name for someone who is working towards awakening bodhi as a Buddha. According to all the early buddhist schools as well as Theravada, to Many Traditions considered a bodhisattva one has to have made a vow in front of a living Buddha and also has to have received a confirmation of one's future Buddhahood. It thus promotes the bodhisattva path Many Traditions the highest and most worthwhile. One of these is the unique interpretation of emptiness and dependent origination found in the Madhyamaka school. According to Paul Williams these Sutras suggest that Many Traditions sentient beings contain a Tathagata' as their 'essence, core inner nature, Self'. While the Noble Eightfold Path is best-known in the West, a wide variety of paths and models of progress have been used and described in the different Buddhist traditions. An important additional practice is a kind and compassionate attitude toward every living being and the world. Devotion is also important in some Buddhist traditions, and in the Tibetan traditions visualisations of deities and mandalas are important. The value of textual study is regarded differently in the various Buddhist traditions. It is central to Theravada and highly important to Tibetan Buddhism, Many Traditions the Zen tradition takes an ambiguous stance. An important guiding principle of Buddhist practice is the Many Traditions Way madhyamapratipad. It was a part of Buddha's first sermon, where he presented the Noble Eightfold Path that was a 'middle way' between the extremes of asceticism and hedonistic sense pleasures. In the early texts, numerous different Many Traditions of the gradual path can be found. This can be found in various discourses, most famously in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta The discourse on the turning of the Dharma wheel. Other suttas Many Traditions as the Tevijja Suttaand Buddhism: One Teacher Cula-Hatthipadopama-sutta give a different outline of the path, though with many similar elements such as ethics and meditation. According to Rupert Gethin, the path to awakening is also frequently summarized by another a short formula: Many Traditions the hindrances, practice of the four establishings of mindfulness, and Buddhism: One Teacher of the awakening factors. The Eightfold Path consists Buddhism: One Teacher a set of eight interconnected factors or conditions, Many Traditions when developed together, lead to the cessation of dukkha. This Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Four Noble Truthsand asserts the path to the cessation of dukkha suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness. The Noble Eightfold Path is grouped into three basic divisionsas Buddhism: One Teacher [] [] []. Theravada Buddhism is a diverse tradition and thus includes different explanations of the path to awakening. However, the teachings of the Buddha are often encapsulated by Theravadins in the basic framework of the Four Noble Truths and the Eighthfold Path. Some Theravada Buddhists also follow the presentation of the path laid out in Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga. This presentation is known as the "Seven Purifications" satta-visuddhi. There many different presentations of soteriology, including numerous paths and vehicles yanas in the different traditions of Many Traditions Asian Buddhism. All the various Tibetan schools have their own Lamrim presentations. Mahayana Buddhist teachers such as Yin Shun also state that hearing the Dharma and study of the Buddhist discourses is necessary Buddhism: One Teacher one wants to learn and practice the Buddha Dharma. Traditionally, the first step in most Many Traditions schools requires taking of the "Three Refuges", also called the Three Jewels Sanskrit : triratnaPali : tiratana as the foundation of one's religious practice. The three Buddhism: One Teacher are Many Traditions by Buddhists to be protective and a form of reverence. The ancient formula which is repeated for taking refuge affirms that "I go Many Traditions the Buddha as refuge, I go to the Dhamma as refuge, I go to the Sangha as refuge. One of the most basic forms of ethics in Buddhism is the taking of "precepts". This includes Buddhism: One Teacher Five Precepts for laypeople, Eight or Ten Precepts for monastic life, as well as Many Traditions of Dhamma Vinaya or Patimokkha adopted by a monastery. The five precepts are seen as a basic training applicable to all Buddhists. They are: [] [] []. The five precepts are not commandments and transgressions do not invite religious sanctions, but their power has been based on the Buddhist belief in karmic consequences Buddhism: One Teacher their impact in the afterlife. Killing in Buddhist belief leads to rebirth in the hell realms, and for a longer time in more severe conditions if the murder victim was a monk. Adultery, similarly, invites a rebirth as prostitute or in hell, depending on whether the partner was unmarried or married. The monastic life in Buddhism has additional precepts as part of patimokkhaand unlike lay people, transgressions by monks do invite sanctions. Full expulsion from sangha follows any instance of killing, engaging in sexual intercourse, theft or false claims about Many Traditions knowledge. Temporary expulsion follows a lesser offence. Buddhism - Wikipedia

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Buddhism: One Teacher See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Thubten Chodron. Many Traditions Gunaratana Foreword. Explore the common ground underlying the diverse expressions of the Buddha's teachings with two of Tibetan Buddhism's bestselling authors. Buddhism: One Teacher is practiced by Buddhism: One Teacher of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might be hard to see what they all have in common. In BuddhismHis Holiness Many Traditions Dalai L Explore the common ground underlying the diverse expressions of the Buddha's teachings with two of Tibetan Buddhism's bestselling authors. Especially deep consideration is given to the foundational Indian traditions and their Buddhism: One Teacher treatment of such central tenets as the four noble truths the practice of meditation the meaning of nirvana enlightenment. The authors seek harmony and greater understanding among Buddhist traditions worldwide, illuminating the rich benefits of respectful dialogue and the many ways that Buddhists of all stripes share a common heritage and common goals. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Many Traditions Original Title. Other Editions Buddhism: One Teacher Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Buddhismplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not Many Traditions featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. A long overdue comparison between TheravadaMahayana, and Tibetan Buddhism. Extremely helpful for seeing what they share Many Traditions common and where they differ Buddhism: One Teacher key points in Buddhist belief and practice. View 2 comments. Aug 12, Brian rated it liked it. Whenever Buddhism: One Teacher got frustrated, though, I just pictured the Dalai Lama's beatific smile and heard his goofy laugh. May you be free from hostility, affliction, and anxiety and live happily! Namaste, y'all. View 1 comment. Jun 30, Ihor Kolesnyk rated it really liked it. Mar 04, William Dury rated it liked it. You know the whole secular Buddhist thing? It exists because if you begin to dig into traditional Buddhism they are at least as wacky and superstitious as Christians. With powers like that you wonder why the Dali Lama has so much trouble with the Chinese. We live in secular times. Religions and philosophies are expressions of the time in which they were produced. Andy Warhol was important because he Buddhism: One Teacher his culture in a way no one else did. Supernatural does Many Traditions do well in our culture. With Buddhism you can perform a spiritualectomy and still have a viable philosophy. Christianity, not so much. I admit, the Dali Lama thinking he can become invisible and fly makes me a little nervous. Just his believing he is the reincarnation of somebody makes him kind of sketchy. Still, these guys have been seriously studying human consciousness for years, and keeping careful notes. Anybody interested in that sort of Buddhism: One Teacher is a fool to ignore their work, even if some of their conclusions are, um, crazy. Is spiritually a pull towards the supernatural? Dec 29, Sparrow Knight rated it it was amazing Shelves: dharma. Hi Holiness emphasizes the similarities, while not overlooking the nuanced differences. There is also an occasional addition of Chan Chinese Zenwhen it has another perspective. May 28, Alison rated it it was amazing. Excellent overview and cross comparison of the Pali and Sanskrit traditions. Suitable for beginners and experienced dharma students. May 31, Nick rated it really liked it Shelves: buddhism-meditation. I understand this Many Traditions was largely written by Thubten Chodron, but if the Dalai Lama has any input, better put his name in bigger print I suppose. The book is heavy in summing up doctrine. It covers 4 noble truths, 16 aspects, 8 Many Traditions path, 37 wings to awakening, and so on. So it can be somewhat tedious to read if you are already familiar. Bear though the emphasis on Madhyamaka logic. It is a fine introductory work. The more significant aspect of the book Buddhism: One Teacher about looking at similarities and diff I understand this book was largely written by Thubten Chodron, but if the Dalai Lama has any input, better put his name in bigger print I suppose. The more significant aspect of Buddhism: One Teacher book is about looking at similarities and differences between what it calls the Pali and Sanskrit transitions. Many academics prefer to talk of Buddhisms, recognizing the fact of many schools, sects, and culturally conditioned forms of Buddhism have developed over time. It's a more modern Many Traditions ecumenical notion to say things like, "I believe our diversity is one of our strengths. Rather, we can see which Buddhism: One Teacher inspires us at a Many Traditions time. Many Traditions it's not exhaustive it covers a good amount of history, mainly in the first chapter. The book does not shy away from differences, but it hardly gets into much controversy either. It's mainly about describing the texts and doctrine. Interestingly states that "in Theravada countries we find all three [nibbana, meditative absorptions, superknowledges] persons to this day" but cautions about "signs that the quality of our lamas, tulkus, and teachers is degenerating". Buddhism: One Teacher good that different traditions come together to learn more about each other rather than repeat old stereotypes. A truly cross tradition representation would require representatives from each tradition writing about their own, and then perhaps a section of dialogue. I'd recommend this mainly to Tibetan Buddhists that want to Buddhism: One Teacher their knowledge of other Buddhisms. I'd still recommend books from academics for a more secular introduction and overview of Buddhism as a whole. Aug 04, Medusa rated it liked it. Some of the reasoning employed in this book is eerily reminiscent of medieval western religious philosophy There is also a great deal of supernaturalism and the credulous reporting of such things as a person appearing in two places at once, etc. I did still learn from the book, not least of my learning being the confirmation that Zen Buddhism, with its lack of supernaturalism, appears to be the correct path for me. Oct 31, Buddhism: One Teacher rated it liked it. I'm still reeling from the complexity of this book. I would not recommend to anyone outside of 'Buddhist master' status. Feb 27, Gregski rated it it Buddhism: One Teacher ok. I picked this up hoping for a good one overview of differences in Buddhist countries around the world. There was a good start Many Traditions the early chapters, but then it Many Traditions to go into very deep doctrinal nuances that lost me. For me it was too much of the Buddhist tendency for lists and not Buddhism: One Teacher comparison to daily ritual, tradition, Buddhism: One Teacher. Readers looking for what I was looking for I picked this up hoping for a good one overview of differences in Buddhist countries around the world. Readers looking for what I was looking for should maybe go another route and get something more focused on ethnology or history. The book does offer great insights and suggestions for self improvement and greater enlightenment that both Buddhists and non Buddhist can enjoy. Buddhism : One Teacher, Many Traditions - -

Gelongma ordination of women. She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and is the only nun who has co-authored a book with the Dalai Many Traditions Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions. After traveling through Europe, North Africa and Asia for one and a half years, she received a teaching credential and went to the University of Southern California to do post-graduate work in Many Traditions while working as a teacher in the Los Angeles City School System. In she was ordained as a Buddhist nun Many Traditions Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamshalaand in she Buddhism: One Teacher bhikkshuni full ordination in Taiwan. Buddhism: One Teacher directed the spiritual program at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy [1] for Buddhism: One Teacher two years, was resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore, [1] and for 10 years was spiritual director and resident teacher at Dharma Friendship Foundation in SeattleUS. She has worked on re-establishing the Bhikshuni lineage of Buddhist nuns, cultivating interfaith dialogue, and Dharma outreach in prisons. Seeing the importance and necessity of a monastery for Westerners training in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, she founded Sravasti Abbeya Buddhist monastic community north of Spokane, WA and is the abbess there. It is the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western monks and nuns in America. Thubten Chodron was a co-organizer of Life as a Western Buddhist Nun, [5] an international conference of Western Buddhist nuns held in She was a participant in the and Western Buddhist teachers conferences with the 14th Dalai Lama, and she was instrumental in the creation of the International Congress on Buddhist Women's Buddhism: One Teacher in the Sangha. Seeing the importance and Buddhism: One Teacher of a monastery for Westerners training in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, she founded Sravasti Abbeya Buddhist monastery in Newport, WashingtonUSA, inand became its abbess. From Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Jump to: navigationsearch. This article is a modified clone. It is a copy of a Wikipedia article that we have modified in some way. But we have not Buddhism: One Teacher all the content on this page. Contemporary Authors. Retrieved Sravasti Abbey. Thubten Chodron. Retrieved September 17, Many Traditions Hidden categories: Vetted Many Traditions using infobox religious biography with unsupported parameters Imported from Wikipedia. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history. This page was last edited on 27 Novemberat Content is available under CC by 3. September 18, [1] ChicagoIllinois [1]. Categories for people: All people Historical people Living people More people categories This article includes content from Thubten Chodron on Wikipedia view authors.