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In book 27, Samantabhadra teaches on ten types of meditative absorption and the various powers that they bestow on those who master them (such as being able to travel freely to all realms in the universe). [54] In book 28, Samantabhadra similarly discusses ten supernormal powers mastered by bodhisattvas (such as telepathy etc.), and in book 29 ...
The book begins with a matika (Pali for "matrix"), which is a list of classifications of dhammas, variously translated as ideas, phenomena, states, patterns etc. The text lacks a nidana , though the commentaries record that attempts were made at creating one that depicted the Buddha preaching the Abhidhamma in one of the heavenly realms. [ 1 ]
The Buddha answers questions from Sakka, ruler of the gods (a Buddhist version of Indra). DN 22 Mahasatipaṭṭhāna Sutta [19] The Great Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness: The basis for one of the Burmese vipassana meditation traditions; many people have it read or recited to them on their deathbeds. [20] DN 23 Pāyāsi Sutta
The Sutta begins when the Buddha is staying in Savatthi, in the temple donated by Visakha, the mother of Migara. At that time, two brahmins, Bharadvaja and Vasettha, are training with the monks and aim to be a member of the Sangha. As usual in the evening, the Buddha rises from his meditation and strolls in the open yard near his dwelling ...
"Indra's net" is an infinitely large net owned by the Vedic deva Indra, which hangs over his palace on Mount Meru, the axis mundi of Buddhist and Hindu cosmology.In East Asian Buddhism, Indra's net is considered as having a multifaceted jewel at each vertex, with each jewel being reflected in all of the other jewels. [4]
In the Skanda Purana, the Buddha is stated to be one of the incarnations of Vasudeva, [23] and begin enchanting the universe, causing righteousness to dissipate and immorality to prevail: [24] By becoming Buddha, I shall delude by the use of fallacious reasoning and deceit the Asuras who adopting Vedic practices will harass the three worlds.
The Buddhist cosmology is not a literal description of the shape of the universe; [2] rather, it is the universe as seen through the divyacakṣus (Pali: dibbacakkhu दिब्बचक्खु), the "divine eye" by which a Buddha or an arhat can perceive all beings arising (being born) and passing away (dying) within various worlds; and can ...
If one who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater. [290] The 2007 edition contains a foreword [ 8 ] in which Easwaran states that he translated the Dhammapada for "kindred spirits:" [ 9 ] : 10 "men and women in every age and culture" [ 9 ] : 10 who "thrill" to the Dhammapada 's ...