The document provides an introduction to Buddhism and meditation practices at Cham Shan Temple. It discusses the Three Treatise School of Mahayana Buddhism, which is based on three treatises by Nagarjuna and Aryadeva. It explains key concepts of the school like dependent arising, emptiness, and the Middle Way. The schedule for upcoming Saturday presentations at the temple is also provided, which will cover topics like the Three Treatise School, iconology, and the Lotus Sutra.
To raise up the physical to the spiritual is Brahmacharya, for by the meeting of the two the energy which starts from one and produces the other is enhanced and fulfills itself. This is the metaphysical theory. The application depends on a right understanding of the physical and psychological conformation of the human receptacle of energy.
To raise up the physical to the spiritual is Brahmacharya, for by the meeting of the two the energy which starts from one and produces the other is enhanced and fulfills itself. This is the metaphysical theory. The application depends on a right understanding of the physical and psychological conformation of the human receptacle of energy.
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Over the course of life, many people become puzzled by circumstances beyond their control – both their own and those of others. While investigating the principle of karma, one may still be left asking, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”
In the book “The Science of Karma”, Gnani Purush (embodiment of Self knowledge) Dada Bhagwan explains a precise definition of karma, and how exactly it works according to spiritual science.
Dadashri offers in-depth answers to questions such as: “What is the law of karma, and how can I master it?”, “What is destiny, and does destiny relate to karma?”, “Can spiritual enlightenment liberate one from karma?”
Dadashri explains that the knowledge of Self is the beginning of true spiritual development. From then, along with understanding the law of karma, one learns to remain with inner peace in daily problems of life.
For those wondering how to live in peace in the midst of life’s challenges, this book is precious.
By: Ajaan Mahā Boowa Ñānasampanno
Translated by: Thānissaro Bhikkhu
This collection of talks was originally given for the benefit of a lay disciple who had come to Ajaan Maha Boowa’s monastery to receive his guidance as she faced her approaching death from bone marrow cancer. These talks offer important lessons about how to learn from pain, illness and death, by seeing through to their ultimate nature and detaching the mind from the suffering associated with them.
“The Gift of Dhamma Excels All Other Gifts”
—The Lord Buddha
Dhamma should not be sold like goods in the market place.
Permission to reproduce this publication in any way for free distribution,as a gift of Dhamma, is hereby granted and
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Reproduction in any way for commercial gain is strictly prohibited.
Selected Discourses of Webu Sayadaw Translated from the Burmese by Roger Bischoff:
Introduction 1 - PaliTerms Used in the Discourses
PART ONE: Webu Sayadaw and Sayagyi U Ba Khin Notes by Sayagyi U Chit Tin
PART TWO: Eight Discourses on Dhamma
PART THREE: Further Discourses of Webu Sayadaw
Pali-English Glossary
Capstone Paper for each traditionGiven that the goal of int.docxhumphrieskalyn
Capstone Paper for each tradition:
Given that the goal of inter-religious dialogue is both mutual understanding and respect, please write a one page (single spaced) paper on the tradition that we have just completed studying. Select Buddhism(end of November) and write several paragraphs on your impression of it.
Begin with a paragraph on how you used to perceive it, and remark on how your newfound knowledge and insight has bred a deeper understanding of and respect for the tradition. Then in a second paragraph, try to summarize what you believe are the key aspects of the religion, and how its practitioners go about cultivating religious devotion and moral development. In the last paragraph, please discuss what you most respect about the tradition. In other words, if you had to integrate one or two of their beliefs or practices, which one would it be and why. Discuss how the tradition could actually add to your own religious identity.
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Buddhism
Awakened One (in Sanskrit)
Basic BiographyBorn in Lumbini 500 BCE, current day NepalPrince with a sheltered life (no physical discomforts)His father shelters him but Siddhartha sees 4 realities: aging, sick, dead, & a holy manConcludes “dukkha” (suffering/dissatisfaction)Flees his material privilege and seeks out teachers to ask how to end suffering.No one provides a meaningful answer despite speaking to the greatest teachers around.
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In learning how to manage the mind, it is important to understand the nature of the mind, otherwise known as consciousness, and how it arises.
The Buddha taught that consciousness is not something permanent that always exists. Consciousness is something that arises at each of the internal sense bases (ayatana) dependent on causes and conditions, and passes away when the causes and conditions cease.(The six internal sense bases are the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.)
For example, eye consciousness arises dependent on the eyeand visual form. We can use a simple metaphor to illustrate this mechanism. Think of the eye as the head of a matchstick, form as the side of a matchbox. Eye-consciousness is like the flame that results when the head of the matchstick strikes the side of the matchbox, or when the eye and visual form strike each other. The meeting of the three – eye, form, and eye-consciousness – is what is known as “contact” (phassa). With contact as condition, feeling (vedana) arises. With feeling as condition, craving (tanha) arises. This is how suffering originates.
The key point to understand is that consciousness (vinnana or citta) and the mental factors or mental concomitants (cetasika) which arise with it, are the result of the meeting of internal sense bases and sensory stimuli or input(also known as external sense bases). Thus, it is possible to influence or “manage” the mind by managing the sensory input it receives.
Another essential principle to remember is that a wholesome mind, ie. a mind with wholesome mental factors, cannot arise at the same time as an unwholesome mind, that is, a mind with unwholesome metal factors. At any one time, the mind can either be wholesome or unwholesome.
It is thus important to create the causes for the wholesome mind to arise as often as possible because otherwise the unwholesome mind will arise.
Mandukya Upanishad does not talk about trust or belief in God; rather addresses one’s day to day experience of waking, dreaming and deep sleep and explains the truth based on an experience which is common to all. Thanks to its universal nature, anybody anywhere in the world can appreciate the beauty and the essence of this Upanishad. On the lighter side, since it comprises of only twelve shlokas, it is apt for modern day culture of instant gratification and can be called ‘Self-realization in twelve minutes’.
Through the explanation of the Omkara, this Upanishad bridges the gap between the known and the unknown states of consciousness.
It explains Omkara Upasana or the method of contemplating on Omkara.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
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MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
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The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
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Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
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What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
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1. Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple 加拿大佛教會 湛山精舍 禪修學佛入門 Introduction to Buddhism and Meditation 2011/10/15
2. Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple ná mó fó tuó 南 無 佛 陀 Namo Buddha ná mó dá mó 南 無 達 摩 Namo Dharma ná mó sēng qié 南 無 僧 伽 Namo Sangha
3. Buddhist Practice and Cultivation 1 Take refuge in the Three Treasures of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. 皈依佛法僧(三寶) 2 Earnestly cultivate the Three Perfections of Morality, Calmness, and Wisdom. 勤修戒定慧(三學) 3 Shed the Three Poisons of Greed, Anger and Delusion. 息滅貪瞋癡(三毒) 4 Purify the Three Karmas of Action, Speech and Thought. 清淨身口意(三業)
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5. The cultivation of tranquility is one way by which we can attain enlightenment – Practice appreciating.
6. The cultivation of tranquility is one way by which we can discover our Buddha nature – Practice serving.
37. Each thought aroused is as if it is a very small, subtle, soft bubble out of the mind – increasing tranquility.
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39. Meaning of some terms 1. Shastra (treatise) Commentary on Buddha’s teachings. Consists of short verses and the author’s commentary on each verse. 2. Dharmas Objects of the mind Can be physical, physiological or psychological.
40. Meaning of Some Terms 3. Cause and Effect As you sow, so shall you reap. Under sufficient conditions, a cause will give rise to an effect. 4. Emptiness Is not the same as nothingness. Anything that is the result of causes and conditions is empty in self-nature.
41. Basic Teachings 1. Dependent Arising --- the universal law All persons and Dharmas arise depending on causes and conditions which in turn depend on other causes and conditions. They cannot exist on their own. They are interdependent and affect each other.
42. Basic Teachings 2. Emptiness --- the ultimate truth All persons and dharmas that are dependently arisen are empty in self-nature. Because persons and dharmas are dependent and impermanent, they are non-selves. In other words they have no self-nature or they have empty self-nature. They do exist. But their existence is temporary because they are changing instant by instant.
43. Basic Teachings 3. Names --- the convention truth Names are just dependent designations. In our conventional world, names are designated to the ever-changing effects which arise from the ever-changing causes and conditions. But they are necessary in our everyday life for communication purposes.
44. Basic Teachings 4. The Middle Way The middle way means the right view i.e. Seeing things as they really are. Avoiding the extremes. The “Eight Negations” is a verse from “The Treatise of The Middle Way”: No birth and no death, No permanence and no annihilation, No sameness and no difference, No coming and no going. The Eight Negations show that: Dharmas are all dependent arising. Non duality is Emptiness.
45. Background History In the 2nd century, there were many schools in India. While many believed that dharmas were real, some believed in annihilation. In order to clarify Buddha’s original meaning, Nagarjuna wrote many commentaries, among them the two text books “The Treatise of the Middle Way” and “The Twelve Gates Treatise”. Later, his disciple Aryadeva wrote “The One Hundred Verses Treatise”
46. Background History In the 5th century, Kumarajiva translated these three treatises into Chinese. In the 6th century, Chi-tsang wrote more commentaries and founded this school—the Three Treatise School. The school faded out in the 9th century when the Mind-Only School flourished.
47. Importance Though the school has declined, its teaching on the Middle Way laid the foundation for all subsequent Mahayana schools. Many people agree that Nagarjuna was the most important person after Buddha himself and call him the father of all the 8 Mahayana schools. Except the Mind-Only school, all other 7 schools recognize him as their patriarch.
48. Presentation Schedule October 15 - Three Sastra School by Grace Lau + Meditation Practice by Tom October 22 – Iconology by Edward Malek + Meditation Practice by Tom October 29 - Wutaishan Video Footages by Moshay Allen + Meditation Practice by Tom November 5 - The white lotus sutra by Dennis A.Yap + Meditation Practice by Tom Nov. 12 - The white lotus sutra by Dennis A.Yap + Meditation Practice by Tom Nov. 19 - The white lotus sutra by Dennis A.Yap + Meditation Practice by Tom Nov. 26 - The white lotus sutra by Dennis A.Yap + Meditation Practice by Tom
49. Questions and Comments 討論 www.ChamShanTemple.org www.shengguangshi.blogspot.com ShengguangShi@hotmail.com Shengguang Shi 釋聖光 Tom Cheung 張相棠 Kam Cheung 張仁勤 Dennis A. Yap 葉普智