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by Queequeg
Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Why does shantideva say the self,if permanent must be inert?
Replies: 10
Views: 578

Re: Why does shantideva say the self,if permanent must be inert?

something is always made up of opposing factors or qualities,thus is non-essential,space cannot really be a entity or thing or it would be essential,which would mean essentiality and emptiness would both be coherent,which is absurd because emptiness is clearly the nature of things. Nirvana is also ...
by Queequeg
Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Tendai
Topic: Transmission of the Lineage within the Tiantai/Tendai School
Replies: 3
Views: 297

Re: Transmission of the Lineage within the Tiantai/Tendai School

Yes, I think I'd be happy to put together something similar for the Mikkyo lineages. It would probably be a little longer, though that isn't too much of an issue. Off the top of my head we'd be looking at something like: part one China, part two Saicho, part three Ennin/Enchin, Part four Medieval L...
by Queequeg
Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Tendai
Topic: Transmission of the Lineage within the Tiantai/Tendai School
Replies: 3
Views: 297

Re: Transmission of the Lineage within the Tiantai/Tendai School

Thank you.

Any chance you'd put one together for the mikkyo lineages, down to the present? Would be very interested in the Mikkyo lineages that presently exist.
by Queequeg
Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Why does shantideva say the self,if permanent must be inert?
Replies: 10
Views: 578

Re: Why does shantideva say the self,if permanent must be inert?

There are some unconditioned dharmas, such as space. something is always made up of opposing factors or qualities,thus is non-essential,space cannot really be a entity or thing or it would be essential,which would mean essentiality and emptiness would both be coherent,which is absurd because emptin...
by Queequeg
Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:36 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: What advice would you give yourself 10-20 years ago?
Replies: 15
Views: 692

Re: What advice would you give yourself 10-20 years ago?

Stop worrying about ideas. Go practice better.

But I'm stubborn and I would have smiled at myself, nodded, and gone on doing what I was going to do anyway because I have to learn things for myself.
by Queequeg
Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Counting breaths while meditation
Replies: 19
Views: 2222

Re: Counting breaths while meditation

Six Dharma Gates to the Sublime

https://www.kalavinka.org/kp_book_pages ... k_page.htm

Excellent little manual on how to meditate, starting with breath counting.
by Queequeg
Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
Replies: 32
Views: 1733

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

I like to be a Mahayana chauvinist and not get called out for it. :smile:
by Queequeg
Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

The conversation has certainly moved on, so I don't think I want to rehash any of this. But I agree that there isn't a "renaissance." I think what I meant is that you can see better attendance at events held by temples or Buddhist organisations when people go a bit outside of the same old...
by Queequeg
Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

:alien: At Dai Bosatsu Zendo during sesshin and guest student residence, comprehensive introduction was presented to me personally by Eido Roshi. Friend, unless that was a years long residence, I think you've kind of made his point. The foundations of Buddhism are not readily transmitted in a "...
by Queequeg
Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:07 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism among Asian Americans-Pew Research Center
Replies: 1
Views: 168

Re: Buddhism among Asian Americans-Pew Research Center

Very interesting. Thank you. The breakdown by national origin is much more meaningful. I mean, unless they are ethnically Chinese, I would not expect any Filipinos to be connected to Buddhism by heritage. Higher affiliation with Buddhism seems to coincide with the vitality of Buddhism in the home co...
by Queequeg
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:55 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

:alien: No, that's right, and it's maybe my biggest criticism of Zen in the West. I think we do a terrible job of introducing new practitioners to the foundations of Buddhist practice. In a lot of places, you get a ten-minute Zazen lesson and a book list, and away we go. And IME when people are int...
by Queequeg
Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

Thanks, interesting insights on Japanese culture, I’ve actually had a similar thought at times about the general emphasis on altruism, what’s perceived as “politeness”, etc. According to the earliest Chinese accounts of the Japanese, they were always communitarian, but I am sure that this was enhan...
by Queequeg
Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

This is purely personal opinion, but my take is that you can find implicit or embryonic versions of most big Mahayana concepts in Pali literature, but that's looking at Pali stuff through Mahayana eyes I guess. IME looking at original Pali sources is not common in Tibetan schools either, but the in...
by Queequeg
Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

I don't know if there is an equivalent pedagogical scheme in East Asian Mahayana (I've always sort of assumed there was), but in Tibetan traditions everyone starts with the sravakayana, albeit in a fairly abbreviated form. Sravakayana/Hinayana fits "within" the larger Mahayana scheme and ...
by Queequeg
Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

I think as Mahayanists, we sometimes have an allergy to going back to the basics and talking about Buddhism from the śrāvakayāna perspective (including a kind of narrative of the Buddha from a "historical" POV that could be built upon later), but actually, that's needed first for people t...
by Queequeg
Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

I have thought that Nichiren Buddhism is a school of lay buddhism, by and large, if not completely(?) As such it shoots off in a new direction compared with the established and primarily monastic schools/traditions. This type of lay buddhist organisation has also a chinese precursor and counterpart...
by Queequeg
Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

Japanese Buddhism needs to rouse itself out of the Edo period stupor. Some of the devotional schools have been more proactive - Jodo Shinshu, for instance, and some Nichiren denominations. The contemplative schools I think are still struggling to find footing without watering the practice tradition...
by Queequeg
Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

Buddhism is on the retreat in Japan. I think its part of the same secularizing tendencies across the developed world. Its a significant concern in the Buddhist community from what I understand. I've seen Matylda refer to this within zen communities. My personal hypothesis is the lack of practice. I...
by Queequeg
Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?
Replies: 39
Views: 1445

Re: East Asian Buddhism - any what-is-what (each school) overview?

Nichiren viewed Tiantai & Zhyhi as a substantial part of his lineage. He was a Tendai monk before going off on his own, and he maintained relations with various Tendai monks over the years. Personal experience, I can confirm Nichiren taught essentially a single practice based on Tendai/Tiantai,...

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