Sharing a cyclical cosmogony with other Indian worldviews, Buddhism is ordinarily
thought to be ... more Sharing a cyclical cosmogony with other Indian worldviews, Buddhism is ordinarily
thought to be unconcerned with specific historical events, looking instead
towards the individual transcendence of temporal becoming as the goal of religious
practice. One counterpoint to this prevailing attitude is the tradition of the decline of
the dharma, premised upon the historical uniqueness or specificity of Sakyamuni's
teachings and an attendant eschatological consciousness of temporal distance from
the time of the teacher and his teachings. Interestingly, the Lotus Sutra presents both a
transcendent and historically unique interpretation of Sakyamuni's lifetime. Nichiren,
among others, attached importance to the historical specificity of Sakyamuni and his
teachings, and hence understood the Lotus Sutra to demand attention to the preaching
or evangelical spread of the true teachings.
I N THE AFTERMATH OF WACO, the nerve gas attacks on Japanese subways by members of a Buddhist gro... more I N THE AFTERMATH OF WACO, the nerve gas attacks on Japanese subways by members of a Buddhist group, and the Heaven's Gate sui-cides, it is not at all uncommon for religious studies scholars to find them-selves fielding calls from the media inquiring as to whether some new
1 The varying answers given to the single question of whether the mind is pure by nature or defil... more 1 The varying answers given to the single question of whether the mind is pure by nature or defiled by nature form a convenient lenses through which to view the development of Yogācāra thought. If the mind is pure, then where do the defilements originate? If it is defiled, where does purity originate? Though the classical formulation of Asaṇga and Vasubandhu sees consciousness as paratantric, the source of defilement yet only the support of purity (an important distinction that necessitates an external source of purity), another view which was taken up by Yogācāran thinkers is that of the originally pure mind (viśuddhi cittaprakṛiti); a third schema brings the structure of consciousness together with that purity as seen, for example, within the * Mahāyāna śraddhotpādaśāstra (The Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith). The Yogācāra formulation of the eight vijñānas is basically a chart of consciousness, of how delusion arises within that consciousness, and of the conversion of that consciousne...
... hotwired.com/Lib/Wired/). ... 14. Included on the Packard Humanities Institute / Center for t... more ... hotwired.com/Lib/Wired/). ... 14. Included on the Packard Humanities Institute / Center for the Computer Analysis of Texts CD-ROM (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1989); the Tibetan text was supplied by Bill Kirtz. 15. ...
The tathāgatagarbha doctrine is one of the most significant Buddhist doctrines to have come under... more The tathāgatagarbha doctrine is one of the most significant Buddhist doctrines to have come under the scrutiny of scholars in recent times. One of the more interesting aspects of this doctrine is that it focuses attention on the nature of the Buddhist “absolute” or highest truth in such a way as to make clear many of the problems and concerns of the Buddhist community after the advent of the doctrine of emptiness (śūnyatā). This is so because, while on the one hand the tathāgatagarbha is identified with emptiness (“The wisdom of the tathāgatagarbha is nothing but the Tathāgata's wisdom of emptiness”), on the other hand this emptiness, which for Nāgārjuna and more so for Candrakīrti was a “non-affirming negation,” is redefined in terms of affirmative predications of the highest order (e.g. astitva, mahā-ātman, eternal, etc.). That an investigation of the tathāgatagarbha requires one to ask fundamental questions about the nature of the Buddhist absolute— e.g. is there an “absolute...
Considering M cM ullin's emphasis on the historical, it is interesting that he cites Roland Barth... more Considering M cM ullin's emphasis on the historical, it is interesting that he cites Roland Barthes in this regard, as the Empire o f Signs， considered a seminal work by many, is a self admitted narcissistic fantasy having nothing to do with historical, philosophical, cultural, or political Japan (Barthes 1982, pp. 3-4). In truth, delightful and stimulating as this work is, it tells us only about Roland Barthes, and the joke is on anybody who thinks that his con structed "faraway" is intended to represent Japan. Barthes gives us one extreme of the "objective-world-out-there" vs. "the only m eaning is subjectively constructed m eaning" argument.
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dec 31, 1995
... hotwired.com/Lib/Wired/). ... 14. Included on the Packard Humanities Institute / Center for t... more ... hotwired.com/Lib/Wired/). ... 14. Included on the Packard Humanities Institute / Center for the Computer Analysis of Texts CD-ROM (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1989); the Tibetan text was supplied by Bill Kirtz. 15. ...
Page 1. ABSOLUTE D ELUSION, PERFECT BUDDHAHOOD The RIse and Fall of a ChInese Heresy 1t * .i -I-+... more Page 1. ABSOLUTE D ELUSION, PERFECT BUDDHAHOOD The RIse and Fall of a ChInese Heresy 1t * .i -I-+ + ^ - iL A, * Jamie Hubbard Page 2. Page 3. ... Absolute delusion, perfect Buddhahood : the rise and fall of a Chinese heresy /Jamie Hubbard p. cm. ...
... The scene at the beginning of chapter 2, for example, tells us that as the Buddha was about t... more ... The scene at the beginning of chapter 2, for example, tells us that as the Buddha was about to preach the Lotus Sutra some five thousand ... also isn't hard to imagine that such walkouts actually did take place as groups within the sangha gathered to discuss the radical new ideas ...
... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Devleopment of Doctrine, 5 vol-umes (Chicago: Unive... more ... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Devleopment of Doctrine, 5 vol-umes (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971-1989); George A. Lindbeck ... obsta-cles through the agency of the two children and bakku daiju, the path to enlightenment is opened through shAju, or the ...
Sharing a cyclical cosmogony with other Indian worldviews, Buddhism is ordinarily
thought to be ... more Sharing a cyclical cosmogony with other Indian worldviews, Buddhism is ordinarily
thought to be unconcerned with specific historical events, looking instead
towards the individual transcendence of temporal becoming as the goal of religious
practice. One counterpoint to this prevailing attitude is the tradition of the decline of
the dharma, premised upon the historical uniqueness or specificity of Sakyamuni's
teachings and an attendant eschatological consciousness of temporal distance from
the time of the teacher and his teachings. Interestingly, the Lotus Sutra presents both a
transcendent and historically unique interpretation of Sakyamuni's lifetime. Nichiren,
among others, attached importance to the historical specificity of Sakyamuni and his
teachings, and hence understood the Lotus Sutra to demand attention to the preaching
or evangelical spread of the true teachings.
I N THE AFTERMATH OF WACO, the nerve gas attacks on Japanese subways by members of a Buddhist gro... more I N THE AFTERMATH OF WACO, the nerve gas attacks on Japanese subways by members of a Buddhist group, and the Heaven's Gate sui-cides, it is not at all uncommon for religious studies scholars to find them-selves fielding calls from the media inquiring as to whether some new
1 The varying answers given to the single question of whether the mind is pure by nature or defil... more 1 The varying answers given to the single question of whether the mind is pure by nature or defiled by nature form a convenient lenses through which to view the development of Yogācāra thought. If the mind is pure, then where do the defilements originate? If it is defiled, where does purity originate? Though the classical formulation of Asaṇga and Vasubandhu sees consciousness as paratantric, the source of defilement yet only the support of purity (an important distinction that necessitates an external source of purity), another view which was taken up by Yogācāran thinkers is that of the originally pure mind (viśuddhi cittaprakṛiti); a third schema brings the structure of consciousness together with that purity as seen, for example, within the * Mahāyāna śraddhotpādaśāstra (The Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith). The Yogācāra formulation of the eight vijñānas is basically a chart of consciousness, of how delusion arises within that consciousness, and of the conversion of that consciousne...
... hotwired.com/Lib/Wired/). ... 14. Included on the Packard Humanities Institute / Center for t... more ... hotwired.com/Lib/Wired/). ... 14. Included on the Packard Humanities Institute / Center for the Computer Analysis of Texts CD-ROM (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1989); the Tibetan text was supplied by Bill Kirtz. 15. ...
The tathāgatagarbha doctrine is one of the most significant Buddhist doctrines to have come under... more The tathāgatagarbha doctrine is one of the most significant Buddhist doctrines to have come under the scrutiny of scholars in recent times. One of the more interesting aspects of this doctrine is that it focuses attention on the nature of the Buddhist “absolute” or highest truth in such a way as to make clear many of the problems and concerns of the Buddhist community after the advent of the doctrine of emptiness (śūnyatā). This is so because, while on the one hand the tathāgatagarbha is identified with emptiness (“The wisdom of the tathāgatagarbha is nothing but the Tathāgata's wisdom of emptiness”), on the other hand this emptiness, which for Nāgārjuna and more so for Candrakīrti was a “non-affirming negation,” is redefined in terms of affirmative predications of the highest order (e.g. astitva, mahā-ātman, eternal, etc.). That an investigation of the tathāgatagarbha requires one to ask fundamental questions about the nature of the Buddhist absolute— e.g. is there an “absolute...
Considering M cM ullin's emphasis on the historical, it is interesting that he cites Roland Barth... more Considering M cM ullin's emphasis on the historical, it is interesting that he cites Roland Barthes in this regard, as the Empire o f Signs， considered a seminal work by many, is a self admitted narcissistic fantasy having nothing to do with historical, philosophical, cultural, or political Japan (Barthes 1982, pp. 3-4). In truth, delightful and stimulating as this work is, it tells us only about Roland Barthes, and the joke is on anybody who thinks that his con structed "faraway" is intended to represent Japan. Barthes gives us one extreme of the "objective-world-out-there" vs. "the only m eaning is subjectively constructed m eaning" argument.
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dec 31, 1995
... hotwired.com/Lib/Wired/). ... 14. Included on the Packard Humanities Institute / Center for t... more ... hotwired.com/Lib/Wired/). ... 14. Included on the Packard Humanities Institute / Center for the Computer Analysis of Texts CD-ROM (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1989); the Tibetan text was supplied by Bill Kirtz. 15. ...
Page 1. ABSOLUTE D ELUSION, PERFECT BUDDHAHOOD The RIse and Fall of a ChInese Heresy 1t * .i -I-+... more Page 1. ABSOLUTE D ELUSION, PERFECT BUDDHAHOOD The RIse and Fall of a ChInese Heresy 1t * .i -I-+ + ^ - iL A, * Jamie Hubbard Page 2. Page 3. ... Absolute delusion, perfect Buddhahood : the rise and fall of a Chinese heresy /Jamie Hubbard p. cm. ...
... The scene at the beginning of chapter 2, for example, tells us that as the Buddha was about t... more ... The scene at the beginning of chapter 2, for example, tells us that as the Buddha was about to preach the Lotus Sutra some five thousand ... also isn't hard to imagine that such walkouts actually did take place as groups within the sangha gathered to discuss the radical new ideas ...
... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Devleopment of Doctrine, 5 vol-umes (Chicago: Unive... more ... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Devleopment of Doctrine, 5 vol-umes (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971-1989); George A. Lindbeck ... obsta-cles through the agency of the two children and bakku daiju, the path to enlightenment is opened through shAju, or the ...
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thought to be unconcerned with specific historical events, looking instead
towards the individual transcendence of temporal becoming as the goal of religious
practice. One counterpoint to this prevailing attitude is the tradition of the decline of
the dharma, premised upon the historical uniqueness or specificity of Sakyamuni's
teachings and an attendant eschatological consciousness of temporal distance from
the time of the teacher and his teachings. Interestingly, the Lotus Sutra presents both a
transcendent and historically unique interpretation of Sakyamuni's lifetime. Nichiren,
among others, attached importance to the historical specificity of Sakyamuni and his
teachings, and hence understood the Lotus Sutra to demand attention to the preaching
or evangelical spread of the true teachings.
thought to be unconcerned with specific historical events, looking instead
towards the individual transcendence of temporal becoming as the goal of religious
practice. One counterpoint to this prevailing attitude is the tradition of the decline of
the dharma, premised upon the historical uniqueness or specificity of Sakyamuni's
teachings and an attendant eschatological consciousness of temporal distance from
the time of the teacher and his teachings. Interestingly, the Lotus Sutra presents both a
transcendent and historically unique interpretation of Sakyamuni's lifetime. Nichiren,
among others, attached importance to the historical specificity of Sakyamuni and his
teachings, and hence understood the Lotus Sutra to demand attention to the preaching
or evangelical spread of the true teachings.