Sentences with phrase «buddhist doctrine of»

There is much appeal in the Buddhist doctrine of nirvana, which literally means «being blown out» of existence.

Contrary to Western stereotypes of the annihilation of the self, this reflects a more accurate understanding of the Buddhist doctrine of the «no - self.»

If Christianity can give up its lingering commitment to substance thought and learn the existential meaning of the Buddhist doctrine of no - self, it will be creatively transformed.

It helps us also to appreciate the Buddhist doctrine of no - self and the deconstruction of the self in much modern literature and philosophy.

Thus the Buddhist doctrine of no - self implies not simply that that there is no enduring substance underlying or overriding the flow of life - experiences, but also that each life - experience is intimately connected to, and dependent on, other realities.

Of particular relevance is the Buddhist doctrine of no - self and its corresponding affirmation in Zen, the doctrine of the true self.

Socratic reason, in its modern scientific form, has rendered the Buddhist doctrines of no - self and no - God more plausible to many modern men than opposed Christian convictions.

Not exact matches

Schwartz doesn't force his nonmaterialist interpretation of neuroscience into the mold of Buddhist philosophy (Buddhist doctrines like emptiness, nirvana, and reincarnation are absent).

The doctrine of anatta, or no - self, is one of the earliest and most pervasive of Buddhist ideas.

Shalom questions the adequacy of Hartshorne's Buddhist - like alternative to the doctrine of a soul - substance.

It is the task of general sociology to investigate the sociological significance of the various forms of intellectual and practical expression of religious experience (myth, doctrine; prayer, sacrifice, rites; organization, constitution, authority); it falls to the specific sociological study to cover sociologically concrete, historical examples: a Sioux (Omaha) Indian myth, an Egyptian doctrine of the Middle Kingdom, Murngin or Mohammedan prayer, the Yoruba practice of sacrifice, the constitution of the earliest Buddhist Samgha, Samoyed priesthood, etc..

As a Buddhist, Kukai also accepted the doctrine of «interdependent co-origination» (Skt., pratityasamutpada), but he interpreted this teaching according to his notion that reality is constituted by the Six Great Elements in ceaselessly interdependent and interpenetrating interaction: earth, water, fire.

But in exoteric Buddhist teaching and esoteric Buddhist tantra prior to Hui - kuo and Kukai, the Dharmakaya is ultimate reality, beyond names and forms, utterly beyond verbal capture by doctrines, while yet the foundational source of all Buddhist thought and practice.

Whitehead's doctrine of «the immanence of the past energizing the present,» the «vector - structure» of nature, could be compared with the Buddhist law of karma.

But in the context of dialogue, instead of simply rejecting the Buddhist idea, Christians listen to what Buddhists mean by their doctrine.

It followed from the teachings of Kobo - Daishi, who in his sermons taught the people that the Shinto gods are identical with the Bodhisattvas of the Buddhist doctrines.

In this doctrine I not only follow James, Whitehead, and von Wright, but also rejoin the ancient Buddhist tradition as well as one of the traditions in Islam.

We must have talked for two hours or more,... mostly around the idea of dzogchen, but also taking in some points of Christian doctrine compared with Buddhist....

Merton's comments that «we agreed very well» and «taking in some points of Christian doctrine compared with Buddhist» attest to the «common ground,» as does Chatral's comment that he was surprised at «getting on so well with a Christian.»

The Buddha - Carita of Asvaghosa is the great Buddhist epic, «an actual epic created by a real poet, who, filled with intense love and reverence for the exalted figure of the Buddha, and deeply imbued with the truth of the Buddha doctrine, was able to present the life and doctrine of the Master in noble and artistic, but not artificial language.

After the phases of common consensus, the followers establish the coherence of the Buddhist doctrine.

Taking the form of a pagoda, it is comprised of five shapes, each with a meaning drawn from the Buddhist cosmological doctrine of the Five Universals.

The exhibition title refers to a key theory underpinning ancient Buddhist philosophy: the doctrine of Two Truths.

Each shape has a representational meaning, referring to the Buddhist cosmological doctrine of Five Universals — the square is the earth, the globe is water, the pyramid is fire, the semi-globe is air, while a teardrop is emptiness.