text with parallels to verses in the Pāli Dhammapada's Sahassa Vagga and Bhikkhu Vagga. "FaJuJing 法句经" – 4 Chinese works; one of these appears to be an...

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, ISBN 978-87-7694-101-7. Thanissaro Bhikkhu (2012), Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha. Refuge...

spiritual community." Sangharakshita took full bhikkhu ordination the following year, with another Burmese bhikkhu, U Kawinda, as his preceptor (upādhyāya)...

knowledge of Dhamma for Buddhist counseling. anagarika (lay attendant) bhikkhu (monk) samanera (novice monk) upāsaka (lay devotee) "American Buddhist...

very successful in introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He established the Bhikkhu Order for men. However, thousands of women, starting with Anula, who had...

Sanskrit sibilants ś, ṣ, and s merge as Pali s Examples: śaraṇa (protector, defender) → saraṇa, doṣa (night, darkness) → dosa The Sanskrit stops ḍ and...

Buddha's awakening mainly focus on his spiritual development. According to Bhikkhu Analayo, most of these passages focus on three main themes: "the bodhisattva's...

Sobhana Sāgara - Sudassanā Champa Susino, 18 Dhammadassī Dharmadarśin Saraṇa Saraṇa - Sunandā Bimbajala Indra 19 Siddhattha Siddhārtha Vebhāra Udena - Suphassā...

Abhidharma. One of the five universal mental factors in the Mahayana Abhidharma Bhikkhu Bodhi states: The Pali word literally means “making in the mind.” Attention...

VII: Numbers 90–100 (Buddhist Publication Society), Nyanaponika Thera, Bhikkhu Khantipalo, G.P. Malalasekera, Narada Thera, Mahinda Thera, H.R. Perera...