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...Preface Chapter 1 What is Buddhism? Understanding Human Contentment Chapter 2 What is a Buddhist? How to Recognise a Buddhist When You Meet One Chapter 3 The Buddha: The Archetype of Human Development Chapter 4 The Dharma: The True Nature ...

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...ratna has centres in some 25 countries where it teachesmeditation and Buddhist doctrine.© 2016. Reproduction in any form of this text... ... text is permitted for any bona fide act that promotes understanding, and is made in the context, of the Buddhadharma. National Library of Austr... ...alia Cataloguing-in-Publication Author: Falvey, J. Lindsay, author. Title: Buddhism briefly explained / Lindsay Falvey, Siladasa. Edition: Second (rev... ...: Second (revised) edition, 2016 ISBN: 9780980787573 (paperback) Subjects: Buddhism. Other Authors/Contributors: Siladasa, author. Melbourne Buddhist ... ... 2 Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 What is Buddhism? Understanding Human ContentmentChapter 2 What is a Budd... ... of Human DevelopmentChapter 4 The Dharma: The True Nature of Reality and How to See ItChapter 5 The Sangha: Friendship and Inspiration... ...seeing it forge relationships with thebiological and psychological sciences. Now established in theWest (more than 530,000 Australians...

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... this text is permitted for any bona fide act that promotes understanding, and is made in the context of the Buddhadharma. Cover design by Christopher... ... of Australia Cataloguing in Publication Data ISBN 0-646-42335-5 Title: Buddhism Briefly Explained Authors: Falvey, Lindsay; Siladasa Date of Pub... ... 2 Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 What is Buddhism? Understanding Human HappinessChapter 2 What is a B... ...pe of Human DevelopmentChapter 4 The Dharma: The True Nature of Reality and How to See ItChapter 5 The Sangha: Friendship and Inspiration for... ...Meditation: Practicing Concentration for Developing InsightChapter 8 Buddhism in Modern Society: Addressing the Big Human IssuesSome Introduc... ...ook introduces Buddhism by describing its approach tospiritual development and those who undertake the Buddhistpath. It aims to make Buddhism more eas... ...eeing it forge relationshipswith the biological and psychological sciences. Nowestablished in the West (more than 385,000 Australiansdescri... ...ing of themind in ways that are only beginning to be addressed byWestern science. However, despite its sophisticatedintegration of psycholog...

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... cultivating the wisdom that Professor Falvey concludes is the essence of all sustainability. By bringing sustainability, agriculture, global issues, Buddhism, Christianity and a host of other factors into play, we see that our motivations belie our rhetoric – in environmental actions through to trade and aid. This open-spirited book contains a wealth of analysis and alter...

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...Contents Page Introduction 1 Chapter 1 10 Seeking Agricultural Sustainability: Science and Spirituality Chapter 2 20 Immortality: Sustaining Ourselves? Chapter 3 31 Agricultural Theology: Why we are Fascinated with Sustainability Chapter 4 47 Literal and Historical Christianity and Agriculture: Ou...

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...A science café is a conference upside-down. The location is where people, and not experts are at home; ina café, in a pub, in a public place. The discussion is driven by the public, and the experts are asked to follow it. In th...

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... Motivation And Effort In Buddhist Soteriology Suffering and its Overcomingin Light of Buddhist & Evolutionary Psychology ... ... Buddhist & Evolutionary Psychology Mahaviveka Motivation And Effort In Buddhist Soteriology Suffering and... ...haviveka@tutanota.comThis book is not for sale.You may copy, reprint, republish, and redistribute any number of copiesof this edition on any medium wh... ...gical context in which it functions.Thus, a treatise on motivation and effort in Buddhism is bound to be quiteexpansive, basically because what made m... ...cient teachings, as well as the enlightening knowledge offered usby evolutionary science. The combining of these two traditions of knowledge,separated... ...actice and psychology, the most 1 Though no explicit reference is made to any "Buddhism", yet judging by the contentof his thought, it is almost cer... ...ivation and effort, in line withthe significant findings of western evolutionary science, which wasestablished in mid-19th century by the great scient... ...amentally a book of interpretation of Buddhist teachings inlight of evolutionary science, represents only the views and understanding ofthe author, an... ... science, represents only the views and understanding ofthe author, and not any "Buddhism" which exists independently or abstractlyaside from the spec...

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... find his one true passion in life. He moves from Canada to his ethnic homeland of South Korea to find it. There, Choi encounters cultural challenges and unexpected turns in careers. With hope fading, his experiences culminate in a Zen-inspired insight into impermanence and the discovery that what he was looking for was never that far away....

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...entally Yours 7. A Mantra is Born 8. Wanted: Enlightenment 9. Monastic Myths 10. Abstractions 11. Imperfect Pitch 12. In the Trenches 13. Pins and Needles 14. A Fresh Start 15. Ph.D. = Permanent Head Damage 16. Ebb and Flow 17. Emptiness 18. No Self 19. Road Less Traveled 20. Passion 21. Full Circle 22. Kitty 23. The Collective Epilogue Notes...

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... First Lunar Space Base, project proposal, by V. Christianto, Florentin Smarandache..15 2. On Recent Discovery of New Planetoids in the Solar System and Quantization of Celestial System, by V. Christianto, F. Smarandache..................28 3. Open and Solved Elementary Questions in Astronomy, by Florentin Smarandache.. 36 BIOLOGY......................................40...

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... First Lunar Space Base, project proposal, by V. Christianto, Florentin Smarandache..15 2. On Recent Discovery of New Planetoids in the Solar System and Quantization of Celestial System, by V. Christianto, F. Smarandache..................28 3. Open and Solved Elementary Questions in Astronomy, by Florentin Smarandache.. 36 BIOLOGY......................................40...

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...he flow of our natural thoughts that have led us far away from our divine principles in life as human beings. Our struggles are from within ourselves and in our mind, taunted by social deviations that involve the rules of life in our society today. Facing these struggles are just part of our daily burden to find contentment and self worth in order to be happily accepted in...

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... 1The Zen Diet Manuscript INTRODUCTIONFirst and foremost, I would just like to clearly state that fat is not ugly, as m... ...people wouldpreferably perceive. I do want to state, that fat is unhealthy and can cause a multitude ofhealth related problems that are proportionally... ...ally related to your diet. High blood pressure,coronary ailments, diabetes and other weight related health problems can be clearly be blamedon our ove... ...a “singularity” as illustrated by the Buddhist symbol of the “yin andyang”.Buddhism is not a religion but a principality on how to deal with life and ... ...lection can be altered by man’s ingenuity and technology. The emergence of science and thestrong yearning to improve the quality of life became an obs... ...fast beyond our wildest dreams. We have reached new heights onthe level of Science and Technology with an astonishing pace. We owe it all to our selve... ...y mankind in the fields of technological advancements in science.Furthermore, how to assess and maintain a straight­forward policy r...

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...More Meditations, which is a sequel to the author’s earlier work, Meditations. It proposes additional practical methods and theoretical insights relating to meditation and Buddhism. It also discusses certain often glossed over issues relating to Buddhism – notably, historicity, idolatry, messianism, importation to the West....

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... TIMES A DAY 12 SALAH – A SUMMATION OF ALL FORMS OF PRAYERS BY DIFFERENT CREATURES 14 MEDICAL BENEFITS OF OFFERING SALAH 15 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS AND THE HUMAN HEART 22 DIVINE PROMISE OF PROVISION FOR THOSE WHO OFFER SALAH REGULARLY 25 EFFECTS OF SALAH ON THE SOCIETY 26 EXAMPLES OF THOSE WHO LOVED SALAH 27 CHAPTER 2 30 WISDOM AND SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS OF FASTING (SA...

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...H...............................................15 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS AND THE HUMAN HEART ..........................22 DIVINE PROMISE OF PROVISI... .....................................................................30WISDOM AND SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS OF FASTING (SAW’M).....30 FASTING AS A TRAINING OF... ...EARNING MODERATION IN EATING HABITS THROUGH FASTING ...........38 RAMADAN AND THE ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY OF GOOD & EVIL .................39 RELATIONSHIP... ... As someone similar to Dr. Mushtaq with anextensive background in the Life Sciences, I can certainlyappreciate this approach. He explains how the timi... ... 13 “It seems probable that in spite of all that science may do to the contrary, men will continue to pray to the ... ...een people. In: Pribram, K.H. Ed. (1998). Brain andValues: Is a Biological Science of Values Possible. Mahwah, NJ, LawrenceErlbaum Associates: pp. 359... ...nd punishment in this world in the form of rebirth ininferior forms. Buddhism’s concept of Afterlife peaks at“Nirvana” – the supreme...

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...e condensed to combine the world’s stories, which renders Jesus life into Buddhist concepts in an ancient Indian setting. It is not a religious book, and so will appeal to open-minded Atheists, Animists, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Judaists, Muslims, Taoists … and Zoroastrians. Its fluid style is uninterrupted by the copious endnotes and glossary which discretely indica...

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...er | 19 Chapter Three: Sangha Quarrels at Kosambi | 37 Chapter Four: Middle Age – Successes in Dhamma Work | 47 Chapter Five: Middle Age – Trouble and Unpleasantness | 93 Chapter Six: Troubling Times | 123 Chapter Seven: Troubled Old Age | 145 Chapter Eight: Last Days | 160 Chapter Nine: After Parinibbana – safeguarding Dhamma | 205 Short Reflection on Volume 2 | 2...

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...Buddhist Illogic. The 2nd Century CE Indian philosopher Nagarjuna founded the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism, which strongly influenced Chinese, Korean and Japanese (Ch’an or Zen) Buddhism, as well as Tibetan Buddhism. Nagarjuna is regarded by many Buddhist writers to this day as a very important philosopher, who they claim...

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... 1. THE TETRALEMMA 13 2. NEITHER REAL NOR UNREAL 21 3. NAGARJUNA’S USE OF DILEMMA 33 4. THE SUBJECT-PREDICATE RELATION 37 5. PERCEPTS AND CONCEPTS 47 6. MOTION AND REST 73 7. CAUSALITY 99 8. CO-DEPENDENCE 123 9. KARMIC LAW 141 10. GOD AND CREATION 147 11. SELF OR SOUL 169 12. SELF-KNOWLEDGE 185 AFTERWORD: NOT ‘EMPTY LOGIC...

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... MahayanaBuddhism, which strongly influenced Chinese (Ch’an),Korean (Sôn) and Japanese (Zen) Buddhism, as well asTibetan Buddhism. Nagarjuna is regar... ... which strongly influenced Chinese (Ch’an),Korean (Sôn) and Japanese (Zen) Buddhism, as well asTibetan Buddhism. Nagarjuna is regarded by many Buddhis... ...c of logic, the absurdity of reason. He considers thisthe way to verbalize and justify the Buddhist doctrine of“emptiness” (Shunyata). These arguments... ...e of“emptiness” (Shunyata). These arguments attack some of thebasic tenets and techniques of reasoning, such as the laws ofthought (identity, n... ...e of “emptiness”, Buddhist Illogic isnot intended to dissuade readers from Buddhism. On thecontrary, its aim to enhance personal awareness of actualco... ..., which stronglyinfluenced Chinese (Ch’an), Korean (Sôn) and Japanese(Zen) Buddhism, as well as Tibetan Buddhism. Specifically,the text referred to he... ...ditionally within the constraints of consistency, isevident throughout the science of formal logic, and it is heretotally ignored by Nagarjuna. His mo... ...d in this quest. For hiscritique depends on a misrepresentation of logical science.He claims to show that logic is confused and self-contradictory, bu... ...t he presents as the thesis of20 Buddhist Illogiclogical science is not what it claims for itself but preciselywhat it explicitly fo...

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...Zen Judaism, which is a frank reflection on the tensions between reason and faith in today’s context of knowledge, and on the need to inject Zen-like meditation into Judaism. This work also treats some issues in ethics and theodicy....

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...Logical Criticism of Buddhist Doctrines. This 'thematic compilation' comprises expositions and empirical and logical critiques of many (though not all) Buddhist doctrines, such as impermanence, interdependence, emptiness, the denial of self or soul. It includes the author's most recent essay, regarding the five ska...

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...rjuna’s privilege 1. Making no claim? 2. Plain trickery 3. Non-apprehension of non-things 4. A formal impossibility 3. Philosophy and Religion 1. Reason and faith 2. Different grounds 3. Wise judgments 4. Right attitudes 4. Devoid of a self 1. Fallacious criticisms of selfhood 2. What “emptiness” might be 3. Feelings of e...

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... Ph.D.  COPYRIGHT AVI SION, 2002-2017. PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL AND PAN-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT CONVENTIONS. ALL ... ...t book onBuddhism, Buddhist Illogic. It comprises expositions andempirical and logical critiques of many (though not all)Buddhist doctrines, ... ...l impossibility ........................................ 393. Philosophy and Religion ......................................... 44 1. Reason and ... ...messianism ........................................ 275 4. Assimilating Buddhism .................................... 279 5. Reason and spiritua... ...e evolved, but his overall conclusions have remainedmuch the same: many of Buddhism’s traditional doctrinesare open to sustained criticism from an obj... ...ively reviled the author for it. The author, torepeat, has no antipathy to Buddhism, no polemical intentin writing some critical things about it. His ... ...ditionally within the constraints ofconsistency, is evident throughout the science of formallogic, and it is here totally ignored by Nagarjuna. Hismot... ... self-contradictory, but in truth what he presents as the thesis oflogical science is not what it claims for itself but preciselywhat it explicitly fo... ...wledge is obtained and to bevalidated, and thus (together with the special sciences)gradually identify ways and means for humanimp...

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...ts etymology of ‘the love of wisdom’, which across millennia has been interpreted as understanding of life. Such understanding is more than knowledge and in order to avoid more esoteric approaches to wisdom philosophy is discussed as integrating all knowledge including the sciences and experiential learning. I acknowledge at the outset that this may be at odds with modern ...

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...Table of Contents Author’s Preface vii Prologue 1 Chapter 1 – History, Agriculture and Philosophy 4 Where to Begin? 4 The West’s Emergence 8 Panaceas 10 Innovation & Nature 14 Genetics, Climate & Change 17 Adaptive Food Production 20 Chapter 2 – Pan-disciplinary Philosophy 25 Confusion in Language 25 So...

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...The Teaching of the Himalayan adept Djwhal Khul. Synthesis of the Ageless Wisdom and scientific heritage of humanity. Consideration of the main religious and philosophical notions and concepts from the point of view of science. The continuation of books of HP Blavatsky and AA Bailey...

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