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crazyfox-archives · 8 months

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An itinerant monk being guided through the underworld: A scene from the "Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine" (北野天神縁起絵巻) dating to the late 13th century

Set of five handscrolls with ink, color, and cut gold on paper from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

#japanese art #illuminated manuscript #japanese literature #buddhist literature #絵巻 #emaki #縁起 #engi #北野天神縁起絵巻 #kitano temjin engi emaki #arte japonés #literatura japonesa #manuscrito iluminado

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sivavakkiyar · 1 year

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exciting find for people interested in Buddhist lit: found a PDF of Patrick Olivelle’s translation of Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita.

it’s one of my favorite versions of the Buddha’s life and that translation is the best imo. Much more significant reasons to give it a look: Asvaghosa was the premier Sanskrit language poet/dramatist pre-Kalidasa, who offers a lot in homage to him, and Ambedkar notes him specifically as an influence for his “The Buddha and His Dhamma” (from his preface: “I would particularly like to mention Ashvaghosha's Buddhavita[=Buddhacharita], whose poetry no one can excel. In the narrative of certain events I have even borrowed his language.”)

this translation is ime difficult to find and is expensive and shouldn’t be locked away to academes. I’m grateful to an old teacher for leaving it to me. It’s rare to have an opportunity to recommend it when I can’t physically loan my copy out so

(it looks longer than it is, it’s a bilingual edition and it’s poetry. really lovely)

#sibuddha #Indian literature #Buddhist literature #it’s really cool

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madxmoonlight · 2 years

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#buddhism #zen poetry #zen #Buddhist literature #literature #poetry #quotes #spirituality #oneness #anata

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fastlane-freedom · 9 months

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Mastering the Mind: Exploring the Profound Wisdom of Buddha

Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, is a figure who is revered by millions of people around the world. He is considered to be one of the greatest spiritual teachers in history, whose teachings have had a profound impact on the lives of countless individuals. Buddha’s work to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and inner peace is an ongoing legacy that continues to inspire people to this day. In…

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#buddha #buddha&039;s teachings #buddhist literature #buddhist philosophy #finding inner peace #gautama buddha #mindful living #mindfulness #mindfulness in daily life #noble eightfold path #power of mind #profound wisdom of buddha #the four noble truths #the path to enlightenment #the three universal truths #wisdom of buddha #wisdom of compassion

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teenageascetic · 2 months

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“When the holy Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara had truly grasped the transcendent wisdom, he realized that visible form is only illusion. The same applies to its perception, to its names and categories, to discriminative intellect and finally even to our consciousness. They are all illusion. With this realizaton he was beyond all sorrow and bitterness.

Disciple Sariputra! The material is not different from the immaterial. The immaterial and the material are in fact one and the same thing. The same applies to perception, concepts, discriminative thinking and consciousness. They are neither existing nor not existing.

Sariputra! All things therefore they are in themselves not good and not bad, they are not increasing and not decreasing.

Therefore one may say there are no such things as form, perception, concepts, thinking process, and consciousness. Our senses such as eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind are misleading us to illusion; thus one may also say there is no reality in visible form, sound, smell, taste, touch and mindknowledge. There are also no such things as the realms of sense from sight up to mind, and no such things as the links of existence from ignorance and its end to old age and death and their end. Also the caturāryasatyāni are nonexistent, just as there is no such thing as wisdom and also no gain.

Because the holy Bodhisattva who relies on transcendent wisdom knows that there is no gain, he has no worries and also no fear. Beyond all illusion he has reached the space of highest Nirvana.

All Buddhas of the past, present and future, found highest perfect knowedge because they relied on transcendental wisdom.

Therefore we ought to know that the great verse of the transcendent wisdom is unsurpassed in its splendor, and that it appeases truly all pain. It reads:

GATE, GATE, PARAGATE, PARASAMGATE BODHISVAHA!”

-The Heart Sutra.

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chichengg · 1 month

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wisdom-and-such · 2 months

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“Let one mold himself in accordance with the precepts he teaches…”.

Section 12: verse 3

Dhammapada (oldest surviving sayings attributed directly to the Shakyamuni Buddha).

(This version translated from the Pali Cannon by Ananda Maitreya).

#buddhism #spirituality #philosophy #poetry #writing #books #quotes #art #literature #art history #eastern historical studies #Buddhist philosophical studies #comparative religion #great authors #analysis of religion on contemporary culture #beautiful quotes #inspiring quotes #meditation

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jamelalatise · 21 days

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my silly pet peeve is when people ask for book recommendations but don’t say what kind of books or topics or genres interest them

#like ma’am I know a tiny bit about a lot I could recommend you great novels on mysticism or Buddhist texts for the everyday westerner or li #literature on cities or romance or graphic novels like pls WHAT DO U WANT WHAT INTERESTS UUU

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luuney · 4 months

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waiting for the day i become a pet in all sense of the word

#feminism has left my body because of my science exams #it’s all i’m a woman in stem until you have multiple open windows for your literature review #if anyone’s looking for a primary bread loser i know somebody (myself)#feed me regularly let me sleep and stroke my hair that’s all i ask #why did god make me human and not a house cat #i’m buddhist

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bardozek · 9 months

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"Most of our actions are socially or economically determined and do not come from our LIFE . . . I don't know whether you have had the experience I have had, but as you get older, the claims of the environment upon you are so great that you hardly know where the hell you are. . . You are always doing something that is required of you . . . Where is your bliss station? . . . Get a phonograph and put on the music that you really love, the music no one else likes or respects, or that book you have always wanted to read, get it done and create a place where you can do it." --Joseph Campbell, Sacrifice and Bliss

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1John O'Neil

#writerslife #writers #guitarists #lit #literature #art #artists on tumblr #buddhists

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crazyfox-archives · 11 months

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A depiction of Seishi Bodhisattva (勢至菩薩) appearing to the monk Hōnen (法然) as he chants the nenbutsu (念仏), a scene from the seventh scroll of “The Deeds of Saint Hōnen, Illustrated” (法然上人行状絵図) dating to the 14th century in the collection of Chion’in Temple (知恩院) in Kyoto

Image from the temple’s official website

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between-the-alchemist-and-god · 2 years

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So I just found out that Golden Cicada is on the Villains wiki?? And it is hilarious to me for some reason??

Ah yes, my career? Confined to the flesh

My skills? Many (negative)

Hobbies? Don't know her. My only purpose is criminal activity

*immediately gets zapped into reincarnation for being annoying*

#journey to the west #jttw #tang sanzang #jttw tripitaka #literature #chinese literature #PLS he's in like three of the chapters of jttw as himself #why does he have a VILLAIN WIKI #I understand he wasn't following Buddhist law but HUH??

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vanshikaahh · 2 years

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mxescargot · 1 month

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oh yeah im trying to read the christian bible again now armed with advice from my christian friends abt what sections are actually important and what sections are hard to get through and whatnot. this might be interesting

#religion #christianity #literature #helix talks #i think christianity is pretty interesting so!#yay #last time i tried it was rlly difficult #this time i am hopefully better at reading stuff #i was told luke and john are prolly the most important new testament ones? so im tryna get through those #me (buddhist) 🤝 hindu friend #learning about abrahamic religions is cool

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julianworker · 3 months

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Diary of a Buddhist Cat - Page 7

This is Page 7 from the book Diary of a Buddhist Cat ============================================================== “It’s my first morning here,” I reply. “I don’t know where they serve breakfast, do I?” “Have you never seen a tea-bag before?” “Not a purple one, no, they’re usually brown and taste of tea.” “These human gaolers are pretentious and drink tisanes, which are teas made of…

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#books #buddhism #buddhist #cat #cats #fiction #fictional #fun #humor #humour #literature #stories #tales #writing

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teenageascetic · 26 days

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The love doctor★彡

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