Shastra on the Door to Understanding the Hundred Dharmas
Theory and practice merge in his commentary, as he shows how this text is not mere philosophy, but is of invaluable use on the Buddhist path, breaking through confusion and attachment.
Dharma
... dharmas in a “fivefold taxonomy” ( pañcavastuka ) of five genera. Therein, one finds eleven dharmas of material form ( rupa ), one dharma of thought ( citta ), forty-six thought-concomitant dharmas ( caitta : whole- some ones like faith ...
Shastra on the Door to Understanding the Hundred Dharmas
A text fundamental to consciousness Only doctrine, by Vasubandhu Bodhisattva, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.
Dharma
... dharmas exist , and that these dharmas cannot themselves harbour constitutive elements . That is to say , the dharmas are irreducible and are for that reason the ultimate constituents of the things that make up phenomenal reality ...
Shastra on the Door to Understanding the Hundred Dharmas
A text fundamental to consciousness Only doctrine, by Vasubandhu Bodhisattva, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.
The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "dharma"
... dharmas are the same as duḥkha and samudaya , the anāsrava - dharmas the same as nirodha and mārga ; cf. Ab . K. , i , 3. Thus duḥkha in this formula does not at all mean " sorrow " , butitisa synonym of the seventy - two dharmas , or ...
A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy: Cosmology
... dharmas included under each category , all the schools agree that rūpa dharmas consist of the component units of the Rūpa skandha ; Citta dharmas of the component parts of the Vijñāna skandha ; while the Caitasikas consist of the Vedanā ...
Gaekwad's Oriental Series
dharmas , [ as you say ] , are void , words also are void , [ because words are included in the totality of the dharmas ) . Now if words are void , they cannot refute any dharma . If this be so , then , we may contest the validity of ...
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
... dharmas following one another in un- broken succession , cause and effect . But what is meant by dharma ? This word , as Max Müller said , is difficult to translate , though easy to understand . Man is a collection , a ' series ' of dharmas ...
Pre-Diṅnāga Buddhist Texts on Logic from Chinese Sources
... dharmas are void ; then words also are void . What for ? Because words also are included in the totality of dharmas . But if words are void , they cannot refute the dharmas . If that [ opponent , who believes in the void , ] refutes ...
Systems of Buddhistic Thought
... dharmas ' signify ' mental properties ' which follow the action of The function of the Mental Properties . the ' cittam ' ( ' mind ' ) like courtiers who follow their king . The function of the ' Caitta - dharmas ' is to seize the ...
A Short History of the Twelve Japanese Buddhist Sects
... dharmas , or ' imma- terial things , ' are those on which Samskrita - dharmas , or ' compounded things ' depend . Yet they are , of course , not separated from each other , so that the ' only knowledge ' ( Yui - shiki ) includes all com ...
The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Introduction (ch.2)
... dharmas as without self . What are dharmas ? Generally , they are divided into five categories . They are explained in detail in the Shastra to the Door of Understanding the Hundred Dharmas , by Bodhisattva Vasubandhu . There are ...
The Indian Law Reports
... Dharmas , are fit for Upanayana . Having Upanayana performed , they receive all Dvija Dharmas . ( Here an objection is raised ) . By stating that they have Anantara names , it is the caste ( jati ) of their mothers , that is said of ...
Origin and Doctrines of Early Indian Buddhist Schools
... dharmas of the Mahāsamghikas have the same names as those of the Sarvāstivādins and Mahīśāsakas . According to the Abhidharmakośa - śāstra the first of the three , namely pratisamkhyā - nirodha , signifies " the emancipation which is ...
What is the Dharma?
Buddhism answers these questions through the Dharma, which is a traditional term meaning both "the truth" and "the path", and is the subject of this book, which offers a starter-kit of Buddhist teachings and practices.
Princess of Wales Sarasvati Bhavana Studies
... Dharmas peculiar to each Yuga differ on account of the difference in the capacities of the men called upon to observe those Dharmas . This view is supported by Baudhāyana , who says- " One should perform the necessary duties , so far as ...
Foundations of Buddhism
... dharmas , objects of our cognisance . Within us and without , we come in touch only with dharmas , as in us and outside us exist but dharmas . The word " dharma " is one of the most significant and most difficult to translate in the ...