The Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism

Revisiting the Notion of Zong: Contextualizing the Dharma Drum Lineage of Modern Chan Buddhism

The paper examines the historiography of zong in Chan/Zen studies in relation to Venerable Sheng Yen’s Dharma Drum Lineage in the historical context of postwar Taiwanese religions. It also examines the evolution and the theoretical basis of Sheng Yen’s formulation of Chinese Buddhist orthodoxy.

The Buddhist Tradition Religious Beliefs and Healthcare Decisions by Paul

Buddhism originated as a movement of spiritual renunciants who followed Siddhartha Gautama, a prince of the Shakya people in northern India around 500 B.C.E. (before the common era, often designated B.C.). Legend recounts that after Siddhartha confronted the realities of old age, illness, and death, he renounced his privileged social position to seek spiritual salvation. Through years spent stu...

Buddhism and Ecology : The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds . Ed - ited

Rebuking the Enemies of the Lotus Nichirenist Exclusivism in Historical Perspective

The Buddhist teacher Nichiren (1222–1282) has tended to be marginalized by many scholars of Buddhism as “intolerant” for his exclusivistic claim that only the Lotus Sðtra leads to salvation in the Final Dharma age (mappõ). While the Nichiren Buddhist tradition has often been aggressive in asserting its exclusive truth claim and in opposing other forms of Buddhism, the label of “intolerance” doe...

J Yotis in the S Kill - in - M Eans S Ū Tra

Skilful means is an important doctrine in Mahayana Buddhism. It gives the movement its pedagogical skill in teaching Dharma and spiritual care. This paper examines the importance of the Jyotis narrative in the Skill-in-Means Sutra, in which a monk violates celibacy for the sake of a woman’s happiness. This essay ties the idea of skill-in-means more intimately with modern Buddhism, examining its...