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#mahayana — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mahayana, aggregated by home.social.
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Return to Buddhism's roots to understand its key principles and its development—philosophical, practical, and historical—and to appreciate its depth and relevance today.
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📰 The *Buddhabhūmisūtra* and the *Trikāya* Doctrine (A free, 7-page article from 1987)
Tags: #Pureland #Mahayana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/pure-land-senantics_keenan -
📰 The Khotanese *Sumukhasūtra* (A free, 35-page article from 1998)
Tags: #Mahayana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/khotanese-sumukhasutra_emmerick-ronald -
🗣️ The Origins of the Bodhisattva Bhumis (A free, 102-minute talk from 2010)
Tags: #Bodhisattva #Mahayana #SpiritualAwakening
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/origins-bodhisattva-bhumis_nattier -
🗒️ In Praise of the Three Jewels (A free, 2-page essay in translation from 2020)
Tags: #Mahayana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/essays/praise-triple-gem_vasubandhu -
🗒️ In Praise of the Three Jewels (A free, 2-page essay in translation from 2019)
Tags: #Mahayana
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📰 Original Purity and the Focus of Early Yogācāra (A free, 12-page article from 1982)
Tags: #Philosophy #TBT #Mahayana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/original-purity-focus-early-yogacara_keenan-john -
📰 Nāgārjuna (A free, 29-page article from 2010)
Tags: #Mahayana #Philosophy #Madhyamaka #Emptiness
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Hi, #Buddhism! ☸️🪷🧘
I’m a practicing Buddhist, and I’d love to follow people who practice Buddhism and/or have a genuine interest in the Buddhist path. If you post about Theravada and/or Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, I’d love to follow you!
#Buddhist #Dharma #KarmaKagyu #Kagyu #DiamondWay #DiamondWayBuddhism #Karmapa #16thKarmapa #RangjungRigpeDorje #Milarepa #JetsunMilarepa #TibetanBuddhism #Vajrayana #VajrayanaBuddhism #Mahayana #Meditation #Mantra #Bodhicitta #Compassion #Wisdom #Mindfulness #Awareness #SpiritualPath #SpiritualPractice #Enlightenment #Theravada
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📰 An Examination of Mural Paintings at Toyok, Turfan (A free, 30-page article from 2002)
Tags: #Pureland #Mahayana #Buddhastatue
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/practice-visualization-visualization-sutra_yamabe-nobuyoshi -
You don't have to put blind faith in me, or in my connection to Buddhism. I don't expect anyone to accept what I say simply because I call myself a Buddhist.
I don't really see myself as religious in the usual sense either. Buddhism has become something I actually practice and experience rather than simply a list of beliefs I am supposed to blindly accept. I meditate, recite mantras, study the teachings, go to my local Diamond Way center, and try to bring what I learn into ordinary life. Sometimes the practice brings a lot of joy and clarity, sometimes it makes me question things or shows me parts of myself I would rather not see. But I think that is part of being on a genuine path.
I follow the Buddhist path within the Diamond Way of the Karma Kagyu lineage, and I have a lot of respect and gratitude for the Karmapas, especially the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, and for the great lineage masters, especially Jetsün Milarepa, whose life and realization are a huge inspiration to me. I don't expect anyone else to simply take my word for any of this, and I certainly don't think that being a Kagyu Buddhist makes me somehow more knowledgeable, more spiritual, or more correct than anyone else.
I don't expect anyone to believe what I believe just because I'm Buddhist. The Buddha himself said not to simply accept something because you've heard it, because it's tradition, or because someone you respect tells you it is true. He encouraged people to investigate for themselves and see what is true through their own experience, and as I said earlier, I don't really see myself as a religious person, but I do follow the Buddhist path.
Anyway, I just wanted to share a little about the path I have chosen in life. Have a wonderful day, and may I bring a little joy and happiness your way. Below is one of my favorite Buddhist thangkas at the moment.
#Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma #KarmaKagyu #Kagyu #DiamondWay #DiamondWayBuddhism #Karmapa #16thKarmapa #RangjungRigpeDorje #Milarepa #JetsunMilarepa #TibetanBuddhism #Vajrayana #VajrayanaBuddhism #Mahayana #Meditation #Mantra #Bodhicitta #Compassion #Wisdom #Mindfulness #Awareness #SpiritualPath #SpiritualPractice #BuddhistArt #Thangka #ThangkaArt #BuddhistThangka #TibetanArt #Enlightenment
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📰 Meeting Buddhas Now (A ✨NEW✨, free, 52-page article)
Tags: #Thirdeye #Mahayana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/meeting-buddhas-now_analayo -
📑 Quest for and Liberation through the Thing-In-Itself (A free, 36-page paper from 2013)
Tags: #Mahayana #Yogacara #Truth
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/papers/meditative-practices-in-the-bodhisattvabhumi_deleanu-f -
📕 Allies or Rivals? (A free, 264-page book from 2015)
Tags: #Philosophy #Mahayana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/madhyamaka-and-yogacara_garfield-westerhoff -
📰 Madhyamaka (A free, 20-page article from 2010)
Tags: #Mahayana #Madhyamaka #Philosophy
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/madhyamaka_hayes-richard -
📕 Literary History of Sanskrit Buddhism (A free, 380-page book from 1919)
Tags: #BuddhistStudies #FridayReads #Mahayana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/literary-history-of-sanskrit-buddhism_nariman-g -
📰 The Official Iconography of Śākyamuni & Maitreya (A free, 10-page article from 1980)
Tags: #EarlyIndianArt #TBT #Mahayana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/kaniskas-buddha-coins_cribb-joe -
📰 Innovation and the Role of Intertextuality in the Pañcaskandhaka and Related Yogācāra Works (A free, 72-page article from 2015)
Tags: #Mahayana #India #Abhidharma #Hermeneutics
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/innovation-intertextuality-pancaskandhaka_kramer