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Geskiedenis van Boedisme
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description: The History of Buddhism Dr. C. George Boeree Shippensburg University ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ---- Soon after Buddha's death or parinirvana, five hundred monks met at the first council at Rajagrha, under the leadership of Kashyapa. Upali recited the monastic code (Vinaya) as he remembered it. Ananda, Buddha's cousin, friend, and favorite disciple -- and a man of prodigious memory! -- recited Buddha's lessons (the Sutras). The monks debated details and voted on final versions. These were then committed to memory by other monks, to be translated into the many languages of the Indian plains. It should be noted that Buddhism remained an oral tradition for over 200 years after the first council, for the simple reason that India did not as yet have an alphabet. In the next few centuries, the original unity of Buddhism began to fragment. The most significant split occurred after the second council, held at Vaishali 100 years after the first. After debates between a more liberal group and traditionalists, the liberal group left and labeled themselves the Mahasangha -- "the great sangha." They would eventually evolve into the Mahayana tradition of northern Asia. The traditionalists, now referred to as Sthaviravada or "way of the elders" (or, in Pali, Theravada), developed a complex set of philosophical ideas beyond those elucidated by Buddha. These were collected into the Abhidharma or "higher teachings." But they, too, encouraged disagreements, so that one splinter group after another left the fold. Ultimately, 18 schools developed, each with their own interpretations of various issues, and spread all over India and Southeast Asia. Today, only the school stemming from the Sri Lankan Theravadan survives. Ashoka One of the most significant events in the history of Buddhism is the chance encounter of the monk Nigrodha and the emperor Ashoka Maurya. Ashoka, succeeding his father after a bloody power struggle in 268 bc, found …
creator: Ernst v Biljon
date: 2001-05-17T04:45:50-00:00

Re: Geskiedenis van Boedisme
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description: Net as kantlynaantekening: die korrekte spelling is Boeddhisme. Ernest skryf in boodskap news:3b0357a3.0@news1.mweb.co.za... > The History of Buddhism > Dr. C. George Boeree > Shippensburg University > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- -- > ---- > > Soon after Buddha's death or parinirvana, five hundred monks met at the > first council at Rajagrha, under the leadership of Kashyapa. Upali recited > the monastic code (Vinaya) as he remembered it. Ananda, Buddha's cousin, > friend, and favorite disciple -- and a man of prodigious memory! -- recited > Buddha's lessons (the Sutras). The monks debated details and voted on final > versions. These were then committed to memory by other monks, to be > translated into the many languages of the Indian plains. It should be noted > that Buddhism remained an oral tradition for over 200 years after the first > council, for the simple reason that India did not as yet have an alphabet. > > In the next few centuries, the original unity of Buddhism began to fragment. > The most significant split occurred after the second council, held at > Vaishali 100 years after the first. After debates between a more liberal > group and traditionalists, the liberal group left and labeled themselves the > Mahasangha -- "the great sangha." They would eventually evolve into the > Mahayana tradition of northern Asia. > > The traditionalists, now referred to as Sthaviravada or "way of the elders" > (or, in Pali, Theravada), developed a complex set of philosophical ideas > beyond those elucidated by Buddha. These were collected into the Abhidharma > or "higher teachings." But they, too, encouraged disagreements, so that one > splinter group after another left the fold. Ultimately, 18 schools > developed, each with their own interpretations of various issues, and spread > all over India and Southeast Asia. Today, only the school stemming from the > Sri Lankan Theravadan survives. > > Ashoka > > One of the mo…
creator: Johan D. Strydom
date: 2001-05-17T05:59:45-00:00

Re: Geskiedenis van Boedisme
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description: Korrek, met 2 d's. Danielle skryf in boodskap news:7aq6gtgf5na15n8ha79bq66a20c4svroo8@4ax.com... > On Thu, 17 May 2001 07:59:45 +0200, "Johan D. Strydom" > wrote: > >> Net as kantlynaantekening: die korrekte spelling is Boeddhisme. > > q(-_-)p > '_) (_` Met 2 d's. :-) > /__/ \ > _( (__\_\_|_/__) >
creator: Johan D. Strydom
date: 2001-05-17T07:29:32-00:00

Re: Geskiedenis van Boedisme
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description: Oorspronklik gepos deur: @home.com Ernest wrote: > The History of Buddhism > Dr. C. George Boeree > Shippensburg University > > ........ it concludes that nothing is > absolute, everything is relative, nothing exists on its own, everything is > interdependent. All systems, beginning with the idea that each thing is > what it is and not something else (Aristotle's law of the excluded middle), > wind up contradicting themselves. Rigorous logic, in other words, leads one > away from all systems, and to the concept of shunyata. > > Shunyata means emptiness. This doesn't mean that nothing exists. It means > that nothing exists in and of itself, but only as a part of a universal web > of being. This would become a central concept in all branches of Mahayana. > Of course, it is actually a restatement of the central Buddhist concepts of > anatman, anitya, and dukkha! > > Dankie, Ernest, vir 'n baie nuttige en gebalanseerdestuk oor Buddhisme. Soos jy sien, het die Buddhisme oor die hele Verre Ooste versprei en verskillende lokale gedaantes aangeneem. Selfs in Tibetaanse Buddhisme is daar vier verskillende strominge. Die huidige Dalai Lama is 'n Gelug. Die groep wat ek en my man besoek, volg die Nyingma-skool. Dit gebruik baie visualisasies. Ek voel dat die Buddhis/Hindu gedagtegang die denkwyses van die Ooste gespaar het van die foutiewe denke van die Griekse filosowe. Die Grieke se soort denkwyses het die bestaan van materialisme moontlik gemaak, en die dichotomie tussen die Natuur en die Gees. Eintlik is die Buddhisme se filosofie 'n poging meer as tweeduisend jaar gelede om aan die filosofie van relatiwiteit geboorte te gee. Net so glo ek dat die gepraat oor reinkarnasie eintlik 'n primitiewe manier is om te worstel met die bestaan van genes. Gloudina
date: 2001-05-17T22:27:51-00:00