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The hierarchical system of Zen has attracted severe criticism in the west, because of the misconception of the role and degree of awakening of Zen teachers. [ 3 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The term rōshi has been applied to implicate a certified state of awakening, implying impeccable moral behaviour.
e. In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' (kechimyaku) theoretically traced back to the Buddha himself." [1] The dharma lineage reflects the importance of family-structures in ancient China, and forms a ...
Gangaji was born Merle Antoinette Roberson [2] [3] [4] in Texas in 1942, and grew up in Mississippi. [5] After graduating from the University of Mississippi, she married her first husband and had a child, then became a teacher in Memphis, Tennessee.
Vesak (Pali: Vesākha; Sanskrit: Vaiśākha), also known as Buddha Jayanti, [11] Buddha Purnima, [12] and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists in South Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as Tibet and Mongolia. [13]
KWL table. A KWL table, or KWL chart, is a graphical organizer designed to help in learning. The letters KWL are an acronym, for what students, in the course of a lesson, already k now, w ant to know, and ultimately l earn. It is a part of the constructivist teaching method where students move away from what are considered traditional methods ...
Nhất Hạnh was born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo on 11 October 1926, in the ancient capital of Huế in central Vietnam. [13][7][14] He is 15th generation Nguyễn Đình; the poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, author of Lục Vân Tiên, was his ancestor. [15] His father, Nguyễn Đình Phúc, from Thành Trung village in Thừa Thiên, Huế, was an ...
Adyashanti (/ ˌɑːdjəˈʃɑːnti / AHD-yə-SHAHN-tee; Sanskrit आद्य शान्तिः meaning 'primordial peace'; born Stephen Gray on October 26, 1962) is an American former spiritual teacher and author from the San Francisco Bay Area who offered talks, online study courses, and retreats in the United States and abroad. He is ...
e. Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (born 1943) is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for being one of the very few Western yoginis trained in the East, having spent twelve years living in a ...