Dhamma Pala is one of the many centres around the world dedicated to the practice of Vipassana meditation as taught by Shri S. You are here.1.В LOGOS: Critical Thinking, Arguments, and FallaciesDhamma Pala Meditation Hall. Dhamma Giri - Vipassana International Academy.

Anselm вЂ“ On the Ontological Proof of GodвЂ™s Existence28.В David HumeвЂ“ On the Irrationality of Believing in Miracles30.В William James вЂ“ On the Will to Believe31.В SГёren Kierkegaard вЂ“ On Encountering Faith32.В An Introduction to Western Epistemology33.В Selected Readings from Russell's The Problems of Philosophy37.В Selections from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge40.В Selected Readings on Immanuel Kant's Transcendental Idealism45.В Slave and Master Morality (From Chapter IX of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil)48.В Selected Readings from David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals50.В An Introduction to Western Ethical Thought: Aristotle, Kant, Utilitarianism53.В An Introduction to Kant's Moral Theory54.В Selected Readings from Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals65.В Selected Readings from Thomas Hobbes' 'Leviathan'66.В Selected Readings from John Locke's 'Second Treatise of Government'68.В A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality69.В John Rawls and the вЂњVeil of IgnoranceвЂќ70.В John Stuart Mill вЂ“ On The Equality of Women71.В Mary Wollstonecraft вЂ“ On the Rights of Women73.В An Introduction to Marx's Philosophic and Economic Thought78.В Plato вЂ“ On the Value of Art and Imitation82.В Immanuel Kant вЂ“ On the Aesthetic Taste84.В Selected Reading from SГёren Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling85.В Selected Readings on SГёren Kierkegaard87.В Selected Reading from Simone de Beauvoir: Introduction to The Second Sex89.В Selected Readings from and on Friedrich Nietzsche's 'Eternal Recurrence'Unit 2: Metaphysics 19 Dhamma: What the Buddha TaughtMany people think of Buddhism as a religion rather than a philosophy and so one might wonder why there is a chapter on Buddhism in an introduction to philosophy textbook. Thomas Aquinas вЂ“ On the Five Ways to Prove GodвЂ™s Existence26.В William Paley вЂ“ On The Teleological Argument27.В St. Augustine's 'On the Holy Trinity'10.В An Introduction to Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave'12.В Plato's 'Simile of the Sun and 'The Divided Line'15.В An Introduction to Aristotle's Metaphysics16.В Selected Readings from Aristotle's Categories18.В Reality and Time (from Bhagavad Gita)20.В What is a Chariot? (And what are we?)24.В Aquinas's Five Proofs for the Existence of God25.В St. Augustine's 'The City of God'9.В Selected Reading from St. In Hinduism, dharma is seen as the cosmic law both upheld by the.8.В Selected Reading from St. It is situated at Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, India and was established in May 2009.2.В An Introduction to RussellвЂ™s вЂњThe Value of PhilosophyвЂќIn Indian religion, the eternal law of the cosmos, inherent in the very nature of things.

It might be said that intellectual philosophy and religious practice are intrinsic to the BuddhaвЂ™s teachings.This chapter begins by placing the Buddha in the context of Indian history and Asian history. At the same time, the Buddha emphasized an adherence to moral practice. The BuddhaвЂ™s teachings (called вЂњDhammaвЂќ) addressed fundamental questions about the self, the human condition, and the nature of existenceвЂ”all of which are recognized philosophical questions within the Western tradition. Religion and philosophy were never thought of as separate and distinct disciplines.

Instead, he encouraged his followers to verify the truth of Dhamma by making their own honest observations about self and existence. Inherent in the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, and the Three Marks of Existence is a rational investigation of self and existence вЂ“ both features of philosophical inquiry throughout human history.The Buddha never expected his followers to blindly accept the truth of his teachings. Tackling these mistaken views on karma, for example, serves as a useful introduction to Dhamma.The story of Malunkyaputta and the parable of the poisoned arrow can function as a preface to the Dhamma and will provide students with an orientation to both what is important to and irrelevant in the BuddhaвЂ™s teachings. By examining these misconceptions and misrepresentations, students will gain insights into what the Buddha actually taught in contrast to what people think he taught.

Ananda, a disciple of the Buddha, is said to have recited from memory all of the BuddhaвЂ™s sermons at the first Buddhist council in Rajagaha, India and Upali, another disciple of the Buddha, recited for the council all of the BuddhaвЂ™s 227 rules. During that time monks trained in memorization techniques memorized the BuddhaвЂ™s teachings. That is to say, Buddhism existed in oral form for at least four hundred years. That the Buddha spoke Pali is more difficult to ascertain but scholars think he probably spoke something very similar to it.Whatever the case may be, the Buddha never heard the word вЂњBuddhismвЂќ nor did he ever see the word in writing.It should also be noted that the teachings of the Buddha were not written down until the first century BCE.

Historians believe that the teachings, rules, and commentaries were initially written at this council on palm leaves and then appropriately placed into three baskets. In Buddhism, these written teachings, rules, and commentaries are known as the Tipitaka (вЂњthree basketsвЂќ) and constitute whatвЂ™s called the Pali Canon. In addition to the sermons and rules of the Buddha, commentaries on the BuddhaвЂ™s sermons by various disciples were gradually added over the years and these, too, came to be written down. Tradition says that at the fourth Buddhist council, convened by King Vattagamani (88-77 BCE) in Sri Lanka, the BuddhaвЂ™s teachings and rules were written down for the first time. Memorization of large quantities of doctrinal information was common in India at the time of the Buddha and this was how the BuddhaвЂ™s teachings were passed on from generation to generation.

The area where the Buddha was born is actually now in modern-day Nepal. Jainism, Confucianism, and Taoism, therefore, all came into existence in Asia about the same time as Buddhism. This makes him a contemporary of Mahavira (599-527 BCE), KвЂ™ung Fu-tzu (551-479 BCE), and Lao Tzu (570-517 BCE). Historical ContextThe traditional dates for the BuddhaвЂ™s birth and death are 563-483 BCE, respectively. Still, scholars study this language to gain access to the original teachings of the Buddha.

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