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		<title>Lex Hixon 1941-1995</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to post this from SRV. Lex Hixon was my Sufi Sheikh &#38; in my view a living Bodhisattva. Sadly, he left this plane way too soon. It has been twelve years but he is still missed by many. Gassho.   LEX HIXON Founder of SRV December 25, 1941 &#8211; November 1, 1995   Lex [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=86&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Han Fei by Dr. John Knoblock</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Han Fei John Knoblock This is one of a series of pages discussing Classical Chinese philosophy during the period from before Confucius (ca 650 B.C.) to the early Han dynasty (ca 200 B.C.). This page provides an intellectual biography of the 3rd century &#8220;Legalist&#8221; philosopher Han Fei and excerpts from two of his most important [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=83&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mantra Pushpam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hinduism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vedas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Mantra Pushpam [This great mantra is taken from Taithreeya Aranyakam of Yajur Veda. It is normally sung in a chorus by all the priests together after performing any Pooja (worship) or Yagna. It tells in short that water is the basis of this universe. The reason why it is repeated in all functions is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=81&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No-self or Not-self?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buddhist philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No-self or Not-self?   One of the first stumbling blocks that Westerners often encounter when they learn about Buddhism is the teaching on anatta, often translated as no-self. This teaching is a stumbling block for two reasons. First, the idea of there being no self doesn&#8217;t fit well with other Buddhist teachings, such as the doctrine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=75&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vasubandhu&#8217;s Verses of Aspiration for Birth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Yogācāra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vasubandhu (Sanskrit. Chinese 世親. Korean 세친, fl. 4th c.) was an Indian Buddhist scholar-monk, and along with his half-brother Asanga, one of the main founders of the Indian Yogācāra school. Vasubandhu is one of the most influential figures in the entire history of Buddhism.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasubandhu VASUBANDHU&#8217;S DISCOURSE ON THE PURE LAND JODORON translated from Chinese [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=70&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mahakarunika Dharani</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dharani]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mahakarunika Dharani Namo ratna-trayaya namah arya avalokitešvaraya bodhisattvaya mahasattvaya mahakarunikaya om&#8217; sabalavati šudhanatasya namas-krivanimam arya avalokitešvara lamtabha namo nilakantha šrimahapatašami sarvatodhušuphem asiyum sarvasada nama bhaga mabhatetu tadyatha om&#8217; avaloki lokate kalati ešili mahabodhisattva sabho sabho mara mara maši maši ridhayum guru guru gamam turu turu bhašiyati maha bhašiyati dhara dhara dhirini švaraya jala jala mama [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=68&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kukai&#8217;s initiation Into esoteric Buddhism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kukai]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade &#8220;From Primitives to Zen&#8221;: KUKAI&#8217;S INITIATION IN THE ESOTERIC BUDDHISM (&#8216;Kobo Daishi Zenshu,&#8217; I, 98 ff.) Kukai (774-835) learned in China and introduced to Japan the Buddhism known as the True Words (Mantrayana in Sanskrit, Shingon in Japanese). In Shingon Buddhism the mysteries are transmitted orally from master to disciple. This Esoteric Buddhism [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=66&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hua-yen/Kegon School</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hua-yen school The Hua-yen school derived its name from the title of the Chinese translation of Avatamsaka-sutra. Avatamsaka literally means &#8220;Flower Garland&#8221;. (Fig.1 Hua-Yen Temple)  The first complete translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra in Chinese was done by Buddhabhadra(359-429) between 418-421. This translation is in sixty fascicles and has thirty-four chapters. It is also referred [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=69&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Avatamsaka Sutra, chapter 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kegon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AVATAMSAKA SUTRA, chapter 40: (notes to the readers) Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society On Entering the Inconceivable state of Liberation through the Practices and Vows of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra[1] At that time, having praised the exalted merits and virtues of the Thus Come One,[2] the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra addressed the Bodhisattvas, along with Sudhana,[3] [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=62&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saichõ and Kukai: A Conflict of Interpretations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dupree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kukai]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tendai-shu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mikkyo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saichõ and Kukai: A Conflict of Interpretations                        by Ryuichi ABÉ This article reappraises the interaction between Saichõ (767–822) and Kukai (774–835), founders, respectively, of the Japanese Tendai and Shingon schools of Buddhism. This new appraisal is based on the historical conditions in which these two men sought to introduce new types of Buddhism at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1919511&amp;post=61&amp;subd=kukaimikkyo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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