LWC6_Ch 5 Part 4 - The Ten Perfections in the Pāli Tradition Flashcards
(500 cards)
Which modern teachers emphasize Role of pāramī in modern meditation traditions as a foundation for insight?
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu emphasizes this perfection as a practical training in restraint and presence.
Why is Lay vs monastic perfection practice particularly relevant to lay practitioners today?
Lay practitioners use this pāramī to apply Dharma to family life, livelihood, and civic responsibility.
What role does Theravāda vs Mahāyāna pāramī theories play in the integration of daily life and spiritual path?
In contemporary settings, this is sometimes adapted as mindfulness or secular ethics.
Why might some modern teachers minimize the role of Modern relevance of pāramī?
Lay practitioners use this pāramī to apply Dharma to family life, livelihood, and civic responsibility.
What role does Theravāda vs Mahāyāna pāramī theories play in the integration of daily life and spiritual path?
Theravāda often highlights cumulative merit and gradual development, while Mahāyāna frames it within omniscient awakening.
How is the practice of Lay vs monastic perfection practice shaped by cultural or social factors?
Lay practitioners use this pāramī to apply Dharma to family life, livelihood, and civic responsibility.
Why might some modern teachers minimize the role of Modern relevance of pāramī?
In contemporary settings, this is sometimes adapted as mindfulness or secular ethics.
In what way does Merit vs wisdom orientation help bridge the gap between ethics and meditation?
Bhikkhu Bodhi links it to a comprehensive framework of personal transformation rooted in Pāli texts.
How is the practice of Role of pāramī in modern meditation traditions shaped by cultural or social factors?
The pāramī functions as both discipline and flexible response to suffering.
In what way does Bodhisatta ideal in Theravāda help bridge the gap between ethics and meditation?
Some critics argue that overemphasis on this perfection can lead to spiritual bypassing or rigidity.
Which modern teachers emphasize Modern relevance of pāramī as a foundation for insight?
Some critics argue that overemphasis on this perfection can lead to spiritual bypassing or rigidity.
Why might some modern teachers minimize the role of Role of pāramī in modern meditation traditions?
It supports balance between energetic striving and contemplative receptivity.
Why might some modern teachers minimize the role of Modern relevance of pāramī?
Lay practitioners use this pāramī to apply Dharma to family life, livelihood, and civic responsibility.
How does Buddhist ethics approach conflicts involving Merit vs wisdom orientation?
Lay practitioners use this pāramī to apply Dharma to family life, livelihood, and civic responsibility.
Why might some modern teachers minimize the role of Merit vs wisdom orientation?
The integration of this virtue into Western contexts sometimes shifts its focus from transcendence to well-being.
How does Buddhist ethics approach conflicts involving Role of pāramī in modern meditation traditions?
Lay practitioners use this pāramī to apply Dharma to family life, livelihood, and civic responsibility.
How do teachings by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu approach Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu’s teaching style differently?
Lay practitioners use this pāramī to apply Dharma to family life, livelihood, and civic responsibility.
How does Buddhist ethics approach conflicts involving Bodhisatta ideal in Theravāda?
Some critics argue that overemphasis on this perfection can lead to spiritual bypassing or rigidity.
How is the practice of Role of pāramī in modern meditation traditions shaped by cultural or social factors?
Bhikkhu Bodhi links it to a comprehensive framework of personal transformation rooted in Pāli texts.
How do Merit vs wisdom orientation differ in emphasis between Theravāda and Mahāyāna traditions?
It is often reframed in modern traditions as a mode of emotional regulation and resilience.
Why is Theravāda vs Mahāyāna pāramī theories particularly relevant to lay practitioners today?
Lay practitioners use this pāramī to apply Dharma to family life, livelihood, and civic responsibility.
How do teachings by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu approach Modern relevance of pāramī differently?
In contemporary settings, this is sometimes adapted as mindfulness or secular ethics.
How is the practice of Critical reflection on effort and renunciation shaped by cultural or social factors?
Theravāda often highlights cumulative merit and gradual development, while Mahāyāna frames it within omniscient awakening.
Why might some modern teachers minimize the role of Challenges in balancing mettā and adhiṭṭhāna?
The pāramī functions as both discipline and flexible response to suffering.