Tulisan ini mengkaji bagaimana relief Jatakamala di Candi Borobudur merepresentasikan ajaran enam kesempurnaan (sat-paramita), peran sosial dari tokoh utama, dan nilai-nilai universal dalam cerita. Penelitian perlu dilakukan karena belum ada analisis yang memadai diasosiasikan dengan praktik pada kajian-kajian terdahulu. Berdasarkan tiga komponen data: relief, naskah, sutra-sutra mengenai kesem...

Skilful means is an important doctrine in Mahayana Buddhism. It gives the movement its pedagogical skill in teaching Dharma and spiritual care. This paper examines the importance of the Jyotis narrative in the Skill-in-Means Sutra, in which a monk violates celibacy for the sake of a woman’s happiness. This essay ties the idea of skill-in-means more intimately with modern Buddhism, examining its...

This paper proposes a third meditation-category--automatic self-transcending--to extend the dichotomy of focused attention and open monitoring proposed by Lutz. Automatic self-transcending includes techniques designed to transcend their own activity. This contrasts with focused attention, which keeps attention focused on an object; and open monitoring, which keeps attention involved in the moni...

Hindu mathematics in the Vedic period (c.3000 B.C. or probably much earlier) is a rich and diverse field that encompasses wide range of mathematical concepts techniques. The Vedas are ancient religious texts contain vast collection knowledge, including mathematics. Śulbasūtras, which part Vedas, instructions for construction altars performance sacrificial rituals. In this paper, we explore foun...

Niche 6 in Cave 169 of Bingling Temple 炳靈寺 contains the earliest surviving Amitāyus sculpture triad cave temples China. This paper attempts to re-identify textual sources ink inscription “De Dashizhi Pusa 得大勢志菩薩” (Skt. Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva) from 169. At first, it corrects misidentification Pusa” recent decades. Then, discusses relationship between multiple scriptures and Pusa”. Consider...