Education can be enriching and transformative. It can also be downright excruciating—even demoralizing. When it comes to learning, why are some of us lovers and some of us haters? Welcome to the world of educational psychology, which uses science to explore what causes people to engage and learn, and what we can do to make learning opportunities more enjoyable and impactful. Spoiler alert: Teachers can only do so much. Students, too, must take control of their learning. Unfortunately, many of us never, ahem, learned the skills to do just that.

【内容紹介】鎌倉仏教の対極をなす法然と明恵。真逆の思想を持った二人の生きざまと人間的魅力に、比較宗教学を専門とする町田宗鳳氏が迫ります。【講師紹介】広島大学教授 町田宗鳳- 1950年、京都生まれ。14歳で出家し、以来20年間京都の大徳寺で修行をする。34歳で寺を離れ、以後数々の大学で教授をつとめる。著書『法然対明恵』『法然―世紀末の革命者』など多数。

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This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into 10 thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope of the Buddha's discourses, from family life and marriage to renunciation and the path of insight.

The title of this novel is a combination of two Sanskrit words, “siddha,” which is defined as “achieved,” and “artha” which is defined as “meaning” or “wealth.” The word serves as the name for the principal character, a man on a spiritual journey of self-discovery during the time of the first Buddha. Siddhartha is the son of a wealthy Brahmin family who decides to leave his home in the hopes of gaining spiritual illumination. Siddhartha is joined by his best friend Govinda.

For more than 2,000 years, the Heart Sutra has been part of the daily life of millions of Buddhists. This concise text, so rich and laden with meaning, concentrates the very heart of Buddhism into a powerful and evocative teaching on the interdependence of all reality. In Essence of the Heart Sutra, the Dalai Lama masterfully unpacks the Heart Sutra so that any listener can benefit from its teachings - teachings meant to help us release ourselves from suffering and live with true compassion.

First published in 1925, Buddha's Teachings was originally edited by Japanese scholars of Buddhism before WWII and distributed widely throughout Japan. The first English edition was published in 1934.

Dhammapada means "the path of dharma", the path of harmony and righteousness that anyone can follow to reach the highest good. This classic Buddhist scripture is a collection of vivid, practical verses gathered from direct disciples who wanted to preserve what they had heard from the Buddha himself. Easwaran's translation of this classic Buddhist text is the best-selling translation in the US.

It is widely accepted that the Sutta Nipata contains the earliest recorded version of the Buddha's teaching. It is an anthology of poetry and prose - 70 titled suttas of varied instruction and temperament arranged in five chapters.

閉塞した現代の中で、人々はどう生きていくべきか？初期仏教の大家、スマナサーラ長老と精神科医・香山リカが議論します。二人の専門家が導いた、生きるために最も大切なこととは？


上座仏教長老のスマナサーラさんと精神科医の香山リカさんが対談。

仏教の思考などは知らない人には一見奇妙に見えるかも知れませんが仏教の教えはとても理にかなった考えで、考えさせられる物がたくさんあります。

「妄想は罪である」とは仏教の教えであります。
妄想というのは、人間の欲、怒り、嫉妬、憎しみなどから生まれ、肉体的にも変化をもたらし大変危険なものとされています。

長老のスマナサーラさんは
「生きるということは、死ぬ瞬間までを生きる。だから生きているのがつらいというのは初めから当たり前だ」
と言っています。
つまり、苦労をせずに生きている人などこの世に存在しないということになります。

生きている事に疑問を感じている現代人の方は、ぜひ「生きる勉強」をしてみてはいかがでしょうか？