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Searle and Buddhism on the Non-Self [PDF]

, 2017
In this brief note I continue the discussion that I had with John Searle on the topic of the self and the possibility of continuity of consciousness after death of the body. The gist of Searle\u27s reply to my original paper (Hongladarom 2008) is that it
HONGLADAROM, Soraj
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Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
wiley   +1 more source

Waking up to the Present: Vipassana Meditation and the Body [PDF]

, 2011
Using ethnographic methods I examine the process of learning vipassana meditation, a form of meditation in which the practitioner focuses on their bodily sensations, and the ways in which learning this form of meditation affects the practitioner\u27s ...
Geffre, Craig
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Ambiguous Boundaries of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Belonging in Japan: A Descriptive Analysis of Plural and Cultural Religiosity

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research note analyzes the ambiguous boundaries of religious identity, belief, and ritual behavior in Japan, drawing on data from a nationally representative postal survey conducted in 2024 (N = 3947). The findings reveal widespread participation in Buddhist and Shinto rituals even among individuals who identify as nonreligious or atheist,
Koki Shimizu, Yoshihide Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating troubled waters: Posthumanist vulnerability and entanglement in Richard Powers's Playground (2024)

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Richard Powers's most recent novels to date—The Overstory (2018), Bewilderment (2021), and Playground (2024)—engage with some of the environmental and technological threats that loom over our planet, such as deforestation, species loss, the degradation of the ocean bottom, and the risks associated with the development of generative AI ...
Carmen Laguarta‐Bueno
wiley   +1 more source

On the Ontology of Composites in Abhidharma Buddhism

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Abhidharma Buddhism maintains that the only ultimately real (paramārtha) entities in the universe are dharmas, which are simples. What then is the ontological status of composites on this theory? One possibility is that Abhidharma Buddhists deny the reality of composites.
Monima Chadha, Shaun Nichols
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Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom

Teaching Theology &Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
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Chinese Buddhism in the System of Worlds of Mahayana Buddhism

RUDN Journal of Philosophy
The research examines the features of the Mahayana world of Chinese Buddhism in the system of worlds of Mahayana Buddhism. A definition is given of the concept of “worlds of Mahayana Buddhism” as divergent constructs formed in the areas of distribution ...
Leonid E. Yangutov
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Addressing racial disparities in representation across blood, stem cell and organ and tissue donor pools

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Adequate representation of donors from diverse ancestral populations in blood, stem cell and organ transplantation is critical to ensuring equitable access to these lifesaving therapies. Because of population‐level differences in genetic markers, patients from racialized groups may have unique transfusion and ...
Bonnie Lu, Sylvia Okonofua, Farnaz Farahbakhsh, Rupal Hatkar, Lauren Sano, Margarita Conway, Marie‐Claire Kapesa, Manuel Escoto, Murdoch Leeies, Warren B. Fingrut   +9 more
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Central Asian Nomads in the Spread of Buddhism in Russia

RUDN Journal of World History
The history of Buddhism in Middle Asia and its subsequent transition to Russia is rich in every dimension: in peoples and lands, events, processes, which played an important role in the history of religion, etc.
Baatr U. Kitinov
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