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The Emergence of Secular Insight Practices in Australia [PDF]

, 2007
In recent years insight (vipassana) practice in Australia has diversified in content and spawned new institutions that present a more secular face. These changes exemplify the development of global Buddhism elsewhere rather than some local, sui generis ...
Higgins, W, Bubna-Litic, DC
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Gender and Buddhist Doctrine

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Women have been part of Buddhism since its inception in India, both as nuns and laity. As the tradition progressed, both within India and beyond, texts and traditions emerged that are or can be perceived as negative towards women.
Alice Collett
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Như Thanh (1911–1999)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Bhikṣuṇī Như Thanh (1911–1999) was an ordained Vietnamese Buddhist nun, leader, and teacher who significantly influenced Vietnamese Buddhism and the development of the Southern Vietnamese Buddhist Nuns’ Sangha.
Ninh Thị Sinh
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Correction: Liberation mathematics I: the behavioral and consciousness definition of perpetual self-transcendence. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Samanta S.
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Buddhist Nuns in Myanmar

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
In Myanmar, Buddhist nuns are recognized as part of the sangha (Buddhist monastic community) and are commonly referred to as thila-shin, meaning a disciplined and virtuous female practitioner.
Hiroko Kawanami
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Traditional Antipyretic Medicinal Plants Used in Yasothon Province, Northeastern Thailand. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Jitpromma T, Saensouk P, Watthana S, Srisuk P, Thanakornjuk K, Saensouk S.   +5 more
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The Cultural Practices of Modern Chinese Buddhism: Attuning the Dharma

, 2011
Buddhism in China during the late Qing and Republican period remained a powerful cultural and religious force. Francesca Tarocco is a rising star in this field and offers an innovative high-quality piece of work that presents a new perspective on the ...
Tarocco, Francesca
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Dōgen (1200–1253)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Dōgen can without any doubt be considered one of the most important Japanese thinkers of all times. An aristocrat by birth, he entered the head monastery of the Tendai school favoured by the nobility at an early age, left it when he did not find ...
Rein Raud
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Global suicide trends across major religions from 2000 to 2021. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Ito A, Mori H, Yano Y, Naito T.
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The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Buddhism

, 2017
Buddhism is a diverse field of study that combines religion, philosophy, history, political science, sociology, art history, philology and textual studies, and informs a variety of comparative studies.
Autori Vari, Tarocco, Francesca
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