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Buddhism, Diversity and ‘Race’: Multiculturalism and Western convert Buddhist movements in East London – a qualitative study [PDF]
This study considers the development of convert Buddhism in multicultural environments. Its focus is on the encounters of people of colour (defined for the purposes of this study as people of African, Asian and Caribbean descent) with Western convert ...
Smith, Sharon Elizabeth
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Buddhism and Western Psychology
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of TheologyPsychology emerged as an independent field of naturalistic inquiry during an era of dawning Western scholarly and popular interest in Buddhism. Over the past century-and-a-half psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts have analysed, pathologized,
Seth Zuihō Segall
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020 IntroductionDuring hard times, religious chanting/praying is widely practiced to cope with negative or stressful emotions. While the underlying neural mechanism has not been investigated to a sufficient extent.
Junling Gao +6 more
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The Number and Regional Distribution of Chinese Monks after the Mid-Qing Dynasty
Religions, 2023 The total number of ordination certificates issued between 1736 and 1739 was 340,112. Analyzing the amount and regional distribution of ordination certificates during the early Qianlong period is helpful for us in clarifying the amount and regional ...
Xuesong Zhang
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Teaching Buddhism in Britain's schools : redefining the insider role [PDF]
, 2010 Dialogical approaches to Religious Education in Britain’s schools have opened the subject to input by Buddhist insiders more than ever in its history although shortcomings remain in the way Buddhism is portrayed in the classroom.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas +1 more
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Buddhism in Central Asia I [PDF]
, 2020 Buddhism in Central Asia (Part I): Patronage, Legitimation, Sacred Space, and Pilgrimage, 6-14th Centuries deals with the various strategies of legitimation and the establishment of sacred space and pilgrimage among both trans-regional (Chinese, Indian ...
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, 2020 Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka’s most culturally productive period. This era of reform (1157–1270) shaped the nature of Theravada Buddhism both in Sri Lanka and also Southeast Asia and even today continues to ...
Gornall, Alastair
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Fostering and sustaining teacher resilience through integration of Eastern and Western mindfulness
Cogent Education, 2022 During the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures have brought significant disruptions to education throughout the world. This pandemic has affected the mental state of teachers from having to adapt to provide online classes. Teacher resilience refers to the
Phrakhru Kowitarttawatee +1 more
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Flows and Counterflows of Buddhism ‘South of the West’: Australia, New Zealand and Hawai‘i [PDF]
, 2022 Introduction to the JGB Special Focus section, "Flows and Counterflows of Buddhism ‘South of the West’: Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaiʻi." In this special issue, we endeavour to explore horizontal flows and counter flows of Buddhism on ‘paths less ...
Rocha, Cristina (R11182) +5 more
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What is the role of preaching in Buddhism?
, 2021 Preaching was an ancient method of teaching within Buddhism. The Buddha himself used and displayed abundant skill in preaching his message effectively. Yet, after two and a half millennia, preaching remains vital in Buddhism, making Buddhism one of the ...
Deegalle, M
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