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Buddhism and Western Psychology

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Psychology 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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Buddhism in Central Asia I [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Exploring the Intricate Usage and Interpretation Issues of “體” (tǐ) in Xuanzang’s Translation of Abhidharmakośabhāṣya

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This study delves into the intricate usage and interpretation issues of the Chinese term “體” (tǐ) in Xuanzang’s translation of the Abhidharmakośa (AKBh[X]) by providing a Sanskrit-Chinese comparative investigation.
Shuqing Zhang
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Repetitive Religious Chanting Invokes Positive Emotional Schema to Counterbalance Fear: A Multi-Modal Functional and Structural MRI Study

open access: yesFrontiers 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

open access: yesReligions, 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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The Funerary Rites of Won Buddhism in Korea

open access: yesReligions, 2020
Won Buddhism, established in 1916 by Founding Master Sot’aesan (少太山, 1891–1943), is one of the most active new religious movements in South Korea. When Korean society experienced a revolution in terms of values together with a swift transformation at the
Kwangsoo Park
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Teaching Buddhism in Britain's schools : redefining the insider role [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Rewriting Buddhism [PDF]

open access: yes, 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

open access: yesCogent 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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Measuring attitude towards Buddhism and Sikhism : internal consistency reliability for two new instruments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper describes and discusses the development and empirical properties of two new 24-item scales – one measuring attitude toward Buddhism and the other measuring attitude toward Sikhism.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas   +1 more
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