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The Madhyamaka Speaks to the West: A philosophical analysis of śūnyatā as a universal truth [PDF]

, 2015
Through a philosophical analysis of realist interpretations of Madhyamaka Buddhism, I will argue that the Madhyamaka is not well represented when it is represented as nihilism, absolutism or as some non-metaphysical alternative. Indeed, I will argue that
McGuire, Robert
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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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Bound for the West: (Mis)Representations of Pure Land Buddhism in Christian Theology

Religions
This paper builds on Tomoko Masuzawa’s influential critique in The Invention of World Religions by analyzing how colonial and theological frameworks shaped Western representations of Pure Land Buddhism.
Kendall Marchman
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Buddhism in Denmark

article published in Journal of Global Buddhism; Vol 9 (2008)
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Buddhist Philosophy and the Ideals of Environmentalism [PDF]

, 2010
I examine the consistency between contemporary environmentalist ideals and Buddhist philosophy, focusing, first, on the problem of value in nature.
SCIBERRAS, COLETTE
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A Comparative Perspective of “Engaged Buddhism” and “Renjian Fojiao” (“Humanistic Buddhism”) in Chinese Speaking Discourse: Exclusivism, Inclusivism, or Pragmatism?

Religions
The two modern concepts, “Engaged Buddhism” and renjian fojiao 人間佛教, with the variety of its English translations (such as “Humanistic Buddhism”), were developed and discussed with and without reference to each other over several decades.
Carsten Krause
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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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The dilemma of mind in contemporary Buddhism : some British testimony [PDF]

, 2006
Progress in neuroscience over the last half-century casts doubt on the religious intuition that the mind is a non-material entity. Without some dialogue between religion and science in order to resolve differences of fact and value, the dilemma of the ...
Kennedy, Andrew William
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Vajrayāna Ritual

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Ritual, however conceptualized, plays a central role in Vajrayāna Buddhist practice. Dedicated practitioners – yogis and yoginis – are introduced to Vajrayāna practices through initiation rituals which purify them and empower them to cultivate the ...
Nick Swann
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Dependent Arising

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
This article takes a broadly historical approach, discussing aspects of a topic that is important in each and every phase of the Buddhist tradition. Dependent arising (pratītya-samutpāda) is a key conceptual formulation of the truth (dharma) to which the
Dhivan Thomas Jones
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