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The Phenomenology and Epistemology of Existence

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most of the time we see how objects are, but sometimes we see that they are. When we see that some object exists, it seems rational to ground our judgement that it exists on the basis of this experience. How do we explain these observations? A Lockean View says that it is possible to represent the property of existence in perceptual experience
Luca Zanetti
wiley   +1 more source

Solving Sangaku With Traditional Techniques [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
Between 17th and 19th centuries, mathematically orientated votive tablets appeared in Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples all over Japan. Known as sangaku, they contained problems of a largely geometrical nature. In the 17th century, the Japanese mathematician Seki Takakazu developed a form of algebra known as tenzan jutsu.
arxiv  

Translating India to India: Travelling translations, Patanjali Ayurveda, and the visual language of spiritual consumerism

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper addresses the geography of translation by exploring the re‐scripting of Indian spirituality into and through consumerism. More specifically, it examines the interplay between ‘Indian’, ‘modern’, and ‘Western’ in the advertising language deployed by the company Patanjali.
Raksha Pande, Alastair Bonnett
wiley   +1 more source

Early Buddhist Sculpture from Gandhara and Hadda in the Hermitage Collection

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2015
The article describes the collection of sculptures from Gandhara and Hadda, and characterizes the style and iconography of its images. The author analyzes the earliest Buddhist sculptures from Gandhara and Hadda kept in the Hermitage Museum collection ...
Yulija Igorevna Yelikhina
doaj  

The Terracotta Plaques of Pagan: Indian Influence and Burmese Innovations

Ancient Asia, 2013
   Since its inception Buddhist art aimed to make the Buddhist disciples well aware with the life and teachings of Buddha. The Buddhist followers had a belief that the attainment of Buddhahood was not an outcome of a single birth ...
Vinay Kumar Rao
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Sri Lanka

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Angelique Richardson
wiley   +1 more source

The Bird in the Corner of the Painting: Some Problems with the Use of Buddhist Texts to Study Buddhist Ornamental Art in Thailand

Moussons, 2014
Despite the prevalence of ornament and decoration in Buddhist monasteries in Thailand, as an art form, ornament has been almost entirely ignored in favor of the study of narrative and didactic art and literature.
Justin McDaniel
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To Desire What Is Nothing: Simone Weil, Asceticism and Psychoanalysis

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Georgie Newson
wiley   +1 more source

A Brief Discussion on the Buddhist Literature and Art of the Tang Dynasty

, 2018
While Buddhism developed rapidly in the Tang Dynasty, the Buddhist literature also gained an unprecedented development. As a representative of popular literature Bianwen and Zen poems are popular in the Tang dynasty.
Xiaohong Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Maṇḍala or Sign? Re-Examining the Significance of the “Viśvavajra” in the Caisson Ceilings of Dunhuang Mogao Caves

Religions
This article delves into the exploration of a significant sign, the “viśvavajra”, found in the caisson ceilings of Buddhist esoteric art in Dunhuang’s Mogao Caves.
Li Shen
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