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"Cultural additivity" and how the values and norms of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism co-exist, interact, and influence Vietnamese society: A Bayesian analysis of long-standing folktales, using R and Stan [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
Every year, the Vietnamese people reportedly burned about 50,000 tons of joss papers, which took the form of not only bank notes, but iPhones, cars, clothes, even housekeepers, in hope of pleasing the dead. The practice was mistakenly attributed to traditional Buddhist teachings but originated in fact from China, which most Vietnamese were not aware of.
arxiv  

Art. X.—Notice on Buddhist Symbols [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
I have the honour to transmit to you, for presentation to the Society, two sheets containing collectively 143 symbols of Buddhism, whereof the first 33, occupying the two uppermost lines, are taken from coins published in the J.R.A.S., but all the rest from the Saugata temples and imáges of the Valley of Nepal.
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Cultural Tradition or Kitsch? Buddhist Iconography in the Art of Contemporary East Asian Women Artists

Art of the Orient, 2023
Magdalena Furmanik-Kowalska
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From Coin to Data: The Impact of Object Detection on Digital Numismatics [PDF]

arXiv
In this work we investigate the application of advanced object detection techniques to digital numismatics, focussing on the analysis of historical coins. Leveraging models such as Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training (CLIP), we develop a flexible framework for identifying and classifying specific coin features using both image and textual ...
arxiv  

Moral Practice in Late Stoicism and Buddhist Meditation [PDF]

, 2017
I argue in this essay that Stoic philosophers in the late Greco-Roman period utilized philosophical exercises and spiritual technologies similar in form to a meditative exercise currently practiced in Buddhism.
GOERGER, Michael
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On how religions could accidentally incite lies and violence: Folktales as a cultural transmitter [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
This research employs the Bayesian network modeling approach, and the Markov chain Monte Carlo technique, to learn about the role of lies and violence in teachings of major religions, using a unique dataset extracted from long-standing Vietnamese folktales. The results indicate that, although lying and violent acts augur negative consequences for those
arxiv  

Buddhist Arts of Konedawgyi Temple

, 2019
Kondawgyi Temple (Temple No-151) is situated in the east of Nyaung U, south of That-kya-muni, Temple coordinates N: 51.300 E: 13.615. It is a kind of medium sized single storey temple and lies at the centre of an enclosure wall with one gate each on north and south. It consists of square central shrine, entrance hall on east side with porch and lateral
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The Spread of Buddhism during Ancient China [PDF]

, 2015
Stories contain the power to be able to pull people in and engulf them with the teachings and enjoyment they possess. Storytelling is used in many different manners and one of those is through religion.
Englehart, Emma
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Connotation and qualities of the Buddhist culture of Grand Canal

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The Buddhist culture of the Grand Canal arises from the interaction and dynamic interplay between Grand Canal culture and Buddhist culture. This cultural phenomenon is not merely a simple superimposition of two elements; rather, it represents a unique ...
Bosen Qiu, Di Lang
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Art. XVIII.—The Buddhist Monastery at Sohnāg in the Gorakhpur District [PDF]

, 1900
Vincent A. Smith
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