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Ornamental Motifs in the Samples of Buddhist Icon-Painting from the Collection of the Kalmyk Scientifi c Center of the RAS

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article provides an overview of Buddhist paintings stored by the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS. The object of research is the traditional pictorial art of Kalmykia.
S. G. Batyreva
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Interpretations or Interventions? Indian philosophy in the global cosmopolis [PDF]

, 2017
This introduction concerns the place that Indian philosophical literature should occupy in the history of philosophy, and the challenge of championing pre-modern modes of inquiry in an era when philosophy, at least in the anglophone world and its ...
Coseru, Christian
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The Making of a Masterpiece: An Examination of Zimen Jingxun’s Authorship

Religions, 2023
The Chinese Buddhist anthology Zimen jingxun (Admonitions to the Black-robed Monastics 緇門警訓), a compilation believed to have originated during the Song dynasty, constitutes a Chinese Buddhist anthology containing teachings from Buddhist masters and ...
Changzhong (Shin) Lee
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Buddhismus in der Schule. Teil 1: Übersetzung eines singhalesischsprachigen Schulbuchs aus dem Jahr 1960 für den Buddhismus-Religionsunterricht der 3. Jahrgangsstufe an staatlichen Grundschulen Sri Lankas [PDF]

, 2012
Die deutsche Übersetzung eines singhalesischsprachigen Schulbuchs aus dem Jahr 1960, das bis in die 1970er Jahre für den Buddhismus-Religionsunterricht an staatlichen Grundschulen Sri Lankas verwendet wurde, gibt einen Einblick in den traditionellen ...
Fischer, Silke K. Yasmin
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Situating the Concept of Mindfulness in the Theravāda Tradition

Asian Studies, 2016
Mindfulness plays a prominent role in traditional and modern Buddhist meditation practice. This paper examines the theoretical background of the concept of mindfulness (sati) as presented in the early Buddhist sources, recorded in Theravāda Buddhism.
Tamara DITRICH
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Buddhism and Animal Ethics [PDF]

, 2017
This article provides a philosophical overview of some of the central Buddhist positions and argument regarding animal welfare. It introduces the Buddha's teaching of ahiṃsā or non-violence and rationally reconstructs five arguments from the context of ...
Finnigan, Bronwyn
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From Nationalism to Transnationalism: The Compilation and Publication of the Puhui Canon (Puhuizang)

Religions
The publication of the Puhui Canon began in 1943, was interrupted in 1955, and was ultimately completed in 1998, spanning three significant historical periods: the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan, the Chinese Civil War (1945–1949), and the early ...
Ting Shen
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The Publication and Dissemination of the Yuan Dynasty Pilu Canon

Religions
This study explores the publication and dissemination of the Pilu Canon 《毗盧藏》, engraved by followers of Bao’en Wanshou Hall in Houshan Village, Fujian, during the Yanyou reign of the Yuan Dynasty.
Tun Zhao
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Literal means and hidden meanings : a new analysis of skillful means [PDF]

, 2009
Skillful means is usually used by scholars and Buddhists to denote the following simple idea: the Buddha skillfully adapted his teaching to the level of his audience.1 This very broad and somewhat oversimplified definition tries to incorporate the ...
Federman, Asaf
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Seers and Ascetics: Analyzing the Vedic Theory of Cognition and Contemplative Practice in the Development of Early Buddhist Meditation and Imaginary

Religions
This paper represents an attempt to investigate some aspects of Vedic religiosity, as represented in the R̥gveda (R̥V), in comparison with the Pāli Canon on the themes of cognition, contemplative practice, and the theory of knowledge.
Federico Divino
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