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Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism

open access: yes, 2006
Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional interpretation.
Hwang, Soonil
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A selfless response to an illusory world : a comparative study of Śāntideva and Śaṅkara [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis compares the ethical theories of two 8th century Indian philosophers, Śāntideva and Śaṅkara. In order to construct their ethics from philosophical premises, a metaphysical approach has been taken.
Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi, Todd, Warren
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Theravada treatment and psychotherapy: an ecological integration of Buddhist tripartite practice and Western rational analysis

open access: yes, 2007
An assertion that psychotherapy is an independent science and a self-authority on human mind and behaviour has uprooted its connection with philosophy and religion.
Myint, Aung
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Openness as a Political Commitment

open access: yes
Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 56, Issue 4, Page 585-603, Winter 2025.
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
wiley   +1 more source

“Cold Revolution”: Michel Houellebecq's Philosophy of Life

open access: yes
Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 949-951, December 2025.
Spencer Dew
wiley   +1 more source

Canons in Context: A History of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon in the Eighteenth Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In the eighteenth century, emperors, local rulers, and religious leaders funded and supervised massive efforts to print the Tibetan Buddhist Canon (the Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur) using engraved wood-blocks. My dissertation examines the historical and cultural contexts of these publishing projects in order to understand Tibetan collections of scripture
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Buddhism, Diversity and ‘Race’: Multiculturalism and Western convert Buddhist movements in East London – a qualitative study

open access: yes
This study considers the development of convert Buddhism in multicultural environments. Its focus is on the encounters of people of colour (defined for the purposes of this study as people of African, Asian and Caribbean descent) with Western convert ...
Smith, Sharon Elizabeth
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The sea-images in pre-Kavya Literature: the relationship between Mahabharata and Pali Buddhist canon occurrences

open access: yes, 2003
This study aims to present a list of sea images in the Mahabharata and the corresponding ones in the Pali Buddhist canon, in order to outline some sea imagery features in Indian pre-kavya ...
ROSSI MARIA PAOLA, PONTILLO, TIZIANA
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