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Spatial Distribution Characteristics and the Evolution of Buddhist Monasteries in Xi’an City Area
Religions, 2023 Buddhist monasteries have played important roles in the development of both the culture of and urban planning in ancient Chinese cities. In this paper, the Buddhist monasteries in the city of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, during the Song (宋), Yuan (元), Ming ...
Chenyang Wang
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Temporal and spatial features of the palace building space of Qinghai's Kumbum Monastery and its evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Kumbum Monastery is the centre of Tibetan Buddhism and religious culture in Qinghai. Its palace buildings are the typical examples of Tibetan Buddhist monastery buildings and living fossils of Tibetan social history.
Jing Zhang, Yunying Ren, Xiaofan An
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A Morphological Study of the Ancient Buddhist Monasteries of Bengal
Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2023 Vajrayana, or Bengali Buddhism, was a significant derivation from traditional Buddhist schools of ancient India. This Buddhist school was erected in ancient Bengal, adopting the prevailing esoteric tantric practices, and reigned every corner of Bengal ...
Pushpita Eshika
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People and NatureTibetan Buddhist monasteries are widely distributed throughout the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and are significant locations for human–wildlife coexistence.
Kai Song, XinHai Li, Yue-Hua Sun
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The positive influence of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries on forest conservation
Heritage ScienceThe Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is vital for stabilizing climate in East and South Asia and its glaciers and snow meltwater nourish key continental rivers. The region’s forests are not only ecologically essential but also fragile.
Shidong Zhang
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Colorectal Cancer in Bhutan: Identifying Health System Gaps and Priorities. [PDF]
Cancer MedABSTRACT Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is an emerging public health concern in Bhutan, a lower‐middle‐income country with a geographically challenging terrain and limited specialised oncology services. As the country undergoes an epidemiological and economic transition, CRC numbers are steadily increasing.
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Научный диалог, 2023 The article discusses the brief history and current state of three early monasteries of the first Jebtsundamba Khutukhtu Zanabazar (1635—1723): Shankhyn-khiid, Tuvkhun-khiid, and Erdene-khambyn-khiid (Högnö-khan's-khiid), located in the Uvurkhangai and ...
T. P. Vanchikova +2 more
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Buddhist Pilgrimage at Mount Wutai: Architecture, Landscape, and Religious Heritage
Religions, 2023 Mount Wutai, China’s earliest Buddhist center, dating to the Han Dynasty’s first century (206 BCE–220 CE), boasts over a hundred monasteries, numerous monuments, and ruins, drawing global pilgrims and travelers. Over its long history, as the geographical
Xiaolu Wang, Xiang Ren, Jan Woudstra
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Religions, 2023 Drawing on Foucault’s theoretical framework of “space and power”, this paper examines the discursive construction of “knowledge” in the context of Chinese Buddhist education.
Yifeng Liu
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Vinaya monasteries in the eyes of early Qing emperors [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2022 By the first half of the eighteenth century, lineages of the Buddhist Vinaya school (Lüzong) took hold in several monasteries in Beijing. However, when the Yongzheng emperor designed a grand ordination ceremony to be held in 1734 he opted to summon a ...
Vetluzhskaya Lidia, Lepneva Mariia
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