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BUDDHIST MONASTERIES AND STŪPAS

2013
F rom the three successive city sites and the Greek temple at Jaṇḍiāl, we turn now to the many Buddhist settlements outside the city walls, which constitute a no less important part of the ancient monuments of Taxila. And, first, as to the general character of these settlements.
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Treatment for Narcotic Addiction in a Buddhist Monastery

Journal of Drug Issues, 1980
During the period 1972–74, approximately 3,000 narcotic addicts from Laos were sent to a Buddhist monastery in Thailand (Wat Than Kha Bok). This massive effort was initiated by a devout Buddhist woman. It was funded from a variety of sources including a Buddhist woman's auxiliary in Laos, an international organization funding philanthropic activities ...
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Restoring a Nyingma Buddhist Monastery, Nepal

2016
This chapter reports on a collaborative community project to restore a Tibetan Buddhist monastery (gompa) in the village of Langtang, Nepal. The restoration work has been entirely local led and executed by traditional artisans. Through a combined analysis of selective changes to the materiality of the gompa, as well as 19 unstructured interviews with ...
Saul, Hayley (R18564), Waterton, Emma (R16010)   +1 more
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The origins of life at a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan

Rendiconti Lincei, 2013
This is a report of a teaching course in a Buddhist monastery (a nunnery) in Bhutan, where I—as a member of the Midn and Life Institute directed by the Dalai Lama—have been invited to illustrate the main aspects of modern science in the field of the origin of life and evolution. The class was formed by ca.
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Building the Buddhist Revival

2020
Abstract Between 1850 and 1966, tens of thousands of Buddhist sacred sites were destroyed in China, victims of targeted destruction, accidental damage, or simply neglect. Yet hundreds if not thousands of these sites were also reconstructed during this period, events that required charismatic leadership, the reconstitution of the ...
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Ximing monastery's esoteric Buddhist traditions

Studies in Chinese Religions, 2021
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The Buddhist canon of Ximing Monastery and Tang China

Studies in Chinese Religions, 2017
The Buddhist canon at Chang’an’s Ximing Monastery played a pivotal role in Tang China. Many of the scriptures comprising the canon were translated at Ximing Monastery.
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Chinese Buddhist Monasteries

Artibus Asiae, 1969
Alexander Coburn Soper, Johannes Prip-Moller   +1 more
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Chinese Buddhist Monasteries

The Art Bulletin, 1939
Ernst Boerschmann, J. Prip-Moller
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A Case Study on Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery, Dhaka

Prachyavidya Patrika
Religious tourism has become very popular arena nowadays. Visitors travel to religious places for worship, meditation, prayer and in search of inner tranquility. This paper highlighted the factors that motivate the travelers to visit Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery.
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