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Unlocking the Tyranny of Modern Thinking: Keys From Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Buddhism

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT One barrier to mental health and a common focus of psychotherapy is the tendency to identify with relentless, often self‐critical thinking that searches for faults, becomes easily distracted, and pulls individuals away from the present moment.
Barbara Carter
wiley   +1 more source

Building the Buddhist Revival:Reconstructing Monasteries in Modern China

open access: yes, 2020
Between 1850 and 1966, tens of thousands of Buddhist sacred sites in China were destroyed, victims of targeted destruction, accidental damage, or simply neglect.
Scott, Gregory Adam; id_orcid
core   +2 more sources

Assessing Mammal Conservation Effectiveness in the World's Highest‐Elevation Protected Area Network

open access: yesDiversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Protected areas (PAs) are central to global biodiversity conservation, but their effectiveness in understudied regions, such as high‐altitude ecosystems, remains poorly understood. Tibet contains the world's highest‐elevation PA network and a remarkably diverse mammalian fauna, especially medium‐ and large‐bodied mammals (MLM) that are of ...
Yaqian Cui   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

History of Ganden Monastery

open access: yesМонголоведение, 2022
Introduction. The article summarizes the history of one of the three largest monasteries of the Tibetan Geluk school — Ganden Monastery. The latter tradition of Tibetan Buddhism occupies an exceptional place in the history of Mongolic spiritual cultures.
Yumzhana Zh. Zhabon
doaj   +1 more source

Ownership and Uses of Courtyard Space in Courtyard Style Settlement—A Study on Co‐Operative Space Management System in Old City Area of Patan Part 2

open access: yesJAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, Volume 9, Issue 1, January–December 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the characteristics of courtyards as communal spaces within the courtyard‐style settlements of Patan City, Nepal, through an examination of ownership and usage. A block with three interconnected Buddhist monastery courtyards—Ilānanī, Sasunanī, and Kwābahā—was selected.
Lata Shakya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Written sources in Tibetan language in the collections of the National Museum of the Republic of Tuva

open access: yesНовые исследования Тувы, 2019
Among the collections of the National Museum of the Republic of Tuva there are over 20000 archival units of manuscripts and xylographs in Tibetan language.
Rita P. Sumba
doaj   +1 more source

Renewable energy technology in Buddhist monasteries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The importance of renewable energy technologies has become increasingly evident in the public mind in recent times. This has arisen during instances of energy shortage and oil price shocks, coupled with emerging concerns as a result of climate change ...
Ngamprapasom, Peeti
core  

Spiritual and religious information experiences: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 40-61, January 2026.
Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Hiatus in the Cutting of Buddhist Caves in the Western Deccan

open access: yesAncient Asia, 2010
This article places the expansion of Buddhist monasteries in the Western Deccan in its wider context, examining how social, political and economic forces might have impacted on the tempo of Buddhist cave cutting.
Gethin Rees
doaj   +1 more source

Traces of the Sarvāstivādins in the Buddhist Monasteries of Kucha

open access: yes, 2022
The innovative approach to the study of Kuchean Buddhism presented in this book examines the material remains in order to identify the type of Buddhism practiced in the region, which left its traces in the rock- and surface monasteries. In addition to drawing upon as yet unpublished data from in situ fieldwork, this study also undertakes a detailed ...
Vignato, Giuseppe, Hiyama, Satomi
openaire   +1 more source

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