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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

La migration birmane à travers ses monastères de Singapour

open access: yesMoussons, 2013
The foundation of monasteries in Singapore (a dozen) by Buddhist migrants from Burma, is part of the migratory phenomenon common to the whole of contemporary Burma.
Alexandra de Mersan
doaj   +1 more source

Activity Budget and Behavioral Patterns of Himalayan Musk Deer in Gaurishankar Conservation Area, Nepal

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.
The Himalayan Musk Deer (HMD, Moschus leucogaster) is an endangered species that faces threats from habitat loss, illegal hunting, and human activities. Using 25 months of camera trap data (October 2018–March 2023), this study investigated the activity patterns and behavior of HMD in the Lapchi Valley of Nepal's Gaurishankar Conservation Area ...
Bijay Bashyal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Buddhist Monasteries [PDF]

open access: yes
Buddhist monasteries are a foundational piece of the Buddhist tradition. These monasteries play an important role in shaping the lives of monks and laypeople alike.
Rushing, Bella
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Quantitative characteristics and influencing factors of Tibetan Buddhist religious space with monasteries as the carrier: a case study of U-Tsang, China

open access: yesHeritage Science
Tibetan Buddhism has an inseparable connection with the spatial characteristics, development process, and human-natural environment of the Tibetan Plateau.
Subin Fang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Finding to Making Jari: The Return of Burmese Political Refugees From South Korea

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The Korean word jari means a place, but also a seat, social position or space, according to the context. In interviews with Burmese refugees returning from South Korea (hereinafter Korea) to Myanmar, this word was used to express the challenges of return after nearly 20 years.
Jae Hyun Park
wiley   +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

Guided by Principles of Composition: A Domain‐Specific Priors Based Detector for Recognizing Ritual Implements in Thangka

open access: yesIET Image Processing, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
We propose GPCDet, a detection framework guided by the composition principles of Thangka paintings, integrating spatial and co‐occurrence priors through a spatial coordinate attention module and a graph convolution network‐auxiliary detection module.
Jiachen Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A political industrial ecology of water in Bodh Gaya, India: Pre‐ and Post‐the World Heritage designation

open access: yesJournal of Industrial Ecology, Volume 29, Issue 6, Page 2324-2337, December 2025.
Abstract Bodh Gaya, a small agrarian town in Bihar, India, is renowned as the cradle of Buddhism. The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002. Every year, millions of visitors come here to quench their spiritual thirst.
Ritika Rajput, Jian Pu
wiley   +1 more source

The multiple logics of Buddhist monastery accounting

open access: yesAccounting History
Research has shown that Buddhist monasteries’ accounting provides detailed and fulfilling accountability requirements to rulers and the public. However, what influenced such practices is under-researched. In bridging this gap, this study adopts an institutional logic framing and identifies three institutional logics: devotional, public and private that
Supun Chandrasena, Martin Quinn
openaire   +2 more sources

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