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Shi Cihang 航慈釋. The First Case of Mummified Buddhist in Taiwan
Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2006 Shi Cihang 航慈釋 (1895-1954), is one of the eminent figures in the so-called Modern Buddhism in Taiwan. Engaged in improving education and training of Buddhist monks and nuns, and promoter of the so-called renjian fojiao 教佛間人 (Buddhism for the Human Realm),
Stefania Travagnin
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Zen Meditation and Aromatherapy as a Core to Mental Health: Studies in Vietnamese Monasteries
Religions(1) Background: Meditation, originally stemming from the Buddhist tradition, has been the subject of extensive psychological research, with a growing body of literature exploring its effects on various mental and physical health aspects.
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 157-176, June 2025.Maria Iwanaga Maki (1849–1920) was 23 years old in 1873 when she returned home after a community exile and persecutions of more than 3000 people carried out by the Meiji government. Historians in the public record refer to Iwanaga as otoko‐masari (man‐nish) when she stood up to a representative of the Shogun, while in her public work she became known ...
Gwyn McClelland
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Gender, Feeling and the Making of Korean Christian Knowledge in Sengoku Japan*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 141-156, June 2025.This essay explores the production of Korean Christian knowledge in Sengoku Japan by analysing narratives about a vision said to have been experienced by an evangelised Korean woman, which circulated within Jesuit correspondence from Japan and in subsequent publications.
Susan Broomhall
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 192-209, June 2025.This article examines the interplay of gender, emotions, and material culture in Jesuit conversion accounts in sixteenth‐century Japan. I analyse the rhetorical strategies of missionaries like Luís Fróis to better understand how conversion narratives were crafted to advance the Jesuits' goal of propagating Christianity in Japan and beyond.
Jessica O'Leary
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of TheologyIn Myanmar, Buddhist nuns are recognized as part of the sangha (Buddhist monastic community) and are commonly referred to as thila-shin, meaning a disciplined and virtuous female practitioner.
Hiroko Kawanami
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ReligionsThe educational philosophy of the Nuns’ Buddhist Academy at Pushou Monastery, Mount Wutai, is based on the principles of “Hua Yan as the foundation, precepts as the practice, and Pure Land as the destination.” This philosophy draws upon Buddhist ...
Yong Li, Yi Zhang, Jing Wang
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of TheologyBhikṣuṇī Như Thanh (1911–1999) was an ordained Vietnamese Buddhist nun, leader, and teacher who significantly influenced Vietnamese Buddhism and the development of the Southern Vietnamese Buddhist Nuns’ Sangha.
Ninh Thị Sinh
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A Study on the Literacy Rate of Buddhist Sangha in the Tang Dynasty
ReligionsThe Buddhist sangha played a crucial role in ancient China, exerting significant influence on its society through religious identity and cultural knowledge. However, not all members of the monastic community were literate.
Shaowei Wu
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, 1985 Tsai Kathryn A. Biographies of Buddhist Nuns—Review Article of Biographies of Buddhist Nuns, Pao-chang's Pi-chiu-ni-chuan, Osaka, 1981, translated by Li Jung-hsi. In: Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 1, 1985. pp.
Tsai, Kathryn
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