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Early Buddhist architecture of Bengal: morphological study on the vihāra of c. 3rd to 8th centuries [PDF]

, 2012
This dissertation examines the evolution of early Buddhist architectural forms of Bengal, specifically its vihāra and shrine structures. In general, this research explores Gupta and post-Gupta (c.
Reza, MH
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ePosters Virtual

European Journal of Neurology, Volume 33, Issue S1, June 2026.
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Ghost sign for The Three Nuns on Church Gate in Loughborough, 2015.

, 2015
Ghost sign for The Three Nuns pub, reading: 'The Three Nuns / Get into the Habit'. There are three nun figures positioned in the centre. In the bottom left-hand side, there is a finger pointing to the right with the words 'Car Park'.
Hyde, Colin
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Abstracts

Molecular Oncology, Volume 19, Issue S1, Page 1-940, June 2025.
Abstracts submitted to the ‘EACR 2025 Congress: Innovative Cancer Science’, from 16–19 June 2025 and accepted by the Congress Organising Committee are published in this Supplement of Molecular Oncology, an affiliated journal of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR).
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Sacred Spaces, Silent Suffering: Sexual Abuse in Vajrayāna Buddhist Contexts

Journal of Global Buddhism
This piece analyzes factors that have contributed to the problem of sexual abuse in Vajrayāna contexts, including the doctrinal injunction to maintain pure perception, which can be used to silence critical judgment, and the hierarchical nature of ...
Karma Tashi Choedron, Tenzin Dadon
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Buddhist Philosophy and the Ideals of Environmentalism [PDF]

, 2010
I examine the consistency between contemporary environmentalist ideals and Buddhist philosophy, focusing, first, on the problem of value in nature.
SCIBERRAS, COLETTE
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The Literati Inflection of Runzhou Buddhist Culture in Tang-Dynasty Jiangnan

Religions
The case of Runzhou shows how Buddhist culture took on a literati inflection within Tang-dynasty Jiangnan. Runzhou, where north–south routes converged with a dense waterway network, served as a major center of mobility and cultural exchange.
Yun Wang
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Kolonnawē Kusuma/Kusuma Devendra (1929–2021)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Bhikkhunī Kolonnawē Kusuma was a leading Buddhist teacher and nun from Sri Lanka who, through her scholarly work, global presentations, and activism, paved the way for the acceptance of the higher ordination of Theravāda Buddhist nuns.
Nirmala S. Salgado
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Becoming a nun, becoming a man: Taiwanese Buddhist nuns' gender transformation

Religion, 2007
This article explores apparent contradictions in the gender identifications of Taiwanese Buddhist nuns. Because the texts and teachings of their tradition provide conflicting messages about women's spiritual abilities, the nuns create a complex gender cosmology as a means of accommodating textual contradictions, without rejecting any textual statements.
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“Education as a Guarantee:” Negotiating Leadership and Agency for Chinese Buddhist Nuns in the Post-Mao Era

International audiencePushou Temple ( 普寿寺 ), located on Mount Wutai ( 五台山 ), Shanxi province ( 山西 ), is the largest Buddhist temple for nuns in mainland China, currently hosting hundreds of monastics.
Péronnet, Amandine
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