, 2021 Originating from the early Mahayanian meditation (Skr. Dyana) practices, Chan禪 Buddhism gradually developed into a highly indigenous form in China since the sixth century. A famous, yet simplistic, four-part motto adapted from the Platform Sutra has been widely used by Chan communities to characterize the Chan idealogy: "special transmission outside ...
Sun, Xuejing
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Paradoxical Language in Chan Buddhism [PDF]
, 2020 Chinese Chan or Zen Buddhism is renowned for its improvisational, atypical, and perplexing use of words. In particular, the tradition’s encounter dialogues abound in puzzling, astonishing, and paradoxical ways of speaking. In this chapter, we are concerned with Chan’s use of paradoxical language.
Ho, Chien-Hsing
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The feasibility of mindfulness-based relapse prevention for adults with substance use disorders (illicit drugs) in a Chinese population: A pilot randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
AddictionAbstract Background and aims Mindfulness‐based relapse prevention (MBRP) has been shown to be beneficial to individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) in the West. The current pilot study aimed at testing the feasibility of MBRP in a Chinese population.
Ting KT +11 more
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Buddhism, Diversity and ‘Race’: Multiculturalism and Western convert Buddhist movements in East London – a qualitative study [PDF]
This study considers the development of convert Buddhism in multicultural environments. Its focus is on the encounters of people of colour (defined for the purposes of this study as people of African, Asian and Caribbean descent) with Western convert ...
Smith, Sharon Elizabeth
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Clinical Competencies and Professional Quality of Life Associated With Nurses' Culturally Competent Cancer Care for LGBT Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
J Clin NursABSTRACT Background Disparities in cancer care among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals persist across healthcare systems worldwide. Nurses play an important role in delivering culturally competent cancer care; however, limited research has examined nurses' practices in caring for LGBT individuals with cancer and identified ...
Wang YC +6 more
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Exploring Cultural Influences in the Associations Between Emotion Regulation and Mental Health: A Systematic Review Comparing East Asian and Western Cultural Contexts. [PDF]
Clin Psychol PsychotherABSTRACT Culture shapes how individuals perceive, experience and regulate emotions. Emotion regulation literature, which informs current understandings of emotional disorders, is largely guided by Western frameworks. This review aimed to systematically examine cultural influences on emotion regulation use, and associated mental health outcomes, among ...
Qiu LS +5 more
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Multi-Family Therapy in East and Southeast Asia-A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis. [PDF]
J Marital Fam TherABSTRACT This systematic review examined the characteristics, cultural adaptations, and effectiveness of multi‐family therapy in studies conducted in the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Eighteen reports from 17 studies were included, covering quantitative, qualitative, and mixed‐methods designs.
Hanlai O, Peng S, Chen J, Yim SH.
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Hongzan’s Maitreya Belief in the Context of Late Imperial Chinese Monastic Revival and Chan Decline
Religions, 2022 This paper shows that the early Qing Chinese Buddhist monk Zaisan Hongzan’s belief in Maitreya and Tuṣita Heaven pure lands, as reflected in his collection of miracle tales and biographies, should be understood in a broader socio-religious context of ...
Xing Wang
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Galskab og hellighed: Overskridelsens logik og retorik i chan/zen-buddhismen
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2019 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Antinomian transgressions have played an important role in Chinese Chan Buddhism (and to a lesser extent in Japanese Zen Buddhism).
Jørn Borup
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East Asian Buddhism and Korea’s Transnational Interactions and Influences
Religions, 2023 No one can dispute the significant influence of Sinitic Buddhism in East Asia, but Korean Buddhists were also unquestionably close to the center of the development of different schools of Buddhism in mainland China, particularly in the Jiangnan region ...
Kevin N. Cawley
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