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Glocal Chinese Buddhism in Italy: A Comparative Study of Two Private Buddhist Groups in Rome

Religions
By examining two very different manifestations of Chinese Buddhism in Italy, this paper seeks to build upon and add a new dimension to Dessì’s “Glocal Buddhas” project and, more broadly, offer a rare insight into Chinese Buddhism in Italy.
Joseph Chadwin
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Justice in coexistence: Pastoralism and large carnivores on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The conflict between livestock husbandry and large carnivore conservation presents significant challenges in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Achieving sustainable coexistence among herders, livestock and large carnivores requires reconciling diverse perspectives and interests through equitable, inclusive and fair processes that address both ...
Yufang Gao, Yue Yu
wiley   +1 more source

The Tension Between Buddhism and Science Within Contemporary Chinese Buddhists: A Case Study on the Religious Conversion Narrative Among Monastics in Larung Gar Buddhist Academy

Religions
This article delves into the perception of monastics from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy of Western China concerning the intertwining relationship between Buddhism and science, along with the impact of this perception on their worldview and life trajectory.
Yingxu Liu, Saiping An
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Is mindfulness buddhist? (and why it matters) [PDF]

, 2017
Modern exponents of mindfulness meditation promote the therapeutic effects of “bare attention”—a sort of non-judgmental, non-discursive attending to the moment-to-moment flow of consciousness.
Sharf, RH
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Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
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The Study of Practice in the Vehicles of Men and Gods and the Bodhisattva Vehicle: Perspectives from Master Taixu to Master Hsing Yun

Religions
This paper explores the perspectives of Master Taixu (太虛, 1890–1947) and Master Hsing Yun (星雲, 1927–2023) on the practice of the Buddhist Five Vehicles (五乘), particularly focusing on the relationship between the Vehicles of Men and Gods (人天乘) and the ...
Chienhuang Chen
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A Comparative Study of the Reasons for the Persistence of Buddhism and the Decline of Zoroastrianism in Ancient China [PDF]

Comparative Theology
The topic of religion in the history of relations between the two civilizations of Iran and China is an issue that has not been addressed much. According to Chinese sources and other documents, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism were introduced to China by ...
Amin Yazdkhasti, Hamidreza Pashazanous
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Is mindfulness Buddhist? (and why it matters). [PDF]

, 2015
Modern exponents of mindfulness meditation promote the therapeutic effects of "bare attention"--a sort of non-judgmental, non-discursive attending to the moment-to-moment flow of consciousness.
Ahn J., Brown G. W., Cousins L. S., Cox C., Forman R. K. C., Gethin R., Gombrich R., Gregory P. N., Griffiths P. J., Griffiths P. J., Gyatso J., Houtman G., Hsiao B. H., Hubbard J., Jordt I., Katz S. T., Katz S. T., Katz S. T., Kirchner T., Kuan Tse-fu, LeVine S., Lopez D. S., Lopez D. S., McMahan D. L., Nyanaponika, Nyanaponika, Obeyesekere G., Poceski M., Proudfoot W., Robert H. Sharf, Sharf R. H., Sharf R. H., Taylor J. B., van Schaik S., Varela F. J., Yanagida S., Zhang Y.   +36 more
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Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source

Buddhist Activism and Chinese Modernity

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015
The history of modern Chinese Buddhism has begun to attract attention in recent years. Some scholars have done inspiring research as they unravel the integration of Buddhism into the highly secularized process of Chinese modernity by drawing on the ...
Hung-yok Ip
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