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Contemporary Tibetan Buddhism

2016
This chapter examines contemporary Tibetan Buddhism through an exploration of its transformation from a pre-modern form of Vajrayana Buddhism that was localized in Tibet and the wider Himalayan region, to its modern paradigm within the framework of Global Buddhism. In the contemporary period, Tibetan Buddhism inside Tibet is examined in relation to the
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Contemporary Indonesian Buddhism and Monotheism

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1987
The philosophical basis of the Indonesian state, first framed in 1945, is the Panca Sila or Five Principles. Since 1985 all political and social organizations including religious ones have had to subscribe to the Panca Sila as their sole philosophical principle (Azas Tunggal). The first of the Five Principles is belief in Tuhan Yang Maha Esa, normally,
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Contemporary Buddhism and Ecology

2016
This chapter critically investigates the relationship between Buddhism and ecology, emphasizing the behaviors and intentions of practitioners rather than interpretations of early Buddhist scriptures. Through examination of the contemporary interpretations and implementations of the concept of interdependence (Pali: paticca-samuppada), animal release ...
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Contemporary Buddhism and Death

2016
Funerary Buddhism emerges out of Buddhism’s encounter with modernization, both in Asia and the West from the nineteenth century. It refers to a broad spectrum of textual, material, ritual, sociocultural, and institutional forms connected to the immediate and ongoing care of the dead. It implicates everything from Buddhist institutions to local temples,
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The Contemporary Appeal of Buddhism

1979
At a Buddhist monastery near Rangoon, in 1961, I was introduced to a monk who had recently arrived there. At first sight he looked like any of the other monks ofthat country, with shaven head, orange robe, and bare feet. But he had, I noticed, a somewhat lighter skin than most, and spoke English more colloquially than is usual even among Western ...
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Lao buddhism, mental health, and contemporary implications

Journal of Religion & Health, 1973
In the absence of mental health workers, the people of Laos effectively support one another through crises and role changes. They accomplish this by employing social institutions and traditions that have been present in their culture from antiquity.
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The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism

2016
Over the last two hundred years, Buddhists have witnessed incredible transformations, and often they have participated in making them. Throughout history, religious systems have been intimately connected to economics, politics, and societies. These relationships were profoundly affected in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with the loss of ...
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5. Buddhism and Contemporary Science

2012
The hypothesis in this chapter is that the Mahayana Buddhist understanding of the dynamically empty and self-emptying nature of all things serves a threefold function methodologically amenable to the purposes of this book. It resonates in various ways with and may potentially serve as a bridge to the categories of contemporary physics, especially ...
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Contemporary Buddhism in Bangladesh

Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1985
Kenneth G. Zysk, Sukomal Chaudhuri
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Two forms of contemporary Buddhism

2008
Key terms and teachings Engaged Buddhism: A form of Buddhism developed by Thich Nhat Hanh and others that combines the meditative practices of the monastic life with the practical demands of compassionate action in the world. Its point and purpose is for its practitioners to realize that wisdom and knowledge must eventually lead to enlightened ...
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