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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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Two Buddhisms in Contemporary Mongolia

Contemporary Buddhism, 2006
In a recent overview of the ‘two Buddhisms’ thesis of Buddhism in the West, Paul Numrich argued for the continued validity of this typology. In particular, through an extensive overview of current scholarship, he convincingly showed that the oft-noted dichotomy between immigrant Buddhism and western convert Buddhism remains a valuable heuristic tool ...
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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 Study of Buddhism

2016
This chapter discusses the history of Buddhist studies as a modern academic discipline. Rather than giving a broad bibliographic survey of the field, it explores the way in which power has structured its genesis and development as a system for the production of knowledge.
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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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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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The Contemporary Meaning of Kamakura Buddhism

Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1974
are gathered together to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of Shinran Sh6nin and the great creative phase of Japanese Buddhism Vin the Kamakura Period in which Shinran was a central but by no means a solitary figure.* I will have something to say about Shinran and also about D6gen, whom I will treat as representative figures of Kamakura ...
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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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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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Sufficiency economy philosophy: Buddhism‐based sustainability framework in Thailand

Business Strategy and the Environment, 2020
Hee-Chan Song
exaly