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The Material Culture of Buddhist Propagation: Reinstating Buddhism in Early Colonial Seoul

Religions, 2021
The restrictive measures against Buddhism under the Neo-Confucian Chosŏn dynasty resulted in the decline of Korean Buddhism at the start of the twentieth century.
Seunghye Lee
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The Common Ground Between Japanese and Korean Buddhism in the Early Modern Period: Changes in the Perception of the Mechanism of the State–Buddhist Relationship

Religions
The East Asian world has shared both universal characteristics and regional particularities, forming a Buddhist cultural area for more than 1500 years. One of the main features of East Asian Buddhism is a “state–Buddhist link”. This article will focus on
Yong Tae Kim
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The Absence of Self: An Existential Phenomenological View of The Anatman Experience [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2019
This paper focuses on the Anatman experience as described by Guatma(6th century BCE). Many Buddhist philosophers consider the absence of self as a foundational experience of Buddhism.
Rudolph Bauer
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Self-Immolation in Early Indian Buddhism

The Journal of Indian and Asian Studies, 2020
Self-immolation refers to ascetic Buddhist practices that include the voluntary termination of one’s life or the offering of parts of one’s body usually by setting oneself ablaze.
HAN-SANG KIM
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Reaching the End of the World: An Anthropological Reading of Early Buddhist Medicine and Ascetic Practices

Religions, 2023
This article aims to analyze the ideas of health and illness in ancient Buddhism, making use of the theoretical tools of medical anthropology and historical–philological inquiry.
Federico Divino
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The Birth of Buddhist Organizations in Modern Indonesia, 1900–1959

Religions, 2022
In the early twentieth century, Indonesia was a predominantly Muslim majority colony under the Dutch Christian colonial authorities. The 1930 volkstelling (census record) conducted by the Dutch colonial government recorded four religions being practiced ...
Yulianti Yulianti
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Buddhism, Nature, and Law: Natural Law Thinking in Early Buddhism [PDF]

Australian Journal of Law & Religion
Natural law is a broad and ancient intellectual tradition united by a central concern to derive—from (supposedly) objectively existent higher principles—norms to guide human conduct. Nevertheless, the natural law tradition is sometimes regarded as narrow.
Oscar H Kawamata, Matt Watson
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Lion and the Bull: Inquiry on Two Animal Symbols in Early Buddhism

Journal of International Buddhist Studies, 2023
The symbolism of two animals, namely the bull and the lion, within Buddhist tradition can be traced back to an ancient heritage that originates from the Mesopotamian civilization.
Federico Divino
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The Buddhist Concept of “Filial Piety” in the Context of Early Chinese Buddhist Scripture Translation

Religions, 2023
Examining the early history of the Chinese translation of Buddhist scriptures, it is revealed that translators from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, such as An Shigao, Lokakṣema, Kang Senghui and Dharmarakṣa, already paid much ...
Jing Guo
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A Study on the Funerals of the Han Buddhist Monks of Lingnan during the Late Qing Dynasty via the Haichuang Temple in Guangzhou

Religions, 2023
The funeral protocol of Buddhist monks is an important part of the rituals of Han Buddhism. The monks’ funeral rituals were recorded in detail in the Monastic Rules (清规) of Chan.
Ronghuang Wang, Wanqing Chen
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