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Term Papers by Students of Kazan Theological Academy as a Buddhist Learning Source: Analyzing Materials from the State Archive of Tatarstan. Part 1.

open access: yesOriental Studies
Introduction. The article examines some activities of Russia’s leading spiritual institution — Kazan Theological Academy — which was training missionaries throughout the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. Goals.
Aleksandra T. Bayanova
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Adaptation and developments in Western Buddhism: Socially engaged Buddhism in the UK

open access: yes, 2015
In recent years, there has been a growing academic acknowledgment around the world of a contemporary Buddhist phenomenon described as Engaged, or Socially Engaged Buddhism (SEB).
Henry, Philip M.
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"All Beings Are Equally Embraced By Amida Buddha": Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States

open access: yesJournal of Global Buddhism, 2015
Ministers in the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) began performing same-sex marriages approximately forty years ago. These were among the first clergy-led religious ceremonies for same-sex couples performed in the modern era, and were apparently the ...
Jeff Wilson
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An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

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One of the world's leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the ...
Suzuki, D. T., Jung, Carl Gustav.
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“Original Buddhism” or “Early Buddhism”?

open access: yesJOURNAL OF INDIAN AND BUDDHIST STUDIES (INDOGAKU BUKKYOGAKU KENKYU), 2001
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Kumārajīva’s Meditative Legacy in China

open access: yesSpirituality Studies, 2015
The article shows that in China and other Far East countries, where Chinese Buddhism spread at the early stages of Mahāyāna Buddhism, traditional methods of Buddhist practice, as explained in the Āgamas, were in practice, but reinterpreted from the ...
Bhante Dhammadipa
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Buddhism in Sweden : Religious institutions, secular applications and Christian meditations

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This chapter explores the development of Buddhism in Sweden. It highlights early teachers and the influence of migration, particularly from Vietnamese, Chinese and Thai communities.
Plank, Katarina
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