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A Study of Early Buddhist Views on Illness and Suffering: A Case of Eighteen Fragments in Chinese Version Saṁyukta Āgama

open access: yesYixue yu zhexue
The Chinese version of Saṁyukta Āgama is one of the early Buddhism classics, containing numerous discussions on "illness and suffering" and the Buddhism perspective on it.
Jinying WANG
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His excellency and the monk: a correspondence between Nyanaponika Thera and David Ben-Gurion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Between the years 1956 and 1962 the scholar-monk Nyanaponika Thera and the first Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion have exchanged eight long letters.
Federman, Asaf, Asaf Federman
core   +1 more source

Women and Ultramodern Buddhism in Australia

open access: yesReligions, 2018
Buddhists started arriving in Australia in large numbers during the mid-1800s, and the first Buddhist societies and centres began to be formed in the mid-late 1900s.
Anna Halafoff, Jayne Garrod, Laura Gobey
doaj   +1 more source

Celebrating J.N. Findlay’s contribution to philosophy: A comparative textual analysis from a Mahāyāna Buddhist perspective

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
J.N. Findlay was a South African philosopher who published from the late 1940s into the 1980s. He had a prestigious international academic career, holding many academic posts around the world.
Garth J. Mason
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Human–wildlife coexistence and social context: Evidence from farmer communities in southern Sri Lanka

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Studies on human–wildlife interactions (HWI) often focus on conflict mitigation studies, thus overlooking underlying factors that influence community decisions to coexist with wildlife. To address this knowledge gap, we collected empirical evidence of how community interactions with wildlife are shaped by their social contexts.
Anuradhi Dulangi Jayasinghe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Buddhism in Central Asia I [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Buddhism in Central Asia (Part I): Patronage, Legitimation, Sacred Space, and Pilgrimage, 6-14th Centuries deals with the various strategies of legitimation and the establishment of sacred space and pilgrimage among both trans-regional (Chinese, Indian ...

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Higher Hierarchs of Tibetan Buddhism in Early Song-Shas of Mongolian-Speaking Peoples

open access: yesНаучный диалог
This paper continues the exploration of early song records from Mongolian-speaking peoples (Khalka Mongols, Oirat, Kalmyks, Buryats). Introducing song-shas into scholarly discourse is of significant interest for studying the broader issue of the ...
B. Kh. Borlykova
doaj   +1 more source

An Islamic Perspective on the Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring Key Challenges From the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Projects are typically viewed as mechanisms for delivering products and services; however, this study examines projects from the distinct perspective of grand challenges (GCs). The selected case is the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project in Lahore, Pakistan—a grand challenge project (GCP).
Rehab Iftikhar, Syed Nayyer Abbas Kazmi
wiley   +1 more source

Cosmogony in the Vedas, Brāhmanas and Upanisads, with reference to early Buddhism [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
The approach I have taken here is basically descriptive rather than analytical. I have concentrated a lot on the Vedas, possibly at the expense of the other material, led partly by personal preference and partly by awareness of past neglect by many ...
Davies, Alan James
core  

Mortal relationality: waria family care and the ethics of dying in Bali Relationnalité mortelle : soins familiaux des waria et éthique des mourants à Bali

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
wiley   +1 more source

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