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Gender Conflicts in Contemporary Korean Buddhism

Religions, 2023
Scholars have observed that Korean Buddhist nuns have a relatively high social status compared to nuns of other Asian countries, much like their sisters in Taiwan. It is a source of great pride for many Korean bhikṣuṇīs that their community operates with
Eun-su Cho
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Korean Buddhism Abroad: A Critical Examination of Overseas Propagation Strategies of Jogye Order’s Hanmaum Seon Center

Religions, 2022
In the decades following the Korean War (1950–1953), support from Korea’s Jogye Order, the largest of Korea’s Buddhist sects, was instrumental for establishing Korean Buddhism overseas.
청환 박, Kyungrae Kim
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Effects of neurofeedback training on the alpha activity in quantitative electroencephalography, cognitive function, and speech perception in elderly with presbycusis: a quasi-experimental study [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background This study aimed to investigate the effects of neurofeedback training (NFT) on alpha activity in quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG), cognitive function, and speech perception in elderly with presbycusis.
Hyoung Jae Kim, Hee Wook Weon, Hae Kyoung Son   +2 more
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Covid-19 and Korean Buddhism: Assessing the Impact of South Korea’s Coronavirus Epidemic on the Future of Its Buddhist Community

Religions, 2021
While the Covid-19 pandemic has altered many aspects of life in South Korea over 2020, its impact on South Korea’s religious landscape has been enormous as the country’s three major religions (Catholicism, Buddhism, and Protestant Christianity) have ...
청환 박, Kyungrae Kim
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Korean Buddhism in the Era of ‘Spiritual, but Not Religious’: Adapting to Contemporary Society

Religions
The shift toward modernity has come with many changes that affect religion. This article investigates some of those changes with the aim of showing how Korean Buddhism is adjusting to contemporary spirituality.
Brian Somers
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Re-Examining Issues in the Study of Korean Buddhism: Questions Related to Degeneration of Chosŏn Buddhism, Colonialism, and Doctrine-Based Approaches

Religions
When the historical past in the study of Chosŏn Buddhism is unearthed, one would discover that Buddhist studies was in fact closely tied to Korea’s recent history of colonization by Japan and to the postcolonial influences of the West.
Sung-Eun Kim, Won-il Bhang
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The Current Status and Challenges of Templestay Programs in Korean Buddhism

Religions, 2023
Templestay is a Korean program where participants have the chance to stay in a Buddhist temple and explore the historic buildings, statues, and natural surroundings of the temple grounds, while experiencing meditation and Buddhist rituals first-hand ...
Hyun Gong Moon, Brian Somers
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Reshaping Gendered Boundaries: Buddhist Women’s Monastic Experience in Korean Buddhism

Religions
During the Chosŏn period (1392–1910) and the colonial period (1910–1945), in Korean Buddhism, Buddhist monks’ and nuns’ monastic experiences were influenced not only by the existing social norms but also by the androcentric monastic regulations, such as ...
Jeongeun Park
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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 Strange Story of Monk Ariyabalma [PDF]

International Journal of Korean History, 2021
This article deals with the life of a 7th century Korean monk, briefly recorded in Da Tang xiyu qiufa Gaoseng-zhuan by Yijing, who perhaps met him personally at the Nālandā Monastery between 675 and 685.
Maurizio Riotto
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