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Responses of Korean Buddhism to the Ethos of Contemporary Korea: Three Discourses in the Wake of Modernization

open access: yesReligions, 2018
The revival of Buddhism in Korea began in the 20th century as the nation suffered a downfall from the colonization of the Japanese Imperialists. In this chaotic time of social turmoil, transformation into a modern nation resulted not from a natural flow ...
Woncheol Yun, Beom Seok Park
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The Funerary Rites of Won Buddhism in Korea

open access: yesReligions, 2020
Won Buddhism, established in 1916 by Founding Master Sot’aesan (少太山, 1891–1943), is one of the most active new religious movements in South Korea. When Korean society experienced a revolution in terms of values together with a swift transformation at the
Kwangsoo Park
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Female Practitioners’ Religious Lives: The First Generation of Female Wŏn Buddhist Clerics

open access: yesReligions, 2023
For Korean women, the Japanese colonial period was a transitional period in which Confucian patriarchal culture still prevailed, but some options for a social identity outside the home as “new women” were beginning to emerge.
Sung Ha Yun
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On how religions could accidentally incite lies and violence: folktales as a cultural transmitter [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Folklore has a critical role as a cultural transmitter, all the while being a socially accepted medium for the expressions of culturally contradicting wishes and conducts.
Ho, Manh-Toan   +10 more
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Depth Psychological Elements in Seon Master Daehaeng’s Dharma Talks, with Special Reference to Hanmaum Yeojeon

open access: yesReligions, 2021
This essay attempts to approach the dharma talks of Korean Seon Master Daehaeng (1927–2012) from a modern scientific perspective. In particular, it tries to articulate depth psychological elements which belong to or which are relevant in some way to her ...
Chae Young Kim
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ARTHOUSE CINEMA ON THE FUTURE OF SOUTH KOREA: KIM KI DUK

open access: yesКонцепт: философия, религия, культура, 2018
Analyzing different segments of modern Korean cinema it may be affirmed that its relevant topics are the following: religious ideologies, ideological choice, value orientations of individual life and biography.
E. A. Ostrovskaya
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A Study on the Possibility of Religious Governance of New Religions in Korea: Focusing on the Ecological Worldview of Donghak and Won Buddhism

open access: yesReligions, 2022
The most serious threats to humankind today are environmental and ecological problems. The global warming in particular is generally perceived as a serious threat to the survival of humanity and this sense of urgency has given us a chance to consider our
Jongman Kim, Andrew Eungi Kim
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Is mindfulness buddhist? (and why it matters) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Modern exponents of mindfulness meditation promote the therapeutic effects of “bare attention”—a sort of non-judgmental, non-discursive attending to the moment-to-moment flow of consciousness.
Sharf, RH
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Is mindfulness Buddhist? (and why it matters). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Modern exponents of mindfulness meditation promote the therapeutic effects of "bare attention"--a sort of non-judgmental, non-discursive attending to the moment-to-moment flow of consciousness.
Ahn J.   +36 more
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The Chikchi and Its Positions in Fourteenth-Century Korea

open access: yesReligions, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical and ideological positions of the Chikchi, a Korean Zen text. Originally composed of two fascicles, the book was published with metal type in 1377 and in woodblock print in 1378.
Jongmyung Kim
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