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The Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā and the Sky as a Symbol of Mahāyāna Doctrines and Aspirations
Religions, 2021 The Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā is a Mahāyāna dharmaparyāya and is the eighth chapter of the great canonical collection of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Mahāsaṃnipāta.
Jaehee Han
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Identity in Transnational Buddhism—The Case of a Chinese Buddhist Nun in Shan State, Myanmar
Religions, 2022 This paper will use the case study of a Chinese Mahayana Buddhist nun in a border town in Shan state, Myanmar, to explore the importance of identity in transnational Buddhism.
Wei-Yi Cheng
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When Mahāyāna Meets Theravāda: The Position of Chinese Bhikṣuṇīs in Contemporary Myanmar
Religions, 2022 Mahāyāna and Theravāda are the two major traditions of Buddhism in contemporary Asia. Although they share many similar teachings, there are long-standing disputes between their respective sets of adherents, touching on doctrine, ritual, religious ...
Tzu-Lung Chiu
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HTS 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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Recent Trends Concerning the Issue of ‘Buddhism and Practice’ in Contemporary Japan
Távol-keleti Tanulmányok, 2023 When discussing Buddhism in practice, we should first note that the word practice has a multilayered meaning in Buddhism. For the purposes of this paper, I would like to simplify things considerably, and divide those multiple meanings into two groups ...
Yasushi Kigoshi
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The Buddhist Philanthropist: The Life and Times of Lee Choon Seng
Religions, 2022 This article examines the life and times of Lee Choon Seng (李俊承), exploring his role as a prominent lay Buddhist leader in Singapore and the broader Chinese Buddhist world.
Guan Thye Hue +2 more
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Evoking the Mythic: Hearing the Sound of Sukhāvatī [PDF]
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, 2021 Buddhism has a rich visual history of ancient paintings and sculpture used to evoke spiritual and archetypal concepts. One of the key figures in Mahayana Buddhism is the celestial Buddha Amitabha, also known as the Buddha of Infinite Light.
M.D.F. Evans, S. Hall, J. Dooley
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Buddhist Modernism in the Philippines: Emerging Localization of Humanistic Buddhism
Religions, 2022 Mahayana Buddhism is well known for being successfully implanted in various cultures. Chinese Buddhism, considered one of the three great religions of China along with Confucianism and Taoism, is a classic example.
Aristotle Chan Dy
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Multiple Buddhisms in Ladakh: Strategic Secularities and Missionaries Fighting Decline
Religions, 2021 During fieldwork in Ladakh in July–August 2018, three authors from Asian studies, anthropology, and religious studies backgrounds researched “multiple Buddhisms” in Ladakh, India.
Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg +2 more
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Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2021 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ecologization of Buddhism makes sense in both a mod-ern and posthuman perspective. Initiatives and institutions based on socially engaged Buddhism with sustainability, biodiversity and ecology as ideals have spread in recent decades in
Jørn Borup
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