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Social ministry in Buddhism: analysis of relevant concepts [PDF]

Религия, церковь, общество, 2019
This article tries to answer the question, whether the concept of «social ministry» is applicable in the case of Buddhism. The article analyzes some examples of the consideration of «gift/giving» and «social ministry» in the Buddhist canonical and post ...
Pavel Dmitrievich Lenkov
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The Virtue of Patience

Philosophy Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Many traditions and worldviews have held that patience is a virtue—a habit that is morally praiseworthy. In this essay we orient readers to recent work on what patience is and what patience does. What are the distinctive markers of the disposition of patience? And why have people regarded it as so important to living well?
Anne Jeffrey, Timothy Pawl
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Women's Dharma: Parwati Soepangat and Buddhist Feminist Theology in Postcolonial Indonesia*

Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 423-441, December 2024.
This article uses the life and career of Parwati Soepangat as a case study to shed light on the narrative of Buddhist women in postcolonial Indonesia. It contends that, unlike Theravāda Buddhist‐majority nations in mainland Southeast Asia, Indonesia's lack of a patriarchal monastic authority allowed Buddhist women, like Parwati Soepangat, to emerge ...
Jack Meng‐Tat Chia
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Do religious and cultural considerations militate against body donation? An overview and a Christian perspective

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 17, Issue 8, Page 1586-1595, November 2024.
Abstract The development of anatomy as a scientific undertaking appears to have left little room for religious and cultural input into the conduct of anatomical investigations. This has been brought to the fore by questionnaires regarding the willingness or otherwise of individuals to donate their bodies for dissection, with higher levels of ...
David Gareth Jones
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From mandala to flowchart: Managerial governmentality and the evidentiary technologies of Indonesia's Reformasi

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 290-319, August 2024.
Abstract With the dissolution of an authoritarian regime, novel semiotic technologies are mobilized in the service of producing new political imaginaries. Through what visual and discursive practices can “democracy” be made visible? How can “good governance” be convincingly attested?
Aurora Donzelli
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Particularities of Interpretations of the Main Provisions of Madhyamaka and Yogācāra by Buddhist Authors in Tibet and Other Countries

RUDN Journal of Philosophy
Various features of the interpretation of these schools main positions, the reasons for their appearance and the consequences for the development of Mahayana Buddhism have been the subject of discussion in this research.
Sergei Yu. Lepekhov
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The Stoicism of Śāntideva: Comparisons between Stoic and Buddhist philosophy

Theoria, Volume 90, Issue 4, Page 377-399, August 2024.
Abstract Recently, due to various geopolitical events, a movement for 'decolonisation' has taken shape. In essence, this movements seeks to right the wrongs of Western colonialism. This desire has been expressed in many diverse ways depending on the context.
Lee Clarke
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Punctuating “Happiness”: Punctuated equilibrium theory and the agenda‐setting of the Gross National Happiness (GNH) policy in Bhutan

Review of Policy Research, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 491-507, May 2024.
Abstract Gross National Happiness (GNH), a concept first introduced by Bhutan, has gained immense traction as an alternate development paradigm to GDP toward achieving wholesome global progress. In this paper, we investigate the origins of the policy of GNH, through the theoretical lens of the punctuated equilibrium theory (PET), and when and how GNH ...
Lhawang Ugyel, Michael Givel, Dendup Chophel   +2 more
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Cutting Through False Dualisms

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2017
In this article, I will use the two truths doctrine from Buddhism to explicate transformative social change as a transmodern moral framework for critical psychological research.
Robert K. Beshara
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Beatrice Lane Suzuki (1875–1939)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Beatrice Lane Suzuki was the American born wife of renowned Zen scholar Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. Until very recently, nothing beyond this had been written about her.
Judith Snodgrass
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