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Emperor Wu of Liang’s Reinterpretation and Elevation of the Precepts as the Bodhisattva Ideal

open access: yesReligions
This paper examines Emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty (r. 502–549) and his efforts to reform the Buddhist saṅgha through the establishment of the bodhisattva precepts and the proclamation of the Prohibition of Alcohol and Meat.
Yoon Kyung Cho
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Continuity and Discontinuity : Lü Cheng’s Criticism of Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism

open access: yes, 2013
According to Lü Cheng, the Consciousness-Only or Yogācāra School of Indian Buddhism claims that the essence of all sentient beings is “tathatā,” which is lack of cognitive ability, and therefore is a theory of what he calls“Primal Purity.” On the other ...
張 文良, Zhang Wenliang
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Mahāyāna Phoenix: Japan\u27s Buddhists at the 1893 World\u27s Parliament of Religions

open access: yes, 2003
A remarkable group of Japanese Buddhists traveled to Chicago\u27s Columbian Exposition to participate in the 1893 World\u27s Parliament of Religions. These delegates combined religious aspirations with nationalist ambitions.
Harding, John Sheldon
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The Chapter «About Emptiness» from the Oirat Translation of  «the Sutra of Golden Light»

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
In Mahayana Buddhism there are several sutras devoted to the doctrine of Prajnaparamita, (the perfection of wisdom). One such sutra is «The Sutra of Golden Light».
B. Bicheev
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Progress and Free Will: On the Buddhist Concept of “Time” and Its Possibilities for Modernity

open access: yesAsian Studies, 2016
An even only cursory glance at the way Buddhism is experienced, interpreted, and lived in the contemporary world––both Western and Oriental––reveals Buddhism’s multiple “modern faces”.
Bart DESSEIN
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The synthesis of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism in the ideas of liberation in Vietnamese Mahāyāna Buddhism of the 18th century (a case study of Ngo Thi Nham)

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis
This paper examines the synthesis of Confucianism, Mahāyāna Buddhism and Daoism in the conception of liberation within 18th century Vietnamese religious and philosophical thought, focusing on the case of Ngo Thi Nham (1746-1803).
Le Thi Hong Phuong, Mai K Da
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A Phenomenological Reading of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā

open access: yesReligions
In this article, I expand on the approach suggested by Huifeng and explored in my earlier publications. Here, I approach Prajñāpāramitā as primarily concerned with experience rather than reality or metaphysics. More precisely, I argue that Prajñāpāramitā
Jayarava Attwood
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Kumārajīva’s Meditative Legacy in China

open access: yesSpirituality Studies, 2015
The article shows that in China and other Far East countries, where Chinese Buddhism spread at the early stages of Mahāyāna Buddhism, traditional methods of Buddhist practice, as explained in the Āgamas, were in practice, but reinterpreted from the ...
Bhante Dhammadipa
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