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On the Ontology of Composites in Abhidharma Buddhism

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 3, Page 679-693, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Abhidharma Buddhism maintains that the only ultimately real (paramārtha) entities in the universe are dharmas, which are simples. What then is the ontological status of composites on this theory? One possibility is that Abhidharma Buddhists deny the reality of composites.
Monima Chadha, Shaun Nichols
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Lurching Towards a Canon: Mahāyāna Sūtras in Khotanese Garb

Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2021
The concept of canon centers around authority. Assertions about canonicity both reflect and reshape the structure and the source of authority. In a Buddhist context, processes of canonization are highly fluid and complex, shedding light on the socio ...
Ruixuan Chen
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Manufacturing Japanese Reformation: Kamakura Buddhism in Early Showa Historiography

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Few comparative frameworks in the historiography of Japanese religion have proven more durable, or more contested, than the analogy between the “New Buddhism” of the Kamakura period and the Protestant Reformation. This article traces the construction and consolidation of this analogy from its first systematic articulation by the historian Hara
Orion Klautau
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Buddhism in Australia: A Maturing, Multidisciplinary Field of Inquiry

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT In 2012, Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick and Kim Lam applied Paul Numrich's framework to the study of Buddhism in so‐called Australia, to determine if it constituted a distinct field of study. They concluded that it was an emerging field, according to Numrich's three categories of specialisation, organisation and publication.
Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick, Sioh‐Yang Tan   +2 more
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A Systemic Reflection On Why Biology Is Best : E(s) ∞ mc2 Sentience, Consciousness and Transcendance?

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 78-82, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT The short essay makes a case that a post biological world will be a devolution. Sentience is a relational process linked with the awe and wonder we experience in relation to one another and our shared habitat. The voiceless need to be protected by extending solidarity on the basis of sentience—a normative plea, but also on the basis of ...
J. J. McIntyre‐Mills
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Korean Buddhism in the Park Chung Hee Era (1961–1979)

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Park Chung Hee (Pak Chŏng hŭi 1917–1979) is the most controversial president in South Korean history. The relationship between religious groups and Park's regime is a particularly complicated historical issue. Scholars have rightly criticized Korean Buddhism's relationship with the Park Chung Hee regime, particularly condemning the Chogye ...
Jonathan C. Feuer
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Nietzsche at the Deathbed: the Eternal Recurrence as a Counter to the ‘Preaching of Death’

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 66, Issue 6, Page 623-640, November 2025.
Abstract In recent scholarship, the dominant reading of Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal recurrence has been as a thought experiment. This paper responds to this in two ways. First, this paper relocates eternal recurrence in the context of Nietzsche’s abiding concern with the ‘preaching of death’, a powerful, life‐negating weapon of the ascetic ...
Mark Higgins
wiley   +1 more source

Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 1: Yoga

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
Several clinical studies demonstrate how exercises from Vedic traditions, such as Yoga, or Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as tantric practices, have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
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Crossing Philosophical Boundaries in Comparative Theology: John Keenan, Joseph O'Leary and Raimon Panikkar

Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 706-719, October 2025.
Abstract One of the ways in which the process of learning may occur in comparative theology is through reinterpreting the data of one religion through the philosophical framework of another. This type of learning mainly takes the form of Christian theologians reinterpreting the contents of Christian faith through Asian philosophical frameworks.
Catherine Cornille
wiley   +1 more source

Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 3: Comparative Paper

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
Several clinical studies show how tantric practices and exercises of Vedic traditions—such as Yoga—or Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
doaj   +1 more source