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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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Stylistyka, 2020 The article deals with the fundamental concepts of Buddhism – samsara and nirvana, explains their etymology, and application in the philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism.
Aleksej О. Belâkov
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The East Asian Mahāyāna Teaching of the One Mind and Its Implications in a Polarized World
Religions, 2023 This paper addresses the problem of polarization, which is considered one of the most pressing issues facing humanity, from the perspective of Mahāyāna Buddhism, specifically, the East Asian Buddhist teaching of the One Mind.
Byongchang Kang
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THE 'TWO TRUTHS' DOCTRINE (SATYADVAYA) AND THE NATURE OF UPĀYA IN NĀGĀRJUNA [PDF]
Kriterion, 2016 The objective of this article is to contribute to the understanding of Nāgārjuna's 'two truths' doctrine (satyadvaya) as presented in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā ("The Fundamental Verses of the Middle Path") (XXIV.8-10). For that purpose, we argue that 'two
Dilip Loundo
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Material Heritage of the Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā: Manuscripts and Inscribed Tablets
Religions, 2023 The Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā, “Questions of the Oceanic Intelligence,” is the fifth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta, “Great Collection,” and is a canonical work belonging to the tradition of Mahāyāna sūtra literature.
Jaehee Han, Jens Braarvig
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Medieval Khmer Society: The Life and Times of Jayavarman VII (ca. 1120–1218)
The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, 2019 Jayavarman VII (ca. 1120–1218) is one of the best known Cambodian “Angkor” leaders, in part because he was able to unite the numerous small, fragmented Khmer Cambodian and Cham kingdoms of the day.
Paul Nietupski
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