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Preparatory Guidelines for Meditation in Pre-Modern Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Traditions

open access: yesReligions
This study offers a comparative analysis of preparatory practices in Buddhist meditation, focusing on the Tiantai tradition of medieval China and the Nyingma tradition of tenth-century Tibet.
Ching-Hsuan Mei
doaj   +1 more source

Hindu‐Christian Comparative Theology in a Decolonial Key

open access: yesModern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 285-306, April 2024.
Abstract This article imagines how the discipline of comparative theology might sound in a decolonial key. Focusing on implications for Hindu‐Christian comparative theology, this article puts the sacramental theological approach of Indian Christian artist and theologian Jyoti Sahi into conversation with Michi Saagiig (Mississauga) Nishnaabeg theorist ...
Michelle Voss
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
A review of Julius Lipner\u27s Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and ...
Coward, Harold
core   +2 more sources

The modeling pastes of the monumental terracruda sculpture of the Silk Roads: Archaeometric study of the Tepe Narenj and Qol‐e‐tut examples (Kabul, Afghanistan)

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 1, Page 76-99, February 2024.
Abstract This paper presents the results of the mineralogical, petrographic and chemical study of different archaeological samples related to terracruda sculptures and other elements that were part of the architectural decoration of the Buddhist sites of Tepe Narenj and Qol‐e‐tut (Kabul, Afghanistan; fifth to 11th centuries CE).
Monica López‐Prat   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicinal Mandala: Potency in Spatiality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article explores the complexities of accomplishing potency, nüpa (nus pa), within a Tibetan healing, rejuvenation, and longevity ritual practice known as ‘medicinal accomplishment,’ mendrup (sman sgrub).
Sehnalova, Anna
core   +1 more source

Meeting \u27the Mother Who Takes Across\u27: Christian Encounters with the Fierce Goddesses of Hinduism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This essay revolves around a simple question: what does Hindu-Christian dialogue look like from the Christian side when the Hindu side is represented by Saktism? Or, how do Christians, whether Protestant or Catholic, react and what do they learn when the
McDermott, Rachel Fell
core   +2 more sources

EPILOGUE: Currents of convergence—Religious change in Asian contexts

open access: yes
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 318-320, August 2025.
J. Derrick Lemons
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring India's Bridge Position: Contemporary Globalized Yoga in Fact and Fiction

open access: yes
Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 435-436, June 2025.
Suzanne Newcombe
wiley   +1 more source

The Art of Imagination at the Intersection of Pramāṇa and Samaya: Normative Epistemology and Tantric Ethics in Early Philosophical Vajrayāna

open access: yesJournal of Contemplative Studies
The practice of Vajrayāna is predicated on a worldview different from that which frames classical Buddhist teachings, such as the Four Noble Truths. While classical theory and praxis are structured by the inexorability of dissatisfaction, suffering, and ...
Dominic D. Z. Sur
doaj   +1 more source

Book Review: Imagining Hinduism: A Postcolonial Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
A review of Imagining Hinduism: A Postcolonial Perspective by Sharada ...
Sarma, Deepak
core   +2 more sources

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