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The female body in early Buddhist literature

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2011
In this paper the author presents Theravāda Buddhist perceptions of the female body and their impact on sexuality, gender equality and salvation. In doing so the author draws on a selection of texts from the Buddhist canonical literature, which are ...
Céline Grünhagen
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Neither ātman Nor anattā: Tapering Our Conception of Selfhood [PDF]

, 2017
I provide critical discussion of conception of and talk of psychic integration which I take to be both excessive and deficient; these viciously extreme positions are championed by the Apostle Paul and St.
BRIGGS, Roman
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Early Pyrrhonism as a Sect of Buddhism? A Case Study in the Methodology of Comparative Philosophy [PDF]

, 2018
We offer a sceptical examination of a thesis recently advanced in a monograph published by Princeton University Press, entitled Greek Buddha: Pyrrho’s Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia. In this dense and probing work, Christopher I. Beckwith,
JOHNSON, Monte Ransome, SHULTS, Brett
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An Interview with Ajahn Jotipālo: Meditation Leads to Experiential Understanding That What We Think of As Ourselves is Actually Stressful, Unstable & not Really Ourselves

Spirituality Studies, 2019
In the interview with Martin Dojčár, Ajahn Jotipālo discusses a set of issues concerning monastic life in the strict Thai forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism along with fundamental Buddhist spiritual practices and his views on interfaith dialogue ...
Martin Dojčár
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A Critical Comparison between Nāma-Rūpa and Cartesian Dualism: Theravāda Buddhist Anattā as a Critique of Descartes’ Cogito Ergo Sum

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This research article aims to present a critical study on the comparison between the concepts of nāma-rūpa and Cartesian dualism. Nāma-rūpa is a human metaphysical and epistemological concept in Theravāda Buddhism that divides the human self into non ...
Galuh Nur Fattah, Tri Saputra Medhacitto, Gonalagoda Nanda   +2 more
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Jhāna-cittas: Swapping Planes via Samatha [PDF]

, 2017
Conference Theme: Mindfulness: Traditions and Compassionate ApplicationsConsidering the importance of the Abhidhammic analysis of mind (citta) and mental factors (cetasika) for understanding of the full scope of Samatha, this paper aims to introduce its ...
Somaratne, GA
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The Genesis of Quantitative Buddhist Economics

Journal of International Buddhist Studies, 2023
This paper aims to summarize three fundamentals to create Quantitative Buddhist Economics, QBE, for people living with families and money to solve economic problems using graphs and mathematics that is contemporary style. Mathematics, scientific methods,
Poramest Boonsri
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Tinjauan Realisme Struktural terhadap Konsep Tiḷakkhana dalam Buddhisme Theravāda

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This article aims to explain human dignity as the foundation of human rights (HR) from the perspective of Islamic law, emphasizing the harmony between Sharia principles and universal humanitarian values.
Galuh Nur Fattah
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Review Of Theravada Buddhism: The View Of The Elders By A. Tilakaratne [PDF]

, 2014
Brown, S., Swearer, Donald K.
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"Food Ethics and Religion" [PDF]

, 2016
How does an engagement with religious traditions (broadly construed) illuminate and complicate the task of thinking through the ethics of eating? In this introduction, we survey some of the many food ethical issues that arise within various religious ...
Doggett, Tyler, Halteman, Matthew C.
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