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What Is a Good Death in South Asia? A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Nurs Scholarsh
ABSTRACT Introduction To deliver palliative care, it is important to understand what a “good death” means to the relevant people. Such studies have mostly occurred in high‐income settings that usually live by Western ideals. What matters to people is likely to vary across different regions of the world, influenced by multiple factors. Although there is
Wijeyaratne L   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Arousal vs. relaxation: a comparison of the neurophysiological and cognitive correlates of Vajrayana and Theravada meditative practices.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Based on evidence of parasympathetic activation, early studies defined meditation as a relaxation response. Later research attempted to categorize meditation as either involving focused or distributed attentional systems.
Ido Amihai, Maria Kozhevnikov
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The Palm-leaf manuscripts: Non-material cultural heritage of Khmer at An Giang province

open access: yesTạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội, 2021
Palm-leaf manuscripts of Khmer is one of the precious documents of Khmer Theravada Buddhism. It is considered evidence mounts that stage of the formation and development of the Buddhism satras.
Nguyễn Thị Tâm Anh   +1 more
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Theology and cosmology in the Visuddhimagga of Buddhaghosa

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
The need to find clarity concerning (1) the relationship between scientific and religious cosmological discourses and (2) the imagining of a space where various religions could meet in fruitful conciliation as far as (1) is concerned, formed the basis of
Kobus Krüger
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Transformierte Buddhismen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Die Beiträge der Zeitschrift befassen sich auf der Basis neuester Forschungsergebnisse sowohl mit historischen Prozessen als auch rezenten Entwicklungen in den verschiedenen Buddhismen.
Bretfeld, Sven   +5 more
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The Practical Way of Generosity (Dana) to Achieve Real Happiness in Theravada Buddhism

open access: yesJournal of International Buddhist Studies, 2023
This qualitative research aims to analysis the Theravāda Buddhist ways of practice of generosity (dāna) to achieve real happiness of life in contemporary society.
Thukhavati Thukhavati
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Buddhistische Laien, buddhistische Profis: Individualisierung von Religiosität als Folge einer Neuverteilung religiösen Wissens im modernen Buddhismus Sri Lankas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Sven Bretfeld: Buddhistische Laien, buddhistische Profis: Individualisierung von Religiosität als Folge einer Neuverteilung religiösen Wissens im modernen Buddhismus Sri Lankas Seit Mitte des 19.
Bretfeld, Sven
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Anmeldelser

open access: yesReligionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2021
Annmeldelser til RvT 71: Erika Wallander: Unity, Division and the Religious Mainstream in Sweden (Anne Lundahl Mauritsen) Tero Alstola: Judeans in Babylonia: A Study of Deportees in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE (Frederik Poulsen) Iselin ...
Anne Lundahl Mauritsen   +2 more
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What Do Buddhists Think about Free Will? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A critical overview to the bulk of extant Buddhist theories of free ...
Repetti, Rick
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Multiple Buddhisms in Ladakh: Strategic Secularities and Missionaries Fighting Decline

open access: yesReligions, 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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