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Journal of Global Buddhism, 2022 Theravada as practiced by most converts in the West is distinguished by the absence of monasticism, its dominant institution. Nevertheless, Thai Forest monasticism has managed to gain a foothold in the convert West, thanks to the efforts of convert ...
Karen Ferguson
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PLoS 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
Tạp 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
HTS 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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The Practical Way of Generosity (Dana) to Achieve Real Happiness in Theravada Buddhism
Journal 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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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 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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Karma and Causation in Theravāda Buddhism: Rethinking Determinism and External Phenomena
Journal of International Buddhist StudiesThis paper reexamines the relationship between karma and causation in Theravāda Buddhism, with a focus on how karma causes external events attributed to agents. It argues against the deterministic notion that karma directly determines external phenomena,
Klairung Iso
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Analytical Study of the Process of Control Feeling (Vedanā) in Theravāda Buddhism
Journal of International Buddhist Studies, 2023 This article is entitled “An Analytical Study of the Process of Control Feeling (Vedanā) in Theravāda Buddhism”. It consists of three objectives, namely, (1) to examine the context and impacts of feelings in human being life, (2) to study the meaning and
Indanyani
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Significance of Doctrinal Purity: Burmese Monastic Regulatory System (Vinicchaya Trial)
Journal of International Buddhist StudiesBuddhism in Myanmar today may be characterized as conservative. Among many Buddhist schools across the world, only the teachings maintained by the Theravada sect are accepted as authentic teachings in Myanmar.
Yan Naing Linn
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