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ReligionsTension between the Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhist schools has persisted since early Buddhist times and remains a complex issue. However, recent decades have seen growing joint religious activities and cultural exchanges between followers of these ...
Tzu-Lung Chiu
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Situating the Concept of Mindfulness in the Theravāda Tradition [PDF]
Asian Studies, 2016 Mindfulness plays a prominent role in traditional and modern Buddhist meditation practice. This paper examines the theoretical background of the concept of mindfulness (sati) as presented in the early Buddhist sources, recorded in Theravāda Buddhism.
Tamara DITRICH
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Routledge Handbook of Theravāda Buddhism
, 2022 Among one of the older sub-fields in Buddhist Studies, the study of Theravāda Buddhism is undergoing a revival by contemporary scholars who are revising long-held conventional views of the tradition while undertaking new approaches and engaging new ...
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The work of culture in Thai Theravāda Buddhist death rituals
, 2021 Thai Theravāda Buddhist death rituals are explored in this book chapter as vivid examples of how rituals around death can offer rich potential sources for consumer cultural insight. The chapter explores Ricoeur’s and Obeyesekere’s ‘cultural hermeneutics’
Hackley, Amy Rungpaka
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Tensioni tra aspirazioni universali e manifestazioni particolari nel buddhismo Theravāda [PDF]
, 2022 This contribution will discuss the concepts of universal and particular in relation to the doctrinal transmission of Theravāda Buddhism. At first, the transformation of the universal doctrine known as Dhamma in a particular teaching (sāsana) will be ...
Bryan De Notariis, De Notariis, Bryan
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Constructing collective identity through Theravāda Buddhism: religious memory, monastic authority, and sacred infrastructure among the Bulang community in Southwest China. [PDF]
Front SociolIntroduction Theravāda Buddhism plays a central role in the cultural and religious life of several ethnic communities in Southwest China, yet the ways minority communities mobilize Buddhism to construct collective
Yan W, Liu Y.
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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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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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