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Buddha-Feld und Verdienstübertragung : Mahāyāna-Ideen im Theravāda-Buddhismus Ceylons

, 1976
Bechert Heinz. Buddha-Feld und Verdienstübertragung : Mahāyāna-Ideen im Theravāda-Buddhismus Ceylons. In: Bulletin de la Classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques, tome 62, 1976. pp.
Heinz Bechert, Bechert, Heinz
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Beyond the Rebel ‘Territorial Trap’: Governing Armed Sovereign Formations in Eastern Myanmar

Development and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 441-466, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Territorial control is a central concept in the study of civil wars and rebel governance. However, scholars often fall into a ‘territorial trap’, assuming that territorial control is either an outcome of or a precondition for armed governance. Based on immersive fieldwork in eastern Myanmar, this article traces how different spatial orderings ...
Tony Neil, Saw Day Chit Htoo
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Theravāda “Missionary Activity”: Exploring the Secular Features of Socio-Politics and Ethics [PDF]

, 2019
The purpose of this thesis is to comprehensively explore Theravāda missionary activity. The philological, textual, theoretical, and ethnographic methods used to investigate the historical, sociopolitical, religious, and ethical aspects of early Theravāda,
Brugh, Christopher Scott
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Meanings and practices of accountability in the international development sector: The limits of “vernacularization” in rural Cambodia

Development Policy Review, Volume 44, Issue 3, May 2026.
Abstract Motivation Accountability agendas have long been promoted through the policies and programmes of international development organizations around the world. Despite increasing scholarly interest in how political concepts, such as human rights, are “vernacularized” into local contexts, there has been little consideration to date of the ...
Tamas Wells, Kate MacDonald, Shelley Marshall, Ruth Bottomley   +3 more
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On the Ontology of Composites in Abhidharma Buddhism

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 3, Page 679-693, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Abhidharma Buddhism maintains that the only ultimately real (paramārtha) entities in the universe are dharmas, which are simples. What then is the ontological status of composites on this theory? One possibility is that Abhidharma Buddhists deny the reality of composites.
Monima Chadha, Shaun Nichols
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The Embodiment of Buddhist History: Interpretive Methods and Models of Sāsana Decline in Burmese Debates about Female Higher Ordination

Religions, 2022
The mid-twentieth century was celebrated in Theravāda civilizations as the halfway point in the five-thousand-year history of the Buddha’s dispensation, the sāsana.
Tony Scott
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Personal and relational experiences on meditation journeys following developmental trauma: An IPA study of adults who experienced an inconsistent evolved developmental niche

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 99, Issue 1, Page 201-218, March 2026.
Abstract Objectives In recent decades, research has increasingly highlighted the devastating effects of childhood trauma and relational processes that violate human development. However, the unique dynamics of such early‐life deprivations in adults who practice meditation, a context where the complexity of such wounding (and healing) may become ...
Anna‐Maria Frastali, Adhip Rawal
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Application of the Concept of Saṅkhāra (Mental Formation) in Theravāda Buddhist Psychology for Reducing Human Mental Suffering in Modern Life

Journal of International Buddhist Studies
This paper critically evaluates the concept of saṅkhāra within early Theravāda Buddhist knowledge, addressing gaps in prior studies by Bandusena Wickranmasinghe Dadanayaka and Venerable Nodhiñana, who primarily emphasize the doctrinal and causal aspects ...
Ven. Vimala (Dhammapāragu)
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Cultural differences in revenge fantasies using drawings: A comparative study between Indians and Thais

Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Unjust events cause humiliation and can elicit revenge fantasies. The present study explored cultural differences between Indians and Thais expressing revenge fantasies through drawings and narratives. A matched convenience sample of 100 adults, that is, 50 participants each (35 females and 15 males) from India and Thailand were recruited. The
Meghna Girish, Nisara Jaroenkajornkij, Bussakorn Binson, Rachel Lev‐Wiesel   +3 more
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Learning to Love Rats: A Postwar Ecology in a Cambodian Minefield

American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 4, Page 746-756, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper follows the implementation of landmine detection rats in Cambodia. Over the course of my ethnographic fieldwork with the team for the landmine detection rat technique training in Cambodia, I saw that the way the human landmine detectors (a.k.a.
Darcie DeAngelo
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