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Women's Dharma: Parwati Soepangat and Buddhist Feminist Theology in Postcolonial Indonesia*

Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 423-441, December 2024.
This article uses the life and career of Parwati Soepangat as a case study to shed light on the narrative of Buddhist women in postcolonial Indonesia. It contends that, unlike Theravāda Buddhist‐majority nations in mainland Southeast Asia, Indonesia's lack of a patriarchal monastic authority allowed Buddhist women, like Parwati Soepangat, to emerge ...
Jack Meng‐Tat Chia
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Do religious and cultural considerations militate against body donation? An overview and a Christian perspective

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 17, Issue 8, Page 1586-1595, November 2024.
Abstract The development of anatomy as a scientific undertaking appears to have left little room for religious and cultural input into the conduct of anatomical investigations. This has been brought to the fore by questionnaires regarding the willingness or otherwise of individuals to donate their bodies for dissection, with higher levels of ...
David Gareth Jones
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Spirits of Air and Goblins Damned: Life in the Light on the Six Realms Commentary

Religions
Scholarship in Buddhist Studies, particularly among philologists and philosophers, often overlooks cosmology, karma, and rebirth. This neglect is a legacy of a deep and long-standing anti-metaphysical spirit that pervades the empirical and philosophical ...
Alastair Gornall
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Esoteric Theravada Buddhism in Burma/Myanmar

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2013
The achievement of independence in 1948 was in many ways a watershed in Burma’s history. At this time, a variety of Buddhist movements emerged that were part not only of a ‘Burmese Buddhist revival’, in which even the government was involved, but also a ...
Niklas Foxeus
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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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The Stoicism of Śāntideva: Comparisons between Stoic and Buddhist philosophy

Theoria, Volume 90, Issue 4, Page 377-399, August 2024.
Abstract Recently, due to various geopolitical events, a movement for 'decolonisation' has taken shape. In essence, this movements seeks to right the wrongs of Western colonialism. This desire has been expressed in many diverse ways depending on the context.
Lee Clarke
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Mapping the ‘Three Worlds’: A Preliminary Exploration of the Formation and Iconography of Buddhist Cosmological Paintings in Central Siam

Religions
Buddhist cosmology is prominently reflected in artistic expressions across various regions, particularly through its extensive representation in Buddhist art.
Ran Xiong
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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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TANTRA O YOGA. ESTUDIOS CLÍNICOS, 3ª PARTE: COMPARATIVA

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2017
Varios estudios clínicos muestran cómo las prácticas tántricas y los ejercicios de las tradiciones védicas -como el yoga- o budistas theravada o mahayana tienen un impacto psicobiológico significativo.
Oscar R. Gómez
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Berkwitz, Stephen C., and Ashley Thompson, eds. Routledge Handbook of Theravāda Buddhism. Milton Park and New York: Publisher, 2022. Pp. 394. [PDF]

, 2023
Jason A. Carbine
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