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A Critical Comparison between Nāma-Rūpa and Cartesian Dualism: Theravāda Buddhist Anattā as a Critique of Descartes’ Cogito Ergo Sum

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This research article aims to present a critical study on the comparison between the concepts of nāma-rūpa and Cartesian dualism. Nāma-rūpa is a human metaphysical and epistemological concept in Theravāda Buddhism that divides the human self into non ...
Galuh Nur Fattah, Tri Saputra Medhacitto, Gonalagoda Nanda   +2 more
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On the Question of “Discipline” (Vinaya) and Nuns in Theravāda Buddhism

Religions, 2019
This article centers on the relationship of rules (nīti) to the monastic form of life of contemporary Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka. A genealogy of scholarship focusing on the rules of Buddhist monks and nuns has led scholars to affirm a clear-cut ...
Nirmala S. Salgado
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From Marginalization to Localization: Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism’s Adaptive Strategies in Theravāda Myanmar

Religions
Tension 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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Beyond Buddhism and animism: A psychometric test of the structure of Burmese Theravada Buddhism.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Anthropologists and religious scholars have long debated the relationship between doctrinal Theravada Buddhism, so-called 'animism', and other folk practices in southeast Asian societies. A variety of models of this relationship have been proposed on the
Mark Stanford, Jonathan Jong
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The roles and impacts of worldviews in the context of meditation-related challenges. [PDF]

Transcult Psychiatry, 2023
Lindahl JR, Palitsky R, Cooper DJ, Britton WB.   +3 more
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Socially Engaged Buddhism of Theravada Monastic Sanga Community: A Case Study of the Bulang Buddhist Community in Laoman'e Village, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

Journal of International Buddhist Studies
This study investigates the socially engaged Buddhism of the Bulang people in the Laoman’e village in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China.
Yan Wenen
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Karma and Causation in Theravāda Buddhism: Rethinking Determinism and External Phenomena

Journal of International Buddhist Studies
This 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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The Doctrinal Basis for the Prohibition of Abortion in Theravāda and Tibetan Buddhism [PDF]

International Multidisciplinary Journal of Pure Life
SUBJECT & OBJECTIVES: This study examines the widespread claim that Theravāda and Tibetan Buddhist traditions contain sufficient textual ambiguity to allow a “middle-way, pro-choice” position, particularly during early pregnancy. Its primary objective is
Mahdi Honarjoo, Mohsen Honarjoo
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The Problems of Free Will and Moral Responsibility in Buddhist Ethics

RUDN Journal of Philosophy
At the end of the 20th century, a discipline of Buddhist ethics was formed in English-speaking countries, within the framework of which a community of closely interacting researchers is engaged in the comprehension and systematization of ethical ...
Vlada A. Volkova
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South Asian Drumming beyond Tala: The Problem with “Meter” in Buddhist Sri Lanka [PDF]

Analytical Approaches to World Music, 2018
In two conjoined articles, I argue that Sri Lanka—long passed over in ethnomusicology classes as one proceeds from India to Indonesia or vice-versa—is worthy of gaining a strong foothold in our field.
Sykes, Jim
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