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Beyond Buddhism and animism: A psychometric test of the structure of Burmese Theravada Buddhism. [PDF]

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
Stanford M, Jong J.
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Arousal vs. Relaxation: A Comparison of the Neurophysiological and Cognitive Correlates of Vajrayana and Theravada Meditative Practices

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.
Maria Kozhevnikov
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Witnessing in Theravada Buddhism

RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2012
This paper aims to show that the problem of personal identity is a fundamental question not only in a Buddhist tradition but in Western philosophy too. The author discovers a notion of "witnessing" includes all kinds of conscious experience, perception ...
A V Matulyak
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Human Perfection from the Perspective of Ibn Arabi's Mysticism and Theravada Buddhism Mysticism [PDF]

International Multidisciplinary Journal of Pure Life, 2023
SUBJECT & OBJECTIVES: This research explored the concept of human perfection through the lenses of Ibn Arabi’s Mysticism and Theravada Buddhism Mysticism.
Ali Jafari, Mohammad Emil
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Influence of Mahayana-Vajrayana School on the Sacred Characteristics of Theravada Vihara in Indonesia

Khazanah Theologia, 2022
After Buddha parinibbana, difference of views between his disciples in interpreting Dhamma result in the creation of three main Buddhist schools: Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.
Rahadhian Prajudi Herwindo, Singgih Salim   +1 more
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ASPECTOS CIENTÍFICOS Y BENEFICIOSOS DEL CULTO TANTRICO

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2016
Este artículo se propone identificar y aislar lo científico y beneficioso de la falsedad, superstición y misticismo que envuelve al tantrismo. De todas las prácticas religiosas y semireligiosas antiguas de la India, el culto tántrico es el que ha ...
Ratan Lal Basu
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When Mahāyāna Meets Theravāda: The Position of Chinese Bhikṣuṇīs in Contemporary Myanmar

Religions, 2022
Mahāyāna and Theravāda are the two major traditions of Buddhism in contemporary Asia. Although they share many similar teachings, there are long-standing disputes between their respective sets of adherents, touching on doctrine, ritual, religious ...
Tzu-Lung Chiu
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Theological debate among Buddhist sects in Indonesia

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
Indonesian Buddhism has many sects such as Theravada, Mahayana, Buddhayana, Tantrayana, Maitreya, Tridharma, Kasogatan, Nichiren and so on. These sects historically come from the same source, the Buddha’s teachings, but now they have differences in terms
Abdul Syukur
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Konsep Kematian dalam Perspektif Agama Buddha Theravada

Al-Adyan, 2021
This article examines the concept of death in the Theravada Buddhist perspective. Where the teachings show the stages in addressing or even the state after death.
Ali Mursyid Azisi
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Gifts and Ghosts: A Derridean Reading of Theravada Communities

Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, 2019
Because Europeans have shaped scholarly discourse about Southeast Asia and Buddhism, movement away from understanding “pure” Theravada Buddhism through religious and philosophical doctrine was a technique to decenter Western readings and shows how ...
Sokthan Yeng
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