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Almost a proper Buddhist : the post-secular complexity of heritage Buddhist teen identity in Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This qualitative study explores how Buddhist affiliation relates to practice, how Buddhist teens define and experience their religious identity and which sociological paradigms are helpful in understanding the dynamics of Buddhist teen identity.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas
core   +2 more sources

The Problem of the Inefficacy of Knowledge in Early Buddhist Soteriology [PDF]

open access: yesKritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, 2008
Early Buddhism has been described as a “gnostic soteriology” in that itsees the chief cause of life’s unsatisfactoriness to be ignorance of certain metaphysical truths, and that once this ignorance is eliminated through awareness of the true nature of ...
Ryan Showler
doaj  

BLESSED ACTS OF OBLIVION: On the Ethics of Forgetting

open access: yesCultural Anthropology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 105-130, February 2025.
ABSTRACT This essay explores the ethics of forgetting as a technology of the self. Forgetfulness is a feature of a range of contexts of political conflict and “difficult” heritage. Such forgetfulness is often imagined as an imposition (as when states deny the freedom to remember) or a weakness (as when people are thought to repress uncomfortable or ...
PAOLO HEYWOOD
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the Relationship between Brain Waves in Electroencephalography (EEG) and Concentration Meditation Practice in Theravāda Buddhism

open access: yesJournal of International Buddhist Studies, 2023
Nowadays in Western countries, there is much interest in studies of Buddhist meditation practice. This article is focused on an analysis of the relationship between brainwaves in electroencephalography (EEG) and concentration practices in Theravāda ...
Nopporn Klunsupha
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Ideological inequalities: Khmer culture and widows' perception of remarriage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
To explain the enduring persistence of gender inequality, structural explanations alone are not sufficient. One must look at the realm of cultural ideas to understand the entrenched nature of female subordination.
Lee, Susan
core   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Illegitimate Tasks and Nurse Work Engagement: The Mediating Role of Workplace Mindfulness

open access: yesJournal of Nursing Management, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Aim: This study aims to explore the relationship between illegitimate tasks and nurses’ work engagement, as well as the mediating role of workplace mindfulness in this relationship. Design: This is a quantitative cross‐sectional study. Methods: The study was conducted from October to December 2023 across three tertiary hospitals in Central China ...
Meiyun Jia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lists as dynamic devices in early Buddhist doctrine and textual tradition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article discusses the origin of the Abhidharma genre of Buddhist literature in the Indian context of an oral religious tradition, and shows how the textual format of the Abhidharma texts, in their turn, shaped the development of Buddhist ...
Dessein, Bart
core   +1 more source

SIKAP DALAM MENGHADAPI KEMATIAN MENURUT AJARAN BUDDHA THERAVADA

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Agama: Mengkaji Doktrin, Pemikiran, dan Fenomena Agama, 2019
Death is something that is sure to happen to every creature. Everyone has a different reaction to facing death. Some may be afraid, others may become anxious, the rest accept it with a strong heart.
Nur Fitriyana, Puji Riani
doaj   +1 more source

Nepal

open access: yes, 2011
Nepal is a democratic republic located along the southern region of the Himalayan range, bordering India to the south, west, and east and the Tibetan autonomous region of China to the north.
Sijapati, Megan Adamson
core   +1 more source

A BUDDHIST CANONICAL TEXT WITH A COMMENTARY AS A TRADITIONAL HYPERTEXT. THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BRAHMAJĀLASUTTANTA WITH CORRESPONDING COM MENTARY FROM THE SUMAṅGALAVILĀSINĪ

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2019
The publication presents the initial passages of the famious Pali Brahmajālasuttanta with the corresponding parts of its traditional commentary Sumaṅgalavilāsinī as a sample of the ancient hypertext.
A V Paribok
doaj   +1 more source

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