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Leadership in Theravada Buddhism
2023Journal of Philosophical Vision, 28, 2, 79 ...
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Love in Theravada Buddhism Approach
2022Journal of Dhamma for Life, 28, 4, 52 ...
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Theravada Buddhism and Meditation
2020Abstract This chapter describes texts and practices associated with meditation in Southern, or Pali, Buddhism, sometimes known as Theravada Buddhism. It explores some different approaches to meditation that characterize this form of Buddhism, as well as the textual basis for their practice and theory.
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Theravada Buddhism and Modernization
Journal of Asian and African Studies, 1999The twentieth century saw a revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and India. Though in both countries it was an instrument of choice it played different roles. The Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka led by Anagarika Dhammapala (1864-1993) though a "spin-off" from the Theosophical movement, became a basis for the Simhala renaissance involving a restatement of the
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Significance of the Brahmaviharas in Theravada Buddhism
Buddhist Studies Review, 1981.
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History and Gratitude in Theravada Buddhism
Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 2003An inspection of several Buddhist histories (or vamsas) written in the Sinhala language in medieval Sri Lanka encourages us to reevaluate the use of emotions in religious contexts and why people write narratives of the past. This article suggests that the attention given to emotions such as gratitude in Theravada Buddhist vamsas signals that historical
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Ordination and Disrobing in Theravada Buddhism
Religions of South Asia, 2014Much has been written about motivations for becoming a monk in Theravada societies. This article examines the other end of the process, the monk’s ‘re-entering’ society. It begins by looking at the motives for becoming a monk, and the difference between the lifelong commitment typical of Sri Lanka and the temporary ordination typical of Southeast Asian
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