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Cultural differences in revenge fantasies using drawings: A comparative study between Indians and Thais

open access: yesAsian Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Unjust events cause humiliation and can elicit revenge fantasies. The present study explored cultural differences between Indians and Thais expressing revenge fantasies through drawings and narratives. A matched convenience sample of 100 adults, that is, 50 participants each (35 females and 15 males) from India and Thailand were recruited. The
Meghna Girish   +3 more
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Meat-Eating vs. Vegetarianism: the Practice of Karuna in Theravada Buddhism and Chinese Mahayana Buddhism

open access: yes, 2021
The aim of this study is to discuss the practice of compassion (karuna) according to Theravada Buddhism and Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. The researcher also emphasises on the practice of karuna among these two traditions with special focus to meat-eating ...
Mohd Nor, Nur Suriya
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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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Learning to Love Rats: A Postwar Ecology in a Cambodian Minefield

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 4, Page 746-756, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper follows the implementation of landmine detection rats in Cambodia. Over the course of my ethnographic fieldwork with the team for the landmine detection rat technique training in Cambodia, I saw that the way the human landmine detectors (a.k.a.
Darcie DeAngelo
wiley   +1 more source

Buddhism in Britain - development and adaptation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:D173873 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited ...
Bell, Sandra, Bell, S
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Monks, Blogs and Three Media Cases: Russian-Speaking Buddhist Communities in the Era of Social Media

open access: yesReligions
This paper focuses on the problem of how Buddhism was reinstitutionalized in Russia in the frame of the meta process of mediatization. The empirical part of this study included two stages and was conducted during 2020–2024.
Elena Ostrovskaya, Timur Badmatsyrenov
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Becoming Religious as an Education of Attention

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 279-290, September 2025.
ABSTRACT A vast literature in the social scientific study of religion demonstrates that religious people are made not born. More specifically, researchers have shown that becoming religious is something that people must learn how to do. Adding to this well‐established focus on the socialization of religious subjects, I argue that becoming religious ...
Daniel Winchester
wiley   +1 more source

Child Ordination in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism

open access: yesReligion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT This essay presents scholarship on the lifestyles of Buddhist young people who ordain before reaching the age of 18 or 20—ages that in many nations today signify adulthood. It covers questions about the forms of education provided young nuns and monks, the care and emotional support such children receive.
Liz Wilson
wiley   +1 more source

Buddhism and sociocultural changes in Thailand: From Buddhist chant to rap

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 292-304, August 2025.
Abstract This study explores the intersection of Buddhism and sociocultural changes in Thailand, focusing on the transition from traditional Buddhist chant to contemporary rap. Employing Pierre Bourdieu's theories of cultural capital and the sociology of music, this article aims to show how this shift in Buddhist music mirrors broader transformations ...
Wai‐Chung Ho
wiley   +1 more source

The Wei Lang's Sutra through the Perspectives of Theravada Buddhism

open access: yes, 2021
This academic paper aims to study the Wei Lang's Sutra through the perspectives of theravada buddhism. There are the 3 objectives; 1) To study the concept of Wei Lang's Sutra 2) To study the similarity of concept with theravada buddhism 3) To apply the ...
Homdok, Phra Kittipong   +3 more
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