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On the Ontology of Composites in Abhidharma Buddhism
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 3, Page 679-693, May 2026.ABSTRACT Abhidharma Buddhism maintains that the only ultimately real (paramārtha) entities in the universe are dharmas, which are simples. What then is the ontological status of composites on this theory? One possibility is that Abhidharma Buddhists deny the reality of composites.
Monima Chadha, Shaun Nichols
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The Notions of Absence, Emptiness and Nothingness from the Theravāda Buddhist Perspective
Asian StudiesThis article discusses three important concepts of ancient Indian discourse, namely absence, nothingness and emptiness, and examines their representations in Theravāda Buddhism.
Tamara Ditrich
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A Concise Note on the Theory of Two Truths in Buddhism
Soshum: Jurnal Sosial dan Humaniora, 2018 The concept of two truths in the Theravāda Buddhism is found in Saṅgīti Sutta of the Dῑghanikāya, where the four kinds of knowledge are enumerated.
Tashi Dorjey
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Asian 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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Journal 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
American 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
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Monks, Blogs and Three Media Cases: Russian-Speaking Buddhist Communities in the Era of Social Media
ReligionsThis 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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Gerontocracy of the Buddhist monastic administration in Thailand
Simulacra, 2021 This paper examines the monastic administration in Thai Buddhism, which is ruled by the senior monks and supported by the government. It aims to answer two questions; (1) why the Sangha’s administration has been designed to serve the bureaucratic system ...
Jesada Buaban
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Becoming Religious as an Education of Attention
Journal 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
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Child Ordination in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism
Religion 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
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