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Towards a Tradition of Home Prayers in Kalmyk Buddhism: the Specificity of Texts

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article is devoted to the study of the tradition of home prayers of Kalmyk Buddhist laymen. On the basis of the data on the traditions of Theravada and Mahayana, the author comes to the conclusion that the laity’s tradition of prayer on special days ...
G. Korneev
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Thought Path model of Bodhisatta in Theravada Buddhism

open access: yesJournal of International Buddhist Studies, 2018
This article is dissertation part entitled “A Thought Path Model of Bodhisatta in Theravada Buddhism” has objectives to study the relationship of mind and mental products, thinking process and to build Thought Path model of Bodhisatta.
Suphakorn Chanachaidham   +3 more
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The Buddha as the Legitimate Knower of Bráhman—The Brahminical Interpretation of the Brahmin Disciples of the Buddha

open access: yesReligions
The influence of Brahmanism on Buddhist thought, is plausible in the Pāli Canon. Words attributed to the Buddha say that he defined himself as Brahmā (AN 4.89) and that he can read the very thoughts of the Vedic god (aham asmi brahmā mahābrahmā DN 1.18 ...
Efraín Villamor Herrero
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Being Creative With Tradition: Rooting Theravàda Buddhism in Britain

open access: yesJournal of Global Buddhism, 2000
Beginning in the 1970s, the founders of classical sociology began to be criticized for making naive and crude assumptions about the distinction between the notion of tradition and the notion of modernity. Sociologists, such as Edward Shils and S.
Sandra Bell
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Architectural Evolution of Stupas in the Western Regions During the Han and Tang Dynasties

open access: yesBuildings
The Western Regions during the Han and Tang Dynasties served as a significant cultural intersection along the Silk Road, with stupas acting as core architectural forms of Buddhist dissemination, embodying religious, cultural, and artistic evolution. This
Jing Wu, Wei Yan
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Soteriological Inclusiveness and Religious Tourism in Modern Thai Buddhism: The Stūpa of Mae Chi Kaew Sianglam (1901–1991)

open access: yesJournal of Global Buddhism
While numerous Thai male Buddhist monastics have been deeply and widely revered for their perceived attainment of full awakening/arahant-ship, the same recognition for Thai female practitioners together with the concomitant phenomena of veneration ...
Martin Seeger   +3 more
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Karma and Causation in Theravāda Buddhism: Rethinking Determinism and External Phenomena

open access: yesJournal of International Buddhist Studies
This paper reexamines the relationship between karma and causation in Theravāda Buddhism, with a focus on how karma causes external events attributed to agents. It argues against the deterministic notion that karma directly determines external phenomena,
Klairung Iso
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Behind the Seams: Unveiling the Hidden Threads of Cambodia and Vietnam’s Garment Industry

open access: yesWIMAYA
This article examines how labor exploitation among garment workers in Cambodia and Vietnam arises from the interaction of legal governance, economic development strategies, and cultural belief systems.
Maxine Denise Q. Mababangloob   +3 more
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Theravada Buddhism in the Anthropocene: The Role of the Radical Virtuosi

open access: yesJournal of Global Buddhism
This autoethnographic study of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka identifies an ecological ethic that can address the challenges posed by the Anthropocene, based on the praxis of a unique community: the radical forest-dwelling (araññavāsī) virtuosi, a ...
Prabhath Sirisena
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