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Samatha and vipassanā in modern Theravada Buddhism

open access: yes, 2011
Šī darba mērķis ir izprast mūsdienu Theravādas Budisma meditācijas veidus, ieskatīties aiz pozām un ārējā meditācijas apvalka. Šajā darbā tiek pētīta samatha jeb klusuma vai koncentrācijas meditācija un vipassanā jeb atklāsmes meditācija.
Kadiķis, Harijs
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From Marginalization to Localization: Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism’s Adaptive Strategies in Theravāda Myanmar

open access: yesReligions
Tension between the Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhist schools has persisted since early Buddhist times and remains a complex issue. However, recent decades have seen growing joint religious activities and cultural exchanges between followers of these ...
Tzu-Lung Chiu
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Transcending Gender: Female Non-Buddhists’ Experiences of the Vipassanā Meditation Retreat

open access: yesReligions, 2018
Female non-Buddhists have been writing detailed descriptions of their personal experiences in vipassanā meditation retreats since the 1960s. These memoirists relate to the English-speaking world their experience of the retreat process and self ...
Brooke Schedneck
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The concept of bodhisattva in theravada buddhism

open access: yes, 2009
Práce se zabývá postavou bódhisattvy a proměnami jejího chápání v rámci théravádového buddhismu. Pojem "bódhisattva" je obvykle spíše spojován s mahájánovým směrem buddhismu; méně už je známo, že i théraváda obsahuje rozpracovanou nauku o cestě ...
Málková, Žaneta
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Teaching Buddhism in Britain's schools : redefining the insider role [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Dialogical approaches to Religious Education in Britain’s schools have opened the subject to input by Buddhist insiders more than ever in its history although shortcomings remain in the way Buddhism is portrayed in the classroom.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas   +1 more
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Theravada Buddhism and Traditional Religion in Lathao, A Tai Khampti Village in Arunachal Pradesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The article provides a descriptive and analytical account of the religious beliefs and practices of the Tai Khampti of Arunachal Pradesh. The issue which is addressed in the paper is the co-existence between Theravada Buddhism and animistic practices ...
Lalhmingpuii, Janet C.   +1 more
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Socially Engaged Buddhism of Theravada Monastic Sanga Community: A Case Study of the Bulang Buddhist Community in Laoman'e Village, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

open access: yesJournal of International Buddhist Studies
This study investigates the socially engaged Buddhism of the Bulang people in the Laoman’e village in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China.
Yan Wenen
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The Problems of Free Will and Moral Responsibility in Buddhist Ethics

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Philosophy
At the end of the 20th century, a discipline of Buddhist ethics was formed in English-speaking countries, within the framework of which a community of closely interacting researchers is engaged in the comprehension and systematization of ethical ...
Vlada A. Volkova
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South Asian Drumming beyond Tala: The Problem with “Meter” in Buddhist Sri Lanka [PDF]

open access: yesAnalytical Approaches to World Music, 2018
In two conjoined articles, I argue that Sri Lanka—long passed over in ethnomusicology classes as one proceeds from India to Indonesia or vice-versa—is worthy of gaining a strong foothold in our field.
Sykes, Jim
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H. B. Aronson. Love and Sympathy in Theravada Buddhism

open access: yes, 1981
Bareau André. H. B. Aronson. Love and Sympathy in Theravada Buddhism. In: Revue de l'histoire des religions, tome 198, n°4, 1981. pp.
Bareau, André
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