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Between the Tibetan Plateau and Eastern China—Religious Tourism, Lay Practice and Ritual Economy during the Pandemic

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This article presents various institutional responses of Buddhist groups and leaders to COVID-19, adding a focus on how Tibetan Buddhist practitioners in China have responded to the pandemic. In particular, it examines the predicament of practitioners of
Kai Shmushko
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The Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā and the Sky as a Symbol of Mahāyāna Doctrines and Aspirations

open access: yesReligions, 2021
The Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā is a Mahāyāna dharmaparyāya and is the eighth chapter of the great canonical collection of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Mahāsaṃnipāta.
Jaehee Han
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Rainmakers for the Cosmopolitan Empire: A Historical and Religious Study of 18th Century Tibetan Rainmaking Rituals in the Qing Dynasty

open access: yesReligions, 2020
Although Tibetan rainmaking rituals speak of important aspects of both history and religion, scholars thus far have paid only biased attention to the rituals and performative aspects rather than the abundant textual materials available.
Hanung Kim
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Lute, Sword, Snake, and Parasol—The Formation of the Standard Iconography of the Four Heavenly Kings in Chinese Buddhist Art

open access: yesReligions, 2023
The Four Heavenly Kings, Sida Tianwang 四大天王, are the guardians of the four quarters of the world in Buddhism. They are among the most frequently represented protective deities in Buddhist art across different traditions.
Tianshu Zhu
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History of Buddhism in Mongolia in Essay of Kensur Ngawang-Nima “Coverage of Classical Sources on History of Buddhism”

open access: yesНаучный диалог, 2021
The article considers a part of the essay “Coverage of classical sources on the history of Buddhism” by the outstanding Buryat scholar Lama Kensura Ngawang-Nima, dedicated to the history of the spread of Buddhist teachings in Mongolia.
S. R. Batomunkueva, V. V. Khartaev
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“Ritual and Magic” in Buddhist Visual Culture from the Bird Totem

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Despite numerous research findings related to medieval Chinese Buddhism, the witchcraft role of bird totems in Buddhist history has not received sufficient attention.
Zhilong Yan, Aixin Zhang
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Buddhism and Politics in Inner Asia

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Introduction. The article focuses on the history of Tibetan Buddhism in Inner Asia. Goal. It analyzes the main peculiarities of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and the turning points of its history in the context of contradictions between Inner Asian ...
Irina R. Garri
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New Kadampa Buddhists and Jungian psychological type [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Building on previous studies on Canadian Anglicans and Catholics, this study examines and discusses the psychological type profile of 31 adherents to New Kadampa Buddhism. Like Anglicans and Catholics, Buddhists preferred introversion (I). Like Anglicans
Batchelor S   +23 more
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Authentic Tibetan Tantric Buddhism and its Controversial Terma Tradition: A Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This short commentary reviews, on the one hand, the authentic formation and development of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, an innovative branch that is featured by the transformation of negative emotions (NEs) to a valuable vehicle to reach the enlightenment ...
Zhen, Ma
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МОНГОЛ ОРНЫ ХУТАГТ ХУВИЛГААДЫН ТУХАЙ ЭРГЭЦҮҮЛЭН ӨГҮҮЛЭХ НЬ (РАЗМЫШЛЕНИЯ О ХУБИЛГАНАХ МОНГОЛИИ)

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
In the article the author considers the history of penetration and development of Buddhism in Mongolia and draws parallels of differences in the Tibetan and the Mongolian Buddhism. The author gives widespread defi nition of the term khutagt. Khutagt is a
M.S. Ulziy
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