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Buddhism, Brain Death and Organ Transplantation [PDF]
, 2010 This article raises concerns about the degree to which potential donors are aware that their layman‖s understanding of death may not be the same as that enshrined in protocols employing the criterion of brain death.
Keown, Damien V.
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The Rishukyo : A translation and commentary in the light of modern Japanese (post-Meiji) scholarship. [PDF]
, 1987 This thesis is a translation of and commentary on the Tantric Buddhist Master Amoghavajra (705-74)'s Li-clki Ching gag (Japanese: Rishukyo, Taisho: 243), the Prajparamita in 150 Verses.
Astley, Ian
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The Great Tibetan Translator: Life and Works of rNgog Blo ldan shes rab (1059–1109) [PDF]
, 2007 Second only to the famous Rin chen bzang po (958–1055) in receiving the title of a “Great Translator” (lo chen) during the period of the “Later Propagation” (phyi dar) of Buddhism in Tibet, rNgog lo tsā ba Blo ldan shes rab (or rNgog lo) was one of the ...
Kramer, Ralf
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Tibetan ‘wind’ and ‘wind’ illnesses: towards a multicultural approach to health and illness [PDF]
, 2010 This article discusses the Tibetan notion of rlung, usually translated as: ‘wind’, but perhaps better understood as a close equivalent of pneuma in the Greek tradition, or qi in the Chinese tradition.
Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit, Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim
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, 2012 This lively introduction is the ideal starting point for students wishing to undertake a comprehensive study of Tibetan religion. It covers the development and influence of Tibetan Buddhism and the key schools and traditions, including Bon.
Samuel, Geoffrey Brian
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TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND THE TIBETAN AUTONOMOUS REGION [PDF]
, 2023 This paper explores the uncertain future of Tibetan Buddhism within the TAR based on historical and contemporary indicators. This paper demonstrates that Tibet and China are at a critical juncture that, if mishandled, will result in disastrous effects ...
Butler, Sean
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Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2019 The article provides a theoretical analysis of the meditative practice of Tibetan Buddhism (Gelug school) and formulates an explanatory concept that allows to understand the essence of the practice in General and its individual elements on the basis of ...
Marina Yuryevna Neronova +1 more
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Buddhism in Central Asia I [PDF]
, 2020 Buddhism in Central Asia (Part I): Patronage, Legitimation, Sacred Space, and Pilgrimage, 6-14th Centuries deals with the various strategies of legitimation and the establishment of sacred space and pilgrimage among both trans-regional (Chinese, Indian ...
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Pure Land Buddhism in Tibetan Contexts
, 2021 Buddhist literature in India and Tibet abounds with literal and allegorical references to terrestrial, celestial, and transcendent realms. Of all celestial dwellings cast along Buddhist lines, the pure land Sukhāvatī holds a prominent place in the ...
Halkias, G, Georgios Halkias
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Multiple Buddhisms in Ladakh: Strategic Secularities and Missionaries Fighting Decline
Religions, 2021 During fieldwork in Ladakh in July–August 2018, three authors from Asian studies, anthropology, and religious studies backgrounds researched “multiple Buddhisms” in Ladakh, India.
Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg +2 more
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