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Spiritual and religious information experiences: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 40-61, January 2026.
Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exorcising the Mandala: Kālacakra and the Neo-Pentecostal Response

open access: yesJournal of Global Buddhism, 2015
Since the late 1990s, the Dalai Lama's "Kalachakra for World Peace" initiation has emerged as a central site where Tibetan Buddhism and its relationship to the West have been imagined and acted upon by a movement within evangelical Christianity called ...
Laura Harrington
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Higher Hierarchs of Tibetan Buddhism in Early Song-Shas of Mongolian-Speaking Peoples

open access: yesНаучный диалог
This paper continues the exploration of early song records from Mongolian-speaking peoples (Khalka Mongols, Oirat, Kalmyks, Buryats). Introducing song-shas into scholarly discourse is of significant interest for studying the broader issue of the ...
B. Kh. Borlykova
doaj   +1 more source

Two ‘Dharma Kings’ of One Didactic Text

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Introduction. The Story of Usun Debeskertu Khan is a notable monument of old Oirat literature. Its popularity and wide distribution are evidenced by numerous manuscript copies stored by scientific institutions of Russia, Mongolia and China. It consists
Baazr A. Bicheev
doaj   +1 more source

Aspects and values of buddhism for the women of the west [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Living in India, which is not yet linked into the electronic autobahn at quite the screaming pace of the rest of the world, I received my information about this conference in two barely legible faxes, which arrived more than three weeks apart and ...
Napper, Elizabeth
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Guided by Principles of Composition: A Domain‐Specific Priors Based Detector for Recognizing Ritual Implements in Thangka

open access: yesIET Image Processing, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
We propose GPCDet, a detection framework guided by the composition principles of Thangka paintings, integrating spatial and co‐occurrence priors through a spatial coordinate attention module and a graph convolution network‐auxiliary detection module.
Jiachen Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enduring myths: smrang, rabs and ritual in the Dunhuang texts on Padmasambhava [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines Number 15, November ...
Cathy Cantwell, Mayer, Rob
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Climate and Society in Chinese History

open access: yesWIREs Climate Change, Volume 16, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
Reviewing 292 studies, published between 1980 and 2024, on the relationship between climate change and human history in China (c. 770 BCE–1949 CE), in both Chinese and English. ABSTRACT This article reviews 292 studies, published between 1980 and 2024, on the relationship between climate change and human history in China (c.
Xinshuai Ren   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stories of coexistence: A narrative inquiry of leopard attacks on people

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 10, Page 2532-2543, October 2025.
Abstract Pursuing human–wildlife coexistence is particularly challenging for carnivore species as conflict can negatively impact human livelihood and well‐being. Understanding the social context of how communities perceive conflicts with carnivores, often witnessed in their folklore and stories, can shed light on pathways for fostering coexistence.
Shweta Shivakumar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Singer of Tibet: Shabkar (1781-1851), the “Inescapable Nation,” and Buddhist Universalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper examines the concept of ‘Tibet (Tib. bod)’ in the spiritual autobiography of the celebrated Tibetan Buddhist author, Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdröl (1781–1851).
Pang, Rachel H
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