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Buddhism, Diversity and ‘Race’: Multiculturalism and Western convert Buddhist movements in East London – a qualitative study [PDF]

This study considers the development of convert Buddhism in multicultural environments. Its focus is on the encounters of people of colour (defined for the purposes of this study as people of African, Asian and Caribbean descent) with Western convert ...
Smith, Sharon Elizabeth
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Female Practitioners’ Religious Lives: The First Generation of Female Wŏn Buddhist Clerics

Religions, 2023
For Korean women, the Japanese colonial period was a transitional period in which Confucian patriarchal culture still prevailed, but some options for a social identity outside the home as “new women” were beginning to emerge.
Sung Ha Yun
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மணிமேகலை உணர்த்தும் இருதிறக் கோட்பாடுகள் / Twinfold Perceptive of Manimegalai [PDF]

Chenkaantal, 2023
Humanity has been prioritized right from Sangam literature to today's Tamil literature. “Manimegalai”, one of the five great epic poems, underpins Buddhism and emphasizes education, asceticism, courage, utility, this life, the afterlife, government ...
முனைவர் ச. குருஞானாம்பிகா / Dr. S. Gurugnanambiga
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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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Ambedkarites in Making: The Process of Awakening and Conversion to Buddhism among Non-Mahar Communities in Maharashtra

Caste, 2020
Scholars have presented Buddhist discourse in Maharashtra- the western part of India, as an expression of protest and emancipation of the former untouchable caste Mahar.
Tushar Ghadage
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TRANSFORMATION OF CHAN-BUDDHIST MOTIFS IN MONASTERY POETRY OF THE SONG DYNASTY (GENDER ASPECT) [PDF]

Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні науки, 2022
There are phenomena of Chan Buddhism as philosophical and religious dogma and embodiment of its rules in the center of the article. Study object is poetry of monks and nuns written during Song dynasty (lyrics of Dumu Jingang, Zhenru, Daoqian and ...
Anna V. Ryzhkova
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Rethinking the history of Buddhism through female Buddhist heritage investigation

Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2023
As the merits of Buddhism in history gave rise to architectural constructions, the preserved historical heritage opens a window to a better understanding of the past.
Xiaolu Wang
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Buddhist Women and Female Buddhist Education in the South China Sea: A History of the Singapore Girls’ Buddhist Institute

Religions, 2023
This paper studies the history of the Singapore Girls’ Buddhist Institute, the first and only modern Buddhist education institution for women in Singapore and Malaysia.
Ruo Lin
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Gender Conflicts in Contemporary Korean Buddhism

Religions, 2023
Scholars have observed that Korean Buddhist nuns have a relatively high social status compared to nuns of other Asian countries, much like their sisters in Taiwan. It is a source of great pride for many Korean bhikṣuṇīs that their community operates with
Eun-su Cho
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KONTROWERSJE WOKÓŁ UTWORZENIA ŻEŃSKIEJ WSPÓLNOTY MONASTYCZNEJ WE WCZESNYM BUDDYZMIE [PDF]

Studia Humanistyczne AGH, 2016
The ordination of women in early Buddhism, as it is depicted in the Pāli Canon, was a point of controversy. At first, Buddha rejected the request of the women, who wanted to join the monastic community.
Joanna Gruszewska
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