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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Buddhist Studies"”.
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Sharing Hearts: Buddhist Charity and Urbanization in Vietnam
… why volunteers joined or established grassroots Buddhist charities in Ho Chi Minh City. I spoke with approximately 400 members of 25 charities, focusing on seven main groups that shared an overlapping network of volunteers. My research includes perspectives from demographic groups often excluded …
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Culturally responsive engineering education: A case study of a pre-college introductory engineering course at Tibetan Children's Village School of Selakui
… solution to it. ^ Drawing from postcolonial studies, engineering studies, engineering and social justice, Buddhist studies, and Tibetan studies, I provide an analysis of my findings. Based on my findings, I conclude that my culturally responsive approach of teaching was an effective method to …
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Language, Orthography and Buddhist Manuscript Culture of the Tai Nuea - an apocryphal jātaka text in Mueang Sing, Laos
… have generally been overlooked in the field of Buddhist Studies. The study of this manuscript culture therefore contributes to our understanding of local practices on the northern periphery of Theravāda Buddhist influence in mainland Southeast Asia in addition to responding to an urgent need to …
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Parapsychology and Buddhism – to afford a comparison between descriptions of psychic experiences in Buddhist works and in parapsychological research
… the description of psychic experiences in Buddhist works and Parapsychological research. As such, this thesis scholastically outlines the Buddhist Pāli Canon’s perspective on the phenomenon of psychic power or psi. This particular Theravadin Buddhist scripture has long been available but …
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A recommended one-year Buddhist curriculum for high school seniors in the Buddhist Churches of America
… present research attempts to discover a type of Buddhist curriculum which will best suit the needs and interests of the high school senior (twelfth grader) Buddhists in the United States. The present Buddhist Churches of America recommended curriculum in use covers only the pre-school through the …
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The walking Buddha: the premier image of Sukhothai classicism
… numerous vassal states, which were primarily Buddhist. Later schools emulated the Sukhothai aesthetic, which continued to dominate Thai art, in the centuries following the transfer of political power to the neighboring Thai kingdom of Ayudhya. The Walking Buddha was the most prominent example …
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Thus have I read: the place of reading in the practice of Buddhism
… dissertation seeks to address a perceived gap in Buddhist studies by suggesting that reading constitutes a valid strategy of practice and a useful phenomenon to analyse Buddhist roles and identities. <br/><br/>Aims and objectives: This study aims to explore several occurrences of reading in …
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Dharma and Difference in Dar es Salaam: the first Chinese Buddhist mission in Tanzania
… Temple, founded in 2018, is the first Chinese Buddhist mission in Tanzania, and part of a broader expansion of Chinese Buddhist institutions across the continent. This dissertation describes the development of this Buddhist mission based on data gathered over one year of participant observation …
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Divergent Responses to the Human Predicament: A Case Study in New Comparativism
… of limited atonement and the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist doctrine of akunin shoki. The comparative examination of these teachings illuminates the respective traditions' doctrinally divergent responses to a common understanding of the human predicament, reveals previously unseen structural and …
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Embracing Fracture: The Buddhist Poetics of Allen Ginsberg and Norman Fischer
… dissertation is an exploration of the strain of Buddhist thought and practice running through American Modernism and American Modernist Poetry. I examine the works, both poetic and critical, of two authors, Allen Ginsberg and Norman Fischer. I explore Allen Ginsberg's relationship with Buddhism, …
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Righteous Remixes, Sacred Mashups: Rethinking Authority, Authenticity, and Originality in the Study of Religion
… the word “religion.” Through particular case studies, the dissertation analyzes the ways that certain contemporary creators, writers, and influencers have emerged as constructors of contemporary Buddhism. Specifically building upon the critiques of religion put forth by Jonathan Z. Smith, …
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Seeing the Unseen: Bridging Realities of Experience Through Dependent Origination
… communities for the long run. By relying on the Buddhist teaching and discourse of dependent origination, also known as teaching of emptiness as it evolved in the Mahayana tradition, I intend to frame this wisdom as a research method and an approach that we should be actively using when teaching …
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Medieval Japanese Zen: Catalyst for Symbol System Formation
… points for, these highly symbolic acts, Zen Buddhist monks altered the ethos and world-view of medieval Japanese culture in a powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting manner. From a post-modern perspective therefore, Zen Buddhism was acting as a catalyst for sacred symbol formation in medieval …