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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Tibetan Buddhism"”.
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Lamas and Followers: Doing Tibetan Buddhism in Contemporary Chengdu
… thesis investigates the contemporary practice of Tibetan Buddhism in Chengdu, a major Han Chinese populated city in southwestern China. Rather than viewing Tibetan Buddhism as a tradition passively received or consumed by Han Chinese, this ethnographic study examines how Chengdu-based followers …
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An Urban Monastery and Its Genius Loci
… a place that embodies the spirit and culture of Tibetan Buddhism in the context of urban Washington, D.C. Given Tibet's unique culture that has developed over centuries without much Western influence, and it recent history of Chinese rule, religious persecution and infiltration of its language, …
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The female quest for enlightenment: Compassion and patience in transforming gender bias in Tibetan Buddhism, with specific reference to Western Tibetan Buddhist nuns and Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
… thesis investigates the nature of gender bias in Tibetan Buddhism and the specific role Western Tibetan Buddhist nuns have played in transforming such prejudice. The afore-mentioned gender bias pertains particularly to the unavailability of full ordination (bhikshuni ordination) for nuns in the …
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The interdependence of nature and nurture in the establishment and maintenance of mind: an eco-dynamic paradigm
… and cross-cultural. I refer to Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as an excellent example of a culture whose goal is to transform the mind to clarity by utilising a symbiotic package of meditation and visualisation practices, teachings, rituals and philosophies. These elements together provide an …
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right mind-minding: the practice and transmission of Zen and Tantric Buddhist method practices in the poemobjects of Dom Sylvester Houédard, 1960-1975
… on Mahayana Buddhist epistemology, in particular Tibetan Vajrayana Tantric Buddhism and its associated performance rituals. Research to date has primarily focused on the influence of Zen Buddhism on the post-war American avant-garde, and although there is an emerging body of research addressing …
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Printing as Practice: Innovation and Imagination in the Making of Tibetan Buddhist Sacred Texts in California
… thesis offers an exploration of how one brings a Tibetan sacred text to being — and to voice — in the unfamiliar, and perhaps unlikely, landscape of Northern California. Through 16 months’ fieldwork with a Nyingma Buddhist community based in Berkeley, California I ask how the production of the …
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A "stupendous attraction" : materialising a Tibetan Buddhist contact zone in rural Australia
… key domains is the globalisation of contemporary Buddhism and its permutations in new locales. Stemming from this is the question of how the Buddhists and their imported material culture engage with wider concerns such as various non-FPMT Buddhist, Anglo- Australian and Aboriginal locals’ …
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Modern Japanese Buddhism in the Context of Interreligious Dialogue, Nationalism and World War II
… and historical examination of modern Japanese Buddhism in terms of its collaboration with and resistance to ultranationalism and militarism before and during World War II. It also examines how Buddhism came to Japan and transformed itself according to the historical, social and political …
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The Role of Devotion (mos gus) in Tibetan Heart Essence Traditions: Devotional Affect and Its Relationship to Dzogchen’s Foundational Practices (rdzogs chen)
The Role of Devotion (mos gus) in Tibetan Heart Essence Traditions: Devotional Affect and Its Relationship to Dzogchen’s Foundational Practices (rdzogs chen) examines how devotion, faith (dad pa), and awakened mind (byang chub kyi sems) function philosophically and epistemologically and in …
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Politics of Tranquility: Religious Mobilities and Material Engagements of Tibetan Buddhist Nuns in Post-Mao China
… ethnographically examines the lives of Tibetan Buddhist nuns in Yachen, a mega-sized Tibetan Buddhist encampment in eastern Tibet that emerged in the 1980s and is now a leading center of Tibetan Buddhist revivalism in post-Mao China. Over 10,000 nuns make up the vast majority of the …
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Healing by a National Nature in "Disorganized" Mongolia
This dissertation explores entanglements of body, national identity and nature in contemporary Mongolia. The project is situated within the rising popularity of natural remedies and alternative medicine during a time described as disorganized (zambaraagui) and disorderly. Data was collected from 33 …