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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"dharma"”.
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Dharma and the enjoined subject: Jaimini’s Mīmāṃsāsūtras and the study of ritual
This thesis is an enquiry into the conception of dharma by Jaimini in his Mīmāṃsāsūtras with the aim of arguing for its contemporary relevance, particularly for the scholarship on ritual. It seeks to do this by offering a hermeneutical re-reading of the text, primarily by investigating the theme of …
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Svāminārāyaṇa’s interpretation of 'Dharma' as it appears in the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita
… 9” he put forth a unique interpretation of ‘dharma’ as it appears in verse 2.40 of the Śrīmadbhagavadgītā. Based on this reading and the Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam’s corresponding exposition, this work offers an analysis of Bhagavān Svāminārāyaṇa’s interpre-tation of ‘dharma’ as it appears in the …
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Strategi peningkatan kemandirian anak usia dini di TK. Dharma Wanita Brumbung I Kediri
… yang telah di upayakan oleh ibu guru di TK. Dharma Wanita Brumbung I dalam rangka peningkatan kemandirian anak usia dini. Oleh karena itu, peneliti tertarik melakukan penelitian dengan tema “Strategi Peningkatan Kemandirian Anak Usia Dini di TK. Dharma Wanita Brumbung I Kediri”. Pendekatan …
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Towards Eco-Dharma: The Contribution of Gandhian Thought to Ecological Ethics in India
… relevance of the Gandhian understanding of dharma (ethics) in contemporary India as a basis for developing eco-dharma (eco-ethics) to link closely development, ecology, and religious values. The method of this study is interpretive, analytical, and critical. Françoise Houtart’s social …
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Dharma and Difference in Dar es Salaam: the first Chinese Buddhist mission in Tanzania
Tanhua 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 …
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Dharmamegha Samadhi in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali.
… aims to examine the meaning and use of the term dharmamegha samadhi within the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. This new exploration of these terms is prompted by Ranganathan’s (2008) idea that dharma acts as a synonym for morality throughout the text and that in the dharmamegha state the yogi has …
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Eternality and Fluidity of Dharma in the Dharmaśāstra Tradition: A Case Study of Women’s Personhood from Manusmṛti to Manubhāṣya
… aims to re-evaluate the prevailing perception of dharma as presented in the Dharmaśāstra as a static and immutable socio-religious law. It contends that the Dharmaśāstra tradition may be more accurately understood as a dynamic intellectual system that has a demonstrable capacity for adaptation …
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Thus have I read: the place of reading in the practice of Buddhism
… It also attempts to describe the reception of Dharma-texts through reading in different historical contexts, including the contemporary world.<br/><br/>Methods: The main body of this dissertation comprises the compilation of a corpus of references to reading found in primary and secondary …
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An exploration of the role of the Sarva Dharma Ashram in the development of youth and their families in the Welbedacht community
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirement of the Degree of Master of Health Science: in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Durban University of Technology, 2020.
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To be wise and kind: a Buddhist community engagement with Victorian state primary schools
… and principles with roots in the Buddha- Dharma in secular and pluralist education. The meta-ethics of wisdom and compassion, it is argued, are the foundation for spiritual education, personal development and positively engaged citizenship in the Dharma. These are also and congruent with …
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The Revival of Tiantai Buddhism in the Late Ming: On the Thought of Youxi Chuandeng (1554-1628)
… of nature-inclusion, and the practice of the Dharma-gate of inherent evil. Redefining Tiantai doctrinal classification, he legitimized the idea of inherent evil to be the highest Buddhist teaching and proved the superiority of Buddhism over Confucianism. Drawing upon the notions of pure mind …
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My witness is the empty sky : journeys of the beat generation
… each city. The novel takes its title from The Dharma Bums, a book Kerouac wrote in 1958 detailing the rise of the Beat Generation in San Francisco and New York. It includes a chapter set in San Francisco, adapted from a piece that was submitted as an Honours thesis three years ago. [PRODUCTION …
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Engineering TEV Protease Specificity: An Exploration of Machine Learning and High-Throughput Experimentation for Protein Design
… and a novel high-throughput assay called DHARMA that ties activity to base editing. FLIGHTED can be used to generate robust, well-calibrated fitness landscapes, and when combined with DHARMA, our methods enable us to generate fitness landscapes of millions of variants. We then evaluate how …
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Aesthetic representation and political economy in the beat narrative: Structures of feeling in the post-World War II generation
… 1950s (specifically, <em>On the Road</em>, <em>Dharma Bums</em>, and <em>Naked Lunch</em>), the intent is to gain some understanding of the relationship between the historical moment in which these texts were written and the material conditions affecting both culture and society during the …
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Understanding Intergenerational Family Conflict: A Case Study of Hindu Asian Indian American Families
… beliefs influence duties towards the family (dharma). The current study was designed to understand the various factors that influence intergenerational family conflict including acculturation and religious values in Hindu Asian Indian families. This study is a qualitative group (family) …
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The Computer Integration Into the Efl Instruction in Indonesia: An Analysis of Two University Instructors in Integrating Computer Technology Into Elf Instruction to Encourage Students' Language Learning Engagement
… conducted in English education program in Sanata Dharma University, Indonesia. Communicative language teaching, Engagement Theory, and learner-centered principles were used as the pillars for developing the theoretical framework. The researcher conducted interviews, observed the classroom …
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A sacred architecture for the secular spirit : an institute for mind/body training in New York City
… with an organized religion. The current "Dharma scene" in America is extremely diverse. The purpose of the Center is to facilitate the exploration of the mind and reality that goes on in meditation. It might serve as a meeting place for various groups, and also as a center for the study …
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