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...Buddhism and Buddhists in China is an anthropological text describing Buddhism as practiced in China at the beginning of the 20th Century. Interestingly, it also compares and contrasts Buddhism with Christianity with respect ...

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...eachings of Anuruddha 16.2.3 Miscellaneous 16.3 The Demon of Time 16.4 The Vibhaṅga’s Abhidhamma Exposition 16.5 Other Abhidhamma Texts 17 Later Buddhism 17.1 The Theravāda Commentaries 17.2 Developments in Sarvāstivāda 17.3 The Abhidharmakośa 17.4 Other Early Schools 17.4.1 Bahuśrutīya 17.4.2 Puggalavāda 17.4.3 Chinese Commentaries 17.4.4 Mūlasarvāstivāda 17...

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...Although historically marginalized, Buddhist nuns are taking their place in modern Buddhism. Like the monks, Buddhist nuns live by an ancient system of monastic law, the Vinaya. This work investigates various areas of uncertainty and controversy in how the Vinaya is to be understood and applied today....

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...lagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based ...

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...03 * From tradition to belief in development 104 Buddhist religion Buddhism of the village community 107 From local religion to national fait... ... that everyone in this village should learn the five basic commandments of Buddhism. If we were to obey them, we wouldn't commit sins or be too selfis... ...In his view, local economy works even when large-scale industry stagnates. Buddhism has thrived in village communities, and its ideology supports the ... ...counts are superimposed on two religious world views: ancestral belief and Buddhism.According to the ancestral belief system, the dead are reborn with... ...th legitimate access may sit. Esteemed, honourable old people who 'sustain Buddhism', observe good manners and rules of religious life, sit at the mon... ...mall cages also traditionally arrive, as releasing birds is a good deed in Buddhism. However, it looked like people no longer approve of birds being c... ...3 * From tradition to belief in development 104 Buddhist religion Buddhism of the village community 107 From local religion to national fait... ...i Muod Klao 1998. Mr. Muun T. Grow your own roots I am talking about Buddhism. When old people visit the temple once a week, they say that they ... ...here any contraception in the old days? How does khaa ta akong differ from Buddhism? They used to draw 12 squares on the ground and there were four si...

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...ian religions the Vedic-Brah­ manic system here claims twenty-one volumes, Buddhism ten, and J ainism two. Eight volumes comprise translations of the... ...losophy, vols. 1, 8, 15, 34, 38, 48. (d) Laws, vols. 2, 7, 14,25,33. II. BUDDHISM, voIs. 10, 11, 13, 17, 19,20,21,35,36,49. III. GAINA RELIGION, vo...

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...to life or science). Please contact the corresponding Taiwan or Singapore websites, where there are plenty of English versions of texts and videos of Buddhism, to request the standard translation. “What is Dao (Tao)? It is the natural principle all over the universe, the natural order, the essentiality of nature. The great universe has its order and rule, where the edu...

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...f Neutrosophics………………………………27 Neutrosophic Dialogues………………………………………………………………51 Absolute Truth……………………………………………………………………………68 Science, Destiny, and Buddhism……………………………………………………….…79 Call for Papers…………………………………………………………………………….94 Neutrosophy and Dialectic, postface by Anthony Mansueto.…………………………….95...

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...eology and Christian mysticism. Dr Padmasiri de Silva is a Buddhist philosopher in the Theravada tradition and has written a number of books about Buddhism in the modern context. He has held teaching positions in Sri Lanka, Singapore, the US and New Zealand, and is a research associate with the School of Historical Studies at Monash University ...

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...cism, Nazism, Socialism and other isms - are more akin to Islam than to, let's say, Buddhism. They are universal, prescriptive, and total. They prov...

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...lf. Anyway, what's even worse is that my parents changed their religion from Buddhism to Christianity, just so that they could fit in with our church...

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... severe and uncompromising landscapes of Siberia, Mongolia, and China. That he survived at all seems improbable. The mystical mysteries and magics of Buddhism, “The Yellow Faith”, were woven about and through his sojourn and had no little part in his survival. Time after time he was put in the delicate position of being the bargainer between warring groups, and ultimately,...

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...s the study of comparative religion. Influences on his thinking, as well as his later writing, included the teachings of Christ, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. After his retirement from the judiciary in 1896, Troward set out to apply logic and a judicial weighing of evidence in the study of matters of cause and effect. The philosopher William James characterized Troward’s ...

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...5% ethnic Nepalese, 15% indigenous or migrant tribes Religion: 75% Lamaistic Buddhism, 25% Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism Language: Bhotes s... ...Khmer (Cambo- dian), 5% Chinese, 5% other minorities Religion: 95% Theravada Buddhism, 5% other Language: Khmer (official), French Life expectancy: me... ... eclectic; most important elements of religion are Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism; about 2-3% Mus- lim, 1% Christian Language: Standard Chinese (P... ...Korean(s); adjective Korean Ethnic divisions: racially homogeneous Religion: Buddhism and Confucianism; religious activities now almost nonexistent La... ...fucian tradition; vigorous Christian minority (28% of the total population); Buddhism; pervasive folk religion (Shamanism); Chondokyo (religion of the...

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...cism, Nazism, Socialism and other isms - are more akin to Islam than to, let's say, Buddhism. They are universal, prescriptive, and total. They prov...

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...? And what is Dan's role in all this? Who, exactly, then, is Dan? II. Who is Dan? Buddhism compares Man to a river. Both retain their identity des... ...erbally and is beyond empirical (and illusory) phenomena. Eastern thought (e.g. Zen Buddhism) uses intuition (or experience) to study reality in a n... ...cism, Nazism, Socialism and other isms - are more akin to Islam than to, let's say, Buddhism. They are universal, prescriptive, and total. They prov... ...psychology echo the schism that opened in the monotheistic religions (and in early Buddhism) between the profane and the sacred, the here and the b...

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...? And what is Dan's role in all this? Who, exactly, then, is Dan? II. Who is Dan? Buddhism compares Man to a river. Both retain their identity des... ...erbally and is beyond empirical (and illusory) phenomena. Eastern thought (e.g. Zen Buddhism) uses intuition (or experience) to study reality in a n... ...cism, Nazism, Socialism and other isms - are more akin to Islam than to, let's say, Buddhism. They are universal, prescriptive, and total. They prov... ...psychology echo the schism that opened in the monotheistic religions (and in early Buddhism) between the profane and the sacred, the here and the b...

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...al Shifts Global Development Forces Missing the Middle Path Seeking Environmental Traditions Popular Buddhist Thought Conservative Canons Rising Eco-Buddhism Practical Approaches Buddhist Economics Alternative Agriculture Self Sufficiency Summary 8 Chapter 15 - Whither Thai Agriculture? From Past to Present Current Position Policy Outcomes The Asian Financial Crisis T...

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...dhist, if not Gautama Buddha himself. Nietzsche had the greatest respect for Buddhism, and almost wherever he refers to it in his works, it is in term... ...fers to it in his works, it is in terms of praise. He recognised that though Buddhism is undoubtedly a reli- gion for decadents, its decadent values e...