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The Sanbo Kyodan is a contemporary school of Zen that was founded by Yasutani Haku’un Roshi in 1954. Sanbo Kyodan has exerted considerable influence in the development of Zen in the West. Most important for the develop...

This article presents a transnational oral history of Maadhuri Hireker (b. 1940), a first-generation educated Ambedkarite woman whose life traverses rural Maharashtra, the historic moment of Buddhist conversion in 1956, ...

Borges and Xul Solar were interested in the Holy Scriptures, in Kabbalah, Sufism, Brahamanism, Buddhism and in the cosmological, philosophical and ethical approaches of other thinkers, as Swedenborg and Blake. Borges oft...

Mindfulness merupakan suatu latihan spiritual yang berkembang di dunia barat dan menjadi terapi-terapi psikologis semenjak tahun 1970-an (Young, 2013; Silarus, 2013). Mindfulness bersumber utama dari tradisi Buddha, yait...

Background Advancements in research have confirmed that gut microbiota can influence health through the microbiota–gut–brain axis. Meditation, as an inner mental exercise, can positively impact the regulation of an i...

Is the world today facing the clash of civilizations (S. Huntington), the end of history (F. Fukuyama) or rather the global-scale clash between secular and religious nationalism within the borders of particular nation st...

This paper discusses the merits and problems of civilizational perspectives on Japanese history, with particular reference to the task of combining a comparative approach with valid points made by those who see Japan as ...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims In Nepal, abortion was legalized in 2002; however, national‐level evidence on the factors influencing abortion practices remains limited. This study explored the predictors of induced abort...

This article reconstructs B.R. Ambedkar as a philologist by engaging with three different strands of his scholarship. First, it traces his work on language in general and his construction of Pali as a language emblematic...

Desde fines del año 2019 la población mundial se ha visto convulsionada por la irrupción de un virus previamente desconocido que se esparce rápidamente y cobra miles de víctimas fatales cada día. Muchos países del...

EMBORA a mídia venha freqüentemente afirmando que o Budismo é uma das religiões mais crescentes no Brasil, as pesquisas, inclusive os dois últimos censos nacionais, revelam o contrário. O artigo confronta a imagem ...

Artikel ini mengkaji tentang nilai-nilai toleransi keagamaan yang muncul dalam masyarakat sinkretis Girikarto dan puritanis Kotabaru Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini mengambil objek penelitian Masyarakat Budha dan Islam di wil...

Currently, the role of tourism significantly influences the economy of Indonesia. Ecotourism is an environmentally conscious tourism activity that prioritizes the preservation of nature, and empowerment of the local comm...

This article examines how B.R. Ambedkar deployed three interconnected Buddhist philosophical categories—swayambhu (self-becoming), skandha (aggregates), and anattā (selflessness)—to construct a systematic critique o...

This article examines the perspectives of middle- and upper-class “young-old” women (aged 60 to 69) in Thailand on “wellness” amidst the country’s rapidly aging population. Drawing upon findings from my intervi...

Fil: Blitstein, Pablo. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Alemania. ¿Cuán “patriarcal” o “patrimonial” era el poder del emperador en China medieval? A partir de una crítica de los enfoques exclusivamente ...

Este trabajo indaga en los medios por los cuales se transmite la cosmovisión religiosa en un grupo budista zen de la Argentina, centrándose en el proceso de producción de textos escritos. Comienza con un recorrido his...

Si aceptamos que la geografía condiciona la política exterior, cabe afirmar que el emplazamiento de Tailandia dentro del mundo asiático ha generado que su población adopte como norma de conducta una actitud proclive ...