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By the early twenty-first century, a phenomenon that once was inconceivable had become nearly commonplace in American society: the public spiritual teacher who neither belongs to, nor is authorized by a major religious tradition. From the Oprah Winfrey-endorsed Eckhart...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-04-01
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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism combines outstanding contributions covering Buddhism as it developed and is practiced in this region. These newly-commissioned essays provide fresh scholarly perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2014-02-12
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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The path of practice as taught in ancient India by Gotama Buddha was open to both women and men.The texts of early Indian Buddhism show that women were lay followers of the Buddha and were also granted the right to ordain and become nuns. Certain women were known as...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-10-18
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Based on extensive research in Sri Lanka and interviews with Theravada and Tibetan nuns from around the world, Salgado's groundbreaking study urges a rethinking of female renunciation. How are scholarly accounts complicit in reinscribing imperialist stories about the...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-09-17
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Theravada Buddhism provides a comprehensive introductory overview of the history, teachings, and current practice of an often misunderstood form of one of the world’s oldest religious traditions. ExploresTheravada Buddhism’s origins, evolution, teachings, and practices...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-09-16
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Wiley-Blackwell Guides to Buddhism
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This book attempts to develop a theological response to the suffering of people in Myanmar (Burma). For this purpose, a Burmese word Ludu is used to indicate the common people and a Buddhist term Dukkha will be employed to refer to their suffering. We can see the Ludu...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-08-13
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Sayings, prayers and stories drawn from the life and teachings of one of the world's greatest spiritual teachers are here brought together - for the first time - as reflections for each day of the year. His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks with an informal practicality...
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Ebury Digital
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2013-07-31
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Der Band enthält Aufsätze, die sich mit dem Sinn von Religion als Auseinandersetzung mit dem dialektischen Verhältnis der Existenz und mit zentralen Themen der Religionskultur vergleichend und historisch befassen. Im thematischen Zentrum der Abhandlungen stehen die...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-22
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Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Viktor Pelevins Roman Capaev i Pustota und rückt dabei die literarischen Verfahren des Autors, die seinen Schreibstil charakterisieren, in den Mittelpunkt der Analyse. Auf der inhaltlichen Ebene des Romans wird die das Bewusstsein krank...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-04-22
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The enigma of Buddhism, and especially Tibetan Buddhism, has enchanted Westerners for centuries. Most of the papers in this volume were delivered at the ‘Pilgrims and Travellers in Search of the Holy’ international symposium convened at the University of Helsinki on 18...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-03-08
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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-02-28
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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-02-28
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Winner of the Association of Asian Studies's Southeast Conference Book Prize (2014)
Does imagery help or hinder the enlightenment experience? Does awakening involve the imagination or not? Can art ever fully represent the realization of buddahood? In this study, Pamela...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-02-20
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Jeff Bridges is one of the world's most popular actors and his unforgettable performance as The Dude in Coen Brothers film, The Big Lebowski, made him a cult hero. His remarkable career as an actor, performer and songwriter has brought him an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a...
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Transworld Digital
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2013-01-30
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Many researchers have explored the impact of British and French Orientalism in the reinterpretations of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Less noticed, however, and infrequently discussed is the impact of...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-01-21
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Consideration of children in the academic field of Religious Studies is taking root, but Buddhist Studies has yet to take notice. Little Buddhas brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what role children have played in...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-11-19
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Buddhism, from Abhidharma to Zen, offers a practical path to harmony of head and heart. For over 2,000 years Buddhists have been developing sophisticated psychologies to guide the work of achieving freedom from mental suffering. Now East and West are beginning to...
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Robinson
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2012-10-25
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'An invitation to embrace ourselves with all our pain, fear and anxieties, and to step lightly yet firmly on the path of understanding and compassion' Thich Nhat HanhFeelings of self-doubt and insecurity are what hold us back in life and cause true suffering. In her...
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Ebury Digital
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2012-08-31
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