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2012
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Why some disaster insurance does not exist
The failure of some disaster insurance market has been a very serious problem. This paper focuses on why disaster reinsurance fails and how that will ... -
Academic catalog 2012-2013
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The dual presentation of Gotama the Buddha in the Dīgha Nikāya : the application of kenōsis to an early Buddhist text
The Dual Presentation of Gotama the Buddha in the Dīgha Nikāya proposes a unique theory to explain the human, idealized, and superhumanized ... -
Dialogical transformation : exploring the creative possibilities of interreligious dialogue as a practice promoting soteriological growth
In the midst of growing religious plurality and diversity, interreligious dialogue has been an increasingly prominent response to this situation. The ... -
Avalokitesvara cult in Korean Buddhism
The Avalokiteśvara cult had succeeded in taking root in so many countries in East Asia. Avalokiteśvara cult was able to retain the devotion of the ... -
The quest for certainty : an epistemological exploration of the Buddhist and Western empiricist notion of knowledge
The human quest for certainty in knowledge has always challenged us to seek for a basis of true knowledge. The Buddha is one of those thinkers who was... -
A look at the Burmese Buddhist Sangha involvement in politics : is the Sangha a political party?
The persistent and enduring political involvement of the Burmese Buddhist Sangha in Burma (Myanmar) as a religion characterizes it as politically ... -
The enshrinement of the Tripitaka Koreana printing woodblocks at Haein-sa Temple and the temple's elevated status in subsequent years
This paper was developed primarily in an effort to analyze the documents related to the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks' enshrinement at Haein-sa and ... -
Origin and the evolution of Sri Lankan Buddha image independent of the Indian prototype
This dissertation focuses to examine the independent origin and the evolution of the Sri Lankan Buddha image of its Indian prototype. The scholars ... -
Acculturation as seen through Buddha's birthday parades in northern Wei Luoyang : a micro perspective on the making of Buddhism as a world religion
The genesis of world religions necessitates an integration process with contemporary local society, political enterprises, and cultural institutions...