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This paper explores Buddhist images of the body, and in particularly the female body, as expressed in the Theragāthā and the Therīgāthā. In 1930 ...
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This paper will survey the Agama Sutras for discourses that the Buddha and his disciples engaged in with Indian political leaders. The purpose of this...
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This paper will first clarify the claim that Buddhism is psychology. It will then address some similarities and differences between Buddhist and ...
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In an earlier paper, I made the observation that Gotama was raised in a milieu that was dominated by Brahmanical teaching and culture. What does this ...
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This paper first identifies turbulent and imminent economic, social, and ecological problems threatening our modern economy and society. It is argued ...
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This paper attempts to view how Buddhism and Zen Buddhism in particular are relevant to the well being of society. It seeks to point out some aspects ...
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How the Buddha taught is as important as what he taught. The Buddha was not only a consummate teacher who was hailed as a teacher of teachers that ...
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This paper is a brief introduction to the life of a Chinese Buddhist monk, Xüan Zhuang, and his Mahāvihāra, a Buddhist monastic University, Nāland...
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This paper attempts to present Zen as the ultimate wisdom of Asia described in the 16th century Zen classic titled A Paragon of Zen House written by a...
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The study of religion at America's public universities was virtually non-existent until the early 1960s when a footnote to a US Supreme Court case ...
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Education is a fundamental human right of all citizens. This fundamental right which is for the benefit of the nation cannot be denied to its citizens...
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Jacques Delors, Chairman of the UNESCO International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century, said "humankind sees in education an ...
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A number of Buddhist psychological insights found in the Abhidhamma and other Buddhist texts have been used in the areas of mental health, HIV, ...
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This study examines how East Asian students think about their cultural influences on their academic performance and how East Asian students estimate ...
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The great knowledge of the East which was born and developed in the Indian cultural area, has been emanating as a beacon light since thousands of ...
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In this paper, it will be argued that in order for Americans to really "take to" the Dharma, it will need a great deal of responsible interpretation ...
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In the digital age, the rapid development of advanced technology creates the challenge of complicated changes in life styles, values, behaviors, and ...
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The intention of this paper is to give an overview of both the Informal and Formal Educational aspects of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order begun by ...
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Education in Buddhism as a subject on its own has hitherto attracted the attention of very few scholars. Reference is made to some pertinent remarks ...
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The intergenerational language maintenance among Burmese immigrants in the USA is expected to be minimal, especially because they are not a ...