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Doctoral Dissertations
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The Water-Land Dharma Function Platform Ritual and the Great Compassion Repentance Ritual
For Taiwanese laity, the Water-Land Dharma Function Platform is the largest ritual in terms of scale, while the Great Compassion Repentance is most ... -
Oral tradition in Buddhism
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Rissho Kosei-Kai of Los Angeles : an institutional history
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The meaning of merit transfer in Chinese Buddhism
The dissertation is as study of the meaning of merit transfer in Chinese Buddhism. First, the research methodology used for this research has been ... -
Restoration of the Bhikkhunī Sasana in Sri Lanka
This report consists of an historical, textual and field study of the Sri Lankan Bhikkhunī Sasana (order). The present study attempts to link tis ... -
Search for a Chinese new religious movement : I-kuan Tao
This dissertation is on a Chinese new religious movement—I –Kuan Tao (Yi-guan Dao). It is divided into two parts; the first chapters discuss main ... -
Search for description of mind : the development of Alayavijnana in China
This dissertation is a study of the development of the concept of Alayavijana in China. Chinese monks of the 4th and 5th centuries were faced with ... -
The Buddha's discourses on compassionate actions : case studies from Pali Nikayas
This research initiated by my aspiration to find the direction that the practice of Buddhism should lead to. The Buddha’s main concern was human ...