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This dissertation examines the ethical evolution of the Theravāda theory and practice of dāna. Dāna is one of the most popular and the oldest ...
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This paper focuses on analyses of the service industry in different countries over the years. Through this comprehensive study and international ...
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Agriculture is an important industry in all economies since it provides basic needs and feeds people. With the improvements of its productivity and ...
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With the events that occurred at the Pulse nightclub on the night of June 12, 2016, the LGBTQ community came together in mourning with the Muslim ...
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This dissertation examines one special ceremony and three specific rituals central to Chinese Buddhism as it is practiced in the Jiuhua region. As one...
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For many centuries, Buddhologists have considered Chinese Buddhism as a dominant and influential force in the Far East. However, this assumption is ...
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Zhiyi is the founder of Tiantai School. Among his works, the abundant teachings and meditation systems are discussed; for example, Three Truths, Five ...
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About one hundred years after the great decease of the Buddha (Mahāparinibbāna), his democratically well-established Saṁgha community split, first...
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This thesis will explore the purpose of Sītā throughout the various Rāmāyaṇas. Rāma is known as the Supreme Being and his divine energy or Ś...
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The conception of jieti 戒體, interpreted by Daoxuan as the “seed of virtue,” is developed by Hongyi in his work Nanshan Vinaya Scripture for ...
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Many Sanskrit Buddhist texts were translated into Chinese during the early medieval period around 3rd to 8th Century. The Infinite Life Sūtra...
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Many U.S. Buddhist practices have become so focused on the individual that they over-emphasize self-salvation and healing. To a large degree, this has...
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The global manufacturing trade comprises 70% of the total trade, and the manufacturing export from China comprises 93% of the country's total export. ...
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In the last decades, religious clashes in Nigeria have caused a worrisome social disorder that has made co-existence and collaboration between ...
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This study contributes a view of meditation as self-directed neuroplasticity in which both the mind and brain are understood as interactive phenomena...
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This dissertation investigates Buddhist and feminist perspectives of the body as seen through the Tibetan Buddhist ritual of Chöd (gcod). Chöd is ...