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Academic catalog 2025-2026
2025 Issue
Academic Catalog
The efficacy of SKT meditation healing exercise techniques 1 and 2 in improving vital functions in COVID-19 patients
Wongsricha, Loedej
2025 Thesis/Dissertation
Doctoral Dissertations & Projects Buddhist ChaplaincyThe COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to global health, necessitating the exploration of alternative therapeutic interventions to ...
The mirror of Dhamma—Dhammādāsa Dhammapariyāya as a Buddhist model in reducing fear of death among the Theravāda Buddhist practitioners
Sraman, Chanda Sara
2025 Thesis/Dissertation
Doctoral Dissertations & Projects Buddhist ChaplaincyThe study explores the impact of the Mirror of Dhamma—Dhammādāsa Dhammapariyāya, as found in the Mahāparinibbānasuttaṃ, on reducing death ...
Academic catalog 2024-2025
2024 Issue
Academic CatalogWith two addendums...
An analysis of Japan’s economic development : Lessons for China
Chen, Yueyun (Bill)
2025 Academic Article
Business Administration Faculty PublicationsJapan has played an important role in the global economy for several decades. This study comprehensively analyzes factors contributing to Japan’s ...
Application of Tathāgata Citta, a Buddhist version of Lectio Divina, to the parables of the Lotus Sūtra
Peng, Hongye
2024 Thesis/Dissertation
Doctoral Dissertations & Projects Buddhist ChaplaincyThe Lotus Sūtra is one of the most important sūtras in the Mahāyāna tradition. Although Buddhists read ancient Sūtras daily, they often do not ...
Children and adolescents in the Pāli Canon
Poungpet, Boonmee
2024 Thesis/Dissertation
Doctoral Dissertations & Projects Religious StudiesThis dissertation examines the representations of children and adolescents in the Pāli canon through the lens of child-centered education and aims to...
How effectively does the mindfulness-based meditation, Single Breath Returning to Resting Point technique reduce stress, depression, and anxiety and enhance mindful attention awareness quality? Pilot study: Examining the effects of using the Single Breath Returning to Resting Point technique with incarcerated individuals residing in Federal Correctional Institution I, Victorville, California.
Seeda, Aroon
2024 Thesis/Dissertation
Doctoral Dissertations & Projects Buddhist ChaplaincyIn this pilot study, the effectiveness of the Single Breath-Returning to Resting Point (SBRRP) technique, a mindfulness-based meditation approach, was...
Contemplation per Theravada Buddhist-Based mindfulness for schoolteachers in Sri Lanka
Kongala Paññāloka
2024 Thesis/Dissertation
Doctoral Dissertations & Projects Buddhist ChaplaincyThe purpose of this study was to see how contemplation in the context of Theravada Buddhist teachings benefit schoolteachers to reduce burnout and ...
Buddhist chaplain role in hospitals: Exploring spiritual care through storytelling using the framework of the Four Noble Truths