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Practice and prayer : paths to auspicious rebirth : comparing Tibetan Buddhist and Protestant views on death and dying to aid end of life care providers
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Go tell it off the mountain : missionary activity in modern Korean Buddhism
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The Buddhist principle of rebirth revealed in the doctrine of Pratītyasamutpāda and its conceptual development as intrepreted by Vasubandhu in the philosophy of Vijñapati-mātratā-vāda
The current study focuses on two essential themes: the Buddhist doctrine of rebirth as revealed in the Pratītyasamutpāda (twelve factors of ... -
The origin of bodhicitta and its development in Chinese Buddhism
This dissertation is a study of the single Buddhist term, ‘bodhicitta’ in which I have attempted to explain the concept, its gradual evolution and... -
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 ... -
Selected tales of mortality in the Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka
This study was conducted to explore the tales of mortality that were told by the Buddha. The 82 tales of death were, therefore, found and selected ... -
An historical review of Buddhist activities and challenges in the United States
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Compassionate Kuan-Yin Bodhisattva from India to China
This is a study of all the references to Avalokiteshvara found in the oldest complete Chinese Buddhist canon preserved in Korea. These references have... -
Some representative sutras and thoughts of Theravada and Mahayana
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A comparative study of the concept of sainthood in Theravada Buddhism and Roman Catholicism
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The Bodhisattva ideal in early Chinese Buddhist texts
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Buddhist meditation : its impact upon modern life in the United States through its contribution to medical science