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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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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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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 will first clarify the claim that Buddhism is psychology. It will then address some similarities and differences between Buddhist and ...
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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 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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Most of the main ideas in Buddhism, such as compassion, loving-kindness, giving, not killing, not stealing and so on, are associated with social well-...
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Variety is an essential feature of nature, which speaks of dissimilarity, differentiation or distinction among various objects both living and non-...
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This paper will be a trajectory through three monotheistic religious traditions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—on the question of social justice...
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This is a revisit to my fieldwork in Sri Lanka for the visual documentation of the autobiography of a Sinhalese Buddhist headmonk. My basis of ...
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This paper discusses the contribution of mental health to the achievement of social well-being. The adverse effects of mental illness on family ...
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Mahayana Buddhism has changed in many ways, but an enduring core is the ideal of the bodhisattva, and the bodhisattva spirit is what inspires Mahayana...
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As a religion and philosophy dealing with the welfare of “all beings” (sabbe sattā) Buddhism is certainly concerned with Social Justice. Its ...
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The three masters Hong Yi (1880-1942 A.D.), Feng Zikai (1898-1975. A.D.) and Wang Yiting (1867-1938. A.D.) are all the important persons in modern ...
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This article begins with looking at and addressing the main themes and principles of the Buddha's teachings in terms of ontology and cosmology in ...
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Anyone who is knowledgeable about World History, and is acquainted with the rise and fall of civilizations and the coming and going of monarchs, knows...
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An important aspect omitted, though implied, when Fundamental Human Rights were identified for universal acceptance half a century ago is the basic ...
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Often, the discussion of religions and their contribution to social well-being revolves around the question of how political action can be motivated ...
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It was in the 1920s that Venerable Taixu introduced his notions on Humanistic Buddhism and called for a reform movement in Chinese Buddhism. The ...
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The Vāseṭṭha Sūtra of the Sutta Nipāta is one of the main discourses delivered by the Buddha on the subject of social differentiation and its ...
