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1530-4108
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Dependent origination and the Buddhist theory of relativity
Buddhist theory of Dependent Origination (Paticcasamuppāda or Pratītyasamutpāda) is one of the theories with regard to origination of phenomena. ... -
Life, death and reincarnation as experienced and expressed in the poems of Hanshan and Thomas Merton
Some 10 years ago, I visited a famous Chinese Buddhist temple called Shi Sha Chih nearby Nanking City. There I met with an old monk called Venerable ... -
Buddhism and science : Huineng vs. Einstein? A transpersonal analysis
In a recent issue of Time Magazine, November 13th, 2006, there was a spirited debate between an atheist biologist, Richard Dawkins, and a Christian ... -
Wood-block printing in Yangtze River drainage area with special focus on Buddhist sutras and images in South Song Yynasty (1127-1279)
There was a close relationship between Buddhism and the invention of printing. The number of Buddhists increased during Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-... -
Buddhist psychotherapeutic approach to depression in the era of economic development
An estimated twenty-five percent of individuals across the world develop one or more mental or behavioral disorders at some stage in life. Depressive... -
Traumatic stress and trauma counselling : some post-tsunami reflections from a Buddhist perspective
This paper discusses the psychological aspects of traumatic experiences and how traumatized individuals are helped with therapy/counselling. The ... -
Buddhism and economic progress : a sufficiency economy for Thailand
The concept of a Sufficiency Economy for Thailand has evolved and developed over the past three decades, inspired and consistently encouraged by H.M. ... -
Imperialism and temple properties : a case study of Korean Buddhism during Japan's occupation
In 1911, the Japanese Governor-General Office established regulations of Korean Buddhist Temples, effectively colonizing Korean Buddhism. The ... -
Humanistic Buddhism and economic progress : economic growth in 20th and 21st century in the Yangzi River Delta in China
Since the early 20th century, the Yangzi River Delta has played a very important role in China’s economy, at the same time, Buddhism has been ... -
Reflections on economic well-being in the Pali Tripiṭaka
Human being is considered as the most intelligent of all the beings that can remember the past, act and react in the present and plan for the future. ... -
Buddhist economics - myth and reality
What E. F. Schumacher saw or heard in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1955 inspired him to explore Buddhist economics as an answer to the new world of 1960s ... -
Chinese Buddhism and economic progress
Buddhism because of renunciation and celibacy has a tendency of being misunderstood as a spiritual tradition not dealing much with Economics. ... -
Desire : the heart of Vedic religion and economics
The one discipline that comes closest to religion appears to be economics. It is a most unlikely comparison, but the more one examines the ... -
Happiness and economic progress : a Buddhist perspective
The aim of this paper is to unravel a traditional Buddhist teaching of kamma-vipaka with the aid of some modern economic analysis. The ... -
The Buddhist approach to economic development : the path to a wisdom-based economy
From a historical perspective, economic development in human society can be divided into several evolutionary stages or modes. The early gatherers... -
Buddhism and the economic management as depicted in the Pali Canon
The primary aim of Buddhism is to achieve emancipation from Samsāric existence by realizing Nirvana. For this the practice of meditation was ... -
The management of woodblock engraving of Buddhist canon in China
The Chinese started engraving woodblocks of the Buddhist canon in the early Song dynasty (971 – 983). In the past one thousand years, more than ... -
Psychological and economic variables in religious enquiry an existential model of belief-faith-practice
This presentation focuses on the economics of the human condition in the religious sense by defining psychological variables allocated to: (1) ways in... -
Buddhism and the globalization of business
Economically, the current globalization is the inevitable effects of various causes, namely the liberation of people from colonialism, the removal of ... -
Early scholars of Asia and Buddhism in connection with Oriental studies in Italy