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Books on: buddhism beliefs

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Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia

Book by Charles S. Prebish, Martin Baumann; University of California Press, 2002

Subjects:

Buddhism--History--20th Century, Buddhism--Missions--History, Globalization--Religious Aspects--Buddhism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...idealized way: traditionalist Buddhism, with its emphasis on devotion...stands in contrast to modernist Buddhism, with its emphasis on meditation...have already started to shape a Buddhism without beliefs, as a recent book by Stephen...
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Why Buddhism? Westerners in Search of Wisdom

Book by Vicki Mackenzie; Allen & Unwin, 2001

Subjects:

Buddhism--Influence, Buddhism--Social Aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...eager new converts of Western Buddhism. He agitates, he irritates...most popular books is called Buddhism Without Beliefs. And the brochure for Sharpham...states specifically that the Buddhism he offers is understood as a...
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Buddhism in America

Book by Richard Hughes Seager; Columbia University Press, 1999

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Buddhism--United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Buddhas birthday. DON FARBER The Buddhism of immigrants tends to remain...the West ought to become a "Buddhism without beliefs," which he characterizes in...a very different kind of Buddhism than that found within most immigrant...
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Buddhism

Book by Richard A. Gard; George Braziller, 1961

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Buddhism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...filial piety. 11 5. The Three Valued Components of Buddhism Buddhist beliefs and practices are fundamentally centered in, and...V-VI respectively. These three components of Buddhism are interrelated: the Buddha taught and exemplified...
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Skiful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism

Book by Michael Pye; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Upaya (Buddhism)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...relations between Theravada Buddhism and the popular belief systems of the countries...the central or orthodox belief system is highly tolerant of many beliefs and practices which in...with such elasticity that Buddhism actually functions as...

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Journal Articles on: buddhism beliefs

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No Other Gods: Christian Belief in Dialogue with Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam

Journal article by Ovey N. Mohammed; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 35, 1998

Subjects:

Books--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

No Other Gods: Christian Belief in Dialogue with Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam by Ovey...belief in its encounter with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. In the...the Christian encounter with Buddhism. Using ideas from the Kyoto...
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Missionary Intent and Monastic Networks: Thai Buddhism as a Transnational Religion

Journal article by Pattana Kitiarsa; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 25, 2010

Subjects:

Missions (Religion)--International aspects, Missions (Religion)--Social aspects, Missions, Foreign--International aspects, Missions, Foreign--Social aspects, Missions--International aspects, Missions--Social aspects, Religion and state--Analysis, Theravada Buddhism--Political aspects, Theravada Buddhism--Social aspects, Transnationalism--Religious aspects, Transnationalism--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...recent expansion of Thai Buddhism abroad as part of religious...international borders. By Thai Buddhism, I mean the beliefs, practices, and institutions...only unite Buddhist beliefs and practices with...they also promote Thai Buddhism as a transnational...
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Buddhism Unshackled: The Yuan 'Holy Man' Tradition and the Nation-State in the Tai World

Journal article by Paul T. Cohen; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 32, 2001

Subjects:

Evangelists--Analysis, Holy, The--Analysis, Mekong River--Religious aspects, Theravada Buddhism--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...A salient feature of Yuan Buddhism is belief in holy men who gain renown...share a variant of Theravada Buddhism called Yuan Buddhism. The most famous holy man...article I examine the religious beliefs and practices of Khruba Siwichai...
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Cultural Intersections in Later Chinese Buddhism

Journal article by Albert Welter; China Review International, Vol. 11, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Cultural Intersections in Later Chinese Buddhism (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the Ming court treatment of Buddhism resembled that of earlier dynasties...rejection in favor of indigenous beliefs. Most importantly, Buddhism continued to serve the ancestor...In her assessment of Ming Buddhism, she counters the work of...
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Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death

Journal article by Damien Keown; Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 28, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. Accordingly, while...descriptions of the beliefs and practices of Tibetan Buddhism surrounding death...analysis to draw on, Buddhism is only now beginning...to express their beliefs in a new vocabulary...

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Magazine Articles on: buddhism beliefs

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Merit and Magic; Buddhism Faces Modernity in Thailand

Magazine article by Ben Barber; World and I, Vol. 13, April 1998

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Buddhism--Thailand, Thailand--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...United States, where religious beliefs are cultivated in Sunday schools...kids dont learn much about Buddhism in Thailand. When a young...loved exorcists, and the belief in superstition and magic was still there." "Buddhism is weakening. The older people...have undercut Buddhist beliefs and practices, nearly two...
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Buddhism Comes to Main Street

Magazine article by Jan Nattier; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 21, Spring 1997

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Buddhism--Evaluation, Buddhists in the United States--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...States. Religions - not just Buddhism - travel in three major ways...individuals or families bring their beliefs along when they move to a new...differences within American Buddhism. To begin with the import...the 1950s finds a book on Zen Buddhism in the public library and thinks...
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Vietnamese Buddhism in the 1990s

Magazine article by Robert Topmiller; Cross Currents, Spring-Summer 2000

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Buddhism--Vietnam, Religion and state--Vietnam, Vietnam--Religion, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, both streams place...subscribe to a number of beliefs drawn from Hinduism...adhere to Pure Land Buddhism and hope that their...than a closely held belief. Despite the difficulties...it clear to me that Buddhism holds the key to what...
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The Demystification of Belief Systems

Magazine article by Richard H. Nethe; The Humanist, Vol. 61, July 2001

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Enlightenment (Cultural movement)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Enlightenment--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mysteries, Religious--Social aspects, Religion and culture--Analysis, Religion and ethics--Analysis, Religious ethics--Analysis, Religious mysteries--Social aspects, Sociology of religion--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

The Demystification of Belief Systems. by Richard H. Nethe...attempt to demystify Christian beliefs in order that the antiquated...demystification of popular belief systems should be welcomed...century BCE--ever since Buddhism got its start in India with...Jesus who was influenced by Buddhism. There are indeed surprising...
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Faith Speaks Volumes: How Much Do the Great Religions and Beliefs Have in Common? the Updated NS Chart, First Published in 2006, Shows What They Have to Say

Magazine article; New Statesman, Vol. 139, April 5, 2010

Subjects:

Faith--Analysis, Religious beliefs--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Do the Great Religions and Beliefs Have in Common? the Updated...Shiva, who destroys it. BUDDHISM Buddhism focuses The world is 376 million...and God. No human being. belief in a creator God. SIKHISM...deity. have been assigned. BUDDHISM Prayer and Suffering is the...

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Newspaper Articles on: buddhism beliefs

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American Buddhism at a Crossroads

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 18, 2011

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Buddhism, Lamaism, Meditation, News agencies, The Associated Press

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Within the United States, Buddhism is even more decentralized. Practices and beliefs that had developed in isolation...monastics generally lead Buddhism in roles shaped partly by...Beyond the Dalai Lama, Buddhism is best known in the United...
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Buddhism Seeks End to Suffering

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 9, 2009

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Buddhism, Lamaism

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...experience, not through beliefs and dogmas. In the...following the Buddhas life, Buddhism spread throughout Asia...people are practicing Buddhism in Communist nations...I was introduced to Buddhism first by reading about...practice. It is not just a belief. It is not just going...
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Woods Seeks Balance with Buddhism

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 21, 2010

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Buddhism, Celebrities, Lamaism, News agencies, The Associated Press

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...most direct reference to his beliefs yet. In a few previous interviews...debate stoked by Hume over Buddhism versus Christianity. "He...his ground in the sense that Buddhism is a minority religion...redemption as in Christianity. "Buddhism offers the opportunity to...comments reflected the Buddhist belief that "life is suffering...
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ANALYSIS: How the Buddha Still Speaks to a Modern City; Today, in Our Series Investigating 'What Makes a Good City?', We Look at the Buddhist and Muslim Perspectives. Buddhism Expert Dr Elizabeth Harris Argues Diversity Is Essential, While DrJabal Buaben, a Lecturer on Islam at Birmingham University, States It Depends on a Morally Principled Society Buddhist Perspective

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 5, 2007

Subjects:

Buddhism--Investigations, Buddhism--Religious aspects, Islam--Investigations, Islam--Religious aspects, Lamaism--Investigations, Lamaism--Religious aspects, Muslims--Investigations, Muslims--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...plurality of religion, belief, ethnicity, culture, economic...What can the insights of Buddhism offer to this? Buddhism as we know it today began...condition throughout time. Buddhism was successful in India because...and a plethora of competing beliefs and ideologies. Those who...
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Buddhism Influences U.S. Thought

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, October 11, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...one other influence of Buddhism that often is not given...due, and that is the belief in reincarnation. Nearly...And so it is that "Buddhism Without Beliefs," a book by a former...popularity. This kind of Buddhism, author Stephen Batchelor...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: buddhism beliefs

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Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of Hinduism. Basic Beliefs and Practices The basic doctrines of early Buddhism, which remain common...virtual extinction of Buddhism in India by the 13th...meantime, however, its beliefs had spread widely. Sri Lanka was converted to Buddhism in the 3d cent. b...
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Tibetan Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

TIBETAN BUDDHISM form of Buddhism prevailing in the Tibet region of...derived from the Indian Mahayana form of Buddhism, but much of its ritual is based...Vajrayana vehicle of the thunderbolt. Beliefs and Practices The most dedicated Tibetan...
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Vietnam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...South Vietnam was defeated by the North and after a border clash with China in 1979. A mix of Buddhism, Confucianism, and traditional local beliefs and Roman Catholicism are the most widely practiced religions. Although the Communist government...
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Hinduism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Western term for the religious beliefs and practices of the vast majority...union with God. Responses to Buddhism and Jainism In the middle of...Vedic, systems, notably Buddhism and Jainism . The priestly...E. Eliot, Hinduism and Buddhism (3 vol., 1921; repr. 1968...
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Shinto

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...modified by the influence of Buddhism and Confucianism. In its...less by religious doctrine or belief than by the observance of...the indigenous religion from Buddhism, is the equivalent of the...written record of the ancient beliefs and customs first appeared...place of the kami. After Buddhism entered Japan in the 6th cent...

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