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Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo

Book by Richard F. Gombrich; Routledge, 1988

Subjects:

Sri Lanka--Religion, Therav?Ada Buddhism, Therav?Ada Buddhism--Sri Lanka

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...for Buddhists; and in any case, as Buddhism spread, few people in those days could...they were still all in India. When Buddhism spread overseas, new myths arose: every Theravadin country has a myth that Gotama Buddha paid it at least...
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Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction

Book by Damien Keown; Oxford University Press, 1996

Subjects:

Buddhism

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...great importance because Buddhism regards the religious life...religious practice links Buddhism with the mystical traditions...Dimension Like other religions, Buddhism has its share of myths and legends. A myth in this context does not...
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Re-Visioning Kamakura Buddhism

Book by Richard K. Payne; University of Hawaii, 1998

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Buddhism--Japan--History--1185-1600

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism , tr. Richard Peterson and...Divisions in the Order," in Buddhism: A Modern Perspective...separation of Shinto from Buddhism. Shinto, with its liturgies, rituals and myths, has been usually treated...
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Buddhism in America

Book by Richard Hughes Seager; Columbia University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Buddhism--United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...essays, Snyder was a pioneer in linking Buddhism to broadly American themes such as Native American myths, nature, and ecology. The Beats selectively...and large not a political thinker, saw Buddhism as a vehicle to protest conformity, as...
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American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship

Book by Duncan Ryūken Williams, Christopher S. Queen; Curzon Press, 1999

Subjects:

Asian Americans--Religion--Congresses, Buddhism--Study And Teaching--Bibliography, Buddhism--Study And Teaching--United States--Congresses, Buddhism--United States--Congresses, Buddhist Converts--United States--Congresses, Buddhist Renewal--United States--Congresses, Buddhists--United States--Congresses

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...an individuals knowledge of Buddhism increases. The more a person...interrelationships between symbols, myths, presuppositions, explicit doctrines, and practices within Buddhism, the more one becomes aware...Western people who turn to Buddhism are to some extent alienated...

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Silla Buddhism and the Hwarang

Journal article by Richard D. Mcbride Ii; Korean Studies, Vol. 34, 2010

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Buddhism--Analysis, Buddhism--Social aspects, Buddhist monks--History, Buddhist monks--Social aspects, Lamaism--Analysis, Lamaism--Social aspects, Silla (Ancient kingdom)--Religious aspects, Silla (Ancient kingdom)--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Silla Buddhism and the Hwarang. by Richard...McBride II Sinitic Mahayana Buddhism was adopted as a state religion...68) Evidence from Chinese Buddhism particularly during the sixth...acquisition of knowledge. (70) Myths and tales of wandering immortals...
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Esoteric Buddhism in Southeast Asia in the Light of Recent Scholarship

Journal article by Hiram Woodward; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 35, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Indian esoteric Buddhism: A social history of the Tantric movement (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Esoteric Buddhism in Southeast Asia in the Light...through the depiction of Hindu myths. The temple is in fact a...appropriation of traditional myth. In other words, there is...adoption of Yogini Tantra Buddhism as an establishment religion...social history of esoteric Buddhism, but we are fortunate to...
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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

...Southeast Asia, Donald Swearer, Buddhism and Society in Southeast Asia...Mahaparinirvanasutra of the Dharmaguptaka, in Myths and Symbols: Studies in Honor...p. 15. (65.) Swearer, Buddhism and Society, pp. 34, 38...of Dhamma: A Study of Early Buddhism, in The Two Wheels of Dhamma...
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Buddhism and Christianity in Competition? Religious and Ethnic Identity in Karen Communities of Northern Thailand

Journal article by Roland Platz; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 34, 2003

Subjects:

Buddhism, Christianity, Ethnicity, Lamaism, Thailand--Religious aspects, Thailand--Social aspects, Thais

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Buddhism and Christianity in Competition? Religious...are still performed. (Conversion to Buddhism does not specifically require them to...by lowland Thai society. Northern Thai Buddhism and Karen Animism have some similarities...
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Localising the Universal: Women, Motherhood and the Appeal of Early Theravada Buddhism

Journal article by Barbara Watson Andaya; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 33, 2002

Subjects:

Motherhood--Religious aspects, Religion and sociology--History, Southeast Asia--Religious aspects, Theravada Buddhism--Social aspects, Women--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...courting songs, agricultural rituals and myths. (32) It is not just that the maternal...exploration of gender in Southeast Asian Buddhism, since the heavy emotional weight invested...provide a key to understanding why Theravada Buddhism was so readily accepted by Southeast Asian...

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The Beginnings of Buddhism: Ian Mabbett Considers How Buddhism, While Preaching the Rejection of Societys, Simultaneously Became a Popular Religion

Magazine article by Ian Mabbett; History Today, Vol. 52, January 2002

Subjects:

Buddhism--Analysis, Religions--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...this dhamma was identical with Buddhism but, though informed by Buddhist...The subsequent evolution of Buddhism is much more richly attested...centres, the accumulation of myths about the Buddhas past lives...time again in the history of Buddhism and it is part of the way real...
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It's a Wonderful World: We Are All Invited to Select Seven New Wonders of the World. Mary Beard Investigates the List of Candidates and Reflects on What Makes a Monument a Myth

Magazine article by Mary Beard; History Today, Vol. 56, June 2006

Subjects:

Monuments--Licensing, certification and accreditation, Monuments--Myths and legends, Wonder--Myths and legends

Collections: History, Entire Library

...on What Makes a Monument a Myth. by Mary Beard The result...treasures that have become myths in their own right. Or almost...beautiful shrines of Japanese Buddhism, visited by millions each...is the Eiffel Tower a modern myth and not (say) the Atomium...how far, and in what sense, myths could be true; hence one reason...think about the world. The myth of the Parthenon, for example...
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Of Myth and Men

Magazine article by Robert M. Price; Free Inquiry, Vol. 20, Winter 1999

Subjects:

Gautama Buddha--Conduct of life, Jesus Christ--Conduct of life, Moses (Biblical figure)--Conduct of life, Muhammad--Conduct of life, Religion--Research

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and so similarities in the myths of previous Buddhas, all...Buddha, the actual founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, the...Buddhists. For Pure Land Buddhism, by far the most popular...all recognize them as pure myth. An earlier generation of Western scholars of Buddhism, including R. Otto Franke...
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10 Myths about Secular Humanism

Magazine article by Matt Cherry, Mollen Matsumura; Free Inquiry, Vol. 18, Winter 1997

Subjects:

Humanists--Conduct of life, Secularism--Social aspects

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...public education system. In some ways this myth is rather flattering! Secular humanists...blaming their fellow Christians. Related myths are that secular humanism is the official...described by some religious conservatives is a myth. But the vibrant movement that champions...and growing. So our response to this myth is twofold. Yes Virginia, there are...considering producing a pamphlet on "Ten Myths About Secular Humanism." We would welcome...
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Two Scopes Trial Myths Debunked

Magazine article by Burt Folsom; Human Events, Vol. 54, November 20, 1998

Subjects:

Creationism, Evolution, History, Trials

Collections: History, Entire Library

Two Scopes Trial Myths Debunked by Burt Folsom The...of the trials most enduring myths, but unfortunately he perpetuates two others. Myth No. 1: A group of backwoods...Tenn. In challenging this myth, Larson is on target. The...questions about Confucianism and Buddhism, Bryan gave accurate answers...

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The Beautiful Bodies That Make Life Ugly; FANTASY FIGURES: Programmes Such as Baywatch Promote the Myth of the Flawless Physique

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 8, 2009

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

...Programmes Such as Baywatch Promote the Myth of the Flawless Physique. Byline: Lionel...99 inc p p (08451550713) *** Zen Buddhism promotes a useful concept called mindfulness...like this WHY NOT TRY... The Beauty Myth, by Naomi Wolf (Vintage).
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Agnes Arellano: Curvatures of the Female Principle

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 1, 2009

Subjects:

Art, Modern, Artists, Modern art, Modernism (Art)

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

...her art iconographies from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Tantra (sacred sexuality). Of...left is the derivative influence of local myths and idols in Arellanos inscapes such as...wrapped around his hips) from Tantric Buddhism. Arellano reveals: "So the work is...
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Martial Arts, Now and Zen; Popular Kung Fu Movies Kick Up Exposure for Shaolin Monks

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 19, 2002

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

...distinguishes Zen from other forms of Buddhism is the belief that enlightenment...subsequent centuries, Zen Buddhism and Shaolin kung fu both spread...regime suppressed Christianity, Buddhism and Confucianism. Today...withdrawn, well aware of the myths spread by movies about the...
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With a Boost from the Internet, Shinto Makes Comeback in Japan

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 17, 2007

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

...mists of mythology. Two ancient texts record those myths, but Shinto has no sacred scripture, no Judeo...of God or Yahweh or Allah. Moreover, Shinto and Buddhism coexisted after Buddhism was imported from China. Japanese, unlike Westerners...
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What Do We Really Know about Druids?

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 16, 2011

Subjects:

Hutton, Ronald, Williams, Edward Bennett, Williams, Rowan

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

...inspired by concepts from Hinduism, Wicca, Buddhism, Christianity etc as they are by any...inspired by concepts from Hinduism, Wicca, Buddhism, Christianity etc as they are by any...Britain, which sorts out the facts, myths - and downright fabrications

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Snyder, Gary

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...he trained as a Zen monk. His poetry, influenced by Zen Buddhism and by Native American culture, celebrates the peace found in nature and decries its destruction; volumes include Myths and Texts (1960), Turtle Island (1974; Pulitzer Prize...
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Japan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Nichiren, and other Japanese varieties of Buddhism also developed. Numerous "new religions...in the splendor of the Tang dynasty. Buddhism was introduced, and the Japanese upper...nationalistic feeling ran high. The old myths of imperial and racial divinity, rediscovered...
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Hinduism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...union with God. Responses to Buddhism and Jainism In the middle of...Vedic, systems, notably Buddhism and Jainism . The priestly...themes. They also elaborate the myths of the popular gods. They...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 present...the indigenous religion from Buddhism, is the equivalent of the...introduced into Japan) the myths and rituals were transmitted...dwelling place of the kami. After Buddhism entered Japan in the 6th cent...

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