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Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes

Book by Melford E. Spiro; Harper & Row, 1970

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Buddhism--Burma

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...saviors, its masses for the dead, its elaborate and ornate rituals, Mahayana Buddhism--the Buddhism of the Greater Vehicle--is related to Theravada Buddhism--the Buddhism of the Elders--much as Catholicism is related to Protestantism...
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Breaking the Circle: Death and the Afterlife in Buddhism

Book by Carl B. Becker; Southern Illinois University Press, 1993

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Death--Religious Aspects--Buddhism, Future Life--Buddhism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...nirvana, and we have seen that neither is necessary. Buddhism presents us with two alternatives to the Western...themselves. This led them to develop a branch of Buddhism called Mahayana, or "The Greater Vehicle." This contrasted
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Paradox and Nirvana: A Study of Religious Ultimates with Special Reference to Burmese Buddhism

Book by Robert Lawson Slater; University of Chicago Press, 1951

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Buddhism--Burma, Nirvana

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...and divided the first great council, which was...two main divisions of Buddhism which exist today -- the Mahayana Greater Vehicle or Northern Buddhism, prevalent in China...Vehicle or Southern Buddhism, prevalent in Ceylon...
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The Vision of Buddhism: The Space under the Tree

Book by Roger J. Corless; Paragon House, 1989

Subjects:

Buddhism, Buddhists--India--Biography, Gautama Buddha

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...World or realm. In Buddhism it means a world as...Hero. Literally "great man" it refers to a...itself by the form of Buddhism dominant in north...cheng meaning "Large Vehicle," from which we get...English translation "Greater Vehicle." See yana...mandala >: Circle. In Buddhism, mandala has three...
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Buddhism: Its History and Literature

Book by T. W. Rhys Davids; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1896

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Buddhism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...VI. SOME NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM. The various Buddhisms 187 Council...schools 197 Bodhisatship 199 The Greater Vehicle 204 The Tantra books 207 Theosophy 209 Schopenhauer and Huxley on Buddhism 220 INDEX 223

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Trade-Buddhism: Maritime Trade, Immigration, and the Buddhist Landfall in Early Japan

Journal article by Charles Holcombe; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999

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Buddhism--History, History, Ancient--Japan, International trade--7th century, Japan--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...understanding of both Buddhism and early Japanese society. In China Buddhism apparently took root...role of the state and great families in promoting Buddhism, the popular dispersion...religion may have been greater than we realize. And...
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Mercy and Punishment: Buddhism and the Death Penalty

Journal article by Leanne Fiftal Alarid, Hsiao-Ming Wang; Social Justice, Vol. 28, 2001

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Buddhism--Moral and ethical aspects, Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects, Criminal justice, Administration of--Religious aspects, Southeast Asia--Social policy

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...enlightenment. Buddhism assumes that all...doctrine is a "vehicle" to help people...major schools of Buddhism are Theravada...or "individual vehicles" (Dhammananda...Mahayana, or the "Great Vehicle," maintains that...1995). Extent of Buddhism in Southeast Asia...
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Buddhism in the United States: Implications for Managers of Buddhist Values in the Workplace

Journal article by Joan Marques; International Journal of Management, Vol. 28, 2011

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Buddhism, Studies, Sustainable development, United States, Work environment

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...development. They describe Buddhism as a moral, ethical...underscore that, although Buddhism allows for supernatural...enlightened teacher. Buddhism: Some Basic Concepts...Asia, and Mahayana or great vehicle, mainly practiced in...
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Mark Halperin. out of the Cloister: Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279

Journal article by Robert Foster; China Review International, Vol. 16, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Out of the Cloister: Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...in the Song became a vehicle for moral critiques...academic view that Buddhism was oriented toward...this allowed literati greater license to insert not...and opinions regarding Buddhism into their texts, but...closely intertwined Buddhism was with the fabric...
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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

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

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...she will wield great authority...the progress of Buddhism was easier and...encouraged to give greater attention to...because of their great merit in past...way in which Buddhism generally mined...accompanied by a greater emphasis on merit...languages as a vehicle for the moral...enhanced, Theravada Buddhism offered continuing...

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The Worldliness of Buddhism

Magazine article by Donald K. Swearer; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 21, Spring 1997

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Buddhism--Evaluation, Buddhists--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...different schools of Buddhism in these early days...themselves the mantle of "Greater Vehicle," sticking their rivals...There are within these great schools many lesser divisions. Theravada Buddhism, with roots in the...Southeast Asia. Mahayana Buddhism includes many schools...
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Can Buddhism Save? Finding Resonance in Incommensurability

Magazine article by Christopher A. Brown; Cross Currents, Vol. 49, Summer 1999

Subjects:

Buddhism--Analysis, Christianity and other religions--Buddhism, Religion--Philosophy, Zen Buddhism--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Philosophy of Hwa-Yen Buddhism (University Park and...39. Masao Abe, "Buddhism," in Our Religions...Jam-yang-shay-bas Great Exposition of Texts...Central Philosophy of Buddhism, 250. Murti shares...yang-shay-ba. Great Exposition of Texts...
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The Eighty-Eight Temples: Pilgrimages Were among the Earliest Forms of Historical Travelling, and They Remain Popular in Many Parts of the World. Alex Koller Tries Japan's Most Famous Buddhist Pilgrimage

Magazine article by Alex Koller; History Today, Vol. 57, November 2007

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Buddhism--Social aspects, Japan--Religious aspects, Lamaism--Social aspects, Pilgrimages--History, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--History, Religion--Social aspects, Religious beliefs--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...mixture of Shinto and Buddhism to the masses, and...748) are probably of greater importance to the pilgrimage...esoteric rituals and Buddhism. The latter is credited...disestablishment of Buddhism after the Meiji Restoration...Likewise, there are great specimens of Edo-period...family in a support vehicle. It was a ride of 1...
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Asceticism and the Environment

Magazine article by Christopher Key Chapple; Cross Currents, Vol. 57, Winter 2008

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Asceticism--Analysis, Asceticism--Environmental aspects, Buddhism--Analysis, Environmental protection--Religious aspects, Jainism--Analysis, Lamaism--Analysis, Yoga--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...possession is perhaps the greatest challenge facing the...utility bills, and greater destruction of natural...and alternative fuel vehicles. Entertainment...forms of American Buddhism. In her writings...friendly forms of Buddhism. In addition, she...Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism, seeking to explore...practice of Yoga a vehicle for environmental...Karma theory played a great role in the development...
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The Sacred Art of Tibet

Magazine article by Arthur C. Danto; The Nation, Vol. 253, December 16, 1991

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Art, Tibetan--Exhibitions, Christian art and symbolism--Exhibitions, Christian art--Exhibitions, Christian symbolism--Exhibitions

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...called Lesser and Greater Vehicles--between the Theravada...sufferings. The Greater Vehicle involves the mediating...Mahayana teaching that Buddhism began to take on a...Under Mahayana, Buddhism became a cosmological...conceptual expansion of Buddhism under Tantra, there...amazement is that this great dance of sexual oneness...

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Let Us Pray This Religious Hate Bill Fails; REVIEW

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 12, 2005

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

...standing by the front of the vehicle. The other had laid out his...Jewish cemetery in Prestwich, Greater Manchester was desecrated...Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Rastafarianism...would do anything to create greater religious tolerance in England...

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Tibetan Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Indian Mahayana form of Buddhism, but much of its ritual...called Tantrayana tantra vehicle or Vajrayana vehicle...often to the sound of great horns and drums. A...of its origin is that Buddhism was introduced into...Chinese repression of Buddhism in Tibet in the 1960s...1980s there has been greater tolerance of religious...

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