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Books on: buddhist religious leader

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Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns

Book by Paula Kane Robinson Arai; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Buddhist Nuns--Japan, Monastic And Religious Life (Zen Buddhism)--Japan, Monastic And Religious Life Of Women--Japan, Religious Life--S*Ot*Osh*U

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...leading people in a Zen Buddhist way. It sharpens their...various monastic and religious teaching ranks. 58...requirements for monastic leader ranks involve Buddhist...certified monastery. Religious teaching ranks are achieved...courses to fulfill the religious teaching requirements...
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Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India: Their History and Their Contribution to Indian Culture

Book by Sukumar Dutt; George Allen & Unwin, 1962

Subjects:

Monasticism And Religious Orders, Buddhist

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...e. the Sa gha of Buddhist monks vide Medhatithis...a great and powerful religious leader, his contemporary and...Moggaliputta Tissa. In the Buddhist world of Asokas time...the pre-eminent leader of the Theravada school...
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Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun

Book by Kurtis R. Schaeffer; Oxford University Press, 2004

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Buddhist Nuns--China--Tibet--Biography, Tibet (China)--Religious Life And Customs

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Mustang, when a local Buddhist leader told him the tale of...the Tibetan-speaking Buddhist told the an- thropologist...informant, a revered Buddhist master known as Kagar...both Buddhist and Bonpo religious precepts. Her mother...
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Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India

Book by Gregory Schopen; University of Hawaii Press, 1997

Subjects:

Buddhism--India--History, Buddhist Antiquities--India, Monastic And Religious Life (Buddhism)--India

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...etc. , and from the Buddhist heartland. In short...percent named historical religious figures such as the...historically known Indian religious men, actual Indian...title indicative of his religious practice and status...should mean "guide, leader, trainer, or discipliner...
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Sensory Biographies: Lives and Deaths among Nepal's Yolmo Buddhists

Book by Robert Desjarlais; University of California Press, 2003

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Buddhists--Nepal--Biography, Death--Religious Aspects--Buddhism, Lamas--Nepal--Biography, Nepal--Religious Life And Customs

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...six-year-old son of a respected Yolmo lama and political leader who had died when Karma was in his early twenties. I first...vitality of the Yolmo Foundation, and knowledgeable about Yolmo religious practices, Karma has since helped me in numerous ways to understand...

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Journal Articles on: buddhist religious leader

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Ritual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture

Journal article by Lars Fogelin; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 42, 2003

Subjects:

Buddhism--History, Buddhism--Social aspects, Buddhist shrines--History, Buddhist shrines--Religious aspects, Buddhist shrines--Social aspects, Lamaism, Rites and ceremonies--History, Rites and ceremonies--Social aspects, Ritual

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture...South Asian Buddhists focused much...pilgrimage by the Buddhist laity. Other...for ritual leaders and promoted...investigating religious ideology through...movement with religious thought...a cohesive Buddhist community...with a single leader. The first...
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What the Buddha Would Not Do, According to the Bahitika-Sutta and Its Madhyama-Agama Parallel

Journal article by Analayo; Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 14, 2007

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Buddhist ethics--Analysis, Religious leaders--Ethical aspects, Religious leaders--Portrayals, The Buddha--Ethical aspects, The Buddha--Portrayals, The Tripitaka (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, The Tripitaka (Sacred work)--Translations and translating

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...of action set out the basics of early Buddhist ethical conduct by contrasting wholesome...wanderers went around town accusing the Buddhist monks of having taken their pleasure...convinced people of the innocence of the Buddhist monks. An account of the same incident...have been famous among generations of Buddhists and the Chinese pilgrim Fa-xian...
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An Interfaith Dialogue between the Chinese Buddhist Leader Taixu and Christians

Journal article by Darui Long; Buddhist-Christian Studies, 2000

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Buddhism--International aspects, Christianity--International aspects, Civilization, Oriental--Religious aspects, Civilization, Western--Religious aspects, Taixu--Conduct of life

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...hand, as a Buddhist leader, he had to...prevalent among Buddhists, he felt a...priority of Buddhist reform. He...The Chinese Buddhists had mixed feelings...respect for religious freedom. The leaders of religions...was also a Buddhist leader. He was a...in Chinese Buddhists. Taixu was...
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Religious Belief in a Buddhist Merchant Community, Nepal

Journal article by Todd T. Lewis; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 55, 1996

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Buddhism--Economic aspects, Katmandu, Nepal--Religion, Modernism--Religious aspects, Newar (Nepalese people)--Religion, Syncretism (Religion)--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Buddhist reform leaders adopted similar...science. Its leaders, drawn from the...with their own Buddhist tradition. Despite...Not all Newar Buddhists appreciate these...shrines, socio-religious accommodations...both for the Buddhists queried and for...clear that most Buddhist merchants regarded religious stories, explanations...
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Religious Identity and Openness to a Pluralistic World: A Christian View

Journal article by Rosemary Radford Ruether; Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 25, 2005

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Christianity--Religious aspects, Religion--Analysis, Religious beliefs--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...worlds of other religious traditions are no...own communities. Buddhists, Hindus, Jains...other aspects, Buddhists in other aspects...of the embrace of religious pluralism both within and across religious traditions has been...

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Magazine Articles on: buddhist religious leader

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Buddhists and Christians Fuse Faith and Conscience

Magazine article by Gene Koprowski; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, September 9, 1996

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Buddhists--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Christians--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Social action--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...with Christian-Buddhist gatherings...Christians and Buddhists from around the...Lama, spiritual leader of 150 million...Christianity. Buddhists believe that God...rather, the religious should step up...poverty and disease. Religious activism, whether...Catholic Church or the Buddhist sangha, or community...
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Conference Urges Religious Leaders to Step Up War on Aids

Magazine article; Anglican Journal, Vol. 133, October 2007

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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome--AIDS, Clergy, Colombo Sri Lanka, Conferences, Interfaith relationships, Religious organizations

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Conference Urges Religious Leaders to Step Up War on Aids...AIDS has called on religious leaders to use their...Colombo. More than 200 Buddhist, Christian, Hindu...There are still many religious leaders with the attitude...
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Asia's Religious Renaissance

Magazine article; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 35, Spring 2011

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Buddhist sanghas--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Charismatic movements--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Muslim organizations--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Religious revivals--Forecasts and trends, Revivals--Forecasts and trends

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Thailand, the Buddhist Dhammakaya Temple...like many of Asias religious innovators, the...Of all the religious resurgences, Chinas...become practicing Buddhists, several hundred...leadership of lay Buddhist associations...Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell before...Instead of destroying religious faith, globalization...
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Prayers for Peace; India's Tibetan Buddhist Pilgrimage Centers

Magazine article by Cynthia Myers; World and I, Vol. 13, February 1998

Subjects:

India--Religious aspects, Tibetans in India--Social aspects, Tibetans--India, Tibetans--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Prayers for Peace; Indias Tibetan Buddhist Pilgrimage Centers. by Cynthia Myers...invasion, the Dalai Lama, Tibets spiritual leader, fled to India and settled in Dharmsala...a rare sense of tranquillity. Tibetan Buddhist monks and adherents serve as doctors...
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Fa Lun Gong and Religious Freedom

Magazine article by Marion Wyse; Cross Currents, Spring-Summer 2000

Subjects:

Buddhist sects--Political activity, China--Religion, Freedom of religion--China, Religion and state--China, United States--Relations with China

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Li with Jesus as a leader? Is a follower of either leader able to judge the suitability...noted, Christians or Buddhists are in the enviable...having a divinized leader who has been dead for...living through their leaders present incarnation. Cynicism aside, if religious freedom means living...todays PRC for the Buddhist, the Christian, the...

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Newspaper Articles on: buddhist religious leader

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Tibetan Buddhist Leader Arrives for Religious Visit

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 12, 2006

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Airlines--Religious aspects, Malaysia Airline System Bhd.

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

Tibetan Buddhist Leader Arrives for Religious Visit. Byline: RONNIEL C. DE...afternoon for a week-long, religious journey into the country where...show their respect. Over 766 Buddhist centers and monasteries of the...
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'A Simple Buddhist Monk. No More, No Less' - DALAI LAMA; DALAI LAMA'S 50-YEAR MISSION FOR PEACE

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 13, 2011

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Buddhist monks--Religious aspects

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

A Simple Buddhist Monk. No More, No Less...reach of Tibets spiritual leader has extended far beyond his...one of the worlds leading religious figures. He was awarded...friend of the Nobel Laureate. LEADER ZThe Dalai Lama FLEEING J...
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Religious Leaders End 10-Day Trip to America; Tibetan, Ex-Laborer Uninvited to Dinner

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 15, 2008

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Diplomats, Wu, Harry--Religious aspects

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

Religious Leaders End 10-Day Trip to America...TIMES Visiting Chinese religious leaders were to return...event with U.S.-based religious and human rights advocates...Protestant, Catholic, Buddhist, Muslim and Taoist leaders...
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World Religious Leaders Convene Millennial Peace Summit at U.N

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, August 28, 2000

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

...He said religious harmony is...possible for such religious leaders as Rabbi Meir...World League leader Abdullah Salaih...shamans and Buddhist sages are...Tibetan Buddhist leader. After protests...addresses the religious leaders tomorrow...
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Together in Prayer; COMMUNITY AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS JOIN IN ALL-FAITH EVENT

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), September 11, 2008

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

...Prayer; COMMUNITY AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS JOIN IN ALL-FAITH...coming to Tyneside. Religious celebrations over the...organisations. Spiritual and religious leaders from around...Hindu, Islam, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, Zoroastrian...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: buddhist religious leader

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Indonesia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...2% is Hindu and 1% Buddhist. Hindus are concentrated...another nationalist leader, proclaimed Indonesia...summoning Communist leaders for advice, exhibiting...Sukarno as symbolic leader). Thousands of alleged...Muslim theologian and religious leader, as well as a defender...
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Olcott, Henry Steel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

OLCOTT, HENRY STEEL 1832 1907, American religious leader and author, cofounder of Theosophist movement, b...Leaves (6 vol., 1972 75). His writings include Buddhist Catechism (1881) and Theosophy, Religion, and Occult...
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Vietnam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...suppressed the Cao Dai, a religious sect with its own private...Hao, an occultist religious group, both of which...disorders, and continued religious unrest (both Buddhist...capture (1966) of Buddhist rebel strongholds in...was chosen as party leader; Vo Van Kiet became...tree: Catholics and Buddhists in Vietnam (1970...
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Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...beyond it. Types of Religious Systems The evolution...elementary forms of religious expression there are...Vedanta and certain Buddhist sects), in which the...but as an enlightened leader), Brahmanism, and...Encyclopedia of American Religious History (1996...
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Tibet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...cent. many Indian Buddhists, fleeing before the...by a secular Tibetan leader. In 1962, China launched...disastrous for highly religious Tibet. Religious practices were banned...lifted in 1976 and some Buddhist temples have again...stance in that region. Religious tensions were again...

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