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Family, Buddhism and the
Reiko Ohnuma
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Buddhism and the Family Introduction Buddhism has a complex and multifaceted relationship with the family, familial life, and familial discour...
Feminist Approaches to the Study of Buddhism
Lori Meeks
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Feminist Approaches to the Study of Buddhism Introduction Although much work on women in Buddhism undertaken today does not convey explicitly ...
Four Noble Truths
Carol Anderson
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Four Noble TruthsIntroductionThe teaching commonly called the “four noble truths” is the most widely known teaching of the historical Buddha who lived...
Funeral Practices
Margaret Gouin
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Funeral PracticesIntroductionDeath engages the most fundamental tenets of Buddhism. As the impermanent self dissolves back into its constituent elemen...
Gandhāra, Buddhism in
Jason Neelis
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Buddhism in Gandhāra Introduction Ancient Gandhāra was a major center for cultural production of early Buddhist art and literature. Located in...
Gandharan Art
Antonio Amato
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
Gandharan ArtIntroductionThe expression “Gandharan art” refers to the documented artistic production, starting from the 1st century ce, of the Gandhar...
Gelugpa (dGe lugs pa)
Elijah Ary, Roger Jackson
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Geluk (Dge lugs)IntroductionThe Geluk (Dge lugs), which also may be phonetically rendered as “Gelug,” is the youngest of the four major orders, or sch...
Gender, Buddhism and
Rita M. Gross
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Buddhism and Gender Introduction In the mid-1960s there only were a few sentences about nuns and about the songs of the female elders (Therīgā...
Globalization
Scott A. Mitchell
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Globalization Introduction Globalization is a topic taken up by a variety of disciplines, from political science and international relation...
Goenka
Frank Neubert
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Goenka Introduction Satya Narayan Goenka (b. 1924–d. 2013) was a lay teacher of Theravada Buddhist vipassana meditation and probably the most ...
Gotama, the Historical Buddha
Alexander Wynne
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2022-09-26
Gotama, the Historical BuddhaIntroductionGotama, the historical Buddha, is thought to have lived in northern India in the fifth century BCE. Tradition...
Hakuin Ekaku
Masaki Matsubara
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Hakuin Ekaku Introduction Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴 (1686–1769: also known as Zen Master Shinki Dokumyō 神機独妙禅師 and National Master Shōshū 正宗國師) is a...
History of Buddhisms in China
Albert Welter
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
History of Buddhisms in China Introduction Buddhism is a major religion in China, and its influence extends beyond China to other regions of E...
Homa
Richard Payne
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Homa Introduction While the ritual practices of tantric Buddhism include many and varied rituals (sadhanas, pujas) and yogic practices, ...
Huineng
John M. Thompson
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Huineng Introduction Huineng (also Hui-Neng or Hui Neng; Jpn. Enō; b. 638–d. 713), the legendary “Sixth Patriarch” of Chan (Jpn. Zen), is a se...
Image Consecrations
Cameron Warner
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Image Consecrations Introduction Buddhists erect shrines within monasteries and temples, at home, or even in the workplace in order to have a ...
Images
Charles Lachman
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
ImagesIntroductionBuddhism appears to have spread slowly at first from its birthplace in northern India after the death of the historical Buddha. With...
India, Buddhism in
Anthony Tribe
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Buddhism in India Introduction Buddhism in India comprises a vast array of traditions, institutions, doctrines, and literatures. It flourished...
India, Mahāmudrā in
Roger Jackson
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Mahāmudrā in IndiaIntroductionMahāmudrā—Sanskrit for the “great seal” (Tib. phyag rgya chen po)—is best known as a system of direct meditation on the ...
Internationalism, Buddhism and
Brooke Schedneck
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2015-05-29
Buddhism and Internationalism Introduction It might seem that Buddhism and internationalism is a new topic in Buddhist studies scholarship; ho...
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