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Buddhism and Ethics
Daniel Cozort
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
Buddhism and EthicsIntroductionInasmuch as the Buddhist ideal is human perfection, ethics are a particularly important area. Ethics (śīla) is one of t...
Buddhism and Hinduism
GJ Mason
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2022-02-21
Buddhism and HinduismIntroductionA chronological approach is used in this bibliographic article in sequencing emergent categories and concepts as they...
Buddhism and Law
Miguel Alvarez Ortega
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Buddhism and LawIntroductionThe title “Buddhism and Law” refers to an incipient interdisciplinary research area exploring the interactions and overlap...
Buddhism and Marxism
George D. Bond, Michael Nichols
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
Buddhism and MarxismIntroductionThough Buddhism as a religious movement far predates the sociopolitical force known as Marxism, a few factors have led...
Buddhism and Medicine in Japan
Anna Andreeva
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2018-07-24
Buddhism and Medicine in JapanIntroductionJapan’s long engagement with Buddhist ideas about rebirth, the human body, and healing has resulted in diver...
Buddhism and Modern Literature
Kimberly Beek
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Buddhism and Modern LiteratureIntroductionBuddhism intersects with modern literature at a multitude of junctions. In all its various forms, schools, a...
Buddhism and Motherhood
Vanessa R. Sasson
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
Buddhism and MotherhoodIntroductionMotherhood is a relational concept by its very nature. Biologically, it is tied to the children a woman produces. I...
Buddhism and Nationalism
Volker Grabowsky
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Buddhism and NationalismIntroductionTheoretical works pertaining to the birth and development of modern nationalism have a strong focus on Europe and ...
Buddhism and Politics
Matthew J. Moore
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Buddhism and PoliticsIntroductionPolitics has always been part of Buddhism. The earliest Buddhists texts, the Tipiṭaka, contain numerous references to...
Buddhism in Australia
Michelle Barker
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Buddhism in AustraliaIntroductionBuddhism comprised 2.4 percent of the Australian population at the most recent census in 2016. While reflection on Bu...
Buddhism in Latin America
Frank Usarski
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
Buddhism in Latin AmericaIntroductionThe study of Buddhism in Latin America, which had been lacking in other Western countries, has improved considera...
Buddhism in Taiwan
Wei-Yi Cheng
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2022-05-26
Buddhism in TaiwanIntroductionIt is difficult to speak of a distinctive “Taiwanese” Buddhism since the majority of the population in Taiwan is ethnica...
Buddhist Art and Architecture in Korea
Maya Stiller
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
Buddhist Art and Architecture in KoreaIntroductionThe study of Korean Buddhist art and architecture is a relatively young field compared to the long-h...
Buddhist Art and Architecture in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
Pattaratorn Chirapravati, John Listopad
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Buddhist Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia and Sri LankaIntroductionAccording to the Sinhalese chronicles the Dipavaṃsa (Chronicle of the Island)...
Buddhist Hermeneutics
Richard Nance
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Buddhist HermeneuticsIntroductionEtymologically derived from the Greek ἑρμηνεύειν, to interpret, the term “hermeneutics” is often presumed to gesture ...
Buddhist Interreligious and Intrareligious Dialogue
Rachel Pang
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2022-02-21
Buddhist Interreligious and Intrareligious DialogueIntroductionBuddhism has had a long history of interaction with non-Indic cultures and religions si...
Buddhist Ordination
Jason A. Carbine, Patrick Kellycooper
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Buddhist OrdinationIntroductionIn Buddhism, ordinations are the ceremonies in which men and women become members of the Buddhist monastic order, or sa...
Buddhist Statecraft
James A. Benn, Stephanie Balkwill
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2021-05-26
Buddhist StatecraftIntroductionIn the modern day, the connection between Buddhism and statecraft is readily seen in the Theravada monarchies of Southe...
Buddhist Theories of Causality (karma, pratītyasamutpāda, hetu, pratyaya)
Tadeusz Skorupski
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
Buddhist Theories of Causality (Karma, Pratītyasamutpāda, Hetu, Pratyaya)IntroductionThis entry covers four models of causality: karma, pratītyasamutp...
Buddhist Thought and Western Philosophy
Jin Y. Park, Leah Kalmanson
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Buddhist Thought and Western PhilosophyIntroductionBuddhist–Western comparative philosophy is a relatively new field. Most work in this area has been ...
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