Męczeństwo – chrześcijańska wyłączność? by Krzysztof Kościelniak

“…Martyrdom as a phenomenon peculiar to monotheistic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) has also analogies in Far East belief systems (e.g. Buddhism, Shinto, Hinduism, Sikhism). The phenomenon of suicide martyrdom – not only specific to Islamic religion – forms of fundamental values of self-sacrifice as a supreme ideal – a God (gods) – given opportunity – for salvation of the soul, as much as for redemption of society and state. …”
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Chrześcijański argument „z sensu życia i świata” wobec buddyjskiego poglądu na rzeczywistość by Andrzej Persidok

“…Among religions, however, there is one that rejects belief in God and in any transcendence, and yet claims to be a source of meaning in life for its adepts. This religion is Buddhism. In this study, an attempt was made to confront the theological argumentation "from the meaning of life and the world" with the Buddhist worldview. …”
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L’éducation spirituelle ou l’autre de la pédagogie ? by Philippe Filliot

“…Research developments, in a multi-referential way, concern four ways, considered from a pedagogic point of view: yoga, Chinese wisdoms, zen Buddhism, and Christian religion. Our hypothesis is that there is, in this spiritualities which are in the same time dissimilar and coherent, a specific philosophy of education -even though there is no such philosophy yet – that remains to be updated. …”
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NGUYEN DU'S MIND FROM CHINESE POETRY TO VAN CHIEU HON by Nguyễn Cảnh Chương

“…The mind of Nguyen Du moved from the heart of a Confucian, in which Chinese poetry expressed life’s pains and sorrows, to the immense compassionate heart of Buddhism for sentient beings in “Van chieu hon” This article highlights that movement. …”
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Being an assistant to a shaman by Tanka Subba

“…In the end, the author shows concern for the future of shamanism, as it seems to be losing out to organised religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity.…”
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Regard sur les statuettes hindoues et bouddhiques en bronze d’Indonésie. Leur rôle pour la connaissance de la civilisation javanaise ancienne et ses liens avec l’Asie du Sud et du... by Mathilde Mechling

“…The bronzes enable us to better understand the nature and directions of the religious and artistic exchanges in this part of Asia, where Buddhism and Hinduism greatly inspired the material culture. …”
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NEW HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CREATIVE TOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE TERRITORIES IN CHI RIVER BASIN, NE THAILAND by Vimoltip SINGTUEN, Elżbieta GAŁKA

“…The area's identity is encapsulated in its slogan highlighting its agricultural wealth, educational an d healthcare development, Buddhism conservation, and traditional festivals. Utilizing Participatory Action Research (PAR), Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), and SWOT analysis, the Na Ngam 101 project aims to enhance tourism by integrating cultural, geotourism, and gastronomic aspects. …”
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Initiations in the Burmese Ritual Landscape by Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière

“…By doing so, I aim to give a sense of the real diversity of the Burmese ritual landscape, which until recently was rarely taken into account, and to contribute to the on-going debate in the field of Buddhist studies on what could be encapsulated as the question of Buddhism and spirit cults in Southeast Asian Theravada.…”
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Relations of Society Concepts and Religions from Wikipedia Networks by Klaus M. Frahm, Dima L. Shepelyansky

“…We establish five poles of influence for society concepts (Law, Society, Communism, Liberalism, Capitalism) as well as five poles for religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese folk religion) and determine how they affect other entries. …”
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On the Issue of Foreign Policy Activities of Buddhists of the USSR in the Context of the Religious Policy of the Soviet State (1950s–1970s) by Alexey V. Gorbatov

“…The institutionalization of Buddhism was carried out under the full control of the Soviet state, but at the same time it contributed to its development and spread, albeit in a limited form in various regions of the country. …”
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Dominant Religion, Radical Right-Wing, and Social Trust: An Empirical Investigation by Nazlı Keyifli, Jinyoung Hwang, Sacit Hadi Akdede

“…It is found that people living in Asian countries where Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, and Shintoism are the dominant religions trust others more than people living in Christian and Muslim countries. …”
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Physician Kitasato Shibasaburō: Achievements and posthumous veneration in Shintō by V. A. Gorshkov-Cantacuzene

“…Interestingly, the other discoverer of the plague microbe, Alexandre Yersin, is deified within Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhism and as a god-patron (thành hoàng) within Vietnamese folk religion, which paradoxically unites the posthumous fate of these scientists.…”
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Mongolian Education and Science Vocabulary by Anna V. Mazarchuk

“…Some other words, such as Mong. боловсрол ‘education’, эрдэмтэн ‘scientist’, ухаан ‘intelligence’ (in шинжлэх ухаан ‘science’), оюутан ‘student’ ― have common Turko-Mongolic (bol- ‘become’, uqa- ‘comprehend’) or even common Altaic (ere- ‘male’, oyu- ‘mind’) stems, but their new semantics referring to various phenomena of education and science appeared comparatively recently, to a large extent, as a result of attempts to find new words for the notions introduced by Chinese culture and Uighur Buddhism. The words зүй and судлал, as well as derivatives from the stem sur- belong to common Mongolic lexis. …”
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Sacral Space of Ethnic Buryatia: The Cult of Healing Springs by Marina M. Sodnompilova

“…Information layers characterizing the image of a spring reflect certain changes in perceptions of its significance — from clan-level status to public one. Furthermore, Buddhism has yielded significant transformations both in ritual arrangements, patterns of healing practices, and design of such treatment places.…”
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The evolution of hospitals from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…In India the monastic system created by the Buddhist religion led to institutionalised health care facilities as early as the 5th century BC, and with the spread of Buddhism to the east, nursing facilities, the nature and function of which are not known to us, also appeared in Sri Lanka, China and South East Asia. …”
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The dynamic interplay of opposites in zoroastrianism by Florentin Smarandache

“…The logic of the Diamond Sutra in Mahayana Buddhism, characterized by paradoxical language and a focus on emptiness, aligns with neutrosophic principles in challenging fixed notions and embracing the interconnected and indeterminate aspects of reality. …”
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EASTERN SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC WORLDVIEW by Tetiana V. Danylova

“…Trying to reconcile continuity of being with discreteness of consciousness, they appeal to Eastern mystical teachings, in particular, to Zen Buddhism. The core concept of this school is also based on the unity of all things and the idea of the singularity of the world. …”
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Eastern Spiritual Traditions Through the Lens of Modern Scientific Worldview by Tetiana V. Danylova

“…Trying to reconcile continuity of being with discreteness of consciousness, they appeal to Eastern mystical teachings, in particular, to Zen Buddhism. The core concept of this school is also based on the unity of all things and the idea of the singularity of the world. …”
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