Tweeting The Dalai Lama, Are Cell Phones Becoming The New Vajras?,
2010
Coastal Carolina University
Tweeting The Dalai Lama, Are Cell Phones Becoming The New Vajras?, Ronald S. Green
Philosophy and Religious Studies
On February 22, 2010 the Office of the 14th Dalai Lama joined the online microblogging site Twitter. Twitter is an internet based community, ranked the world’s third most used online social network by Compete.com. Members post messages called “tweets” that are displayed on to their profile pages and delivered to their subscribers, known as followers. The Dalai Lama reportedly joined Twitter after meeting the site’s founder, Evan Williams, although Mr. Williams posted on his own Twitter page that the Dalai Lama had laughed when he suggested the idea to him.1 However, the account may have been set up one week …
Lao Buddhist Women: Quietly Negotiating Religious Authority,
2010
University of San Diego
Lao Buddhist Women: Quietly Negotiating Religious Authority, Karma Lekshe Tsomo Phd
Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship
Throughout years of war and political upheaval, Buddhist women in Laos have devotedly upheld traditional values and maintained the practice of offering alms and other necessities to monks as an act of merit. In a religious landscape overwhelmingly dominated by bhikkhus (fully ordained monks), a small number have renounced household life and become maekhaos, celibate women who live as nuns and pursue contemplative practices on the periphery of the religious mainstream. Patriarchal ecclesiastical structures and the absence of a lineage of full ordination for women have combined to render the religious roles of Buddhist nuns and laywomen virtually invisible throughout …
Seeing The Buddha In The Book Of Job Through Maimonides's Theory Of Providence And Eliade's Theory Of Hierophany,
2010
University of Denver
Seeing The Buddha In The Book Of Job Through Maimonides's Theory Of Providence And Eliade's Theory Of Hierophany, Hoi Shan Chong
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The current study is an unusual reading of the book of Job with a focus on the intellectual transformation of Job. The reading is stimulated by Maimonides' theory of divine providence and facilitated by Eliade's theory of hierophany. The sequence of reading follows a reorganized order and is divided into three parts: the speeches of Job and his friends, the Lord's speech, and the comparison of Job before and after the Lord's speech. The study ends with a suggestion that the experience of Job's intellectual transformation corresponds to the experience of the Buddha's enlightenment. The reading ignores the enigmatic issues …
A Dharma School Lesson,
2010
Northeastern Illinois University
A Dharma School Lesson, Alice Murata
Counselor Education Emeritus Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Yes! We Have No Buddha-Nature; Three Recent Publications On Zen Dialogues,
2010
Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University
Yes! We Have No Buddha-Nature; Three Recent Publications On Zen Dialogues, Steven Heine
Department of Religious Studies Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Women As Leaders In Buddhism,
2010
University of San Diego
Women As Leaders In Buddhism, Karma Lekshe Tsomo Phd
Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship
For Buddhists, the epitome of enlightened leadership is the Buddha himself. The Buddha, the “awakened one,” led by teaching a path to awakening that is open to all. The path to awakening – a process of purifying the mind of afflictions, such as greed, hatred, and ignorance – can be followed by women and men alike. Traditionally, however, the fact that the Buddha, the model of human perfection, was male seemed to imply to future generations that men were more somehow more capable of awakening than women. This impression was bolstered by the eight special rules attributed to the Buddha …
Gender Equity And Human Rights,
2010
University of San Diego
Gender Equity And Human Rights, Karma Lekshe Tsomo Phd
Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship
The religious traditions that help shape society’s attitudes toward women and also women’s attitudes toward themselves often send mixed messages. The world’s major religions—Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—assert that women and men have equal potential, whether for liberation or in the sight of a higher being, but social realities reveal a stark contradiction between rhetoric and reality. Women continue to lack equal representation in social, political, and religious institutions. For many, the failure of the world’s religions to live up to their professed ideals not only exposes their lack of social responsiveness to the needs of human society but …
