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Full-Text Articles in Buddhist Studies
Theravāda “Missionary Activity”: Exploring The Secular Features Of Socio-Politics And Ethics, Christopher Scott Brugh
Theravāda “Missionary Activity”: Exploring The Secular Features Of Socio-Politics And Ethics, Christopher Scott Brugh
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this thesis is to comprehensively explore Theravāda missionary activity. The philological, textual, theoretical, and ethnographic methods used to investigate the historical, sociopolitical, religious, and ethical aspects of early Theravāda, the U.S. Vipassanā (Insight) meditation movement, and modern Burmese Theravāda revealed nuanced meanings in the descriptions of these adherents’ endeavors with respect to proselytizing, converting, and the concept of missionary religions. By exploring the secular features that contributed to their religious appearances, a more developed contextualization of Theravāda “activity” reshapes understandings of the larger concept of missionary religions. I argue that what has been maintained in the establishment …
Ua12/2/2 2017 Talisman: Power, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/2 2017 Talisman: Power, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
2017 Talisman yearbook.
- Gibson, Helen. Letter from the Editor
- Edwards, Aly. What's Your Superpower?
- Mattison, Reed. Dangerous Heights - George Clark, Mountaineering
- Voorhees, Jessica. Innovative Energy - Wei-Ping Pan
- Voorhees, Jessica. Counterpunch - Rock Steady Boxing
- Barritt, Brooklyn. B.G. Bosses - Small Business
- Frint, Hunter. Cason's Cove: The Power of Family
- Mitchell, McKenna. Picking Up the Mic - Reuben Bynes, Waco Bell
- Mohr, Olivia. Hidden in Plain Sight - Human Trafficking
- Mattingly, Evan. Voice Off - Noah Hancock, Deaf Persons
- Robb, Hayley. Game, Set, Unmatched - Phillip Cole, Tennis
- Good, Hannah. Damage Control - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Gordon, Zora. …
Ua12/2/2 2017 Talisman: Well Being, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/2 2017 Talisman: Well Being, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
2017 Talisman yearbook.
- Kaetzel, Kylee. Editor’s Note
- Upton, Jordan. His Hands
- Watkins, Abby. The Meal Plan – Recipes
- Eastham, Lillie. New Hieghts – Reed Mattison, Rock Climbing
- Robb, Hayley. A Life Transformed – Annabeth Welborn
- Robb, Hayley. 6:00 AM Bright & Early – Exercise
- Doyel, Rachael. Redifining Ability – Jacob Holt
- Upton, Jordan. Yom Kippur at Happy Hills Buddhist Temple
- Wegert, Sally. Inner Peace – Allison Adams, Yoga
- Mattingly, Evan. The Future’s in Your Hands – Bianca Williams, Psychics
- Frint, Hunter. Too Often Silenced – Unity Walk
- Doyel, Rachael. Changing Tides
- Wells, Spencer. Struggle & Rebirth – Trey Farlee, Musicians …
The Bodhisattva Ideal In Theravāda Buddhist Theory And Practice: A Reevaluation Of The Bodhisattva-Śrāvaka Opposition, Jeffrey Samuels
The Bodhisattva Ideal In Theravāda Buddhist Theory And Practice: A Reevaluation Of The Bodhisattva-Śrāvaka Opposition, Jeffrey Samuels
Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications
In the academic study of Buddhism the terms" Mahayana" and "Hinayana" are often set in contradiction to each other, and the two vehicles are described as having different aspirations, teachings, and practices. The distinctions made between the Mahayana and the Hinayana, how-ever, force the schools into neat, isolated, and independent categories that often undermine the complexities that exist concerning their beliefs, ideologies, and practices.