Japanese Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Precepts

Broadening the Scope of Ethical Consumer Behaviour: A Study on Five Precepts of Buddhism

Consumption is an essential everyday process. By very nature, it is a means of expressing our moral identities and an outlet for ethical obligations. In more recent years, ethical aspects of consumption have come under greater scrutiny with the emergence of ethical consumption discourses, and are currently associated with a range of consumer behaviours and responsible business practices. To thi...

Basto de Albuquerque Intellectuals and Japanese Buddhism in Brazil 61

intellectuals as a group of spiritual practices and as a body of spiritual wisdom. The study has been realized through readings and meetings with Japanese Buddhist monks and/or Japanese immigrants. These intellectuals defend a religious experience based on a universal notion of representations of Japanese Buddhism, which provides them with a non-dualistic philosophical perspective and a unique ...

Rights, centers, and peripheries: experimental moves in Japanese Buddhism

Correspondence: [email protected] Lewis & Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219, USA Abstract In this paper I examine how the Japanese True Pure Land Buddhist school (Jōdo Shinshū or Shin Buddhism) has attempted to come to terms with the position of temple wife (bōmori), which has historically been a local position based solely on marriage ties to the resident priest of...

A Review of Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism

Downsizing – Precepts, Practices and Stratgies

This article addresses the concept, practices strategies, impact, and implications of downsizing in a commen way, followed by Indian context of downsizing in India. In the light of the above statement, it presents some cases on downsizing with a view to providing a multidimensional picture of this paramount phenomenon. The study express that there is a general tendency with firms to resort to d...