On Practice in Shin Buddhism

Buddhism and Medical Ethics: Principles and Practice

Buddhism Architecture in Northwestern Iran

Architecture is not only a complex including materials and methods to provide a shelter for human beings, but also it is an expression of the society, which created that. Its form will be the reflection of values and religious orientation besides social maturity of the related society and its structure will narrate the nature, power and different dimensions of mythical and psychological aspects...

Toward a Pro-Active Engaged Shin Buddhism: A Reconsideration of the Teaching of the Two Truths (shinzoku-nitai)

IN THIS ESSAY WE will focus on the well-known teaching of the “two truths” (Jpn. shinzoku nitai). This theory has been notably prominent in the history of modern Shin Buddhism and indicates the continuing concern for the relation between Shin teaching and the institutions to society. The theory is one of the most problematic concepts in Shin Buddhism today, encountering sharp criticism from man...

Past Continuity and Recent Changes in the Ritual Practice of Newar Buddhism: Reflections on the Impact of Tibetan Buddhism and the Advent of Modernity Alexander

Idealism in Yogācāra Buddhism

In the last fifty years or so, since Yogācāra texts have been available to western academics, there has been a debate as to how Yogācāra Buddhism should be interpreted. This article seeks to establish that Yogācāra Buddhism is most properly interpreted as an idealist school of Buddhist thought. Specifically, it challenges the arguments that have been put forth in recent years that suggest a phe...