Sketches of Buddhism as a Living Religion

Meiji Buddhism: Religion and Patriotism

State Shintoism and Buddhist Persecution. THAT THE MEI]I RESTORATION \'\'AS BROUGHT ABOUT BY A COMbination of forces (such as the development of commerce, industry and capitalism) which were united under the slogan of the Restoration of· Imperial Rule which, in turn, was concocted bv the students of the Hirata School of Shintoism under the impending atmosphere of \'V'estern encroachment to the ...

An Experimental Approach to Buddhism and Religion

Adaptations, modifications, and realignments of religious doctrine and practice can be found in any period of social history. It can be official and highly orchestrated (as in Vatican II) but more often it takes a subjective and reactionary form (as in the Hindutva movement). This paper promotes the idea of “experimental religion” as both an analytical concept and an observable set of behaviors...

Is Buddhism the low fertility religion of Asia?

BACKGROUND The influence of religion on demographic behaviors has been extensively studied mainly for Abrahamic religions. Although Buddhism is the world ́s fourth largest religion and is dominant in several Asian nations experiencing very low fertility, the impact of Buddhism on childbearing has received comparatively little research attention. OBJECTIVE This paper draws upon a variety of data ...

Sanskrit as a Medium of Maldivian Buddhism

Dies ist eine Internet-Sonderausgabe des Aufsatzes „Sanskrit as a Medium of Maldivian Buddhism“ von Jost Gippert (2003). Sie sollte nicht zitiert werden. Zitate sind der Originalausgabe in Indische Kultur im Kontext. Rituale, Texte und Ideen aus Indien und der Welt. Festschrift für Klaus Mylius. Hrsg. von Lars Göhler, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2005 (Beiträge zur Indologie, 40), 213-220 / 487-488 ...

Hidden Realms and Pure Abodes: Central Asian Buddhism as Frontier Religion in the Literature of India, Nepal, and Tibet