The Homa Ritual in Nepalese Buddhism

Buddhist Ritual from Syntax to Cognition: Insight Meditation and Homa

The concept of “ritual syntax” is developed by relating it to cognitive studies of ritual, providing a fuller theoretical basis. Developing theoretical grounding requires differentiating between the members of five pairs of concepts: production is not the same as analysis, syntax is not the same as semantics, ritual is not the same as the mental, cognition is not the same as the mental, and syn...

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

From Fixity to Fluidity: Menstruation Ritual Change among Hindu Women of Nepalese Origin

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...

Buddhism Meets the West

The objectives of this research project were to observe and to interpret the shared experiences and common practices of the people who were practicing Tibetan Buddhism in Germany and how these experiences and practices changed their view of reality and the way they interpret the world. The methodology that I used was based on the methods developed by Nancy Diekelmann, with reference to interpre...