Books on Buddhism for general readers rarely mention miracles. Instead, the emphasis is usually on the life of the Buddha, his teachings, and the monastic order, the so-called “Three Treasures.” This is a heritage left by the European scholars who first became interested in Buddhism in the 19 century. Take the example of T.W. Rhys Davids, who founded the Pali Text Society in 1886 in England, an...

Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pendampingan dan pelatihan pembuatan media pembelajaran dengan harapan menambah pengetahuan keterampilan guru dalam mebuat berbasis video. Obyek kegiatan yaitu video, sedangkan subyek adalah pendidikan agama Buddha yang tergabung kelompok kerja Pendidikan buddha kabupaten Pati. Waktu dilaksanakan pada tanggal 21 November 2020....

Large amplitude water waves on deep water has long been known in the sea faring community, and the cause of great concern for, e.g., oil platform constructions. The concept of such freak waves is nowadays, thanks to satellite and radar measurements, well established within the scientific community. There are a number of important models and approaches for the theoretical description of such wav...

This essay explores the subtle but key influence of Buddhist ideas in Spike Jonze’s highly successful 2013 film Her, which reflects currents disembedded Buddhism woven through ostensibly non-Buddhist cultural spaces and texts, engaging with contemporary social concerns. In Her they manifest most surprisingly character Samantha, an artificially-intelligent consciousness that transcends limitatio...