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in the footsteps of francis younghusband the centenary tour of tibet
focuses on the expedition of lieutenant-colonel francis younghusband, founder of the royal society for asian affairs, to tibet. population of place ; culture of the people; reasons for the expedition.
Gay/straight, man/woman, self/other : what would the Buddha have had to say about gay liberation?
In this interview, José Cabezón discusses such topics as gay liberation, sexual identity, and gender identity in the context of Buddhism. (Steven Weinberger 2004-10-18)
Mind-body medicine in ambulatory care : an evidence-based assessment
Ambulatory medicine is a frequent clinical setting where practitioners can effectively apply Mind-body interventions ranging from basic stress management therapies to the sophisticated biomedical inst...
Toward an evolution of mind : implications for the faithful
This article provides a contemporary understanding of the human mind according to the viewpoint of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology. The author outlines the principles of natural selection as ...
Meditation and consciousness : an Asian approach to mental health
According to Abhidhamma, a classical Asian phenomenology of consciousness, through meditation a set of "healthy" mental properties reciprocally inhibits an "unhealthy" set. In light of Abhidhamma and ...
For Francisco Varela : explorer of the phenomenal world
Francisco Varela was an innovative thinker and researcher as well as a pioneer in the present dialog between science and Buddhism. In this essay, the author first speaks briefly about some of Francisc...
Killing, karma and caring : euthanasia in Buddhism and Christianity
In 1993 The Parliament of the World's Religions produced a declaration known as A Global Ethic which set out fundamental points of agreement on moral tissues between the religions of the world. Howeve...
Buddhism, euthanasia and the sanctity of life
Below is an author abstract of a response article to Damien and John Keown concerning Buddhist and Christian views on medical ethics, published in the same issue of issues of The Journal of Medical...
Freud's deshi : the coming of psychoanalysis to Japan
This paper presents an account of four Japanese men, three of whom had an audience with Freud and who, with differing experiences and ambitions, returned to Japan to practice and develop psychoanalysi...
[Comparative studies of the tridosha theory in Ayurveda and the theory of the four deranged elements in Buddhist medicine]
It has been said that the tridosha theory in Ayurveda originated from the theory of the three elements of the universe. The names of these three doshas, which are roughly equivalent to humour, are vat...
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