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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Buddhism.

  1. 1. The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission : Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma

    Författare :Niklas Foxeus; Per-Arne Berglie; Erik af Edholm; Guillaume Rozenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; millenarianism; weizzā weikza ; esotericism; supernatural powers; identity; politics; Burma; Theravāda Buddhism; cakkavattin; authority; legitimacy; charisma; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : In early postcolonial Burma, a number of so-called royal esoteric associations with a millenarian and eschatological orientation, and founded by persons believed to be the world emperor, emerged in response to political turmoil, nation-building projects, modernization, and after-effects of colonialism. These Theravāda Buddhist esoteric congregations, revivalist and innovative at the same time, were indicative of a general crisis of authority and identity. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Solbadets Buddha : Buddhism och teosofi i Ellen Keys Livstro

    Författare :Hedda Jansson; Per Faxneld; Egil Asprem; Erik af Edholm; Henrik Bogdan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ellen Key; Life Faith; Buddhism; Theosophy; Spirituality; Esotericism; 18th-century religion; Enchantment; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis analyzes the spiritual teaching developed by Ellen Key, which she called Life Faith (Swedish: Livstro), situating it in the broader history of religions and concerns characteristic of Key’s time. Specifically, it investigates Key’s interest in Buddhism and Theosophy by drawing on recent scholarship on alternative and esoteric spiritual movements in the late 1800s to contextualize her ideas, demonstrating how Key's Life Faith was nourished by German idealism, Romanticism, and the so-called Oriental Renaissance. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Insikt och närvaro : Akademiska kontemplationer kring buddhism, meditation och mindfulness i Sverige

    Författare :Katarina Plank; Knut Jacobsen; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; tradition; Burmese Buddhism; DBT; Sweden; mindfulness; mindfulness-based treatment approaches; MBSR; MBCT; Western Buddhism; Vipassana meditation; spirituality; contemporary religiosity; modernity; Buddhist modernism; Buddhist modernism; psychology; health care; Religious Studies and Theology; Religionsvetenskap; tradition; Burmese Buddhism; DBT; Sweden; mindfulness; mindfulness-based treatment approaches; MBSR; MBCT; Western Buddhism; Vipassana meditation; spirituality; contemporary religiosity; modernity; Buddhist modernism; psychology; health care;

    Sammanfattning : Under 1900-talet har stora förändringar skett i synen på buddhistisk meditation. Från att ha varit en övning som bara ägt rum på kloster och bland ett fåtal munkar, har både ordinerade lärare och lekmannalärare börjat lära ut meditation till lekfolk. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Barabudur : A Synopsis of Buddhism

    Författare :Johan af Klint; Peter Jackson Rova; Klemens Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Abhayagirivihara; Advayasadhana; bas-relief; Bhatara Hyang Buddha; Buddha; Huayan; latticed stupa; mandala; Mantranaya; Sang Hyang Kamahayanikan; Shingon; sunyata; tathagathagarbha; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this PhD-dissertation is – on the one hand – to present in a critical and comprehensive manner an update of recent findings among Western scholars regarding the Barabudur monument and its illustrations of various Buddhist traditions, and – on the other hand – to throw some light on some of the outstanding issues regarding this monument. Focus has been laid on the religious aspects with a view of ascertaining which forms of Buddhism are most prominently represented on the monument. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Der lange Weg des Zen-Buddhismus nach Deutschland : vom 16. Jahrhundert bis Rudolf Otto

    Författare :Jürgen Offermanns; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; J.-B. Du Halde; F. Caron; F.M. de Marsy; I. Kant; G.W. Leibniz; A. Kircher; Counter-Reformation; Reformation; Age of Enlightenment; travel literature; Jesuit theater; Germany; Europe; China; Japan; Jesuits; New Age; Christianity; West; Zen; Buddhism; sodo; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia; German language and literatur; Tyska språk och litteratur ;

    Sammanfattning : At the beginning of the 21st Century, Zen Buddhism is no longer an unknown religion in the West. Zen-meditation enjoys great popularity, the books regarding the subject are among the bestsellers and the auditoriums are crowed if the topic concerns the bringing home of Zen Buddhism to a Western audience. LÄS MER