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This dissertation seeks to shed light on the broad range of practices that Vietnamese Buddhism has contributed to the American religious landscape since its arrival due to the impact of the Vietnam War. Despite the presence of almost one...
The Tulasī plant (Ocimum sanctum) is viewed within the purview of Hinduism as a form of the goddess Lakṣmī, or a consort of the god Viṣṇu. This designation seems to originate within the corpus of Purāṇic texts composed in the Sanskrit...
My research involves an ethno-historical study of Dharma Drum Mountai, founded in 1989 by Venerable Shengyan (1930-2009). Dharma Drum is currently one of the most powerful, international Buddhist organizations on Taiwan, and has...
This thesis examines the relationship between visual culture, specifically religious images, and the construction of Hindu identity. The primary scope of the paper focuses on the interactions that both Hindus and non-Hindus have with...
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