Search Results - "Theravada"
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Buddhism in a Muslim State: Theravada Practices and Religious Life in Kelantan
Published 2010“…The article discusses the factors that made it possible for Theravada Buddhism to work in a Muslim setting in Kelantan, Malaysia, despite a cultural and social environment that is linked with Islamic fundamentalism. …”
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Buddhism in a muslim state: Theravada practices and religious life in Kelantan
Published 2006“…Although Kelantan is noted for its orthodoxy, in particular with regard to national politics and local practices of Islam, Theravada Buddhism seems to thrive very well among the local Thai ethnic group. …”
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Buddhist funeral cultures of Southeast Asia and China
Published 2012“…The studies are based on long-term fieldwork and covering material from Theravada Buddhism in Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and various regions of Chinese Buddhism, both on the mainland and in the Southeast Asian diasporas. …”
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Parental views from rural Cambodia on disability causation and change
Published 2011“…Beliefs around disability causation were mixed, with equal numbers of participants attributing their child's disability to biomedical causes as to traditional causes incorporating elements of Theravada Buddhism, animism and Brahmanism. While many participants had initially sought traditional interventions for their child, few found them to be effective and most had subsequently utilised medical and rehabilitation services. …”
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The development of Buddhism in West Malaysia, with special reference to the practice of meditation among young Buddhist / Lau Lee Sing
Published 1994“…Explanation has also been made regarding the difference between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism, to provide a more vivid picture of Buddhism in Malaysia. …”
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A Teacher Action Research Study of the Potential for Communicative Learning Activities to Improve the Listening and Speaking Proficiency of Primary Students at a Private School in...
Published 2021“…Reports of the implementation of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in Thailand suggest that its success has been hampered by the key constraints of teacher-centredness, passive learning practices, national assessment requirements and student behaviours socially-prescribed by the dominant religion of Theravada Buddhism. This action research study seeks to measure the success of a set of communicative activities designed to promote listening and speaking proficiency, implemented in a primary class at a private school in northern Thailand. …”
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Perkembangan agama Buddha aliran Vajrayana di Malaysia, 1977-2012
Published 2018“…Aliran agama Buddha yang berkembang di Malaysia adalah Buddha Mahayana dan Buddha Theravada (atau Hinayana) sejak zaman kolonial British. …”
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Elemen identiti dan pengekalan identiti etnik bumiputera siam di Kampung Jambu,Tumpat, Kelantan, Malaysia
Published 2017“…Kesemua informan mengidentifikasikan diri mereka sebagai orang Siam dengan menggunakan simbol agama Buddha Theravada dan kebudayaan. Seterusnya, dalam mengidentifikasikan diri mereka sebagai bumiputera Siam Malaysia pula, simbol yang digunakan oIeh penduduk kampung Jambu ialah adat resam, bahasa Thai dialek dan status bumiputera. …”
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