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📕 Korean Zen (A free, 224-page book from 1987)

Tags: #TBT #Korea
Thousand Peaks: Korean Zen
> Where Japanese Zen is given to aesthetic considerations in multitudinous forms, Korean Zen is earthy, natural and unpretentious.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
🎅 Merry Christmas!

The Open Buddhist University is happy to announce today four new bibliographies of free educational content, on:
December 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🗣️ Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World (A free, 34-minute podcast from 2019)

Tags: #Anthropology #Intercultural #Mind
Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
> Kinesthetic genius exists. Intuitive genius exists. It's simply that we may not always identify it as 'genius.'
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December 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
📕 The Moon Reflected in a Thousand Rivers (A free, 261-page book of #poetry in translation from 2023)

Tags: #Paper #Medieval #KoreanHistory
The Moon Reflected in a Thousand Rivers
> The crown prince asked: “Where do you come from? What are you looking for?” The brahmin said: “I come from Dunnivittha, And I am begging for two children.”
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December 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
📕 *Joseon Bulgyosa-go* (A free, 222-page book translation from 2016)

Tags: #Korea #ZenHistory
Sheaves of Korean Buddhist History: Joseon Bulgyosa-go
> The significance of this book within the history of research lies in its comparatively rigorous and objective interpretation of the entire history of Korean Buddhism, from the Three Kingdoms period to modern times.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
📰 A Semantic Analysis of the Stock Phrase *(manussā) ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti* (A ✨NEW✨, free, 34-page article)

Tags: #Pali #Vinaya
Anger and Defamation in the Theravāda Vinaya: A Semantic Analysis of the Stock Phrase (manussā) ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti
> Some scholars connect the verbs *ujjhāyati*, *khīyati*, and *vipāceti* to negative emotional states (especially irritation and anger). Others connect the verbs to judgmental appraisal and the spreading of ill-fame. I show how both interpretations are valid.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
🗣️ The Joys, Challenges, and Value of Practicing in a Buddhist Community (A free, 35-minute podcast from 2017)

Tags: #Sangha
Sangha: The Joys, Challenges, and Value of Practicing in a Buddhist Community
> This is the first important function of Sangha: it carries and conveys the many components of the Buddhist tradition that can’t be shared through writing.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
🗣️ Customs and Rituals and Why They Matter (A free, 23-minute podcast from 2017)

Tags: #Zen #WesternBuddhism #AmericanMahayana #Buddhist
Zen Forms: Customs and Rituals and Why They Matter
> In themselves, the forms are indeed empty and many of them are utterly arbitrary, but they are also profound and precious.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
📰 The Case of the Buddhist Monk Yixing (A free, 24-page article from 2022)

Tags: #ZenHistory #HistoryOfScience #Time
Precepts and the Calculation of Time: The Case of the Buddhist Monk Yixing
> This article focuses on the relationship between Buddhism and science illustrated by 一行 Yīxíng’s (683–727) participation in [Chinese] calendar formulation.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
📖 The Buddha of the Battlefield (A free, 63-page book from 2007)

Tags: #AmericanTheravada #Cambodia #EngagedBuddhism
Maha Ghosananda: The Buddha of the Battlefield
> Wars of the heart always take longer to cool than the barrel of a gun… we must heal through love… and we must go slowly, step by step…
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December 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
📕 A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism (A free, 256-page book from 2015)

Tags: #Philosophy #JapaneseBuddhism
A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism
> We explore how Japanese Buddhists of varying contexts drew upon Buddhist ideas and practices to make sense of their lives, to solve problems, and to create a meaningful world – a cosmos – out of chaos.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
📰 Relationships Between Emoji Use, Attachment Style, and Emotional Intelligence (A ✨NEW✨, free, 14-page article)

Tags: #Communication #Internet #EmotionalIntelligence
Beyond Words: Relationships Between Emoji Use, Attachment Style, and Emotional Intelligence
> Correlational analyses showed that emotional intelligence was positively related to emoji use
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December 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
☸️ Seclusion (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)

Tags: #BuddhaQuotes #Ethics #Monk
AN 3.93 Paviveka Sutta: Seclusion
> Wanderers of other religions advocate three kinds of seclusion. What three? Seclusion in robes, almsfood, and lodgings.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
📰 The Significance of the Four-part Vinaya for Contemporary Korean Buddhism with Reference to the Chogye Order (A free, 34-page article from 2014)

Tags: #MonasticMahayana #Modern #Korea
The Significance of the Four-part Vinaya for Contemporary Korean Buddhism with Reference to the Chogye Order
> During the Chosŏn period (1392–1910), the discussion of precepts all but disappeared from the religious discourse in Korean Buddhism. Not only were the precepts left unstudied, but even the performance of official ordination ceremonies for new monks based on the precepts ceased.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM