Essays about: "Buddha theory"

Found 4 essays containing the words Buddha theory.

  1. 1. Taking the Buddha out of Buddhism: A literature study on the concept of mindfulness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Sebastian Carlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Mindfulness; meditation; literature study; Symbolism; Social Anthropology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper was aimed at synthesising a comprehensive understanding of the sometimes opposing conceptualisations and practical applications of mindfulness in Western societies. Mindfulness is a part of a meditation practice derived from ancient Buddhist doctrine, in the form of the Pāli word sati. READ MORE

  3. 2. Enacting the Silence of Subaltern Women : Julie Otsuka and the Japanese Picture Brides

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Eva Leonte; [2017]
    Keywords : Otsuka; migrant literature; picture brides; subalternity; feminist theory; communal voice; speech-act criticism; illocutionary force.;

    Abstract : It is by now a truth universally acknowledged that the world’s subaltern women (in Gayatri Spivak’s understanding of the term) cannot make their voices heard, that what we think we know about them are mostly stereotypes of our own making. It is likewise acknowledged that literature has a privileged status when it comes to representing these women, given its unique prerogative to retrieve their traces and convey their subjectivity through imagining. READ MORE

  4. 3. Tri-Svabhava-Vada : Yogacara Buddhist theory applied on film

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Mattias Herbertsson; [2008]
    Keywords : Fight Club; Buddha; Buddhism; Yogacara; Cittamatra; Triple nature of reality; Tri-svabhava-vada;

    Abstract : A ‘religion means Christianity’ equivalence seem to be predominant within the academic publications on religion and film. If a ‘philosophical’ film does not fit within the Christian doctrine, secular philosophies are usually applied to it. This paper tries to do a Buddhist analysis of the film Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999). READ MORE

  5. 4. Mixed Messages within The Buddha of Suburbia

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Ann-Louise Lindgren Edmonds; [2007]
    Keywords : postcolonial theory; marxist theory; Bakhtin; carnevalesque; British culture;

    Abstract : Abstract The mixed messages provided in The Buddha of Suburbia together with its prevalent use of humour are the focal point for this essay. The aim is to defend my thesis statement that humour provides a justifiable forum for the critique and presentation of society, enabling the facilitation of serious, effective and powerful perspectives. READ MORE