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  1. 1. The non-dual and interconnected nature of aesthetic judgments

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetik

    Author : Josua Li; [2022]
    Keywords : Aesthetic judgment; Dualism; Non-dualism; Aesthetics; Zen; Buddhism; Dogen; Interconnectedness; Centrism; Enlightenment;

    Abstract : This thesis explores what an aesthetic judgment would be if we take existence to be non-duallyinterconnected. Interconnectedness and aesthetic judgment does not seem to be compatible becauseaesthetic judgment seems to depend on, at least, the dualism of the beautiful and the ugly and that ofsubject and object. READ MORE

  3. 2. What about the Rohingya? : A study searching for power relations in different levels of society.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ewa Einarsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Myanmar; Rohingya; Buddhism; Politics;

    Abstract : This study aims to search for patterns that demonstrate power relations. It specifically seeks to identify patterns in the power relations in the Rohingya conflict and understand the established power relations at different levels in society, which could provide a picture of the social world within the context of historical, ethnic, cultural, religious and political circumstances. READ MORE

  4. 3. Exploring Spaces of Not Knowing : an Artist View

    University essay from Konstfack/IBIS - Institutionen för bild- och slöjdpedagogik

    Author : Nike Edelholm; [2018]
    Keywords : Art-education; Art; Buddhism; Calligraphy; Chinese Classical Painting; Creativity; Dao; Diffraction; Entanglement; Experience; Here Now; John Cage; Not-Knowing; Performing; Present-Moment; Onto-Epistem-Ology; Risk; Trust; Vulnerability; Painting; Post-Humanism; Rune Hagberg; Shi Tao.;

    Abstract : The understanding, I draw from this inquiry has come through a muddy, and complex entangledprocess. I have been re-turning like a "Baradian" earthworm, to experiences of being, in spacesof not-knowing. Digesting the mud, moving it, once more, like worms do, through the body. READ MORE

  5. 4. Working in Harmony : Environmentally Engaged Buddhism in South Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Caroline Brestan; [2018]
    Keywords : Buddhism; engaged Buddhism; environmentalism; activism; South Korea; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The topic of the thesis was Buddhist environmental activism in South Korea. The purpose of the study was to portray the activism and social engagement of Korean Buddhists to conserve the environment and to motivate the awareness of the people in how environmental destruction affects nature and society. READ MORE

  6. 5. Views on violence in the Tibetan diaspora : On the homeland conflict and the Buddhism-violence nexus

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Amanda Mindus; [2017]
    Keywords : Diaspora; Tibet; Sweden; Integration; Buddhism; Violence; Nonviolence;

    Abstract : The academic interest in diasporas has mushroomed in recent decades. More specifically, a debate about the role of diasporas in violence/peace and whether these groups should be seen as spurring violence from afar or acting as agents of peace. This thesis contributes to this debate by investigating the Tibetan diaspora in Sweden. READ MORE