Psychological Anthropology, Professor Stefania Pandolfo (Fall 2017) course mid-term paper conceptualizing the 'flow' within psychiatry and shamanistic practices.
This paper explores whether Buddhism contains any practices that can be classified as 'prayer.' With a focus on 'Kannalavva' (plaint) texts of Sri Lanka, it explores whether they can be taken as functional prayer texts. Ideas on prayer by... more
This paper explores whether Buddhism contains any practices that can be classified as 'prayer.' With a focus on 'Kannalavva' (plaint) texts of Sri Lanka, it explores whether they can be taken as functional prayer texts. Ideas on prayer by Reginald S. Copleston, Anagarika Dharmapala, and D.T. Suzuki are discussed. Meal prayers of Theravada and Zen traditions are taken into account. The paper ends with a brief discussion of prayers of the New Kadampa Tradition of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
