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Epidemics and Plague in Premodern Chinese Buddhism
- Joshua Capitanio
- BiologyAsian Medicine
- 13 August 2021
Buddhist scriptures describe the rise of epidemics as a cosmological inevitability and prescribe a variety of methods for preventing and treating epidemic diseases, which focus mainly on purifying…
Man, Nature and the Infinite: The Scope of Taoist Thunder Magic Rituals by Florian C. Reiter (review)
- Joshua Capitanio
- Art
- 2 January 2019
Sanskrit and Pseudo-Sanskrit Incantations in Daoist Ritual Texts
- Joshua Capitanio
- HistoryHistory of Religions
- 30 April 2018
Buddhist and Daoist ritual specialists occupied similar niches within the social and religious spaces of premodern Chinese society, coexisting and sometimes competing for resources, patronage, and…
The Body Incantatory: Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism by Paul Copp (review)
- Joshua Capitanio
- Art
- 2015
Evidence for Their Impact on Health and Longevity
- L. Kohn, James Miller, D. Davis
- Education
- 2018
This paper examines the effects of meditation, mindfulness, taijiquan, and qigong. I review the most recent and rigorous scientific research to document the impact of these practices on outcomes…
Imperiled Destinies: The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China. By Franciscus Verellen
- Joshua Capitanio
- History
- 23 May 2020
Resources for Teaching Chinese Religion: A Review Essay
- Joshua Capitanio
- Sociology
- 1 September 2013
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