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Religion’s social role
Religion’s social role: comparison between Buddhism and Christianity | Central China Normal University Q&A Session
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Overview
Chapters
00:00
Q&A Opening Remarks
00:13
Academic perspective: curiosity about Buddhism and objective knowledge
00:27
Mahayana and Theravada: current state and differences
00:50
Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism: Dialogue, Integration, and Shared Wisdom
01:14
The essence of Buddhist practice: inner transformation over form
01:29
Reflections on the lecture environment and collective empathy
05:42
Religion’s social role: comparison between Buddhism and Christianity
09:03
Breaking through fate: Liao-Fan’s Four Lessons and changing destiny
13:04
Cultural identity, bilingual education, and spiritual roots
22:48
The meaning of happiness: compassion, ethics, and not harming others
25:00
Chinese culture, Westernization, and the future of tradition
31:37
Past and future lives, population growth, and Buddhist cosmology
35:52
Faith, science, and the boundaries of belief
43:01
Impermanence, spiritual education, and the ladder of the mind
48:00
The value of study, practice, and the limits of “beyond words
50:01
Closing: gratitude for questions and shared wisdom
