perhaps the most important aspect of religious beliefs and rituals in these societies. Shamanism and other religious beliefs and practices that have been regarded not to belong to institutionalized religions are also well studied in relation to the day-to-day lives of contemporary peoples. In ...
Religiously compatible – based on the faith values, beliefs, heritage and traditions. Environmentally appropriate – ensures that the harvest of timber and non-timber products, as well as care of sacred areas, maintains the forest’s biodiversity, productivity and ecological processes. Also, that th...
core teachings of early Buddhism that are reconstructed primarily from Pali texts and in sections that deal with Buddhist traditions in which the primarysacredlanguage is Pali. Sanskrit forms are given in the sections that deal with Buddhist traditions whose primary sacred language is Sanskrit and in...