The Buddhist Religion: A Historical IntroductionThe most comprehensive, insightful, and up-to-date introduction to Buddhism available, this text traces the religion of Awakening from its origins to its spread throughout Asia and the world. Combining historical narrative with contextual analysis in a clear and engaging style, the authors present a full and balanced portrait of the Buddhist religion in terms of ritual, devotionalism, institutions, doctrine, and meditation practice. Of special interest are the discussions of women's contributions to the Buddhist tradition and the portraits of current religious life, both lay and monastic, drawn from all the major living Buddhist cultures of Asia. In this Fourth Edition, both Part One (the Indian development of Buddhism) and Part Two (Buddhism beyond India) have been substantially revised. Incorporated throughout the text are findings from the most recent scholarship as well as original research by the authors on Buddhism in its early, Tantric, Southeast Asian, and Western forms. Helpful citations in the text, glossary, and index highlight themes of interest in comparative religion together with cross-cultural developments in such distinctly Buddhist teachings as Karma, emptiness, and the nature of Awakening. |
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Buddhism in India | 6 |
THE BUDDHA AS TEACHER | 30 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY INDIAN BUDDHISM | 51 |
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Abhidharma Amitabha arhants Asia Asian Aśoka asravas attained Avalokiteśvara Awakening became began bodhisattva Buddha Buddha-nature Buddhist Buddhist doctrine Buddhist texts Buddhist tradition canon central century C.E. Ch'an China Chinese Confucian cosmos CRUZ The University cult cultural dependent co-arising developed Dharma dhism dhist dhyāna disciples dynasty Dzogchen emptiness Hinayāna Hua-yen India Japan Japanese karma king Korean later lineage living Lotus Sūtra Mahasanghikas Mahāyāna Sūtras master meditation merit mind monasteries monastic monks and nuns nirvāņa Nyingma one's ordination Pali Pali Canon Path pattern period person Pitaka political practice principle Pure Land realization realm rebirth religion religious Rinzai ritual role Śākyamuni samsāra Sangha Sanskrit Sarvāstivādins scholars sect Section shamanic skandhas social society spirit Sri Lanka Strong EB stūpa Tantras Tantric Taoist teachings temple Theravāda Theravādin Tibet Tibetan tion University Library UNIVERSITY Vajrayāna Vinaya vows Western Yogācāra Yogācārin