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Table of Contents Pronunciation Guide Introduction Sanskrit and Pali Chinese Japanese Tibetan Korean The Background to Buddhism The Indus Valley Civilization The Indus Religion The Indus Inheritance The Vedic Culture Vedic Literature The Vedic Inheritance The Age of the Wanderers The Two Traditions The Philosophical Problematic PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS Chapter One: Karma and Cosmology The Cosmos in Indian Thought The Inhabitants of the Cosmos The Six Realms of Rebirth Karma Merit Western Perspectives Chapter Two: The Buddha The Buddha The Buddha¿s Birth Renunciation Austerities Enlightenment The First Sermon The Buddha¿s Last Days Chapter Three: The Dharma The Four Noble Truths The First Noble Truth: Suffering The Second Noble Truth: Arising The Third Noble Truth: Cessation The Fourth Noble Truth: The Path Holy Persons The Doctrine of ¿No Self¿ The Five Aggregates Chapter Four: The Sangha The Sangha Defined The Vinaya Pi?aka Paracanonical Vinaya Literature Pratimok?a Karmavacana Canonical Vinaya Literature Sutravibha?ga Skandhaka Appendices Non-Canonical Vinaya Literature The Laity Important Disciples In The Early Sangha Monks Lay Disciples Royal Patrons Monastic Life Geographic Dispersal Of The Sangha PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT Chapter Five: Buddhism in India Developments After the Death of the Buddha The Early Period Early Councils and Schools The Mauryan Empire and Asoka The Stupa Buddhist Art The North West Milinda¿s Questions Abhidharma Vasubandhu The Rise of the Mahayana Tantra Monastic Centers Chapter Six: Mahayana Introduction Mahayana Literature Prajñaparamita Other Mahayana Literature Mahayana Doctrines Buddha Nature Emptiness Bodhisattva Paramita Karu?a Upaya Celestial Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Mahayana Schools: Madhyamika The Founder: Nagarjuna The Basic Text: Mulamadhyamika-karikas Major Doctrine: Emptiness Mahayana Schools: Yogacara The Founders: Asa?ga and Vasubandhu Major Doctrines: Alayavijñana Major Doctrines: Trikaya Mahayana Schools: Pure Land Mahayana Logicians Chapter Seven: Meditation Hinayana Introduction The Practice of Calm The Ancillary Techniques The Trance Techniques The Ten Devices The Four Formless Realms The Practice of Insight Purity of Virtue Purity of Mind Purity of View Purity of Overcoming Doubt Purity of Knowledge and Insight into Right and Wrong Paths Purity of Knowledge and Insight into Progress Purity of Knowledge and Insight Themselves Mahayana Introduction The Standard Structure of Mahayana Meditation Meditation The Return to the World The Stages on the Path Visionary and Ecstatic Techniques The Pure Land Tradition The Tantra Tradition Techniques of Spontaneity The Mahamudra Tradition The Zen Tradition Conclusion PART THREE: BUDDHISM BEYOND INDIA Chapter Eight: Buddhism in Southeast Asia Theravada Buddhism General Characteristics of Buddhism in the Region Sri Lanka Burma Thailand Vietnam Chapter Nine: Buddhism in East Asia China: Historical Sketch Chinese Buddhist Schools Jushe Chengshi Lü Zhenjan Sanlun Faxiang Tiantai Huayan Chan Jingtu Chinese Buddhist Religious Life Modern Chinese Buddhist Innovations Korea: Historical Sketch Korean Buddhist Schools Son Kyeyul Hwaom Haedong Popsang Yolban Modern Developments in Korean Buddhism Japan: Historical Sketch Japanese Buddhist Schools Kusha Jojitsu Sanron Hosso Ritsu Kegon Tendai Shingon Jodo Shu and Jodo Shinshu Zen Nichiren Recent Developments In Japanese Buddhism Chapter Ten: Buddhism in Tibet Historical Sketch Major Schools of Tibetan Buddhism Nyingma (rNying-ma) Sakya (Sa-skya) Kagyu (bKa-rgyud) Karma-Kagyu (Karma bKa-rgyud) Gelug (dGe-lug) Kadampa (bKa-gdams-pa) Dzogchen (rDzogs-chen) Famous Buddhist Figures and Places Padmasambhava Atisa Tilopa (989-1069) Naropa Marpa (1012-1097) Milarepa (Mi-Las Ras-pa) (1040-1123) Gampopa (sGam-po-pa) (1079-1153) Tsongkhapa (Tsong-kha-pa) (1357-1419) Samye (bSam-yas) Tantra and Tantric Texts Tradition of the Dalai Lama The Holocaust and Thereafter PART FOUR: MODERNITY Chapter Eleven: Buddhism in the Western World Buddhism¿s Western Presence in Historical Perspective The West and Globalization A Case in Point: America Developmental Issues in American Buddhism Chapter Twelve: Socially Engaged Buddhism What is Socially Engaged Buddhism? The Buddhist Peace Fellowship Engaged Buddhism: Old or New? Human Rights Ecology Chapter Thirteen: Ethics Dharma as Moral Foundation Monastic Ethics Virtues Dana Ahi?sa Compassion Skillful Means War and Terrorism Terrorism Chapter Fourteen: Reflections on the Nature and Study of Bud-dhism European Antecedents to the Study of Buddhism Early Buddhist Studies in America Current Buddhist Studies in America Scholar-Practitioners In Buddhist Studies The Role of Technology in Buddhist Studies Appendix I Chronology of Buddhist History Appendix II The Buddhist Scriptures The Pali Canon The Chinese Canon The Tibetan Canon
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Buddhism -- History.