Prebish Buddhist Ethics

Charles S. Prebish Illustrator: NA: Encyclopedia of Budhism, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2010 ISBN: 9780415556248

New Softcover 18 x 25 cm. 'It is an excellent advocate for both reference publishing and for the belief system it represents' - Reference Reviews'This work is a crucial source for specialists...Highly recommended' - G. J. Reece, American University, ChoiceThe Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism is a complete up-to-date one-volume desk reference, documenting the history, doctrines, schools, rituals, sacred places, basic ideas and concepts, and globalization of the entire Buddhist tradition. In addition, it provides bibliographic references to the leading scholarship by scholar from around the world. As such, it is an indispensable tool for students, teachers, and researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, as well as to the general reader.The Encyclopedia is characterized by its wide range of contents, primary sources, and both the depth and quality of its entries. It allows its readers to quickly access information on all topics included in the volume. It covers the study of Buddhism, Buddhist canons and literature, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, Nikaya Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, Buddhist meditational systems, sacred places in Buddhism, practices and rituals, biographies of famous Buddhists (including ideal types), Buddhist ethics, Buddhist art(s), engaged Buddhism, Buddhism and technology, women in Buddhism, Buddhism in India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, and Buddhism in the Western World.All readers of the Encyclopedia will benefit from a scholarly but readable work that lends itself to being approached from almost any starting point, and guides the reader to an increased knowledge of Buddhism through very easy access to all relevant materials. Printed Pages: 951. 5th or later edition

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A.K. Narain Illustrator: NA: Studies in History of Buddhism (Papers Presented at the International Conference on the History of Buddhism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WIS, USA, August, 19-21, 1976) Buddhist World Press 2010 ISBN: 9788190638890

New Hardcover 19 x 25 cm. This book consists of papers presented at the first International Conference on the History of Buddhism held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA, in 1976, the purpose of which was to study the course of the history of buddhism in a global perspective. These papers are edited by Professor A.K. Narain, who organized the conference and included his introductory paper. The papers in the volume deal with various aspects of the History and Historiography of Buddhism in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, China, Japan, Mongolia and other parts of the world. The contributors include Harvey B. Aronson, A.L. Basham, Heinz Bechert, George D. Bond, B.G. Gokhale, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Sechin, Jagchid, Minoru Kiyota, Alexander W. Macdonald, Joanna Rogers Macy, Eleanor Zclliot, Beatrice Miller, Robert J. Miller, Gadjin M. Nagao, Charles S. Prebish, Theodore Riccardi, Sheng-Yen Chang, Bardwell Smith, Nathmal Tatia, Shunsho Terakawa, Robert A. Thurman, K.N. Upadhyaya, Alex Wayman, Turrell V. Wylie, Isshi Yamada, Erik Zurcher and Leonard Zwilling. CONTENTS: Preface; Introductory : Toward a New History of Buddhism/A.K. Narain 1. Motivations to Social Action in Theravada Buddhism : Uses and Misuses of Traditional Doctrines/Harvey B. Aronson 2. The Background to the Rise of Buddhism/A.L. Basham 3. The Structure of the Sangha in Burma : A Comparative View/Heinz Bechert 4. Theravada Buddhism and the Aims of Buddhist Studies/G.D. Bond 5. Early Buddhism and the Brahmanas/Balkrishna Govind Gokhale 6. The Disappearance of Buddhism and The Survival of Jainism : A Study in Contrast/Padmanabh S. Jaini 7. The Rise and Fall of Buddhism in Inner Mongolia/Sechin Jagchid 8. Shingon Mikkyo Buddhism : Its Concept of Tathata and Problematics Concerning Dharmakaya Mahavairocana/Minoru Kiyota 9. The Writing of Buddhist History in the Sherpa Area of Nepal/Alexander W. Macdonald 10. Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Indian Buddhism/Joanna Rogers Macy and Eleanor Zellioi 11. Views of Women's Roles in Buddhist Tibet/Beatrice D. Miller 12. Tracking Levy-Strauss along the Eight-fold Path : The Message of the Mahavamsa/Robert J. Miller 13. The Architectural Tradition in Buddhist Monasticism/Gadjin Nagao 14. Portraits of the Feminine : Buddhist and Confucian Historical Perspectives/Diana Paul 15. Vinaya and Pratimoksa : The Foundation of Buddhist Ethics/Charles S. Prebish 16. Buddhism in Ancient and Early Medieval Nepal/Theodore Riccardi, Jr 17. Four Great Thinkers in the History of Modern Chinese Buddhism/Bhiksu Chang Sheng-Yen 18. Polonnaruva as a Ceremonial Complex : Sinhalese Cultural Identity and the Dilemmas of Pluralism/Bardwell L. Smith 19. The Interaction of Jainism and Buddhism and its Impact on the History of Buddhist Monasticism/N. Tatia 20. Shin Buddhism in Modern Japan : An Examination of the Thought of Manshi Kiyozawa/Shunsho Terakawa 21. Voidnesses and Totalities : Madhyamika and Hua Yen/Robert A.F. Thurman 22. The Impact of the Bhakti Movement on the Development of Maha-yana Buddhism/K.N. Upadhyaya 23. Observations on the History and Influence of the Buddhist Tantra in India and Tibet/Alex Wayman 24. Some Political Factors in the Early History of Tibetan Buddhism/Turrell V. Wylie 25. Premises and Implications of 'Interdependence' (Pratityasamutpada)/Isshi Yamada 26. Buddhism in a Pre-Modern Bureaucratic Empire : The Chinese Experience/E. Zurcher 27. On Bhaisajyaguru and His Cult/Leonard Zwilling Printed Pages: 450. 5th or later edition

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