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| Hinduism and Related Traditions of South Asia | |
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| India Before the Vedas | |
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| The Lay of the Land | |
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| South Asia Before the Vedic Age | |
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| The Theory of Indo-Aryan Migrations | |
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| Varna: The Caste System | |
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| The Brahmin Caste | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Veda and the Vedas | |
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| Yajna: The Vedic Sacrifice | |
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| The Vedic Pantheon | |
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| An Overview of Vedic Cosmology | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Introduction to the Upanishads | |
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| The Sannyasin Tradition | |
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| Key Elements of the Upanishads | |
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| An Overviews of Vedanta Cosmology | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| The Bhagavad Gita | |
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| The Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata | |
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| The Opening Scene | |
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| The Bhagavad Gita as Metaphor | |
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| The Awakened Person | |
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| Karma Yoga | |
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| Raja Yoga | |
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| Bhakti Yoga | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Darshana | |
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| The Orthodox Darshanas | |
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| The Heterodox Darshanas | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| The Devotional Movement | |
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| The Trimurti | |
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| Ramanuja | |
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| The Hindu Temple | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| A Millennium of Strife | |
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| The Muslim Era | |
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| The Modern Era | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Shakyamuni Buddha and the Early Development of Buddhism | |
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| The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha | |
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| The Palace Youth | |
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| The Sadhu Years | |
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| The Awakening | |
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| The Teaching Years | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Basic Teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha | |
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| The Doctrine of Anatman | |
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| The Four Noble Truths | |
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| The Noble Eightfold Path | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Theravada Buddhism | |
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| The Early Centuries | |
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| Ashoka | |
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| Theravada Buddhism | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Mahayana Buddhism | |
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| Diversity and Religious Elements in Mahayana | |
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| The Nature of Buddha | |
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| Madhyamaka | |
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| Yogacara | |
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| The Bodhisattva | |
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| Artistic Expression in Early Mahayana | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Non-Buddhist Traditions of East Asia | |
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| Confucius and Confucianism | |
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| Confucius | |
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| Mencius | |
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| Other Voices from the Period of Hundred Philosophers | |
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| Later Developments in the Evolution of Confucianism | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Daoism | |
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| The Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) | |
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| Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu) | |
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| Religious Daoism | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Shinto | |
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| The Shinto Creation Story | |
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| The Shinto Shrine and Festival | |
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| Historical Development of Shinto | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Buddhism in China and Japan | |
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| Early Buddhism in China | |
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| Buddhism in the Tarim Basin | |
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| Tiantai Buddhism | |
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| Huayan Buddhism (Hua-Yen) | |
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| Pure Land Buddhism | |
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| Persecution and Recovery | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Tibetan Buddhism | |
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| The Establishment of Buddhism in Tibet | |
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| The General Character of Buddhism in Tibet | |
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| A Historical Overview of Buddhism in Tibet | |
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| The First Period: The Era of the Yarlung Empire | |
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| The Second Period: The Sakya Era | |
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| The Third Period: The Era of the Dalai Lama | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Chan Buddhism | |
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| Bodhidhama | |
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| Huineng (Hui-Neng) | |
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| After Huineng | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Zen Buddhism | |
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| Japan Before Zen | |
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| Rinzai and Soto Zen | |
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| The Zen Monastery | |
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| Zen and the Arts | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Works Cited | |
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| Index | |