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Acknowledgments | |
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Map of South Asian Buddhist sites | |
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Formations: the Buddha and his Dharma | |
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The world of the Buddha | |
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The renunciants of Ancient India | |
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The Buddha and his Dharma | |
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After the Buddha's Awakening | |
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The Noble Eightfold Path | |
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The Four Noble Truths | |
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The Establishment of the Sa&ndot;gha | |
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The Buddha's early rivals | |
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Remembering and representing the Buddha | |
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Biographies of the Buddha | |
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Symbols and images of the Buddha | |
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Foundations: Mainstream Buddhist texts and communities | |
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The development of the Sa&ndot;gha | |
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Elaborations on the Vinaya | |
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Founding the Bhik&sbdot;u&nbdot;&ibar; order | |
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Buddhist councils | |
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First Council of R&abar;jag&rbdot;ha | |
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Second Council of Vaiś&abar;l&ibar; | |
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Later Buddhist councils | |
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Buddhist canons and texts | |
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Writing canonical texts | |
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Mainstream Buddhist schools | |
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Mah&abar;s&abar;&mbdot;ghika and related schools | |
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Pudgal&abar;vada | |
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Sarv&abar;stiv&abar;da | |
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Vibhajyav&abar;da and Therav&abar;da | |
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Sautr&abar;ntika | |
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Abhidharma speculation | |
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Furcations: origins and development of the Mah&abar;y&abar;na | |
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Lay Buddhism in Ancient India | |
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The origins of the Mah&abar;y&abar;na | |
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Mah&abar;y&abar;na texts | |
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The Bodhisattva path | |
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Philosophical systems of the Mah&abar;y&abar;na | |
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Madhyamaka | |
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Yog&abar;c&abar;ra | |
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Tath&abar;gatagarbha thought | |
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The Mah&abar;y&abar;na pantheon | |
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Heavenly Buddhas | |
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Heavenly Bodhisattvas | |
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Consolidations: medieval systems of thought and practice | |
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Buddhist scholasticism | |
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Vasubandhu (4th-5th c. ce) | |
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Buddhaghosa (5th c. ce) | |
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Dharmak&ibar;rti (ca. 600-670 ce) | |
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Ś&abar;ntideva (ca. 685-763 ce) | |
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Buddhist Tantra and the Vajray&abar;na | |
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Tantric Buddhist texts | |
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Tantric Buddhist rituals | |
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Legacies of Buddhist Tantra | |
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Reappraisals: later developments in the South Asian Buddhist World | |
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Buddhism in Sri Lanka | |
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Monastic institutions | |
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Buddhist rituals in Sri Lanka | |
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Sinhala Buddhist literature | |
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Buddhism in Nepal | |
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Buddhist literature in Nepal | |
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Buddhism in Bhutan | |
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Colonialism and Christianity | |
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Buddhist responses to Christian missions | |
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Colonial-era scholarship on Buddhism | |
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Reinterpreting Buddhism in Nepal and India | |
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Revivals: Buddhism and modernity in South Asia | |
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Modern Buddhist revivals | |
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Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka | |
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The Buddhist revival in Nepal | |
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The Buddhist revival in Bangladesh | |
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Buddhist nuns | |
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The revival of the Bhikkhun&ibar; order in Sri Lanka | |
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The revival of Buddhist nuns in Nepal | |
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Buddhist activism | |
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Ambedkar Buddhism | |
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Buddhist development in Sri Lanka | |
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Tibetan Buddhism in South Asia | |
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Lay Buddhist practice | |
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Appendix | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |