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| Preface | |
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| Map: The World of Buddhism | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Buddha's Awakening | |
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| The Social and Religious Context of Early Buddhism | |
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| Issues in Early North Indian Thought | |
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| The Quest for Awakening | |
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| The Birth and Youth of the Bodhisattva | |
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| The Great Renunciation | |
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| The Bodhisattva's Studies and Austerities | |
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| Temptation by Mara | |
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| The Awakening | |
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| The Lessons of Awakening | |
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| The Regularity of Phenomena | |
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| Nirvana | |
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| The Awakening as Paradigm | |
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| The Buddha as Teacher and Power Figure | |
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| The Response to the Awakened One | |
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| The Buddha Begins Teaching | |
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| The First Encounter | |
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| Setting the Wheel of Dharma in Motion | |
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| An Analysis of the First Discourse | |
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| The Four Noble Truths | |
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| The Stages of Awakening | |
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| The Spread of the Religion | |
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| Taking Refuge | |
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| The Development of the Sangha | |
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| The Middle Years | |
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| The Last Days and Beyond | |
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| Buddhist Devotionalism | |
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| The Etiquette of Devotion | |
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| The Development of Early Indian Buddhism | |
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| Sources | |
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| The Formation of the Canons | |
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| The Early Monastic Lineages | |
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| The Early Councils and the Attitude toward Sectarianism | |
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| Norms for Religious Life | |
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| The Code of Discipline for Monks | |
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| Communal Governance | |
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| The Life of the Monks | |
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| The Life of the Nuns | |
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| The Laity | |
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| Asoka | |
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| Abhidharma | |
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| The Lists (Matrka) | |
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| Points of Controversy: The Nature of the Individual | |
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| Points of Controversy: The Nature of Existence | |
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| Past-Life Narratives | |
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| Jatakas and the Perfections | |
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| Avadanas and the Buddha-Field | |
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| The Stupa Cult | |
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| The Period of the Three vehicles | |
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| Social Background | |
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| The Cult of Maitreya | |
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| Monuments to the Triple Gem | |
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| Buddha and Bodhisattva Images | |
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| The Cult of the Book | |
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| The Topography of Sacred Narrative | |
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| The Search for the Mahayana | |
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| The Ugrapariprccha | |
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| The Aksobhya-Vyuha | |
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| The Perfection of Discernment in 8,000 Lines | |
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| The Bodhisattva Elites | |
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| Two Levels of Truth | |
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| Vaibhasikas and Sautrantikas | |
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| Nagarjuna | |
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| Early Medieval Indian Buddhism | |
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| Portraits of a Buddhist Empire | |
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| Mahayana Sutras | |
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| The Dasabhumika Sutra | |
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| The Sukhavati-Vyuha Sutras | |
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| Issues in the Perfection of Discernment | |
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| Scholastic Philosophy | |
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| Vasubandhu and the Abhidharmakosa | |
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| Asanga and the Yogacara | |
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| Bhavaviveka and the Madhyamaka | |
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| Buddhism in Late Medieval and Modern India | |
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| The Culture of Belligerence | |
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| Vajrayana | |
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| Tantras | |
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| Siddhas | |
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| Sahaja | |
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| The Vajra Cosmos | |
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| The Decimation of Indian Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism in Nepal | |
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| The Buddhist Revival | |
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| Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia | |
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| The Economy of Merit | |
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| Buddhism in "Further India" | |
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| The Theravada Connection | |
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| The Colonial Period | |
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| Sri Lanka | |
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| Burma | |
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| Thailand | |
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| The Post-colonial Period | |
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| Buddhism in the Village | |
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| Buddhism in the Wilderness | |
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| Buddhism in the City | |
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| Buddhism in Central Asia and China | |
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| Central Asia | |
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| The Dharma Travels the Silk Road | |
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| China | |
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| A Grand Assimilation | |
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| Buddhism on the Fringes of Society | |
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| Buddhism Enters the Mainstream of Chinese Culture | |
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| Buddho-Taoism | |
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| The Rise of Buddhist Scholasticism | |
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| The Sui and T'ang Dynasties (581-907) | |
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| T'ien-t'ai | |
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| Hua-yen | |
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| Pure Land (Ching-te) | |
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| The Three-Level Sect (San-chieh-chiao) | |
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| Ch'an | |
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| The Sung Dynasty (970-1279) | |
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| Ch'an Politics | |
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| Ch'an Meditation | |
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| The Rise of Neo-Confucianism | |
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| The Religion of the Masses (1279-1949) | |
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| Religious Life: Devotional | |
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| Religious Life: Monastic | |
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| Religious Life: Lay | |
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| Modern Chinese Buddhism | |
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| A Buddhist Charitable Organization | |
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| Buddhism in Korea and Vietnam | |
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| A Focal Point for Unity and Differences | |
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| Korea | |
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| The Three Kingdoms Period (18 B.C.E.-688 C.E.) | |
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| The Unified Silla Dynasty (668-918) | |
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| Hwaom (Hua-yen) | |
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| Son (Ch'an) | |
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| The Koryo Dynasty (918-1392) | |
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| Uich'on | |
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| Chinul | |
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| T'aego | |
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| The Yi/Choson Dynasty (1392-1910) | |
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| Japanese Rule (1910-1945) and Its Aftermath | |
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| Buddhism in Modern Korea | |
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| Life in a Son Monastery | |
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| Vietnam | |
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| Two Streams of Buddhism Converge | |
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| The Modern Period | |
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| Buddhism in Japan | |
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| The Cult of Charisma | |
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| The Importation of Korean Buddhism | |
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| The Importation of Chinese Buddhism | |
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| The Heian Period (804-1185) | |
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| The Kamakura Period (1185-1333) | |
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| Zen | |
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| Pure Land | |
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| Nichiren | |
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| The Muromachi Period (1336-1603) | |
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| The Tokugawa Period (1603-1868) | |
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| State Shinto in Control (1868-1945) | |
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| Modern Urban Buddhism | |
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| A Religion of Self-Empowerment | |
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| Buddhism in the Tibetan Cultural Area | |
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| A Vajrayana Orthodoxy | |
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| The Dharma Comes to Tibet | |
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| The First Propagation | |
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| The Second Propagation | |
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| The Period of Consolidation | |
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| Historical Issues | |
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| Texts | |
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| Doctrinal Systems | |
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| Politics | |
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| The Age of the Dalai Lamas | |
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| The Dynamics of Tibetan Ritual | |
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| A Tradition at the Crossroads | |
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| Buddhism Comes West | |
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| Europe's Early Contact with Buddhism | |
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| The Awakening Meets the Enlightenment | |
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| Buddhism and the Science of Humanity | |
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| The Appropriation of Buddhist Ideas | |
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| The Crisis of Cultural Relativism | |
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| Calls for Reform | |
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| The Varieties of Buddhism in North America | |
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| Parent Traditions | |
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| Modes of Transmission | |
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| Grafting onto American Roots | |
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| An Overview of the Three Major Canons | |
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| Pronunciation Guide | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Index | |