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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 | |