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| Preface | |
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| The Religions of South and Southeast Asia | |
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| The Foundations of the Study of Religion in Asia | |
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| Asia: The Geographical Setting | |
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| Asia: The Historical Setting | |
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| The Archaic Roots of Asian Religion | |
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| The Selection and Training of Shamans | |
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| The Spirits in Shamanism | |
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| Shamanic Religion in the Social Context | |
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| The Beginnings of South Asian Religion | |
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| The Problem of Defining "Hinduism" | |
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| Geographical and Cultural Divergence in the Indic Cultural Region | |
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| The Core Components of the Hindu Tradition | |
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| The Indus Valley Culture and its Religion | |
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| The Vedas: The Earliest Religious Literature of India | |
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| The Gods of the Aryans | |
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| The Foundations of the Traditional Hindu Social Order | |
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| The Structure of the Vedic Sacrifice | |
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| The Emergence of the Hindu Wisdom Tradition | |
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| The Upanishads | |
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| Samsara and Karma: The Foundations of the Wisdom Tradition | |
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| Brahman and Atman: The Immortal Constituents of Reality | |
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| Tapas, Asceticism, and Liberation | |
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| Meditation: Liberation through Knowledge of Reality | |
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| Samnyasa and the Hindu Stages of Life | |
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| The Six Schools of Indian Philosophy | |
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| Samkhya and Yoga | |
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| Nyaya and Vaisheshika | |
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| Mimamsa and Vedanta | |
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| Hindu Devotionalism | |
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| The Worship of Shiva | |
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| Shaivite Philosophy and Religious Groups | |
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| Devi, the Great Goddess | |
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| The Worship of Vishnu and his Avataras | |
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| Vaishnavaite Philosophy and Devotion | |
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| Islam and its Influence on Medieval South Asian Religion | |
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| The Basic Tenets of Islam | |
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| The Bhakti Tradition and Hindu-Muslim Syncretism | |
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| Sikhism | |
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| Guru Nanak's Successors | |
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| Muslim Opposition and the Development of the Khalsa | |
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| The Sikhs and the British | |
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| Sikhism in Post-Independence India | |
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| Hinduism's Changing Relationship with the West | |
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| The Beginnings of the Hindu Reform Movement | |
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| Vivekananda and the Euro-American Reappraisal of Hinduism | |
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| Mahatma Gandhi and the Politicization of Hinduism | |
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| Hinduism in the Twenty-first Century | |
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| Jainism: The First of the Nastika Traditions | |
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| Mahavira and the Rise of Jainism | |
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| The Principal Tenets of Jainism | |
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| The "Three Jewels" of Jainism: Knowledge, Faith, and Conduct | |
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| Early Buddhism in India | |
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| The Life of the Buddha | |
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| The Three Marks of Existence and the Four Noble Truths | |
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| Interdependent Arising and the Eightfold Path | |
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| Theravada Buddhism and the Formation of the Pali Canon | |
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| Later Developments in Indian Buddhism | |
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| The Rise of Mahayana Buddhism | |
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| Madhyamika and Yogacara | |
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| Tibet and the Development of Vajrayana Buddhism | |
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| Vajrayana: The Way of Ritual Mysticism | |
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| The Decline of Buddhism in India | |
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| Buddhism in the Modern World Context | |
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| The Spread of Buddhism in Europe and the United States | |
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| Buddhism in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Religion in Southeast Asia | |
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| Prehistoric Religion in Southeast Asia | |
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| The Beginnings of Indian Influences in Eastern Mainland Southeast Asia | |
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| Religion in the Period of the Great Empires (800-1300 C.E.) | |
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| Vietnam and the Adaptation of the Chinese Worldview | |
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| The Spread of Sri Lankan Buddhism in Mainland Southeast Asia | |
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| Islam in South and Southeast Asia | |
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| The Roots of South Asian Islam | |
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| The Coming of Islam to Island Southeast Asia | |
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| Islam in British Colonial India | |
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| Islam under Dutch Colonial Rule in Indonesia | |
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| Islam in Modern South and Southeast Asia | |
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| South and Southeast Asian Religions Timeline | |
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| The Religions of China | |
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| The Archaic Foundations of Chinese Religion | |
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| The Chinese Family: The Social Basis of Chinese Religion | |
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| The Local Religious Matrix | |
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| Chinese Religion in Pre- and Proto-History | |
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| Philosophical Daoism | |
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| Lao zi and the Daodejing | |
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| Zhuangzi | |
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| Daoist Religion | |
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| Early Daoist Traditions in Qin and Han Religion | |
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| The Celestial Masters | |
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| The Development of Daoism in South China | |
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| Daoism in Northern China | |
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| Confucius and the Origins of Confucianism | |
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| Chinese History from Zhou to Qin | |
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| Confucius: The Life of a Cultural Prototype | |
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| The Texts and Doctrines of Early Confucianism | |
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| Early Confucianism and its Rivals | |
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| Mencius | |
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| Xun Zi | |
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| Mo Zi and Mohism | |
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| The Legalists | |
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| Neo-Confucianism | |
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| Zhou Dunyi and the Rise of Neo-Confucianism | |
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| Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, and the Elaboration of Neo-Confucian Thought | |
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| Zhu Xi and the Flowering of the Neo-Confucian Tradition | |
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| Wang Yangming and the Refutation of Zhu Xi's Synthesis | |
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| The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism | |
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| The Origins of Chinese Buddhism | |
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| Post-Han Developments in Early Chinese Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism in Northern China from the Fall of the Han to the Rise of the Sui | |
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| The Consolidation and Expansion of Chinese Buddhism | |
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| The Tiantai School | |
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| The Huayan School | |
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| The Persecution of Buddhism in the Later Tang | |
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| Pure Land Buddhism | |
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| Chan Buddhism | |
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| Chinese Religions Timeline | |
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| The Religions of Northeast Asia | |
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| Religion in Korea | |
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| The Indigenous Religious Traditions of Korea | |
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| The Early Development of Confucianism and Daoism in Korea | |
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| Buddhism in Early Korea | |
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| Buddhism in Later Silla and Koryo | |
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| Confucianism in Later Korean History | |
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| Early Japanese Religion and the Development of Shinto | |
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| The Geographical Setting of Japanese Religion | |
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| The Early Cultures of Japan | |
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| Early Japanese Myths and Religion | |
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| Ealry Japanese Religion as Shown in the Chinese Records | |
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| Shinto: A Brief Overview of the National Religion of Japan | |
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| The Rites and Rituals of Shinto | |
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| Shinto and the Japanese Imperial Family | |
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| Japanese Buddhism to about 1200 C.E. | |
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| The Ritsuryo Government: Buddhism as an Appendage of the State | |
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| The Six Schools of Nara Buddhism | |
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| Saicho and the Establishment of Tendai Buddhism | |
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| Kukai and the Development of Esoteric Buddhism in Japan | |
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| Pure Land and Nichiren Buddhism | |
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| The Rise of Pure Land Buddhism | |
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| Honen and the Growth of Pure Land Buddhism | |
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| Shinran and the Jodo Shin School | |
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| Nichiren | |
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| Zen Buddhism in Japan | |
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| Eisai and the Founding of the Rinzai School of Zen | |
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| Rinzai Zen | |
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| Dogen and the Establishment of the Soto School of Zen | |
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| East Asian Religions and the Challenge of the Modern World | |
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| Maoism | |
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| Cao Dai | |
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| Christianity in Korea | |
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| The New Religions in Japan | |
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| Northeast Asian Religions Timeline | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Picture Credits | |
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| Literary Credits | |
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| Index | |