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The Life Story of the Buddha and Its Ramifications | |
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The Eight Commemorative Shrines | |
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A Royal Pilgrim Retraces the Life of the Buddha | |
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�nanda Recounts the Birth of The Buddha | |
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Signs of Suffering | |
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The Great Departure: Two Versions | |
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Awakening Achieved | |
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Remembering Past Lives | |
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Viewing the Cosmos | |
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Realizing the Four Noble Truths | |
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The Death and Parinirv�na of The Buddha | |
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The Distribution of the Relics | |
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A Story of a Buddha Image | |
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The Future Buddha Maitreya | |
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The Experience of the Sangha | |
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Tales of Conversion | |
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Rites of Passage | |
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The Regulation of the Sangha | |
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Sangha Situations | |
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Buddhism and the State: The King and the Community | |
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The Dharma: Some Perspectives of Mainstream Buddhism | |
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Preliminaries: The Loss and Preservation of the Dharma | |
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Suffering, Impermanence, and No-Self | |
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The Arising of Suffering | |
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The Cessation of Suffering | |
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The Path | |
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Doctrinal Issues | |
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The Dharma: Some Mahayana Perspectives | |
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Preliminary: The Parable of the Burning House | |
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Basic Perspectives: The Perfection of Wisdom | |
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Philosophical Formulations | |
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The Bodhisattva Path | |
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Saviors and Siddhas: The Mahayana Pantheon and Tantric Buddhism | |
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The Life Span of the Tathagata | |
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Savior Bodhisattvas | |
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Savior Texts | |
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Savior Buddhas and Pure Lands | |
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Tantric Buddhism or the Vajrayana | |
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The Development of Buddhism Outside India | |
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Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia | |
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Mythic Histories | |
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Divisional Issues | |
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Regulation and Reform: The Efforts of King Parakramabahu | |
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Rituals and Festivals | |
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Meditational Endeavors: Visualizing the Victor's Cage | |
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Women and the Sangha: A Twentieth-Century Case | |
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Sangha and Society | |
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Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: The Tibetan Cultural Area | |
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Mythic History: Subduing the Demons of Tibet | |
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Divisional Issues: Sudden versus Gradual Enlightenment | |
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Regulation and Reform: The Efforts of At<$$$>a | |
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Rituals and Festivals | |
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Meditational Endeavors: Milarepa's Quest | |
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Women and the Sangha: The Abbess of Samding and Ani Lochen | |
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Sangha and Society | |
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Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: China | |
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Mythic History: Chinese and Japanese Legends | |
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Divisional Issues: Do All Being Have the Buddha-Nature? | |
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Regulation and Reform: An Apocryphal Monastic Code | |
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Rituals and Festivals: Ordination at Pao-hua Shan | |
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Meditational Endeavors | |
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Women and the Sangha | |
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Sangha and Society: The Commercialization of Services | |
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Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: Japan | |
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Mythic History: The Legend of Prince Shotoku | |
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Divisional Issues: The Recitation of Amida's Name? | |
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Once or Many Times? | |
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Regulation and Reform: Saicho's Deathbed Admonitions | |
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Rituals and Festivals: Rites in Tenth-Century Japan | |
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Meditational Endeavors | |
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Women and the Sangha: Nichiren on Chanting and Menstruation | |
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Sangha and Society | |
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Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: The West | |
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Mythic Histories: Smokey the Bear S�tra | |
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Divisional Issues: The Veneration of Relics | |
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Regulation and Reform: Toward an Androgynous Reconstruction of Buddhism | |
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Rituals and Festivals: The Buddha's Birthday in Los Angeles | |
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Meditational Endeavors | |
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Women and the Sangha: Living as a Nun in the West | |
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Sangha and Society: Engaged Buddhists in California | |
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A Guide to the Transliteration and Pronunciation of Buddhist Terms | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography of Works Cited | |
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Subject Index | |
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Text and Author Index | |