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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Eastern Scripture Among the World's Religions | |
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| A Brief History of Scripture Scholarship | |
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| The Nature and Definition of Scripture | |
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| The Uses of Asian Scripture | |
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| Advantages and Disadvantages of Studying Asian Religions Through Their Scriptures | |
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| Asian Scriptures and Modern Scholarship | |
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| Asian Scriptures and the World Wide Web | |
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| The Plan of This Book | |
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| Suggestions on How to Read Asian Scriptures | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Questions for Study and Discussion | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of Structure | |
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| Use | |
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| Origin and Development | |
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| Teaching | |
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| Aditi and the Birth of the Gods (Rig-Veda 10.72) | |
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| Two Philosophical Views of Creation (Rig-Veda 10.129; Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad 1.4.1?7) | |
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| The God Indra (Rig-Veda 2.12) | |
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| Rudra and Shiva (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 3.1?13). "That You Are" (Chandogya Upanishad 6.1?2, 9?11) | |
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| The Goddess as Kali (Markandeya Purana Devi-Mahatmya 7.1-25) | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Sin and Forgiveness (Rig-Veda 7.86) | |
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| The Three Das (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.2) | |
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| The Way of Asceticism (Mundaka Upanishad 2.1?3 5?8 10?13) | |
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| Stages of Life for a Twice-Born Man (Laws of Manu 2.69?74 191?201; 3.1?19; 6.1?9 33?49) | |
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| The Life of Women (Laws of Manu 3.55?60; 5.147?165) | |
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| Organization | |
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| Creation and the Caste System (Rig-Veda 10.90) | |
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| The Four Castes (Institutes of Vishnu 2.1?17) | |
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| The Outcastes (Laws of Manu 10.51-57) | |
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| Ritual and Meditation | |
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| The Gayatri Mantra (Rig-Veda 3.62.10) | |
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| Devotion to Agni in Prayer and Sacrifice (Rig-Veda 1.1; Agni-Brahmana 1.1?19) | |
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| The Puja of a Yogin (Agni Purana) | |
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| Soma (Rig-Veda 8.48) | |
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| Marriage (Rig-Veda 10.85.20?47) | |
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| Cremation (Rig-Veda 10.16) | |
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| Charms and Spells (Atharva-Veda 6.20; 7.70; 6.9; 3.16) | |
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| Chanting of Om (Chandogya Upanishad 1.1.1?10) | |
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| The Practice of Yoga (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 2.8?15) | |
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| Selections from the Bhagavad-Gita | |
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| Later Developments of Scriptural Themes | |
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| Mohandas Gandhi on the Bhagavad-Gita | |
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| Two Tamil Poets | |
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| Poems of Mira, a Hindi Female Saint | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Questions for Study and Discussion | |
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| Scriptures in Film | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of Structure | |
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| Use | |
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| Origin and Development | |
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| History | |
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| The Past Lives of Siddhartha Gotama (Jataka 190) | |
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| The Life of Siddharta Gotama (Selections from the Buddhacarita) | |
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| The Death of the Buddha (Mahaparinibbana Sutta 6.1?12, 31?35, 45?48) | |
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| Teaching | |
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| The Sermon on the Four Noble Truths (Dhammacakkapparattana Sutta 1?8) | |
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| The Skandhas and the Chain of Causation (Buddhacarita 16.1, 28?50) | |
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| The Essence of Buddhism (The Heart Sutra) | |
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| A Description of Nirvana (Milinda-pandha 4.8.65-66) | |
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| A Mahayana View of the Buddha (Saddharma- Pundarika Sutra 2.36; 10.1) | |
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| Poems of Early Nuns (Therigatha) | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Conduct of the Monk (Dhammapada 25.360?382) | |
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| Admonition to Laity (Cullavagga Dhammikasutta 18?29) | |
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| The Wisdom of the Buddha (Dhammapada 1?20, 157?166) | |
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| The Bodhisattva Ideal (Mahavastu) | |
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| Organization | |
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| Founding of the Order (Mahavagga 1.6.10, 11?16, 27?30, 32, 34, 37) | |
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| The Rules of Defeat for Monks and Nuns (Patimokkha Parajika Dhamma 1?4) | |
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| Rules Requiring Formal Meetings (Patimokkha Samghadisesa Dhamma 1?13) | |
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| The Order of Nuns (Cullavagga 10.1.1?6) | |
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| Ritual and Meditation | |
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| The Relics of the Buddha (Mahaparinibbana Sutta 6.58?60) | |
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| Mindfulness in Meditation (Majjhima-nikaya, Satipatthanasutta 10.1?9) | |
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| A Mahayana View of the Merit of Making Images (Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo 16 no. 694) | |
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| Tibetan Scripture to Guide the Soul after Death (Bardo Thodol 1.1?2) | |
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| A Zen Koan: "What is Extraordinary?" (The Blue Cliff Record 26) | |
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| Later Developments of Scriptural Themes | |
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| Enlightenment according to a Founder of Tibetan Buddhism (The Life of Milarepa 2.7) | |
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| The Main Characteristics of Falun Gong (Li Hongzhi, Zhuan Falun, Lecture 1, Conclusion) | |
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| A Contemporary Statement of Buddhist Essentials (Thich Nhat Hanh, Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings) Glossary | |
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| Questions for Study and Discussion | |
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| Scriptures in Film | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Jainism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of St | |