Experience of Buddhism Sources and Interpretations

Name: Experience of Buddhism Sources and Interpretations
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ISBN: 9780534191641

ISBN-10: 0534191649

ISBN-13: 9780534191641

Edition: 1st

Authors: John S. Strong

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List price: $38.95
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Wadsworth
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.43" wide x 9.24" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

The Experience of Buddhism in South Asia	p. 1
The Life Story of the Buddha and Its Ramifications	p. 3
The Eight Commemorative Shrines	p. 4
A Royal Pilgrim Retraces the Life of the Buddha	p. 6
The Great Departure and Enlightenment	p. 9
Remembering Past Lives	p. 18
Planting the Seeds of Buddhahood	p. 18
The Last Past Life: The Story of Vessantara	p. 23
Viewing the Cosmos	p. 26
The Hierarchy of Beings	p. 26
Karma and the Six Realms of Rebirth	p. 28
Realizing the Four Noble Truths	p. 32
The "Death" and Parinirvana of the Buddha	p. 34
A Story of a Buddha Image	p. 39
The Future Buddha Maitreya	p. 41
The Experience of the Sangha	p. 44
Tales of Conversion	p. 44
The First Disciples of the Buddha	p. 44
The Laywoman Sujata	p. 46
The Conversion of Sariputra and Maudgalyayana	p. 48
The Acceptance of Women into the Order	p. 51
The Conversion Patacara	p. 55
The Conversion of a Lynch Mob	p. 58
Rites of Passage	p. 60
Passage Denied: The Naga Who Tried to Become a Monk	p. 60
Passage Achieved: Joining the Order	p. 61
The Regulation of the Sangha	p. 63
Recitation of the Rules	p. 64
The Ongoing Interpretation of the Rules	p. 66
Rules and Right Attitudes	p. 68
Sangha Situations	p. 70
Nagasena Disobeys His Master and Preaches to a Layman	p. 70
Walls Make Good Neighbors	p. 72
The Community at Kitagiri	p. 74
The Laity and the Sangha: Commonalities and Differences	p. 76
Why Not Remain a Layperson?	p. 76
Meditation in the Midst of Daily Life	p. 77
Making and Sharing Merit	p. 78
Maudgalyayana Brings about the Conversion of His Mother	p. 80
Buddhism and the State: The King and the Community	p. 82
The Two Wheels of Dharma: A Parable	p. 82
King Udena and The Elder Pindola	p. 83
Some Edicts of Asoka	p. 85
The Dharma: Some Perspectives of Mainstream Buddhism	p. 88
Preliminaries: The Loss and Preservation of the Dharma	p. 89
Suffering, Impermanence, and No-Self	p. 90
Impermanence	p. 91
Milinda and the Chariot	p. 92
Vajira's Reply to Mara	p. 95
The Buddha's Silence	p. 96
Channa Is Taught the Middle Way	p. 97
The Man Who Lost His Body	p. 99
The Arising of Suffering	p. 100
Interdependent Origination	p. 100
The Evolution of the World	p. 102
The Cessation of Suffering	p. 106
Nirvana, Nirvana	p. 106
Milinda Asks about Nirvana	p. 107
The Attainment of Two Arhats	p. 110
The Path	p. 112
The Refuges and the Precepts	p. 112
Moral Conduct of Monks	p. 114
Sayings on the Path	p. 115
Mindfulness	p. 118
The Practice of Meditation	p. 122
How to Walk on Water and Fly through the Air	p. 124
The Trance of Cessation	p. 126
Doctrinal Issues	p. 128
A Theravadin Claim to Orthodoxy	p. 128
The Sarvastivadins on Time	p. 130
The Mahasamghikas on the Buddha	p. 132
The Dharma: Some Mahayana Perspectives	p. 134
Preliminary: The Parable of the Burning House	p. 135
Basic Perspectives: The Perfection of Wisdom	p. 140
Rahulabhadra's Verses in Praise of Perfect Wisdom	p. 140
The Heart Sutra	p. 142
The Perfection of Wisdom as the Middle Way	p. 144
Philosophical Formulations	p. 145
Nagarjuna: Verses on the Noble Truths and on Nirvana	p. 146
The Ongoing Dialectic	p. 151
Vasubandhu: Types of Consciousness	p. 153
In Praise of the Bodies of the Buddha	p. 156
Queen Srimala Explains the Womb of the Tathagata	p. 157
Sudhana's Vision of the Cosmos	p. 159
The Bodhisattva Path	p. 161
The Necessity of Compassion	p. 161
Developing the Thought of Enlightenment	p. 163
The Practice of the Perfections	p. 166
The Skillful Means of Vimalakirti	p. 169
Saviors and Siddhas: The Mahayana Pantheon and Tantric Buddhism	p. 176
The Life Span of the Tathagata	p. 176
Savior Bodhisattvas	p. 178
The Compassion of Avalokitesvara	p. 179
The Multiple Forms of Tara	p. 180
Samantabhadra and the Reciters of the Lotus Sutra	p. 182
Savior Texts	p. 183
Celestial Buddhas and Pure Lands	p. 184
Amitabha and His Pure Land	p. 185
The Twelve Vows of Bhaisajyaguru	p. 188
How to Be Reborn in Aksobhya's Land	p. 190
Tantric Buddhism, or the Vajrayana	p. 193
Tantra against a Madhyamika Background	p. 194
The Perfection of Nonduality	p. 195
Worship in a Tantric Context	p. 196
The Meditator Becomes the God	p. 199
Offering the World-Mandala to One's Guru	p. 202
Songs of a Mad Saint	p. 205
The Story of the Yogini Manibhadra	p. 208
The Development of Buddhism outside India	p. 211
Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia	p. 213
Mythic Histories	p. 214
The Buddha's Visit to Sri Lanka and the Conversion of King Tissa	p. 214
The Relic at Haripunjaya	p. 216
Interactions and Syncretism: Buddhism and the Worship of the Phi at a Festival in Laos	p. 219
Divisional Issues	p. 223
Practice versus Study	p. 223
The Great Robes Controversy	p. 226
Regulation and Reform: The Efforts of King Parakramabahu	p. 229
Rituals and Festivals	p. 231
The Death and Funeral of a Northern Thai Saint	p. 231
A Festival of Relics in Phnom Penh	p. 233
Magical Rites: The Chanting of Pirit	p. 236
Meditational Endeavors: Visualizing the Victor's Cage	p. 239
Women and the Sangha: A Twentieth-Century Case	p. 241
Sangha and Society	p. 243
Monks and Money	p. 244
Leaving the Sangha	p. 246
Monks and Politics: The Views of Walpola Rahula	p. 248
Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: The Tibetan Cultural Area	p. 251
Mythic History: Subduing the Demons of Tibet	p. 251
Interactions and Syncretism: Buddhism, Shamanism, and Bon in Nepal	p. 254
Divisional Issues: Sudden versus Gradual Enlightenment	p. 256
Regulation and Reform: The Efforts of Atisa	p. 259
Rituals and Festivals	p. 261
Pilgrimage to Mount Kailasa	p. 261
Magical Rites: Casting Spells	p. 266
Meditational Endeavors: Milarepa's Quest	p. 267
Women and the Sangha: The Abbess of Samding and Ani Lochen	p. 274
Sangha and Society	p. 276
Dalai Lamas, Regents, China, and Tibet	p. 277
Life at Drepung Monastery	p. 281
A Monk and a Beggar	p. 284
Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: China	p. 287
Mythic History: The First Monk, the First Temple, and the Emperor Ming	p. 287
Interactions and Syncretism: Buddhism and Filial Piety in China	p. 289
Divisional Issues: Do All Beings Have the Buddha-Nature?	p. 291
Regulation and Reform: An Apocryphal Monastic Code	p. 293
Rituals and Festivals: Ordination at Pao-hua Shan	p. 295
Meditational Endeavors	p. 300
The Platform Sutra on Meditation and Wisdom	p. 300
Constantly Sitting and Constantly Walking	p. 302
Women and the Sangha	p. 305
The Arrival of the Sri Lankan Nuns	p. 305
The Legend of Miao-shan	p. 306
A Buddhist Attack on Sexism	p. 309
Sangha and Society: The Commercialization of Services	p. 310
Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: Japan	p. 314
Mythic History: The Legend of Prince Shotoku	p. 314
Interactions and Syncretism: The Monk Myoe Visits a Shinto Shrine	p. 316
Divisional Issues: The Recitation of Amida's Name--Once or Many Times?	p. 319
Regulation and Reform: Saicho's Deathbed Admonitions	p. 321
Rituals and Festivals: Rites in Tenth-Century Japan	p. 324
Meditational Endeavors: Koans and Hakuin's First Satori	p. 327
Women and the Sangha: Nichiren on Chanting and Menstruation	p. 330
Sangha and Society	p. 333
"Dear Abbot" Letters from Heian Japan	p. 333
Monks and Marriage in Korea	p. 335
Buddhists and the Practice of Buddhism: The West	p. 339
Mythic Histories: Smokey the Bear Sutra	p. 340
Interactions and Syncretism: The Experience of a Jewish Buddhist	p. 342
Divisional Issues: The Veneration of Relics	p. 345
Regulation and Reform: Toward an Androgynous Reconstruction of Buddhism	p. 347
Rituals and Festivals: The Buddha's Birthday in Los Angeles	p. 349
Meditational Endeavors	p. 351
Telephone Mindfulness	p. 351
A Guided Meditation	p. 353
Women and the Sangha: Living as a Nun in the West	p. 356
Sangha and Society: Engaged Buddhists in California	p. 360
A Guide to the Transliteration and Pronunciation of Buddhist Terms	p. 364
Glossary	p. 368
Subject Index	p. 372
Text and Author Index	p. 375
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