The present volume is part of a series entitled World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest, which seeks to present the spiritual wisdom of the human race in its historical unfolding. The volume presents the richness of the spiritual heritage of the human race and designed to reflect the autonomy of the traditional in its historical development.
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PREFACE TO THE SERIES INTRODUCTION-The Staff of the Nanzan Institute Part One: Early Buddhism and Theravada 1. The Message of Gotama Buddha and Its Earliest Interpretations 2. Indian Buddhist Meditation 3. Abhidharma 4. Theravada in Southeast Asia 5. Theravada Lands I. Sri Lanka II. Burma III. Buddhism in Thai Culture IV. Thai Spirituality and Modernization 6. Monasticism and Civilization Part Two: Mahayana 7. The Sutras I. Prajnaparamita and the Rise of Mahayana II. The Vimalakirti Sutra III. The Avatamsaka Sutra IV. The Lotus Sutra and the Essence of Mahayana 8. Mahayana Philosophies I. The Madhyamika Tradition II. Yogacara III. Buddhist Logic: The Search for Certainty 9. The Diamond Vehicle 10. Pure Land Piety Part Three: China 11. The Three in China 12. Philosophical Schools I. San-lun, Tien-Tai, and Hua-yen II. Togacara in China 13. The Spirituality of Emptiness in Early Chinese Buddhism 14. Tantric Buddhism in China
