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An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices |
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Harvey, Brian Peter
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| Date | 1990 |
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| Pages | 374 |
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| Publisher | Munshiram Manoharlal |
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| Location | New Delhi, India [新德里, 印度] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Originally published 1990 by Cambridge University Press. |
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| Keyword | Buddhism |
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| Table of contents | 1. The Buddha and his Indian context. Background to the life of the Buddha --
The life of the Buddha --
The nature and role of the Buddha --
The nature and style of the Buddha's teaching --
2. Early Buddhist teachings: rebirth and karma. Rebirth and cosmology --
Karina --
Belief in rebirth and karma --
3. Early Buddhist teachings: the four holy truths. The First Holy Truth: suffering --
The Second Holy Truth: the origin of suffering --
The Third Holy Truth: Nibbāna --
The Fourth Holy Truth: the Path --
4. Early developments in Buddhism. The early Sangha --
Emperor Asoka and Buddhism --
Devotion and symbolism in early Buddhism --
The Ahhidhamma --
The early schools and their doctrines --
The rise of the Mahāyāna --
5. Mahāyāna philosophy. The Perfection of Wisdom literature and the Madhyamaka school --
The Yogācāra school --
Tathagata-garbha thought --
The Avatamsaka Sūtra and the Hua-yen School --
6. Mahāyāna holy beings. The path of the Bodhisattva --
The Mahāyāna Buddhology --
The Mahāyāna pantheon --
The Tantric perspective --
7. The later history and spread of Buddhism. Buddhism in India and Central Asia --
Sri Lanka --
South-east Asia excluding Vietnam --
The lands of Northern Buddhism --
China --
Vietnam and Korea --
Japan --
8. Buddhist practice: devotion. Focuses and locations of devotional acts --
Bowing, offerings and chanting --
The refuges --
Attitudes to images --
Protective chanting --
Devotion to Avalokiteśvara --
Devotion to Amitābha --
Devotion to Bhaisajya-guru --
Devotion to the Lotus Sutra --
Pilgrimage --
Festivals --
9. Buddhist practice: ethics. The role and basis of ethics in Buddhism --
Giving --
Keeping the precepts --
Loving, kindness and compassion --
Care for the dying and the dead --
The ethics of social relationships --
10. Buddhist practice: the Sangha. The role of monasticism --
Patterns of ordination --
Nuns --
The monastic code of discipline --
The economic base of the monastic life --
Study and meditation --
Communal life --
Relations with the laity --
11. Buddhist practice: meditation and the development of wisdom. The approach to meditation --
The practice of Calm meditation in Southern Buddhism --
The practice of Insight meditation in Southern Buddhism --
The classical path of Calm and Insight in Northern and Eastern Buddhism --
Pure Land visualizations --
Tantric visualizations --
Tantric techniques of spontaneity --
Zen meditation --
12. The modern history of Buddhism in Asia. Communist Asia: Buddhism under a cloud --
The continuing tradition and its modern varieties --
Recovering old ground --
13. Buddhism beyond Asia. Scholarship --
The influence of Buddhism through literature and philosophy --
The Theosophical Society: a bridge between East and West --
Immigration, foreign wars and travel --
Buddhist missions and organizations. |
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| ISBN | 8121504937 (pbk); 9788121504935 (pbk) |
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| Hits | 561 |
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| Created date | 1998.04.28
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| Modified date | 2016.08.15 |
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