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Theravada Buddhism: Continuity, Diversity, and Identity
Author Crosby, Kate
Date2013.10
Pages312
PublisherWiley Blackwell
Publisher Url http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
LocationUK [英國]
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor Information

Kate Crosby is a Seiyu Kiriyama Reader in Buddhist Studies in the Department of the Study of Religions at SOAS, University of London, and is also a member of the Centre of South East Asian Studies and the Centre of Buddhist Studies. She is the author or editor of a number of books, including Santideva’s Bodhicaryavatara: Buddhist Path To Awakening (with Andrew Skilton, 1998), and The Dead of Night & the Women (2009).
AbstractTheravada Buddhism provides a comprehensive introductory overview of the history, teachings, and current practice of an often misunderstood form of one of the world’s oldest religious traditions.
Table of contents[Table of Contents]

Acknowledgments viii
Map xi
Introduction 1
Part One Buddha 13
1 The Buddha and Buddhahood 15
2 Buddha Worship 43
Part Two Dhamma 69
3 Literature, Languages, and Conveying the Dhamma 71
4 The Jâtaka 99
5 The Good Buddhist 112
6 Meditation 138
7 Abhidhamma 174
Part Three Sangha and Society 195
8 Monks, Monasteries, and their Position in Society 197
9 Women in Monasticism 218
10 Women in Theravada Literature and Society 238
11 Feminist Readings of Gender-Related Symbols 250
12 Nonharming, Politics, and Violence 262
Glossary 283
Index 290
ISBN9781405189064
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Created date2015.10.30
Modified date2015.10.30



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