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Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience |
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| Author |
Mitchell, Donald (著)
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Jacoby, Sarah (著)
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| Edition | 4 |
| Date | 2024.11.07 |
| Pages | 504 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Url |
https://corp.oup.com/
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| Location | Oxford, London, UK [牛津, 倫敦, 英國] |
| Content type | 書籍=Book |
| Language | 英文=English |
| Abstract | Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience is the only up-to-date introductory text that covers the full spectrum of writings, practices, and perspectives animating the global Buddhist tradition. Instructors struggle to expose students to a diverse array of Buddhist texts and voices. This volume is enhanced by primary sources and twenty-two gender-balanced personal narrative boxes. Each country chapter also concludes with an essay by a noted Buddhist practitioner-scholar. Another common challenge for instructors involves covering the variety of global Buddhist traditions; there are many such traditions, and only so much time in the semester. The authors solve this problem decisively. After discussing Buddhism's origins in India, they go on to cover: Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism; Buddhism in Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan; and the globalization of Buddhism with special emphasis on the United States. A final, related challenge for instructors is to avoid overwhelming students. Indeed, instructors seem to face a paradox: they can cover the full variety of Buddhist texts and traditions only if they assign an unmanageable amount of reading. Buddhism's brief, accessible, pedagogically rich chapters show that this paradox is only apparent. While the text is authoritative and comprehensive, its coverage respects the average student's attention-span. |
| Table of contents | Boxes, Figures, and Maps Preface Acknowledgments Pronunciation Guide Introduction 1. The Life of Gautama Buddha The Early Life of Siddhartha Gautama Birth Youth The Four Sights The Great Renunciation Spiritual Teachers Asceticism The Awakening of the Buddha Enlightenment Nirvana The Mission of the Buddha The Three Refuges Important Conversions Monasticism Social Concern Women's Ordination The Rebellion of Devadatta The Last Days of Gautama Buddha Suggestions for Further Reading 2. The Teachings of the Buddha The Three Characteristics Impermanence Dissatisfactoriness No-Self The Five Aggregates Dependent Arising Karma and Rebirth Buddhist Cosmology The Wheel of Life The Four Noble Truths The Middle Way The First Noble Truth: Life Is Dukha The Second Noble Truth: The Cause of Dukha The Third Noble Truth: The Cessation of Dukha The Fourth Noble Truth: The Eightfold Path to the Cessation of Dukha Awakening The Eightfold Path Right Understanding Right Thought Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Rigth Concentration Nirvana Suggestions for Further Reading 3. Early Buddhism and the Way of the Elders The First Council: Three Baskets The Vinaya Pitaka The Sutra Pitaka The Abhidharma Pitaka Second and Third Councils: Many Paths King Asoka The Way of the Elders Cultivating Morality Purification and Wholesomeness Releasement for Nirvana Concentration Mindfulness Practice Four Divine Abodes Four Lower and Higher Meditations Supernormal Abilities Tranquillity Meditation Insight Meditation Wisdom Five Purifications The Four Paths Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia Sri Lanka Southeast Asia Theravada Monastic and Lay Experience New Buddhist Movements in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia The Cultural Experience of Thai Buddhism Today, Laohavanich Mano Mettanando From Childhood to Adulthood Marriages and Funerals Popular Buddhist Practices Contributions of Thailand to Buddhist Culture Suggestions for Further Reading 4. The Great Vehicle The Bodhisattva Wisdom and Emptiness Luminous Consiousness Celestial Buddhas The Mahayana Sutras Discovering the Perfection of Wisdom The Heart Sutra A Layperson's S?tra Exploring Consciousness The Lotus The Land of Bliss The Great Journey of the Bodhisattva The Six Perfections The Ten Stages A Joyous Choice Purity, Luminosity, and Radiance Meditation and Wisdom Beyond Arhatship to Buddhahood The Dharma Cloud The Three Bodies of the Buddha Celestial Buddhas Celestial Bodhisattvas Suggestions for Further Reading 5. South Asian Experiences of Buddhism Abhidharma Philosophies Mahayana Philosophies The Middle Way The Womb of the Buddha Foundations of Consciousness Tantric Buddhism The Emergence of Tantra The Quest for the Origins of Tantra Key Themes and Classifications of Buddhist Tantras Kriya Tantra Carya Tantra Yoga Tantra Yoga-niruttara Tantra Mahayoga Tantra Yogini Tantras Indian Buddhist Institutions of Higher Learning New Buddhist Movements in South Asia The Cultural Experience of Newar Buddhism Today Three jewels in Newar Buddhism Rituals in Newar Buddhism Tantric Buddhist Initiations Posadha: The Monthly or Fortnightly Abstinence Rituals for Elders Festivals of Newar Buddhism Traditional Music and Dance in Newar Buddhism Suggestions for Further Reading 6. Tibetan Experiences of Buddhism The Early Dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet The Later Dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet Tantric Features of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism Preliminary Practices Major Schools of Tibetan Buddhism The "Old" School: Nyingma The "Scripture and Precept" School |
| ISBN | 9780197750292 (Paperback) |
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| Created date | 2025.01.21 |
| Modified date | 2025.02.26 |

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