Foreword / Ven. Sheng-Yen Introduction / Charles Wei-hsun Fu and Sandra Ann Wawrytko Prologue:Buddhist Tradition and Modernity / Ven. Sheng-Yen; Kosho Mizutani; Lewis R. Lancaster
I. The Past:Traditional Roots 1. The Ethics of Mahayana Buddhism in the Bodhicaryavatara / Ryojun Mitomo 2. The Role of Filial Piety in Chinese Buddhism:A Reassessment / Jan Yun-hua 3. The Renaissance of Vinaya Thought During the Late Ming Dynasty of China / Ven. Sheng-Yen 4. Four Great Thinkers in Modern Chinese Buddhism / Ven. Sheng-Yen 5. The Conflict Between Vinaya and the Chinese Monastic Rule:The Dilemma of Disciplinarian Venerable Hung-I / Tso Sze-bong 6. Pratimoksa, Bodhi-citta, and Samaya / A. W. Barber 7. Mind Training Practice in Everyday Life:Tibetan Sources / Min Bahadur Shakya 8. Nichiren's View of Ethics / Gyoko Otani 9. The Three Treasures as the Basis of Buddhist Ethics and their Application in Daily Life / Kodo Matsunami
II. The Present:Current Issues 10. The Relevance of the Noble Eightfold Path to Contemporary Society / P. Don Premasiri 11. The Scope and Contemporary Significance of the Five Precepts / Lily de Silva 12. Buddhist Ethics and Modern Politics:A Theravada Viewpoint / Sulak Sivaraksa 13. Insight -- Virtue -- Morality / Chandra N. Saeng 14. Environmental Ethics:A Buddhist Perspective / Padmasiri de Silva 15. The Buddhist Response to Health and Disease in Environmental Perspective / Cromwell Crawford 16. Buddhist Ethics in the Practice of Medicine / Venerable Mettanando Bhikkhu 17. Buddhist Ethics in Everyday Life in Thailand:A Village Experiment / Roongraung Boonyoros 18. Buddhist Ethics and the Problem of Ethnic Minorities:The Case of Ladakh / John H. Crook 19. Tradition and Change in the Sangha:A Buddhist Historian Looks at Buddhism in America / Daniel B. Stevenson 20. The Religious Position of Buddhist Women in Thailand / Chatsumarn Kabilsingh 21. On the Path to Ultimate Awakening:Women's Liberation in the Context of Taoism and Ch'an/Zen / Sandra A. Wawrytko 22. "The Buddha or the Bomb":Ethical Implications in Nishitani Keiji's Zen View of Science / Steven Heine 23. Buddhism and Money:The Repression of Emptiness Today / David R. Loy 24. From Paramartha-satya to Samvrti-satya:An Attempt at Constructive Modernization of (Mahayana) Buddhist Ethics / Charles Wei-hsun Fu
III. The Future:Buddhist Ethics in a Pluralistic World 25. Realizing Skillful Means in Future Buddhist Institutions / Masao Shoshin Ichishima 26. Buddhism and the Contemporary World:The Problem of Social Action in an Urban Environment / Lewis R. Lancaster 27. Buddhist Responses to Religious Pluralism:What are the Ethical Issues? / David W. Chappell 28. Buddhist and Western Ethics:Problematics and Possibilities / Kenneth K. Inada 29. Buddhist Dharma and Natural Law:Toward a Trans-Cultural,Universal Ethics / Shohei Ichimura