Originally published 1990 by Cambridge University Press.
關鍵詞
Buddhism
目次
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.
