Buddhism

Boxes, Figures, and Maps; Acknowledgments; Pronunciation Guide; Introduction; 1. THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA; The Early Life of Siddhartha Gautama; The Great Renunciation; The Awakening of the Buddha; The Mission of the Buddha; The Last Days of Gautama Buddha; 2. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA; The Three Characteristics; The Five Aggregates; Dependent Arising; Karma and Rebirth; The Four Noble Truths; The First Noble Truth: Life Is Duhkha; The Second Noble Truth: The Cause of Duhkha; The Third Noble Truth: The Cessation of Duhkha; The Fourth Noble Truth: The Eightfold Path to the Cessation of Duhkha; The Eightfold Path; Nirvana; 3. THE WAY OF THE ELDERS; The Three Baskets; The Sutra Pitaka; The Vinaya Pitaka; The Abhidharma Pitaka; The Second and Third Councils; King Asoka; Theravada's Path of Purification; Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia; THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF THAI BUDDHISM TODAY, METTANANDO BHIKKU; 4. THE GREAT VEHICLE; The Mahayana Sutras; The Great Journey of the Bodhisattva; Celestial Bodhisattvas and Buddhas; 5. THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE OF BUDDHISM; The Abhidharma Schools; The Mahayana Schools; Logic, Tantra, and the Extinction of Buddhism in India; 6. THE TIBETAN EXPERIENCE OF BUDDHISM; The First Dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet; The Second Dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet; The Geluk School and the Dalai Lama; The Tantric Experience; Schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Distinctive Practices; Recent Events in Tibet; THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM TODAY, GESHE DAMDUL NAMGYAL; 7. THE CHINESE EXPERIENCE OF BUDDHISM; Translation and Inculturation; New Translations and Scholarship; Persecution and Reform; The Chinese Schools I: Laying the Foundation of the Chinese Experience; The Chinese Schools II: Defining the Chinese Experience; Persecution and Decline; Later Developments; THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF CHINESE BUDDHISM TODAY, DEDONG WEI; 8. THE KOREAN EXPERIENCE OF BUDDHISM; The Advent of Buddhism during the Three Kingdoms Period; Buddhism during the Unified Silla Dynasty: Innovation and Scholarship; Buddhism during the Koryo Dynasty: Searching for Unity; Repression during the Choson Dynasty; The Japanese Occupation and Recent Developments; THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF KOREAN BUDDHISM TODAY, JONGMYUNG KIM; 9. THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE OF BUDDHISM; Prince Shotoku; The Nara Period (710-784): The Six Schools; The Heian Period (794-1185): The Tendai and Shingon Schools; The Kamakura Period (1185-1333): Pure Land, Zen, and Nichiren; The Muromachi Period (1338-1573): Zen and Japanese Culture; The Tokugawa Period (1603-1868): Struggle and Reform; The Meiji Period (1868-1912) and Recent Developments; THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE BUDDHISM TODAY, TOMONOBU SHINOZAKI; O-bon Festival; 10. MODERN BUDDHISM IN ASIA; New Buddhist Movements in Asia; Women's Experience of Buddhism in Modern Asia; 11. BUDDHISM IN THE WEST; Buddhism in Europe; Buddhism in Canada; Buddhism in Australia; Western Buddhism and Globalization; Buddhism in the United States; The Experience of Buddhism in the United States; THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF AMERICAN BUDDHISM TODAY, REV. HENG SURE