Buddhism: introducing the Buddhist experience

Abstract

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