Byang chub sgron me, 36
Atiyoga (Rdzogs chen), 730
atman (self), 18–19,63, 680–681, 692–693.
See alsobody, perspectives on the
Atthakatha,37, 627
Atthakavagga, 601
attributes, 403
of bodhisattvas, 61–62, 570–572
of buddhas, 569–570
Atu-ma-shi Monastery, 580
Aum Shinrikyo, 385, 449
Aung San Suu Kyi, 163, 165, 248, 893
Auran ̇gabad, 117, 365, 511
Austria, Buddhism in, 268
authenticity, scriptural, 453, 755–756. See
apocrypha
authority, scriptural, 25, 94, 111, 321,
451–452, 755–756. See also panjiao
autocremation, 758–759
Ava, 579
avadana,36–37, 36–37,38, 299–300, 495,
593
Avadanakalpalata(Ksemendra), 748
Avadanas ́ataka,36–37, 38, 747
Avalokites ́vara, 474, 498, 570, 613–614,
772, 853. See alsoGuanyin
and Amitabha, 15, 74
cult of, 234, 420, 593
and Dalai Lama, 59, 193, 417
as Guanyin, 290–292, 314–315, 571, 899
images, 42, 61–62, 62,106, 149,
151 – 152,253–254, 322–323, 323,
372, 393, 403, 437, 783–784, 784
Avatamsaka-sutra,59. See also Huayan jing
avidya(ignorance), 219, 665
avijñapti(unmanifest processes), 681–682
avijñaptirupa, 221
Avukana, 801
awakening. See bodhi(awakening);
bodhicitta(thought of awakening)
Awakening of Faith (Dasheng qixin lun),
26–27, 35, 38–39,52, 167, 269, 432,
619, 631, 827, 904–905
awareness (zhi),and Tiantai school, 849
axis mundi, 362
ayatana(sense faculties), 19, 175, 177,
220–221, 526, 680–681
Ayurveda, 518
Ayutthaya, 39,580, 787
B
Bactria, 120, 366–368
Bagaya Kyaung, 580
Bagyidaw, 580
bahas, 591
Bahus ́rutlya, 504
Bai ro tsa na, 853
Baisheng, 817
Baizhang, 708
bala,51, 632
Bala (monk), 80–81
Bali, 372
Balligave, 369
Bamiyan, 41,117–118, 121, 367–368,
380, 641. See alsoCentral Asia,
Buddhist art in
destruction of Buddha statues, 640–641
Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D., 799
Bangkok, 108, 533
Bankei Yotaku, 135
Baodingshan, 318–319
Baoliang, 167
Baolin zhuan, 463
Baozhi, 567
Bare, 590
Bareau, André, 85, 893
“bare insight worker,” 889
Ba ri lo tsaba, 854
Barlaam and Josaphat, 160, 380
’Ba’ rom Dar ma dbang phyug, 48
Basham, A. L., 424
Bat Temple, Soc Trang, Vietnam, 880
Bayon, 42,106, 783, 784
Bdud ’dul rdo rje, 418
Bedsa, 363, 805
Beihai Park, Beijing, 553
Beijing, 153, 171
Beik-than-myo, 577
Bell, Sir Charles, 194
Benji jing, 199
Benn, James, 65
Bentor, Yael, 717
Bezeklik, 118, 125, 551
Bhadda, 607
Bhaddanta Indacara Antimakharl, 102
bhadrakalpa, 73
Bhadrakalpavadana,593, 748
Bhadrayanlya, 692
Bhadrika, 232
Bhagavadglta, 18
bhagavat, 87
Bhaisajyaguru, 292, 393, 437, 497, 695–696
Bhaisajyaguruvaiduryaprabharaja-sutra,
513
Bhaisajyara, 65
Bhaja, 117, 363, 550, 805
Bhaktapur, 591Bharatamuni, Natyas ́astra, 251
Bharhut, 361–362, 364, 402, 651, 804,
906–907, 911
Bhartrhari, 331, 451
bhavana, 682
Bhavanakrama(Kamalas ́lla), 70, 483, 525
Bhavaviveka, 42,111, 481–482
Madhyamakahrdayakarika,481–482
Tarkajvala,95, 482
bhiksu/bhiksunl,353, 489, 558, 606, 615,
741, 885–887. See alsomonks; nuns;
ordination
Bhiksunlpratimoksa, 667
Bhiksunlpratimoksa-sutra,606, 668
BhiksunlSan ̇gha, 84
Bhiksupratimoksa, 667
Bhrkutl, 851
Bhutan, 260
Bhutan, Buddhist art in, 327
bianwen,43,155, 319
bianxiang,43–44,319, 693–695
Bigandet, Paul Ambrose, 160
Bigelow, William Sturgis, 865
Bimbisara, King, 45–46, 84, 233, 657
bindu, 56
Binglingsi, 118, 125, 693
biography, 45, 45–47,72, 101–102, 235,
395, 450, 491, 662, 702. See also
Buddha, life of the
“Biographies of Eminent Monks,” 44, 47
Bird’s Nest, 127
Biyan lu(Keqin), 132, 427
Biyun-si, 816
Bizot, François, 108, 830
Bka’ babs bdun ldan(Taranatha), 491
Bka’ brgyud (Kagyu), 47–49,71, 151,
407, 488, 513, 536, 562, 583, 701,
822, 854, 859
and karma pa, 417–419
Bka’ gdams sect, 36, 324, 853
Bka’ ’gyur, 67, 103–104, 114, 563
Bkra shis lhun po, 629, 855
Bkra shis rnam rgyal, 488
Black Hat Lama, 417
Bla ma dam pa Bsod nams rgyal mtshan,
Rgyal rabs gsal ba’i me long, 855
bliss perfection, 632
Blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan, 193, 629
Blo bzang dpal ldan ye shes, 629
Blo bzang ye shes, 629
“blowing out,” nirvanaas, 600–602
Blue Annals, 103
blue-robe sect, 644
boat people, 844INDEXVOLUME 1, PP. 1–478: VOLUME 2, PP. 479–929