The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction

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The Buddhist Religion A Historical Introduction Fourth Edition RICHARD H. ROBINSON formerly of the University of Wisconsin WILLA ...

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Contents FOREWORD PREFACE MAP: THE WORLD OF BUDDHISM ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION Buddhism in India 1 THE BUDDHA'S AWAKENING 1.1 T ...

3 CONTENTS vii 1.4 An Interpretation of the Awakening 17 4.1 The Bodhisattva's Remembrance cif His Past Lives and the }iita ...

viii 6 7 CONTENTS 5.4 The Cosmic Bodhisattvas 105 5.4.1 Maitreya 105 5.4.2 Maiijusri 106 3 A valokite5vara 1 07 5.4.4 Other B ...

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8 BUDDHISM IN CENTRAL ASIA AND CHINA Central Asia 8.1 The Dharma Travels the Silk Road 8.1.1 From the Mauryan to the Ku~iitta E ...

CONTENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GLOSSARY SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX xi 3 11 3 1 5 3 1 9 326 3 ...

Foreword T he Religious Life in History series introduces the richness and diversity of religious thought, practice, experience, ...

FOREWORD xiii knowledge of the languages and cultures associated with the religious tradition in question. It also displays the ...

Preface I t is always a joy to publish a book, but the joy is greatly increased when the book can be revised and reissued to inc ...

PREFACE XV guided us in the final stages of revision and production, as did Kathy Hartlove, former Religious Studies Editor for ...

AFGHANISTAN ARABIAN SEA KUCHA e TUNHUANG e KHOTAN• TIBET BAY OF BENGAL SRI LANKA hMIHINTALE ANURAOHAPURA~· ~~ ~OLONNARUVA COLOMB ...

MONGOLIA YUNKANG CAVES CHINA SOUTH CHINA SEA INDONESIA a EAST CHINA SEA THE WORLD OF BUDDHISM PACIFIC OCEAN ...

ABBREVIATIONS Texts from the Pali Canon: A Anguttara Nikaya Cv Cullavagga D Digha Nikaya Dhp Dhammapada Khp Khuddakapatha M Ma.i ...

Introduction 8 uddhism-as a term to denote the vast array of social and cultural phe- nomena that have clustered in the course o ...