Buddhism The Illustrated Guide,9780195218497

Buddhism The Illustrated Guide

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ISBN13: 9780195218497
ISBN10: 0195218493
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-12-06
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

In this strikingly illustrated and authoritative volume, readers have an introduction to one of the world's greatest living faiths. 200 color photos, maps & drawings.

Author Biography


Kevin Trainor is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6(4)
PART 1: ORIGINS 10(46)
Ancient India: Belief and Society
12(10)
Todd T. Lewis
Cities and Kingdoms
12(2)
Class and Hierarchy
14(2)
A World of Sacrifice
16(2)
Art and Architecture: Ancient Indian Cities
18(2)
Michael Willis
An Age of Inquiry
20(2)
The Career of Siddhartha
22(24)
Kevin Trainor
The Buddha's Biography
22(2)
Wondrous Birth
24(2)
The ``Wheel Turner''
26(2)
The ``Four Sights''
28(2)
The ``Going Forth''
30(4)
The ``Awakening''
34(2)
The ``First Turning of the Dharma Wheel''
36(2)
The Growing Sangha
38(2)
The Final Nirvana
40(2)
Art and Architecture: Depicting the Budha
42(4)
Michael Willis
A New Community
46(10)
Todd T. Lewis
Expansion and Fragmentation
46(4)
The Buddhist Emperor
50(2)
Art and Architecture: Ashoka the Builder
52(2)
Michael Willis
Divisions in the Sangha
54(2)
PART 2: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 56(118)
The Human Condition
58(6)
Todd T. Lewis
Samsara and the Soul
58(2)
Karma
60(2)
The Six Realms of Being
62(2)
The ``Four Noble Truths''
64(8)
Todd T. Lewis
Suffering and Unsatisfactoriness
64(2)
Desire and its Cessation
66(2)
Nirvana
68(2)
The ``Noble Eightfold Path''
70(2)
The Path of the Buddha
72(8)
Todd T. Lewis
Morality
72(2)
Meditation
74(2)
Wisdom
76(4)
Mental Cultivation
80(10)
Mark L. Blum
Meditative Trance
80(2)
Mindfulness
82(2)
Chant
84(2)
Visualization
86(2)
Art and Architecture: Mandalas
88(2)
Michael Willis
The Buddhist Community
90(16)
John Peacock
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
90(6)
Saints and Teachers
96(2)
Monks, Nuns, and Monasteries
98(2)
Art and Architecture: Monastic Architecture
100(4)
Michael Willis
The Laity
104(2)
Buddhism in Practice
106(14)
Kelvin Trainor
Entering the Path
106(2)
Devotion
108(2)
Donation
110(2)
Pilgrimage
112(2)
Art and Architecture: Bodh Gaya
114(2)
Michael Willis
Buddhist Ethics
116(2)
Monks and Monarchs
118(2)
Theravada Buddhism
120(12)
Kevin Trainor
The Doctrine of the Elders
120(2)
The Buddha and the Gods
122(2)
Sri Lankan Buddhism
124(2)
South East Asia I
126(4)
South East Asia II
130(2)
Mahayana Buddhism
132(18)
Mark L. Blum
The Great Vehicle
132(4)
The Bodhisattva Path
136(2)
Art and Architecture: The Mahayana Pantheon
138(2)
Michael Willis
``Emptiness''
140(2)
``Skill in Means''
142(2)
Pure Lands
144(4)
Art and Architecture: Depicting the Pure Land
148(2)
Michael Willis
Chan and Zen---The Way of Meditation
150(12)
Mark L. Blum
Zen in East Asia
150(2)
Zen Approaches to Meditation
152(2)
Rinzai and Soto
154(2)
Zen Monastic Life
156(2)
Art and Architecture: Zen and the Arts
158(4)
Mark L. Blum
Tantra
162(12)
Todd T. Lewis
The Diamond Vehicle
162(2)
The Bell and the Thunderbolt
164(2)
Tantric Deities
166(4)
Lamas and Tulkus
170(2)
Harnessing Desire
172(2)
PART 3: HOLY WRITINGS 174(38)
Assembling the Dharma
176(10)
Mark L. Blum
The Buddha's ``Dharma Body''
176(2)
Language and Translation
178(2)
Forms and Media
180(2)
Art and Architecture: The Buddhist Art of the Book
182(4)
Michael Willis
The Three Baskets
186(10)
Kevin Trainor
The Tipitaka
186(2)
The Vinaya Pitaka
188(2)
The Sutta Pitaka
190(2)
The Abhidhamma Pitaka
192(2)
Commentaries and Chronicles
194(2)
Mahayana Scriptures
196(16)
Mark L. Blum
Perfection of Wisdom Sutras
196(2)
The Lotus Sutra
198(4)
Pure Land Sutras
202(2)
Yogachara Sutras
204(2)
Nirvana Sutra
206(2)
Tantric Writings
208(4)
John Peacock
PART 4: BUDDHISM TODAY 212(26)
The Expanding Community
214(12)
David Chappell
New Buddhist Movements
214(4)
Scholars and Practitioners
218(2)
The Diaspora and Converts
220(2)
Women in Modern Buddhism
222(4)
Society and the Sangha
226(12)
David Chappell
Government and Politics
226(4)
Meditation Centers
230(2)
Buddhism, Science, and Technology
232(2)
Engaged Buddhism
234(4)
Glossary 238(2)
Bibliography 240(4)
Index 244(12)
Picture Credits and Acknowledgments 256

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