Buddhism and Asian history

by Joseph M. Kitagawa (Editor)

Paperback, 1989

Series

Publication

Imprint: New York : London : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Collier Macmillan, ©1989. Context: Includes readings from the Encyclopedia of religion. Series: Religion, history, and culture. Series: Religion, history, and culture. Responsibility: edited by Joseph M. Kitagawa and Mark D. Cummings. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xi, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Features: Includes appendix.

Call number

History / Kitag

Barcode

BK-02765

ISBN

0028972120 / 9780028972121

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Religious Studies

CSS Library Notes

Table of Contents: Part 1: Foundations of the tradition --
Buddhist religion, culture, and civilization / Frank E. Reynolds and Charles Hallisey --
The Buddha / Frank E. Reynolds and Charles Hallisey --
Buddhism in India / Luis O. Giomez --
Part 2: The Pan-Asian Buddhist world --
Buddhism in Southeast Asia / Donald K. Swearer --
Buddhism in Central Asia / Ronald Eric Emmerick --
Buddhism in China / Erik Z. Part 4: Dimensions of religious practice --
The Buddhist Sammgha --
Sammgha and society / H.L. Seneviratne --
Buddhist cultic life in Southeast Asia / Richard F. Gombrich --
Buddhist cultic life in East Asia / Taitetsu Unno --
Buddhist cultic life in Tibet / Robert A.F. Thurman --
Buddhist meditation / Winston L. King --
Buddhist Iconography / Simone Gaulier and Robert Jera-Bezard --
Folk Buddhism / Donald K. Swearer --
Part 5: The Path to enlightenment --
The Arhat / Donald K. Swearer --
The Career of the Bodhisattva / Nakamura Hajime --
Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas / David L. Snellgrove --
The Mahiasiddha / Reginald Ray --
Nirviana / Thomas P. Kasulis.

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Physical description

xi, 414 p.; 23 cm

Description

One of the first volumes in a series covering the history, practices and beliefs of religion, this book provides an account of the rise of Buddhism and its spread throughout Asia. It includes surveys of the practice of Buddhism in many countries, together with a study of a variety of Buddhist schools and sects.