Buddhism : A Modern Perspective

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Indian Buddhism: 1. The background to Buddhism/Stephan V. Beyer. 2. Life of the Buddha/Charles S. Prebish. 3. Early history of the Buddhist order/Charles S. Prebish. 4. Buddhist councils and divisions in the order/Charles S. Prebish. 5. Asoka and the Missionary activity of the Buddhists/Stefan Anacker. 6. Doctrines of the early Buddhists/Charles S. Prebish. 7. Major schools of the early Buddhists: Mahasamghika/Charles S. Prebish. 8. Major schools of the early Buddhists: Theravada/Charles S. Prebish. 9. Major schools of the early Buddhists : Sarvastivada/Charles S. Prebish. 10. Kaniska/Stefan Anacker. 11. The Vinaya Pitaka/Charles S. Prebish. 12. The Sutra Pitaka/Francis H. Cook. 13. The Abhidharma Pitaka/Stefan Anacker. 14. The rise of the Mahayana/Lewis R. Lancaster. 15. The Prajnaparamita literature/Lewis R. Lancaster. 16. Doctrines of the Mahayana/Lewis R. Lancaster. 17. Major schools of the Mahayana: Madhyamika/Douglas D. Daye. 18. Major schools of the Mahayana: Yogacara/Stefan Anacker. 19. The Saddharmapundarika –Sutra/Mark A. Ehman. 20. The Vimalakirti-Nirdesa Sutra/Stefan Anacker. 21. The Lankavatara Sutra/Mark A. Ehman. 22. The pure land Sutras/Mark A. Ehman. 23. Cosmology/Douglas D. Daye. 24. Buddhist logic/Douglas D. Daye. 25. Nirvana/Francis H. Cook. 26. The doctrine of meditation in the Hinayana/Stephan V. Beyer. 27. The doctrine of meditation in the Mahayana/Stephan V. Beyer. II. Buddhism outside India: 28. Early history of Buddhism in Ceylon/Mark A. Ehman. 29. Monastic life in Ceylon/Charles S. Prebish. 30. Introduction of Buddhism to Southeast Asia and subsequent history up to the eleventh century/Stefan Anacker. 31. Medieval Buddhism in southeast Asia/Stefan Anacker. 32. The spread of Buddhism into China/Roger J. Corless. 33. History of Buddhism in China/Roger J. Corless. 34. Ch’an/Roger J. Corless. 35. Ching-t’u/Roger J. Corless. 36. Chinese academic schools and doctrinal innovations/Francis H. Cook. 37. Chinese Buddhism and the communist regime/Roger J. Corless. 38. Introduction of Buddhism to Korea and subsequent development/Lewis R. Lancaster. 39. Buddhism in Korea survives suppression and change/Lewis R. Lancaster. 40. Introduction of Buddhism to Japan and its development during the Nara period/Francis H. Cook. 41. Heian, Kamakura, and Tokugawa periods in Japan/Francis H. Cook. 42. Japanese innovations to Buddhism/Francis H. Cook. 43. Japanese Buddhism and the new religions/Francis H. Cook. 44. Buddhism in Tibet/Stephan V. Beyer. 45. Buddhism and the west/Roger J. Corless. Appendix. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.