Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies
Paul Williams
This eight-volume set brings together seminal papers in Buddhist studies from a vast range of academic disciplines published over the last forty years. With a new introduction by the editor, this collection is a unique and unrivalled research resource for both student and scholar. Coverage includes: - Buddhist origins; early history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia - early Buddhist Schools and Doctrinal History; Theravada Doctrine - the Origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism; some Mahayana religious topics - Abhidharma and Madhyamaka - Yogacara, the Epistemological tradition, and Tathagatagarbha - Tantric Buddhism (Including China and Japan); Buddhism in Nepal and Tibet - Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, and - Buddhism in China, East Asia, and Japan.
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Contents
Stūpa sūtra and śarīra in China c 656706 CE
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the journey to selfacceptance
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Clichés canoniques bouddhiques dans les légendes sur
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misdeed
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toward
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The place of the sudden teaching within the Huayen
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On the concept of the hijiri holy man
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Buddhist selfimmolation in medieval China
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