Buddhism : a concise introduction by Smith, Huston

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I : Wheel of the Dharma -- Man who woke up ; Silent sage ; Rebel saint ; Four noble truths ; Eightfold path ; Other core Buddhist concepts : nirvana, anatta, the three marks of existence, dependent arising, and emptiness ; Theravada and Mahayana : the great divide ; Vipassana : the Theravadin way of insight ; Zen Buddhism : the secret of the flower ; Tibetan Buddhism : the diamond thunderbolt ; Image of the crossing ; Confluence of Buddhism and Hinduism in India -- Part II : Wheel rolls West -- New migration ; America the Buddha full ; Adaptations : the new Buddhism ; America starts meditating I : the ways of Zen ; America starts meditating II : Tibetan Buddhism in exile ; America starts meditating III : Vipassana movement -- Afterword : Flowering of faith : Buddhism's pure land tradition.…”


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World religions and norms of war

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Vesselin Popovski -- Religion and war / Vesselin Popovski -- Norms of war in Hinduism / Kaushik Roy -- Norms of war in Theravada Buddhism / Mahinda Deegalle -- Norms of war in Japanese religion / Robert Kisala -- Norms of war in Judaism / Jack Bemporad -- Norms of war in Roman Catholic Christianity / Gregory M. …”


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Women in the Kandyan kingdom of the seventeenth century Sri Lanka : a study in the application of gender theory in historical analysis by Wimaladharma, Kapila P.

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Methodology for editing and translating a source material on history of science and the text of the Abhidammatthasaṅgahasarūpa by Varma, Chandra B.

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Encyclopedia of women and religion in North America

Table of Contents: “…The way of the elders : Theravada Buddhism, including the Vipassana movement /…”


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World of the Buddha : a reader

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Buddhism : the light of Asia by Chʻen, Kenneth K. S. (Kenneth Kuan Shêng), 1907-

Table of Contents: “…The background -- The life of the Buddha -- The teachings of the Buddha -- Mahayana Buddhism -- The sangha or monastic community -- The spread of Theravada Buddhism -- Buddhism in China -- Buddhism in Japan -- Buddhism in Tibet -- Buddhist literature -- Buddhist art -- Buddhist ceremonies and festivals -- Buddhism in the modern world.…”


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The arts of Thailand : a handbook of the architecture, sculpture, and painting of Thailand (Siam)

Table of Contents: “…The Architecture and Sculpture of Siam -- Doctrines and Reminders (Theravada Buddhism) -- Dvaravati and its Neighbors -- the Khmer Period and the School of Lopburi -- Sukhodaya -- Northern Siam -- U Tong, Ayudhya, and the National Style -- Tonburi and Bangkok -- A Note on Thai Painting -- Thai Painting.…”


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Great World religions. Buddhism by Eckel, Malcolm David, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Buddhism as a world religion -- The life of the Buddha -- "All is suffering" -- The path to Nirvana -- The Buddhist community -- Mahayana Buddhism-the Bodhisattva ideal -- Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas -- Emptiness -- Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- Buddhism in Tibet -- Buddhism in China -- Buddhism in Japan.…”


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Buddhism. Part 1 of 2 : [lectures] by Eckel, Malcolm David, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…-- India at the time of the Buddha -- The doctrine of reincarnation -- The story of the Buddha -- All is suffering -- The path to nirvana -- The Buddhist monastic community -- Buddhist art and architecture -- Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva ideal -- Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas -- Emptiness.…”


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Monastery, monument, museum : sites and artifacts of Thai cultural memory by Peleggi, Maurizio

Table of Contents: “…Buddhist landscape and cultural memory -- Itinerant icons of the Theravada ecumene -- Remembering "westerners" in temple art -- Kings and antiquarians -- A museum, and an art history, for the Thai nation -- Whose prehistory? …”


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Thailand's theory of monarchy : the Vessantara Jātaka and the idea of the perfect man by Jory, Patrick

Table of Contents: “…The Vessantara Jataka as a performative text -- The Vessantara Jataka and early state formation -- A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as bodhisatta -- The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy -- Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism -- From jatakas to Thai folktales -- Conclusion : the modern Vessantara.…”


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Comparative religious ethics by Little, David, 1933-, Twiss, Sumner B.

Table of Contents: “…The study of religious ethics -- The concepts of morality and moral action-guide -- The concepts of religion and religious action-guide -- The concepts of law and legal action-guide -- Structure of practical justification in religious ethics -- Religion and morality of Navajo -- Religion and morality in the gospel of Matthew -- Religion and morality in Theravada Buddhism.…”


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The contextual character of moral integrity : transcultural psychological applications by Šamánková, Dita, Preiss, Marek, Příhodová, Tereza

Table of Contents: “…Personality and Ethics in Theravada Buddhism -- 11. Conclusions.…”


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Buddhism, ethics, and society : the conflicts and dilemmas of our times by De Silva, Padmasiri, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Bridging two worlds : the secular and the spiritual -- Religion and social progress -- Buddhism and the social order -- Human nature in Marxism and Buddhism -- The tragic sense of life -- Moral indignation and the logic of violence -- Suicide and emotional ambivalence -- Identity profiles, communal violence and ethics -- The concept of equality in the Therāvada Buddhist tradition -- Human rights and religious anthropologies in a changing world -- Environmental ethics in Buddhism -- The rationale for cross-cultural environmental ethics -- Ethics, work and the emotionally intelligent executive -- Exploring new dimensions for a Buddhist work ethic : mindfulness practice and emotional maturity -- Epilogue : Landscapes of peace and war.…”


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Emptiness : a practical guide for meditators by Armstrong, Guy

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The spirit of Buddhism by Burnett, David

Table of Contents: “…The Buddha -- The middle way - Community of the Renouncers -- Councils and controversies -- Asoka and the expansion of Buddhism -- The Theravada tradition in South-East Asia -- The cultivation of wisdom : meditation -- The rise of Mahayana Buddhism -- The silence of the Buddha -- Buddhism in China -- Chinese expressions of Buddhism -- Buddhism in Japan -- History of the Tibetan tradition -- Entering the mandala -- The Christian missionary impact -- The discovery of Buddhism by the West -- The Buddhism resurgence.…”


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The Buddhist world of Southeast Asia by Swearer, Donald K., 1934-

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[Phlūv braḥdhamma Laṅkā] = Le Chemin de Laṅkā

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Mysticism and sacred Scripture

Table of Contents: “…Holdrege -- Experiencing scriptural diversity: words and stories in Hindu tradition / Daniel Gold -- Mysticism and scripture in Theravāda Buddhism / Ninian Smart -- Tao, world, and mind: mystical adaptations of the Taoist classics / Livia Kohn.…”


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