Introduction to Buddhism : teaching, history and practices (Record no. 49179)
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| fixed length control field | 03707 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9788121504935 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.3 |
| Item number | HAR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Harvey, Peter |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introduction to Buddhism : teaching, history and practices |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1990 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxii,374p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>List of Illustrations <br/>Acknowledgements xiii<br/>List of abbreviations xiv<br/>A Note on Language and Pronunciation xx<br/>Introduction 1<br/>1. The Buddha and his Indian context 9<br/>Background to the life of the Buddha <br/>The life of the Buddha <br/>The nature and role of the Buddha <br/>The nature and style of the Buddha's teaching <br/>2. Early Buddhist teachings: rebirth and karma 32<br/>Rebirth and cosmology <br/>Karma <br/>Belief in rebirth and karma <br/>3. Early Buddhist teachings: the four holy truths 47<br/>The First Holy Truth: suffering <br/>The Second Holy Truth: the origin of suffering <br/>The Third Holy Truth: Nibbāna <br/>The Fourth Holy Truth: the Path <br/>4. Early developments in Buddhism 73<br/>The early Sangha <br/>Emperor Asoka and Buddhism <br/>Devotion and symbolism in early Buddhism <br/>The Ahhidhamma <br/>The early schools and their doctrines <br/>The rise of the Mahāyāna <br/>5. Mahāyāna philosophy 95<br/>The Perfection of Wisdom literature and the Madhyamaka school <br/>The Yogācāra school <br/>Tathagata-garbha thought <br/>The Avatamsaka Sūtra and the Hua-yen School <br/>6. Mahāyāna holy beings 121<br/>The path of the Bodhisattva <br/>The Mahāyāna Buddhology <br/>The Mahāyāna pantheon <br/>The Tantric perspective <br/>7. The later history and spread of Buddhism 139<br/>Buddhism in India and Central Asia <br/>Sri Lanka <br/>South-east Asia excluding Vietnam <br/>The lands of Northern Buddhism <br/>China <br/>Vietnam and Korea <br/>Japan <br/>8. Buddhist practice: devotion 170<br/>Focuses and locations of devotional acts <br/>Bowing, offerings and chanting <br/>The refuges <br/>Attitudes to images <br/>Protective chanting <br/>Devotion to Avalokiteśvara <br/>Devotion to Amitābha <br/>Devotion to Bhaisajya-guru <br/>Devotion to the Lotus Sutra <br/>Pilgrimage <br/>Festivals <br/>9. Buddhist practice: ethics 196<br/>The role and basis of ethics in Buddhism <br/>Giving <br/>Keeping the precepts <br/>Loving, kindness and compassion <br/>Care for the dying and the dead <br/>The ethics of social relationships <br/>10. Buddhist practice: the Sangha 217<br/>The role of monasticism <br/>Patterns of ordination <br/>Nuns <br/>The monastic code of discipline <br/>The economic base of the monastic life <br/>Study and meditation <br/>Communal life <br/>Relations with the laity <br/>11. Buddhist practice: meditation and the development of wisdom 244<br/>The approach to meditation <br/>The practice of Calm meditation in Southern Buddhism <br/>The practice of Insight meditation in Southern Buddhism <br/>The classical path of Calm and Insight in Northern and Eastern Buddhism <br/>Pure Land visualizations <br/>Tantric visualizations <br/>Tantric techniques of spontaneity <br/>Zen meditation <br/>12. The modern history of Buddhism in Asia 280<br/>Communist Asia: Buddhism under a cloud <br/>The continuing tradition and its modern varieties <br/>Recovering old ground <br/>13. Buddhism beyond Asia 300<br/>Scholarship <br/>The influence of Buddhism through literature and philosophy <br/>The Theosophical Society: a bridge between East and West <br/>Immigration, foreign wars and travel <br/>Buddhist missions and organizations<br/>Appendix on Canons of Scriptures 322<br/>Notes 325<br/>Bibliography 326<br/>Indices 344<br/><br/> |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 59542 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | India |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | General |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 16/08/2018 | amazon.in | 780.00 | 5 | 9 | 294.3 HAR | 019119 | 03/10/2023 | 25/08/2023 | 780.00 | 16/04/2018 | Book |