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Canon, History of the Buddhist
Daniel Veidlinger
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
History of the Buddhist Canon Introduction There are a number of canonical collections in Buddhism rather than a single fixed corpus of t...
China, Esoteric Buddhism in, (Zhenyan and Mijiao)
Paul Copp
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Esoteric Buddhism in China (Zhenyan and Mijiao) Introduction Esoteric, or tantric, Buddhism was one of the last forms of Buddhism to develop ...
Chinese Buddhist Publishing and Print Culture, 1900-1950
Gregory Adam Scott
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Chinese Buddhist Publishing and Print Culture, 1900–1950 Introduction Buddhism in early-20th-century China was in a state of rapid transition,...
Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Anne Blackburn
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Colonialism and Postcolonialism Introduction The study of colonial and postcolonial histories in relation to Buddhism and the use of post...
Compassion (karuṇā)
Elizabeth M. Grosz, Mark Ty Unno
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Compassion Introduction Compassion is a major theme throughout much of Buddhist history. In Early Buddhism, mettā/maitrī (Pāḷi/Sanskrit), ofte...
Cosmology, Astronomy and Astrology
Vesna Wallace
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Cosmology, Astronomy, and Astrology Introduction Buddhist cosmology forms an integral part of a Buddhist worldview, without which it would be ...
Culture, Material
John Kieschnick
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Material Culture Introduction The study of material culture belongs to a relatively young discipline that examines artifacts as well as ideas ...
Dalai Lama
Gareth Sparham
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Dalai Lama Introduction Dalai Lama is the honorific title of Tenzin Gyatso (Bstan ‘dzin rgya mtsho, b. 1935), a Nobel Peace Prize winner and t...
Debate
Paul G. Hackett
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Debate Introduction From the very inception of the tradition, debate has figured prominently in Buddhism. Perhaps as a result of the multirelig...
Demons and the Demonic in Buddhism
Gail Hinich Sutherland
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Demons and the Demonic in Buddhism Introduction It may come as a surprise to those who equate Buddhism solely with its intellectual and mystic...
Dharma
John Powers
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Dharma Introduction Dharma (Pāli dhamma; East Asia: 法, pronounced fǎ in Mandarin, beop in Korean, hō in Japanese, and pháp in Vietnamese) is ...
Dignāga and Dharmakīrti, The Philosophical Works and Influence of
Dan Arnold
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
The Philosophical Works and Influence of Dignāga and Dharmakīrti Introduction Dignāga (also spelled “Diṅnāga,” b. c. 480–d. c. 540 ce) and Dhar...
Dōgen
Taigen Leighton
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Dōgen Introduction Eihei Dōgen (b. 1200–d. 1253) was a Japanese monk, ordained in Tendai, who visited China in 1223–1227 and returned to teac...
Dukkha
Carol Anderson
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Dukkha Introduction Dukkha is a Pali word, which appears in Sanskrit as duḥkha, and it is most often translated as “pain,” “suffering,” “stres...
Dzogchen (rDzogs chen)
Sam van Schaik
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Dzogchen (Rdzogs Chen) Introduction Dzogchen is a Tibetan word meaning “great” (rdzogs) “perfection” or “completion” (chen). It refers to a gen...
Emptiness (Śūnyatā)
Guy Newland
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Emptiness (Śūnyatā) Introduction Emptiness literally translates the Sanskrit śūnyatā. While variously interpreted, it always points to the abse...
Environment, Buddhism and the
Richard Payne
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Buddhism and the Environment Introduction The relation between Buddhist thought and contemporary environmental and ecological concerns has beco...
Ethics of Violence, Buddhist
Stephen Jenkins
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Buddhist Ethics of Violence Introduction Perhaps no topic in Buddhist studies has been more subject to projection and romanticizing than th...
Feminist Approaches to the Study of Buddhism
Lori Meeks
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Feminist Approaches to the Study of Buddhism Introduction Although much work on women in Buddhism undertaken today does not convey explicitly ...
Four Noble Truths
Carl Anderson
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Four Noble Truths Introduction The teaching commonly called the “four noble truths” is the most widely known teaching of the historical Buddha...
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