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Japan, Buddhism in
Lori Meeks
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Buddhism in Japan Introduction European missionaries and philologists undertook the earliest Western-language studies of Japanese Buddhism. In...
Jātaka
Naomi Appleton
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Jātaka Introduction A jātaka, or “birth story,” is a story relating an episode in a past life of the Buddha. Many such stories are found in the...
Jonang
Michael Sheehy
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Jonang Introduction Jonang (also known as jo nang, jo nang pa, or Jonangpa) is a distinct order of Buddhism in Tibet. Early forefathers of the...
Kagyu
Andrew Quintman
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Kagyu Introduction The Kagyu (Bka’ brgyud) tradition is one of the principal lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, famous for its emphasis on meditatio...
Kālacakra
Vesna Wallace
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Kālacakra Introduction The Kālacakra (wheel of time) is one of the latest Buddhist tantric traditions that appeared in North India in the early...
Kūkai
Klaus Pinte
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Kūkai Introduction Kūkai (空海, b. 774–d. 835) is most commonly revered as the founder of the Shingon denomination of Esoteric Buddhism in Japa...
Laos, Buddhism in
Justin McDaniel
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Buddhism in Laos Introduction Even though Lao studies is experiencing exponential growth due to the availability and exposure of a number of a...
Literature, Chan
Jeffrey L. Broughton
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Chan Literature Introduction In this survey, “Chan” (禪) refers to Chan texts produced in China from the early Tang dynasty (618–907) through th...
Literature, Tantric
David Gray
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Tantric Literature Introduction The study of Buddhist tantric literature in the West is still in an early phase, as only a small minority o...
Local Religion, Buddhism as
Heather Blair
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Buddhism as Local Religion Introduction This essay reviews research into questions of how Buddhism has been indigenized and localized in th...
Lotus Sūtra
Taigen Leighton
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Lotus Sūtra Introduction Sections of the Lotus Sutra are among the earliest Indian Mahayana writings. Originally composed in Sanskrit, th...
Mahāsāṃghika
Bart Dessein
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Mahāsāmghika Introduction Tradition starts the history of the Mahāsāṃghika (Mahāsāńgika/Mahasamghika/Mahasanghika) school of Buddhism with the...
Mahayana
Daniel Boucher
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Mahayana Introduction The origin, nature, organization, and influence of the collection of Buddhist movements subsumed under the label Mahayan...
Mahayana, Early
David Drewes
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Early Mahayana Introduction In recent decades the study of early Mahayana has witnessed significant upheaval. Western scholars have abandoned ...
Maitreya
Alan Sponberg
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Maitreya Introduction The Sanskrit epithet Maitreya, or “The Benevolent One” (Pali Metteya; Sinhala Maitrī; Tib. Byam-pa = Jam-pa; Ch. Mi-le; ...
Malaysia, Buddhism in
Jeffrey Samuels, Hun Lye
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Buddhism in Malaysia Introduction Buddhist texts make reference to two Buddhist monks coming to Malaysia shortly after the third Buddhist counc...
Maṇḍala
Heather Blair
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Maṇḍala Introduction Glosses and definitions for the Sanskrit term mandala vary considerably, ranging from “circle” to “energy grid” to “psyc...
Mañjuśrī
Laura Harrington
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Mañjuśrī Introduction Mañjuśrī (Ch. Wenshu; Jpn. Monju; Tib. ‘Jam-dpal) is one of the oldest and most significant bodhisattvas of the Indian Ma...
Mantras and Dhāraṇīs
Paul Copp
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Mantras and Dhāraṇīs Introduction Mantras and dhāraṇīs are two of the most prominent genres of incantation in Buddhism. Mantras, which tend t...
Marpa
Andrew Quintman
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Marpa Introduction Marpa Chokyi Lodro (Mar pa Chos kyi blo gros, b. c. 1012–d. 1097), a renowned lay Buddhist master and translator of Sanskrit...
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