Mahayana Buddhism
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Mahayana Buddhism

The Doctrinal Foundations

  1. 444 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Mahayana Buddhism

The Doctrinal Foundations

About this book

Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and in the attraction of Westerners towards Tibetan Buddhism and Zen.

Paul Williams' Mahayana Buddhism is widely regarded as the standard introduction to the field, used internationally for teaching and research and has been translated into several European and Asian languages. This new edition has been fully revised throughout in the light of the wealth of new studies and focuses on the religion's diversity and richness. It includes much more material on China and Japan, with appropriate reference to Nepal, and for students who wish to carry their study further there is a much-expanded bibliography and extensive footnotes and cross-referencing. Everyone studying this important tradition will find Williams' book the ideal companion to their studies.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9781134250561
Edition
2
Subtopic
Buddhism

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface and acknowledgements
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajñāpāramitā) Sūtras
  9. 3 Mādhyamika
  10. 4 Yogācāra
  11. 5 The Tathāgatagarbha
  12. 6 Huayan – the Flower Garland tradition
  13. 7 The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka (Lotus) Sūtra and its influences
  14. 8 On the bodies of the Buddha
  15. 9 The path of the Bodhisattva
  16. 10 Trust, self-abandonment and devotion: the cults of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Index of names
  20. Index of subjects