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-AHAYANA "UDDHISM 4HE $OCTRINAL &OUNDATIONS 0AUL 7ILLIAMS 5NIVERSITY OF "RISTOL 5+ 0RAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION n n @!N ADMIRABLE INTRODUCTION TO THE -AHAYANA TRADITIONS BOTH FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AND OTHERS WHO WISH TO EXPLORE THE h'REAT 6EHICLE v 3UCH A USEFUL UP TO DATE OVERVIEW FILLS A REAL NEED -OREOVER ITS THOROUGH REFERENCES CAN BE USED AS A BASIS FOR FURTHER STUDY AND RESEARCH n 2ELIGIOUS 3TUDIES
@4HIS WILL WITHOUT DOUBT BECOME A STANDARD n n TEXTBOOK ON THE -AHAYANA n *OURNAL OF THE 2OYAL !SIATIC 3OCIETY n n /RIGINATING IN )NDIA -AHAYANA "UDDHISM SPREAD ACROSS !SIA BECOMING THE PREVALENT FORM OF "UDDHISM IN 4IBET AND %AST !SIA /VER THE LAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS 7ESTERN n n INTEREST IN -AHAYANA HAS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY REFLECTED BOTH IN THE QUANTITY OF SCHOLARLY MATERIAL PRODUCED AND IN THE ATTRACTION OF 7ESTERNERS TOWARDS 4IBETAN "UDDHISM n n 0AUL 7ILLIAMS -AHAYANA "UDDHISM IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE STANDARD INTRODUCTIONS TO THE FIELD 4HIS NEW EDITION HAS BEEN FULLY REVISED THROUGHOUT IN THE LIGHT OF THE WEALTH OF NEW RESEARCH )T INCLUDES MUCH MORE n n MATERIAL ON -AHAYANA "UDDHISM IN #HINA AND *APAN n n WITH APPROPRIATE REFERENCE TO .EPAL INCLUDING -AHAYANA HISTORY AND PRACTICE AND FOR STUDENTS WHO WISH TO CARRY THEIR STUDY FURTHER THERE IS A MUCH EXPANDED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND EXTENSIVE FOOTNOTE CROSS REFERENCING %VERYONE STUDYING THIS IMPORTANT TRADITION WILL FIND 7ILLIAMS BOOK THE IDEAL COMPANION TO THEIR STUDIES
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7ITH A #HAPTER ON 4IBETAN "UDDHISM BY 'EORGIOS (ALKIAS 4HE 7ARBURG )NSTITUTE 5+ 3ARAH 3HAW S LIVELY AND ENGAGING )NTRODUCTION TO "UDDHIST -EDITATION OFFERS STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS ALIKE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MEDITATION IS AND ITS PURPOSE AND PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF DIFFERENT "UDDHIST SCHOOLS 3HE DESCRIBES THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD OF "UDDHISM AND EXAMINES THE WAY IN WHICH SOME MEDITATIVE PRACTICES DEVELOPED AS THIS PROCESS OCCURRED /THER CHAPTERS COVER TYPES OF MEDITATION MEDITATION IN DIFFERENT REGIONS MEDITATION AND DOCTRINE AND THE ROLE OF CHANTING WITHIN MEDITATION !LTHOUGH NOT A PRACTICAL GUIDE IT OUTLINES THE PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH "UDDHIST PRACTICES AND SUGGESTS APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES IN A NON TECHNICAL STYLE SUITABLE FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND INTERESTED "UDDHISTS 4HIS UNIQUE BOOK IS BROUGHT TO LIFE BY VIVID QUOTATIONS FROM "UDDHIST TEXTS AND RICHLY IS ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS 3ELECTED #ONTENTS "UDDHISM AND ITS "ACKGROUND "UDDHIST -EDITATION -INDFULNESS 7ISDOM AND #ONCENTRATION 4RACING "ACK THE 2ADIANCE "UDDHIST 4HEORIES OF THE -IND 4HE /BJECTS FOR -EDITATION #HANTING AS -EDITATION -EDITATION 4RADITIONS OF 3OUTHERN "UDDHISM )NDIA 4IBET #HINA +OREA AND 6IETNAM *APAN -ODERN $EVELOPMENTS -AY X PP (B a 0B a s !6!),!",% !3 !. ).30%#4)/. #/09
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"URKHARD 3CHERER #ANTERBURY #HRIST #HURCH 5NIVERSITY 5+
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@) AM DELIGHTED TO KNOW THAT "URKHARD 3CHERER HAS WRITTEN A CONCISE HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO "UDDHISM THAT GIVES A CLEAR ACCOUNT OF WHO THE "UDDHA WAS WHAT HE TAUGHT AND HOW THAT DOCTRINE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT FOLLOWED IT DEVELOPED AND GREW ) HAVE NO DOUBT THAT READERS INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT "UDDHISM WILL FIND MUCH TO INTRIGUE THEM HERE n 4HE $ALAI ,AMA
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4HIS FRESH AND LIVELY TEXT IS THE PERFECT SHORT INTRODUCTION TO "UDDHISM FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS OF THIS FASCINATING RELIGION "EGINNING WITH THE LIFE OF THE "UDDHA IT THEN INTRODUCES THE KEY CONCEPTS AND BELIEFS UNDERLYING EACH OF THE THREE MAJOR STRANDS n n %ARLY "UDDHISM INCLUDING 4HERAVADA -AHAYANA AND 6AJRAYANA 2EADERS WILL FIND HERE INFORMATION ON EVERYTHING FROM THE &OUR .OBLE 4RUTHS TO THE ,OTUS 3UTRA AND FROM THE $IAMOND 7AY TO SEXUAL YOGA AND WORKING WITH INNER ENERGY 3CHERER S APPROACH TO EACH TRADITION IS BALANCED AND IMPARTIAL 7ITH ITS SPECIAL FOCUS ON "UDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY THE BOOK IS ALSO INVALUABLE READING FOR "UDDHIST GROUPS 3EPTEMBER X PP (B a 0B a s !6!),!",% !3 !. ).30%#4)/. #/09
)NTRODUCING *APANESE 2ELIGION IS THE IDEAL RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE BEGINNING THEIR STUDIES OF THE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF *APAN )T OFFERS A LIVING PICTURE OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY *APANESE CULTURE AND A RICH UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF RELIGIONS IN *APAN 2OBERT %LLWOOD EXPLORES THE RELIGIOUS HERITAGE OF THIS FASCINATING COUNTRY FROM THE DAWN OF SPIRITUALITY TO THE PRESENT DAY (E GIVES SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE TRADITIONS OF 3HINTO THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF "UDDHISM IN *APAN INCLUDING 3HINGON AND 4ENDAI AND #ONFUCIANISM (E ALSO EXPLORES *APANESE .EW 2ELIGIOUS -OVEMENTS INCLUDING !UM 3HRINRIKYO %ACH RELIGION IS CLEARLY DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF ITS HISTORY PRACTICE SOCIOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION AND %LLWOOD EMPHASIZES HOW IN PRACTICE *APANESE RELIGION INTERACTS AND INTERMINGLES &INALLY %LLWOOD DISCUSSES THE INFLUENCE OF *APAN ON POPULAR CULTURE INCLUDING DISCUSSION OF ANIME AND THE TRANSMISSION OF *APANESE SPIRITUAL MYTHICAL AND RELIGIOUS THEMES TO THE REST OF THE WORLD &OR MORE INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES ETC PLEASE VISIT WWW ROUTLEDGE COM TEXTBOOKS 3ELECTED #ONTENTS %NCOUNTERING THE *APANESE 2ELIGIOUS 7ORLD )NTRODUCTION 4HE 0AST IN THE 0RESENT ! 3URVEY OF *APANESE 2ELIGIONS 3TARTING AT )SE AND .ARA 4HE 7AY OF THE +AMI 3HINTO 4HEN AND .OW "UTSUDO 7HAT "UDDHISM IS AND (OW IT #AME TO *APAN -AGIC -OUNTAINS AND THE /LD #OURT (EIAN "UDDHISM AND #ULTURE 7ARRIOR #ULTURE 3IMPLE &AITH 4HE +AMAKURA "UDDHIST 2EFORMATION 3WORDS AND 3ATORI :EN AND ITS #ULTURE #HRIST AND #ONFUCIUS 4HE 7EST !RRIVES AND THEN *APAN 4URNS )NWARD 4HE 2ISING 3UN AND THE $ARK 6ALLEY 4HE -EIJI 2ESTORATION THROUGH #HANTING AND $ANCING 4HE @.EW 2ELIGIONS OF *APAN 0ILGRIMAGES 2ELIGION IN *APAN 4ODAY X PP (B a 0B a s !6!),!",% !3 !. ).30%#4)/. #/09
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7RITTEN BY THE LEADING AUTHORITY ON 4HERAVADA "UDDHISM THIS UPDATED EDITION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT RECENT RESEARCH TO INCLUDE THE CONTROVERSIES OVER THE DATE OF THE "UDDHA AND CURRENT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 3RI ,ANKA 'OMBRICH EXPLORES THE LEGACY OF THE "UDDHA S PREDECESSORS AND THE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXTS AGAINST WHICH "UDDHISM HAS DEVELOPED AND CHANGED THROUGHOUT HISTORY DEMONSTRATING ABOVE ALL HOW IT HAS ALWAYS INFLUENCED AND BEEN INFLUENCED BY ITS SOCIAL SURROUNDINGS IN A WAY WHICH CONTINUES TO THIS DAY 3ELECTED #ONTENTS !CKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND 2ECOMMENDATIONS FOR &URTHER 2EADING )NTRODUCTION 'OTAMA "UDDHA S 0ROBLEM 3ITUATION 4HE "UDDHA S $AMMA 4HE 3ANGHA S $ISCIPLINE 4HE !CCOMMODATION BETWEEN "UDDHISM AND 3OCIETY IN !NCIENT )NDIA 4HE "UDDHIST 4RADITION IN 3RI ,ANKA 0ROTESTANT "UDDHISM #URRENT 4RENDS .EW 0ROBLEMS 7ORKS #ITED !BBREVIATIONS AND 0RIMARY 3OURCES 2EFERENCES )NDEX
"UDDHIST 4HOUGHT ! #OMPLETE )NTRODUCTION TO THE )NDIAN 4RADITION 0AUL 7ILLIAMS 5NIVERSITY OF "RISTOL 5+ AND !NTHONY * 4RIBE @4HE STRENGTH OF THE BOOK IS THE CLARITY OF ITS PRESENTATION AND THE QUALITY AND BREADTH OF THE SCHOLARSHIP BEHIND IT )T WILL BE STIMULATING READING TO ANYONE A LITTLE BEWILDERED BY THE WEALTH AND VARIETY OF "UDDHIST TEXTS AND PRACTICES )T DESERVES TO ENTER MANY A READING LIST n 2EVIEWS IN 2ELIGION AND 4HEOLOGY
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"UDDHIST 4HOUGHT GUIDES THE READER TOWARDS A RICHER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CENTRAL CONCEPTS OF CLASSICAL )NDIAN "UDDHIST THOUGHT FROM THE TIME OF "UDDHA TO THE LATEST SCHOLARLY PERSPECTIVES AND CONTROVERSIES !BSTRACT AND COMPLEX IDEAS ARE MADE UNDERSTANDABLE BY THE AUTHORS LUCID STYLE /F PARTICULAR INTEREST IS THE UP TO DATE SURVEY OF "UDDHIST 4ANTRA IN )NDIA A BRANCH OF "UDDHISM WHERE STRICTLY CONTROLLED SEXUAL ACTIVITY CAN PLAY A PART IN THE RELIGIOUS PATH 7ILLIAMS DISCUSSION OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE AS WELL AS OF MANY OTHER SUBJECTS MAKES "UDDHIST 4HOUGHT CRUCIAL READING FOR ALL INTERESTED IN "UDDHISM
)NTRODUCING "UDDHISM #HARLES 3 0REBISH 5NIVERSITY OF 0ENNSYLVANIA 53! AND $AMIEN +EOWN 'OLDSMITHS #OLLEGE 5NIVERSITY OF ,ONDON 5+ )NTRODUCING "UDDHISM IS THE IDEAL RESOURCE FOR ALL STUDENTS BEGINNING THE STUDY OF THIS FASCINATING RELIGION $AMIEN +EOWN AND #HARLES 3 0REBISH TWO OF TODAY S LEADING "UDDHIST SCHOLARS EXPLAIN THE KEY TEACHINGS OF "UDDHISM AND TRACE THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD OF THE RELIGION FROM ITS BEGINNINGS DOWN TO THE PRESENT DAY ! CHAPTER IS DEVOTED TO EACH OF THE MAJOR REGIONS WHERE "UDDHISM HAS FLOURISHED )NDIA 3OUTH %AST !SIA %AST !SIA AND 4IBET )N ADDITION TO THIS REGIONAL FOCUS THE INTRODUCTION TAKES CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS INTO ACCOUNT COVERING IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT TOPICS SUCH AS %NGAGED "UDDHISM "UDDHIST %THICS AND "UDDHISM AND THE 7ESTERN 7ORLD AS WELL AS A CHAPTER DEVOTED TO -EDITATION X PP (B a 0B a
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