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Tables of Contents for Buddhism
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of figures and tables
viii
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
1
The making of a Buddhist
2
2
Insider and outsider writing about Buddhism
4
2
Buddhist texts and Buddhist practice
6
1
About this book
6
5
Part I: THE `THREE JEWELS' OF BUDDHISM
11
90
The Buddha
13
16
The historical Buddha
13
7
Buddhas of the past and the future
20
1
The image of the Buddha
21
3
The remembrance of the Buddha
24
1
The women in the Buddha's life
25
4
The Dhamma: Background and Expressions
29
18
The contemporary Indian background
29
5
Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana: Buddhism, one or many?
34
13
The Content of the Buddha-Dhamma
47
42
The Buddhist councils
48
3
The spread of Buddhism
51
3
Modern Western Buddhist scholarship
54
2
The Buddha-dhamma and feminism
56
2
Buddhist education
58
5
The Wheel of Becoming
63
3
The Dhammapada as a compendium of the Buddha-dhamma
66
8
King Milinda's questions
74
15
The Sangha
89
12
The Patimokkha
93
3
Women and the Sangha
96
3
The Sangha and the sanghas
99
2
Part II: THE BUDDHIST PATH
101
52
The Way to Nibbana
103
17
Who can reach nibbana?
104
2
The path to nibbana
106
6
Nibbana
112
3
The arahant
115
2
Arahatta and Buddhahood
117
3
Buddhist Meditation
120
17
Preparation for meditation
120
2
Types of meditators
122
4
The kasinas
126
2
Brahma-vihara
128
3
Samatha and Vipassana bhavana
131
6
The Bodhisattva Path
137
16
Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara
139
9
The ten bodhisattva bhumis
148
5
Part III: SCHOOLS OF BUDDHISM
153
53
Buddhist Systematic and Polemic
155
17
The Abhidhamma
155
6
Buddhist logic and polemics
161
11
Madhyamaka, Yogacara and Tantric Buddhism
172
30
Madhyamaka: the `Central Philosophy'
172
9
Yogacara: `Mind Only'
181
8
Madhyamaka and Yogacara: deconstruction and reconstruction
189
1
Tantric Buddhism
190
12
Conclusion
202
4
Buddhism as philosophy and religion
202
4
Appendix 1 Buddhist Literature: Primary Sources
206
3
Appendix 2 English Translations of Buddhist Sources
209
5
Appendix 3 Chronology
214
3
Glossary
217
5
Bibliography
222
11
Index
233