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| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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| PART ONE: Pre-Mahayana Cosmology |
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1. The Structure of Matter and the Universe |
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Basic Components of Matter |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (16) |
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26 | (4) |
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30 | (8) |
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38 | (3) |
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2. Hells, Heavens, and Other Realms |
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41 | (28) |
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41 | (13) |
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Indian origins of the Buddhist concept of hell |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (5) |
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52 | (2) |
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Realms of Animals, Hungry Spirits, and Asuras |
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54 | (1) |
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The Realm of the Four Great Kings (Catur-maharaja-kayikah |
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The heaven of the thirty-three gods |
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The six abodes of the gods of the realm of desire |
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57 | (6) |
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The Realm of the Dhyana Practitioner |
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3. Transmigration, Karma, and Enlightenment |
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The Six Destinations of Rebirth |
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69 | (2) |
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Ajivika Ideas about Transmigration |
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Greek Ideas about Transmigration |
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73 | (2) |
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Enlightenment and the Realm of Formlessness |
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75 | (18) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (10) |
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89 | (4) |
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93 | (20) |
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The Thousand-cubed Great-thousand-world |
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93 | (2) |
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Time, Seasons, and Human Life |
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95 | (4) |
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95 | (2) |
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Seasonal changes and the calendar |
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97 | (2) |
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The Cycle of Increase and Decrease of the Universe |
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The cycle of four periods |
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Human life and appearance of buddhas |
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105 | (8) |
| PART TWO: Mahayana Cosmology |
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113 | (72) |
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113 | (12) |
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113 | (5) |
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Origins of the Western Pure Land Concept |
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118 | (7) |
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125 | (18) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (5) |
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130 | (2) |
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Bodhisattvas and Pure Land thought |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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Gods of the Esoteric Tradition |
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139 | (4) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (3) |
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7. The Buddha and the Cosmos |
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143 | (16) |
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The Lotus Repository World |
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144 | (7) |
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Vairocana and the Multiplicity of Buddhas |
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151 | (3) |
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154 | (5) |
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8. Changes in the Conception of Hell |
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159 | (14) |
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159 | (3) |
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162 | (4) |
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Sai-no-Kawara and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva |
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166 | (7) |
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9. The Buddhist View of the Universe Today |
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173 | (12) |
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Mythologizing an Experiential Universe |
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173 | (4) |
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What Buddhist Cosmology Teaches Us |
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177 | (8) |
| Appendix: Linear Measurement |
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185 | (4) |
| Notes |
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189 | (22) |
| Index |
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211 | (13) |
| Acknowledgments |
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Photographs follow page 80 |
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