Buddhism The Illustrated Guide

by Trainor, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780195173987
• ISBN10: 0195173988
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In this strikingly illustrated and authoritative volume, readers have an introduction to one of the world's greatest living faiths. 200 color photos, maps & drawings.

Author Biography

Kevin Trainor is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(4)
PART 1: ORIGINS	10	(46)
Chapter 1. Ancient India: Belief and Society
Todd T. Lewis	12
Cities and Kingdoms	12	(2)
Class and Hierarchy	14	(2)
A World of Sacrifice	16	(2)
Art and Architecture: Ancient Indian Cities
Michael Willis	18	(2)
An Age of Inquiry	20	(2)
Chapter 2. The Career of Siddhartha
Kevin Trainor	22	(24)
The Buddha's Biography	22	(2)
Wondrous Birth	24	(2)
The "Wheel Turner"	26	(2)
The "Four Sights"	28	(2)
The "Going Forth"	30	(4)
The "Awakening"	34	(2)
The "First Turning of the Dharma Wheel"	36	(2)
The Growing Sangha	38	(2)
The Final Nirvana	40	(2)
Art and Architecture: Depicting the Buddha
Michael Willis	42	(4)
Chapter 3. A New Community
Todd T. Lewis	46	(12)
Expansion and Fragmentation	46	(4)
The Buddhist Emperor	50	(2)
Art and Architecture: Ashoka the Builder
Michael Willis	52	(2)
Divisions in the Sangha	54	(2)
PART 2: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE	56	(118)
Chapter 1. The Human Condition
Todd T. Lewis	58	(6)
Samsara and the Soul	58	(2)
Karma	60	(2)
The Six Realms of Being	62	(2)
Chapter 2. The "Four Noble Truths"
Todd T. Lewis	64	(8)
Suffering and Unsatisfactoriness	64	(2)
Desire and its Cessation	66	(2)
Nirvana	68	(2)
The "Noble Eightfold Path"	70	(2)
Chapter 3. The Path of the Buddha
Todd T. Lewis	72	(8)
Morality	72	(2)
Meditation	74	(2)
Wisdom	76	(4)
Chapter 4. Mental Cultivation
Mark L. Blum	80	(10)
Meditative Trance	80	(2)
Mindfulness	82	(2)
Chant	84	(2)
Visualization	86	(2)
Art and Architecture: Mandalas
Michael Willis	88	(2)
Chapter 5. The Buddhist Community
John Peacock	90	(16)
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas	90	(6)
Saints and Teachers	96	(2)
Monks, Nuns, and Monasteries	98	(2)
Art and Architecture: Monastic Architecture
Michael Willis	100	(4)
The Laity	104	(2)
Chapter 6. Buddhism in Practice
Kevin Trainor	106	(14)
Entering the Path	106	(2)
Devotion	108	(2)
Donation	110	(2)
Pilgrimage	112	(2)
Art and Architecture: Bodh Gaya
Michael Willis	114	(2)
Buddhist Ethics	116	(2)
Monks and Monarchs	118	(2)
Chapter 7. Theravada Buddhism
Kevin Trainor	120	(12)
The Doctrine of the Elders	120	(2)
The Buddha and the Gods	122	(2)
Sri Lankan Buddhism	124	(2)
South East Asia I	126	(4)
South East Asia II	130	(2)
Chapter 8. Mahayana Buddhism
Mark L. Blum	132	(18)
The Great Vehicle	132	(4)
The Bodhisattva Path	136	(2)
Art and Architecture: The Mahayana Pantheon
Michael Willis	138	(2)
"Emptiness"	140	(2)
"Skill in Means"	142	(2)
Pure Lands	144	(4)
Art and Architecture: Depicting the Pure Land
Michael Willis	148	(2)
Chapter 9. Chan and Zen-The Way of Meditation
Mark L. Blum	150	(12)
Zen in East Asia	150	(2)
Zen Approaches to Meditation	152	(2)
Rinzai and Soto	154	(2)
Zen Monastic Life	156	(2)
Art and Architecture: Zen and the Arts
Mark L. Blum	158	(4)
Chapter 10. Tantra
Todd T Lewis	162	(14)
The Diamond Vehicle	162	(2)
The Bell and the Thunderbolt	164	(2)
Tantric Deities	166	(4)
Lamas and Tulkus	170	(2)
Harnessing Desire	172	(2)
PART 3: HOLY WRITINGS	174	(38)
Chapter 1. Assembling the Dharma
Mark L. Blum	176	(10)
The Buddha's "Dharma Body"	176	(2)
Language and Translation	178	(2)
Forms and Media	180	(2)
Art and Architecture: The Buddhist Art of the Book
Michael Willis	182	(4)
Chapter 2. The Three Baskets
Kevin Trainor	186	(10)
The Tipitaka	186	(2)
The Vinaga Pitaka	188	(2)
The Sutta Pitaka	190	(2)
The Abhidhamma Pitaka	192	(2)
Commentaries and Chronicles	194	(2)
Chapter 3. Mahayana Scriptures
Mark L. Blum	196	(18)
Perfection of Wisdom Sutras	196	(2)
The Lotus Sutra	198	(4)
Pure Land Sutras	202	(2)
Yogachara Sutras	204	(2)
Nirvana Sutra	206	(2)
Tantric Writings
John Peacock	208	(4)
PART 4: BUDDHISM TODAY	212	(26)
Chapter 1. The Expanding Community
David Chappell	214	(12)
New Buddhist Movements	214	(4)
Scholars and Practitioners	218	(2)
The Diaspora and Converts	220	(2)
Women in Modern Buddhism	222	(4)
Chapter 2. Society and the Sangha
David Chappell	226	(12)
Government and Politics	226	(4)
Meditation Centers	230	(2)
Buddhism, Science, and Technology	232	(2)
Engaged Buddhism	234	(4)
Glossary	238	(2)
Timeline	240	(2)
Bibliography	242	(4)
Index	246	(10)
Picture Credits and Acknowledgments	256