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Preface | |
Introduction | |
Buddhism as a Religion | p. 11 |
Buddhism as a Philosophy | p. 15 |
Self-extinction | p. 18 |
'Radical Pessimism' | p. 21 |
Immortality | p. 23 |
Survival Value | p. 25 |
Common Ground | |
The Flavour of Dharma | p. 27 |
The Documents | p. 28 |
The Buddha | p. 34 |
Is Buddhism atheistic? | p. 38 |
The Four Holy Truths | p. 43 |
Cosmology[degree] | p. 48 |
Monastic Buddhism | |
The Samgha | p. 53 |
Poverty | p. 54 |
Celibacy | p. 58 |
Inoffensiveness | p. 61 |
Main Currents of Monastic Thought | p. 66 |
Popular Buddhism | |
The Place of the Laity | p. 70 |
The Temporal Power | p. 72 |
The Services of the Samgha | p. 77 |
The Influence of the Laity | p. 85 |
The Old Wisdom School | |
Sects | p. 89 |
Sariputra | p. 90 |
Arhats | p. 93 |
Practices | p. 95 |
Moral Discipline | p. 96 |
Trance | p. 99 |
Wisdom | p. 105 |
Decline | p. 114 |
The Mahayana, and the New Wisdom School | |
The Mahasanghikas | p. 119 |
Hinayana and Mahayana | p. 121 |
Literary Development | p. 123 |
Bodhisattvas | p. 125 |
Emptiness | p. 130 |
Salvation | p. 135 |
Parallels | p. 140 |
Buddhism of Faith and Devotion | |
The Reception of Bhakti | p. 144 |
Literary History | p. 146 |
The Agent of Salvation | p. 147 |
The Aims of the Faithful | p. 152 |
Methods | p. 157 |
Self-extinction and Faith | p. 159 |
The Yogacarins | |
Wisdom and Trance | p. 161 |
Literary History | p. 163 |
"Mind-only" | p. 166 |
"Store-consciousness" | p. 168 |
Further Doctrines | p. 171 |
The Tantra, or Magical Buddhism | |
The Problem of the Tantra | p. 174 |
History of the Tantra | p. 176 |
Tantric Practices | p. 180 |
Tantric Philosophy | p. 188 |
Tantric Mythology | p. 189 |
Left-handed Tantra | p. 191 |
The Control of the Body | p. 197 |
Non-Indian Developments | |
Survey | p. 200 |
Ch'an | p. 201 |
Amidism | p. 205 |
Rnyin-ma-pa | p. 207 |
European Buddhism | p. 210 |
Appendices | |
Table of Dates | |
Diagram: New Wisdom School, Yogacarins, Tantra | |
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