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Buddhisms in Asia : traditions, transmissions, and transformations /
Over its long history, Buddhism has never been a simple monolithic phenomenon, but rather a complex living tradition--or better, a family of traditions--continually shaped by and shaping a vast array of social, economic, political, literary, and aesthetic contexts across East Asia, South Asia, and S...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York,
[2019]
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| Colección: | SUNY series in Asian studies development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; The Basic Buddhist Repertoire; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Buddhist Canon and the Liberal Arts Classroom; Interpreting Primary Texts in the Classroom; Textual Genres; Pāli Suttas; Vinaya; Abhidhamma; Buddhist Poetry; Karma Stories; Mahāyāna Sutras; Logic; Sāsana Texts; Koans and Encounter Dialogues; Commentaries; Study/Discussion Questions; Dhammapada; Satipatṭhāna Sutta (in Gethin's Sayings of the Buddha); Aggañña Sutta (in Gethin's Sayings of the Buddha); Perfect Generosity of Prince Vessantara; Nāgārjuna's Middle Way
- The Vimalakīrti SutraFaxian's Journey in Lives of Great Monks and Nuns; Freedom Wherever We Go; Way of the Bodhisattva; Zen Words for the Heart; Suggested Primary Reading; Pāli Suttas (Selections); Whole Nikāyas; Mahāyāna Sutras; Vinaya Texts; Abhidhamma Texts; Buddhist Logic; Buddhist Poetry; Buddhist Stories; Sāsana Texts; Koans and Encounter Dialogues; Commentary; Notes; Bibliography; 2. Awakening in the Hongzhou School of Chan Buddhism: Reading a Gongan/Koan Comparatively; The Importance of a Comparative Approach in the Classroom
- Some Common Ideas Informing the Classroom Space: Knowledge, Truth, Reality, TranscendenceAwakening in Chinese Chan Buddhism: Mazu's Hongzhou School; Gongan in the Classroom; Study/Discussion Questions; Suggested Primary Reading; Suggestions for Further Reading; Notes; Bibliography; 3. Seeking the Pure Land (in the Classroom); Introduction; Overview of Pure Land Buddhism; History and Figures: Exercises in Conceptual Analysis and Pedagogical Method; Texts; Concepts and Practices; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography
- 4. The Representation and Transformation of Nāgas, Dragons, and Dragon Kings in Chinese PaintingSample Assignment; Study/Discussion Questions; Notes; Bibliography; 5. Trials of Devotion: Orphaned Children and the Boundaries of Horror in Japanese Buddhist Fiction; Filial Sacrifice in Amida's Riven Breast; Suicidal Solutions in The Tale of Tameyo; The Boundaries of Horror in Medieval Buddhist Fiction; Study/Discussion Questions; Suggested Further Reading; Notes; Bibliography; 6. The Buddhist Gift: Merit-Making, Donations, and the Ambivalence of Reward; Reciprocity
- Karmic Gifts in Asian ReligionsConclusion; Study/Discussion Questions; Suggested Primary Reading; Suggested Further Reading; Bibliography; 7. The Puzzle of the Socially Engaged Buddhist Agent and a Thai Buddhist Philosophical Response; Introduction: Thai Buddhism as Practical Philosophy and the Puzzle of the Socially Engaged Buddhist Agent; Buddhadāsa's Appropriation of Suzuki's Theory and the Fruits of Mindfulness Meditation; Conclusion: Aesthetic Virtue and the Transition from No-Self to Social Engagement; Study/Discussion Questions; Notes; Bibliography