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Taylor & Francis Ltd Japanese Buddhism
Book SynopsisWritten as a companion to Eliot''s 3-volume Hinduism and Buddhism this text begins with an overview of Buddhism as practiced in India and China before presenting an in depth account of the history of Buddhism in Japan. It follows the development of the Buddhist movement in Japan from its official introduction in AD 552, through the Nara, Heian and Tokugawa periods, detailing the rises of the various Buddhist sects in Japan, including Nichiren and Zen. Thoroughly researched and well-written, it was the last work published by Eliot, one of the great scholars of Eastern religion and philosophy at the time. Table of ContentsIn Piam Memoriam, LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, BOOK I. A SURVEY OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA AND CHINA, BOOK II. HISTORY OF JAPANESE BUDDHISM, BOOK III. THE SECTS AND THEIR DOCTRINES, Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Life of the Buddha and the Early History of His Order
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Taylor & Francis An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism With Especial Reference to Chinese and Japanese Phases Routledge Library Editions Japan
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religions in the Modern World Traditions and Transformations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Imaging Wisdom Seeing and Knowing in the Art of Indian Buddhism Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
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Taylor & Francis Buddhist Moral Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Courtesans and Tantric Consorts Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative Iconography and Ritual
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Kegan Paul Hidden Treasures Secret Lives A Study of Pemalingpa 14501521 and The Sixth Dalai Lama 16831706
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1989. This book includes the Tibetan Buddhist hagiography and concentrates on the lives of Pemalingpa (1450-1521) and the Sixth Dalai Lama (1683-1706). One of the main purposes of this study is to communicate the human qualities of these saints to a rather broader audience.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION PART ONE Pemalingpa and his Hidden Treasures, The Autobiography, Antecedents, Youth, The Treasure of the Burning Lake, The Treasure Hunt Continues, Dreams and Trances of a Buddhist Shaman, Enemies and Patrons, The Later Years, The Man, his Cult and Legacy, PART TWO The Sixth Dalai Lama and his Secret Lives, Ancestry and Homeland, From Rebirth to Recognition, The Years of Waiting, From Enthronement to Deposition and Death, The Secret Life, The Impersonator and his Fictions, Amdo and Alashan
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Buddhism Virtue and Environment Ashgate World Philosophies Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Buddhist Inclusivism Attitudes Towards Religious
Book SynopsisAlthough Christians have well-developed responses to other religions, the counterpart scholarship from Buddhists has thus far lagged behind. Breaking new ground, Buddhist Inclusivism analyzes the currently favored position towards religious others, inclusivism, in Buddhist traditions. Kristin Beise Kiblinger presents examples of inclusivism from a wide range of Buddhist contexts and periods, from Pali texts to the Dalai Lama''s recent works. After constructing and defending a preferred, alternative form of Buddhist inclusivism, she evaluates the thought of particular contemporary Buddhists such as Thich Nhat Hanh and Masao Abe in light of her ideal position. This book offers a more systematic treatment of Buddhist inclusivism than has yet been provided either by scholars or by Buddhist leaders.Table of ContentsContents: Why Buddhist inclusivism?; Issues regarding inclusivism generally; Selected examples of inclusivism in Buddhist contexts; Towards a tenable form of Buddhist inclusivism; Case studies of two prominent Buddhist inclusivists; The contrast case of exclusivist Gunapala Dharmasiri; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Buddhism Christianity and the Question of Creation
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Taylor & Francis Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness Durkheim Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion Theology and Biblical Studies
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Taylor & Francis Reason and Experience in Tibetan Buddhism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Neuroscience and Psychology of Meditation in
Book SynopsisNeuroscience and Psychology of Meditation in Everyday Life addresses essential and timely questions about the research and practice of meditation as a path to realization of human potential for health and well-being. Balancing practical content and scientific theory, the book discusses long-term effects of six meditation practices: mindfulness, compassion, visualization-based meditation techniques, dream yoga, insight-based meditation and abiding in the existential ground of experience. Each chapter provides advice on how to embed these techniques into everyday activities, together with considerations about underlying changes in the mind and brain based on latest research evidence. This book is essential reading for professionals applying meditation-based techniques in their work and researchers in the emerging field of contemplative science. The book will also be of value to practitioners of meditation seeking to further their practice and understand associaTrade ReviewDusana Dorjee masterfully presents a wealth of information from diverse areas—neuroscience, psychology of meditation, contemplative practices, existential wellbeing, and Buddhism—in a flawless narrative that is sure to prove a classic in the field of meditation. Informed by research and practice, the book lays out the essence of six meditation practices, the changes that occur in the brain as a result of short- and long-term formal and informal practices, and how meditation enhances our general wellbeing. One of the great strengths of the book is that it presents this material in a very accessible form that can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.Nirbhay N. Singh, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Mindfulness, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, USATable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1: THE NEW SCIENCE OF MEDITATION What is the science of meditation missing? The mind’s capacity to self-regulate Purpose, meaning and modes of existential awareness Existential drive, health and well-being Towards a long-term perspective of meditation Summary: Chapter 1 Chapter 2: LONG-TERM MEDITATION PRACTICE Neural plasticity, body physiology and meditation The state and trait effects of meditation The quantity and quality of meditation practice Formal and informal meditation Adverse effects of meditation Developing a long-term perspective of meditation Summary: Chapter 2 Chapter 3: MINDFULNESS What is mindfulness? How to develop mindfulness? Neuroscience of mindfulness Mindfulness, self-regulation and existential well-being A day of mindfulness practice Mindfulness from a long-term practice perspective Summary: Chapter 3 Chapter 4: COMPASSION AND RELATED QUALITIES What is compassion? A Buddhist perspective What is compassion? A Western scientific perspective Developing compassion and related qualities in the Buddhist context Neuroscience of compassion and loving kindness Compassion, self-regulation and existential well-being A day of compassion practice Compassion from a long-term practice perspective Summary: Chapter 4 Chapter 5: VISUALIZATION IN MEDITATION PRACTICE What is visualization-based meditation? Developing visualization-based meditation practice in the Buddhist context Neuroscience of visualization-based meditation Visualization-based meditation, self-regulation and well-being A day of visualization-based meditation Visualization-based meditation from a long-term practice perspective Summary: Chapter 5 Chapter 6: EXISTENTIAL INSIGHT AND DREAM YOGA What is existential insight? The Western approach What is existential insight? The Buddhist approach Developing existential insight in daytime and dream yoga practice Neuroscience of existential insight and dream yoga practices Existential insight, self-regulation and existential well-being 24 hours of meditation practice Existential insight practice from a long-term perspective Summary: Chapter 6 Chapter 7: THE STATE OF EXISTENTIAL BALANCE What is the state of existential balance? Developing the state of existential balance Neuroscience of the state of existential balance The state of existential balance, self-regulation and existential well-being The state of existential balance in everyday life The state of existential balance from a long-term practice perspective Summary: Chapter 7 Chapter 8: THE POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCE Contemplative psychologyContemplative psychotherapyContemplative neuroscienceContemplative science in health careDevelopmental contemplative scienceContemplative science and societyChallenges facing contemplative scienceConclusionSummary: Chapter 8
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Personal Identity and Buddhist Philosophy
Book SynopsisSince the publication of Mark Siderits'' important book in 2003, much has changed in the field of Buddhist philosophy. There has been unprecedented growth in analytic metaphysics, and a considerable amount of new work on Indian theories of the self and personal identity has emerged. Fully revised and updated, and drawing on these changes as well as on developments in the author''s own thinking, Personal Identity and Buddhist Philosophy, second edition explores the conversation between Buddhist and Western Philosophy showing how concepts and tools drawn from one philosophical tradition can help solve problems arising in another. Siderits discusses afresh areas involved in the philosophical investigation of persons, including vagueness and its implications for personal identity, recent attempts by scholars of Buddhist philosophy to defend the attribution of an emergentist account of personhood to at least some Buddhists, and whether a distinctively Buddhist antirealism can avoid problemTrade Review’Siderits’s fusion philosophy replaces comparative philosophy, but this book transcends even his fusion philosophy.’ Chang-Seong Hong, Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA ’Mark Siderits is one of the few philosophers in the world today who is equally expert in Buddhist philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy; who is as lucid and penetrating on ethical matters as on metaphysical ones; and who, as a scholar of Buddhist thought, can charitably discuss Abhidharma discourse with as much ease and insight as he can handle the themes of Mahayana philosophy. This book is especially valuable for its balanced treatment of these two major streams of Buddhist philosophy, the first half exploring - and extending - an Abhidharma approach to personhood and psychological reality, and the second half illuminating Mahayana approaches with a rare analytic clarity. Though balanced in its scholarship, the book is also stirringly provocative in its philosophical argumentation. Despite divergences between the two Buddhist traditions, Siderits highlights points of convergence, ones that he supports ingeniously with additional philosophical argument of his own. Already seminal in its first appearance, this second edition significantly refines the arguments and conceptual apparatus that Siderits uses to support his ecumenically Buddhist understanding of life, value and experience.’ Gordon Davis, Carleton University, Canada Praise for the 1st edition: 'Analytic philosophers should be awakened from their East-shunning dogmatic slumber by this seductive synthesis of vintage Buddhism, philosophical ingenuity and analytical rigour. In this path-breaking study in Buddhism-inspired analytic philosophy , Mark Siderits has critically reconstructed the intricate chain of arguments behind Buddhist reductionism and anti-realism about persons. ...Siderits establishes himself as one of those handful of contemporary philosophers of language who can handle Indian and Western materiaTable of ContentsPreface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; Situating reductionism; Refuting the self; Getting impersonal; Wholes, parts and emergence; Ironic engagement; Establishing emptiness; Empty knowledge; The turn of the true; Empty persons;
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Cambridge University Press The British Discovery of Buddhism
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