| Description |
1 online resource (314 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Theravada Buddhism: Continuity, Diversity, and Identity -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- Problems with the Definition of "Theravada Buddhism" -- The Structure of This Book and Its Use as a Coursebook -- Other Studies of Theravada -- Revisiting Conceptions of Theravada -- Geographical Terms -- Non-English Terms, Text Titles, Transliteration, and Translation -- References -- Part One: Buddha -- 1 The Buddha and Buddhahood -- Overview -- Master of the Universe -- The Changing Character of the Buddha -- Biographies of the Buddha |
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Later Biographies of the Buddha -- Buddha Nature in the Jātakanidāna -- Western Preconceptions of the Theravada Buddha -- The Three Parinibbāna of the Buddha -- Summary -- References -- 2 Buddha Worship -- Overview -- The Ubiquity of Buddha Worship in Theravada -- Leadership After the Parinibbāna of the Buddha -- Theravada Groups That Eschew Buddha Worship -- The Benefits of Buddha-Worship -- Practices That Treat the Buddha as Present in His Image -- Consecration of Buddha Images -- The Making of the First Statue -- Devotion and Meditation Contrasted -- Devotion and Meditation Combined |
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A Litany for Devotional Practices in Preparation for Meditation -- The Importance of Devotion to the Buddha in the Visuddhimagga -- Nondoctrinal Analyses of Buddha Worship -- The Relic and Image as Creators of Communities -- The Buddha in the Museum -- Summary -- References -- Part Two: Dhamma -- 3 Literature, Languages, and Conveying the Dhamma -- Overview -- The Pali Canon -- Oral Performance and Transmission, and the Writing Down of the Canon -- Texts of the Pali Canon and Their Translations into English -- Manuscripts, Councils, Printing, and Digital Dhamma -- The Decline of the Dhamma |
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The Pali Canon in Relation to Other Buddhist Canons -- The Criteria for Canonical Inclusion and Apocryphal/Noncanonical sutta Texts -- Commentarial and Other Postcanonical Pali Literature -- Pali Language and Its Use -- Vernacular Literature and Sermons -- Summary -- References -- 4 The Jātaka -- Overview -- The Buddha and His Contemporaries in the Jātaka -- The Place of Jātaka Narratives -- The Audience and the Message -- Merit-Making, Depictions, and Performance -- Women in the Jātaka -- Summary -- References -- 5 The Good Buddhist -- Overview -- Correct Conduct -- Precepts |
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Meritorious Action -- Right Livelihood, Vegetarianism, and the First Precept -- Summary -- References -- 6 Meditation -- Overview -- Pali Terms Used for "Meditation" -- The Place of Meditation in Theravada Buddhism -- Authoritative Meditation Texts: Canonical -- Authoritative Meditation Texts: Postcanonical -- Who Meditates? -- Basic Overview of Practices -- Correlation Between Mental States and Cosmological Realms -- Prerequisites and Preparations for Meditation -- Benefits -- Variety of Methods -- Modern Applications: Meditation Beyond Tradition |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Developments in Theravada Meditation Among Western Converts |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118323281 |
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1118323289 |
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