Popular Buddhist texts from Nepal : narratives and rituals of Newar Buddhism / Todd T. Lewis ; translations in collaboration with Subarna Man Tuladhar and Labh Rama Tuladhar ; foreword by Gregory Schopen
Foreword / Gregory Schopen -- Introduction: Buddhism as a Pragmatic Religious Tradition -- Popular Narratives and their "Domestication" in Buddhist Communities -- The Development of Buddhist Ritualism -- The Ritual Innovations of Mahayana Buddhism -- Nepal and Newar Buddhism -- The Context and Paradoxes of Modernity -- Stupas and Spouses: The Shrngabheri Avadana -- Merchants, Demonesses, and Missionary Faith: The Simhalasarthabahu Avadana -- Devotions to a Celestial Bodhisattva: The Tara Vrata -- Invoking the Powers of the Buddhist "Dark Lord": The Caturdashi Vrata of Mahakala -- The Refuge of Recitation: The Pancaraksa
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-230) and index