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Buddhism : a modern perspective / edited by Charles S. Prebish.

By: Prebish, Charles S
Material type: TextTextPublisher: University Park, Pa : Pennsylvania State University Press, [1975]Description: xv, 330 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0271011955 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780271011950 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): BuddhismBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The background to Buddhism / Stephan V. Beyer -- Life of the Buddha / Charles S. Prebish -- Early history of the Buddhist order / Charles S. Prebish -- Buddhist councils and divisions in the order / Charles S. Prebish -- Aśoka and the missionary activity of the Buddhists / Stefan Anacker -- Doctrines of the early Buddhists / Charles S. Prebish -- Major schools of the early Buddhists: Mahāsāṃghika / Charles S. Prebish -- Major schools of the early Buddhists: Theravāda / Charles S. Prebish -- Major schools of the early Buddhists: Sarvāstivāda / Charles S. Prebish -- Kaniṣka / Stefan Anacker -- The Vinaya Piṭaka / Charles S. Prebish -- The Sūtra Piṭaka / Francis H. Cook -- The Abhidharma Piṭaka / Stefan Anacker -- The rise of the Mahāyāna / Lewis R. Lancaster -- The Prajñāpāramitā literature / Lewis R. Lancaster -- Doctrines of the Mahāyāna / Lewis R. Lancaster -- Major schools of the Mahāyāna : Mādhyamika / Douglas D. Daye -- Major schools of the Mahāyāna : Yogācāra / Stefan Anacker -- The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-Sūtra / Mark A. Ehman -- The Vimalakīrti-Nirdeśa Sūtra / Stefan Anacker -- The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra / Mark A. Ehman -- The pure land Sūtras / Mark A. Ehman -- Cosmology / Douglas D. Daye -- Buddhist logic / Douglas D. Daye Nirvāna / Francis H. Cook -- The doctrine of meditation in the Hīnayāna / Stephan V. Beyer -- The doctrine of meditation in the Mahāyāna / Stephan V. Beyer --

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The background to Buddhism / Stephan V. Beyer -- Life of the Buddha / Charles S. Prebish -- Early history of the Buddhist order / Charles S. Prebish -- Buddhist councils and divisions in the order / Charles S. Prebish -- Aśoka and the missionary activity of the Buddhists / Stefan Anacker -- Doctrines of the early Buddhists / Charles S. Prebish -- Major schools of the early Buddhists: Mahāsāṃghika / Charles S. Prebish -- Major schools of the early Buddhists: Theravāda / Charles S. Prebish -- Major schools of the early Buddhists: Sarvāstivāda / Charles S. Prebish -- Kaniṣka / Stefan Anacker -- The Vinaya Piṭaka / Charles S. Prebish -- The Sūtra Piṭaka / Francis H. Cook -- The Abhidharma Piṭaka / Stefan Anacker -- The rise of the Mahāyāna / Lewis R. Lancaster -- The Prajñāpāramitā literature / Lewis R. Lancaster -- Doctrines of the Mahāyāna / Lewis R. Lancaster -- Major schools of the Mahāyāna : Mādhyamika / Douglas D. Daye -- Major schools of the Mahāyāna : Yogācāra / Stefan Anacker -- The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-Sūtra / Mark A. Ehman -- The Vimalakīrti-Nirdeśa Sūtra / Stefan Anacker -- The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra / Mark A. Ehman -- The pure land Sūtras / Mark A. Ehman -- Cosmology / Douglas D. Daye -- Buddhist logic / Douglas D. Daye Nirvāna / Francis H. Cook -- The doctrine of meditation in the Hīnayāna / Stephan V. Beyer -- The doctrine of meditation in the Mahāyāna / Stephan V. Beyer --

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