eee eS ee eee Tee weiey A PODVTTON NO BIRD Ta TERtee AL cam om a te BhagavateArahots Sanmsrombuddhorse Honour othe Lord, Aron, pevfecly and completly Ealightened One! CONTENTS Lis of ities page Actouldgemene ‘i ino abirevaone # ‘A noe on language and pronnciacion * Intracon 1 THE AUDONA AND HIS INDIAN CONTEXT ° uckground tothe ile ofthe Buda ° The if of the Buddha 4 “The mature and role ofthe Buddha The matte and sl of the Bula’ teching » PAMLYAUDDNISTTEACHINGS:REMIRTHANDKARMA 52 Rebinh and cosmology - Kama » ‘Bei in cei and karma “ ‘The First Holy Truth: sueing ” The Second Holy Truth: the origin of suflering 3 The Third Moly Teh: Aika & “The Fourth Holy Truth: the Path a PAnY DEVELOPMENTS IN RUDHEM n The eu Sample 2 Eperor Asoks and Buddhism n Devotion and symbolism in ealy Buddhism n The Abkidhanns 5 The early schools and their doctrines 5 The sve of the Mahiyina »Conn “The Perfection of Windom Keratre and the Madhyamata school “The Vogicia school “Tuhigu gala thought “The Avatenscts Sire and the Hua-yen School “The path ofthe Badhiratna “The Malina Duddbology “The Maliyina pantheon “The Tante perpetive Buddhism in India and Ceneal Asia Si Lanka South-east Asia erlang Vierum “The lands of Northern Buddhism chine Vieram and Korea Japan Focuses and locations of devotional acs Bowing oferings and chaning “The regs Arad 1 images Protective canting, Devotion to Avaloktivara Devotion to Amiibha Devotion to Bhisiyagure Devotion tothe Lous Stra Pigsimage * % 9 3 "9 49 ua 49 ° Convene “The tole and bss of eis in Buddhism Giving Keeping the precept Lovingkndess and compssson Cre for the dying nd the dead The eis of social elationships “The role of monaco Pater of ordination “The monastic cade of discipline ‘The economic bse ofthe mma ile study and mediation Communal ie elatons withthe icy “The apreach to mediation “The practice of Calm mediation in Southern Bodhi The practice of losight medion in Southern Dd “The ll path of Clo and Isight in Northern and ‘str addi Pure Land viuliztons Tantie vain ‘Tani tehniques of spontaneity ‘en mediation (Communist Asia: Buddhism under a cloud “The contning tation and its modern varieties Recovering old ground 196 196 98 19 19 a 29 x! 236 os u6 a 360 26 3 196,a A pote on language and promotion For Tibean word, the drs rancrption given fllowed (on fest, sand inthe inden) by the pronation in brakes asin G. Tacs The Regions of Tbe, for promunitons ae often tard to deduce. For foreign word in any language, when thee fit accrrene sia the poral, chs wil be indicted by an ending for example pet's 10 Indie tat he English pura ending sna par ofthe erga word Pra of foreign words wl also appear nthe Ince nei orm, thee main ney INTRODUCTION The history of Butism ps alos 300 yeas ram is fait Inia wh Sdhocha Gotma (Pal Sd Gautaan Soi), hough spread 0 most parts of Asin ad in he went ry, tothe Wet While ries hae wind and waned overlap ver aif ofthe proestworldppuson ve nares whee Budi Sores ben, dominant cla! fre. “The gl erm "Dahon covey ide ta the lgion it tance by 3 devotion “he Badd’, "Dada or dhe tod” "Bada on ft, proper nae, et epi smeming "Avakened One or “Ealighened One", This plc tht I sere, a eing eg — one Tor stmpl, Buda the Buddha’ pecifc enough, mesng th Buda known o hier, CGotama. From its eet tes, though, tbe Buddhist wadton has osulsed other Buddor who have lived on earth nds pas age fr who will do onthe far. The er trdion abo potted the fxtence of many Buddhas curently exiting in oer pars ofthe tnivere All ich Dodds, known af samnd-iambudia'so “pelt {ily Awakened Ones, ae nevertheless sen 8 ccuting ony aly within de vat and aint coumoa, More common ae thowe who are dar’ in a lester sense, who fave anakened 10 the tah by Practising in accordance with the guidance of «perfect Budabs such 38 Gorm ‘As Budd" does not refer to a unique individ, Badin i es focused onthe person ofits founder than i for example, Chesianiy ‘The emphisis in Buddhism ison the aching ofthe Buddha(), nd the ‘anakering™ of human peroalty that these ae seen 10 lead 1.