Mahayana Buddhism

The Doctrinal Foundations
2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-35653-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

Reihe: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices

Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and in the attraction of Westerners towards Tibetan Buddhism and Zen.

Paul Williams’ Mahayana Buddhism is widely regarded as the standard introduction to the field, used internationally for teaching and research and has been translated into several European and Asian languages. This new edition has been fully revised throughout in the light of the wealth of new studies and focuses on the religion’s diversity and richness. It includes much more material on China and Japan, with appropriate reference to Nepal, and for students who wish to carry their study further there is a much-expanded bibliography and extensive footnotes and cross-referencing. Everyone studying this important tradition will find Williams’ book the ideal companion to their studies.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction 2 The Perfection of Wisdom ((Prajnaparamita) Sutras 3 Madhyamika 4 Yogacara 5 The Tathagatagarbha 6 Huayan – the Flower Garland tradition 7 The Saddharmapundarika (Lotus) Sutra and its influences 8 On the bodies of the Buddha 9 The path of the Bodhisattva 10 Trust, self-abandonment and devotion: the cults of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Williams is Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy and Co-director of the Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol. The author of six books and an editor of a further eight, he is a former President of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies. Among his other books for Routledge is Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (2000).