Buddhism

First published in 1989.

First published in 1983.

First published in 1983.

Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.

Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.

This book brings together two scholarly traditions: experts in Roman, Jewish and Islamic law, an area where scholars tend to be familiar with work in each area, and experts in the legal traditions of South and East Asia, which have tended to be less interdisciplinary.

This book brings together two scholarly traditions: experts in Roman, Jewish and Islamic law, an area where scholars tend to be familiar with work in each area, and experts in the legal traditions of South and East Asia, which have tended to be less interdisciplinary.

In this important book, a leading authority on Japanese religions brings together for the first time in English his extensive work on the subject.

In this important book, a leading authority on Japanese religions brings together for the first time in English his extensive work on the subject.

The Chinese and Tibetan traditions value biography as a primary historiographical and literary genre.

The Chinese and Tibetan traditions value biography as a primary historiographical and literary genre.

Pali is one of the Middle Indian idioms and the classical language of Theravada Buddhism.

This innovative volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortion, euthanasia, and contemporary business practice.

This innovative volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortion, euthanasia, and contemporary business practice.

Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women's history.

Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women's history.

Pali is one of the Middle Indian idioms and the classical language of Theravada Buddhism.

The most important research tool for vinaya studies.

The most important research tool for vinaya studies.

A thorough survey of great interest and value to scholars in this field.

A thorough survey of great interest and value to scholars in this field.

This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries.

This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries.

The wisest teachings of Buddhism say that, like all oppositions, one must move beyond gender.

The wisest teachings of Buddhism say that, like all oppositions, one must move beyond gender.

For more than a millennium, the fox has been a ubiquitous figure at the margins of the Japanese collective imagination.

For more than a millennium, the fox has been a ubiquitous figure at the margins of the Japanese collective imagination.

This book explores the ethical and social implications of unilateral gifts of esteem, offering a perceptive guide to the uniquely South Asian contributors to theoretical work on the gift.

This book explores the ethical and social implications of unilateral gifts of esteem, offering a perceptive guide to the uniquely South Asian contributors to theoretical work on the gift.

Although psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism derive from theoretical and philosophical assumptions worlds apart, both experientially-based traditions share at their heart a desire for the understanding, development, and growth of the human experience.

Although psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism derive from theoretical and philosophical assumptions worlds apart, both experientially-based traditions share at their heart a desire for the understanding, development, and growth of the human experience.

This manual, by an experienced Buddhist, has been written so that it will be easily accessible also to the reader who knows nothing about meditation, but also contains knowledge and experience that can be gained only through practice.

This manual, by an experienced Buddhist, has been written so that it will be easily accessible also to the reader who knows nothing about meditation, but also contains knowledge and experience that can be gained only through practice.

Karma, the law of cause and effect, of nature's retribution for lost harmony, and Rebirth, from which it is inseperable, have been described as the oldest doctrine in the world.

Karma, the law of cause and effect, of nature's retribution for lost harmony, and Rebirth, from which it is inseperable, have been described as the oldest doctrine in the world.

The "e;Lotus of the Wonderful (or Mystic) Law"e; is the most important religious book of the Far East, and has been described as "e;The Gospel of Half Asia"e;.

The "e;Lotus of the Wonderful (or Mystic) Law"e; is the most important religious book of the Far East, and has been described as "e;The Gospel of Half Asia"e;.

Embraces a wide range of aspects of Indian mysticism, displaying the structural patterns in mystical experiences and the mystic paths in different traditions and schools, while there are also significant contributions to comparative mysticism, Eastern and Western.

Embraces a wide range of aspects of Indian mysticism, displaying the structural patterns in mystical experiences and the mystic paths in different traditions and schools, while there are also significant contributions to comparative mysticism, Eastern and Western.

This study probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma.

This study probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma.

A dictionary and a glossary of terms plus brief biographies of eminent Buddhists and scholars from both East and West.

A dictionary and a glossary of terms plus brief biographies of eminent Buddhists and scholars from both East and West.

The first complete translation into English of this Tibetan text, together with the informative commentary by the 8th century master Buddhaguhya.

The first complete translation into English of this Tibetan text, together with the informative commentary by the 8th century master Buddhaguhya.

This invaluable interpretive tool, first published in 1937, is now available for the first time in a paperback edition specially aimed at students of Chinese Buddhism.

This invaluable interpretive tool, first published in 1937, is now available for the first time in a paperback edition specially aimed at students of Chinese Buddhism.

This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory.

This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory.

The Kalmyks are in a unique position among the peoples of Europe in several respects, most conspicuously as being the only Buddhist people group in Europe.