The Origin of Buddhist Meditation

By Alexander Wynne

Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based...

Published April 19th 2007 by Routledge.

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Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Edited by Damien Keown, Charles S. Prebish

Reflects the current state of scholarship in Buddhist Studies, its entries being written by specialists in many areas, presenting an accurate overview of Buddhist history,...

Published March 9th 2007 by Routledge.

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Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan

Edited by Peter Ackermann, Dolores Martinez, Maria Rodriguez del Alisal

This exciting new book is a detailed examination of pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters...

Published March 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Biographies of Rechungpa

The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography

By Peter Alan Roberts

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...

Published February 23rd 2007 by Routledge.

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New Buddhist Movements in Thailand

Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke

By Rory Mackenzie

Vastly different in belief and practice, two new Buddhist religious movements in Thailand, namely the Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke emerged in Thailand in...

Published December 18th 2006 by Routledge.

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Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka

A Critique of the Feminist Perspective

By Wei-Yi Cheng

Taking a comparative approach, this fieldwork-based study explores the lives and thoughts of Buddhist nuns in present-day Taiwan and Sri Lanka. The author examines the...

Published October 18th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion

Edited by Bernhard Scheid, Mark Teeuwen

The Japanese Middle Ages were a period when forms of secrecy dominated religious practice. This fascinating collection traces out the secret characteristics and practices in...

Published September 13th 2006 by Routledge.

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Psychotherapy and Religion in Japan

The Japanese Introspection Practice of Naikan

By Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to...

Published August 16th 2006 by Routledge.

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Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism

The Doctrinal History of Nirvana

By Soonil Hwang

Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional...

Published August 9th 2006 by Routledge.

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Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal

The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism

By Will Tuladhar-Douglas

Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in the...

Published August 3rd 2006 by Routledge.

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