Books/Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations
** ''Preface and acknowledgements''x * '''1 Introduction''''''1''' ** ''Buddhism: doctrinal diversity and (relative) moral unity''1 ** ''The Indian background''7 ** ''Factors that may have contributed to change''12 ** ''Abhidharma''15 ** ''Mahāsāṃghikas and the Lokottaravāda''18 ** ''The origins of the Mahāyāna, and the laity''21 ** ''Mahāyāna before 'Mahāyāna' – the'' Ajitasenavyākaraṇanirdeśa Sūtra27 ** ''On the origins of the Mahāyāna – some more sūtras''30 ** ''The justification of the Mahāyāna sutras''38 * '''2 The ''Perfection of Wisdom (Prajñāpāramitā) Sūtras'' ''''''45''' ** ''On the Mahāyāna sūtras''45 ** ''The origins and development of the Prajñāpāramitā literature''47 ** ''Wisdom'' (prajña) ''and its perfection''49 ** ''Absence of Self – the extensive perspective''51 ** ''The Bodhisattva''55 * '''3 Mādhyamika''''''63''' ** ''Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva''63 ** ''The development of the Mādhyamika tradition in India''65 ** ''Emptiness and intrinsic existence – the incompatible rivals''68 ** ''A brief note on Mādhyamika method''71 ** ''Three Mādhyamika critiques''72 *** ''On causation''73 *** ''On the Self''74 *** ''On nirvāṇa''75 ** ''The two truths''76 ** ''Meditation and emptiness – an impressionistic outline''79 ** ''A final note – Mādhyamika in China and East Asia''81 * '''4 Yogācāra''''''84''' ** ''Background''84 ** ''The Yogācāra tradition – scholars and texts''86 ** ''The three natures'' (trisvabhava)88 ** ''Mind''92 ** ''Substratum consciousness, consciousness and immaculate consciousness''97 ** ''Yet more disputes within the Yogācāra tradition''100 * '''5 The Tathāgatagarbha''''''103''' ** ''Some Tathāgatagarbha Sūtras''104 ** ''The'' Tathāgatagarbha ''in the'' Ratnagotravibhāga109 ** ''Tibet – the'' gzhan stong ''and'' rang stong ''dispute''112 ** ''The'' Dasheng qixinlun (Ta-sheng ch’i-hsin lun) ''and the'' Tathagatagarbha ''in East Asia''115 ** ''Dōgen on the Buddha-nature''119 ** ''A note on some contemporary issues: Critical Buddhism and a debate on not-Self in Thai Buddhism''122 ** ''Critical Buddhism''122 ** ''Not-Self in contemporary Thai Buddhism''125 * '''6 Huayan – the Flower Garland tradition''''''129''' ** ''Buddhism in China''129 ** ''The'' Avataṃsaka Sūtra132 ** ''The Huayan tradition in China''138 ** ''Huayan thought – Fazang’s 'Treatise on the Golden Lion' ''141 ** ''A note on some aspects of Huayan practice''144 ** ''The'' Avataṃsaka Sūtra ''and Vairocana in Buddhist art''146 * '''7 The ''Saddharmapuṇḍarīka (Lotus) Sūtra'' and its influences''''''149''' ** ''A note on Tiantai (Tendai)''161 ** ''Nichiren Shōnin and his tradition''165 * '''8 On the bodies of the Buddha''''''172''' ** ''Prolegomenon to the Mahāyāna''172 ** ''The bodies of the Buddha and the philosophy of emptiness''176 ** ''Yogācāra – the system develops''179 ** ''A note on the dGe lugs schema of the Buddha's bodies''182 ** ''A final note: the 'nonabiding nirvāṇa' and the lifespan of the Buddha''185 * '''9 The path of the Bodhisattva'''187 ** ''Buddhism reaches Tibet''187 ** ''The eighth-century debates''191 ** ''Compassion and the Bodhicitta''194 ** ''Bodhisattva stages, paths and perfections''200 * '''10 Trust, self-abandonment and devotion: the cults of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas''''''209''' ** Buddhānusmṛti – ''recollection of the Buddha''209 ** ''The'' pratyutpanna samādhi ''and Huiyuan''212 ** ''The notion of a Buddha Field'' (buddhakṣetra)214 ** ''Some Bodhisattvas''218 *** ''Maitreya''218 *** ''Avalokiteśvara''221 *** ''Tārā''225 *** ''Mañjuśrī''226 *** ''Kṣitigarbha''229 ** Some Buddhas231 *** ''Akṣobhya''231 *** ''Bhaiṣajyaguru''234 *** ''Amitābha/Amitāyus''238 **** ''The Amitābha sūtras''238 **** ''Amitābha’s Pure Land in China''243 **** ''Hōnen Shōnin (1133–1212)''254 **** ''Shinran Shōnin (1173–1262)''259 ** ''Notes''267 ** ''References''389 ** ''Index of names''422 ** ''Index of subjects''430
Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations
Williams, Paul. ''Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations''. 2nd ed. Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices. New York: Routledge, 2009. https://archive.org/details/mahayanabuddhismthedoctrinalfoundationspaulwilliamsroutledgeseealtruismandreality_202003_445_W/mode/2up.
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. (Source: [https://www.routledge.com/Mahayana-Buddhism-The-Doctrinal-Foundations/Williams/p/book/9780415356534 Routledge])
Williams, Paul. ''Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations''. 2nd ed. Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices. New York: Routledge, 2009. https://archive.org/details/mahayanabuddhismthedoctrinalfoundationspaulwilliamsroutledgeseealtruismandreality_202003_445_W/mode/2up.;Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations;tathāgatagarbha;Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra;gzhan stong;rang stong;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Chinese Buddhism;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Japanese Buddhism;Dasheng qixin lun;Critical Buddhism;anātman;Contemporary;prajñā;Madhyamaka;śūnyatā;Two Truths;Yogācāra;trisvabhāva;ālayavijñāna;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism;Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra;Nāgārjuna;Dōgen;Buddhāvataṃsakasūtra;Fazang;Tien Tai;Hōnen;Shinran;Paul Williams;Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations
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Dasheng qixin lun
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Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra
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