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  • - Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha
    von Kathryn R. Blackstone
    284,00 €

    A detailed exploration of the quest for liberation on the part of the early bhikkunis. Only text in the Buddhist tradition of known female authorship.

  • - A Buddhist Inspiration for Contemporary Psychotherapy
    von Gay Watson
    64,00 €

    Presents Buddhist philosophy and practice as a resource for psychotherapy which is responsive to the needs for a three-way dialogue between Buddhism, psychotherapy and contemporary discourse.

  • - Swimming Against the Stream
    von Karma Lekshe (University of San Diego) Tsomo
    83,00 €

    Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in documenting and analysing Buddhist women's history. The book includes 26 articles - written by a range of Asian, Asian-American and Western Buddhists - which document the lives of women who have set in motion changes within Buddhist societies.

  • von Charles S. Prebish, Damien Keown & Wayne R. Husted
    82,00 - 285,00 €

    The political, ethical and philosophical questions surrounding human rights are debated vigorously in political and intellectual circles throughout the world and now in this volume.

  • - Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryavatara
    von Paul Williams
    82,00 - 285,00 €

    In this paper, Williams seeks to engage in a critical way with some central issues of Buddhist thought relating to the coherence of a reductionist model of the person. He argues for an irreducible subject-involvement of pain-statements.

  • - Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship
    von Duncan Ryuken Williams & Christopher S. Queen
    83,00 €

    This work examines the emergence of American Buddhism as a significant research field. Issues examined include: identity in Asian-American Buddhism; the new Buddhism; Buddhism and American culture; and the scholar's place in American Buddhist studies.

  • von Damien Keown
    91,00 €

    This 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.

  • - The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon
    von Carol Anderson
    76,00 €

    Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings.

  • - A Tibetan Madhyamaka Defence
    von Paul Williams
    77,00 - 285,00 €

    This work traces Mi pham's position in his commentary on the Bodhicaryavatara, the attack of one of his opponents, and his response. It also indicates ways in which the controversy over the nature of awareness may be important within the context of rDzogs chen thought and practice.

  • - Territory, Sovereignty and Sexual Difference in the Inventions of Angkor
    von Ashley Thompson
    71,00 - 226,00 €

  • - Ethical Practice and Religious Reform
    von Lauren Leve
    239,00 €

  • von Victoria
    86,00 - 297,00 €

    Explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.

  • - Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke
    von Rory Mackenzie
    71,00 - 250,00 €

    The new Buddhist religious movements of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke, emerged Thailand in the 1970s at a time of political uncertainty. This book explores why they have come into being, what they have reacted against and what they offer to their members.

  • - A Translation and Study of the Purnavadana
    von Joel Tatelman
    54,00 €

    By providing an annotated translation of, and applying the methods of literary criticism to, a first-century account of the life of the saint Purna, this study introduces the reader to a genre which has played an essential role in Buddhist self-understanding for over 2000 years.

  • - Buddhist-Christian Dialogues in Honor of Frederick J. Streng
    von Paul Ingram & Sallie B. King
    76,00 €

    Offers essays and dialogues by well-known Buddhist and Christian scholars on topics that were of primary interest to Frederick J. Streng, in whose honour the volume was created.

  • - The I of the Beholder
    von Sue Hamilton-Blyth
    91,00 - 296,00 €

    This work focuses on the relationship between identity and perception in early Buddhism, drawing out and explaining the way they relate in terms of experience. It presents a picture of these issues in the context of Buddhist teachings as a whole and suggests they represent what Buddha taught.

  • - A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun
    von Dan Lusthaus
    92,00 - 230,00 €

  • - Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars
     
    86,00 €

    Contains works by scholars of Buddhism, themselves Buddhist, who seek to apply the critical tools of the academy to reassess the truth and transformative value of their tradition in its relevance to the contemporary world.

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    227,00 €

    The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book suggests an alternate approach to understanding the dynamics of that transformation. It also focuses on what Buddhism meant for medieval Japanese peoples themselves.

  • - Transcending the Boundaries
     
    414,00 €

    Including a foreword by the Dalai Lama, this book explores the interface between Buddhist studies and the uses of Buddhist principles and practices in psychotherapy and consciousness studies. It also presents a collection of articles that illustrate the potential of Buddhist informed social sciences in contemporary society.

  • - Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikaya Theory
    von Guang Xing
    90,00 €

    This book presents an analysis of one of the fundamental Mahayana Buddhist teachings, namely the three bodies of the Buddha (the Trikaya Theory), which is considered the foundation of Mahayana philosophy.

  • - A Virtues Approach
    von India) Sahni & Pragati (University of Delhi
    88,00 - 226,00 €

    Presents a logical examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature. This book determines the meaning of nature in the early Buddhist context from general Buddhist teachings on dhamma, paticcasamuppada, samsara and the cosmogony of the "Agganna Sutta".

  • - Vasubandhu's Refutation of the Theory of a Self
    von James Duerlinger
    90,00 €

  • - Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
    von Richard Cohen
    76,00 - 262,00 €

    Presents a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism. Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, this book is suitable for those interested in Buddhism and India, and also scholars of religion and history.

  • - The Alaya-vijnana in the context of Indian Buddhist Thought
    von William S. Waldron
    90,00 €

  • - The Gandavyuha-sutra
    von New Zealand) Osto & Douglas (Massey University
    88,00 €

    Presents the study of the important Mahayana Buddhist scripture Gandavyuha-sutra. This book provides a fresh approach to the study of Mahayana Buddhist sources, the 'systems approach', by which literature is viewed as embedded in a social system. It analyses the key themes of power, wealth and women to its social context in ancient India.

  • - Religious, Missionary and Colonial Experience in Nineteenth Century Sri Lanka
    von Elizabeth Harris
    90,00 - 262,00 €

    Explores the British encounter with Buddhism in nineteenth century Sri Lanka, examining the way Buddhism was represented and constructed in the eyes of the British scholars, officials, travellers and religious seekers who first encountered it.

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