Indeholder "Introduction", "Timeline", "1. The Buddha", " India before the Birth of the Buddha", " The Buddha's Birth", " Early Life", " The Great Departure", " The Awakening", " Turning the Wheel of the Dharma", " The Buddha's Teachings", " The Buddha's Passing", " Stupas", " Buddhist Pilgrimages", "2. What the Buddha taught", " The Disciples", " The Dharma", " Representations of the Buddha", " The Buddhist Universe", " Rebecoming", " Cause and Effect", " The Four Noble Truths", " The Noble Eightfold Path", " The Five Precepts", " The Triple Refuge", " The Gourmet Buddhist", " The Three Cardinal Virtues", " Meditation", " Enlightenment", " Devotion", " Buddhist Ethics", " Buddhism and Pacificism", "3. Early Buddhism", " The First Buddhists", " The First Buddhist Scriptures", " The Great Schism", " The First Buddhist State", " Theravada Buddhism", " Spreading the Dharma", " The Vihara", " The Monastic Community", " Holy Days and Holidays", " The Mahayana", " Bodhisattvas", " The Sanskrit Scriptures", " Mahayana Philosophy", " Mahayana Schools", " Cave Temples", " Buddhism Crosses Borders", " Tibetan Buddhism", " Mandalas", " Tibetan Scriptures", "4. World Buddhism", " The Spread of Buddhism", " The Decline of Buddhism in India", " Buddhism in Sri Lanka", " India's Buddhist Resurgence", " The Bamiyan Buddhas", " Buddhism in the Himalayan Kingdoms", " Buddhism in Kashmir and Ladakh", " Buddhism in Tibet", " Buddhism in the Eastern Himalayas", " Prayer Flags, Wheels and Walls", " Buddhism in Central Asia", " Silk Route Pilgrims", " Symbolic Objects", " Buddhism in East Asia", " Buddhism in China", " Chinese Interpretations", " Women in Buddhism", " Buddhism in Korea", " The Pagoda", " Buddhism in Japan", " Buddhist Art in East Asia", " New Buddhist Schools in Japan", " Zen Gardens", " Buddhism in South-east Asia", " Militant Monks", " Buddhism in Burma", " Buddhism in Thailand", " Ayutthaya", " Buddhism in Laos", " Buddhism in Cambodia", " Angkor Thom", " Buddhism in Vietnam", " Buddhism in Malaysia and Indonesia", " Buddhism Suppressed", " Buddhist Influences", " Alexandra David-Néel", " Buddhism in North America", " Monks, Nuns and Laity", " The 20th-century Diaspora", "5. Buddhist Traditions", " Buddhist Schools", " Buddhist Schools in China and Japan", " Theravada Schools", " Forest Schools", " Meditation Schools", " Chan Buddhism", " Chan Texts", " Chan Schools", " Chan Master Xuan Hua", " Son Buddhism", " Zen Buddhism", " Zen Schools", " Popular Buddhism", " Burmese Teachers", " Devotional Schools", " The Pure Land Tradition", " The Jodo Shu School", " The Jodo Shinshu School", " The Lotus Sutra", " Nichiren Buddhism", " Modern Japanese Buddhist Associations", " Chanting and Music", " The Kagyu and Nyingma Schools", " The Sakya and Geluk Schools", " The Dalai Lama", " The Tiantai Movement", " Esoteric Buddhism", " Engaged Buddhism", " Active Engagement", "Glossary", "Index", "Acknowledgements".

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