The present volume like the previous ones, offers an attractive selection of papers some of which deal with contemporary issues and some cover topics appertaining to the mainstream classical research.
Buddhist Forum, Volume IV, Seminar Papers 1994-1996, Edited by: Tadeusz Skorupski, Heritage Publishers, Hardcover, 1996, 292 Pages, $35.00
Dr. Tadeusz Skorupski is a lecturer in Buddhist Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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T.H. Barrett, SOAS
The Fate of Buddhist Political Thought in China: The Rajah Dons a Disguise |
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S. Batchelor, Sharpham, Devon
Esictence, Enlightenment, and Suicide: the Dilemma of Nanavira Thera |
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L.S. Cousins, Manchester
The Origin of Insight Meditation |
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J.B. Disanayaka, SOAS/ University of Colombo
Buddhist Values of the Traditional Sinhala Village |
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S. Gaffney, SOAS
The Pali Nidanakartha and its Tibetan Translation: Its Textual Precursors and Associated Literature |
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D. Gillman, National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne
General Munthe's Chinese Buddhist Sculpture: An Embarrassment of Riches? |
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I. Harris, University of Lancaster
The American Appropriation fo Buddhism |
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A. Huxley, SOAS
The Vinaya: Legal System or Performance-Enhancing Drug? |
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B. Siklos, SOAS
The Evolution of the Buddhist Yama |
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T.Skorupski, SOAS
The Samputa-tantra: Sanskrit and Tibetan Versions of Chapter One |
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G. Watson
Buddhist Foundations for Modern Psychotherapy |
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Bibliography |
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