The Buddhist World

John Powers is Professor of Asian Studies in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities. He is the author of fourteen books and more than seventy articles and book chapters. His publications include A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism (2015) and Historical Dictionary of Tibet (with David Templeman, 2012).

List of Illustrations. List of Contributors. Buddhism Chronology. Introduction – John Powers. Part I: The Historical and Geo-political Buddhist World. 1. Buddhas and Buddhisms – John Powers. 2. Indian Buddhist Narratives about the Buddha, His Community, and His Teachings – Karen Lang. 3. Buddhism in Southeast Asia – Craig J. Reynolds. 4. Sinitic Buddhism in China, Korea, and Japan – Scott Pacey. 5. Himalayan Buddhism (Newars and Other Tibeto-Burman peoples) – Todd Lewis. 6. Time Travel in Tibet: Tantra, Terma and Tulku – Mark Stevenson. 7. The Emergence of American Buddhism – Charles Prebish. Part II: The Religio-Philosophical Buddhist World. 8. Abhidharma – Joseph Walser. 9. Ethics – Daniel Cozort. 10. Orthodoxy, Canon, and Heresy – Jamie Hubbard. 11. Language – Mario D’Amato. 12. The Pure Land in the History of Chinese Buddhism – Charles B. Jones. 13. Buddha-Nature and the Logic of Pantheism – Douglas Duckworth. 14. Body – David Gardiner. 15. Buddhist Art for the World – Marylin Rhie. 16. Death and Afterlife – Paul Hackett. 17. Buddhism and Modernity – Jay L. Garfield. Part III: The Buddhist Social World. 18. Buddhism and Gender – Karma Lekshe Tsomo. 19. A History of Buddhist Ritual – Todd Lewis. 20. Magic and Buddhism – Craig J. Reynolds. 21. Merit – Douglas Osto. 22. Buddhist Sectarianism – David B. Gray. 23. Community – D. Mitra Barua and Mavis Fenn. 24. The Buddhist Sangha: Buddhism’s Monastic and Lay Communities – Charles S. Prebish. 25. Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Practice – Scott Pacey. 26. Buddhist Environmental Imaginaries – Susan M. Darlington. 27. Renouncing the World, Renouncing the Family – Geoff Childs. 28. Toward a Buddhist Theory of the ‘Just War’ – Damien Keown. Part IV: Biographies. 29. The Buddha – Richard Hayes. 30. Nāgārjuna – Joseph Walser. 31.Vasubandhu: Constructing a Buddhist Mainstream – Jonathan Gold. 32. Dignāga and Dharmakīrti on Perception and Self-Awareness – Chrisna Coseru. 33. Wonhyo – Charles Muller. 34. Dōgen – Steven Heine. 35. Milarepa – Ruth Gamble. 6. Tsongkhapa – John Powers. 37. Nichiren – Daniel S. Métraux. 38. Thich Nhat Hanh – John Powers. 39. Master Yinshun – Bhikkhu Bodhi. 40. Tenzin Gyatso, The Fourteenth Dalai Lama – John Powers. 41. Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu – Royce Wiles. General Index