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Religions of Asia in practice: an anthology
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication Date
c2002
Language
English
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RELIGIONS OF INDIA IN PRACTICE: Introduction: a brief history of religions in India / Richard H. Davis
Bengali songs to Kali / Rachel Fell McDermott
Women's celebration of Muhammad's birth / Marcia Hermansen
Encountering the smallpox goddess: the auspicious song of Sitala / Tony K. Stewart
Jain stories inspiring renunciation / Phyllis Granoff
Mother Ten's stories / Ann Grodzins Gold
The life of Guru Nanak / Hew McLeod
The exemplary devotion of the "Servant of Hari" / Tony K. Stewart
The origin of Linga worship / Richard H. Davis
BUDDHISM IN PRACTICE: Introduction / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Consecrating the Buddha / Donald K. Swearer
Sutra on the merit of bathing the Buddha / Donald Boucher
The whole universe as a sutra / Luis O. Gomez
The book of resolving doubts concerning the semblance Dharma / Kyoko Tokuno
Auspicious things / Charles Hallisey
Daily life in the assembly / T. Griffith Foulk
Awakening the Zen Buddhist women / Sallie B. King
Death-bed testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful / Daniel B. Stevenson
RELIGIONS OF CHINA IN PRACTICE: Introduction: The spirits of Chinese religion / Stephen F. Teiser
Laozi: ancient philosopher, master of immortality and god / Livia Kohn
The lives and teachings of the divine lord of Zitong / Terry F. Kleeman
A sutra promoting the white-robed Guanyin as Giver of Sons / Chun-fang Yu
Body gods and inner vision: The Scripture of the Yellow Court / Paul W. Kroll
Teachings of a spirit medium / Jean DeBernardi
Spellbinding / Donald Harper
Record of the Feng and Shan sacrifices / Stephen Bokenkamp
The law of the spirits / Valerie Hansen
Shrines to local former worthies / Ellen Neshar
The Scripture in Forty-two Sections / Robert H. Sharf
The Scripture on Perfect Wisdom for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States / Charles Orzech
Stories from an illustrated explanation of the Tract of the Most Exalted on Action and Response / Catherine Bell
RELIGIONS OF TIBET IN PRACTICE: Introduction / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
The royal way of supreme compassion / Matthew Kapstein
Guidebook to Lapchi / Toni Huber
The Yogin Lorepa's retreat at Lake Namtso / Nalanda Translation Committee
A fasting ritual / Roger Jackson
The regulations of a monastery / Jose Ignacio Cobezon
A prayer for the deliverance from rebirth / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Turning back gossip / Matthew Kapstein
A prayer flag for Tara / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
RELIGIONS OF JAPAN IN PRACTICE: Introduction / George J. Tanabe, Jr.
Kaibara Ekken's precepts on the family / Mary Evelyn Tucker
A refutation of clerical marriage / Richard Jaffe
The contemplation of suchness / Jacqueline L. Stone
Chido's dreams of Buddhism / William M. Bodiford
The Confucian monarchy of Nara Japan / Charles Holcombe
Nationalistic Shinto: a child's guide to Yasukuni Shrine / Richard Gardner
The founding of Mount Koya and Kukai's eternal meditation / George J. Tanabe, Jr.
Motoori Norinaga on the two shrines at Ise / Mark Teeuwen
Sasaki Shoten: toward a postmodern Shinshu Theology / Jan Van Bragt
Contemporary Zen Buddhist tracts for the laity: grassroots Buddhism in Japan / Ian Reader.
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9780691090603
9780691090610
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