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Buddhism and the 21st Century Commemoration of the 2550th Anniversary of the Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha

Buddhism and the 21st Century Commemoration of the 2550th Anniversary of the Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha

$129
Author:Edited by B L Mungekar
ISBN 13:9788188242177
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2009
Pages:xlix+478pp.,+colours & black & Whilte illustrations, 32cm,
Series/Volumes:Nava Nalanda Mahavihara
Published On:10th December 2009
Subject:Art and Archaeology/Buddhism

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CONTENTS: Foreword, Preface, Introduction, Contributors, SECTION I: WORLD BUDDHISM: ROOTS OF THE PAST: 1. Buddhist Ethics: A System of Checks and Balances-Marie-Louise Friquegnon, 2. Compassion with Bared Fangs: Contributions of Tantric Buddhism to Religious Peace and Non-violence-Adelheid Herrmann-Pfandi, 3. Buddhist Monastic Life in 7th Century India: An Eyewitness Account by Yijing-Bangwei Wang, 4. Buddhist India: The Civilization of Buddhism in Ancient India-Gail Omvedt, 5. A Note on Buddhist Monasteries at Sarnath-B R Mani, 6. The Mahayana Moment: Tipping Point Buddhism-Thom Wolf, 7. Ladakh: Past and Present-Nawang Tsering, 8. How to Preserve Iconography: An Image Database of Mandalas using Computer Graphics-Kimiaki Tanaka, 9. International Cooperation in Conservation and Preservation of Buddhist Art, Culture and Heritage with Special Reference to Sri Lanka-S B Hettiaratchi, 10. Buddhist Chaityagrha in the Light of 21st Century-Yojana Bhagat, SECTION II: INTERNATIONAL BUDDHISM: EXPRESSIONS AROUND THE WORLD: 11. Perspectives of Buddhism in the European Union and Especially in Estonia-Linnart Mall, 12. An Experiment on Distance Learning in Spreading Buddha's Teachings in Brazil-Ricardo Sasaki, 13. Teaching Buddhism in the 21st Century: Going Beyond Sectarianism in Germany-Doris Wolter, 14. Dharma Gate: A Buddhist University in Budapest-Tamas Agocs, SECTION III: ENGAGED BUDDHISM: INVOLVEMENT IN THE PRESENT: 15. Buddhism and Non-Violence in Public Life-Richard Gombrich, 16. Buddhist Values and the Human Imperative-Lokesh Chandra, 17. Modern Strands in Buddhism (Engaged Buddhism): A Case Study of the Than Hsiang Foundation in Malaysia and Thailand-WeiWu, 18. Buddhist Nuns in Modern Taiwan: Impact of their Contributions-Locally and Internationally in the Promotion of Engaged Buddhism-Bhiksuni Chuchmen, 19. Buddha, Mahavira and Gandhi-Nirmala Deshpande, 20. The Buddhist Perspective of Socio-economic Development-S K Pathak, 21. Buddhism and the Environment-R Panth, SECTION IV: SOCIAL BUDDHISM: GUIDE FOR THE FUTURE: 22. Dr Ambedkar's Approach to Buddhism: Towards a Socio-Cultural and Democratic Revolution-B L Mungekar, 23. Identity and Inclusiveness in B R Ambedkar's Buddhism-K Ramakrishna Rao, 24. Buddhist Approach to Gender Equality-Lobzang Tsewang, 25. Therigatha: Women in Indian Buddhism Past, Present and Future-K Sankarnarayan, 26. Buddhism and Globalisation with Special Reference to Consumerism and Socio-Economic Development-Anand S Krishna, INDICES: Subject Index, Name Index, Indian Terminology Index.