
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 |
About the Book
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.