| Description |
xii, 368 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Newly rev. English translation of the work originally published in German in 1970 under title: Buddhismus der Gegenwart. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 323-349. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Background: g 1. The basic teachings of Buddhism / Hajime Nakamura -- 2. Theravāda Buddhism in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Southeast Asia, and India: 2. Introduction / Heinrich Dumoulin -- 3. Theravāda Buddhism in the twentieth century / Joseph M. Kitagawa and Frank Reynolds -- 4. Contemporary Buddhism in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) / Antony Fernando -- 5. Contemporary Burmese Buddhism / Winston L. King -- 6. Recent developments in Thai Buddhism / Donald K. Swearer -- 7. Contemporary Khmer Buddhism / Marcello Zago -- 8. Buddhism in contemporary Laos / Marcello Zago -- 9. Buddhism in India today / Adele M. Fiske -- 10. Contemporary Buddhism in Indonesia / J.W.M. Bakker -- 3. Mahāyāna Buddhism in East Asia and the Himalaya lands: 11. Introduction / Heinrich Dumoulin -- 12. Buddhism in China today / Holmes Welch -- 13. Buddhism in Taiwan / Yves Raguin -- 14. Buddhism in Vietnam / Heinz Bechert and Vu Duy-Tu -- 15. Buddhism in Malaysia / Alex Wayman -- 16. Contemporary Buddhism in Korea / Heinrich Dumoulin -- g 17. Buddhism in modern Japan / Heinrich Dumoulin -- 18. Tibetan Buddhism today / David L. Snellgrove -- 19. Present-day Buddhism in Nepal / John K. Locke -- 4. Buddhism influences outside Asia: 20. Buddhism in the Western world / Ernst Benz. |
| Subject |
Buddhism.
|
| Indexed Term |
Buddhism |
| Subject |
Boeddhisme.
|
| Added Author |
Maraldo, John C., 1942- author.
|
| ISBN |
0025337904 |
|
0020847904 paperback |
|
