The Buddhist religion : a historical introduction / [print]
Richard H. Robinson, Willard L. Johnson, assisted by Kathryn Tsai, Shinzen Young.
- third edition.
- Belmont, California : Wadsworth Publishing Company, (c)1982.
- xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- The religious life of man series .
- Religious life of man series. .
PART 1: The Buddhism of South Asia. Introduction ; 1. Gautama's enlightenment ; 2. The Buddha as teacher ; 3. Development of Indian Buddhism ; 4. Beginnings of Mahayana Buddhism in India ; 5. Soteriology and pantheon of the Mahayana ; 6. Buddhist Tantra ; 7. Facets of later Indian Buddhism ; PART 2: The development of Buddhism outside India. Introduction ; 8. The Buddhism of Southeast Asia ; 9. Buddhism in the Tibetan culture area ; 10. East Asian Buddhism ; 11. Buddhism Comes West -- Appendix: Buddhist meditation -- Glossary -- An overview of the Buddhist scriptures.