Originally developed for use in introductory courses on Eastern religious traditions, this popular anthology offers a selection of readings from primary texts of India, China, and Japan. For the second edition, the editors have added excerpts and have written introductions that provide a more comprehensive context for the readings. A section on Chan / Zen and excerpts from the writings of Ge Hong, representing the central concerns of Daoism, are included. A section on modern China includes a poem written by Mao, exhibiting his Daoist sensibilities. A revised chapter on Buddhism presents the…mehr
Originally developed for use in introductory courses on Eastern religious traditions, this popular anthology offers a selection of readings from primary texts of India, China, and Japan. For the second edition, the editors have added excerpts and have written introductions that provide a more comprehensive context for the readings. A section on Chan / Zen and excerpts from the writings of Ge Hong, representing the central concerns of Daoism, are included. A section on modern China includes a poem written by Mao, exhibiting his Daoist sensibilities. A revised chapter on Buddhism presents the voices of modern Buddhist writers, including the Dalai Lama. Throughtout the volume, reflections on the role of women in Eastern religions, as well as women's voices themselves, are added.
Harold Coward is Professor Emeritus and the past director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria where he continues to be involved as a research fellow. Ronald Neufeldt is a professor of Eastern religions at the University of Calgary, Alberta. Eva K. Neumaier is Professor Emerita of comparative literature, religion, and film/media studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
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Table of Contents for Readings in Eastern Religions, 2nd Edition by Harold Coward, Ronald Neufeldt, and Eva Neumaier Acknowledgements Introduction Names and Terms in Asian Languages ONE Hinduism Scripture in Hinduism Samhita Rigveda Atharvaveda Brahmanas - The Satapatha Brahmana Upanishads Legal Literature Laws of Manu Epics Bhagavad Gita Ramayana Devotional Literature Bhagavad Gita Ramayana The Goddess Indian Devotional Poet-Saints Manikkavachakar Appar Kabir Mirabai Hindu Ethics and Dharma Hindu Ethics and Dharma - Vasudha Narayanan Sources of Dharma Ages of Time Specific Dharma and "Universal" or Common Dharma Text and Practice Moral Paradigms Dharma and Liberation New Reproduction Technology and the Hindu Tradition Notes TWO Jainism Jain Sutras Notes THREE Buddhism Buddha, the Awakened Autobiographical Records The Great Passing Away or Parinirvana The Buddha Biography Told by a Narrator Buddha's Intrinsic Nature Dharma: The Teaching of the Buddha Ethics (Shila) Cultivation of a Spiritual Life (bhavana) The Development of Wisdom (prajna) The Community Selected Voices of Modern Buddhism Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907): A Voice of Revisionist Buddhism Thich Nhat Hanh (born 1926): Mindfulness and Engaged Buddhism Women's Voices Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935), the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Notes FOUR Sikhism Hymns of Guru Nanak Rahit Namas Notes FIVE Early Chinese Thought Book of Historical Documents Book of Odes Book of Changes Notes SIX Confucian Thought Confucius The Analects Mencius Xunzi Neo-Confucians Zhu Xi/Chu Hsi Wang Yangming/Wang Yang-Ming Notes SEVEN Daoist/Taoist Thought Daodejing Zhuangzi Religious Daoism The Alchemical Tradition Notes EIGHT Modern Chinese Though Mao Zedong Notes NINE Shinto The Ancient Mythology Early and Medieval Shinto The Engi Shiki (Institutes of the Engi Period) Kitabatake Chikafusa (1263-1354) Shinto Resurgence Ichijo Kanera (1402-1481) Kumazawa Banzan (1619-1691) Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801) Hirata Atsutane (1776-1843) The Disestablishment of State Shinto Notes TEN New Religions Tenrikyo Soka Gakkai Notes Glossary Permissions
Table of Contents for Readings in Eastern Religions, 2nd Edition by Harold Coward, Ronald Neufeldt, and Eva Neumaier Acknowledgements Introduction Names and Terms in Asian Languages ONE Hinduism Scripture in Hinduism Samhita Rigveda Atharvaveda Brahmanas - The Satapatha Brahmana Upanishads Legal Literature Laws of Manu Epics Bhagavad Gita Ramayana Devotional Literature Bhagavad Gita Ramayana The Goddess Indian Devotional Poet-Saints Manikkavachakar Appar Kabir Mirabai Hindu Ethics and Dharma Hindu Ethics and Dharma - Vasudha Narayanan Sources of Dharma Ages of Time Specific Dharma and "Universal" or Common Dharma Text and Practice Moral Paradigms Dharma and Liberation New Reproduction Technology and the Hindu Tradition Notes TWO Jainism Jain Sutras Notes THREE Buddhism Buddha, the Awakened Autobiographical Records The Great Passing Away or Parinirvana The Buddha Biography Told by a Narrator Buddha's Intrinsic Nature Dharma: The Teaching of the Buddha Ethics (Shila) Cultivation of a Spiritual Life (bhavana) The Development of Wisdom (prajna) The Community Selected Voices of Modern Buddhism Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907): A Voice of Revisionist Buddhism Thich Nhat Hanh (born 1926): Mindfulness and Engaged Buddhism Women's Voices Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935), the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Notes FOUR Sikhism Hymns of Guru Nanak Rahit Namas Notes FIVE Early Chinese Thought Book of Historical Documents Book of Odes Book of Changes Notes SIX Confucian Thought Confucius The Analects Mencius Xunzi Neo-Confucians Zhu Xi/Chu Hsi Wang Yangming/Wang Yang-Ming Notes SEVEN Daoist/Taoist Thought Daodejing Zhuangzi Religious Daoism The Alchemical Tradition Notes EIGHT Modern Chinese Though Mao Zedong Notes NINE Shinto The Ancient Mythology Early and Medieval Shinto The Engi Shiki (Institutes of the Engi Period) Kitabatake Chikafusa (1263-1354) Shinto Resurgence Ichijo Kanera (1402-1481) Kumazawa Banzan (1619-1691) Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801) Hirata Atsutane (1776-1843) The Disestablishment of State Shinto Notes TEN New Religions Tenrikyo Soka Gakkai Notes Glossary Permissions
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