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| Named Person: | Confucius. |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
C Scott Littleton; Mary McGee; Ornan Rotem; John D Chinnery |
| ISBN: | 0007680007 9780007680009 |
| OCLC Number: | 53101072 |
| Description: | 176 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | Hinduism / Professor Mary McGee: Self and the absolute -- Sacred texts -- Ramayana -- Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita -- Cycles of time and creation -- Dharma and karma -- Four stages of life -- Four aims of life -- Paths to salvation -- Manifestations of the divine -- Vishnu and his avatars -- Krishna -- Rama and Sita -- Shiva -- Ganesha -- Goddess -- Temples and shrines -- Pilgrimage and religious devotion -- Festivals and holy days -- Saints and sages -- Buddhism / Dr Ornan Rotem: Buddha's previous lives and his final birth -- Princely life and the great renunciation -- Enlightenment: the struggle and its reward -- Buddha's teachings -- Buddhist world: "all is duhkha" -- Rebirth and karma -- Four noble truths -- Path leading to the cessation of duhkha -- Different visions of the path -- Buddhist community -- Canons and sutras -- Arhats, Bodhisattvas and other great teachers -- Zen and Japanese Buddhism -- Buddhism in Tibet -- Confucianism / Dr John Chinnery: Confucius, the great master -- Sages of antiquity -- Heaven and the spirits -- Qualities of a gentleman -- Confucian ritual -- Mencius and Xun Zi -- State cult -- Neo-Confucianism -- Confucianism today -- Taoism / Dr John Chinnery: Lao Zi and the dao de jing -- Way and its power -- Zhuang Zi and Lie Zi -- Seven sages of the bamboo grove -- Alchemy and the pursuit of immortality -- Five bushels of rice society -- Buddhism and Taoism -- Priesthood and ritual -- Taoist pantheon -- Immortals -- Taoist sects -- Shinto / Professor C. Scott Littleton: Principal kami -- Shrines and sacred places -- Ritual and ceremony -- Neighbourhood matsuri -- Shinto and Buddhism: 1500 years of coexistence. |
| Responsibility: | general editor, C. Scott Littleton. |
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