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...Timothy Brook Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism . Edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1995 . 298 pp. $16.95 (paper). Buddhism in Practice . Edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr . Princeton Readings in Religion. Princeton...

...Beatrice Diamond Miller Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism . By Rita M. Gross . Albany : State University of New York Press , 1993 . xi, 365 pp. $44.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1993 1993 BOOK REVIEWS...

...Kevin Trainor Seeding Buddhism with Multiculturalism: The Transmission of Sri Lankan Buddhism in Toronto . By D. Mitra Barua . Montreal : McGill-Queens University Press , 2019 . 280 pp. ISBN: 9780773556577 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 2020 2020...

...Michel Mohr Buddhism and Violence: Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia . Edited by Vladimir Tikhonov and Torkel Brekke . New York : Routledge , 2012 . viii, 264 pp. $125.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2014  2014 Scholars and the general...

...Kenneth Ch'en Buddhism . Edited by Richard A. Gard . Great Religions of Modern Man. New York : George Braziller , 1961 . 256 . Index. $4.00 Encyclopedia of Buddhism . Edited by G. P. Malalasekera . Fascicule: A-Aca. Ceylon : Government Press , 1961 . xv, 125 . Copyright ©...

... to the publication of this work. It is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in tantric Buddhism and its early development in Tibet. The final sādhana text that Dalton brings to our attention is a fascinating tenth-century work titled the Samādhi-sādhana , a short meditation manual that integrates...

...John Strong Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1974 1974 Buddhism Under Mao . By Holmes Welch . Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1972 . 666 pp. $16.00. 474 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Buddhism Under Mao. BY HOLMES WELCH. Cambridge: Harvard University Press...

...Richard Gombrich Gods in Early Buddhism: A Study in Their Social and Mythological Milieu as Depicted in the Nikāyas of the Pāli Canon . BY M. M. J. Marasinghe . Kelaniya : University of Sri Lanka , Vidyalankara Campus, 1974 . xviii, 301 pp. Chart, Bibliography, Index. Library Ed. Rs...

... integrated the universal salvation of Buddhism with a distinctly national tradition. VOL. XLI, N O . 2 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES FEBRUARY 1982 The Boundaries of Compassion: Buddhism and National Tradition in Japanese Pilgrimage JAMES H. FOARD I t has often been said that a modern Japanese participates...

...John D. Rogers Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka . By Richard Gombrich and Gananath Obeyesekere . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1988 . xvi , 484 pp. $49.50. The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response...

...Todd T. Lewis Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations . By Paul Williams . New York : Routledge , 1989 . Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 122 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES organization as it was presumed to exist just prior to European contact...

...James H. Grayson Introduction of Buddhism to Korea: New Cultural Patterns . Edited by Lewis R. Lancaster and C. S. Yu . Berkeley, Calif. : Asian Humanities Press , 1989 . x, 229 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 708 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Roger R. Jackson Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia . Edited by Christopher S. Queen and Sallie B. King . Albany : State University of New York Press , 1996 . xii, 446 pp. $24.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1996 1996 BOOK...

...Reiko Ohnuma The Life of Buddhism . Edited by Frank E. Reynolds and Jason A. Carbine . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 2000 . x , 230 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 196 THE JOURNAL...

.... Asad T. 1993 . “Pain and Truth in Medieval Christian Ritual.” In Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press . Bechert H. , and Hartmann J. . 1988 . “ Observations on the Reform of Buddhism in Nepal...

...Stanley K. Abe Cultural Intersections in Later Chinese Buddhism . Edited by Marsha Weidner . Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press , 2001 . 396 pp. $44.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA 715 Cultural Intersections...

...Ding-hwa E. Hsieh Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism: A Reading of the Treasure Store Treatise . By Robert H. Sharf . Studies in East Asian Buddhism, no. 14. Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press , 2002 . 408 pp. $47.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

... in the ritual Buddhist cycle. In contrast to Thailand, he identifies religious practice in Laos as “inspirited” Buddhism instead of “Buddhacized” spirit cults (pp. 233, 257). Unfortunately, the intricate entanglements of Buddhist doctrine and phi cults in Lao ritual life remain diffuse and lack ethnographic...

...Alain Arrault Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China . By Christine Mollier . Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press , 2008 . xi, 241 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011...

...T. H. Barrett Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600–1400 . By Tansen Sen . Asian Interactions and Comparisons : Published with the Association for Asian Studies . Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press , 2003 . xvi , 388 pp. $55.00 (cloth...