1st Edition
Buddhist Studies from India to America Essays in Honor of Charles S. Prebish
Buddhist Studies from India to America covers four important areas of Buddhist Studies: Vinaya Studies and Ethics, the history of Buddhist schools, Western Buddhism, and Inter-religious dialogue. These are the main areas which Charles S. Prebish has either inaugurated or helped to define; and his academic career as a leading, international scholar, and his significant professional achievements are celebrated within this volume.
The geographical and historical scope of the essays in this collection range from ancient India to modern America, and includes contributions by well-known international scholars. The contributors discuss a variety of academic disciplines including philosophy, psychology, history, feminism, and sociology. It will appeal to scholars whose interests embrace either ancient or modern aspects of the Buddhist tradition.
Prologue Bibliography of Charles S. Prebish Introduction Contributors Part 1: Vinaya Studies and Ethics 1. Dogen and the Precepts, Revisited Steven Heine 2. Buddhism and the Practice of Bioethics in the United States Robert L. Hood 3. Buddhism: Morality without Ethics? Damien Keown 4. The Prospects for a Bhikuni Sangha in Tibetan Buddhism Judith Simmer-Brown Part 2: Buddhist Traditions 5. The Time of Ojoden: Narrative and Salvation in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism Michael Bathgate 6. The Kuadanta Sutta: Tradition in Tension Mavis Fenn 7. Mi-Pham’s Contribution to Yogacara Leslie Kawamura 8. Entering the Fray John Daido Loori 9. Stealth Polemics: Tsong Kha Pa on the Difference between Sutra and Tantra John Powers 10. A Note on the Term "citta-matra" in the Sanskrit Lakavatara Sutra Reginald A. Ray Part 3: Western Buddhism 11. Creating a Focal Point for Buddhism in the West. The German Pioneer Paul Dahlke Martin Baumann 12. An Object-Relations Psychology of Zen Practice Franz Metcalf 13. Two Buddhisms Further Considered Paul David Numrich Part 4: Inter-Religious Dialogue 14. Celts and Contests: Sports as Peregrinations and the Athlete as White Martyr Brian Aitken 15. The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement’s Double Legacy George D. Bond 16. The Genesis of all our Dependently Originated Histories. The Divine Plan of Creation John P. Keenan 17. The Ecumenical Vision of Buddhadas Bhikkhu and His Dialogue With Christianity Donald K. Swearer
Biography
Damien Keown is Professor of Buddhist Ethics at Goldsmiths College, London University. He is the author of many books on Buddhism and co-editor (with Charles S. Prebish) of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics and the Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Series.
