Buddhism

Volume 9 (2015)

Special Issue: Comparative anthropology of Buddhist transactions: moving beyond the Maussian terminology of the “gift.”

Introduction: The Comparative Anthropology of the Buddhist Gift
Nicolas Sihlé

Towards a Comparative Anthropology of the Buddhist Gift (and Other Transfers)
Nicolas Sihlé

Religious Donations, Ritual Offerings, and Humanitarian Aid: Fields of Practice According to Forms of Giving in Burma
Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière

The Healing Power of the Gift Healing Services and Remuneration in Rakhine (Western Myanmar)
Céline Coderey

Donations and Gift-Giving among Newar Buddhists, Nepal
Gérard Toffin

Gifts and the Selfless Work Ethic in Tibetan Buddhist Centres in France
Cecile Campergue

Faith, Generosity, Knowledge and the Buddhist Gift: Moral Discourses on Chinese Patronage of Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries
Jane Caple

Sex and Sexuality in Buddhism: A Tetralemma
Amy Paris Langenberg

Avadānas and Jātakas in the Newar Tradition of the Kathmandu Valley: Ritual Performances of Mahāyāna Buddhist Narratives
Todd Lewis
See Also: Teaching and Learning Guide Divining the Buddha’s Arrival
Vanessa Sasson

Buddhists and Violence: Historical Continuity/Academic Incongruities
Michael Jerryson
See Also: Teaching and Learning Guide

Volume 8 (2014)

Buddhism and Family
Liz Wilson

Curses, Truth, and the Coming of Maitreya – Lanna Inscriptions as Objects of Power
Maria Kekki

Buddhism, Science, and the Truth About Karma
Francisca Cho

The Tranquil Meditator: Representing Buddhism and Buddhists in US Popular Media
Scott A. Mitchell

Volume 7 (2013)

Soka Gakkai International: The Global Expansion of a Japanese Buddhist Movement
Daniel Métraux

Divining Karma in Chinese Buddhism
Beverley Foulks McGuire

Buddhist Visual Worlds I: The Eyes and Ways of Seeing
Chris Hatchell

Buddhist Visual Worlds II: Practices of Visualization and Vision
Chris Hatchell

Volume 6 (2012)

An Introduction to the Tibetan Dzogchen (Great Perfection) Philosophy of Mind
David Higgins

From Weikzahood to Mediumship: How to Master the World in Contemporary Burma
Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière

Volume 5 (2011)

What is Canadian about Canadian Buddhism?
Jeff Wilson

The Visual Culture of Japanese Buddhism from the Early Modern Period to the Present
Patricia Graham

Mahāmudrā: Natural Mind in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
Roger Jackson

The Mahāyāna Path of the Bodhisattva in the Ornament for Clear Realization
James B. Apple

Shin Buddhist Women in America
Michihiro Ama

Pre-Angkor Khmer Religion and State
Daniel Michon

Volume 4 (2010)

Buddhists in Modern Southeast Asia
Justin Thomas McDaniel

Dolpopa and Gyaltsab Debate Tathāgatagarbha: Two Distinct Interpretations of Buddha-Nature in Tibet
Tsering Wangchuk

Initial Findings on Wat Suthat: Presence, Power, and Merit-Making in the Vihara Murals and Inscriptions
Luke Schmidt

A Buddhist Colonization?: A New Perspective on the Attempted Alliance of 1910 Between the Japanese Sōtōshū and the Korean Wnjong
Hwansoo Kim

Early Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism I: Recent Scholarship
David Drewes

Early Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism II: New Perspectives
David Drewes

Volume 3 (2009)

Local and Translocal in the Study of Theravada Buddhism and Modernity
Erik Braun

The Changing Roles of Thai Buddhist Women: Obscuring Identities and Increasing Charisma
Martin Seeger

The Historical Roots of Tibetan Scholasticism
Carl S. Yamamoto

Mapping the American Buddhist Terrain: Paths Taken and Possible Itineraries
Jeff Wilson

Buddhist Epistemology: The Study of Pramāṇa
Jonathan Stoltz

Burmese Monks in Bangkok: Opening an Abhidhamma School and Creating a Lineage
Kelly Meister

Buddhism and Thai Art
Pattaratorn Chirapravati

A Robed Revolution: The Contemporary Buddhist Nun’s (Bhikṣuṇī) Movement
Susanne Mrozik

Beyond the Weberian Trails: An Essay on the Anthropology of Southeast Asian Buddhism
Pattana Kitiarsa

Volume 2 (2008)

Self-Sacrifice of the Bodhisatta in the Paññāsa Jātaka
Arthid Sheravanichkul

Labrang Monastery: Tibetan Buddhism on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier
Paul K. Nietupski

Mapping the Mahāyāna: Some Historical and Doctrinal Issues
Mario D’Amato

Indian Buddhist Preachers Inside and Outside the Sūtras
Richard Nance

Volume 1 (2007)

The Cakrasamvara Tantra: Its History, Interpretation, and Practice in India and Tibet
David B. Gray

Buddhism, Politics, and Nationalism in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
Thomas Borchert

Two Buddha Relic Traditions
John S. Strong

The Paradox of Evil in Tiantai Buddhist Philosophy
Jee Loo Liu

The Dalai Lamas and State Power
Derek F. Maher

Toward a “Wider and Juster Initiative”: Recent Comparative Work in Buddhist Ethics
Maria Heim

Buddhism and Caste in India and Sri Lanka
Jeffrey Samuels

Yogācāra Strategies against Realism: Appearances (ākti) and Metaphors (upacāra)
Jonathan C. Gold