Indian Buddhism in Inscriptions

The Mahâyâna and the Middle Period in Indian Buddhism

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Finding history: the locational geography of Ashokan inscriptions in the Indian subcontinent

Antiquity / Volume 90 / Issue 350 / April 2016, pp 376 392 DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2016.6, Published online: 06 April 2016 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0003598X16000065 How to cite this article: Monica L. Smith, Thomas W. Gillespie, Scott Barron and Kanika Kalra (2016). Finding history: the locational geography of Ashokan inscriptions in the Indian subcontinent. Antiq...

Buddhism Architecture in Northwestern Iran

Architecture is not only a complex including materials and methods to provide a shelter for human beings, but also it is an expression of the society, which created that. Its form will be the reflection of values and religious orientation besides social maturity of the related society and its structure will narrate the nature, power and different dimensions of mythical and psychological aspects...

Sudden/Gradual Approaches to Enlightenment in Indian Mahayana Buddhism with Reference to Abhisamayalamkaraloka of Haribhadra

Chapter I Methodological considerations 1. A Critical evaluation of Buddhist Studies in the West 2. Buddhist hermeneutics: language, vocabulary and models of interpretation 3. The Problem of Mahayana Schools and the quest for the ultimate truth 4. Proposal for an alternative methodology Chapter II Background of the gradual meditative path Chapter III Yogacara marga: a brief analysis of the conc...

The Provocative Character of the “Mystical” Discourses on the Absolute Body in Indian Tantric Buddhism