Article: Encyclopedia of Buddhism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: The symbiosis of Buddhism with Brahmanism/Hinduism in ...
Reference & Research Book News;  February 1, 2009 ;     581 words ... ... the historical "victory" of Buddhism over Hinduism, and (most ... is a major element defining Buddhism. The study also presents evidence ... similar relationships between Buddhism and Tibetan deities. Distributed ... Brown Book Co. ([c]2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

Article: The spread of Buddhism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2007 ;     503 words ... ... century, the possibility that Buddhism reached Greece, the road ... Tibet and its later spread, Buddhism amongst the Mongols, and the spread of Zen Buddhism. The result is a model ... faith. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ...

Article: Buddhism and transgression; the appropriation of ...
Reference & Research Book News;  November 1, 2009 ;     533 words ... ... transgression; the appropriation of Buddhism in the contemporary West ... suggests that modern Western Buddhism can--perhaps should ... interest in Tibet and Vajrayana Buddhism, and engaging with the discursive ... transgression. ([c]2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

Article: Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal: The ...
Reference & Research Book News;  November 1, 2006 ;     488 words ... ... century reformation of Newar Buddhism. Tuladhar-Douglas, Will ... Routledge critical studies in Buddhism BQ396 By the 15th century ... vitality and authority of Sanskrit Buddhism in Nepal in the face of political ... stories. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

Article: Buddhism and violence.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News;  November 1, 2007 ;     457 words ... ... There is no overall study of Buddhism and violence, but there ... topics as views of suicide in Buddhism, the context of the rite of liberation, and Buddhism and the killing of animals ... Company. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ...

Article: The art of Buddhism; an introduction to its history and ...
Reference & Research Book News;  May 1, 2009 ;     515 words ... ... using the art to explain how Buddhism was disseminated to masses ... the Asian states at the time Buddhism reached them. She also relates ... introduction to Asian history, Buddhism and Buddhist art. ([c]2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

Article: A concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism.(Brief ...
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2008 ;     434 words ... ... or no background in either Tibet or Buddhism. He begins with the origin of Buddhism in India and discusses the Mahayana ... practices, and the four orders of Tibetan Buddhism. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)