Religions of Asia in practice
Subtitle: an anthology
By: Donald S. Lopez Jr., editor.
Contributors: Lopez, Donald S., 1952-
Series: Princeton readings in religions
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 734
ISBN-13: 9780691090603; 9780691090610
Subjects: Religious life; Asia -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: RELIGIONS OF INDIA IN PRACTICE: Introduction: a brief history of religions in India / Richard H. Davis; title: Bengali songs to Kali / Rachel Fell McDermott; title: Women's celebration of Muhammad's birth / Marcia Hermansen; title: Encountering the smallpox goddess: the auspicious song of Sitala / Tony K. Stewart; title: Jain stories inspiring renunciation / Phyllis Granoff; title: Mother Ten's stories / Ann Grodzins Gold; title: The life of Guru Nanak / Hew McLeod; title: The exemplary devotion of the "Servant of Hari" / Tony K. Stewart; title: The origin of Linga worship / Richard H. Davis; title: BUDDHISM IN PRACTICE: Introduction / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.; title: Consecrating the Buddha / Donald K. Swearer; title: Sutra on the merit of bathing the Buddha / Donald Boucher; title: The whole universe as a sutra / Luis O. Gomez; title: The book of resolving doubts concerning the semblance Dharma / Kyoko Tokuno; title: Auspicious things / Charles Hallisey; title: Daily life in the assembly / T. Griffith Foulk; title: Awakening the Zen Buddhist women / Sallie B. King; title: Death-bed testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful / Daniel B. Stevenson; title: RELIGIONS OF CHINA IN PRACTICE: Introduction: The spirits of Chinese religion / Stephen F. Teiser; title: Laozi: ancient philosopher, master of immortality and god / Livia Kohn; title: The lives and teachings of the divine lord of Zitong / Terry F. Kleeman; title: A sutra promoting the white-robed Guanyin as Giver of Sons / Chun-fang Yu; title: Body gods and inner vision: The Scripture of the Yellow Court / Paul W. Kroll; title: Teachings of a spirit medium / Jean DeBernardi; title: Spellbinding / Donald Harper; title: Record of the Feng and Shan sacrifices / Stephen Bokenkamp; title: The law of the spirits / Valerie Hansen; title: Shrines to local former worthies / Ellen Neshar; title: The Scripture in Forty-two Sections / Robert H. Sharf; title: The Scripture on Perfect Wisdom for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States / Charles Orzech; title: Stories from an illustrated explanation of the Tract of the Most Exalted on Action and Response / Catherine Bell; title: RELIGIONS OF TIBET IN PRACTICE: Introduction / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.; title: The royal way of supreme compassion / Matthew Kapstein; title: Guidebook to Lapchi / Toni Huber; title: The Yogin Lorepa's retreat at Lake Namtso / Nalanda Translation Committee; title: A fasting ritual / Roger Jackson; title: The regulations of a monastery / Jose Ignacio Cobezon; title: A prayer for the deliverance from rebirth / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.; title: Turning back gossip / Matthew Kapstein; title: A prayer flag for Tara / Donald S. Lopez, Jr.; title: RELIGIONS OF JAPAN IN PRACTICE: Introduction / George J. Tanabe, Jr.; title: Kaibara Ekken's precepts on the family / Mary Evelyn Tucker; title: A refutation of clerical marriage / Richard Jaffe; title: The contemplation of suchness / Jacqueline L. Stone; title: Chido's dreams of Buddhism / William M. Bodiford; title: The Confucian monarchy of Nara Japan / Charles Holcombe; title: Nationalistic Shinto: a child's guide to Yasukuni Shrine / Richard Gardner; title: The founding of Mount Koya and Kukai's eternal meditation / George J. Tanabe, Jr.; title: Motoori Norinaga on the two shrines at Ise / Mark Teeuwen; title: Sasaki Shoten: toward a postmodern Shinshu Theology / Jan Van Bragt; title: Contemporary Zen Buddhist tracts for the laity: grassroots Buddhism in Japan / Ian Reader.