Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments And Other Things ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Figments
6. Chapter I. The Mahâyâna And The Middle Period In Indian Buddhism Through A Chinese Looking-Glass 3
7. Chapter II.The Phrase Sa Pŗthivīpradeśaś Caityabhūto Bhavet In The Vajracchedikâ Notes On The Cult Of The Book In Mahāyāna 25
8. Chapter III. The Bones Of A Buddha And The Business Of A Monk Conservative Monastic Values In An Early Mahāyāna Polemical Tract 63
9. Chapter IV. On Sending The Monks Back To Their Books Cult And Conservatism In Early Mahāyāna Buddhism 108
10. Chapter V. Sukhāvatī As A Generalized Religious Goal In Sanskrit Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature 154
11. Chapter VI. The Generalization Of An Old Yogic Attainment In Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature Some Notes On Jāetismara 190
12. Fragments
13. Chapter VII. Mahāyāna In Indian Inscriptions 223
14. Chapter VIII. The Inscription On The Ku Şān Image Of Amitâbha And The Character Of The Early Mahāyāna In India 247
15. Chapter IX. The Ambiguity Of Avalokiteśvara And The Tentative Identifcation Of A Painted Scene From A Mahāyāna Sūtra At Ajaṇṭā 278
16. Chapter X. A Verse From The Bhadracaripraṇidhāna In A Tenth-Century Inscription Found At Nālandā 299
17. Chapter XI. The Text On The “Dhāraṇī Stones From Abhayagiriya” A Minor Contribution To The Study Of Mahoeyoena Literature In Ceylon 306
18. Chapter XII. The Bodhigarbhālaṅkāralakṣa And Vimaloṣṇīṣa Dhāraṇīs In Indian Inscriptions Two Sources For The Practice Of Buddhism In Medieval India 314
19. Chapter XIII. A Note On The “Technology Of Prayer” And A Reference To A “Revolving Bookcase” In An Eleventh-Century Indian Inscription 345
20. Chapter XIV. Stūpa And Tīrtha Tibetan Mortuary Practices And An Unrecognized Form Of Burial Ad Sanctos At Buddhist Sites In India 350
21. Index Of Archaeological Sites And Findspots For Inscriptions 371
22. Index Of Texts 373
23. Index Of Subjects 377
24. About The Author 381