Praise for the previous edition:
"Recommended for high school, undergraduate, and general readership collections..."—Library Journal
"Recommended."—Choice
"...a compelling, practical, and straightforward work."—School Library Journal
"...accessible...comprehensive...well suited for public libraries and academic collections."—Booklist
Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Second Edition provides easy access to the terms, concepts, personalities, historical events, institutions, and movements that helped shape the history of Buddhism and the way it is practiced today. Although the primary focus of the encyclopedia is clearly on Buddhism in all its forms, it also provides introductions to Daoism, Shinto, Confucianism, and other religious practices in East and Southeast Asia.
A comprehensive introduction that provides an overview of the tradition, a chronology, cross-references, further readings, a bibliography, and photographs complete this volume. This easy-to-use and essential encyclopedia is ideal for high school and college students, researchers, and general readers.
Entries include:
- Afghanistan, Buddhism in
- Anatman
- Angkor Wat
- Asoka
- Bodhi tree
- Buddhas of the past
- Buddhism in Cambodia
- Buddhism in the United States
- Buddhist fundamentalism
- Pema Chodron
- Christian-Buddhist relations
- Confucian Classics
- Cremation in Buddhism
- Dalai Lama
- Daoism in China-Taiwan
- Eightfold Path
- Falun Gong
- Feng shui
- Gompa
- Hermann Hesse
- Japan Buddhist Federation
- Karma
- Laozi
- Mandala
- Nirvana
- Questions of King Milinda
- Schools of Chinese Buddhism
- Shinto
- Stupa
- Tea ceremony
- Theravada
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Traditional Buddhist ethics
- War and violence
- Zen Buddhism.