MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

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050 00 $aBQ4022$b.O57 2005
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100 1 $aOlson, Carl.
245 14 $aThe different paths of Buddhism :$ba narrative-historical introduction /$cCarl Olson.
260 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. :$bRutgers University Press,$cc2005.
300 $ax, 291 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aI: Origins and historical development -- Crows and monks: introduction -- The elephant and the Buddha -- 2: Theravāda philosophy and practice -- The narrative path of the Buddha -- Ethical and political implications of Buddhist narratives -- The tale of beggars and donors -- The feminine narrative in Buddhism -- Stories from Buddhists villages -- 3: Major Mahāyāna movements and schools -- The Bodhisattva's path to perfection -- Secret narratives: philosophies of emptiness -- Devotional voices of the pure land -- Tales of Lamas: Tibetan Buddhism -- The no-narrative of seated meditation: Zen -- New narratives: recent paths of reform and revival.
650 0 $aBuddhism.
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