Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal : Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism,9780791446119

Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal : Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism

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ISBN13: 9780791446119
ISBN10: 0791446115
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

Todd T. Lewis is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the College of Holy Cross.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Gregory Schopen
Preface xiii
Introduction: Buddhism as a Pragmatic Religious Tradition
1(20)
Popular Narratives and their ``Domestication'' in Buddhist Communities
2(5)
The Development of Buddhist Ritualism
7(2)
The Ritual Innovations of Mahayana Buddhism
9(2)
Nepal and Newar Buddhism
11(7)
The Context and Paradoxes of Modernity
18(3)
Stupas and Spouses: The Shrngabheri Avadana
21(28)
Background
22(6)
Translation
28(8)
The Domestication of the Text
36(3)
Observations on the History of Practical Buddhism
39(10)
Merchants, Demonesses, and Missionary Faith: The Simhalasarthabahu Avadana
49(40)
Background
50(4)
Translation
54(27)
The Domestication of the Text
81(5)
Observations on the History of Practical Buddhism
86(3)
Devotions to a Celestial Bodhisattva: The Tara Vrata
89(20)
Background
91(4)
Translation
95(12)
The Domestication of the Text
107(2)
Invoking the Powers of the Buddhist ``Dark Lord'': The Caturdashi Vrata of Mahakala
109(10)
Background
109(1)
Translation
110(3)
The Domestication of the Text
113(2)
Vratas and the History of Practical Buddhism
115(4)
The Refuge of Recitation: The Pancaraksa
119(46)
Buddhism amid Disease in the Premodern World
119(2)
Background
121(9)
Translation
130(23)
The Domestication of the Pancaraksa Texts
153(8)
Observations on the History of Practical Buddhism
161(4)
Summary and Conclusions
165(16)
Notes 181(24)
Bibliography 205(26)
Index 231

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