Pacific World Journal
New Series Number 9
Fall 1993
CONTENTS
INTERPRETIVE ESSAYS
- Mahayana Essence as Seen in the Concept of “Return to This World”, by TOKUNAGA Michio [download ]
- The Problematics of Realization as a Basis for Dialogue in Shinshu and Zen, by Gregory GIBBS [download ]
- Adapting Jodo-Shinshu Teaching for the West: An Approach Based on the American Work Ethic, by Gordon L. FUNG and Gregory FUNG [ download ]
- A Life of Gratitude, by Richard T. SCHELLHASE [ download ]
- Text and Tradition in the Study of Buddhist Ethics, by Charles S. PREBISH [ download ]
HISTORICAL STUDIES
- Buddhism and the Manners of Death in Japan: Extending Aries’ histoire de mentalité de la mort, by Whalen LAI [ download ]
- Nibbana and Saññvedayitanirodha: An Endless Controversy, by Mathieu BOISVERT [ download ]
TRANSLATION
- The Hasshu-Koyo by the Scholar Monk Gyonen (1240-1321), Part Three: Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, Zen, and Jodo Traditions, by Leo PRUDEN, translatoru [ download ]
BOOK REVIEWS
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- The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentary on the Therigatha, by Susan MURCOIT, reviewed by In-Young CHUNG
- Contentment and Suffering: Culture and Experience in the Toraja, by Douglas W. HOLLAN and Jane C. WELLENCAMP, reviewed by Eric CRYSTAL
- The Blooming of a Lotus: Guided Meditation Exercises for Healing and Transformation, by Thich Nhat HANH, reviewed by Kevin GUINTHER
- All the Mothers Are One: Hindu India and the Cultural Reshaping of Psychoanalysis, by Stanley N. KURTZ, reviewed by Donald PLANSKY
- Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up: A Practical Approach for Modern Life, by B. Alan WALLACE, reviewed by Mark TATZ
- The Summary of the Great Vehicle by Bodhisattva Asanga, tr. by John P. KEENAN, reviewed by Alfred BLOOM
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