Third Series Number 4 (Fall 2002)

Third Series Number 4
Fall 2002

Two Special Sections on Buddhism and Cognitive Science and
Visions and Visualization: Buddhist Praxis on the Silk Road

Special Section on “Buddhism and Cognitive Science”

Buddhism and Cognitive Science: Contributions to an Enlarged Discourse, Symposium Proceedings by Richard K. PAYNE [ download the article ]
A Science of Consciousness: Buddhism (1), the Modern West (0) by B. Alan WALLACE [ download the article ]
“How do I know thee? Let me count the ways”: Meditation and Basic Cognitive Processes Eleanor ROSCH [ download the article ]
Studying “No Mind”: The Future of Orthogonal Approaches by Steven A. TAINER [ download the article ]
Cognitive Theories of Ritual and Buddhist Practice: An Examination of Ilkka Pyysiäinen’s Theory by Richard K. PAYNE [ download the article ]

Special Section on “Visions and Visualization: Buddhist Praxis on the Silk Road”

Editorial Note [ download the article ]
A Rough Sketch of Central Asian Buddhism by Kogi KUDARA [ download the article ]
Buddhism of Bamiyan by Meiji YAMADA [ download the article ]
Practice of Visualization and the Visualization Sutra: An Examination of Mural Paintings at Toyok, Turfan by Nobuyoshi YAMABE [ download the article ]
Hidden Realms and Pure Abodes: Central Asian Buddhism as Frontier Religion in the Literature of India, Nepal, and Tibet by Ronald M. DAVIDSON [ download the article ]
The Buddhist Culture of the Old Uigur Peoples by Kogi KUDARA [ download the article ]

Articles and Translations

The Idea of the Last Dharma-age in Shinran’s Thought (Part 2) by Kyoshin Asano [ download the article ]
Rennyo’s Theory on Amida Buddha’s Name:A Comparison with Shinran (Part 2) by Koju FUGEN [download the article ]
An Examination of the Historical Development of the Concept of Two Aspects of Deep Belief (Part 2) by Ryosho Yata [ download the article ]
Pure Land Buddhism in China: A Doctrinal History, Chapter Five: The Early Pure Land Faith: Southern China, and Chapter Six: The Early Pure Land Faith: Northern China by Shinko MOCHIZUKI, Leo M.PRUDEN,Translator [ download the article ]

Judith Simmer-Brown, Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism by Susan M. ABBOTT
Marcia Binder Schmidt, Compiled and Edited, The Dzogchen Primer: Embracing the Spiritual Path According to the Great Perfection by Randall STUDSTILL
James W. Heisig, Philosophers of Nothingness: An Essay on the Kyoto School by Peter SUARES
Richard M. Jaffe, Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism by Kanjo ASUKA

Notes and News

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