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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Buddhism is a diverse field of study that combines religion, philosophy, history, political science, sociology, art history, philology and textual studies, and informs a variety of comparative studies. The field’s heightened profile in academia and in the news has generated interest from scholars working in different disciplines, underscoring the need for a comprehensive reference resource. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism provides wide-ranging coverage on foundational and emerging topics in Buddhist studies in in-depth scholarly articles written by experts worldwide. All of the articles appear online as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion.

To read The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism articles online, see the Buddhism section of ORE Religion. This section will continue to grow as the project expands. 

Volume Editors

Richard K. Payne (co-Editor-in-Chief), Institute of Buddhist Studies, Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies in Buddhism

Georgios T. Halkias (co-Editor-in-Chief), The University of Hong Kong

Associate Editors

Anne M. Blackburn, Cornell University

Robert Linrothe, Northwestern University

Scott A. Mitchell, Institute of Buddhist Studies

Francesca Tarocco, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and NYU Shanghai

Vesna A. Wallace, University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Articles

Abhidharmakośabhāṣya (Treasury of Metaphysics with Self-Commentary) (Oren Hanner)
Abhisamayālaṃkāra (Ornament for Clear Realization) (James B. Apple)
American Buddhism during World War II Imprisonment (Michihiro Ama)
Amoghavajra (Geoffrey Goble)
Art, Architecture and National Memory-Making (Maurizio Peleggi)
Avalokiteśvara: The Bodhisattva of Compassion (Chün-fang Yü)
Buddhism and Biography (Ben Van Overmeire)
Buddhism and Globalization (Jørn Borup)
Buddhism and Healing in China (Natalie Köhle)
Buddhism and Media (Scott A. Mitchell)
Buddhism and Medicine in Premodern Japan (Andrew Macomber)
Buddhism and Print Culture in China (T. H. Barrett)
Buddhism and Shinto (Fabio Rambelli)
Buddhism in Colonial Contexts (Douglas Ober)
Buddhism in Film (Sharon A. Suh)
Buddhisms in Diaspora: The Canadian Context of Chinese Buddhism (Paul Crowe)
Buddhist Art and Architecture in Tibet (Erberto Lo Bue)
Buddhist Chaplaincy (Monica Sanford, Nathan Jishin Michon)
Buddhist Cosmology (Eric Huntington)
Buddhist Geography and Regionalism (Megan Bryson)
Buddhist Medicine in India (Vesna A. Wallace)
Buddhist Meditation and Contemplation: An Introduction (Sarah Shaw)
Buddhist Philosophy as Philosophy (Mark Siderits)
Buddhist Wizards (Weizzā/Weikza) of Myanmar (Thomas Patton)
Candrakīrti's Middle Way Philosophy (Kevin Vose)
Canon and Commentary in the Earliest Buddhist Manuscripts (Stefan Baums)
Chan Literature (Jeffrey L. Broughton)
Chöd: A Tibetan Buddhist Practice (Sarah Harding)
Debate Traditions in Premodern Japan (Asuka Sango)
Domestic Dharma in Japan (Paula Arai)
D.T. Suzuki: A Biography (James C. Dobbins)
D.T. Suzuki: Ideas and Influences (James C. Dobbins)
Dunhuang Art (Michelle C. Wang)
Dunhuang Texts (Mélodie Doumy)
Dzogchen (Sam van Schaik)
Early History of the Drukpa Kagyü School (Seiji Kumagai)
Early Modern European Encounters with Buddhism (Thomas Calobrisi)
Epigraphy and the Study of Buddhism: South Asia's Northern Corridor (Richard Salomon)
Esoteric Buddhism in Southeast Asia (Nathan McGovern)
Filial Piety in Chinese Buddhism (Guang Xing)
Fo Guang Shan (Kendall Marchman)
Four Noble Truths (Carol S. Anderson)
From Manuscript to Print in South and Southeast Asia (Christoph Emmrich)
Gelukpa (James B. Apple)
Global Buddhism (Jens Reinke)
Global Theravada Buddhism: Asian Foundations (Mavis L. Fenn)
Global Theravada: Transmission Beyond Asia (Mavis L. Fenn)
Guardian/Protector Deities in Tibetan Buddhism (Cameron Bailey)
History of Buddhisms in China: the Nanbeicho Period (Late 4th Century to the Sui Dynasty) (Henrik H. Sørensen)
Hsing Yun (Kendall Marchman)
Huineng (John Jorgensen)
Japanese Buddhisms in Diaspora (Elisabetta Porcu)
Jātaka (Naomi Appleton)
Jebtsundamba Khutugtus of Mongolia (Agata Bareja-Starzyńska)
Madhyamaka (Paul B. Donnelly)
Mahāmudrā in India and Tibet (Roger R. Jackson)
Mañjuśrī (Laura Harrington)
Maritime Buddhism (Andrea Acri)
Monastic Education in Contemporary Asia (Thomas Borchert)
Mongolian Buddhism in the Democratic Period (Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko)
Mongolian Buddhism in the Early 20th Century (Matthew W. King)
Muslim-Buddhist Relations and Buddhism in Muslim Sources until the Mongol Period (Anna Ayse Akasoy)
Nāgārjuna (Mark Siderits)
Naikan: A Meditation Method and Psychotherapy (Clark Chilson)
Narratives of Buddhist Relics and Images (Stephen C. Berkwitz)
Nechung: A Tibetan Buddhist Oracle (Christopher Bell)
Nichiren (Jacqueline Stone)
Patronage of Buddhist Monasteries in Eastern India (600-1300 CE) (Suchandra Ghosh)
Perfections (Six and Ten) of Bodhisattvas in Buddhist Literature (James B. Apple)
The Philosophical Works and Influence of Dignāga and Dharmakīrti (Dan Arnold)
Pilgrimage in Buddhist Tibet (Paul B. Donnelly)
Prajñāpāramitā and Khmer Esoteric Buddhism in the 10th to 13th centuries (Swati Chemburkar)
Psychological Interpreters of Buddhism (Ira Helderman)
Pure Land Buddhism in Tibetan Contexts (Georgios Halkias)
Queering Buddhist Traditions (Bee Scherer)
Rennyo (Eisho Nasu)
The Sangha as an Institution (Thomas Borchert)
Śāntideva’s Introduction to the Practices of Awakening (Bodhicaryāvatāra) (Stephen E. Harris)
Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma (K.L. Dhammajoti)
Secular Buddhism (Richard K. Payne, Casey Alexandra Kemp)
The Six Nara Schools (Mikaël Bauer)
Sōka Gakkai (Andrew Gebert)
Southeast Asian Refugees in North America (Carl L. Bankston III)
Sri Lanka’s Sinhala Buddhist Guardian Deities: Satara Varan Devi (Sree Padma, John Holt)
Symbolism and Construction of the Kālacakra-Maṇḍala (Vesna A. Wallace)
Taixu (Eric Goodell)
Tantra and the Tantric Traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism (David B. Gray)
Tantric Buddhism in Japan: Kukai and Saicho (David L. Gardiner)
Tantric Buddhism in Japan: Shingon, Tendai, and the Esotericization of Japanese Buddhisms (David L. Gardiner)
The Body of the Buddha (John Powers)
The Bön Tradition of Dzogchen (Jean-Luc Achard)
The Buddhist Vidyādharas (Weikza/Weizzā) in Burma/Myanmar (Niklas Foxeus)
The Economics of Buddhism (Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg)
The Imamura Families and the Making of American Buddhism (Michihiro Ama)
The Kadampa: A Formative Movement of Tibetan Buddhism (Ulrike Roesler)
The life of Marpa Lotsawa Chökyi Lodrö (Cécile Ducher)
Theravāda Buddhism (Sven Bretfeld)
The Study of Visual Culture in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism (Nicolas Revire)
Thích Nhất Hạnh in the Context of the Modern Development of Vietnamese Buddhism (Alexander Soucy)
Three Turnings of the Wheel of Doctrine (Dharma-Cakra) (John Powers)
Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thödol) (Casey Alexandra Kemp)
Tibetan Buddhism and the Gesar Epic (Solomon George FitzHerbert)
Tibetan Buddhist Power Objects (James Duncan Gentry)
Tibetan Medicine and its Buddhist Contexts (Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim)
Tibetan Visionary Buddhism (Chris Hatchell)
Transmission of Buddhist Media and Texts (Daniel Veidlinger)
Tri Songdétsen (Brandon Dotson)
The Vajrakīla Tantras (Martin Boord)
Vinaya Rules for Monks and Nuns (Ann Heirman)
Visualization/Contemplation Sutras (Guan Jing) (David Quinter)
Western Buddhism and Race (Joseph Cheah, Sharon A. Suh)
Xuyun (Joseph Cheah, Sharon A. Suh, Daniela Campo)