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Index
Italicized page numbers refer to illustrations. Bolded page numbers indicate authors of selections.
Abhidhamma (Abhidharma), 162, 174–75n13, 214
abortion, 7
Aceh conflict (2003–200), 199
Advice to the Prince Jibigtemur, the So-called Jewel Rosary, 93
Aggañña Sutta, 66, 72n9
airplane, Chinese Buddhist, 146–49, 155nn36, 38, 156n45
Ajtasattu, King, 11, 126
alcohol consumption, 36, 99, 200
alms giving, 91–92, 159, 170, 194, 202, 215
Altan Khan (1508–1582), 91–94, 100
Altan Khan’s Law (Altan Khany Tsaaz), 93–94
Amarbayasgalant monastery, 98–99 Amaterasu, 107
Amita (Amitabha), 35–36, 39, 54n105, 227
nanda, 121–22
nandavasa, 157–58, 158, 160–61, 163–64, 166, 168, 172
antman, 117–18
animals, 67, 162, 172, 212
for food, 6–7
for sacrifices, 91, 221
anorexia, 14
anti-Buddhist teachings, 22, 61, 69, 106
anti-campaigns in China, 135–36, 138
Anti-Japanese War (1937–1945), 138, 142, 146, 148–49, 155n36
Anurdhapura, 159, 161, 166, 176n36
apocryphal manuscripts, 22, 219
aragami, 223
archery, 38, 54n113
arhats, 42, 61, 167, 176n28
Arjuna, 59
Ar Khalkha, 94
Arthastra, 60, 66–67
ryabala, 93–94. See also Avalokitevara
ryadeva, 63, 74n39
rya-Bodhisattva-gocara-upya viaya-vikurvaa-nirdea stra. See Satyakaparivarta
Asahara Shk, 8, 227
Asaga, 42, 44, 69–70
ascetics, 21, 61–66, 62, 71, 219
Ashikaga government, 32, 37, 39–40
Asia-Pacific War (1937–1945), 107, 110, 111, 112, 114, 119–20, 120, 122, 123
Aoka, 7, 12, 21, 63, 128, 166, 181
Assaji, 171
assassinations, 27, 42, 45, 55–56n138, 62–63, 190, 212
tman, 117–18
August Victory Squadron, 30
Aum Shinriky, 8, 227
avadna literature, 63, 66
Avalokitevara, 69–70, 86–87, 89n11, 94, 218
Bangkok, 181, 184
Bannang Sata district, 195
barbarians, Chinese, 23, 25–26, 33, 49–50n45
Bartholomeusz, Tessa, 162, 174n12
Bataille, Georges, 222, 225n15
Beijing, 133, 138–40, 143–44, 146–48, 156nn41, 45
Benjamin, Walter, 6
Benn, James, 219
Berger, Peter, 128
Be ri, 80, 83
Bhaddali sutta, 95
Bhviveka, 68
Bhma, 67
Bna, (Funan, Cambodia), 44
Bhutan, 215
bKa’ brgyud school, 79, 83–84, 88
BKra shis lhun po monastery, 79
Black July (1983), 160
black magic, 21, 26, 222
blinding, 70, 93
Bloch, Maurice, 222
blood sacrifice, 91–92
Blue Lake region, 80, 82
Bodhgaya, 83
Bodhidharma, 27, 114, 222, 224n11
Bodhipj ceremony, 158
Bodhisattvabhmi, 68
bodhisattvas, 9, 19–21, 25–26, 39–40, 42, 44–45, 191, 214
armor of compassion, 65
celestial, 59
and Chinese Buddhists’ response to Korean War, 142, 146, 151
and Dalai Lama V, 81, 86–88, 89n11
and legalized violence in Mongolia, 93, 96
and Satyakaparivarta, 68–70
and soldier-Zen, 116–17, 125–27, 129–30n29
Bodhi tree, 157, 159
body armor as metaphor, 59, 61
Bogahayya, 157
Bogd Khan state, 97
Bon, 79–80, 83, 88
Bourdieu, Pierre, 197, 202
bows and arrows, 21, 24, 227
Boxers, 27, 53n92
boxing, 27, 52n73
Brahmalokas, 68
Brahma Net stra (Brahmajla stra), 20–21
Brahmans, 41, 63, 100, 121–22
‘Bras spungs monastery, 79–80
‘Brug pa bKa’ brgyud, 83
bSod nams Chos ‘phel, 80, 87–88
bSod nams rGya mtsho, 92
Buddha, 5–8, 10–13, 38, 41–43, 216–18
and Chinese Buddhists’ response to Korean War, 145
death of, 221
Gushri Khan compared to, 82–83, 85
historical Buddha, 5, 7, 183, 204
relics of, 166
and Satyakaparivarta, 59, 61–64, 62, 67–68
and sermons to Sri Lankan soldiers, 157–58, 171–72, 176n36
and soldier-Zen, 123–24
Buddhadharma, 105–6, 116–17, 121–22, 125, 128–29, 162
Buddhisms, 3–5, 8–13, 14n1, 16nn24, 29, 27, 180–82, 216–17
Buddhist Lent, 183–84, 187
Buddhist Youth Society (Shanghai), 148
bulimia, 14
Burma (Myanmar), 5, 7
Bush, Richard, 135
Bushid, 119–20, 123
Bu-ston, 42
cairns, 5–6
cakravartin (cakkavattin), 26, 93, 96, 99, 220
Caa pradyota, 63–64
Candrakrti, 60, 63, 68, 72n9, 74n39
“Can Killing a Living Being Ever Be an Act of Compassion?” (Gethin), 162–63
capitalism, 133–34, 136–37
capital punishment. See also executions
in Mongolia, 93, 96–99, 101, 220
and Satyakaparivarta, 59, 61, 63–65, 70
catechumen, 18
celibacy, 22, 25, 36
cetan, 159, 164–72, 175n17, 176n37
Ceylon, 11, 18
Chahar, 26–27
Chakkrawarthi, Major, 165, 170
Chakravarti, Uma, 10, 13
Chan Buddhism, 123, 213–14, 222, 224n11
Changzhou, 150
Chanhou, 28
Chan-si, 27, 31
Chan-tong, 29
Chao-lin sseu, 27–28, 32, 51–52nn66, 70, 73, 53n88
Chen Mingshu, 140
Chen-si, 27
Che Sseu-ming (703–761), 29
Childress, James, 174n12
Chinese Buddhism, 6–9, 14, 17–34, 38–39, 43–45, 206n6, 215, 217–18, 221–23, 224n11
exemptions from civic duties, 22–25, 28, 32
and kwan, 15n7
and military service, 22–25, 28–34, 146, 149–51, 156nn48, 49, 182–83, 190–91
persecutions of, 23–25, 27, 132, 136
response to Korean War, 4, 14, 131–52, 154n19
revolts of, 24–30
and Satyakaparivarta, 60–61, 67
Chinese New Year, 195, 199
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), 133–34, 138
Chinese Volunteer Army, 132, 137, 139, 145–46, 149–51
Chinggis Khan, 92
Chog thu, 83
chos rgyal, 83, 87
Christianity, 5, 15n8, 22, 47n14, 88, 133, 143, 218
Chulalongkorn, King, 181, 184
civic duties, 22–25, 28, 34
Cleary, Thomas, 121
Cloud
of Jewels stra (Ratnamegha stra), 44–45
Cold War, 137
Committees of Buddhists for Resisting America and Assisting Korea, 139, 143, 145–47, 154n16, 156n45
Common Program, 133, 135
Communism, 131, 133–52, 153n7, 189–90, 197
compassion, 10, 212–14, 216–18, 220–21, 223
and Chinese Buddhists’ response to Korean War, 140–45, 147
compassionate killings, 10, 68–70, 72n5, 74n39, 142, 212
and Dalai Lama V, 81–82, 84–86, 89n11, 90n14
and legalized violence in Mongolia, 95, 101
and Satyakaparivarta, 59, 61, 64–71, 72n5, 74n39
and sermons to Sri Lankan soldiers, 160, 171
and soldier-Zen, 108, 116, 119, 122, 124, 126–27, 129–30n29
Conference of Young Christians (1951), 143
confiscation of property, 6, 91, 96–97, 132, 136
Confucianism, 22–24, 101, 123–24
Consciousness-Only school, 68
conversions, 9, 12, 21, 41, 45, 62, 92, 94, 100, 201, 215–18, 222
corporal punishment, 4, 96, 99
corporate leaders, 117, 125, 127
criminal justice, 64–66, 71, 94–95, 100–101
Critical Buddhism (Hihan Bukky) movement, 106
Crystal Rosary (Rashipuntsag), 101
Cultural Revolution, 133
Cypress Valley Estate, 28
Daihrin, 130n35
Dalai Lama I, 79
Dalai Lama II, 79
Dalai Lama III, 87
Dalai Lama IV, 79, 87
Dalai Lama V, 13, 77–88, 89n11, 211, 214, 220, 227
Dalai Lama XIV, 7, 156n41, 215, 221–22
Dalhanemi, 13
Damdinsüren, 99
Daacakra Mahyna stra, 101
devarja (four god-kings), 38–40
Davidson, Ronald M., 68–70, 75n47
dbU region, 80, 83
decapitation, 97
Deegalle, Mahinda, 4–5
defensive war, 39, 67
de Groot, J. M. M., 9, 50n59, 190–91
Demiéville, Paul, 4, 9, 14, 17–57, 123, 180–81, 206n6, 217, 224n11
depravity, 12–13, 16n29
Derrida, Jacques, 6, 212
Devadatta, 145
dGa’ ldan Khang, 80
dGe lugs pa, 78–81, 83–84, 88, 90n13, 91–92
dhamma, 12–13
in Sri Lanka, 160–61, 164, 166, 168, 213
in Thailand, 192–93. See also dharma
dhamma dpa, 160
Dhammalankra, Itäpanna, 161–62, 171–72
Dhammapada (Dharmapada), 118, 141
dharma, 212, 214–15, 217, 220–21, 223
in China, 142
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