The Buddhist Forum Volume II

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Abbreviations ; List of Illustrations ; Introduction ; Devil’s Valley to Omega Point: Reflections on the Emergence of a Theme from the Nō T.H.Barrett ; Buddhism, Taoism and the Rise of the City Gods T.H.Barrett ; The ‘Five Points’ and the Origins of the Buddhist Schools L.S.Cousins ; Some Formative Influences in Mahāyāna Buddhist Art P.T.Denwood ; The rNying-ma Interpretation of Commitment and Vow G.Dorje ; , Vyavahāra and Paramārtha in the and its Commentary by Vasubandhu Ch.E.Freeman ; Monk, Householder and Priest: What the Three Yānas Mean to Newar Buddhists D.N.Gellner ; Councils as Ideas and Events in the Theravāda C.Hallisey ; The Practical Implications of the Doctrine of Buddha-nature S.Hookham ; Observations on the Tibetan Phur-ba and the Indian Kīla R.Mayer ; Theravāda Buddhism and Brahmanical Hinduism: Brahmanical Terms in a Buddhist Guise K.R.Norman ; References ;