75
Christian evangelical groups,
59–60,
61
conduct, 30–34
Council of Rajir, 18
Court Life Scene
, 57
cremation, 46, 48
Dalai Lama,
64
current, chosen, 63
democracy and, 37, 65, 66
government in exile, 64
role of, 61, 63, 64
death
cremation and, 46, 48
funeral customs,
47
, 48
reincarnation after
described, 7
non-Tibetan Buddhists and,
46
Tibetan Buddhists and, 61,
63–64
decay, presence of, 17
denominations.
See
sects
destiny, shaping own, 17
Dharma, 29–30,
31
Diamond Sutra,
36
diet, 22, 44
divine beings, nonexistence of, 6,
34, 35–36
Durant, Will, 34
Eightfold Path (Middle Way), 14,
30–32
Enlightened One, the.
See
Buddha, the
enlightenment, 22, 30–32
evil, punishments for acts of, 13
Fan Kuan, 58
First Buddhist Council, 18
Five Moral Precepts (Five Ethical
Rules), 32–34
Four Noble Truths, 29–32
fresco paintings, 56, 57
Fronsdal, Gil, 39
funeral customs,
47
, 48
Glancey, Jonathan, 56
god(s), nonexistence of, 6, 34,
35–36
good, rewards for acts of, 13
Great Stupa (Mahastupa), 50,
51
haniwa
, 55
happiness
helping others achieve, 22
as impermanent, 35
meditation and, 41
Middle Way and, 7, 30–32
Harding, Sarah, 44
himations, 53
Hinduism, 21, 23
Holleran, Peter, 53–54
Horyu-ji temple complex, 51–52
human soul (I), 35
human suffering
causes of, 14
discovery by Siddhartha of,
9–11,
10
Noble Truths and, 30
salvation as overcoming, 34
self-inflicted, of Siddhartha,
11–12
I (human soul), 35
iconic phase of Buddhist
sculpture, 52
India
fresco paintings, 56, 57
Hindus in, 21, 23
Kalinga, 19–20
Lumbini as birthplace, 8, 15–16
Magadha, 19, 21–23
mantras, 42
monasteries in cliffs, 53
stupas, 50,
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