- Buddha's Words for Tough Times
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
- Preamble1
- Part I: From the Buddha to You: A 2,500-Year Journey
- Part II: Twenty Translations for Tough Times
- Prelude
- 1. The Buddha’s Teaching in a Single Word
- 2. The Buddha’s Teaching in a Single Verse
- 3. Getting Off the Wheel of Life
- 4. Chapter on Impermanence
- From the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinayottaragrantha in the Kanjur T
- 10. plus Ça change: From Araka to Gautama
- Dhammaniyāmasutta. From the Royal Chanting Book P
- 12. Overcoming Fear through Recollection (1) The Great Sūtra on the Banner’s Crest
- Dhvajāgra-mahāsūtra. From the Kanjur (P 958) T
- 13. Overcoming Fear through Recollection (2) The Great Sūtra on the Banner’s Crest
- Dhvajāgra-mahāsūtra. From the Kanjur (P 959) T
- 14. Overcoming Fear through Recollection (3) The Protection of the Banner’s Crest
- A Svastivākya Sanskrit Liturgy from Nepal S
- 17. The Wheel-Turning King’s Treasures and the Seven Awakening Factors
- From Śamathadeva’s Upāyikāṭīkā in the Tanjur (P 5595) T
- 18. Protective Verses: The Seven Awakening Factors
- Part III: Textual Studies: Notes on the Translations
- Part IV: A Treasury of Terminology
- Glossary
- Numerical Groups
- Buddha
- Common or primary epithets
- Poetic or supplemental epithets
- Dharma
- Texts, categories, and genres
- Manuscript collections
- Vinaya
- Abhidharma
- Āgamas
- Pāli scriptures
- Other scriptures
- Other texts
- Auspicious verses and protections
- History and chronicles
- Saṅgha
- Roles and ideal figures
- Monastic orders and schools
- Who’s Who
- Monastics
- Masters
- Lay followers
- Deities and supernatural beings
- The social landscape: India in Buddha’s time
- Where’s Where
- What’s What
- Literary terms
- Hodgepodge
- Appendix 1. Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Pāli Titles
- Appendix 2. Texts of the Inscriptions
- Notes on Style
- Remerciements
- Abbreviations
- References
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
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