Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions by Bhikkhu Analayo -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction I. Buddhist Androcentrism

Introduction 1. Nuns 2. Decline and Revival 3. The Legal Problem 4. A Legal Solution 5. Apprehensions 6. The Prediction of Decline 7. Problems with the Prediction of Decline 8. After the Buddha’s Demise 9. The Buddha’s Refusal 10. Narrative Strategies of Devaluation 11. Ancient Roots of Misogyny 12. Positive Images of Women 13. The Buddha as a Male 14. Only Males Become Buddhas 15. The Buddha’s Past Lives as a Male Summary

II. Mahāyāna Buddhism

Introduction 1. The Conception of the Buddha’s Marks 2. The Role of the Buddha’s Mark 3. Past and Future Buddhas 4. Maitreya and Kassapa Buddha 5. The Buddha Gotama’s Motivation 6. Changing Conceptions of Compassion 7. Burning for the Buddha 8. The Superiority of Bodhisattvas 9. The Luminous Mind 10. The Need for Authentication 11. Hīnayāna Rhetoric 12. The Superiority of the Mahāyāna 13. Superior among Superiors 14. In Defence of the Mahāyāna Summary

III. Theravāda Buddhism

Introduction 1. Theravāda 2. Pāli 3. The Bodhisattva Ideal 4. The Buddha’s Omniscience 5. Authenticating the Abhidharma 6. The Five Aggregates and Mindfulness 7. Mindfulness of Breathing 8. The Divine Abodes 9. Dependent Arising 10. Momentariness 11. Dukkha 12. Not Self 13. Clinging and Awakening 14. The Stages of Purification and Awakening 15. Insight Meditation 16. Absorption Summary

IV. Secular Buddhism

Introduction 1. The Colonial Heritage 2. The Construction of Buddhism 3. Buddh-ism 4. Monasticism 5. The Buddha 6. Awakening 7. Nirvana 8. Rebirth 9. The Four Noble Truths 10. The Notion of Truth 11. Subjective Belief 12. Methodology Summary Conclusions Bibliography Image Credits Index About the Author

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