Buddhism in a Nutshell
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Chapter Index

1.   Some Characteristics in Buddhism
2.   Attitude in Learning Buddhism
3.   The Five Vehicles
4.   Dharma Realm
5.   Leading a Buddhist Life
6.   Principle of Cause and Effect
7.   Four Noble Truths
8.   The Noble Eightfold Paths and The Three Practices
9.   Law of Dependent Origination
10.   The Three Universal Characteristics and Truths
11.   The Five Aggregates
12.   The Thirty-Seven Conditions of the Bodhi Way
13.   The Bodhisattva and Four Universal Vows
14.   Four Immeasurable Minds and Four Ways of Persuasion
15.   The Six Paramitas
16.   The Five Sciences (Pancavidya)
17.   A Remark on Cultivation
18.   The Aim and Significance of Cultivation
19.   Methods in Cultivation
20.   The Attitude in Cultivation
21.   Zen Practice in Cultivation
22.   Tien Tai - Meditation in Cultivation
23.   Tantra - Tantric Practice in Cultivation
24.   Pure Land - Name Reciting Method in Cultivation
25.   Common Characteristic of Integration of all Dharmas in Cultivation
26.   In the Course of Cultivation - Eliminating Habits and Cultivating Awareness
27.   In the Course of Cultivation - Stages/Order of Positions of Progressive Development
28.   Time Taken to Attain Enlightenment
29.   The Place of Origin of Buddhism - India
30.   The Historical Buddha - Shakyamuni
31.   The Beginning of Buddhism (I)
32.   The Beginning of Buddhism (II)
33.   Interpreting the Life of Historical Buddha
34.   Buddha as a "god" and a "mystic"
35.   The Nature of the Buddha - Trikaya
36.   The Buddhas in the Three Periods of Time
37.   The First Council
38.   The Second Council
39.   The Third & Fourth Councils
40.   Tri-Pitaka and Twelve Divisions
41.   The Sutra Pitaka
42.   Vinaya and Abhidhamma
43.   Buddhism in India
44.   Early Buddhism in China
45.   The Critical Factors for the Propagation of Buddhism in Ancient China
46.   Translation of Buddhist Scriptures in Ancient China
47.   The Great Translator, Kumarajiva
48.   The Great Translator, Hsuan-tsang
49.   Other Translators in the Han Dynasty, the Period of Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty
50.   Other Translators in the Period of Disunity
51.   Other Translators in Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty
52.   Other Translators after Tang Dynasty
53.   Development of Sects in Chinese Buddhism
54.   Sects in Chinese Buddhism
55.   Che-she Sect
56.   Cheng-shih Sect
57.   Lu Sect (I)
58.   Lu Sect (II)
59.   San Lun Sect (I)
60.   San Lun Sect (II)
61.   Fa Hsiang Sect (I)
62.   Fa Hsiang Sect (II)
63.   Fa Hsiang Sect (III)
64.   Fa Hsiang Sect (IV)
65.   Hua Yen Sect (I)
66.   Hua Yen Sect (II)
67.   Hua Yen Sect (III)
68.   Hua Yen Sect (IV)
69.   Tien-tai Sect (I)
70.   Tien-tai Sect (II)
71.   Tien-tai Sect (III)
72.   Tien-tai Sect (IV)
73.   Tien-tai Sect (V)
74.   Tien-tai Sect (VI)
75.   Chen Yen Sect (I)
76.   Chen Yen Sect (II)
77.   Chen Yen Sect (III)
78.   Chen Yen Sect (IV)
79.   Chen Yen Sect (V)
80.   Chan Sect (I)
81.   Chan Sect (II)
82.   Chan Sect (III)
83.   Chan Sect (IV)
84.   Chan Sect (V)
85.   Pure Land Sect (I)
86.   Pure Land Sect (II)
87.   Pure Land Sect (III)
88.   Pure Land Sect (IV)
89.   Pure Land Sect (V)
90.   Pure Land Sect (VI)
91.   Pure Land Sect (VII)
92.   Pure Land Sect (VIII)
93.   Pure Land Sect (IX)
94.   Pure Land Sect (X)
95.   Pure Land Sect (XI)
96.   Pure Land Sect (XII)
97.   Pure Land Sect (XIII)
98.   Tibetan Buddhism
99.   Tibetan Buddhism (II)
100.   Tibetan Buddhism (III)
101.   Tibetan Buddhism (IV)
102.   Tibetan Buddhism (V)