The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Richard K. Payne is the Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies: Buddhism. He also established the Pure Land Buddhist Studies Series, University of Hawai'i Press; the Contemporary Issues in Buddhist Studies Series, Institute of Buddhist Studies; and is Senior Editor for Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies. Georgios T. Halkias is the Director of the Centre of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong. He has conducted research in inter-disciplinary projects with the University of Hong Kong, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, School of Oriental and African Studies, and the Warburg Institute. He is an Area Editor for Entangled Religions: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, and has most recently authored Luminous Bliss: a Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet (University of Hawai'i Press).

The articles are all substantial works of scholarship written by top scholars in the field; each provides useful surveys of existing scholarship, ample notes, and "Further Reading," making this resource an excellent starting place for the many research topics it covers.

• Abhidharmako'sabh=asya (Treasury of Metaphysics with Self-Commentary) Abhisamay=alamk=ara (Ornament for Clear Realization) American Buddhism during World War II Imprisonment Amoghavajra Art, Architecture and National Memory-Making Avalokite'svara: The Bodhisattva of Compassion Bodhisattvabh=umi (The Bodhisattva Stages) The Body of the Buddha The Bön Tradition of Dzogchen Buddhaghosa Buddhism and Bioethics Buddhism and Biography Buddhism and Globalization Buddhism and Healing in China Buddhism and Media Buddhism and Medicine in India Buddhism and Medicine in Japan Buddhism and Medicine in Premodern Japan Buddhism and Print Culture in China Buddhism and Shinto Buddhism and the Environment Buddhism in Colonial Contexts Buddhism in Film Buddhisms in Diaspora: The Canadian Context of Chinese Buddhism Buddhist Art and Architecture in Tibet Buddhist Chaplaincy Buddhist Cosmology Buddhist Geography and Regionalism Buddhist Meditation and Contemplation Buddhist Philosophy as Philosophy Buddhist Wall Paintings Buddhist Wizards (Vidhyadh=ara/Weizz=a/Weikza): Contemporary Burma/Myanmar Buddhist Wizards (Vidhyadh=ara/Weizz=a/Weikza): Origins and History Candrak=irti's Middle Way Philosophy Canon and Commentary in the Earliest Buddhist Manuscripts Chan Literature Chöd: A Tibetan Buddhist Practice D.T. Suzuki: A Biography D.T. Suzuki: Ideas and Influences Debate in the Tibetan Tradition Debate Traditions in Premodern Japan Domestic Dharma in Japan Dunhuang Art Dunhuang Texts Dzogchen Early History of the Drukpa Kagyü School Early Modern European Encounters with Buddhism The Economics of Buddhism Engaged Buddhism Epigraphy and the Study of Buddhism: South Asia's Northern Corridor Esoteric Buddhism in Southeast Asia Ethics and Buddhism Filial Piety in Chinese Buddhism Fo Guang Shan Four Noble Truths From Manuscript to Print in South and Southeast Asia Gelukpa Global Buddhism Global Theravada Buddhism: Asian Foundations Global Theravada: Transmission Beyond Asia Globalizing Tantric Buddhism Guardian/Protector Deities in Tibetan Buddhism History of Buddhisms in China: the Nanbeicho Period (Late 4th Century to the Sui Dynasty) Homa: Tantric Fire Ritual Hsing Yun Huineng Humanistic Buddhism (Rensheng Fojiao MC3 / Renjian Fojiao MC4) Imaging the Buddha in South Asia The Imamura Families and the Making of American Buddhism Intention Japanese Buddhisms in Diaspora J=ataka Jebtsundamba Khutugtus of Mongolia The Kadampa: A Formative Movement of Tibetan Buddhism K=alacakra-Mandala: Symbolism and Construction Longchenpa Madhyamaka Mah=amudr=a in India and Tibet Mañju'sr=i Maritime Buddhism Marpa Lotsawa Chökyi Lodrö Mipam Monastic Education in Contemporary Asia Mongolian Buddhism in the Democratic Period Mongolian Buddhism in the Early 20th Century Mongolian Buddhism in the Yuan Period Muslim-Buddhist Relations and Buddhism in Muslim Sources until the Mongol Period N=ag=arjuna Naikan: A Meditation Method and Psychotherapy Narratives of Buddhist Relics and Images Nechung: A Tibetan Buddhist Oracle Nichiren Patronage of Buddhist Monasteries in Eastern India (600-1300 CE) Perfections (Six and Ten) of Bodhisattvas in Buddhist LiteratureThe Philosophical Works and Influence of Dign=aga and Dharmak=irti Pilgrimage in Buddhist Tibet Pilgrimage in China Practices of Protection in the Pali World Prajñ=ap=aramit=a and Khmer Esoteric Buddhism in the 10th to 13th centuries Psychological Interpreters of Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism in Tibetan Contexts Queering Buddhist Traditions The Reincarnation System in Central Asian Buddhism Rennyo Ry=ogen The Sangha as an Institution'S=antideva's Introduction to the Practices of Awakening (Bodhicary=avat=ara) Sarv=astiv=ada Abhidharma Secular Buddhism Sheng Yen Shingon The Six Nara Schools S=oka Gakkai Southeast Asian Refugees in North America Sri Lanka's Sinhala Buddhist Guardian Deities: Satara Varan Devi The Study of Visual Culture in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism Taixu Tantra and the Tantric Traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism Tantric Buddhism in Japan: Kukai and Saicho Tantric Buddhism in Japan: Shingon, Tendai, and the Esotericization of Japanese Buddhisms Tantric Revival in China Therav=ada Buddhism Thích Nhuat Hanh in the Context of the Modern Development of Vietnamese Buddhism Three Turnings of the Wheel of Doctrine (Dharma-Cakra) Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thödol) Tibetan Buddhism and the Gesar Epic Tibetan Buddhist Power Objects Tibetan Medicine and its Buddhist Contexts Tibetan Visionary BuddhismTransmission of Buddhist Media and Texts Tri Songdétsen Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211), Founder of the Drukpa Kagyü School Tzu Chi The Vajrak=ila Tantras Vinaya Rules for Monks and Nuns Visualization/Contemplation Sutras (Guan Jing) Western Buddhism and Race Xuyun Zhentong (Other-Emptiness)