The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhism, by Leslie S. Kawamura

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE 
THE CONTRIBUTORS 
INTRODUCTION INAUGURAL ADDRESS
The Relevance of the Bodhisattva Concept"for Today  Peter Slater

INDIA
The Evolution of the Concept of the Bodhisattva Arthur L. Basham
The Bodhisattva Returns to This World  Gadjin M. Nagao

TIBET
Influence of the Bodhisattva Doctrine on Tibetan Political History Turrell V. Wylie
The View of Bodhicitta in Tibetan Buddhism Lobsang Dargyay   
Bodhisattva - The Ethical Phase in Evolution Herbert V. Guenther. 

CHINA
The Bodhisattva Idea in Chinese Literature: Typology and Significance ytln-hua Jan 
The Bodhisattva Concept: A Study of the Chinese Buddhist Canon,  Lewis R. Lanoaster

JAPAN
The Bodhisattva Doctrine as Conceived and Developed by the Founders of the New Sects in the Heian and Kamakura Periods Hisao Inagaki 
Japan's New Religions (1945-65): Secularization or Spiritualization? Minoru Kiyota 
The Myokonin: Japan's Representation of the Bodhisattva LesZie S. Kawamura 

INDEX