Introduction

Part I. Selections from the Theravāda tradition. 1. Jātaka Tales (former lives of the Buddha) ; 2. Life of the Buddha ; 3. Teachings of the Buddha : causality ; 4. Teachings of the Buddha : four noble truths ; 5. Teachings of the Buddha : non-self ; 6. Teachings of the Buddha : nibbāna ; 7. Teachings of the Buddha : meditation ; 8. Teachings of the Buddha : ethical issues and virtues ; 9. Monastic life and regulations ; 10. The feminine thread in Buddhism ; 11. Theravāda hagiographical literature

Part II: Selections from the Mahāyāna tradition. 12. Prajñāpāramitā literature ; 13. Mahāratnakūta Sūtra ; 14. The true lion's roar of Queen Śrīmālā ; 15. Pure Land Sūtra ; 16. Mahāyāna school of thought : Mādhyamika ; 17. Mahāyāna school of thought : Yogācāra ; 18. Tibetan Buddhist tradition ; 19. Chinese Buddhist tradition. Hua-yen school ; T'ien T'ai school ; Chinese Pure Land school ; Ch'an School ; 20. Japanese Buddhist tradition. Pure Land Buddhism ; Zen Buddhism ; 21. Mahāyāna hagiographical literature ; 22. The feminine thread in Mahāyāna literature.