Theravada Buddhism, which prevails in south and south-east Asia, is often regarded as the school that stayed closest to the teachings of the historical Buddha. Nevertheless, over the course of 2,500 years, it is inevitable that developments and changes will take place. After all, impermanence is the cornerstone of the Buddha’s teachings, and Buddhism is surely no exception. In ...(展开全部)

Buddhist origins and discussion of the Buddha's teachings are amongst the most controversial and contested areas in the field. This bold and authoritative book tackles head-on some of the key questions regarding early Buddhism and its primary canon of precepts. Noting that the earliest texts in Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese belong to different Buddhist schools, Roderick S. Bucknel...(展开全部)

Buddhist origins and discussion of the Buddha's teachings are amongst the most controversial and contested areas in the field. This bold and authoritative book tackles head-on some of the key questions regarding early Buddhism and its primary canon of precepts. Noting that the earliest texts in Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese belong to different Buddhist schools, Roderick S. Bucknel...(展开全部)

The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, a...(展开全部)

The volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded out ability as individuals to properly deliver it to people—consistently, correctly, safely. The author Atul shows how producing a ninety-second checklist for complex world of surgery would reduce deaths and complications by more than one-third at virtually no cost and for almost any kind of operation. The checklist cna ...(展开全部)

The volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded out ability as individuals to properly deliver it to people—consistently, correctly, safely. The author Atul shows how producing a ninety-second checklist for complex world of surgery would reduce deaths and complications by more than one-third at virtually no cost and for almost any kind of operation. The checklist cna ...(展开全部)

The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, a...(展开全部)

The book, the summation of a lifetime of research on Indian Buddhism, is an exceptionally comprehensive discussion of Indian Buddhism. The text presents the debates of Indian Buddhism that have occurred in the Japanese academic community and emphasizes issues that have often been treated only in passing in India and the West. Finally, the book includes a bibliography which prov...(展开全部)

The book, the summation of a lifetime of research on Indian Buddhism, is an exceptionally comprehensive discussion of Indian Buddhism. The text presents the debates of Indian Buddhism that have occurred in the Japanese academic community and emphasizes issues that have often been treated only in passing in India and the West. Finally, the book includes a bibliography which prov...(展开全部)

This book is a serious study of relic veneration among South Asian Buddhists. Drawing on textual sources and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka, including material rarely examined in the West, it looks specifically at the practice of relic veneration in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. The author portrays relic veneration as a technology of remembrance...(展开全部)