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Codes of behavior mandated within Buddhist doctrine are discussed as they apply to Buddhists facing the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Charles Wei-hsun Fu and Sandra A. Wawrytko Prologue: On the Temporal and Spatial Adaptability of the Bodhisattva Precepts, with Reference to the Three Combined Pure Precepts by Dharma Teacher Sheng-yen The Historical Context The Beginnings of Buddhist Discipline: Notes on an Early Buddhist Theory of Action by John Clifford Holt Dao-xuan and His Religious Precepts by Tatsugen Sato Buddhist Precepts in Medieval Chinese Biographies of Monks by Koichi Shinohara Vinaya in Two Early Collections of Parables by Charles Willemen The Importance of Vinaya in the Study of Indian Buddhism, with Special Reference to Chinese Sources by Nobuyuki Yamagiwa The Decline of Buddhist Vinaya in China from a Historical and Cultural Perspective by Tso Sze-bong Buddhist Ethics in Japan and Tibet: A Comparative Study of Bodhisattva and Pratimoksa Precepts by Karma Lekshe Tsomo Rethinking Buddhist Practice in the Modern World Buddhist Reform Movements in Korea During the Japanese Colonial Period: Precepts and the Challenge of Modernity by Robert E. Buswell The Problem of Ordination: Women in Buddhism by Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Householders and the Five Precepts by Roongraung Boonyoros The Application of Buddhist Principles to Administrative Arts by Chaiyong Brahmawong Death--The Ultimate Challenge: A Buddhist Perspective in the Medical Care of Dying Patients by Venerable Mettanando Bhikkhu, Arthur J. Dyck, and William Reichel Revisionings of Buddhist Theory Preceptual Truth and the Western Psychology of Human Nature by John H. Crook Buddhist Precepts and the Scientific Challenge by Kenneth K. Inada Mixed Precepts, the Bodhisattva Precept, and the Preceptless Precept: A Critical Comparison of the Chinese and Japanese Buddhist Views of Sila/Vinaya by Charles Wei-hsun Fu Sexism in the Early Sangha: Its Social Basis and Philosophical Dis-solution by Sandra A. Wawrytko Glossary Index

About the Author

CHARLES WEI-HSUN FU is Professor of Buddhism and East Asian Thought in the Department of Religion, Temple University. He is editor of several book series, including Resources in Asian Philosophy and Religion (Greenwood Press) and is co-editor of Buddhist Ethics and Modern Society (Greenwood, 1991). He has authored numerous books and articles in the fields of Eastern and Western thought and has lectured extensively throughout Asia, addressing the role of Asian culture in the modern world. SANDRA A. WAWRYTKO is on the faculties of Philosophy and Asian Studies at San Diego State University. She has written numerous articles in the areas of comparative philosophy and feminism and is co-editor of Buddhist Ethics and Modern Society (Greenwood, 1991). She has recently completed Crystal: Spectrums of Chinese Culture through Poetry (1994), and is currently working on A Source Book on Taoism for Greenwood Press.