Bodhi Tree Worship

Shimizu, Yōhei (清水洋平):
Bodhi tree worship in Theravāda Buddhism / Yohei Shimizu. - Nagoya : Nagoya University Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 2010. - VII, 109 S. : Ill. - (Studia Asiatica ; no. 9)
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: Kyōto, Ōtani Univ., Diss., 2006
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Inhalt
Acknowledgements. v
Introduction. 1
1. THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF BODHI TREE WORSHIP. 4
   1.1 Indian Views of Plants. 4
   1.2 Early Buddhist Views on Plants. 7
   1.3 The Aśvattha and Bodhi Tree Worship. 11
   1.4 Concluding Remarks. 14
2. THE BODHI TREES OF SAKYAMUNI AND THE PAST BUDDHAS. 16
   2.1 Accounts of the Buddha's Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. 16
   2.2 The Bodhi Trees of the Seven Buddhas of the Past. 18
   2.3 Problems in the Interpretation of the Bodhi Trees of Vipassī Buddha. 30
   2.4 Problems in the Interpretation of the Bodhi Trees of Sikhī Buddha. 36
   2.5 The Stone Monuments of the Twenty-eight Buddhas of the Past in Myanmar. 43
   2.6 Concluding Remarks. 48
3. BODHI TREE WORSHIP AS SEEN IN THE PĀLI LITERATURE. 49
   3.1 Accounts of Bodhi Tree Worship from the Pāli Tipiṭaka. 49
   3.2 Aspects of Bodhi Tree Worship in the Pāli Tipiṭaka. 64
   3.3 Bodhi Tree Worship and Renunciants. 70
   3.4 Changes in the Perception of the Bodhi Tree. 73
   3.5 Concluding Remarks. 77
4. BODHI TREE WORSHIP IN THE MAHĀBODHIVAṂSA. 78
   4.1 The Mahābodhivaṃsa. 78
   4.2 Summary of Chapter Twelve of the Mahābodhivaṃsa. 80
   4.3 Bodhi Tree Worship in the Mahābodhivaṃsa. 82
   4.4 Concluding Remarks. 85
Conclusion. 87
Materials 1: Photographs: Present Day Bodhi Tree. 89
Materials 2: Details of Bodhi Tree Worship: A Contrast Table. 91
Abbreviations and Bibliography. 94
Index. 105

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