BUDDHISM
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
beliefs: rs 21; g89 4/22 15-16; g88 11/22 24-25
Buddha Maitreya: w92 10/1 6
Buddhist leader advises seeking truth: g98 2/8 30
Eightfold Path: sh 139; g89 4/22 16; w88 6/1 21
Four Noble Truths: sh 138-139; g89 4/22 16
God: pc 7; sh 145, 159-160; g89 4/22 15; g88 12/22 21
hell: it-1 1087; sh 155
Hinduism: g89 4/22 15-16
immortality of soul: w05 5/1 4; sh 150-153
Karma: ijwbq article 113; w14 7/1 6; ct 166-168; sh 150-151
Middle Way: sh 137-138
miracles: w05 2/15 3-4
Nirvana: ie 10; sh 137-138, 146, 154; g89 4/22 16; g89 6/8 26; g88 7/8 7
rebirth (samsara): g20.2 4; ie 9-10; sh 151-153
sin: w92 11/1 3, 6
suffering: g20.2 4
Three Jewels (Triratna): sh 140
trinity: ti 10
Dalai Lama:
comments on happiness: w01 3/1 4
decline: re 229; sh 143; g89 11/22 20
India: sh 143; g89 4/22 18
Japan: g94 4/22 28; g89 4/22 29
discussion: pc 7; sh 129-160; g89 4/22 15-19
divisions and sects: sh 144-148; g89 3/22 11; g89 4/22 18-19
Mahayana: ie 10; sh 144-146; g89 4/22 19
Pure Land Buddhism: ie 10; sh 146
Tendai sect: g98 2/8 30; w88 3/15 8-9
Theravada (Hinayana): sh 144; g89 4/22 19
Tibetan (Lamaism): ie 10; sh 142, 147-148
Vajrayana (Tantrism): g89 4/22 19
Zen Buddhism: sh 146-147; g89 4/22 19
enlightenment: sh 136-139
omits God: sh 159-160
experiences:
Buddhists accept truth: yb13 130-131, 135, 160; w01 9/15 3-4, 6; w92 10/1 23; w91 4/1 29; yb91 77, 228; yb90 48-49; w88 6/1 5-6, 21
Catholic priest recommends Witnesses: w92 9/1 23
daughter of Buddhist priest: g88 8/8 8
disillusioned with Christendom’s churches: yb98 80-81
father won over by family’s conduct: w94 1/1 27
fears daughter’s return after suicide: yb04 59-60
firm stand on funeral practices rewarded: yb91 78
God’s Friend brochure: yb02 51
government official (Mongolia): yb17 64
life improved by Bible: g 2/15 6-7
life story “I Came to Appreciate True Wisdom”: g88 11/22 24-27
life story “My Long Journey From Life and Death in Cambodia”: g98 5/8 16-19
life story “The Customer Is Always Right”: g97 12/22 19-24
mother thankful for Young People Ask book: yb94 47
poet moved by Greatest Man book: yb93 47
racial harmony of Witnesses convinces: yb93 57-58
Witness film shown in Buddhist temple: yb91 218-219
funeral customs: g92 7/22 5
history: sh 136-143
holidays and festivals:
Ullambana: w88 12/1 4
Vesak: ijwfq article 59
images of Buddha: w92 2/15 6; sh 134, 157
postures: sh 141; g89 4/22 18
influence on—
Shinto religion: sh 196-198
Taoism: sh 172-173
missionary activity: g94 10/8 5-6
monks: sh 4, 6, 134, 140, 144, 156; g89 4/22 18; g88 11/22 25-26
homosexuality: g 8/10 30
losing respect: g96 9/22 28
number of Buddhists: sh 129-130; g89 4/22 17
origin: g00 7/8 15; sh 130-132, 136-140; g89 4/22 15-16
political activity: g89 4/22 19
practices: g88 11/22 25-26
festival of “Ullambana”: w88 12/1 4
hoji (periodic memorial service): w88 6/1 3
mantras: g89 3/22 12
“prayer”: g89 4/22 19
prayer beads: g90 6/8 12
religious language of: g88 11/22 25
sacred writings: sh 17, 148-150; g89 3/22 10-11
canonical texts: sh 130
Pali canon: sh 130-135; g88 12/22 19
size: g89 3/22 13
Three Baskets: w12 6/15 27; sh 17, 149-150; g89 3/22 12
time of writing: sh 130-131
similarities to Catholicism: sh 33-34; g89 4/22 17-18
spread: sh 129-130, 138, 140-143, 188-189, 196-198; g89 4/22 16-18
China: sh 172
where practiced: sh 129-130
witnessing to Buddhists: yb13 133-135; km 8/99 8; km 2/98 5-6; rs 21
brochure Lasting Peace and Happiness—How to Find Them: km 12/13 3
brochure The Pathway to Peace and Happiness: ph 3-31
tract Will Suffering Ever End?: km 8/99 8
List by Place
China:
spread: sh 172-173
India: sh 140-143
decline: sh 143; g89 4/22 18
Japan: sh 196-198
bar opened by priests: g93 9/22 29
jazz music: g93 10/22 28; g86 3/8 30-31
lack of monks: g94 4/22 28
lack of priests: w90 9/15 29
manual on Zen priesthood: g94 1/8 28-29
memorial service for ticks: g90 6/22 29
sale of prayer services for dead: g89 11/22 28-29
Tendai sect interfaith prayer-meeting for peace, Mt. Hiei (1987): w88 3/15 8-9
World War II: w90 9/15 29
Zen Buddhism: g89 4/22 19
Myanmar (Burma): yb13 80, 103, 134
Sri Lanka:
Adam’s Peak: g89 4/22 18
Bodhi Tree offshoot: g89 4/22 18
Temple of the Tooth: sh 157; g89 4/22 18
Thailand: g88 1/8 17-18; g88 11/22 24-26
Marble Temple: g89 4/22 16-17
school education: g91 2/22 28
Tibet:
Dalai Lama: sh 143, 147-148; g89 4/22 18
Reting Lama: g00 7/22 28