The Buddha and his Indian context -- Early Buddhist teachings: rebirth and karma -- Early Buddhist teachings: the four true realities for the spiritually ennobled -- Early developments in Buddhism -- Mahayana philosophies: the varieties of emptiness -- Mahayana holy beings, and tantric Buddhism -- The leter history and spread of Buddhism -- Buddhist practice: devotion -- Buddhist practice: ethics -- Buddhist practice: the Sangha -- Buddhist practice: meditation and cultivation of experience-based wisdom -- The modern history of Buddhism in Asia -- Buddhism beyond Asia

1. Buddhism