SUNY series, toward a comparative philosophy of religions. 

xxii, 261 pages ; 24 cm.; Foreword / Frank E. Reynolds -- Ch. 1. The Doctrinal Study of Doctrine. 1.1. Primary Doctrines. 1.2. Secondary Doctrines. 1.3. The Doctrinal Uses of Primary Doctrines. 1.4. Applying the Theory -- Ch. 2. Buddhist Doctrine. 2.1. The Doctrinal Digests. 2.2. The Authority of the Doctrinal Digests. 2.3. The Content and Subject-Matter of the Doctrinal Digests. 2.4. The Goals of the Doctrinal Digests. 2.5. Theories of Doctrine in the Doctrinal Digests -- Ch. 3. Buddhalogical Doctrine. 3.1. Buddhalogy and Maximal Greatness. 3.2. Titles and Epithets of Buddha. 3.3. Properties of Buddha. 3.4. Analytical and Organizational Schemata. 3.5. Metaphysical Embeddedness and Systematic Location -- Ch. 4. Buddha in the World. 4.1. The Buddha-Legend. 4.2. Bodies of Magical Transformation. 4.3. Buddha's Perfections of Appearance in the World. 4.4. Buddha's Perfections of Action in the World. 4.5. Buddha's Perfections of Cognition in the World.; 

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