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Buddhism and Responses to Disability, Mental Disorders and Deafness in Asia Buddhism and Responses to Disability, Mental Disorders and Deafness in Asia. A bibliography of historical and modern texts with introduction and partial annotation, and some echoes in Western countries. [This annotated bibliography of 220 items suggests the range and major themes of how Buddhism and people influenced by Buddhism have responded to disability in Asia through two millennia, with cultural background. Titles of the materials may be skimmed through in an hour, or the titles and annotations read in a day. The works listed might take half a year to find and read.] M. Miles (compiler and annotator) West Midlands, UK. November 2013 Available at: http://www.independentliving.org/miles2014a and http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/bibliography/buddhism/index.php Some terms used in this bibliography Buddhist terms and people. Buddhism, Bouddhisme, Buddhismus, suffering, compassion, caring response, loving kindness, dharma, dukkha, evil, heaven, hell, ignorance, impermanence, kamma, karma, karuna, metta, noble truths, eightfold path, rebirth, reincarnation, soul, spirit, spirituality, transcendent, self, attachment, clinging, delusion, grasping, buddha, bodhisatta, nirvana; bhikkhu, bhikksu, bhikkhuni, samgha, sangha, monastery, refuge, sutra, sutta, bonze, friar, biwa hoshi, priest, monk, nun, alms, begging; healing, therapy, mindfulness, meditation, Gautama, Gotama, Maitreya, Shakyamuni, Siddhartha, Tathagata, Amida, Amita, Amitabha, Atisha, Avalokiteshvara, Guanyin, Kannon, Kuan-yin, Kukai, Samantabhadra, Santideva, Asoka, Bhaddiya, Khujjuttara, Panthaka, Theravada, Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Tantric, Nichiren, Zen, Chan, Ch'an, Son, Soen, Thien, Soto, Qingtu, Pure Land, Soka Gakkai, Engaged Buddhism, sutra, sutta, Vinaya, Nikaya, Jataka, Dhammapada, Saddharma Pundarika, Lotus, ... Disability- and vulnerability- related terms. Disabled, disability, handicap, handicapé, behindert, behinderung, deaf, dumb, sourd, muet, taub, stumm, mad, crazy, retarded, fou, folle, arriéré, débile mental, verrückt, geistig zurück, autism, autistic, autiste, autistisch, abnormal, abortion, amputee, amputated, barren, birth defect, blemish, blind, castrate, cognitive impairment, cretinism, cripple, crooked, cross-eyed, decrepit, defective, deformed, deformity, depression, disorder, dwarf, epileptic, eunuch, frail, goitre, half-wit, hearing impaired, hobble, humpback, hunchback, iodine deficient, idiot, imbecile, infirm, lame, leper, leprosy, limp, lisp, mad, maimed, malformed, mental disorder, misshapen, monster, mutilation, one-eyed, neuroses, paralysis, paralyzed, physical impairment, poor, possessed, poverty, psychoses, schizophrenia, simpleton, stammer, stupid, stutter, ugly, visually impaired, aged, elderly, orphan, vulnerable, ... Miles, M. 2013-11. Buddhism and Responses to Disability, Mental Disorders and Deafness in Asia 1 (168) Regions, countries, cities, languages, fields of study Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, P.R. China, India, Japan, Korea, Lao P.R., Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Bodh Gaya, Gandhara, Lhasa, Nalanda, Qumran, Taxila, Pali, Sanskrit, Burmese, Chinese, Japanese, Sinhala; Hinduism, Jainism, history, ancient, antiquity, medieval, modern, religion, faith, belief, philosophy, moral, ethics, sacred book, revered text, commentary, translation, interpretation, discourse, cognitive, psychology, psychiatry, alternative medicine, anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, ... CONTENTS * Main Abbreviations * Disclaimer {attempted} * Organised 'Shorter Visit' * "Tour 20 items chosen from different sections, in 40 minutes!" 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Disability, Disorders, and Terminology 1.2 Buddhism and Disability in the 21st Century 1.3 Documenting Responses Within Buddhism 1.4 Balance... Balance... Balance... 1.5 Technical Notes 1.6 Health Hazard Warning! 1.7 Acknowledgements & Thanks 2.0 Bibliography: Earlier Textual Sources (translated) & Scholarly Discussion. 3.0 Bibliography: Texts on Modern Asian Situations & Applications 4.0 Bibliography: ~~ Echoes ~~ in ~~ Western ~~ Buddhism ~~ ? 5.0 Incidental or Further References List (cited in the introduction or annotations, or otherwise pertinent, not being listed items in the main Bibliographies). Miles, M. 2013-11. Buddhism and Responses to Disability, Mental Disorders and Deafness in Asia 2 (168) Main Abbreviations A.D.: [In the Christian calendar. Mostly given as 'CE'.] BC: [before the birth of Christ] CE: Christian Era (sometimes 'Common Era') [same as A.D.] ca.: 'circa', around, approximately ch.: chapter ed., eds: editor(s) e.g.: 'for example' etc.: 'et cetera', 'and others', 'and so on' i.e.: 'that is', 'in other words' p., pp.: page, pages S: Sutta, Sutra transl.: translation, translated [by] UP: University Press v., vv.: verse, verses vol., vols: volume(s) [ ]: Bold brackets in notes indicate compiler's 'own comments'. NAME: {Author name in capitals = item listed in this bibliography} Disclaimer {attempted!} Among the works listed in this Bibliography, some may express views (on all kinds of topics) with which the compiler certainly does not agree, and which are certainly not endorsed by the two institutions publishing the Bibliography. The purpose of the annotations is to indicate some of the contents that are pertinent to disability and Buddhism (and, for background and comparison, in the adjacent major religions); and to do so in a reasonably balanced and neutral style, respecting the authors' right to hold and express views which the compiler personally might find obnoxious, and the sensible readers' right to exercise their own judgement without being misled by systematic compiler bias. There is not the space, nor is this the place, to enter into polemics, or take sides in disputes between different religions, or different schools of Buddhism, different geographical nations, or different parties in 'disability politics'. The main 'bias' that should be seen here arises from the following idea: that the more the peoples and communities across the world hear and listen to one another, trying to understand the points of view of others who live in different ways, and facing the complexities and ambiguities of thoughts and beliefs, the more likely they {we} are to find some common ground, something essentially human that we all recognise and share in, and some ways to tolerate differences and co-exist peacefully. * Organised Shorter Visit [Click first name. Read item. Hit 'Back'. Click next name.] ASVAGHOSHA DROTT DUTT GYATSO LEIGHTON SANTIDEVA Miles, M. 2013-11. Buddhism and Responses to Disability, Mental Disorders and Deafness in Asia 3 (168) ZYSK 1991 BATCHELOR CHRISTOPHER DALAI LAMA 1999 DAS DEAF IPPUKU IKEDA 2003 JAE-RYONG SHIM LUO SHENG-TANG MATSUMOTO SOMASUNDARAM WU HUNG HARVEY KABAT-ZINN 1991 1.0 INTRODUCTION Does this Introduction need to be read first? NO! Some users may prefer to dip straight into the historical or modern Asian sections, and see what kind of materials are listed there. Some might like to take the 'Organised Shorter Visit' They might like to read the Introduction later. The whole Introduction and Bibliography assumes some awareness of Buddhism and its breadth, depth and diversity as religion(s), philosophies, or psychological system(s), and some awareness of disability, and the debates within 'Disability Studies'. This introduction explains how and why the discovery and annotation of relevant materials (in English, with a little German and French) has been a slow and difficult process, full of puzzling issues about which the compiler remains mostly uncertain. For example, how do current scholars know what anyone meant by the words they used centuries ago, translated from a range of Asian languages, whether in the reported teaching of the Buddha, or in describing 'mental disorders' and the behaviour accompanying those conditions? Who (if anyone) has good title to define 'Buddhism'? Is it best understood by scholarly analysis of textual records of doctrines preached and later written down, or by historians evaluating Asian records of slowly changing behaviour in small communities centuries ago, or anthropologists observing changes in living groups now in a range of Buddhist-majority nations? (Or none of these?) Should the compiler try to achieve a 'fair balance' between records which suggest sharply differing beliefs about connections between karma and disability? In a rapidly-changing modern world, is it not crazy to open a 'can of worms' involving religious beliefs and attitudes towards minority groups, and display the results open online, for any Internet user to get annoyed about? [Probably the last question is the only one with a clear answer: Yes, definitely crazy!] 1.1 Disabilities, Disorders and Terminology The world's major languages have histories of words and names that have been used, sometimes politely, often thoughtlessly, through five or six thousand years, to talk about impairments and disabilities, such as being blind, or deaf, or unable to walk, or behaving in strange ways. The main words in the title of this bibliography, and the lists of 'terms used', have the potential to annoy somebody, some interest group, some sensitive critics, somewhere in the world. The terms are not intended to irritate anyone; but 'annoyance happens' anyway. The use of terms changes at different speeds in different places. Some terms may come to be disliked in one place just when people somewhere else are getting to like them. If an article Miles, M. 2013-11. Buddhism
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