Chinese Buddhism : a thematic history /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on the Transcription of Sanskrit Terms and Names
- The Buddha
- Early Buddhism
- Mahayana and the Spread of Buddhism
- Han Religion
- The Coming of Buddhism
- Scripture in Forty-two Sections
- Translation of Buddhist Scriptures
- Buddhism during the Period of Disunity (220-581)
- Chinese Masters: Daoan and Huiyuan
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 1. Major Buddhist Sutras and Treatises of Chinese Buddhism
- The Perfection of Wisdom Scriptures
- The Lotus Sutra
- The Vimalakīrti Sutra
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 2. Cults of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
- Śākyamuni
- Maitreya
- Amitābha
- Guanyin
- The Joint Worship of Guanyin and Dizang
- Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy
- The Medicine Buddha
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 3. Buddhist Festivals and Rituals
- Buddhist Festivals
- Buddhist Rituals
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 4. The Monastic Order
- State Control of Monasteries
- The Monastic Community
- On Entering the Sangha and Becoming a Monk
- The Sangha and Society
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 5. The Doctrinal Traditions
- Madhyamaka and Yogācāra
- Tiantai
- Huayan
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 6. The Meditation Tradition
- Bodhidharma
- Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch
- Chan Buddhism after the Sixth Patriarch
- Chan of Koan Investigation (Kanhua Chan)
- Chan of Silent Illumination (Mozhao Chan)
- How Did Chan Become the Dominant Tradition in Chinese Buddhism?
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 7. The Devotional Tradition
- The Scriptures, the Buddha, and His Pure Land
- Pure Land Masters
- The Joint Practice of Pure Land and Chan
- Humanistic Buddhism and Pure Land on Earth
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 8. Buddhism and Gender
- Views of Women in India and Early Buddhism
- Views of Women in Chinese Buddhism
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Chapter 9. Buddhism in Modern China
- Buddhism and Modernity
- Buddhism after Mao
- Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan
- Discussion Questions
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index