| Description |
xvi, 608 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Princeton readings in religions |
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Princeton readings in religions.
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| Contents |
A hymn of praise to the Buddha's good qualities / Paul J. Griffiths -- Consecrating the Buddha / Donald K. Swearer -- Sūtra on the merit of bathing the Buddha / Daniel Boucher -- Reading others' minds / Carl Bielefeldt -- The prayer of the original Buddha / Matthew Kapstein -- Myōe's letter to the island / George J. Tanabe, Jr. -- The Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra / William H. Grosnick -- The whole universe as a Sūtra / Luis O. Gómez -- Gotamī's story / Jonathan S. Walters -- The Great Bliss Queen / Anne C. Klein -- Story of Siṃhala, the caravan leader / Todd T. Lewis -- A prayer for the long life of the Dalai Lama / Donald S. Lopez, Jr. -- Chinese women pilgrims' songs glorifying Guanyin / Chün-fang Yü -- A Mahāyāna liturgy / Luis O. Gómez -- A discussion of seated Zen / Carl Bielefeldt -- The way to meditation / Donald K. Swearer -- Buddhism and the state in early Japan / William E. Deal -- Original enlightenment thought in the Nichiren tradition / Jackie Stone -- The Matsumoto debate / George J. Tanabe, Jr. -- A prophecy of the death of the Dharma / Jan Nattier -- The book of resolving doubts concerning the semblance Dharma / Kyoko Tokuno -- A heretical Chinese Buddhist text / Jamie Hubbard -- Eschatology in the Wheel of Time Tantra / John Newman -- Atiśa's A lamp for the path to awakening / Ronald M. Davidson -- The advice to layman Tuṇḍila / Charles Hallisey -- The legend of the iron Stūpa / Charles Orzech -- Two tantric meditations : visualizing the deity / Luis O. Gómez -- The story of the horn blowing / Todd T. Lewis -- A summary of the seven books of the Abhidhamma / Donald K. Swearer -- On becoming a Buddhist wizard / Patrick Pranke -- Pure land Buddhist worship and meditation in China / Daniel B. Stevenson -- Āryadeva and Candrakīrti on self and selfishness / Karen Lang -- A modern sermon on merit making / Donald K. Swearer -- Sāramati's Entering into the great vehicle / Ronald M. Davidson -- Auspicious things / Charles Hallisey -- Tales of the lotus Sūtra / Daniel B. Stevenson -- Daily life in the assembly / T. Griffith Foulk -- Deaths, funerals, and the division of property in a monastic code / Gregory Schopen -- A rite for restoring the Bodhisattva and tantric vows / Donald S. Lopez, Jr. -- Awakening stories of Zen Buddhist women / Sallie King -- The Chinese life of Nāgārjuna / Roger Corless -- Atiśa's journey to Sumatra / Hubert Decleer -- Bimbā's lament / Donald K. Swearer -- Hagiographies of the Korean monk Wŏnhyo / Robert E. Buswell, Jr. -- The illustrated biography of Ippen / Dennis Hirota -- Account of the Buddhist Thaumaturge Baozhi / Alan J. Berkowitz -- Buddhist chaplains in the field of battle / Sybil Thornton -- Death-bed testimonials of the pure land faithful / Daniel B. Stevenson |
| Summary |
This anthology illustrates the vast scope of Buddhist practice in Asia, past and present, by presenting a selection of forty-eight translated texts including hagiographies, monastic rules, pilgrimage songs, apocryphal sutras, and didactic tales from India, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Burma. [publisher] |
| Analysis |
Buddhism |
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Buddhism |
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Buddhism |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in Hebrew |
| Subject |
Buddhism-General -- Buddhist Literature
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Buddhist literature -- Translations into English.
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Buddhist stories -- Translations into English.
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| Author |
Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952-
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| LC no. |
94048201 |
| ISBN |
0691044414 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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0691044422 (acid-free paper) |
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9659013078 |
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