| Description |
viii, 298 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 6 |
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Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 6
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| Contents |
Assessment of textual interpretation in Buddhism / Étienne Lamotte -- The gradual path as a hermeneutical approach to Dhamma / George D. Bond -- On the interpretation of the Mahāyāna Sūtras / Donald S. Lopez, Jr. -- Killing, lying, stealing, and adultery: a problem of interpretation in the Tantras / Michael M. Broido -- Vajra hermeneutics / Robert A.F. Thurman -- Mi-pham's theory of interpretation / Matthew Kapstein -- Hermeneutical phases in Chinese Buddhism / David W. Chappell -- What happened to the "perfect teaching"?: another look at Hua-yen Buddhist hermeneutics / Peter N. Gregory -- Chʼan hermeneutics: a Korean view / Robert E. Buswell, Jr. -- Truth words: the basis of Kūkai's theory of interpretation / Thomas P. Kasulis -- Shinran's proofs of true Buddhism / Roger Tashi Corless |
| Analysis |
Buddhism Doctrines |
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Hermeneutics Religious aspects Buddhism |
| Notes |
Essays originally presented at a conference held at the Kuroda Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Human Values in Los Angeles in the spring of 1984 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Doctrines.
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Hermeneutics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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| Author |
Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952-
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| LC no. |
87030175 |
| ISBN |
0824811615 |
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0824814479 |
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