| Description |
1 online resource (x, 208 pages) |
| Series |
Translations from the Asian classics |
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Translations from the Oriental classics.
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| Contents |
Introduction To The Lidai Fabao Ji And Medieval Chinese Buddhism -- Questioning Wuzhu's Transmission -- Radical Aspects Of Wuzhu's Teachings -- Wuzhu's Female Disciples -- Translation of the lidai fabao ji (record of the dharma-jewel through the generations) |
| Summary |
The Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations (Lidai fabao ji) is a little-known Chan/Zen Buddhist text of the eighth century, rediscovered in 1900. The text relayss a fascinating sectarian history of Buddhism refracted through the progressive philosophy of Bao Tang founder Chan Master Wuzhu (714?774). The Lidai fabao ji illustrates Master Wuzhu's reinterpretation of the Chinese practices of merit, repentance, precepts, and Dharma transmission. These aspects of traditional Buddhism continue to be topics of debate in contemporary practice, making the Lidai fabao ji a vi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Includes translation from Chinese |
| Subject |
Wuzhu, Master, 714-774.
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| SUBJECT |
Wuzhu, Master, 714-774 fast |
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Li dai fa bao ji. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00032566
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Li dai fa bao ji fast |
| Subject |
Zen Buddhism -- China -- History
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Buddhist sects -- China -- History
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RELIGION -- General.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Buddhist sects
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Zen Buddhism
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Adamek, Wendi Leigh
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| LC no. |
2010039929 |
| ISBN |
0231527926 |
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9780231527927 |
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