The Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang Lin) and the Sinification of Buddhism in Eighth-century China
Title | The Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang Lin) and the Sinification of Buddhism in Eighth-century China PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Sharf |
Publisher | |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Buddhism |
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The "Treasure Store Treatise" (Pao-Tsang Lun) and the Sinification of Buddhism in Eigth-century China
Title | The "Treasure Store Treatise" (Pao-Tsang Lun) and the Sinification of Buddhism in Eigth-century China PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Sharf |
Publisher | |
Pages | 506 |
Release | 1991 |
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Chao Lun - The Treatises of Seng-chao
Title | Chao Lun - The Treatises of Seng-chao PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Liebenthal |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2014-09-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1312329963 |
"The ""Chao Lun: The Treatises of Seng-Chao,"" is the main scripture of the first period of Chinese Buddhism (about A.D. 300-700) before Dhyana-Buddhism absorbed all other interests (A.D. 700-1100). The Author believes that the two periods are connected and that in Dhyana-Buddhism the earlier thinking emerged cleansed from the traces of its Indian origin. Seng-Chao interpreted Mahayana, Hui-Neng and Shien-Hui re-thought it. The position of the Author is unusual and might be contested. But after a life-time given to the study of Chinese-Buddhism and the Chao-Lun in particular he has the right to be heard."" (Introduction to 2nd Edition by Hong Kong University Press - 1968) Walter Liebenthal (1886-1982), was a German philosopher and sinologist who specialized in Chinese Buddhism. He translated many philosophical works from Pali, Sanskrit and specially from Chinese into German or English.
Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism
Title | Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Sharf |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2005-11-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780824830281 |
The issue of sinification—the manner and extent to which Buddhism and Chinese culture were transformed through their mutual encounter and dialogue—has dominated the study of Chinese Buddhism for much of the past century. Robert Sharf opens this important and far-reaching book by raising a host of historical and hermeneutical problems with the encounter paradigm and the master narrative on which it is based. Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism is, among other things, an extended reflection on the theoretical foundations and conceptual categories that undergird the study of medieval Chinese Buddhism. Sharf draws his argument in part from a meticulous historical, philological, and philosophical analysis of the Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang lun), an eighth-century Buddho-Taoist work apocryphally attributed to the fifth-century master Seng-chao (374–414). In the process of coming to terms with this recondite text, Sharf ventures into all manner of subjects bearing on our understanding of medieval Chinese Buddhism, from the evolution of T’ang "gentry Taoism" to the pivotal role of image veneration and the problematic status of Chinese Tantra. The volume includes a complete annotated translation of the Treasure Store Treatise, accompanied by the detailed exegesis of dozens of key terms and concepts.
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, The
Title | Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, The PDF eBook |
Author | Huineng |
Publisher | BDK America |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Religion |
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This record of the life and teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Chan (Zen) Patriarch, is an eleventh-century compilation with ancillary materials. It deals with the Buddhist notion that the only criterion of any significance whatsoever is the experience of "seeing the Buddha-nature," realizing one's innate status as an enlightened being.
An English Translation of Fa-Tsang's Commentary on the Awakening of Faith
Title | An English Translation of Fa-Tsang's Commentary on the Awakening of Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Fazang |
Publisher | |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Philosophy |
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Fa-Tsang (643-712) was an important early figure in the development of Huayen Buddhism and is counted by the Third Patriach and first great systematizer of the school.
Original Teachings of Ch'an Buddhism
Title | Original Teachings of Ch'an Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Daoyuan (shi.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Koan |
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