Gyonen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in three countries / by Ronald S. Green, Chanju Mun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Ronald S., author.

Mun, Chanju, author.

Series:

Studies in the history of religions. Volume 159

Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; volume 159

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Japan--History--1185-1600--Sources.

Buddhism.

Gyōnen, 1240-1321. Sangoku buppō denzū engi.

Gyōnen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

Gyōnen’s Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries is the first English translation of this work and a new assessment of it. Gyōnen (1240-1321) has been recognized for establishing a methodology for the study of Buddhism that would come to dominate Japan. The three countries Gyōnen considers are India, China and Japan. Ronald S. Green and Chanju Mun describe Gyōnen’s innovative doctrinal classification system ( panjiao ) for the first time and compare it to other panjiao systems. They argue that Gyōnen’s arrangement and what he chose to exclude served political purposes in the Kamakura period, and thus engage current scholarship on the construction of Japanese Buddhism.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Gyōnen and the Organizational Structure of His Text

1 Indian Foundations and Chinese Developments of the Buddha Dharma

2 Korean Contributions to Japanese Buddhism

3 Japanese Development of the Buddha Dharma

4 Fascicle One

5 Fascicle Two

6 Fascicle Three

Colophon

Bibliography

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-37045-5

OCLC:

1043914042

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004370456 DOI