The Formation of Ch'an Ideology in China and Korea : The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra, a Buddhist Apocryphon / Robert E. Buswell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buswell, Robert E., author.

Series:

Princeton library of Asian translations.

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 153

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zen Buddhism--Korea--Doctrines--History.

Zen Buddhism.

Zen Buddhism--China--Doctrines--History.

Jin gang san mei jing--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Jin gang san mei jing.

Wŏnhyo, 617-686.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages).

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad implications for the development of East Asian Buddhism. The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra was traditionally assumed to have been translated from Sanskrit, but some modern scholars, principally in Japan, have proposed that it is instead an indigenous Chinese composition. In contrast to both of these views, Robert Buswell maintains it was written in Korea around A.D. 685 by a Korean adept affiliated with the East Mountain school of the nascent Chinese Ch'an tradition. He thus considers it to be the oldest work of Korean Ch'an (or Son, which in Japan became known as the Zen school), and the second-oldest work of the sinitic Ch'an tradition as a whole. Buswell makes his case for the scripture's dating, authorship, and provenance by placing the sutra in the context of Buddhist doctrinal writings and early Ch'an literature in China and Korea. This approach leads him to an extensive analysis of the origins of Ch'an ideology in both countries and of the principal trends in the sinicization of Buddhism. Buddhism has typically been studied in terms of independent national traditions, but Buswell maintains that the history of religion in China, Korea, and Japan should be treated as a whole.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Abbreviations and Conventions

Part One. Study

Chapter One. The Vajrasamādhi-Sūtra as an Apocryphal Scripture

Chapter Two. The Hagiographies of the Korean Scholiast Wŏnhyo: The Dating and Provenance of the Vajrasamādhi

Chapter Three. The Doctrinal Teachings of the Vajrasāmadhi

Chapter Four. Ch'an Elements in the Vajrasamādhi: Evidence for the Authorship of the Sūtra

Part Two. Translation

The Vajrasamādhi-Sūtra (Book of Adamantine Absorption)

Glossary of Chinese Logographs

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [265]-291.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Contains:

Jin gang san mei jing. English.

ISBN:

9780691654164

0691654166

9780691609089

069160908X

OCLC:

981989134