Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha / edited by Robert E. Buswell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buswell, Robert E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apocryphal books (Tripiṭaka).

Buddhist literature, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu, Hawai'i : University of Hawaii Press, 1990.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Conventions

Introduction: Prolegomenon to the Study of Buddhist Apocryphal Scriptures

The Evaluation of Indigenous Scriptures in Chinese Buddhist Bibliographical Catalogues

The Consecration Sutra: A Buddhist Book of Spells

Stages of Transcendence: The Bhümi Concept in Taoist Scripture

The Textual Origins of the Kuan Wu-liang-shou ching: A Canonical Scripture of Pure Land Buddhism

The Chan-ch 'a ching: Religion and Magic in Medieval China

The Suppression of the Three Stages Sect: Apocrypha as a Political Issue

The Relativity of the Concept of Orthodoxy in Chinese Buddhism: Chih-sheng's Indictment of Shih-li and the Proscription of the Dharma Mirror Sütra

The Fan-wang ching and Monastic Discipline in Japanese Tendai: A Study of Annen 's Futsüjubosatsukai köshaku

Appendix: An Introduction to the Standards of Scriptural Authenticity in Indian Buddhism

Contributors

General Index

Index of Texts

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 30, 2022).

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

0-8248-4261-8

OCLC:

1322124880