Sisällysluettelo:
“…Contents; List of illustrations and tables; The contributors; Pronunciation guide; Introduction; Buddhism and its spread; The Buddha and his cultural context; Early schools of Buddhism; The contribution of Emperor Asoka; The origin and development of the Mahāyāna movement; The Vajrayāna perspective; The decline of Buddhism in India; The Buddhist world today; Southern Buddhism; Northern Buddhism; Eastern Buddhism; Challenges and opportunities for Buddhism in the modern world; Buddhism in the West; 1. …”
Sisällysluettelo:
“…Preliminary Material -- Introduction / 1 Tathāgata Chan and Patriarchal Chan / 2 The Fourth Patriarch Daoxin’s Chan Thought / 3 Patriarch Lineage of Chinese Chan School and the Indian Transmission of Dharma-Treasure / 4 On Hu Shih’s Study of Chan History / 5 A Study of Early Transmissions of the Tiantai School / 6 A Preliminary Study on the Buddhist Thought of Huisi, the Tiantai School Pioneer: Questions regarding Early Tiantai Thought / 7 Questions about the Śūraṅgama Sūtra / 8 A General Introduction to the Cliff Statues of Mount Kongwang / 9 The Drawing of Yama and Scripture-Carving of the Early Tang Dynasty: Case Study of the Rubbings of “Qi Shiyuan’s Inscriptions for the Xian Mausoleum” / 10 Buddhist Interaction between China and Korean Peninsula during the Sui and Tang Dynasties: A Survey of Korean Monk Visitors in China / 11 The Influence of Buddhist Cosmology on the Idea of the Geographical Center in Pre-Modern China / 12 Cultural Confluence during the Development of Buddhism: A Case Study of the Liushi liwen / 13 The Buddhism-Daoism Dispute during the Xianqing and Longshuo Eras of the Tang Dynasty / 14 Buddhist Studies in Mainland China after the Year 1978 / Index…”