The origins of Buddhist monastic codes in China : an annotated translation and study of the Chanyuan qinggui /
The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China contains the first complete translation of China's earliest and most influential monastic code. The twelfth-century text Chanyuan qinggui (Rules of Purity for the Chan Monastery) provides a wealth of detail on all aspects of life in public Buddhis...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English Chinese |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press
©2002.
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| Series: | Classics in East Asian Buddhism.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqx8h |
| Summary: | The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China contains the first complete translation of China's earliest and most influential monastic code. The twelfth-century text Chanyuan qinggui (Rules of Purity for the Chan Monastery) provides a wealth of detail on all aspects of life in public Buddhist monasteries during the Sung (960-1279). Part One consists of Yifa's overview of the development of monastic regulations in Chinese Buddhist history, a biography of the text's author, and an analysis of the social and cultural context of premodern Chinese Buddhist monasticism. Of particular importance are the interconnections made between Chan traditions and the dual heritages of Chinese culture and Indian Buddhist Vinaya. Although much of the text's source material is traced directly to the Vinayas and the works of the Vinaya advocate Daoan (312-385) and the Lü master Daoxuan (596-667), the Chanyuan qinggui includes elements foreign to the original Vinaya texts-elements incorporated from Chinese governmental policies and traditional Chinese etiquette. Following the translator's overview is a complete translation of the text, extensively annotated. |
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| Item Description: | "A Kuroda Institute book." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxx, 352 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585464065 9780585464060 9780824863807 0824863801 0824824946 9780824824945 |