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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yifa
Other Authors: Zongze, -1092
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press ©2002.
Series:Classics in East Asian Buddhism.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqx8h
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 Context
  • 1. Evolution of Monastic Regulations in China 3
  • 2. Genesis of Chanyuan qinggui: Continuity and Adaptation 53
  • 3. The Author and His Work 101
  • 4. Chanyuan qinggui in Translation 112.