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Integrating Chinese Buddhism
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Author : Yi-hsun Huang
language : en
Publisher: Dharma Drum Publishing Corp
Release Date : 2005
Integrating Chinese Buddhism written by Yi-hsun Huang and has been published by Dharma Drum Publishing Corp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Buddhism categories.
Chinese Transformation Of Buddhism
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Author : Kenneth Kuan Sheng Ch'en
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-19
Chinese Transformation Of Buddhism written by Kenneth Kuan Sheng Ch'en and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-19 with Religion categories.
When Buddhism was introduced into China at about the beginning of the Christian era, the Chinese were captivated at first by its overpowering world view. Consequently, Buddhism in China has usually been discussed in terms of the Indianization of Chinese life and thought, but Kenneth Ch'en shows that as Indian ideas were gaining ground the Chinese were choosing among them and modifying them to fit their situation. To demonstrate how the Chinese transformed Buddhism the author investigates its role in the ethical, political, literary, educational, and social life of the Chinese. Buddhism was able to gain a wide following by accommodating itself to Chinese ethical practices. The Buddhist monastic community submitted to the jurisdiction of the state and the monasteries also became integrated into the economic life of the empire through their ownership of land and their operation of industrial and commercial enterprises. Through an analysis of the work of a representative Chinese poet the author reveals the ways in which Buddhism came to be reflected in the literary life of China. Finally, he explores the methods used by the Buddhists to popularize their religion. Originally published in 1973. 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.
Buddhism And Buddhists In China
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Author : Lewis Hodus
language : en
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Release Date : 2021-01-01
Buddhism And Buddhists In China written by Lewis Hodus and has been published by Prabhat Prakashan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Buddhism and Buddhists in China by Lewis Hodus: This book delves into the history and development of Buddhism in China, exploring its impact on the culture, society, and religious practices of the country. Lewis Hodus offers a comprehensive account of how Buddhism spread and adapted within the Chinese context, making it an essential read for those interested in the intersection of religion and Chinese history. Key Aspects of the Book "Buddhism and Buddhists in China": Historical Perspective: Lewis Hodus provides a historical overview of the introduction and growth of Buddhism in China, tracing its journey from India to becoming a significant religious force in the country. Cultural Assimilation: The book explores how Buddhism integrated with Chinese culture, absorbing and influencing local traditions and beliefs in the process. Religious Practices: Hodus sheds light on the various Buddhist practices, rituals, and schools that emerged and thrived in China over the centuries. Lewis Hodus was a renowned scholar and historian with a keen interest in the study of world religions. Born in the late 19th century, he devoted much of his life to understanding and documenting the spread of Buddhism and its cultural impact. His work, Buddhism and Buddhists in China, remains a significant contribution to the field, providing valuable insights into the historical and cultural aspects of Buddhism in China.
Ritual And Representation In Chinese Buddhism
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Author : Karil J. Kucera
language : en
Publisher: Cambria Press
Release Date : 2016-01-28
Ritual And Representation In Chinese Buddhism written by Karil J. Kucera and has been published by Cambria Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-28 with Religion categories.
Includes 159 color images. Baodingshan consists of a monastic complex and two rock-carved areas, Little Buddha Bend and Great Buddha Bend, located in Dazu in western China and dates from the Southern Song period. The complex is fundamentally different from earlier Buddhist rock-carved sites in China in its construction and layout. Foregoing traditional niche-based iconography for large, deeply cut reliefs reaching dimensions as great as eight meters high by twenty meters wide, within Baodingshan's Great Buddha Bend, the carved works flow from one tableau into another. The site contains both texts and images related to the main schools of Buddhist thought. This book presents an integrated analysis of all of the components of Great Buddha Bend within the greater Baodingshan site, something that was lacking in earlier studies. Written to provide guidance to the site for a wide spectrum of readers-specialists and non-specialists alike-it provides a clear explanation of the major iconographic features of the imagery as well as translations of the numerous accompanying carved Buddhist texts. It also presents the basic tenets of Pure Land, Chan [Zen], Huayan and Esoteric Buddhism in order to explain the features of these sects as seen represented in visual as well as textual form at the site. Lastly, with its focus on ritual use and audience reception from the 12th to the 21st century, this study provides a new model for the discussion and evaluation of other religious sites as entities that organically evolve over time. This study also includes new translations of both the inscribed Buddhist texts and secular inscriptions carved at the site dating from the twelfth through the twenty-first centuries-inscriptions left by educated elite, soldiers, and government officials, highlighting regional issues related to continuity and change made visible at Baodingshan.
Traditions Of Meditation In Chinese Buddhism
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Author : Peter N. Gregory
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2021-05-25
Traditions Of Meditation In Chinese Buddhism written by Peter N. Gregory and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-25 with Religion categories.
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Mothers And Sons In Chinese Buddhism
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Author : R. Alan Cole
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1998-07
Mothers And Sons In Chinese Buddhism written by R. Alan Cole and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-07 with categories.
Based on close readings of more than twenty Buddhist texts written in China from the 5th to the 13th century, this book demonstrates that Buddhist authors crafted new models for family reproduction based on a mother-son style of filial piety, in contrast to the traditional father-son model.--NAN NÜ
Ethical Treatment Of Animals In Early Chinese Buddhism
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Author : Chuan Cheng
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-17
Ethical Treatment Of Animals In Early Chinese Buddhism written by Chuan Cheng and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-17 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Through detailed discussions of several Buddhist and Chinese moral concepts and beliefs and accompanied by some edifying short stories, this book investigates three types of ethical treatment of animals in early Chinese Buddhism: the imperial bans on animal sacrifice; the early development of the two unique and living traditions of vegetarianism; and the freeing of animals. The book presents a demonstration of the early Chinese acceptance of Indian Buddhism, providing the reader with a better understanding of the early history of Chinese Buddhism in general, and of the integration of Chinese and Indian Buddhist cultures in particular.
Major Aspects Of Chinese Religion And Philosophy
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Author : Chun Shan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-06-26
Major Aspects Of Chinese Religion And Philosophy written by Chun Shan and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-26 with Philosophy categories.
The book addresses academically the major aspects of Chinese religion and philosophy, designated as the doctrine of being internal sage and external king. The perspective applied is the integration between western and Chinese scholarship and English readers may gain an easy and interesting access to Chinese intellectual tradition, distinctive itself in a harmony between being holy and secular in any mundane human being to the western tradition of “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s”. By this contrast the intellectual charms and spiritual merits of Chinese tradition will be better appreciated, hence conducive to the much anticipated dialogues between western and eastern civilizations at this globalized yet conflicted world.
Filial Piety In Chinese Buddhism
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Author : Guang Xing
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 2022
Filial Piety In Chinese Buddhism written by Guang Xing and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Buddhism categories.
The book describes how Buddhism integrated into the Chinese culture by accepting good teachings from the Chinese philosophy such as filial piety because it is an important moral teaching in Confucianism and it has shaped nearly every aspect of Chinese social life.
Chan Before Chan
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Author : Eric M. Greene
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2021-01-31
Chan Before Chan written by Eric M. Greene and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-31 with Religion categories.
What is Buddhist meditation? What is going on—and what should be going on—behind the closed or lowered eyelids of the Buddha or Buddhist adept seated in meditation? And in what ways and to what ends have the answers to these questions mattered for Buddhists themselves? Focusing on early medieval China, this book takes up these questions through a cultural history of the earliest traditions of Buddhist meditation (chan), before the rise of the Chan (Zen) School in the eighth century. In sharp contrast to what would become typical in the later Chan School, early Chinese Buddhists approached the ancient Buddhist practice of meditation primarily as a way of gaining access to a world of enigmatic but potentially meaningful visionary experiences. In Chan Before Chan, Eric Greene brings this approach to meditation to life with a focus on how medieval Chinese Buddhists interpreted their own and others’ visionary experiences and the nature of the authority they ascribed to them. Drawing from hagiography, ritual manuals, material culture, and the many hitherto rarely studied meditation manuals translated from Indic sources into Chinese or composed in China in the 400s, Greene argues that during this era meditation and the mastery of meditation came for the first time to occupy a real place in the Chinese Buddhist social world. Heirs to wider traditions that had been shared across India and Central Asia, early medieval Chinese Buddhists conceived of “chan” as something that would produce a special state of visionary sensitivity. The concrete visionary experiences that resulted from meditation were understood as things that could then be interpreted, by a qualified master, as indicative of the mediator’s purity or impurity. Buddhist meditation, though an elite discipline that only a small number of Chinese Buddhists themselves undertook, was thus in practice and in theory constitutively integrated into the cultic worlds of divination and “repentance” (chanhui) that were so important within the medieval Chinese religious world as a whole.