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Readings of the Platform Sūtra |
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Schlütter, Morten (編)
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Teiser, Stephen F. (編)
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| Date | 2012.02.07 |
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| Pages | 232 |
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| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
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https://cup.columbia.edu/
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| Location | New York, US [紐約州, 美國] |
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| Series | Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | The Platform Sūtra comprises a wide range of important Chan/Zen Buddhist teachings. Purported to contain the autobiography and sermons of Huineng (638–713), the legendary Sixth Patriarch of Chan, the sutra has been popular among monastics and the educated elite for centuries. The first study of its kind in English, this volume offers essays that introduce the history and ideas of the sutra to a general audience and interpret its practices. Leading specialists on Buddhism discuss the text's historical background and its vaunted legacy in Chinese culture.
Incorporating recent scholarship and theory, chapters include an overview of Chinese Buddhism, the crucial role of the Platform Sutra in the Chan tradition, and the dynamics of Huineng's biography. They probe the sutra's key philosophical arguments, its paradoxical teachings about transmission, and its position on ordination and other institutions. The book includes a character glossary and extensive bibliography, with helpful references for students, general readers, and specialists throughout. The editors and contributors are among the most respected scholars in the study of Buddhism, and they assess the place of the Platform Sutra in the broader context of Chinese thought, opening the text to all readers interested in Asian culture, literature, spirituality, and religion. |
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| Table of contents | 1. Introduction: The Platform Sūtra, Buddhism, and Chinese Religion 1
2. The Figure of Huineng 25
3. The History and Practice of Early Chan 53
4. The Platform Sūtra as the Sudden Teaching 77
5. Transmitting Notions of Transmission 109
6. Ordination and Precepts in the Platform Sūtra 134
7. The Platform Sūtra and Chinese Philosphy 161
Character Glossary 189
Bibliography 195
Contributors 209
Index 211
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| ISBN | 9780231158213 (pbc); 9780231158206 (hbc); 9780231500555 (ebook) |
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| Related reviews | - Book Review: Readings of the Platform Sūtra ed. by Morten Shlütter and Stephen F. Teiser; The Platform Sūtra of the Sixth Patriarch: The Text of the Tun-huang Manuscript by Philip Yampolsky / Mun, Chanju (評論)
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| Created date | 2023.09.27 |
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| Modified date | 2023.09.27 |
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