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The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900–1950 |
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Welch, Holmes (著)
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| Volume | Special Issue |
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| Date | 1967.01.01 |
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| Pages | 592 |
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| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
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https://www.hup.harvard.edu/
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| Location | Cambridge, UK [劍橋, 英國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | Based partly on unpublished documents and oral information obtained from monks who headed major monasteries on mainland China, Holmes Welch presents a detailed description of the modern practice of Chinese Buddhism. Focusing on the actual rather than the theoretical observances of the religion, he gives an exhaustive account of the monastic system and the style of life of both monk and layman. His study makes new information available for the Western reader and calls into question the whole concept of the moribund state of Chinese Buddhism. |
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| Table of contents | PART ONE: MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER I. The People of the Monastery 3
The Four Departments and Their Staffs - The Guest Department - The Business Office - The Sacristy - Variations - Groups of Personnel - Ranks - The Appointment of Personnel - Promotion in Rank - The Pattern of Promotion
CHAPTER II. The Meditation Hall 47
The Layout of the Hall - The Day's Work - Meditation Weeks - Variations - Leave - The Fruits of Meditation 47
CHAPTER III. The Buddha Recitation Hall 89
Ling-yen Ssu - Layout - Daily Prgram - Fa-yü Ssu - Other Halls
CHAPTER IV. Observance of the Rules 105
The Role of Normative Text - The Monastery Calendar - Meals - Clothing - Health and Hygiene - Sexual Activity - Punishment - Heterodox Practices - Variation in the Character of Monasteries
CHAPTER V. Hereditary and Branch Temples 129
Hereditary Temples - Branch Temples - Hybrid Institutions
CHAPTER VI. The Abbot 143
Consultation - The Authority of the Abbot - Qualifications - Selecting Abbots by Consultation - Selection by Lot - Transmission of the Dharma - The Kiangsu System - The Human System - Kuei-yüan Ssu - Selection of the Worthy - Term in Office - Concurrent Service - Criticism of Dharma Abbotship
CHAPTER VII. Rites for the Dead 179
Chinese Concepts of the Afterlife - Anniversary Rites - Attitudes Toward Rites for the Dead - The Commercialization of Rites - Income from Tablets and Urns
CHAPTER VIII. The Economy of Monasteries 207
Donations from Begging - Fund Raising - Donations from Visitors - Donations from Pilgrims - Cultivation of Land by Monks - Land Rents - Chin Shan - Ch'i-hsia Shan - T'ien-ning Ssu - Chin-shan Ssu - Conclusions
PART TWO: THE INDIVIDUAL BUDDHIST
CHAPTER IX. Entering the Sangha 247
Motivation - Thrity-nine Cases - Tonsure - The Tonsure Family - Tonsure and Dharma Names - Training in the Hereditary Temple - Ordination - Length of Ordination - Plenary Masses - Moxa - Hinayana Tendencies
CHAPTER X. The Monastic Career
Wanderer and Pilgrim - Student and Lecturer - Dharma Discipline - Proselytizer - Hermit and Ascetic - Wage Earner and Entrepreneur - Disrobbing and Re-ordination - Old Age and Retirement - Death and Funeral Arrangments - Omens and Meat Bodies - The Achievements of the Monastic Life - T'ai-ts'ang
CHAPTER XI. The Lay Buddhist 357
Taking the Refuges - Lay Ordination - Obserbance of the Lay Vows - False Ordination - Temple Worship - Lay Pilgrimages - Spreading the Dharma - Meritorious Practices - Religious Exercises - Motivation - The Size of the Laity
CHAPTER XII. The Nature of the System 395
Seets and Schools - Syncretism - Affiliations
APPENDIX I. The Size of the Sangha 411
APPENDIX II. The Forty-eight Positions 421
APPENDIX III. The Meditation Hall Scedule 426
APPENDIX IV. Meditation Patrols 442
APPENDIX V. Hereditary Public Monasteries 444
APPENDIX VI. The Dharma of the T'ien-ning Ssu 450
APPENDIX VII. Perpeptual Leaseholds 454
APPENDIX VIII. Mortgage Loans 456
APPENDIX IX. Calculations of Landed Income 461
Notes 467
Bibliography 527
Glossary Index 531 |
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| ISBN | 9780674697003 (hbc) |
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| Related reviews | - Book Review: The Dhammapada by P. Lal; The Practice of Chinese Buddhism: 1900-1950 by Holmes Welch; The New Face of Buddha by Jerrold Schecter=The Many Faces of Buddha / Weedon, William S. (評論)
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| Created date | 2024.09.16 |
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| Modified date | 2024.09.16 |
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