Donald S. Lopez, Jr., is Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan.
摘要
This anthology illustrates the vast scope of Buddhist practice in Asia, past and present, by presenting a selection of forty-eight translated texts including hagiographies, monastic rules, pilgrimage songs, apocryphal sutras, and didactic tales from India, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Burma. Most of these pieces have never before been translated into a Western language, and each is preceded by a substantial introduction by its translator. Together they are designed to do nothing less than reshape the way in which Buddhism is understood. These unusual sources provide the reader with a sense of the remarkable diversity of the practices of persons who over the course of 2,500 years have been identified, by themselves or by others, as Buddhists. In this rich variety there are often contradictions, such that the practices of one Buddhist community might seem strange or unfamiliar to another. At the same time, however, there is evidence here of many continuities among the practices of Buddhist cultures widely separated by both history and topography. From A Hymn of Praise to the Buddha's Good Qualities through On Becoming a Buddhist Wizard to Death-Bed Testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful, the selections here are an ideal introduction to Buddhism and a source of new insights for scholars.
目次
Princeton Readings in Religions Note on Transliteration Contents by Vehicle Contents by Country Contributors Introduction 3 1 A Hymn of Praise to the Buddha's Good Qualities 39 2 Consecrating the Buddha 50 3 Sutra on the Merit of Bathing the Buddha 59 4 Reading Others' Minds 69 5 The Prayer of the Original Buddha 80 6 Myoe's Letter to the Island 88 7 The Tathagatagarbha Sutra 92 8 The Whole Universe as a Sutra 107 9 Gotami's Story 113 10 The Great Bliss Queen 139 11 Story of Simhala, the Caravan Leader 151 12 A Prayer for the Long Life of the Dalai Lama 170 13 Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Guanyin 176 14 A Mahayana Liturgy 183 15 A Discussion of Seated Zen 197 16 The Way to Meditation 207 17 Buddhism and the State in Early Japan 216 18 Original Enlightenment Thought in the Nichiren Tradition 228 19 The Matsumoto Debate 241 20 A Prophecy of the Death of the Dharma 249 21 The Book of Resolving Doubts Concerning the Semblance Dharma 257 22 A Heretical Chinese Buddhist Text 272 23 Eschatology in the Wheel of Time Tantra 284 24 Atisa's A Lamp for the Path to Awakening 290 25 The Advice to Layman Tundila 302 26 The Legend of the Iron Stupa 314 27 Two Tantric Meditations: Visualizing the Deity 318 28 The Story of the Horn Blowing 328 29 A Summary of the Seven Books of the Abhidhamma 336 30 On Becoming a Buddhist Wizard 343 31 Pure Land Buddhist Worship and Meditation in China 359 32 Aryadeva and Candrakirti on Self and Selfishness 380 33 A Modern Sermon on Merit Making 399 34 Saramati's Entering into the Great Vehicle 402 35 Auspicious Things 412 36 Tales of the Lotus Sutra 427 37 Daily Life in the Assembly 455 38 Deaths, Funerals, and the Division of Property in a Monastic Code 473 39 A Rite for Restoring the Bodhisattva and Tantric Vows 503 40 Awakening Stories of Zen Buddhist Women 513 41 The Chinese Life of Nagarjuna 525 42 Atisa's Journey to Sumatra 532 43 Bimba's Lament 541 44 Hagiographies of the Korean Monk Wonhyo 553 45 The Illustrated Biography of Ippen 563 46 Account of the Buddhist Thaumaturge Baozhi 578 47 Buddhist Chaplains in the Field of Battle 586 48 Death-Bed Testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful 592 Index 603
