The Essentials of the Eight Traditions/The Candle of the Latter Law
出版日期
1994.12.12
出版者
Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research
出版地
Berkeley, CA, US [伯克利, 加利福尼亞州, 美國]
叢書名
BDK English Tripiṭaka Translation Series
資料類型
專題研究論文=Research Paper
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
Original Language: Japanese
摘要
The Essentials of the Eight Schools gives a concise account of the history and doctrines of the eight principal Buddhist schools in existence in Japan at the time of the author, i.e. the six schools which were introduced to Japan during the Nara Period and the two schools introduced by Saichō and Kūkai during the Heian Period. This work may thus be described as an introduction to Japanese Buddhism. Fascicle 1 contains a preface and accounts of the Kusha, Jōjitsu and Discipline Schools, and Fascicle 2 deals with the Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon and Shingon Schools, followed by brief comments on the Zen and Pure Land Schools. The work takes the format of questions and answers, discussing such subjects as the name, basic scriptures, lines of transmission, and doctrines of each school. Since a brief history of the transmission of Buddhism from India via China to Japan is also included, it serves in fact as a very handy exposition of Japanese Buddhism.
