Michael Pye is Professor (emeritus) at Marburg University and a visiting Research Associate of Ōtani University in Kyōto. His writings have ranged widely over problems in the study of religions, studies in Buddhist thought and many aspects of contemporary Japanese religion. His major publications include Skilful Means and Emerging from Meditation.
摘要
Early issues of The Eastern Buddhist contain short translations from various Buddhist texts, some of them quite important and all of considerable interest. Since they are set unobtrusively between modern statements and arguments about the nature of Buddhism, and in any case are difficult to locate, they have often gone unnoticed by students. Assembled here is a selection of those texts which have stood the test of time. Drawn from Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese originals, they mainly reflect the Zen and Shin Buddhist traditions, though in the wider context of early Mahāyāna Buddhism. Drawing them together into one volume brings out the fact that these varied Buddhist traditions are intricately related to each other. The result is an unusual and fascinating reader which would grace many a course in Buddhist studies.
目次
Table of Contents List of Illustrations x Preface with Acknowledgements xi - xii Conventions on Names, Titles and Scripts xiii - xv A Note on The Eastern Buddhist xvi - xvii 1 Introduction 1 - 20
Part I The Teaching of Vimalakīrti 2 Vimalakīrti’s Discourse on Emancipation 21 - 98 Izumi Hōkei
Part II Related Strands in Early Mahāyāna Buddhism 3 The Heart Sūtra (Prajñā-pāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra) 99 - 106 Shaku Hannya 4 Nāgārjuna’s Mahāyāna-viṃśaka 107 - 114 Yamaguchi Susumu 5 Outline of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Kegonkyō) 115 - 120 Beatrice Lane Suzuki † 6 The Hymn on the Life and Vows of Samantabhadra 121 - 132 Izumi Hōkei
Part III Hints of Laity in the Esoteric Tradition 7 Fudō the Immovable 133 - 148 Beatrice Lane Suzuki 8 Ceremonies for Disciples on Mount Kōya 149 - 166 Beatrice Lane Suzuki
Part IV Revisiting Masters of the Nenbutsu 9 The Pure Land Doctrine in Shōkū’s “Plain Wood” Nenbutsu 167 - 180 Sugihira Shizutoshi 10 Myōe’s Critique of Hōnen 181 - 198 Bandō Shōjun 11 Ippen Shōnin and the Nenbutsu 199 - 220 Yanagi Sōetsu 12 Shinran and his Song on Amida Buddha 221 - 230 Beatrice Lane Suzuki 13 On Steadfast Holding to the Name 231 - 240 Kakunyo Shōnin 14 Rennyo the Restorer 241 - 258 Kaneko Daiei 15 Asahara Saichi the Myōkōnin 259 - 276 Satō Taira 16 The Rite of Reception into Jōdo Shinshū 277 - 280 Dan Bornstein
Synoptic List of Text Titles 281 - 298 Character List for Historical Persons 299 - 306 Original Publication Details 307 - 310 Index 311 - 335
