Chinese Buddhism
eBook - PDF

Chinese Buddhism

  1. 492 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Chinese Buddhism

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A thoroughly descriptive account of Chinese Buddhism that describes its history and different schools. The author uses Buddhist literature to describe the faith's moral system, calendar, images, procession, and literature.

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Information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2003
eBook ISBN
9781463207724
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. ADVERTISEMENT
  2. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
  3. PREFACE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. A LIFE OF BUDDHA IN FOUR CHAPTERS
  7. CHAPTER I. LIFE OF SHAKYAMUNI TILL HIS APPEARANCE AT BENARES AS A TEACHER
  8. CHAPTER II. LIFE OF BUDDHA FROM HIS APPEARANCE AS A TEACHER AT BENARES TO THE CONVERSION OF RAHULA
  9. CHAPTER III. FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF RAHULA'S RELIGIOUS LIFE TILL THE NEAR APPROACH OF THE NIRVANA
  10. CHAPTER IV. LAST DISCOURSES AND DEATH OF BUDDHA
  11. CHAPTER V. THE PATRIARCHS OF THE NORTHERN BUDDHISTS
  12. CHAPTER VI. SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN CHINA
  13. CHAPTER VII. THE SCHOOLS OF CHINESE BUDDHISM
  14. CHAPTER VIII. ON CHI-K'AI AND THE T'IEN-T'AI SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM
  15. CHAPTER IX. THE BUDDHIST MORAL SYSTEM
  16. CHAPTER X. THE BUDDHIST CALENDAR
  17. CHAPTER XI. RELATION' OF BUDDHISM TO THE OLDER HINDOO MYTHOLOGY
  18. CHAPTER XII. THE BUDDHIST UNIVERSE
  19. CHAPTER XIII. THE EXTENDED UNIVERSE OF THE NORTHERN BUDDHISTS
  20. CHAPTER XIV. BUDDHIST IMAGES AND IMAGE-WORSHIP
  21. CHAPTER XV. MONASTERIES AT P'U-TO
  22. CHAPTER XVI. BUDDHIST PROCESSIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, PILGRIMAGES, AND CEREMONIES FOR THE DEAD
  23. CHAPTER XVII. BUDDHIST LITERATURE
  24. CHAPTER XVIII. THE LENG-YEN-KING—FIRST CHAPTER
  25. CHAPTER XIX. THE EKASHLOKA SHASTRA
  26. CHAPTER XX. EFFECT OF BUDDHISM ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SUNG DYNASTY
  27. CHAPTER XXI. FENG-SHUI, OR THE WIND AND WATER SUPERSTITION OF THE CHINESE
  28. CHAPTER XXII. BUDDHIST PHRASEOLOGY IN RELATION TO CHRISTIAN TEACHING
  29. CHAPTER XXIII. NOTICE OF THE WU-WEI-KIAU, A REFORMED BUDDHIST SECT
  30. CHAPTER XXIV. BUDDHISM AND TAUISM IN THEIR POPULAR ASPECTS
  31. CHAPTER XXV. ON THE USE OF SANSCRIT BY THE CHINESE BUDDHISTS
  32. CHAPTER XXVI. BOOKS AND PAPERS THAT MAY BE CONSULTED TOR THE STUDY OF CHINESE BUDDHISM.
  33. ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF PROPER NAMES AND SUBJECTS
  34. ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES OF COOKS MENTIONED