Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism 9780271043289, 0271043288
Politics and Transcendent Wisdom presents a systematic theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between
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English Pages 351 [375] Year 1998
Table of contents :
Frontmatter
Contents
Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Note on Orthography, Conventions, and Translation Selection
Introduction
PART ONE. Cosmology, Authority, and the Politics of Transcendence
1. Locating Authority: Cosmology and Complex Systems
2. World, Path, and Authority in Buddhism
PART TWO. The Transcendent Wisdom Scripture for Humane Kings and the Creation of National Protection Buddhism
3. The Genealogy of Humane Kings
4. The End of the Teaching and the Creation of Chinese Buddhism
5. Esoteric Turns
6. The Lords of Light: The Scripture for Humane Kings in Esoteric Practice and Esoteric Polity
PART THREE. The Transcendent Wisdom Scripture for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States (T 246)
1. Prologue
2. Contemplating the Thus-come One
3. The Bodhisattva Path
4. The Two Truths
5. Protecting the State
6. The Inconceivable
7. Receiving and Keeping This Scripture
8. The Charge
Appendix A. Major Variants from the Fifth-Century Scripture (T 245)
Appendix B. THe Chinese Provenance of the Scripture for Humane Kings
Appendix C. The Path in Eighth-Century Scripture
Appendix D. Boilerplate Sequences in Pu-k’ung’s Teachings
Glossary of Numerical Terms
Logographs
Works Cited
Index
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