The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan qinggui 9780824863807

The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China contains the first complete translation of China’s earliest and most inf

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The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan qinggui
 9780824863807

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Conventions
Introduction
Part One: Context
1. Evolution of Monastic Regulations in China
2. Genesis of Chanyuan qinggui: Continuity and Adaptation
Part Two: Text
3. The Author and His Work
4. Chanyuan qinggui in Translation
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Finding List

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