The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950 0674697006
Based partly on unpublished documents and oral information obtained from monks who headed major monasteries on mainland
480 40 39MB
English Pages 574 Year 1967
Table of contents :
Preface......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Contents......Page 11
List of Illustrations......Page 14
Part 1: Monastic Institutions......Page 20
1. The People of the Monastery......Page 21
2. The Meditation Hall......Page 64
3. The Buddha Recitation Hall......Page 106
4. Observance of the Rules......Page 122
5. Hereditary and Branch Temples......Page 146
6. The Abbot......Page 159
7. Rites for the Dead......Page 194
8. The Economy of Monasteries......Page 221
Part 2: The Individual Buddhist......Page 258
9. Entering the Sangha......Page 259
10. The Monastic Career......Page 314
11. The Lay Buddhist......Page 367
12. The Nature of the System......Page 404
Appendices......Page 418
1. The Size of the Sangha......Page 419
2. The Forty-Eight Positions......Page 429
3. The Meditation Hall Schedule......Page 434
4. Meditation Patrols......Page 450
5. Hereditary Public Monasteries......Page 452
6. The Dharma of the T'ien-ning Ssu......Page 458
7. Perpetual Leaseholds......Page 462
8. Mortgage Loans......Page 464
9. Calculations of Landed Income......Page 469
Notes, Bibliography, Glossary Index......Page 472
Notes......Page 473
Bibliography......Page 533
Glossary Index......Page 537
Map: East Central China......Page 24
Map: China......Page 319
