Table of contents : Contents Preface Introduction 1. Visionary Repentance and Visionary Ordination in the Brahmā Net Sūtra 2. The Precious Scroll of the Liang Emperor: Buddhist and Daoist Repentance to Save the Dead 3. Daoxuan's Vision of Jetavana: The Ordination Platform Movement in Medieval Chinese Buddhism 4. Buddhist Precepts in a Lawless World: Some Comments on the Linhuai Ordination Scandal 5. From the Chinese Vinaya Tradition to Chan Regulations: Continuity and Adaptation 6. Vinaya Monasteries, Public Abbacies, and State Control of Buddhism under the Song (960-1279) 7. Popular Religion and Pure Land in Song-Dynasty Tiantai Bodhisattva Precept Ordination Ceremonies 8. Bodhidharma's Precepts in Japan 9. Tradition and Innovation: Eison's Self-Ordinations and the Establishment of New Orders of Buddhist Practitioners 10. Precepts in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism: The Jōdoshū 11. The Debate over Meat Eating in Japanese Buddhism Bibliography Contributors Index