Going Forth: Visions of Buddhist Vinaya 9780824851774

In its role as a scriptural charter, vinaya has justified widely dissimilar approaches to religious life as Buddhist ord

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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

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