Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-37038-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 159, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Numen Book Series

Gyonen’s Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries is the first English translation of this work and a new assessment of it. Gyonen (1240-1321) has been recognized for establishing a methodology for the study of Buddhism that would come to dominate Japan. The three countries Gyonen considers are India, China and Japan. Ronald S. Green and Chanju Mun describe Gyonen’s innovative doctrinal classification system (panjiao) for the first time and compare it to other panjiao systems. They argue that Gyonen’s arrangement and what he chose to exclude served political purposes in the Kamakura period, and thus engage current scholarship on the construction of Japanese Buddhism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

S Green, Ronald

Mun, Chanju

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface

Ronald S. Green

Abbreviations

Preliminary Notes

Historical Chronology (Through Gyonen’s Time)

List of Japanese Buddhist Monastic Ranks

List of Tables and Diagrams

Part 1: A Sketch of The Transmission of the Buddha Dharma and Related Issues

Introduction: Gyonen and the Organizational Structure of His Text

1 The Life of Gyonen (1240-1321) and his Perspective in this Text

2 The Organizational Structure of the Text

1 Indian Foundations and Chinese Developments of the Buddha Dharma

1 Indian Foundation

2 Chinese Developments

2 Korean Contributions to Japanese Buddhism

1 Korea as the Political Bridge

2 The Introduction of Korean Buddhism into Japan

3 The Formation of Japanese Buddhism

3 Japanese Development of the Buddha Dharma

1 Historical Establishment of the Eight Older Schools of Japanese Buddhism

2 Historical Establishment of the Newer Kamakura Schools of Gyonen’s Time

Part 2: Translation of Gyonen’s The Narrative History of Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries

4 Fascicle One

Introduction

1 Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in India

2 Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in China

5 Fascicle Two

3 Transmission of the Various Traditions in Japan

6 Fascicle Three

7 The Ritsu (Vinaya) School

Colophon

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ronald S. Green, Ph.D. (2003), University of Wisconsin-Madison, is Associate Professor of Religions at Coastal Carolina University. He has published monographs, translations, and articles on Japanese Buddhism and Buddhism in popular culture, including Buddhism Goes to the Movies (Routledge, 2014).

Chanju Mun, Ph.D. (2002), University of Wisconsin-Madison, taught at University of the West, University of Hawaii, and Coastal Carolina University. His books are widely published and include The History of Doctrinal Classification in Chinese Buddhism (University Press of America, 2006).