Saicho : : The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School / / Paul Groner.

Saicho (767-822), the founder of the Tendai School, is one of the great masters of Japanese Buddhism. This edition, which includes a new preface by the author, makes available again a classic work on this important figure’s life and accomplishments. Groner’s study focuses on Saicho’s founding of the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • LIST OF CHARTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER ONE. BACKGROUND: BUDDHISM DURING THE LATE NARA PERIOD
  • PART I BIOGRAPHY OF SAICHŌ
  • CHAPTER TWO. EARLY YEARS
  • CHAPTER THREE. THE YEARS ON MOUNT HIEI
  • CHAPTER FOUR. VOYAGE TO CHINA
  • CHAPTER FIVE. RETURN TO JAPAN
  • CHAPTER SIX. RELATIONS WITH KŪKAI
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. THE PROPAGATION AND DEFENSE OF THE TENDAI SCHOOL
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE BODHISATTVA PRECEPTS
  • PART TWO SAICHŌ'S VIEW OF THE PRECEPTS
  • CHAPTER NINE. THE ROLE OF THE PRECEPTS IN SAICHŌ'S THOUGHT
  • CHAPTER TEN THE PROVISIONAL HĪNAYĀNA ORDINATION (KEJU SHŌKAI)
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. SAICHŌ'S SOURCES FOR THE PERFECT PRECEPTS: THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND THE FAN WANG CHING
  • CHAPTER TWELVE. THE MAJOR INFLUENCES ON SAICHŌ'S VIEW OF THE PRECEPTS
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE INTEGRATION OF THE TEACHINGS OF JAPANESE TENDAI
  • PART THREE. THE EFFECTS OF SAICHŌ'S REFORMS DURING THE EARLY HEIAN PERIOD
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN. SAICHŌ'S DISCIPLES AND THE PRECEPTS
  • CHAPTER SIXTEEN. CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX