Going Forth : : Visions of Buddhist Vinaya / / ed. by William M. Bodiford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Barrett, T. H.,; Bodiford, William M.,; Chappell, David W.,; Dobbins, James C.,; Getz, Daniel A.,; Groner, Paul,; Jaffe, Richard M.,; McRae, John R.,; Schlütter, Morten,; Yifa,,
• HerausgeberIn: Bodiford, William M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

In its role as a scriptural charter, vinaya has justified widely dissimilar approaches to religious life as Buddhist orders in different times and places have interpreted it in contradictory ways. In the resulting tension between scripture and practice, certain kinds of ceremonial issues (such as th...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• 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