Absolute Delusion, Perfect Buddhahood : : The Rise and Fall of a Chinese Heresy / / Jamie Hubbard.

In spite of the common view of Buddhism as nondogmatic and tolerant, the historical record preserves many examples of Buddhist thinkers and movements that were banned as heretical or subversive. The San-chieh (Three Levels) was a popular and influential Chinese Buddhist movement during the Sui and T...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2000]
©2001
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture ; 19
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part One. The Origins of a Buddhist Heresy
  • 1. Hsin-hsing - A Buddhist Heretic?
  • Part Two. The Rhetoric of Decline
  • 2. The Beginning: Decline as Polemic
  • 3. The Chinese Systematization: Decline as Doctrine
  • 4. Hsin-hsing: Decline as Human Nature
  • Part Three. Absolute Delusion, Perfect Buddhahood
  • 5. The Refuge of the Universal Buddha
  • 6. The Refuge of the Universal Dharma and Universal Sangha
  • Part Four. The Economy of Salvation
  • 7. Practice for the Degenerate: The Inexhaustible Storehouse
  • 8. The Suppressions of the Three Levels Movement
  • 9. Time, Transcendence, and Heresy
  • Part Five. Texts
  • A. P'u fa ssu fo
  • B. Wu chin tsang fa lüeh shuo
  • C. Ta sheng fa chieh wu chin tsang fa shih
  • D. Reproduction of the Tun-huang Texts
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index