Cultivating Original Enlightenment : : Wonhyo's Exposition of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra (Kumgang Sammaegyong Non).

Wŏnhyo (617-686) is the dominant figure in the history of Korean Buddhism and one of the most influential thinkers in the Korean philosophical tradition. Koreans know Wŏnhyo in his various roles as Buddhist mystic, miracle worker, social iconoclast, religious proselytist, and cultural hero. Above al...

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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, , [2007]
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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Collected Works of Wonhyo
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • PART 1 :Study
  • I. Contemplative Practice in the Exposition of the Vajrasamâdhi-Sûtra
  • II. The Writing of the Exposition
  • III. The Exposition as Commentary
  • PART 2 :Wonhyo's Exposition of the Vajrasamâdhi-Sûtra: An Annotated Translation
  • Part One: A Statement of Its Main Idea
  • Part Two: An Analysis of the Themes of the Sûtra
  • Part Three: An Explication of the Title
  • Part Four: An Exegesis of the Text
  • Section One: Prologue
  • Section Two: Main Body, the Sequential Elucidation of Contemplation Practice
  • Second Division of Contemplation Practice: Extinguishing the Mind Subject to Production in Order to Explain the Practice of Nonproduction
  • Third Division of Contemplation Practice: The Inspiration of Original Enlightenment
  • Fourth Division of Contemplation Practice: Abandoning the Spurious to Access Reality
  • Fifth Division of Contemplation Practice: Sanctified Practices Emerge from the Voidness of the True Nature
  • Sixth Division of Contemplation Practice: Immeasurable Dharmas Access the Tathâgatagarbha
  • Section Three (A): Dhâraÿî [Codes] and Section Three (B): Dissemination
  • Appendix A Schematic Outline of Wõnhyo's Exposition of the Vajrasamâdhi-Sûtra
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Sinitic Logographs
  • Bibliography
  • Index