Diamond sutra narratives : textual production and lay religiosity in medieval China / / by Chiew Hui Ho.

• Superior document: Sinica Leidensia; volume 144
• VerfasserIn: Ho, Chiew Hui,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Sinica Leidensia; v. 144.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Contextualizing the sutra within a milieu of intense religious and cultural experimentation, this volume unravels the sudden rise of Diamond Sutra devotion in the Tang dynasty against the backdrop of a range of social, political, and literary activities. Through the translation and exploration of a substantial body of narratives extolling the efficacy of the sutra, it explores the complex social history of lay Buddhism by focusing on how the laity might have conceived of the sutra and devoted themselves to it. Corroborated by various sources, it reveals the cult’s effect on medieval Chinese religiosity in the activities of an empowered laity, who modified and produced parasutraic texts, prompting the monastic establishment to accommodate to the changes they brought about.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- Buddhism on the Ground: Parasutraic Narratives and Lay Religiosity -- Parasutraic Narratives as Collective Memories: Underpinnings and the Rhetoric of Persuasion -- Parasutraic Representations: The Religiosity of the Diamond Sutra Cult -- Religious Innovations: Lay Autonomy in Textual Production -- The Impact of the Cult of the Diamond Sutra and Its Parasutraic Narratives -- A Record of Collected Proofs of the Efficacy of the Diamond Sutra, Jin’gang bore jing jiyanji 金剛般若經集驗記, Composed by Meng Xianzhong 孟獻忠, Adjutant of Zizhou 梓州司馬 -- Collected Marvels of the Diamond Sutra, Jin’gang jing jiuyi 金剛經鳩異, Compiled by Kegu 柯古, Duan Chengshi 段成式 of Linzi 臨淄 [Commandery], Junior Chamberlain for Ceremonials, Tang Dynasty -- A Record of the Proven Efficacy of the Diamond Sutra and the Merit to Be Gained from Upholding and Reciting It, Chisong Jin’gang jing lingyan gongde ji 持誦金剛經靈驗功德記, Compiled by Zhai Fengda 翟奉達 -- Appendix 1: Diamond Sutra Tales in the Fayuan zhulin -- Appendix 2: Tales in the Jin’gang bore jing jiyan ji -- Appendix 3: Tales in the Jin’gang jing jiuyi -- Appendix 4: Tales in the Chisong Jin’gang jing lingyan gongde ji -- Appendix 5: Diamond Sutra Tales in the Taiping guangji, rolls 102–108 -- Appendix 6: Liturgical Elements in a Modern Edition of the Diamond Sutra -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.