Buddhism Books

Book SynopsisThe essays collected in this volume for the first time foreground the fundamental role Asian actors played in the formation of scholarly knowledge on Buddhism and the emergence of Buddhist studies as an academic discipline in Europe and Asia during the second half of the nineteenth century. The contributions focus on different aspects of the interchange between Japanese Buddhists and their European interlocutors ranging from the halls of Oxford to the temples of Nara. They break the mould of previous scholarship and redress the imbalances inherent in Eurocentric accounts of the construction of Buddhism as an object of professorial interest. Contributors are: Micah Auerback, Mick Deneckere, Stephan Kigensan Licha, Hans Martin Krämer, Ōmi Toshihiro, Jakub Zamorski, Suzanne Marchand, Martin Baumann, Catherine Fhima, and Roland Lardinois.

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Book SynopsisThe Fozu tongji by Zhipan (ca. 1220–1275) is a key text of Chinese Buddhist historiography. The core of the work is formed by the “Fayun tongsai zhi,” an annalistic history of Buddhism in China, which extends through Fozu tongji, juan 34–48. Thomas Jülch now presents a translation of the “Fayun tongsai zhi” in three volumes. This third volume covers the annalistic display concerning the Song dynasty. Offering elaborate annotations, Jülch succeeds in clarifying the backgrounds to the historiographic contents, which Zhipan presents in highly essentialized style. Regarding the historical matters addressed in the material translated for the present volume, the Fozu tongji is often the earliest source. In several cases, inaccuracies in Zhipan’s account can however still be discerned, and Jülch succeeds in employing other sources to reveal and correct those errors.Table of Contents9789004680135 Acknowledgements Introduction to Fozu tongji, juan 43–48  1 Tiantai Buddhism, Chan Buddhism, and the Eminent Monks  2 Important Monasteries, Sacred Mountains, and Their Geographic Locations  3 Buddhist Laymen with Confucian Background  4 The Buddhist Confrontation with Neoconfucianism  5 The Buddhist Confrontation with Daoism  6 Buddhist and Daoist Prophecy  7 The Jurchen Invasion of Northern China  8 Intertextuality  9 Alternative Names Preliminary Remarks Translation Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 10  Supplements for Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 10 Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 11  Supplements for Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 11 Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 12  Supplements for Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 12 Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 13  Supplements for Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 13 Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 14  Supplements for Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 14 Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 15 Glossary of Sanskrit Terms Bibliography Indices

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Book SynopsisGe bcags (Gebchak) dgon pa, founded in 1892 in Nang chen, Khams (Qinghai Province, PRC), is still active today with around 250 nuns practising intensive Vajrayāna rituals, yogas and meditation. The nuns’ knowledge goal is embodied, nonconceptual awareness, yet they spend many hours daily reading texts as part of their training. By investigating the whole context of the nuns’ lifeworld and ways of learning, this ethnography questions the role of reading in Ge bcags’ tacit knowledge tradition. At a time when Tibetan learning practices are quickly modernising, this book demonstrates a Buddhist tradition whose textual knowledge is not exactly literal, but cultivated through continuous, whole person learning.Trade Review'Brill’s Tibetan Studies Library has firmly established itself as a pacesetter in the field and this volume enhances that status even further.' David Templeman, Monash University, Australia, Himalaya, XXXII (2012)

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