Research Catalog

Title

Inquiry into the origin of humanity : an annotated translation of Tsung-mi's Yüan jen lun with a modern commentary / Peter N. Gregory.

Author

Gregory, Peter N., 1945-

Publication

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Zongmi, 780-841.

Description

xv, 264 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

Presents a systematic overview of the major teachings within Chinese Buddhism.

Series Statement

Classics in East Asian Buddhism

Uniform Title

Classics in East Asian Buddhism.

Subject

• Zongmi, 780-841
• Buddhist anthropology
• Hua yan Buddhism > Doctrines

Genre/Form

• Translations (form)
• Commentaries (form)

Note

• "A Kuroda Institute book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (P. 235-247) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A Window on Chinese Buddhist Thought -- Historical Context -- Running Translation -- Annotated Translation and Commentary -- Tsung-mi's Preface -- Exposing Deluded Attachments: Confucianism and Taoism -- Exposing the Partial and Superficial -- The Teaching of Humans and Gods -- The Teaching of the Lesser Vehicle -- The Teaching of the Phenomenal Appearances of the Dharmas -- The Teaching That Refutes Phenomenal Appearances -- Directly Revealing the True Source: The Teaching That Reveals the Nature -- Reconciling Root and Branch: The Process of Phenomenal Evolution.

ISBN

• 0824817281 (alk. paper)
• 0824817648 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95015874^

OCLC

• 32391422
• SCSB-11047191

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library