Buddhism in Practice - Lopez, Donald S. (ed.)
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This anthology illustrates the vast scope of Buddhist practice in Asia, past and present, by presenting a selection of forty-eight translated texts including hagiographies, monastic rules, pilgrimage songs, apocryphal sutras, and didactic tales from India, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Burma. Most of these pieces have never before been translated into a Western language, and each is preceded by a substantial introduction by its translator. Together they are designed to do nothing less than reshape the way in which Buddhism is understood.
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This anthology illustrates the vast scope of Buddhist practice in Asia, past and present, by presenting a selection of forty-eight translated texts including hagiographies, monastic rules, pilgrimage songs, apocryphal sutras, and didactic tales from India, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Burma. Most of these pieces have never before been translated into a Western language, and each is preceded by a substantial introduction by its translator. Together they are designed to do nothing less than reshape the way in which Buddhism is understood.

These unusual sources provide the reader with a sense of the remarkable diversity of the practices of persons who over the course of 2,500 years have been identified, by themselves or by others, as Buddhists. In this rich variety there are often contradictions, such that the practices of one Buddhist community might seem strange or unfamiliar to another. At the same time, however, there is evidence here of many continuities among the practices of Buddhist cultures widely separated by both history and topography. From "A Hymn of Praise to the Buddha's Good Qualities" through "On Becoming a Buddhist Wizard" to "Death-Bed Testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful," the selections here are an ideal introduction to Buddhism and a source of new insights for scholars.

Review:
... Buddhism in Practice . . . constitute[s] a benchmark of where Buddhist studies has been, and where it is going. By endeavoring to break the circularity of the knowledge process, by which we recognize as 'Buddhist' only what we already think of as Buddhist, Lopez has opened a new course for a self-reflexive Buddhology. (The Journal of Asian Studies)

Table of contents:



Princeton Readings in Religions




Note on Transliteration




Contents by Vehicle




Contents by Country




Contributors




Introduction
3

1
A Hymn of Praise to the Buddha's Good Qualities
39

2
Consecrating the Buddha
50

3
Sutra on the Merit of Bathing the Buddha
59

4
Reading Others' Minds
69

5
The Prayer of the Original Buddha
80

6
Myoe's Letter to the Island
88

7
The Tathagatagarbha Sutra
92

8
The Whole Universe as a Sutra
107

9
Gotami's Story
113

10
The Great Bliss Queen
139

11
Story of Simhala, the Caravan Leader
151

12
A Prayer for the Long Life of the Dalai Lama
170

13
Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Guanyin
176

14
A Mahayana Liturgy
183

15
A Discussion of Seated Zen
197

16
The Way to Meditation
207

17
Buddhism and the State in Early Japan
216

18
Original Enlightenment Thought in the Nichiren Tradition
228

19
The Matsumoto Debate
241

20
A Prophecy of the Death of the Dharma
249

21
The Book of Resolving Doubts Concerning the Semblance Dharma
257

22
A Heretical Chinese Buddhist Text
272

23
Eschatology in the Wheel of Time Tantra
284

24
Atisa's A Lamp for the Path to Awakening
290

25
The Advice to Layman Tundila
302

26
The Legend of the Iron Stupa
314

27
Two Tantric Meditations: Visualizing the Deity
318

28
The Story of the Horn Blowing
328

29
A Summary of the Seven Books of the Abhidhamma
336

30
On Becoming a Buddhist Wizard
343

31
Pure Land Buddhist Worship and Meditation in China
359

32
Aryadeva and Candrakirti on Self and Selfishness
380

33
A Modern Sermon on Merit Making
399

34
Saramati's Entering into the Great Vehicle
402

35
Auspicious Things
412

36
Tales of the Lotus Sutra
427

37
Daily Life in the Assembly
455

38
Deaths, Funerals, and the Division of Property in a Monastic Code
473

39
A Rite for Restoring the Bodhisattva and Tantric Vows
503

40
Awakening Stories of Zen Buddhist Women
513

41
The Chinese Life of Nagarjuna
525

42
Atisa's Journey to Sumatra
532

43
Bimba's Lament
541

44
Hagiographies of the Korean Monk Wonhyo
553

45
The Illustrated Biography of Ippen
563

46
Account of the Buddhist Thaumaturge Baozhi
578

47
Buddhist Chaplains in the Field of Battle
586

48
Death-Bed Testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful
592


Index
603

"These selections consistently reveal new vistas on the Buddhist landscape or illuminate old views from new angles."--John S. Strong, Bates College