This book offers an engrossing account both of the origin and development of the sutras and of the monks who braved perilous journeys and mastered unfamiliar languages in order to carry the sutras to new lands.
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Language Notes
Text: English, Japanese (translation)
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Origins and historical movement of the Sutras,
By Eye Flies (Albuquerque, New Mexico United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission (Paperback)
"Buddhist Sutras" is an erudite, yet accessible, account of the origins and historical movements of Buddhist scripture, throughout Asia; the book covers some 2,500 years, ending in the 20th century. The book does not cover scriptural transmission to Europe and the Americas, but, rather, focuses on giving a consise, and detailed history the sutras as they traveled through India, China, and Japan. Southeast Asia and Korea get very little coverage. This book is not an ideological, or philosophical history, and thus does not cover chronological, or doctrinal developments. Instead, the actual physical sutras themselves are discussed, as they traveled by oral tradition, into wrtitten forms. There is also a very informative section on printing methods, and archival (storage) techniques, in each of the countries. However, the major sutra collections are identified with the various sects that adhere to them, and students wishing to find more on the doctrinal developments of the sutras throughout time will find this a good source for further study. There is a detailed bibliography of sutra catalogs as an appendix, and the last chapter lists valuble resources for modern translations and scholarship. A good book for both Buddhists and academics.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
buy this only if interested in the history behind sutras,
By A Customer
This review is from: Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission (Paperback)
This book is only for those with a deep interest in sutras. If you love the buddhist sutras you'll probably find this book intriguing. I loved this book because I love the Buddhist sutras, particularly the diamond sutra. Once I fall in love with literature I want to know as much as possible about it and this book does the best I've seen. That isn't that difficult however when there are very few books that research the history.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
first emperor, long sayings, primitive sutras, spurious sutras, genuine sutras, sutra catalogues, extant sutras, sutra manuscripts, translated sutras, copying sutras, hundred arhats, sutra translations, provincial temples, called sutras, dark blue paper, word sutra, many sutras Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mahayana Buddhism, Sri Lanka, Lotus Sutra, Central Asia, Shu Edition, Emperor Asoka, Koryó Edition, Tung-ch'an Temple Edition, Pure Land, Hinayana Buddhism, Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, Sutra of the Great Decease, Yao Hsing, T'ai Tsung, Northern Chou, First Buddhist Council, Chinese Buddhist, Liu Sung, Mahayana Buddhist, Southern Buddhist, Obaku Edition, Japanese Buddhist, Flower Garland Sutra, Chinese Buddhism, Chu Shih-hsing Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
first emperor, long sayings, primitive sutras, spurious sutras, genuine sutras, sutra catalogues, extant sutras, sutra manuscripts, translated sutras, copying sutras, hundred arhats, sutra translations, provincial temples, called sutras, dark blue paper, word sutra, many sutras Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mahayana Buddhism, Sri Lanka, Lotus Sutra, Central Asia, Shu Edition, Emperor Asoka, Koryó Edition, Tung-ch'an Temple Edition, Pure Land, Hinayana Buddhism, Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, Sutra of the Great Decease, Yao Hsing, T'ai Tsung, Northern Chou, First Buddhist Council, Chinese Buddhist, Liu Sung, Mahayana Buddhist, Southern Buddhist, Obaku Edition, Japanese Buddhist, Flower Garland Sutra, Chinese Buddhism, Chu Shih-hsing Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
13
books
cite this book:
See all 13 books citing this book
- Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions) by Julia Ching on page 195, and Back Matter
- Without Syllable or Sound: The World's Sacred Scriptures in the Baha'I Faith by Michael Sours in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang by Sally Wriggins in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression by Taigen Dan Leighton in Back Matter
- The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism) by David Webster in Back Matter
See all 13 books citing this book
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
