Two: The Story of Puṇyaraśmi

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Part I: Asceticism and the Glorification of the Buddha’s Body: The Indian Text of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
7. Chapter One: The Physiognomy of Virtue 3
8. Chapter Two: Former Life Narratives and the Bodhisattva Career 20
9. Chapter Three: Wilderness Dwelling and the Ascetic Disciplines 40
10. Chapter Four: “Profit and Honor”: A Critique of Sedentary Monasticism 64
11. Part II: Indian Buddhism through a Chinese Lens: Dharmarakṛa’s Translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
12. Chapter Five: The Role of Translation in Reconstructing the Early Mahāyāna 87
13. Chapter Six: Mistranslation and Missed Translation 101
14. Part III: An Annotated Translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
15. One: Prologue 113
16. Two: The Story of Puṇyaraśmi 142
17. Notes 171
18. Bibliography 251
19. Index 283