Introduction to the Translation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Conventions of Usage xii
6. Introduction. Prolegomenon to the Study of Medieval Chinese Buddhist Literature 1
7. Part 1. The Historical and Cosmological Background
8. 1. The Date and Provenance of the Treasure Store Treatise 31
9. 2. Chinese Buddhism and the Cosmology of Sympathetic Resonance 77
10. Part 2: Annotated Translation of the Treasure Store Treatise
11. Introduction to the Translation 137
12. 3. The Treasure Store Treatise Chapter One: The Broad Illumination of Emptiness and Being 143
13. 4. The Treasure Store Treatise Chapter Two: The Essential Purity of Transcendence and Subtlety 193
14. 5. The Treasure Store Treatise Chapter Three: The Empty Mystery of the Point of Genesis 228
15. Appendix 1. On Esoteric Buddhism in China 263
16. Appendix 2. Scriptural Quotations in the Treasure Store Treatise 279
17. Notes 287
18. Works Cited 345
19. Index 379
20. About the Author 401