Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PRINCETON READINGS IN RELIGIONS v
3. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. CONTENTS BY VEHICLE xi
6. CONTENTS BY COUNTRY xiii
7. CONTRIBUTORS xv
8. INTRODUCTION 1
9. Buddha
10. 1. A Hymn of Praise to the Buddha’s Good Qualities 39
11. 2. Consecrating the Buddha 50
12. 3. Sūtra on the Merit of Bathing the Buddha 59
13. 4. Reading Others’ Minds 69
14. 5. The Prayer of the Original Buddha 80
15. 6. Myōe’s Letter to the Island 88
16. 7. The Tāthagatagarbha Sūtra 92
17. 8. Gotamī’s Story 107
18. 9. A Prayer for the Long Life of the Dalai Lam 133
19. 10. Chinese Women Pilgrims’ Songs Glorifying Guanyin 139
20. Dharma
21. 11. A Discussion of Seated Zen 147
22. 12. The Way to Meditation 157
23. 13. Original Enlightenment Thought in the Nichiren Tradition 166
24. 14. A Prophecy of the Death of the Dharma 179
25. 15. The Book of Resolving Doubts Concerning the Semblance Dharma 187
26. 16. Eschatology in the Wheel of Time Tantra 202
27. 17. Atiśa’s A Lamp for the Path to Awakening 208
28. 18. The Advice to Layman Tuṇḍila 220
29. 19. The Legend of the Iron Stūpa 232
30. 20. Two Tantric Meditations: Visualizing the Deity 236
31. 21. The Story of the Horn Blowing 246
32. 22. On Becoming a Buddhist Wizard 255
33. 23. Pure Land Buddhist Worship and Meditation in China 271
34. 24. A Modern Sermon on Merit Making 293
35. 25. Auspicious Things 296
36. 26. Tales of the Lotus Sūtra 311
37. Saṅgha
38. 27. Daily Life in the Assembly 339
39. 28. Deaths, Funerals, and the Division of Property in a Monastic Code 357
40. 29. A Rite for Restoring the Bodhisattva and Tantric Vows 387
41. 30. Awakening Stories of Zen Buddhist Women 397
42. 31. Atiśa’s Journey to Sumatra 409
43. 32. Bimbā’s Lament 419
44. 33. Hagiographies of the Korean Monk Wŏnhyo 431
45. 34. Buddhist Chaplains in the Field of Battle 441
46. 35. Death-Bed Testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful 447
47. Index 459