Graham Lock, Gary S Linebarger

Chinese Buddhist Texts

An Introductory Reader

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The influence of Buddhism on the Chinese language, on Chinese literature and on Chinese culture in general cannot be overstated, and the language of most Chinese Buddhist texts differs considerably from both classical and modern Chinese.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 321g
• ISBN-13: 9781138953338
• ISBN-10: 1138953334
• Artikelnr.: 50112224

Autorenporträt

Graham Lock has a BA in Chinese from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Sydney. He taught for many years at the City University of Hong Kong and is currently retired. Gary S. Linebarger has a BA and MA in Chinese language and literature from San Francisco State University, a MA in translation from the University of Birmingham, UK, and a PhD in Buddhist Studies and Practices from Dharma Realm Buddhist University. He is a founding member of the Buddhist Text Translation Society and currently is the assistant chair of the School of English Studies at Wenzhou-Kean University in Wenzhou, China.

Inhaltsangabe

Unit One: The Heart Sutra (
) Unit Two: The Agamas (
) Unit Three: The Diamond Sutra (
) Unit Four: The Lotus Sutra (
) Unit Five: The Sutra on the Ten Wholesome Ways of Action (
) Unit Six: Biographies of Eminent Monks (
) Unit Seven: The Essentials for Practicing Calming-and-Insight and Chan Meditation (
) Unit Eight: The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (
) Unit Nine: The Song of Enlightenment (
) Unit Ten: The Blue Cliff Record (
) Unit Eleven: Yuan Liao Fan's Four Lessons (
) Unit Twelve: Zhugui's Commentary on the Heart Sutra (
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