Title
Coming To Terms With Chinese Buddhism: A Reading Of The Treasure Store Treatise (Kuroda Studies In East Asian Buddhism, 38)
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The Issue Of Sinificationthe Manner And Extent To Which Buddhism And Chinese Culture Were Transformed Through Their Mutual Encounter And Dialoguehas Dominated The Study Of Chinese Buddhism For Much Of The Past Century. Robert Sharf Opens This Important And Farreaching Book By Raising A Host Of Historical And Hermeneutical Problems With The Encounter Paradigm And The Master Narrative On Which It Is Based. Coming To Terms With Chinese Buddhism Is, Among Other Things, An Extended Reflection On The Theoretical Foundations And Conceptual Categories That Undergird The Study Of Medieval Chinese Buddhism.Sharf Draws His Argument In Part From A Meticulous Historical, Philological, And Philosophical Analysis Of The Treasure Store Treatise (Paotsang Lun), An Eighthcentury Buddhotaoist Work Apocryphally Attributed To The Fifthcentury Master Sengchao (374414). In The Process Of Coming To Terms With This Recondite Text, Sharf Ventures Into All Manner Of Subjects Bearing On Our Understanding Of Medieval Chinese Buddhism, From The Evolution Of Tang Gentry Taoism To The Pivotal Role Of Image Veneration And The Problematic Status Of Chinese Tantra.The Volume Includes A Complete Annotated Translation Of The Treasure Store Treatise, Accompanied By The Detailed Exegesis Of Dozens Of Key Terms And Concepts.
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