Book Summary
This book examines the schemes for the classification of Buddhist texts and doctrines from their beginnings in the 5th century to Fazang (643-712). The panjiao schemes were among the methods Chinese Buddhist thinkers ordered and systematized the diversity of Buddhist thought. This book theorizes that there are two styles of panjiao schema: sectarian and ecumenical and, through citations and allusions to schema in later presentations, suggests the existence of an interactive relationship between the two styles.
Book Details
Book Name | The History Of Doctrinal Classification In Chinese Buddhism: A Study Of The Panjiao System |
Author | Chanju Mun |
Publisher | University Press Of America (Dec 2005) |
ISBN | 9780761833529 |
Pages | 458 |
Language | English |
Price | 3545 |