Absolute Delusion, Perfect Buddhahood: The Rise and Fall of a Chinese Heresy

Hubbard, Jamie

ISBN 10: 0824823451 / ISBN 13: 9780824823450

Published by University of Hawai'i Press, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Absolute Delusion, Perfect Buddhahood: The Rise and Fall of a Chinese Heresy
• Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824823451
• ISBN 13: 9780824823450
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Très bon

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Synopsis

The San-chieh (Three Levels) was a popular and influential Chinese Buddhist movement during the Sui and T'ang periods, counting powerful statesmen, imperial princes, and even an empress, Empress Wu, among its patrons. In spite, or perhaps because, of its proximity to power, the San-chieh movement ran afoul of the authorities, and its teaching and texts were officially proscribed numerous times over a several-hundred-year history. This study of the San-chieh movement uses manuscripts discovered at Tun-huang to examine the doctrine and institutional practices of this movement in the larger context of Mahayana doctrine and practice.

About the Author

Jaime Hubbard is Yehan Numata Lecturer in Buddhist Studies at Smith College.