Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction: Challenge to Orthodoxy
Part I
Chapter One: Pure Land Buddhist Development in India and China Prior to Hui-yüan
Chapter Two: Hui-yüan's Place in the Buddhism of North China
Chapter Three: Textual Background of the Commentary
Chapter Four: Treatment of the Kuan-ching
Chapter Five: Rebirth: Causes and Ranking
Chapter Six: Impact on the Shan-tao Commentary
Chapter Seven: Conclusion
Part II Translation of the Commentary
General Notes and Synopsis of the Kuan-ching
The Commentary on the Sutra of Visualization on the Buddha of Immeasurable Life by Sramana Hui-yüan
Appendix One: Rankings of the Buddhist Path (marga)
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Kenneth K. Tanaka is Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies and Assistant Dean at The Institute of Buddhist Studies: Graduate School and Seminary, an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He is the editor of The Pacific World: The Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies.
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