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The Formation of Ch'an Ideology in China and Korea - The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra, a Buddhist Apocryphon (Paperback)
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The Formation of Ch'an Ideology in China and Korea - The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra, a Buddhist Apocryphon (Paperback)
Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations
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This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and
an examination of its broad implications for the development of
East Asian Buddhism. The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra was traditionally
assumed to have been translated from Sanskrit, but some modern
scholars, principally in Japan, have proposed that it is instead an
indigenous Chinese composition. In contrast to both of these views,
Robert Buswell maintains it was written in Korea around A.D. 685 by
a Korean adept affiliated with the East Mountain school of the
nascent Chinese Ch'an tradition. He thus considers it to be the
oldest work of Korean Ch'an (or Son, which in Japan became known as
the Zen school), and the second-oldest work of the sinitic Ch'an
tradition as a whole. Buswell makes his case for the scripture's
dating, authorship, and provenance by placing the sutra in the
context of Buddhist doctrinal writings and early Ch'an literature
in China and Korea. This approach leads him to an extensive
analysis of the origins of Ch'an ideology in both countries and of
the principal trends in the sinicization of Buddhism. Buddhism has
typically been studied in terms of independent national traditions,
but Buswell maintains that the history of religion in China, Korea,
and Japan should be treated as a whole. Originally published in
1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
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