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| A Study of the Teaching Regardiing the Pure Land of Aksobhya Buddha in Early Mahayana | ||
| 作者 | Kwan, Tai-wo |
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| 出版日期 | 1986.04 |
| 頁次 | 319 |
| 出版者 | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.ucla.edu/ |
| 出版地 | Los Angeles, CA, US [洛杉磯, 加利福尼亞州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Religious History |
| 摘要 | This is a historical study of the teaching regarding the pure land of Aksobhya buddha in early Mahayana. The materials used are primarily Chinese translations. This study is focused on the A ch'u fo kuo ching (T313), a translation attributed to the second century translator Lokaksema. In the introductory chapter the nature and scope of this study are briefly discussed. In Chapter Two the problems regarding the translator, the date of translation, and the date of the scripture are dealt with. In Chapter Three an attempt is made to trace this Mahayana teaching back to pre-Mahayana Buddhist literature. The problem concerning how the career and resolutions of a bodhisattva is related to the actualization of a pure buddha land is discussed. Furthermore, the Buddhist notion of pure land is examined and interpreted in both philosophical and historical perspectives. Chapter Four is an exposition of the scripture regarding the pure land of Aksobhya. In this chapter, the connection between "theory" and "practice" of the Buddhists as well as the significance of pure land teaching in Mahayana are discussed. In Chapter Five, two other teachings of the Mahayana, namely, the prajnaparamita and the pure land of Amitabha, are compared and contrasted with the teaching regarding the pure land of Aksobhya. Chapter Six is a quantitative survey of early Mahayana sutras with Aksobhya Buddha and his buddha land as the focal point. In the concluding chapter, some Buddhists' opinions regarding the meaning and value of the pure land teachings are quoted from the sutras and sastras. These represent a glimpse of the whole array of subsequent justifications of, and philophizing on, the pure land teaching of the Mahayana, which are interesting topics for further investigations. |
| 點閱次數 | 567 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.04.14 |
| 更新日期 | 2008.04.17 |
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