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| A study of Chinese Documents Concerning the Life of the Tantric Buddhist Patriarch Amoghavajra(A.D. 705-774) | ||
| 作者 | Orlando, Raffaello |
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| 出版日期 | 1987 |
| 頁次 | 234 |
| 出版者 | Princeton University |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.princeton.edu/main/ |
| 出版地 | New Jersey, US [紐澤西州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
| 使用語言 | 中文=Chinese; 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Princeton University |
| 畢業年度 | 1981 |
| 關鍵詞 | Amoghavajra; Tantric Buddhism; China; Religion |
| 摘要 | The Tantric Buddhist monk Amoghavajra, or Pu-k'ung-chin-kang (705-774), was an important figure in China during the turbulent years of the mid-eighth century. In addition to being an eminent Buddhist philosopher and a prolific translator, he was an active propagator of the Tantric or "Esoteric" teachings, the last of the great currents of Buddhist thought to develop on the Indian subcontinent. In his role as official Buddhist preceptor to three successive emperors, and in his recognized position within the Buddhist community as the leader of the Tantric school in China, Amoghavajra attained great power and prestige at the T'ang court, and thereby managed to establish Tantric Buddhism as the dominant influence in the official religious life of China during the two decades following the rebellion of An Lu-shan. This dissertation is an examination of Amoghavajra's pubic life as revealed in a collection of documents preserved in the Chinese Buddhist canon. This collection, which consists mainly of memorials to the throne written by Amoghavajra or by his chief disciples, is concerned with the affairs of the Tantric school during the reigns of the emperors Su-tsung (r. 756-762) and Tai-tsung (r. 762-779). The fact that the emperors' responses to several of the memorials have been preserved make this collection the only one of its kind for the T'ang period. The documents confirm the claim of Amoghavajra's biographers that he had a close personal relationship with the two emperors, particularly the latter; they also amply illustrate how, in the atmosphere of religious frenzy at the T'ang court following the rebellion of An Lu-shan, Amoghavajra used his diplomatic skills to the advantage of the Buddhist cause. Finally, these documents contain a wealth of biographical, historical, economic, and doctrinal information regarding Chinese Buddhism. One document of particular interest, Amoghavajra's last will, has been translated and annotated as a separate chapter. The approach adopted in this dissertation is mainly descriptive; except in the general introduction, the documents are either summarized or fully translated, so that they might speak for themselves. |
| 點閱次數 | 675 |
| 建檔日期 | 1998.04.28 |
| 更新日期 | 2015.12.30 |
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