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Buddhism in Practice
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This anthology illustrates the vast scope of Buddhist practice in Asia, past and present, by presenting a selection of forty-eight translated texts including hagiographies, monastic rules, pilgrimage songs, apocryphal Sutras, and didactic tales from India, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Burma. Most of these pieces have never before been translated into a Western language, and each is preceded by a substantial introduction by its translator. Together they are designed to do nothing less than reshape the way in which Buddhism is understood. These unusual sources provide the reader with a sense of the remarkable diversity of the practices of persons who over the course of 2,500 years have been identified, by themselves or by others, as Buddhists. In this rich variety there are often contradictions, such that the practices of one Buddhist community might seem strange or unfamiliar to another. At the same time, however, there is evidence here of many continuities among the practices of Buddhist cultures widely separated by both history and topography. From "A Hymn of Praise to the Buddha's Good Qualities" through 'On Becoming a Buddhist Wizards to "Death-Bed Testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful' the selections here are an ideal introduction to Buddhism and a source of new insights for scholars. Donald S. Lopez, Jr., is Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. áAdopting a fresh approach to sourcebooks on the religions of the world, Princeton Readings in Religions moves away from an emphasis on philosophy and the religious expressions of elite groups to represent instead a wide range of current and historical religious practices. The series will provide a new configuration of texts by making available for the first time works that have never been translated before, including ritual texts, hagiographical and autobiographical works, folktales, and ethnographic material. Students, specialists, and general readers alike will discover a wealth of unfamiliar and valuable material in these volumes. Buddhism in Practice, Donald S. Lopez, Jr., Editor. Princeton, 608pp, $19.95
Princeton Readings in Religions
	Note on Transliteration
	Contents by Vehicle
	Contents by Country
	Contributors
	Introduction	3
1	A Hymn of Praise to the Buddha's Good Qualities	39
2	Consecrating the Buddha	50
3	Sutra on the Merit of Bathing the Buddha	59
4	Reading Others' Minds	69
5	The Prayer of the Original Buddha	80
6	Myoe's Letter to the Island	88
7	The Tathagatagarbha Sutra	92
8	The Whole Universe as a Sutra	107
9	Gotami's Story	113
10	The Great Bliss Queen	139
11	Story of Simhala, the Caravan Leader	151
12	A Prayer for the Long Life of the Dalai Lama	170
13	Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Guanyin	176
14	A Mahayana Liturgy	183
15	A Discussion of Seated Zen	197
16	The Way to Meditation	207
17	Buddhism and the State in Early Japan	216
18	Original Enlightenment Thought in the Nichiren Tradition	228
19	The Matsumoto Debate	241
20	A Prophecy of the Death of the Dharma	249
21	The Book of Resolving Doubts Concerning the Semblance Dharma	257
22	A Heretical Chinese Buddhist Text	272
23	Eschatology in the Wheel of Time Tantra	284
24	Atisa's A Lamp for the Path to Awakening	290
25	The Advice to Layman Tundila	302
26	The Legend of the Iron Stupa	314
27	Two Tantric Meditations: Visualizing the Deity	318
28	The Story of the Horn Blowing	328
29	A Summary of the Seven Books of the Abhidhamma	336
30	On Becoming a Buddhist Wizard	343
31	Pure Land Buddhist Worship and Meditation in China	359
32	Aryadeva and Candrakirti on Self and Selfishness	380
33	A Modern Sermon on Merit Making	399
34	Saramati's Entering into the Great Vehicle	402
35	Auspicious Things	412
36	Tales of the Lotus Sutra	427
37	Daily Life in the Assembly	455
38	Deaths, Funerals, and the Division of Property in a Monastic Code	473
39	A Rite for Restoring the Bodhisattva and Tantric Vows	503
40	Awakening Stories of Zen Buddhist Women	513
41	The Chinese Life of Nagarjuna	525
42	Atisa's Journey to Sumatra	532
43	Bimba's Lament	541
44	Hagiographies of the Korean Monk Wonhyo	553
45	The Illustrated Biography of Ippen	563
46	Account of the Buddhist Thaumaturge Baozhi	578
47	Buddhist Chaplains in the Field of Battle	586
48	Death-Bed Testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful	592
	Index	603

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