Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism: A Reading of the Treasure Store Treatise

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Index 379 379 Abbreviated History of the Samgha Written in the Sung. See Ta-sung seng-shih lüeh Abé, Ry5ichi, 278 absolute truth (chen-ti), 155, 242, 243 Academy of the Revered Mystery. See Ch’ung-hsüan hsüeh adhisth4na. See chia-ch’ih affect the buddha (kan fo), 120–121, 127 aggregates (skandha), 69, 192 Amoghavajra (Pu-k’ung): biographies of, 270, 271, 276; as Tantric patriarch, 6, 263, 264, 271–272; teachings, 6, 263, 268, 269, 277; writings and translations, 270, 277 An Lu-shan rebellion, 6 An Shih-kao, 10, 183 Analects (Lun-yü), 73, 90, 161, 165 anda. See egg, cosmic Annals of the Transmission of the Treasure of the Dharma. See Ch’uan fa-pao chi Anthology of the Patriarchs’ Hall. See Tsu-t’ang chi antinomies, 178–179 apex of reality (shih-chi), 194, 219–220, 223, 231, 235, 246 apex of true reality (chen-shih-chi), 231 apex of truth (chen-chi), 194, 220, 223, 226, 227, 230, 231 apocrypha. See ch’an-wei App, Urs, 206 architecture: ming-t’ang (hall of enlightenment), 89–90; t’ien-t’ang (celestial hall), 308n. 31 arhats (disciples of Buddha), 111, 187, 192, 229, 308n. 42, 312n. 93 art. See images Aryadeva , 231–232 Assandri, Friederike, 60 Astas4hasrik4-prajñ4p4ramit4-s5tra, 42, 229–230, 332n. 6 astronomical motifs, 164–165. See also stars attachment, freedom from, 62, 63 Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence. See Sokushin j7butsu gi auspicious (hsiang), 166, 167 austerities (t’ou-t’o), 217, 218 Avalokite0vara. See Kuan-yin Avatamsaka-s5tra, 37, 232, 275 Awakening of Faith in the Great Vehicle (Tasheng ch’i-hsin lun), 107–110, 199, 250–251, 311n. 85 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 139–140 Barrett, T. H., 57, 62, 75 bearer of form (hsing-tsai), 177, 179 bells and mountains, 82–83, 97, 123–124 Bhadrap4la, 117 bh5takoti. See reality limit Biographies of Eminent Monks. See Kao-seng chuan biology, 24–25 blacksmith (chin-shih), 223, 224, 225, 254 Index Bold page numbers refer to the primary discussion of a term. 380 Index Blue Cliff Record. See Pi-yen lu Bodde, Derk, 81–82 bodhi, 112 Bodhidharma, 40, 47, 48, 51 Bodhiruci (P’u-t’i-liu-chih), 5, 18, 36, 103, 231, 272 bodhisattva path: stages of, 62 bodhisattvas: assistance to humans, 121, 122–123; compassion, 68; forms, 101; perception of buddhabodies , 110; worship of, 121 bodies (shen): divinities resident in, 224; Greek understanding, 314n. 121; identity with self (shen-chien), 213; metaphors for, 169; organismic model, 79; use of term in Treasure Store Treatise, 151. See also buddha-body doctrine body of expedient response (ch’üan-yingshen ), 106–107, 185 Bon, 15, 16 Book of Documents. See Shang-shu Book of Rites. See Li chi Book of the Later Han Dynasty. See Hou-han shu Brahm4, 231, 232, 332n. 13 Buddha: life of, 105, 113; manifest and esoteric teachings, 267, 340n. 20; silence, 99–100; understandings of, 99; visions of, 46; worship of, 22–23 buddha-body doctrine (buddhak4ya), 100–105; Chinese views, 105–111, 202; complexity, 110; discussion in Treasure Store Treatise, 45, 106, 185; esoteric view, 270; relationship to Buddhist practice, 116; translations of Sanskrit terms, 102–105, 110. See also dharmabody buddha contemplation practices (nienfo ), 44–45, 46, 229, 253–254, 259 buddha-eye, 257 buddhak4ya. See buddha-body doctrine buddha-lands, 114 buddha-nature (fo-hsing), 68–69; consciousness as identical to, 159; metaphors for, 145; of sentient beings, 123; transmission of, 132; two kinds of, 243 buddha-nature of insentient objects (wu-ch’ing fo-hsing), 47, 243, 246– 249 buddhas: abstract understanding of, 113–114; parallels with sages, 100, 111–112, 114–115; relationship to living beings, 125–126, 127–128; sympathetic resonance, 128, 208. See also invocation of buddhas Buddhism: conceptions of original or pure, 14–15, 16, 23–24; contestation of term, 16, 17; in Korea, 14, 189, 275; normative, 12–13, 15; North American converts, 23–24; reform movements, 14; syncretism with local religions, 13–16; Tibetan, 15, 16. See also specific countries and schools buddhologists, 1 Buswell, Robert E., Jr., 183, 189 Cammann, Schuyler, 177 Cand8 Avalokite0vara. See Chun-t’i categorical thinking, 81–82 catuskoti. See four propositions causation (yin-yüan), 129–131 celestial deities, 189 celestial events, 148 celestial hall (t’ien-t’ang), 308n. 31 centripetal and centrifugal forces in literature, 139–140 ch’a-ch’a ching-ch’in. See vigilant and diligent efforts Chan-jan, 36, 213...