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Index Abhidharma, 110, 191 Abhidharmakośa-bhāśya (Jushe lun), 10, 215n3 Academic Gathering to Keep the Fast and the Precepts (Zhaijie Xuehui), 44, 69, 92, 101, 103, 188, 194, 195, 197, 199, 201; description of the program, 93–96 Adult education, 193, 208 Āgamas, 123, 161, 164, 213 Amitābha Buddha, 12, 17, 33, 40, 87, 150, 164; calling the name of, 86; Sūtra, 76, 90, 92, 97 Amitāyus, 8 Amplified Instruction on the Sacred Edict, 51 An Lingshou, 7 An Shigo, 132, 217n5, 219n7 Analects, 60 Ananda, 2 Anhui Academy, 150, 154 Arnold, Sir Edward, 108 Ashes Tower, 62, 65 Association for Defending Buddhism, 18 Avatamsaka (Flower Garland) Sūtra, 9, 10, 12, 89, 92, 110 Awakening Faith in Mahāyāna, 60, 111, 112 B.A. Nun Incident (xueshini shijian), 19 Baisheng, 43, 44, 50, 59, 65, 66, 105, 112, 115, 116, 123 Baizhang, 146, 147 Banshan Yan, 41 Baochang, 3–4, 8 Baosheng Dadi, 34, 43 Believers’s Assembly, 32, 37, 66 Bhikşuņī precepts, 123 Biographies of Eminent Monks, 2, 8 Biqiuni chuan. See Lives of Nuns, The Blood Pond Hell, 52, 54, 57; Sūtra, 52, 53 Bodhagaya, 25, 108, 134 Bodhi Tree (Puti shu), 77 Bodhiruci, 215n4, 217n2 Bodhisattva precepts, 123 Bodhisattva Precepts of the Brahma Net’s Sūtra, 111 Book of Rites, 147 Buddha Light Mountain (Foguang Shan), 1, 25, 42, 71, 194, 201, 211, 212, 214 Buddha Seven Retreat (Foqi), 189 Buddhaghoşa, 212 Buddha-invocation, 82, 85, 94, 132, 165, 167, 188, 196, 202; Assembly (nianfo hui), 43; meetings, 36; Retreat (Foqi), 97 Buddhism for Human Life (rensheng fojiao), 23 Buddhist adult classes (foxueban), 70, 81, 149, 191, 192; content of text book, 157–166; enrollment, 154–156; structure, 152–153; student essays, 171–180; student exams, 180–181; student testimonial speeches about, 181–184; teaching method of, 170 Buddhist Association of the Republic of China (BAROC), 72, 108 Buddhist periodicals, publication of, 108 Buddhist rituals, 61, 62, 67, 130, 166 Buddhist services, 66, 67 Buddhist studies societies (foxueshe), 28, 72, 73, 74, 80, 188, 197, 201, 210; reflection of participants on, 98, 103–104; workshop schedule of, 99–103 Buddhist weddings, 141–142 California Institute of Integral Studies, 191 Catholic nuns, 65; churches, 205 Celestial Master Zhang, 35 Chan, Wing-tsit, 16 Chan Buddhism, 11, 12, 60, 67, 83, 85, 91, 112, 145, 174, 184; meditation, 47, 82, 123, 165, 200, 212, 213 Chan koans, 134 Chan Pure Rules, 145–147, 185, 190 Chan Seven (Chanqi), 130 Changlu Zongze, 146 238 • Index Chanyun, 44, 69, 92, 100, 121, 184, 188, 194, 199, 210; life of, 96; views on teaching college students, 96–97 Chen Ruoxi, 19, 60 Chen Yi’an, 190, 204 Chikusa Massaki, 5, 8 Chinese Buddhism, 3, 23, 108, 192, 212 Chinese Buddhist nuns: lineage, 2, 214; low status, 141; negative images about, 14–16, 22–23; obstacle to study, 14; prejudice against, 14, 59 Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka Seminary, 43, 68 Chinese Metaphysical Institute (Zhinan Neixue Yuan), 109 Christianity, 6, 71, 108; missionaries, 106, 108, 109 Chung-hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies (Zhong Hua Foxue Yanjiuso), 116, 198 Cihung, 116 Civil examination system, 106 Code of Morality Governing the Daily Life of Monks and Nuns, 123 College of Chinese Culture, 65, 67, 81, 176 Colonel Olcott, 108 Commercial Press, 75 Compassion Light (Ciguang) Buddhist Lecture Series, 90, 97 Compassion Relief (Ciji), 1, 71, 212, 214 Completion of Ideation Only, 83 Confucian classics, 5, 85; education, 104; family values, 5; morality, 51; obligations, 56; virtues, 52 Confucianism, 4, 6, 84, 91, 99; and Buddhism , 83, 85, 104 Conscious conversation (yishi huitan), 45–46, 207 Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks, 2 Continued Lives of Nuns, 2, 11; religious practices of, 11–13 Crane, Hillary, 70 Cultivating the Mind (Gengxin), 171 Cultural Revolution, 20, 104 Cuntī Dhāranī, 67, 196 Da Ma, 33, 34 da zhangfu (heroic man), 13, 42, 70, 139, 211 Dagang Shan, 42 Dahui, 11, 13 Daoism, 4, 5, 6, 49, 99 Daoist metaphysics, 5 Daoxuan, 2, 4, 7, 137 Dark Learning (xuanxue), 4 Dashizhi, 33, 87 Daxian Si, 26, 41, 50, 134 Detailed rules of Job Rotation (Zhishi xice), 195 Dharma Drum Mountain (Fagu Shan), 5, 71, 198, 212, 214; Buddhist College, 198 Dharma lineage, 196 Dharma name, 186 Dharmadutha bhikkhus, 109 Dharmaguptaka, 7, 8 Dharmapala, 108, 213 Diamond Sūtra, 12, 55, 56, 60, 61, 110, 123, 124, 127 Dihui Academy, 150, 154, 175, 176 Dilun school, 215n4 Dizang, 62; paired with...

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