Once upon a future time : studies in a Buddhist prophecy of decline / Jan Nattier.
1991
294.3 N283o 1991
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Title
Once upon a future time : studies in a Buddhist prophecy of decline / Jan Nattier.
Author
ISBN
0895819252 (cloth)
9780895819253 (cloth)
0895819260 (paper)
9780895819260 (paper)
9780895819253 (cloth)
0895819260 (paper)
9780895819260 (paper)
Imprint
Berkeley, Calif. : Asian Humanities Press, ©1991.
Language
English
Description
xv, 318 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Call Number
294.3 N283o 1991
System Control No.
(OCoLC)24870660
(OCoLC)24870660
(OCoLC)24870660
Note
Revision of the author's doctoral dissertation (Harvard University).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-308) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The death of the Dharma: preliminary considerations
Frameworks of Buddhist historical thought
The timetables of decline
The East Asian tripartite system: Cheng-fa, Hsiang-fa, and Mo-fa
Within and without: the causes of decline
Conclusions: Time and history in Buddhist consciousness
Versions of the Kauśāmbī story
Origins and transmission of the Kauśāmbī prophecy
The Tibetan Candragarbha-sūtra: text and translation
Conclusions: the fate of the Kauśāmbī story.
Frameworks of Buddhist historical thought
The timetables of decline
The East Asian tripartite system: Cheng-fa, Hsiang-fa, and Mo-fa
Within and without: the causes of decline
Conclusions: Time and history in Buddhist consciousness
Versions of the Kauśāmbī story
Origins and transmission of the Kauśāmbī prophecy
The Tibetan Candragarbha-sūtra: text and translation
Conclusions: the fate of the Kauśāmbī story.
Series
Nanzan studies in Asian religions ; 1.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Nattier, Jan, 1949- Once upon a future time. Berkeley, Calif. : Asian Humanities Press, ©1991
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