Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-304) and index.
Contents:
1. Visionary repentance and visionary ordination in the Brahmā net sūtra / Nobuyoshi Yamabe -- 2. The precious scroll of the Liang Emperor: Buddhist and Daoist repentance to save the dead / David W. Chappell -- 3. Daoxuan's vision of Jetavana: the ordination platform movement in medieval Chinese Buddhism / John R. McRae -- 4. Buddhist precepts in a lawless world: some comments on the Linhuai ordination Scandal / T.H. Barrett -- 5. From the Chinese vinaya tradition to Chan regulations: continuity and adaptation / Yifa -- 6. Vinaya monasteries, public abbacies, and state control of Buddhism under the Song (960-1279) / Morten Schlütter -- 7. Popular religion and Pure Land in Song-Dynasty Tiantai bodhisattva precept ordination ceremonies / Daniel A. Getz -- 8. Bodhidharma's precepts in Japan / William M. Bodiford -- 9. Tradition and innovation: Eison's self-ordinations and the establishment of new orders of Buddhist practitioners / Paul Groner -- 10. Precepts in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism: the Jōdoshū / James C. Dobbins -- 11. The debate over meat eating in Japanese Buddhism / Richard M. Jaffe.
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