Book Summary
This book examines the schemes for the classification of Buddhist texts and doctrines from their beginnings in the 5th century to Fazang (643-712). The panjiao schemes were among the methods Chinese Buddhist thinkers ordered and systematized the diversity of Buddhist thought. This book theorizes that there are two styles of panjiao schema: sectarian and ecumenical and, through citations and allusions to schema in later presentations, suggests the existence of an interactive relationship between the two styles.
Book Details
| Book Name | The History Of Doctrinal Classification In Chinese Buddhism: A Study Of The Panjiao System |
| Author | Chanju Mun |
| Publisher | University Press Of America (Dec 2005) |
| ISBN | 9780761833529 |
| Pages | 458 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 3545 |