Overview
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.
- | Author: Chanju Mun
- | Publisher: University Press of America
- | Publication Date: Dec 12, 2005
- | Number of Pages: 496 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0761833528
- | ISBN-13: 9780761833529
