The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism (eBook)

Mario Poceski is Associate Professor of Buddhist studies and Chinese religions at the University of Florida. He has spent extended periods as a visiting researcher at Komazawa University, Japan, Stanford University, National University of Singapore, and University of Hamburg, Germany. A specialist in the history of Chinese Buddhism and a recipient of several prestigious fellowships, his numerous books include Ordinary Mind as the Way: The Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism (2007) and Introducing Chinese Religions (2009).

Notes on Contributors ix

Preface and Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Past and Present Intersections 1

Mario Poceski

Part I Patterns of Historical Growth 19

1 Buddhism in Central Asian History 21

Mariko Namba Walter

2 Buddhism in Chinese History 40

Mario Poceski

3 Buddhism in Korean History 63

Sem Vermeersch

4 Buddhism in Japanese History 84

Heather Blair

5 Buddhism in Tibetan History 104

James B. Apple

Part II Traditions and Doctrines 125

6 Tiantai Integrations of Doctrine and Practice 127

Haiyan Shen

7 Huayan Explorations of the Realm of Reality 145

Imre Hamar

8 Chan/Zen Conceptions of Orthodoxy 166

Albert Welter

9 Tibetan Formulations of the Tantric Path 185

David B. Gray

Part III Popular Practices 199

10 Pure Land Devotion in East Asia 201

Jimmy Yu

11 Bodhisattva Cults in Chinese Buddhism 221

Natasha Heller

12 Funerary Rituals in Japanese Buddhism 239

Nam-lin Hur

13 Pilgrimage in Japanese Buddhism 259

Hendrik van der Veere

14 Healing in Tibetan Buddhism 278

Geoffrey Samuel

Part IV Institutions and Interactions 297

15 East Asian Transformations of Monasticism 299

Huaiyu Chen

16 Nuns and Laywomen in East Asian Buddhism 318

Lori Meeks

17 Buddhist-Daoist Interactions in Medieval China 340

Livia Kohn

Part V Writings and Arts 361

18 The Chinese Buddhist Canon 363

Jiang Wu

19 The Tibetan Buddhist Canon 383

Phillip Stanley

20 Buddhism and Poetry in East Asia 408

Beata Grant

21 Buddhist Art and Architecture in East Asia 424

Michelle C. Wang

Part VI Buddhism in the Modern World 445

22 Buddhism in Modern Japan 447

Melissa Anne-Marie Curley

23 Buddhism in Modern Korea 466

Pori Park

24 Buddhism in Contemporary Europe 485

Inken Prohl

25 Buddhism in the Digital World 505

Morten Schlütter

Index 523

"Wonderfully curated and intelligently arranged, the volume brings together a number of renowned scholars whose original research contributions both sketch out salient features of text, practice, art, institution, and sect within the broad scope of the Buddhist tradition and which do so with careful attention to the current state of, and research trends within, the field of Buddhist studies." (Religious Studies Review 2016)

Editor Mario Poceski has assembled an outstanding group of
scholars, who provide a thoroughly investigated and detailed yet
highly accessible analysis of the development of Buddhism in East
and Inner Asia from traditional to modern times. This volume
provides a handy and insightful reference work covering a multitude
of important topics in the field.--Steven Heine, Florida
International University