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The Formation of Ch'an Ideology in China and Korea: The Vajrasamādhi-Sūtra, a Buddhist Apocryphon

Gregory, Peter N., Buswell, Robert E.·1992·Philosophy East and West
DOI 10.2307/1399700
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This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad implications for the development of East Asian Buddhism. The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra was traditionally assumed to have been translated from Sanskrit, but some modern scholars, principally in Japan, have proposed that it is instead an indigenous Chinese composition. In contrast to both of these views, Robert Buswell maintains it was written in Korea around A.D. 685 by a Korean adept affiliated with the East Mountain school of the nascent Chinese Ch'an tradition. He thus considers it to be the oldest work of Korean Ch'an (or Son, which in Japan became known as the Zen school), and the second-oldest work of the sinitic Ch'an tradition as a whole.Buswell makes his case for the scripture's dating, authorship, and provenance by placing the sutra in the context of Buddhist doctrinal writings and early Ch'an literature in China and Korea. This approach leads him to an extensive analysis of the origins of Ch'an ideology in both countries and of the principal trends in the sinicization of Buddhism. Buddhism has typically been studied in terms of independent national traditions, but Buswell maintains that the history of religion in China, Korea, and Japan should be treated as a whole.

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Authors
Gregory, P. N., & Buswell, R. E.
Venue
Philosophy East and West
Publisher
JSTOR
Published
1992-01
Volume
42
Issue
1
Pages
182
ISSN
0031-8221 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/1399700
OpenAlex
W2103308208
Semantic Scholar
fad286c0e99e872342c13cc82d9d53c7120a2ed9
Cited by
21
References
0
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
10.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Philosophy East and West (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
Keywords
Zen Buddhism, Sinicization of Buddhism, East Asian Buddhism, authorship and dating, Korean Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism

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