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Early Forebodings of the Death of Buddhism
Abstract
Five Reasons for the Disappearance of Buddhism. External Threats to Buddhism. Pali Timetables of Decline. Timetables of Decline in Chinese Translations. Approaching the End of Buddhism. Dating According to Stages of Decline. The Nirvana Sutra. Period of the Five Corruptions. Hui-ssu (515-577) and the Arrival of the Last Period. Narendrayasas and the Three-Periods Concept. The Response of Chinese Buddhists. Conclusion.
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“The Abhidharma-mah ā -vibh ā ṣ ā -śā stra uses the words that Buddha said to Ā nanda before his death, wherein he stated that the Zhengfa of Buddhism could be disseminated for a millennium, and perhaps even longer, but continued to say, ' Because women will be allowed to join the Sangha, my zhengfa will be shortened by 500 years. '”
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Greene, E. M. (2018) · Journal of the American Oriental Society · doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.138.3.0455 · Cited by 5
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Liu, Y. (2018) · Studies in Chinese Religions · doi:10.1080/23729988.2018.1554382 · Cited by 1
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Lowe, B. D. (2014) · Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies
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- Authors
- Chappell, D. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chappell, David Wellington
- Venue
- Numen
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1980-06
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 122
- ISSN
- 0029-5973 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2060886006
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Numen (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Keywords
- decline of Buddhism, Buddhist eschatology, Nirvana Sutra, Chinese translation of Buddhist texts, Pali canon, Buddhist chronology, Chinese Buddhism
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