Bodhisattvas of the forest and the formation of the Mahāyāna
Subtitle: a study and translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā-sūtra
By: Daniel Boucher.
Series: Studies in the Buddhist traditions
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780824828813
Subjects: Tripiṭaka. -- Sūtrapiṭaka. -- Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Mahayana Buddhism -- India -- History
Other titles: Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā. English.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Asceticism and the glorification of the Buddha's body: the Indian text of Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥cchā-sūtra; title: The physiognomy of virtue; title: Former life narratives and the bodhisattva career; title: Wilderness dwelling and the ascetic disciplines; title: "Profit and honor": a critique of sedentary monasticism; title: Indian Buddhism through a Chinese lens: Dharmarakṣaʹs translation of the  Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥ccha-sūtra; title: The role of translation in recovering the early Mahāyāna; title: Mistranslation and missed translation; title: Annotated translation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipr̥ccha-sūtra.