TY - BOOK AU - Orzech,Charles D. TI - Politics and transcendent wisdom: the Scripture for humane kings in the creation of Chinese Buddhism T2 - Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions SN - 0271017155 (alk. paper) AV - BQ1937 .O79 1998 U1 - 294.3/377 21 PY - 1998/// CY - University Park, Pa. PB - Pennsylvania State University Press KW - Ren wang bo re jing KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Critique, interprétation, etc KW - Renwang-borejing KW - swd KW - Budismo KW - China KW - Historia N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-342) and index; Pt. 1; Cosmology, Authority, and the Politics of Transcendence; 1; Locating Authority: Cosmology and Complex Systems; 2; World, Path, and Authority in Buddhism; Pt. 2; The Transcendent Wisdom Scripture for Humane Kings and the Creation of National Protection Buddhism; 3; The Genealogy of Humane Kings; 4; The End of the Teaching and the Creation of Chinese Buddhism; 5; Esoteric Turns; 6; The Lords of Light: The Scripture for Humane Kings in Esoteric Practice and Esoteric Polity; Pt. 3; The Transcendent Wisdom Scripture for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States (T 246); 1; Prologue; 2; Contemplating the Thus come One; 3; The Bodhisattva Path; 4; The Two Truths; 5; Protecting the State; 6; The Inconceivable; 7; Receiving and Keeping This Scripture; 8; The Charge; App. A; Major Variants from the Fifth Century Scripture (T 245); App. B; The Chinese Provenance of the Scripture for Humane Kings; App. C; The Path in the Eighth Century Scripture; App. D; Boilerplate Sequences in Pu k'ung's Teachings ER -