دانلود کتاب A Few Good Men: The Bodhisattva Path According To The Inquiry Of Ugra (Ugrapariprcchā)

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Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Part One: Analysis
1 Introduction
2 The Formation of The Inquiry of Ugra
The Ugra as a Literary Document
Versions of the Sütra
The Name \"Ugradatta\"
The Epithet Grhapati
Ugra as Literary Character: Precedents in Earlier Texts
The Title of the Sütra
The Ugra as a Ratnakûta Text
The Evolution of the Text over Time
Structure and Genre
Date and Provenance
3 The Ugra as a Historical Source: Methodological Considerations
The Problem of Textual Stratification
Types of Interpolations in the Ugra
The Possibility of Omissions and Abbreviations
Moving Pieces: Alterations in the Sequence of the Text
Extracting Historical Data from a Normative Source
Ex Silentio: The Interpretation of Absence
A Distant Mirror: Studying Indian Buddhism through Chinese and Tibetan Texts
4 The Institutional Setting
Defining Categories: Household vs. Renunciant Life
Lay Bodhisattvas
Monastic Bodhisattvas
Bodhisattvas and Érâvakas in the Buddhist Community
The Vihära and the Wilderness
Gender Issues
Conclusions: Bodhisattvas in Their Nikäya Contexts
5 Bodhisattva Practices: Guidelines for the Path
THE LAY BODHISATTVA
Taking Refuge
The Eleven Precepts
The Practice of Giving
The Transformation of Merit
Detachment from People and Things
The Triskandhaka Ritual
The Necessity of Becoming a Monk
THE MONASTIC BODHISATTVA
The Four Noble Traditions
Wilderness-Dwelling
Avoiding Contact with Others
Maintaining Humility
6 The Structure of the Bodhisattva Career: Implicit Assumptions
The Three Vehicles: Separate Paths to Separate Goals
The Impossibility of Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
Motivations for the Bodhisattva Path
Bodhisattva Vows
Stages of the Path
The Six Paramitas
Tactical Skill
The Buddha and the Practitioner
Conclusions: Imitative vs. Relational Cultivation
7 Telling Absences: What Is Not in the Ugra
The Term \"Hinayana\"
Bodhisattva Universalism
The Supermundane Buddha
The Rhetoric of Emptiness
The Cult of the Stüpa
The Cult of the Book
Devotion to Celestial Buddhas
Devotion to Celestial Bodhisattvas
Conclusions: The Significance of Absence
8 The Mahayana in the Mirror of the Ugra
Part Two: Translation
Translation Techniques and Conventions
Which Text?
Which Reading?
Symbols and Conventions
Appendices
Appendix 1: Synoptic Tables of Versions of the Ugrapariprcchä
Part A: Tibetan Texts
Part B: Chinese Texts and Citations in Other Sources
Appendix 2: Bodhisattva Names in the Ugrapariprcchä
Appendix 3: Monastic Specialties Recorded in the Ugrapariprccha
Bibliography
Index
About the Author