SUNY series in Korean studies. 

xi, 329 pages ; 24 cm.; Chinese Origins and Effects --The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment in Korea Before Kihwa --Kihwa (Hamho Tukt'ong) --The SPE after Kihwa: The Choson Period --The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment Today --Overview of the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment --Translation --Kihwa's Introduction --Manjusri Bodhisattva --Samantabhadra Bodhisattva --Universal Vision Bodhisattva --Vajragarbha Bodhisattva --Maitreya Bodhisattva --Pure Wisdom Bodhisattva --Power and Virtue Unhindered Bodhisattva --Voice of Discernment Bodhisattva --Purifier of All Karmic Hindrances Bodhisattva --Universal Enlightenment Bodhisattva --Perfect Enlightenment Bodhisattva --Most Excellent of Worthies Bodhisattva --Kihwa's Revised Edition of the Sutra.; "The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, used in monastic education for more than a millennium, is a concise guide to the key paradigms of the practice systems of the East Asian meditational schools (Ch'an, Son, and Zen). Contained in its twelve chapters are definitive explanations of the meaning of innate and actualized enlightenment, sudden and gradual enlightenment, the true nature of ignorance and suffering, along with numerous examples of methods of contemplation that accord with and reflect the basic Ch'an views on enlightenment and practice. Although the Sutra was popular throughout the EastAsian region, it attained its highest canonical status within the Korean Chogye school, where it is still a key text in the core curriculum of modern-day monks and nuns. The Sutra is translated here in full, along with the eloquent and revelatory commentary of the Choson monk Kihwa (1376-1433)."--Jacket.; 

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