Contemporary issues in Buddhist studies; 

ix, 282 pages ; 24 cm. Foreword /Richard K. Payne --The mountain spirit : Dōgen, Gary Snyder, and critical Buddhism /Carl Bielefeldt --Sectarian rationalization : shūgaku in Tokugawa Japan : Ninchō, Gizan, and Monnō of the Jōdo-shū /Mark L. Blum --Sugi's Collation notes to the Koryŏ Buddhist canon and their significance for Buddhist textual criticism /Robert E. Buswell, Jr. --Studies in Dhāraṇī literature III : seeking the parameters of a Dhāraṇi-piṭaka, the formation of the Dhāraṇīsaṃgrahas, and the place of the seven Buddhas /Ronald M. Davidson --Affliction and infestation in an Indian Buddhist embryological sutra /Robert Kritzer --Alternative configurations : toward an historiography of practice /Richard K. Payne --Assessing Shinran's Shinjin from an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist perspective : with a focus on Tathāgatagarbha thought /Kenneth K. Tanaka --On justifying the choice of Mahāyana among multiple paths in Buddhist teachings : based on the Prajnāpāramitā-sūtras /Yao-ming Tsai. A collection of essays honoring the contribution of Lewis R. Lancaster to the field of Buddhist studies and the education of his students. The variety of topics discussed here reflect the broader impact of Lancaster's teachings and scholarship on the wider world of Buddhist studies. 

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