China, General, History, Asia, Buddhism, Religious History, Foreign Languages 

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. A Case Study in the Revival of Monastic Discipline -- 2. Theorizing Buddhist Monasticism -- 3. Structural Overview -- Buddhism in South China as a Cultural Imaginaire -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contextualizing Culture in the North and South China -- 3. South China as the Kingdom of Culture -- 4. From the Kingdom of Culture to the Kingdom of Buddhism -- 5. Tradition and Training -- 6. The Diaspora of Southern Culture -- 7. A Son of a Southern Father and a Disciple of a Southern Master -- 8. Concluding Remarks: Buddhism and Society -- Relics and Monasteries in Buddhist Monasticism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Overview of the Relics in Asian History -- 3. Authentication and Authority: Relics in China -- 4. The Practice of Venerating Relics -- 5. Rituals of Releasing life and Self-Destruction -- 6. The Dead and the Living -- 7. Manifestation of Incarnation -- 8. Multiple Buddhas -- 9. Concluding Remarks: The Past Becomes the Present -- Ordination Platform and Ordination Ritual -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hybridizing the Ordination Tradition: From South China to Central Asia -- 3. The Origin of Ordination Platform.

4. Mahayana Interpretation on Ordination Platform -- 5. The Scripture of Bequeathed Teaching and Ordination Ritual -- 6. The Roles in the Ordination Ritual -- 7. Ordination Ritual as an Initiation Rite -- 8. Concluding Remarks: Dimensions of Power and Knowledge -- Property in Buddhist Monasticism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contextualizing the Text -- 3. Ownership: Private Property and Communal Property -- 4. Classifications of Monastic Property -- 5. Laborers, Slaves and Servants -- 6. Animals -- 7. Plants -- 8. Books -- 9. Jewels and Money -- 10. Medicines and Medical Works -- 11. Clothing -- 12. Concluding Remarks: Differentiating Individuals and Community -- Conclusions: The Revival of Buddhist Monasticism -- 1. From Margin to Center -- 2. Discipline and Liberation -- 3. Textual Community and Scholasticism -- 4. Monastic and Secular Spheres -- Appendix -- The Procedure of Ordination Ritual in Chinese Buddhism -- Bibliography -- Index. 

viii, 244 pages ; 24 cm. 

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-234) and index.
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