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Kūkai: major works
774-835 Kūkai and Yoshito S. Hakeda
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Frontmatter
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FOREWORD (Wm. Theodore de Bary, page ix)
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Preface (page xi)
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Introduction (page 1)
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Part One: Life of Kūkai (page 13)
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1. YOUTH (page 13)
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2. DAYS OF CRISIS (page 18)
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3. RENUNCIATION AND QUEST (page 24)
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4. ENCOUNTER WITH MASTER HUI‐KUO (page 29)
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5. PERIOD OF TRIAL (page 34)
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6. RISE TO EMINENCE (page 38)
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7. ABHIṢEKA CEREMONIES AT THE TAKAOSANJI (page 42)
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8. FOUNDING OF MT. KŌYA (page 46)
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9. THE TŌJI PERIOD (page 54)
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10. RETURN TO MT. KŌYA (page 58)
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Part Two: Thought of Kūkai (page 61)
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1. EXOTERIC BUDDHISM AND ESOTERIC BUDDISM (page 61)
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2. ESSENTIALS OF KŪKAI'S ESOTERIC BUDDHIST THOUGHT AND PRACTICE (page 76)
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Part Three: Major Works of Kūkai (page 101)
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1. INDICATIONS OF THE GOALS OF THE THREE TEACHINGS (page 101)
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2. A MEMORIAL PRESENTING A LIST OF NEWLY IMPORTED SUTRAS AND OTHER ITEMS (page 140)
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3. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC BUDDISM (page 151)
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4. THE PRECIOUS KEY TO THE SECRET TREASURY (page 157)
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5. ATTAINING ENLIGHTENMENT IN THIS VERY EXISTENCE (page 225)
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6. THE MEANINGS OF SOUND, WORD, AND REALITY (page 234)
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7. THE MEANINGS OF THE WORD HŪṂ (page 246)
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8. THE SECRET KEY TO THE HEART SUTRA (page 262)
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Chronological Table (page 277)
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Selected Bibliography (page 281)
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Index (page 289)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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BSOAS | 36.3 (1973): 708-709 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/613637 |
MN | 28.1 (Spring, 1973): 114-117 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2383943 |
JAS | 34.1 (Nov. 1974): 177-191 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2052419 |
Citable Link
Published: 1972
Publisher: Columbia University Press
- 9780231059336 (paper)
- 9780231036276 (hardcover)