Once upon a future time : studies in a Buddhist prophecy of decline

Contents
Acknowledgements
Transliteration Conventions
Special Symbols
Abbreviations
Map
PART 1 - BUDDHIST CONCEPTS OF HISTORY AN OVERVIEW：
     1  The Death of the Dharma: PreUminary Considerations
     2  Frameworks of Buddhist Historical Though
          Cosmological Traditions
               Narrative Traditions
                    The Agganna-suttanata
                    The Cakhavatti-sihanada-suttanta
               The Scholastic Tradition
          Buddhological Traditions
               Seven Buddhas of the Past
               Twenty-five Buddhas of the Past
               Five Buddhas of the Bhadrakalpa
               One Thousand Ruddhas of the Bhadrakalpa
          Cosmos and liuddhology: Integrating the Systems
     3  The Timetables of Decline
          Five Hundred Years
          "Five Hundred After-Years"
          Seven Hundred Years
          One Thousand Years
               Non-Mahayana Traditions                                         42
               MahiySna Traditions                                             46
          One Thousand Five Hundred  Years
          Two Thousand Years
          Two Thousand  Five Hundred   Years
          Five Thousand Years
          Five Thousand One Hundred and Four Years
          Ten Thousand Years and Beyond
          Overview: The Evolution of Buddhist Timetables of Decline
     4   The East Asian Tripartite System: Cheng-fa, Hsiang-fa and Mo-fa
          "The True Dharma and Its Shadow: and Saddharma-pratirupaka
               Sectarian Distribution
               Historical Range
               Significance of the Term
               Saddharmci'PTatiriipaka: Toward a Usable Translation
          Mo-fa: The Age of the Final Dharma
               Sanskrit Counterparts of Mo-fa
               Mo-fa and the Three-period System
               Mo-Shih and Mo-fa: The Emergence of the "Final Age"
               The "Latter Age in Indian Sources
               The Background ot Mo-fa Thought: The Hephthalitc Hypothesis
               Summary: The East Asian Origins of the Three-Period System
          5  Within and Without: The Causes of Decline
               Internal Causes: Laxity within the Sangha
               External Causes  Incursions from Without
                    Type 1: Foreign Invasions
                         The Kauiambi Story
                         The Mihirakula Story
                    Type 2: Excessive State Control
                         The Humane Kings Sutra
               Within and Without: Patronage and its Side Effects
               Narrative and Prophecy: The Kau^ambl Story
          6  Conclusions: Time and History in Buddhist Consciousness
PART 2 - CASE STUDY THE KAU^AMBI PROPHECY：
     7   Versions of the Kausambi Story
          The Mahdvibhasa
          The Asoka-avadana Group
          The Prophecy of Katyayana (verse)
          The Prophecy of Katyayana (prose)
          The Mahamdaya-sutra
          The Candragarbka-Sutra group
          Lace  Rhotanese Adaptations
               Prophecy of the Arhat of Khotan
               Prophecy of the Arhat Sarnghavardhana
               The Religious Annals of Khotan
          Summary: Varieties of the Kausambl Prophecy
     8   Origins and Transmission of the Kausambi Prophecy
          Constructing a Stemma: Methodology
          Description of the Reconstructed Archetype and Hyparchetypes
          From Stemma to Story: Reconstructing the Original Kausambi Tale
          Sources of the Story: The Historical Setting
     9   The Tibetan Candragarbha-sutra: Text and Translation
          The Tibetan Texts
               The Tun-huang Manuscript
               The Narthang Group
               Other Xylograph Editions
                    Relationship Among the Texts
                    Editorial Emendation in the Xylograph Editions
          English Translation of the Tibetan Text: Methodology
          Translation: The Arya-Candragarbha-Pariprcch-Sutra
          Notes to the Translation
          Tibetan Text
     10  Conciusions: The Fate of the Kausambi Story
Appendix: Proper Names in the Kausambi Story
Bibliography
Index