The Meaning of the Lotus Sutra's Course of Ease and Bliss: An Annotated Translation and Study of Nanyue Huisi's (515-577) Fahua jing anlexing yi 法華經安樂行義

Table of Contents
vii~ Preface/Acknoweledgements
ix~ Abbreviations/Conventions
Part I: Nanyue Huisi — Recollections, Works, and Motifs [D.B. Stevenson]
	3~ Chapter 1: Nanyue Huisi in Buddhist History
		3~ 1.1. Nanyue Huisi Remembered
		21~ 1.2. Huisi in Chinese Buddhist Hagiography
	45~ Chapter 2: The Works of Huisi: ...
		45~ 2.1. Huisi’s Works and Their Transmission
		65~ 2.2. Summary of Individual Works by Huisi: Thematic Continuities
		90~ 2.3. Provenance and Date of Composion of Huisi’s Four Extant Works
	103~ Chapter 3: Only Between One Buddha and Another: ...
		107~ 3.1. Unstrummed Melodies from the Asura’s lute: ...
		126~ 3.2. Tathāgatagarbha Foundations
		156~ 3.3. The True Character of the Dharmas, Thusness, and their Variants
		176~ 3.4. Concluding Reflections: The Lotus Sūtra and True Dharma
Part II: Huisi’s Perspective on the Lotus Sūtra as Seen through ... [H. Kanno]
	185~ The Problem Stated
	186~ 1. Views on the Lotus Sūtra Expressed in the Opening Section ...
	191~ 2. Views of the Lotus Sūtra Evinced in the Verses
	194~ 3. The Structual Lineaments of the Ten Questions and Answers
	197~ 4. The Explanation of “Marvelous Dharma”
	200~ 5. The Explanationof “Lotus Blossom”
	202~ 6. The Precise Meaning of the “Course of Ease and Bliss”
	208~ 7. The Four Practices or Courses of Ease and Bliss
	212~ 8. Practice Devoid of Distinguishing Features and Practice Endowed with Distinguishing Features
	213~ 9. The Meaning of the Three Forbearances
	221~ Concusion
Part III: Annotated Translation of Huisi’s Meaning of ... [Stevenson and Kanno]
Part IV: Corrected and Punctuated Text of the Fahua jing anlexing yi [H. Kanno]
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