Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Buddhism in Asian History
- Part I Tran smissions of Buddhism Before the Seventh Century
- 1 Networks for Long-distance Transmission of Buddhism in South Asian Transit Zones
- 2 Truth and Scripture in Early Buddhism: Categorial Reduction as Exegetical Method in Ancient Gandhāra and Beyond
- 3 Now You Hear it, Now You Don't: The Phrase “Thus Have I Heard” in Early Chinese Buddhist Translations
- 4 The First Āgama Transmission to China
- 5 What is a “Hīnayāna Zealot” Doing in Fifth-Century China?
- 6 Meditation Traditions in Fifth-Century Northern China: With a Special Note on a Forgotten “Kaśmīri” Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429)
- 7 Transmission of the Dharma and Reception of the Text: Oral and Aural Features in the Fifth Chapter of the Book of Zambasta
- Part II Buddhism Across Asia between the Seventh and Fifteenth Centuries
- Part III Buddhist Connections after the Fifteenth Century
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
4 - The First Āgama Transmission to China
from Part I - Tran smissions of Buddhism Before the Seventh Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Buddhism in Asian History
- Part I Tran smissions of Buddhism Before the Seventh Century
- 1 Networks for Long-distance Transmission of Buddhism in South Asian Transit Zones
- 2 Truth and Scripture in Early Buddhism: Categorial Reduction as Exegetical Method in Ancient Gandhāra and Beyond
- 3 Now You Hear it, Now You Don't: The Phrase “Thus Have I Heard” in Early Chinese Buddhist Translations
- 4 The First Āgama Transmission to China
- 5 What is a “Hīnayāna Zealot” Doing in Fifth-Century China?
- 6 Meditation Traditions in Fifth-Century Northern China: With a Special Note on a Forgotten “Kaśmīri” Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429)
- 7 Transmission of the Dharma and Reception of the Text: Oral and Aural Features in the Fifth Chapter of the Book of Zambasta
- Part II Buddhism Across Asia between the Seventh and Fifteenth Centuries
- Part III Buddhist Connections after the Fifteenth Century
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
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- Buddhism Across AsiaNetworks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange, volume 1, pp. 65 - 84Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2014