Saicho: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai SchoolSaicho (767-822), the founder of the Tendai School, is one of the great masters of Japanese Buddhism. This edition, which includes a new preface by the author, makes available again a classic work on this important figure’s life and accomplishments. Groner’s study focuses on Saicho’s founding of the great monastic center on Mount Hiei, the leading religious institution of medieval Japan, and his radical move to adopt for purposes of ordination the Mahayana bodhisattva precepts--a decision that had far-reaching consequences for the future of Japanese Buddhist ethical thought, monastic training and organization, lay-clerical relations, philosophical developments, and Buddhism-state relations. |
Contents
List of Charts | 5 |
Buddhism During the Late Nara Period 3 | xx |
Early Years | 17 |
The Years on Mount Hiei | 27 |
Voyage to China | 38 |
Return to Japan | 65 |
Relations with Kūkai | 77 |
The Propagation and Defense of the Tendai School | 88 |
The Provisional Hīnayāna Ordination | 198 |
Saichōs Textual Sources for the Perfect Precepts | 206 |
The Major Influences on Saichōs View of the Precepts | 213 |
The Integration of the Teachings of Japanese Tendai | 247 |
Administrative Reforms | 267 |
Saichōs Disciples and the Precepts | 286 |
Conclusion | 304 |
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The Controversy Over the Bodhisattva Precepts | 107 |
The Role of the Precepts in Saichōs Thought | 169 |
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