Diamond Sutra Narratives: Textual Production and Lay Religiosity in Medieval China. By Chiew Hui Ho

Benn, James A.

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“…This is demonstrated by the way he anchors his study to a wide variety of sources—secular and religious—that corroborate his findings. Ho's “parasutraic literature,” a “constructive concept that might be usefully adopted in the field” (Benn, 2021, p. 678), is crucial to his approach as it highlights the fact that the sutra cult consists of a wider network of religio‐cultural production. Thus, Ho's consideration of the role of narratives among the multiple ways in which the sutra cult was constructed and sustained adds to our understanding of the signification of the narratives and how medieval Chinese might have framed their conception and practice of the cult through them.…”

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Chinese Buddhist narratives of wonders: Recent studies and approaches

2022

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Apart from their immediate religious import, the value of Chinese Buddhist narratives as alternative historical and documentary sources for understanding Buddhism and Chinese religion has not been appreciated until recently. Besides introducing early research on Chinese Buddhist narratives, this article focuses mainly on two recent studies of medieval Chinese Buddhist tales to illustrate how this body of indigenous literature could be an important source of religious history, providing information not found in normative canonical Buddhist writings. Both studies feature significant moves toward a more nuanced and interdisciplinary approach to this genre of Buddhist literature. They recognize the complex socio‐religious contexts in which the tales emerged and circulated, especially in relation to the role played by historical agents, which can be explored fruitfully in relation to the narratives through a combination of different methods.

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Chinese Buddhist narratives of wonders: Recent studies and approaches

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Diamond Sutra Narratives: Textual Production and Lay Religiosity in Medieval China. By Chiew Hui Ho

Abstract: Diamond Sutra Narratives: Textual Production and Lay Religiosity in Medieval China. By Chiew Hui Ho. Sinica Leidensia, vol. 144. Leiden: Brill, 2019. Pp. xiv + 520. $159.

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