Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Shenxiu and his times; 2. Shenxiu's doctrinal background; 3. The Northern school after Shenxiu; 4. Doctrinal evolution of the Northern school; 5. The Dhyana Master Jingjue; 6. The Lankavatara tradition and the Dongshan school; 7. The textual tradition of the Record; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Bernard Faure is Professor of Asian Religions at Stanford University. He is the author, most recently, of Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism.