Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism (Illustrated)
l ustrations
KEK LOK SI TEMPLE 20
BODHIDHARMA 23
18 LOHANS 30
THE BUDDHA 35
THE BUDDHA 38
AMITABHA BUDDHA 49
KUAN SHIH YIN P'USA 55
TA SHIH CHI P'USA 56
PURE LAND 59
YAO SHIH FWO -- BHAISAJYAGURU BUDDHA 65
BHAISAJYAGURU -- TIBETAN DEPICTION 69
KUAN SHIN YIN P'USA -- AVALOKITESVARA BODHISATTVA . 73
CHIEN-SHOU-CHIEN-YEN -- KUAN SHIH YIN P'USA 78
CHENRIZIG -- FOUR-ARMED AVALOKITESVARA 82
MIAO SHAN KUAN YIN 93
KUAN SHIN YIN P'USA 105
WEI-SHU-SHI-LI P'USA -- MANJUSRI 107
WEN-SHU-P'USA 113
SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA 117
PU HSIEN P'USA 119
PU HSIEN P'USA 121
TI TSANG P'USA -- KSITIGARBHA BODHISATTVA 125
TI TSANG P'USA 129
MI-LO-FWO -- MAITREYA BUDDHA 135
MAITREYA BUDDHA 137
KUAN TI 142
WEI TO 150
AN IMAGE OF WEI-TO 151
TAMO -- BODHIDHARMA 155
GURU PADMASAMBHAVA 162
THE WHEEL OF LIFE -- 12 CAUSES OF DEPENDENT ORIGINATION 174
THE WHEEL OF LIFE 179
ntents
Preface iv
An Introduction to Buddhism 11
CHAPTER I
A Typical Chinese Monastery 21
CHAPTER II
Chinese Buddhist Images 24
CHAPTER III
Chinese Buddhist Pantheon
Description of e Chinese Pantheon 27
CHAPTER IV
Chinese Buddhists Festive Days 31
CHAPTER V
Buddha
Who is e Buddha? 33
Great Enlightenment 36
Great Decease 40
Prayers to the Buddha Sakyamuni 43
CHAPTER VI
Amitabha Buddha -- "Namo O-Mi-To Fwo"
Who is Amitabha? 46
Method of Prayer-Recitation 48
Pure Land Buddhism 50
Description of the Pure Land 52
Amitabha Buddha's Festive Day 58
Ta-Shih-Chi P'usa 60
CHAPTER VII
Yao Shih Fwo -- Bhaisajyaguru Buddha 63
CHAPTER VIII
Kuan Shih Yin P'usa -- Avalokitesvara Bodhisat va 71
Miao Shan Legend 88
Miao Shan Kuan Forms 91
Kuan Yin Festivals 92
Heart Sutra 95
Dharani of Great Compassion 97
Mantra of Avalokitesvara 100
A Prayer to Kuan Shih Yin P'usa 102
CHAPTER IX
Wen-Shu-Shih-Li P'usa -- Manjusri Bodhisat va 106
Manjusri in China 110
CHAPTER X
Pu Hsien P'usa -- Samantabhadra Bodhisat va . 115
CHAPTER XI
Ti Tsang P'usa -- Ksitigarbha Bodhisat va 122
Description of Ti Tsang P'usa 124
CHAPTER XII
Mi-Lo-Fwo -- Maitreya Buddha 132
CHAPTER XIII
Kuan Ti -- e Protector of Buddhism 139
CHAPTER XIV
Wei-To P'usa 149
CHAPTER XV
Ta-Mo Bodhidharma
Partiarch of Zen Buddhism 152
CHAPTER XVI
Vajrayana -- Tibetan Buddhism 158
Guru Padmasambhava 159
art -- uddhist eachings
CHAPTER XVII
What e Buddha Taught
Four Noble Truths 165
Noble Eightfold Path 169
Law of the Twelve Causes 171
Six Realms of Existence 175
Karma -- e Law of Cause and Effect 178
Six Paramitas 182
Discourse on Loving Kindness 183
CHAPTER XVIII
Becoming a Buddhist 185
Buddha 187
Dharma
Sangha 189
Ways of Practice 190
CHAPTER XIX
Famous Chinese Sutras
Sutra of Forty-Two Sections 194
Karma Sutra 209
Diamond Sutra
( e Vajracchedika-Prajna-Paramita Sutra) 215
CHAPTER XX
Dhammapada 235
CHAPTER XXI
Twelve Principles of Buddhism 250