Tao-sheng’s commentary on the Lotus Sūtra

Abstract

Preface ; Prolegomena ; Part I: Introduction ; Chapter 1. Tao­sheng's Prehistory: The State of Buddhist Studies in China ; Chapter 2. Tao­sheng's Biography ; Chapter 3. Tao­sheng's Works ; Chapter 4. Tao­sheng's Doctrines ; Chapter 5. Tao­sheng's Influence and the Impact of His Doctrines ; Part II: A Critical Study of Tao­sheng's Commentary on the Lores Sutra *; Chapter 6. Tao­sheng and the Saddharmapundarika* ; Chapter 7. Literary Aspects ; Chapter 8. Central Ideas ; Chapter 9. Traces of Tao­sheng's Doctrines ; Chapter 10. Conclusions ; Part III: Translation ; Preface ; Roll the First (Chapters 1­4) ; Roll the Second (Chapters 5­27) ; Abbreviations ; Glossary of Chinese Characters; Bibliography ; Index ;