By Robert H. Sharf
"The fabrics produced by way of the interplay of the mature kinds of chinese language Buddhism and Taoism represent the most refined and intricate examples of the assembly of chinese language and non-Chinese proposal ever written. In his paintings at the Treasure shop Treatise Robert Sharf has eventually confirmed their striking worth and defended them conclusively opposed to the cost that they lack highbrow integrity. This examine will stay a simple resource of theoretical information and functional support for any student or pupil wishing to confront the multifaceted and interactive nature of China's significant philosophical and spiritual traditions for a few years to come." —Timothy Barrett, tuition of Oriental and African reviews, college of London
"Sharf has produced a sublime and impeccably researched research of medieval chinese language Buddhist notion, focussed on a Buddho-Taoist textual content of substantial intrinsic curiosity. The argument is persuasive and important, and the booklet could have a profound impression at the approach that Sinologists and Buddhologists process chinese language Buddhist literature." —Stephen F. Teiser, Princeton college
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In each case these classical “Buddhist” tenets were understood, explicitly or implicitly, Introduction 27 in the light of native presuppositions concerning the nature and structure of the cosmos. Part 2 of this study consists of an annotated translation of the three chapters of the Treasure Store Treatise. Each chapter of my translation is preceded by an extended discussion of key terminology, including “treasure store” (pao-tsang ), “transcendence” (li ), “subtlety” (wei ), and “point of genesis” (pen-chi ).
K#vat#ra-s^tra. The passage in the Treasure Store Treatise runs as follows: “The mind is like a dancer and thought like a jester. " (149b1–2). k#vat#ra, listed here along with their rendering of the passage in question: 1. &'( )*+,-!.. 2. "# $%&#'()'*+,-. "#. 3. 26 1iks∂nanda’s translation is the only precise match for the quotation in the Treasure Store Treatise, which, Kamata suggests, is sufficient to establish 704 as the terminus a quo for the work. Taken alone, this match may not appear definitive, as the difference between the Gunabhadra and 1iks∂nanda versions is but a single character (the former reads wei where the latter has ju ), a variance that bears virtually no semantic impact.
Date and Provenance of the Treatise 33 So Yün-men cited these four lines from that treatise in order to instruct his community. 10 This later legend greatly enhances the status of the Treasure Store Treatise. Bravely facing his own imminent death, Seng-chao requests time to brush his final teachings. The Treasure Store Treatise has been rendered a “death verse”—a concise literary testament to one’s enlightenment produced in the emotionally and soteriologically charged circumstances of impending death.