A Primer in Chinese Buddhist Writings

This is the second volume in a three-volume series. The first volume introduces foundations for the study of Chinese Buddhist texts, including basic grammar. This volume assumes knowledge of the first, introducing three types of writings from texts translated in China from Indian originals in medieval times. The third volume introduces a variety of Buddhist texts composed in China.

As in the case of the first volume, this volume has benefited from the comments of Rafal Felbur, Adeana McNicholl and the detailed editing of Simon Wiles. Anne Heirman helped with some of the technical vocabulary for the vinaya section, and Peter Hauer caught problems with diacritics.

In this and in the subsequent volumes, I have drawn heavily on Charles A Muller ed., Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. http://buddhism-dict.net/ddb.

All are welcome to download and distribute this material, but please check my website for the latest version, and please do also send suggestions for improvements to:

John.Kieschnick@stanford.edu

December, 2017