The Daoist monastic manual : a translation of the Fengdao kejie

by Livia Kohn

Hardcover, 2004

Publication

Imprint: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. Edition: First paperback edition. Responsibility: Livia Kohn. OCLC Number: 52197414. Physical: Text : 1 volume : viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, glossary, index.

Call number

Precepts / Kohn

Barcode

BK-05783

ISBN

0195170709 / 9780195170702

CSS Library Notes

Description: Livia Kohn here offers the first complete annotated translation of the 'Fengdao Keije'. She begins with three introductory chapters that outline the development of Daoist organizations and institutions, discuss the date and compilation of the work, and introduce key issues of terminology and world view. The text itself contains eighteen sections that address the importance of karma and retribution; the creation of buildings, sacred statues and scriptures; the design of sacred utensils and ritual clothing; and the organization and structure of the ordination hierarch, as well as a number of essential rituals, from the recitation of the sccriptures to the daily devotions and the ordination ceremony. -- from jacket

Table of Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. The Development and Nature of Daoist Institutions
Chapter 2. Authorship and Textual History
Chapter 3. Related Texts and Relevant Terminology
PART II TRANSLATION
Sandong Fengdao Kejie: Rules and Precepts for Worshiping the Dao According to the Three Caverns
Translator's Note
Preface
Section 1. Retribution of Sins
Section 2. Retribution of Good Deeds
Section 3. Comprehensive Structures
Section 4. Setting Up Monasteries
Section 5. Making Sacred Image
Section 6. Copying Scriptures
Section 7. Conditions for Ordination
Section 8. Ritual Implements
Section 9. Ritual Vestments
Section 10. Residences
Section 11. Reciting the Scriptures
Section 12. Lecturing on the Scriptures
Section 13. The Ritual Order
Section 14. Illustrations of Ritual Vestments
Section 15. Regular Audience Services
Section 16. The Noon Purgation
Section 17. Major Assemblies
Section 18. Formal Ordinations
Fragments and Citations
Section 20. Transmission Details
Section 21. Annual Purgations (Zhaijie lu ga-Ioa)
Section 22. Levels of Daoists (Miaomen yougi
Section 23. Interaction with Ordinary People
Section 24. Compassionate Assistance

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Physical description

viii, 200 p.; 25 cm

Description

This title offers a complete annotated translation of the 'Fengdao Keije', accompanied by three introductory chapters that outline the development of Daoist organisations, discuss the date and compilation of the work, and introduce key issues of terminology and world view.

Language

Original language

Chinese
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