RELIGST 3UU3 Lecture 7: JAN 27 - THE TIANTAI SCHOOL IN CHINA

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 3UU3
• Professor: Joe Larose

Document Summary

To understand the chinese context at the time when. To understand the chinese reaction to the arrival of. To understand the formation of the early schools of. Chinese buddhist a process of citification: buddhism in india; original. Not involved in businesses, behaved well, meditated. Uncritical look at doctrine, etc. (because archeology and other ignored: buddhism in china; historical evidence. Big monasteries, own land, involved in businesses, surfs, wealthy. 1950 scholarship - turn buddhism into a material corrupt religion. Buddhist sites under threat because of moguls (11th c. -ish: transcripts packed in a room and closed. First 400 yrs (ish) there is a mass import of indian buddhist texts: pilgrims entering east asia with different recounts of what buddhism is. 18 schools around this time: 1st millennium of buddhism in china is focused around understanding the religion. Chinese took on the large undertaking of reading, sorting, and translating the buddhist texts.