Acknowledgments ............................................... vii
Abbreviations .................................................. ix
Introduction ................................................... xi
Part I: Asceticism and the Glorification of the Buddha's
Body: The Indian Text of the Rāṣţrāpālaparipŗcchā-
sūtra
Chapter One: The Physiognomy of Virtue ........................ 3
Chapter Two: Former Life Narratives and the Bodhisattva
Career .......................................... 20
Chapter Three: Wilderness Dwelling and the Ascetic
Disciplines ..................................... 40
Chapter Four: "Profit and Honor": A Critique of Sedentary
Monasticism ..................................... 64
Part II: Indian Buddhism through a Chinese Lens:
Dharmarakṣa's Translation of the Rāṣţrāpālaparipŗcchā-
sūtra
Chapter Five: The Role of Translation in Reconstructing the
Early Mahāyāna .................................. 87
Chapter Six: Mistranslation and Missed Translation .......... 101
Part III: An Annotated Translation of the
Rāṣţrāpālaparipŗcchā-sūtra
One: Prologue ................................................. 113
Two: The Story of Puṇyaraśmi .................................. 142
Notes ......................................................... 171
Bibliography .................................................. 251
Index ......................................................... 283
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