Chapter I
Introduction .................................................... 1
Chapter II
Translations and Commentaries ................................... 5
1 The Sanskrit Diamond Sutra ................................... 6
2 The Chinese Diamond Sutra .................................... 8
3 The Structure of the Diamond Sutra .......................... 12
4 Chinese Commentaries ........................................ 14
5 Chinese Translations of Indian Commentaries ................. 20
6 Commentaries in the Dunhuang Collections .................... 23
7 Translation and Commentary in Chinese Culture ............... 28
Chapter III
The Dunhuang Collections ....................................... 33
1 Understanding the Dunhuang Collections ...................... 33
2 The Stein, Pelliot, and Beijing Collections ................. 35
3 Other Dunhuang Collections .................................. 41
4 The Diamond Sutra in the Dunhuang Collections ............... 44
5 Manuscript Forgeries ........................................ 45
6 Dating the Diamond Sutra .................................... 48
7 The Three Styles of Scriptures .............................. 53
8 The Creators of the Diamond Sutra ........................... 65
9 The Diamond Sutra and Granting Wishes ....................... 69
10 Where the Diamond Sutra Was Made ............................ 72
11 Blessings and Rituals of the Diamond Sutra .................. 74
12 The Missing Characters From Hell ............................ 78
13 The Diamond Sutra in Buddhist Art ........................... 88
14 The Scripture Culture of Dunhuang ........................... 91
Chapter IV
Miracle Stories ................................................ 93
1 Miracles in Chinese Buddhism ................................ 93
2 Miracle Collections ......................................... 94
3 Classifying Miracle Stories ................................. 98
4 Miracle Story Motifs ....................................... 111
5 The People of the Miracle Stories .......................... 124
6 Miracle Stories and the Diamond Sutra ...................... 125
Chapter V
Stone Sutras .................................................. 129
1 The History and Purpose of the Stone Sutras ................ 129
2 Stone Sutras on Cliffs ..................................... 131
3 Steles ..................................................... 137
4 Stone Pillars .............................................. 148
5 Cave Wall Engraving ........................................ 150
6 Other Important Stone Sutras ............................... 150
7 Stone Sutra Scripture Culture .............................. 153
Chapter VI
Chinese Buddhist Practice ..................................... 157
1 Methods of Practicing the Diamond Sutra .................... 158
2 Buddhist Practice within the Diamond Sutra ................. 159
3 Chinese Buddhist Practice of the Diamond Sutra ............. 161
4 Features of Chinese Buddhist Practice ...................... 175
Chapter VII
Diamond Sutra Literature ...................................... 177
1 Tang Dynasty Poetry ........................................ 177
2 Prose Literature of the Tang Dynasty ....................... 180
Chapter VIII
Scripture Culture ............................................. 189
Appendices XI ................................................. 193
Bibliography .................................................. 250
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