UID:
almahu_9949301451202882
Format:
1 online resource (148 pages)
ISBN:
9780472902118
Series Statement:
Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies ; v.9
Note:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Texts -- Select Bibliography -- Konjaku Monogatari Shū -- Tales of India -- Chapter One -- 1 How Śākyamuni Tathāgata Came to Dwell in the World of Men -- 8 How Śākyamuni Preached the Dharma to Five Bhikshus -- 11 How the Buddha Entered a City of the Brahmans to Beg Food -- 18 How the Buddha Converted Nanda and Caused Him to Renounce Secular Life -- Chapter Two -- 1 About the Death of the Buddha's Father, King Śuddhodana -- 21 How a God Heard the Dharma and Obtained the Clear Vision of the Dharma Eye -- Chapter Three -- 14 About King Prasenajit's Daughter Ugly Adamantina -- 28 What the Buddha Said to the Sangha When He Was About to Enter Nirvana -- Chapter Four -- 9 How Bodhidharma of India Went to This Place and That Observing the Devotions of the Monks -- 24 How Nāgārjuna, While a Layman, Made a Charm for Invisibility -- 34 How Two Brothers, Men of India, Carried Gold through the Mountains -- 41 How a Man for Love of His Child Went to King Yama's Palace -- Chapter Five -- 2 How a King Went into the Mountains to Hunt Deer and Was Robbed of His Daughter by a Lion -- 13 How the Three Beasts Practiced the Way of the Bodhisattva and the Rabbit Roasted Himself -- Tales of China -- Chapter Six -- 34 How a Novice of the K'ung-kuan Ssu in China Viewed the Lotus-Matrix World and Returned to Life -- 35 How Sun Hsüan-te Copied the Wreath Sutra -- Chapter Seven -- 18 How a Nun of Ho-tung in China Chanted the Lotus Sutra and How the Text She Read from Was Altered -- Chapter Nine -- 4 How Someone in Lu-chou Killed a Neighbor and Was Not Punished -- 44 How Mo Yeh of China Made a Sword and Presented It to the King and How His Son, Broad-of-Brow, Was Killed -- 45 How Hou Ku Tricked His Father and Prevented an Unfilial Act -- Chapter Ten.
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1 How Shih-huang of Ch'in Governed from His Palace at Hsien-yang -- 8 How Wu Chao-hsiao of China Saw a Poem on the Water and Loved Its Author -- 12 How Chuang Tzu Went to Someone's House and How His Host Killed a Goose to Serve with the Wine -- 13 How Chuang Tzu Observed the Behavior of Dumb Creatures and Fled -- Tales of Buddhism in Japan -- Chapter Eleven -- 3 How E no Ubasoku Recited Spells and Employed Demonic Deities -- 4 How the Venerable Dōshō Went to China, Was Transmitted the Hossō Teachings, and Returned Home -- Chapter Twelve -- 28 How a Government Clerk of Higo Province Escaped a Rakshasa -- Chapter Thirteen -- 10 How the Sutra Chanter Shunchō Exhibited the Lotus Sutra's Efficacy -- 39 About Two Men in Izumo Province, Reciters of the Wreath and Lotus Sutras -- Chapter Fourteen -- 3 How a Monk of the Dōjōji in the Province of Kii Copied the Lotus Sutra and Brought Salvation to Serpents -- 5 About a Man Who Copied the Lotus Sutra to Save the Soul of a Fox -- Chapter Fifteen -- 28 How a Priest of Chinzei Who Ate Carrion Was Reborn in Paradise -- Chapter Sixteen -- 17 How Kaya no Yoshifuji, of Bitchū Province, Became the Husband of a Fox and Was Saved by Kannon -- 20 How Travelers from Chinzei, Through Kannon's Aid, Escaped Being Killed by Bandits -- 32 How an Invisible Man Regained Corporeal Form through Kannon's Aid -- Chapter Seventeen -- 1 About a Monk Who Prayed to Meet a Manifestation of the Bodhisattva Jizō -- 2 How Ki no Mochikata Worshipped Jizō and Benefited from His Favor -- 44 How a Monk through Bishamonten's Aid Begot Gold and Obtained a Means of Support -- Chapter Nineteen -- 8 How a Falconer in the Western Part of the Capital Renounced Secular Life Because of a Dream -- 24 About the Monk Whose Name Was Entered on a Petition to the God of Mount T'ai to Take the Place of His Master -- Chapter Twenty.
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35 How Shinkai, a Monk of Mount Hiei, Suffered Retribution in This Present Life for Jealousy -- Secular Tales of Japan -- Chapter Twenty-Two -- 8 How Great Minister Tokihira Got Major Counselor Kunitsune's Wife -- Chapter Twenty-Three -- 14 How Taira no Munetsune, Lieutenant of the Left Division of the Outer Palace Guards, Escorted High Priest Myōson -- Chapter Twenty-Four -- 2 How Prince Kaya Made a Doll and Set It Up in the Ricefields -- 23 How Minamoto no Hiromasa Ason Went to the Blind Man's House at Ōsaka -- 24 How the Lute Genjö Was Snatched by an Oni -- Chapter Twenty-Five -- 11 How Fujiwara no Chikataka's Son Was Taken Hostage by a Robber and Freed through Yorinobu's Persuasion -- Chapter Twenty-Six -- 9 How Men of Kaga Province Who Went to an Island Where a Snake Was Warring with a Centipede Aided the Snake and Settled in the Island -- Chapter Twenty-Seven -- 15 How a Woman Who Was Bearing a Child Went to South Yamashina, Encountered an Oni, and Escaped -- 22 How the Hunters' Mother Became an Oni and Tried to Devour Her Children -- 29 About the Two Wet-Nurses in the House of Middle Captain Masamichi Who Looked Exactly Alike -- 41 How the Fox of Kōyagawa Turned into a Woman and Rode on Horses' Croups -- Chapter Twenty-Eight -- 5 How Tamemori, the Governor of Echizen, Subdued the Junior Officers of the Six Companies of the Guards -- 11 How Kaishu, the Intendant of Gion, Was Given as a Fee for Chanting the Sutras -- 38 How Fujiwara no Nobutada, Governor of Shinano, Took a Tumble at Misaka -- Chapter Twenty-Nine -- 18 How a Thief Climbed to the Upper Story of Rashō Gate and Saw a Corpse -- 23 How a Man Who Was Accompanying His Wife to Tanba Province Got Trussed Up at Ōeyama -- 28 How a Beggar Who Lived in the Area South of Kiyomizu Used a Woman to Lure Men into His House and Killed Them -- Chapter Thirty.
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5 How a Poor Man Left His Wife, and How She Became the Wife of the Governor of Settsu -- Chapter Thirty-One -- 7 How the Minor Controller of the Right Moroie no Ason Encountered a Woman and Died -- 31 About the Old Woman Who Sold Fish at the Headquarters of the Crown Prince's Guard -- 37 About the Great Oak in Kurumoto District in Ōmi Province.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Ury, Marian Tales of Times Now Past Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies,c1993 ISBN 9780939512614
Language:
English
Keywords:
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