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Acknowledgments | |
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Abbreviations | |
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List of Illustrations | |
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Ascending and Wandering: Introduction | |
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Sacred Mountains in Ancient China | |
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Dunhuang and the Dunhuang Caves | |
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Dunhuang Literature | |
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Dunhuang and Mount Wutai | |
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Mountains in Early Chinese Poetry | |
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About the Book | |
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The Clear and the Cold: Mount Wutai | |
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Early Literature on Mount Wutai | |
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Early Legends about Mount Wutai | |
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Chinese Emperors and Mount Wutai | |
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Ma�jusri and the Chinese Buddhist Scriptures | |
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The Ma�jusri-parinirvana sutra | |
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Mount Wutai as a Manifestation of the Buddhist Doctrine | |
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Early Chinese Poetry on Mount Wutai | |
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The Mount Wutai Poetry of the Dunhuang Manuscripts | |
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The Hall of the Great Sage: The Songs of Mount Wutai | |
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The Hall of the Great Sage | |
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I Ascend the Eastern Terrace | |
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I Ascend the Northern Terrace | |
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I Ascend the Central Terrace | |
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I Ascend the Western Terrace | |
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I Ascend the Southern Terrace | |
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The Land of Vaidurya: Eulogy on Mount Wutai | |
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Eulogy on Mount Wutai | |
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Inconceivable Light: Eulogy on Mount Wutai | |
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The Pure Land School | |
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The Pure Land Monk Fazhao | |
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Eulogy on Mount Wulai | |
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The Gold-Colored World: Eulogy on the Holy Regions of Mount Wutai | |
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Eulogy on the True Countenance of the Great Sage | |
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Eulogy on Samantabhadra | |
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The Eastern Terrace | |
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The Northern Terrace | |
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The Central Terrace | |
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The Western Terrace | |
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The Southern Terrace | |
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The Holy Region of the Vajra Grotto | |
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The Auspicious Stupa of King Asoka | |
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Eulogy on the Physical Body of Rahula | |
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A Vision of Sutra Recitation by the Vajra Grotto | |
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Word and Image: The Mount Wutai Wall Painting at Dunhuang | |
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Map or Painting? | |
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Iconography and Imagery in Cave 61 | |
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Mountain as Icon | |
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Poetry as a Buddhist Matter: Conclusion | |
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Transmission of the Vision | |
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Literati Poets and Mount Wutai | |
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For the Purpose of Salvation | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |