Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture

415 Pages·2012·2.79 MB·English

by  Andy Ferguson

Copyright © 2012 by Andy Ferguson.
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Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction

1. An Auspicious Date
LOWU STATION, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN HONG
KONG AND CHINA’S GUANGDONG PROVINCE
THE TRAIN TO GUANGZHOU

2. Guangzhou

3. Hualin Temple

4. The Layout of a Traditional Chinese Temple
THE FRONT HALL OF HEAVENLY KINGS: THE “NATURE”
OF SELF AND OTHER
THE BUDDHA HALL: THE “NATURE” OF DEPENDENT
CO-ARISING
THE DHARMA HALL: THE “PERFECTED NATURE” OF
CONSCIOUSNESS

5. Grand Buddha Temple

6. Guangxiao Temple

7 Another Visit to Hualin Temple

8. Traveling North

9. Zen at War
FROM GUANGZHOU TO SHAOGUAN
10. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Ancestor

11. Nashua Temple: The Sixth Ancestor Huineng’s Dharma
Seat
SHAOGUAN CITY

12. Yunmen Temple

13. Danxia Mountain

14. Separate Transmission Temple

15. Nanchang City

16. Youmin Temple

17. The Trip to Baizhang Temple

18. Baizhang Temple
ANCIENT TEMPLE GATES
ZEN MASTER BAIZHANG’S TEACHINGS
BAIZHANG AND THE BODHISATTVA WAY
A TOUR OF BAIZHANG TEMPLE
MOUNT LU AND EAST WOODS TEMPLE

19. Jiujiang City

20. Up or Down the Yang-tse River?

21. Meeting Gunabhadra?
BODHIDHARMA IN LUOYANC 488—494?
FOURTH ANCESTOR’S TRUE ENLIGHTENMENT TEMPLE
THE FOURTH ANCESTOR’S TEMPLE
22. Laozu Si, the Old Ancestor’s Temple
BODHIDHARMA LEAVES THE LUOYANG MOUNT SONG
REGION IN 494?

23. Nanjing City

24. Emperor Wu and Imperial-Way Buddhism

25. Tianchang City and Bodhidharma’s True Victory Temple

26. Linggu Temple on Bell Mountain

27. Emperor Wu, the Chakravartin King and Bodhisattva
Emperor

28. Emperor Wu and His Family
CROWN PRINCE ZHAO MING (ALSO NAMED XIAO TONG)

29. Emperor Wu and the Temples of Bell Mountain

30. Mufu Mountains and Bodhidharma’s Nanjing Cave

31. The Fusin of Confucianism and Buddhism under Emperor
Wu

32. The Tai Cheng Palace and Hualin Garden
EMPEROR WU’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HOME-LEAVING
BUDDHISM

33. The Poem by Crown Prince Zhao Ming (Xiao Tong)

34. Stone Fortress and Refreshing Mountain
THE MEETING

35. Dingshan Temple
DAOXUAN’S VIEW OF NANJING IN THE AGE OF
BODHIDHARMA

36. Changlu Temple

37. Train to Wuhan

38. Xiangfan City

39. Mount Song and Shaolin Temple

40. Shaolin Temple
SHAOLIN TEMPLE AND IMPERIAL-WAY BUDDHISM

41. Bodhidharma’s Cave

42. Huishan Temple

43. Ordination Platforms: The Battle Ground between Imperial
and Bodhidharma Zen?

44. The Temples of Luoyang

45. Empty Appearance Temple

46. Bodhidharma’s Memorial Stele: Written by Emperor Wu?

47. Bodhidharma Memorial Ceremony

48. Train to Shanghai
NANJING IN CONTEXT
ON THE TRACK TO SHANGHAI
THE DEATH OF EMPEROR WU

49. Bodhidharma’s Fate