附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Text as Father; 2. Who's Your Daddy Now? Reissued Paternity in the Lotus Sutra; 3. The Domino Effect: Everyone and His Brother Convert to the Lotus Sutra; 4. "Be All You Can't Be" and Other Gainful Losses in the Diamond Sutra; 5. Sameness with a Difference in the Tathagatagarbha Sutra; 6. Vimalakirti, or Why Bad Boys Finish First; Conclusion: A Cavalier Attitude toward Truth-Fathers; Bibliography; Index
摘要:Alan Cole sheds new light on the origin & nature of Mahāyāna Buddhism with close readings of four well-known texts: the Lotus Sūtra, Diamond Sūtra, Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra, & Vimalakīrtinirdeśa.
