Princeton Readings in Religions
Note on Transliteration
Contents by Tradition
Contents by Chronology
Contributors
Introduction 3
1 Deities and Ancestors in Early Oracle Inscriptions 41
2 Laozi: Ancient Philosopher, Master of Immortality, and God 52
3 The Lives and Teachings of the Divine Lord of Zitong 64
4 City Gods and Their Magistrates 72
5 The Earliest Tales of the Bodhisattva Guanshiyin 82
6 A Sutra Promoting the White-robed Guanyin as Giver of Sons 97
7 Zhu Xi on Spirit Beings 106
8 The Inner Cultivation Tradition of Early Daoism 123
9 Body Gods and Inner Vision: The Scripture of the Yellow Court 149
10 An Early Poem of Mystical Excursion 156
11 Declarations of the Perfected 166
12 Seduction Songs of One of the Perfected 180
13 Answering a Summons 188
14 Visions of Manjusri on Mount Wutai 203
15 Ny Dan the Manchu Shamaness 223
16 Teachings of a Spirit Medium 229
17 Spellbinding 241
18 Record of the Feng and Shan Sacrifices 251
19 The Scripture on the Production of Buddha Images 261
20 The Purification Ritual of the Luminous Perfected 268
21 Saving the Burning-Mouth Hungry Ghost 278
22 The Law of the Spirits 284
23 Shrines to Local Former Worthies 293
24 Daoist Ritual in Contemporary Southeast China 306
25 Calling on Souls and Dealing with Spirits: Three Lahu Ritual Texts 327
26 A Funeral Chant of the Yi Nationality 337
27 Abridged Codes of Master Lu for the Daoist Community 347
28 The Scripture in Forty-two Sections 360
29 The Scripture on Perfect Wisdom for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States 372
30 The Buddhism of the Cultured Elite 381
31 Buddhist Ritual and the State 390
32 Biography of a Buddhist Layman 397
33 The Book of Good Deeds: A Scripture of the Ne People 405
34 Supernatural Retribution and Human Destiny 423
35 Stories from an Illustrated Explanation of the Tract of the Most Exalted on Action and Response 437
36 Record of Occultists 446
37 Imperial Guest Ritual 471
Index 489
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