MURYOKO
'Infinite Light'
Journal of Shin Buddhism
Harold Stewart
Autumn Landscape Roll
A Divine Panorama
Contents
Personages Represented
Prologue
Cantos 5 to 8
Cantos 9 to 12
Cantos 13 to 16
Cantos 17 to 20
Cantos 21 to 24
Cantos 25 to 28
Cantos 29 to 32
Dedication
For
Dr. Heinz Karrer of Switzerland,
Generous Patron and Enduring Friend
with
true gratitude.
I dedicate this work to the glory of the Buddha's Pure Land. May it repay the kindness of patron and preceptor. May it mitigate the sufferings of the lost and damned. May all who read it or hear it read find their hearts turned towards the Dharma; may they finally be reborn in the Realm of Uttermost Bliss; and by their common intercession may they requite me for the arduousness of my task.
- Wu Chêng-ên, in the colophon to his romance Hsi-yu chi (Pilgrimage to the West).
PERSONAGES REPRESENTED
| Ming Huang-ti | Sixth Emperor of the T'ang dynasty, preeminent patron and connoisseur of the arts. |
| Wu Tao-tzü | Most celebrated of Chinese painters, Imperial Artist in Chief. |
| Li Ssu-hsün | Senior General in the palace guard, Court Painter to Ming Huang & founder of the Northern School of landscape. |
| Chang Chih-ho | Taoist recluse,'Old Fisherman of Waters and Mists', a former minister of Emperor Su Tsung. |
| Hui Nêng | Illiterate bamboo-cutter, later Sixth Patriarch of the southern line of Ch'an Tsung or Zen School of Buddhism. |
| Tao Hsüan | Buddhist historian, Master of Lü Tsung, the school of Vinaya or monastic discipline, Preceptor of the temple. |
| Chih-i | Third Patriarch of the T'ien-tai Tsun, School of the Lotus of the True Law, based on the Saddharma-pundarikasutra, Head Priest of the temple. |
| Shan Tao | Third Patriarch of Ching-t'u Tsung. the Pure Land School based on the two Sukhavati Vyuha and the Amitayur-dhyana Sutra. |
| Chin Kang-chih (Vajrabodhi) | Third Patriarch of the Chên-yen Tsung, the True Word - or Mantric School -, based on the Mahavairocana and Vajrashekhara Sutras of Esoteric Buddhism. |
| Fa Tsang | Third Patriarch of the-Hua-Yen Tsung, the Flower Garland School, based on the Avatamsaka-sutra. |
| K'uei chi | Second Patriarch of the Fa-hsiang Tsung, the School af Consciousness Only, based on the works of Hsüan-Tsang and the Yogacara or Vijnanavada School of Asanga and Vasubandhu. |
| Chi-Tsang | Fifth Patriarch of the Old San-lun Tsung the Shunyatavada or Madhyamika School of the Middle Way, founded on the Prajnaparamita-sutras and the works of Nagarjuna. |
Contents
Personages Represented
Prologue
Cantos 5 to 8
Cantos 9 to 12
Cantos 13 to 16
Cantos 17 to 20
Cantos 21 to 24
Cantos 25 to 28
Cantos 29 to 32