Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees

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|BookToc=*{{i|Preface|9}}
*{{i|Technical Remarks|17}}<br><br>
*{{i|'''Pt. I: Reconsidering the Status of Plants in Early Buddhism'''|19}}
*{{i|1. Plants as a Borderline Case between Sentient and Insentient|19}}
*{{i|2. Alternative Proposals|30}}
*{{i|3. Plants as Living Beings with One Sense-Faculty in the Vinaya|36}}
**{{i|Philological Excursus on the phrase '' 'jīvasaññino manussā rukkhasmiṁ' '' (§ 16)|42}}
*{{i|4. Plants as Insentient Living Beings (Fujimoto)|48}}
*{{i|5. Additional Arguments for the Sentience of Plants Revisited|58}}
**{{i|5.1. Findly's Arguments|58}}
**{{i|5.1.1. Additional Passages Referring to Plants as Sentient Beings|59}}
**{{i|5.1.2. Additional Arguments for Plants Possessing the Sense of Touch|65}}
**{{i|5.1.3. Arguments for Plants as Complex Sentient Beings|69}}
**{{i|5.2. Okada's Arguments for Plants as Sentient Beings|76}}
**{{i|5.2.1 Tree Deities and Numinous Trees|77}}
**{{i|5.2.2. Plants Reacting to Extraordinary Events|84}}
**{{i|5.3 Résumé|89}}
*{{i|6. Plants as Saintly Beings?|89}}
**{{i|6.1 Discussion of Findly's Arguments|90}}
**{{i|6.2. Systematic difficulties|94}}
*{{i|7. Résumé|98}}<br><br> 
*{{i|'''Pt. II: The Problem of the Relationship between the Idea of the Buddha-Nature<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of Grasses and Trees and Early Buddhism'''|101}}
*{{i|'''Pt. II.A: The Question of Textual Continuity'''|103}}
**{{i|Excursus: Remarks on 'Buddha-nature' (§ 53)|106}}
*{{i|1. General Passages|122}}
**{{i|1.1 ''Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra'': Maitreya's Palace|123}}
**{{i|1.2. ''Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā''|124}}
**{{i|1.3. ''Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra'' (1): *''Ayuṣparivarta''|129}}
**{{i|1.4. ''Viṁśatikā Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi''|136}}
**{{i|1.5. ''Buddhāvataṁsaka'' (1): ''Cittamātra'' Passages|140}}
**{{i|1.5.1. ''Daśabhūmika-sūtra'' VI|141}}
**{{i|1.5.2. 'Verses Recited in the Palace of Suyāma'|148}}
**{{i|1.5.3. The 'Chapter on Religious Practice'|160}}
**{{i|1.6. ''Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa''|161}}
**{{i|1.7. ''Buddhāvataṁsaka'' (2): 'Eulogies on Mount Sumeru'|163}}
**{{i|1.8. ''Saddharmapuṇḍarīka: Oṣadhiparivarta''|167}}
**{{i|1.9. Résumé|168}}
*{{i|2. Specific passages|169}}
**{{i|2.1. ''Dharmadhātu-prakṛty-asaṁbheda-nirdeśa''|170}}
**{{i|2.2. ''Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra'' (2): 'Chapter on Religious Practice'|176}}
**{{i|2.3. '' 'Amitābha-sūtra' ''|185}}
**{{i|2.4. ''Buddhāvataṁsaka'' (3): ''Samantabhadracaryā-nirdeśa''|189}}
**{{i|2.4.1. First Explanation|197}}
**{{i|2.4.2. Second Explanation|201}}
**{{i|2.4.3. Third Explanation|224}}
**{{i|2.4.4. Conclusions Regarding the ''Buddhāvataṁsaka''|226}}
**{{i|2.5. Résumé|238}}

*{{i|'''Pt. II.B: An Attempt at a Structural Comparison'''|241}}
*{{i|1. Facets of the Far Eastern Idea of the 'Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees'<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and their Indian Background|247}}
**{{i|1.1. Buddha-Nature as the Essential Nature of Plants|249}}
**{{i|1.2. The Buddha-Nature of Plants as Experienced by Awakened Beings|275}}
**{{i|1.3. The Omnipresence of Vairocana|280}}
**{{i|1.4. Plants Miraculously Transformed into Buddhas|290}}
**{{i|1.5. Plants Becoming Buddhas|292}}
*{{i|2. New Aspects of the Buddha-Nature and Sentience of Plants in Japanese Buddhism|294}}
*{{i|3. The Question of Practical Consequences|308}}
*{{i|4. Résumé|322}}
*{{i|Conclusion|327}}
*{{i|Abbreviations|329}}
*{{i|References|341}}
*{{i|Index|367}}
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