Gradual vs. Sudden Debate | Chinese Buddhism
Gradual vs. Sudden Debate: Chinese Buddhist history, eight schools, and sinicization — academic overview for East Asian Buddhist studies. For university Buddhist studies and primary-source research.
Overview
Gradual vs. Sudden Debate: Chinese Buddhist history, eight schools, and sinicization — academic overview for East Asian Buddhist studies. For university Buddhist studies and primary-source research.
Key topics
- Chinese Buddhism
- Gradual vs. Sudden Debate
- Buddhist doctrine
- scripture interpretation
- Mahāyāna
- Hong Kong Buddhism
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Module
This page belongs to the Chinese Buddhism section.
Full article in Chinese
The complete scholarly article with extended analysis and primary-source citations is available in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
Further Reading
Doctrine topics
Art & culture
- Hong Kong Buddhist Temples
- Taiwan Buddhist Temples
- Sui–Tang Period
- Chinese Han Buddhist Architecture
Glossary
- sudden awakening
- gradual cultivation
Further Academic Reading
Selected papers from the NTU Buddhist Digital Library (catalog titles may be in Chinese or Japanese).