Once Upon a Future Time: Studies in a Buddhist Prophecy of DeclineAn in-depth study of Buddhist theories of the decline and disappearance of their own religion. Nattier's work challenges previous assumptions on this topic and focuses on the critical study of the "Kausambi Story, " a Buddhist prophecy of decline, in its Tibetan, Central Asian, and Chinese variants. |
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adds appear arhat Asia bodhisattva Buddha Buddhist community Buddhist literature Candragarbha canon century Chinese Chinese translation chos contained context dam-pa’i dang de-nas de’i dus-na de’i tshe death decline dge-slong Dharmaguptaka Dharmaraksa dhist disappearance discussion duration East Asian Emmerick expression extant versions figure final find first five hundred Gandhara given gyur gyur-ro Hephthalite hsiang-fa identified Jambudvipa kalpa Katyayana Kausambi story Kharosthi Khotan Khotanese Khotanese versions Kumarajiva Kushan kyang Lamotte latter Mahasamghika Mahayana mo-shih monastic monks Narthang Nikaya occurs ofthe omits original Pali Parthians passage Peking period Prakrit proper names prophecy recensions reference reflection rgyal-po saddharma saddharma-pratirupaka Sakas Sakyamuni sangha Sanskrit Sarvastivadin scriptures sectarian sentient sfitra Shir-sha-ka significance sion Sisyaka specific sutra Tarim Basin teachings term mo-fa Theravada Tibet Tibetan Tibetan text Tibetan translation Tibetan version timetable tion tradition trans True Dharma tshe Tun-huang Vinaya xylograph editions Zambasta zhes