How Long to Read Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra

How Long Does it Take to Read Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 48 minutes to read Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra by Xiaohuan Zhao

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book addresses the thorny issue regarding the authenticity of the Yulanpen Sūtra, the scriptural source for the Yulanpen Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival in East Asia. The sūtra, which features Mulian (Skr. Maudgalyāyana) adventuring into the Preta realm to rescue his mother, is catalogued in the Chinese Buddhist bibliography with the Indo-Scythian Dharmarakṣa (Ch. Zhu Fahu, ca. 266–308) given as the translator. However, in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Western scholarship, the sūtra is more often than not regarded as a Chinese Buddhist apocryphal scripture and the Mulian myth as an apocryphal story created by Chinese Buddhists to foster the sinicisation and transformation of Indian Buddhism mainly on the grounds that there is no extant Yulanpen Sūtra in Indic sources and that the sūtra stresses Confucian filial piety and ancestor worship. This book challenges these widely held beliefs by demonstrating that filial piety and ancestor worship are not peculiar to Confucian China but also inherent in Indic traditions and that the sūtra is a Chinese creative translation rather than an indigenous Chinese composition.

How long is Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra?

Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra by Xiaohuan Zhao is 106 pages long, and a total of 27,136 words.

This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 33% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 28 minutes to read Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra aloud.

What Reading Level is Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra?

Chindian Myth of Mulian Rescuing His Mother – On Indic Origins of the Yulanpen Sūtra is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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