“Gregory’s work serves as a model for future scholars wishing to present translations of key East Asian Buddhist texts to a broader audience.” —Philosophy East and West 48 (1998)

“Ein wertvoller Beitrag als vollstSndige †bersetzung, als Erkenntnisquelle Ÿber den chinesischen Buddhismus fŸr Interessierte und als Lehrmaterial fŸr diejenigen, die ihn lehren mŸssen.” —Monumenta Serica 45 (1997)

“Peter Gregory’s is a name that I as a layman (vis-a-vis academia) am always happy to see attached to a text as I feel confident that the work will be of genuine interest and that my understanding will be limited only by my knowledge, rather than by my ability to penetrate a forest of jargon, obscure theorizing and convoluted writing.” —Buddhism Now, November 1996

“Gregory’s translation is a truly remarkable accomplishment reflecting his superb command of literary Chinese and his thorough familiarity with the relevant scholarly literature on Chinese thought in Western languages.” —Stanley Weinstein, professor of Buddhist Studies, Yale University

Peter N. Gregory, professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Illinois from 1984 to 1999, is currently the Jill Ker Conway Professor of Buddhist Studies at Smith College. He is also president and executive director of the Kuroda Institute for the Study of Buddhism. Daniel A. Getz, Jr., is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Bradley University.