| Abbreviations |
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| Pt. 1 | Analysis |
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| 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| 2 | The Formation of the Inquiry of Ugra | 10 |
| 3 | The Ugra as a Historical Source: Methodological Considerations | 48 |
| 4 | The Institutional Setting | 73 |
| 5 | Bodhisattva Practices: Guidelines for the Path | 103 |
| The Lay Bodhisattva | 106 |
| The Monastic Bodhisattva | 127 |
| 6 | The Structure of the Bodhisattva Career: Implicit Assumptions | 137 |
| 7 | Telling Absences: What is Not in the Ugra | 171 |
| 8 | The Mahayana in the Mirror of the Ugra | 193 |
| Pt. 2 | Translation |
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| Translation Techniques and Conventions | 201 |
| Practices of the Lay Bodhisattva |
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| 0 | Opening Salutation | 207 |
| 1 | The Setting | 207 |
| 2 | Ugra's Inquiry | 210 |
| 3 | Going for Refuge | 216 |
| 4 | The Refuges, Repeated | 219 |
| 5 | Good Deeds | 223 |
| 6 | The Bodhisattva's Perspective | 226 |
| 7 | The Eleven Precepts | 229 |
| 8 | The Bodhisattva in Society | 233 |
| 9 | The Faults of the Household Life | 237 |
| 10 | The Benefits of Giving | 240 |
| 11 | Thoughts When Encountering Beggars | 241 |
| 12 | Detachment from People and Things | 246 |
| 13 | Cultivating Aversion for One's Wife | 247 |
| 14 | Cultivating Detachment from One's Son | 255 |
| 15 | How to Interact with Beggars | 257 |
| 16 | The Triskandhaka Ritual | 259 |
| 17 | When Monks Violate the Precepts | 261 |
| 18 | When Visiting a Monastery | 264 |
| 19 | Contrasts between Household and Renunciant Life | 266 |
| 20 | When Visiting a Monastery, Cont'd | 272 |
| 21 | The Ordination of Ugra and His Friends (version 1) | 278 |
| Practices of the Monastic Bodhisattva |
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| 22 | The Renunciant Bodhisattva's Practices | 280 |
| 23 | The Four Noble Traditions | 282 |
| 24 | The Noble Traditions and Other Ascetic Practices | 284 |
| 25 | The Virtues of Wilderness-Dwelling | 291 |
| 26 | Interacting with Other Monks and Teachers | 307 |
| 27 | The Pure Morality of the Renunciant Bodhisattva | 310 |
| 28 | The Pure Meditation of the Renunciant Bodhisattva | 312 |
| 29 | The Pure Insight of the Renunciant Bodhisattva | 313 |
| 30 | The Ordination of Ugra and His Friends (version 2) | 314 |
| 31 | How the Householder Can Live as a Renunciant | 314 |
| 32 | Dialogue with Ananda | 316 |
| 33 | The Title of the Text | 318 |
| 34 | The Final Reaction of the Audience | 320 |
| 35 | Title and Colophon | 320 |
| App. 1 | Synoptic Tables of Versions of the Ugrapariprccha | 325 |
| App. 2 | Bodhisattva Names in the Ugrapariprccha | 341 |
| App. 3 | Monastic Specialties Recorded in the Ugrapariprccha | 347 |
| Bibliography | 352 |
| Index | 369 |
