Pure Lands in Asian texts and contexts : an anthology /
This diverse anthology of original Buddhist texts in translation provides a historical and conceptual framework that will transform contemporary scholarship on Pure Land Buddhism and instigate its recognition as an essential field of Buddhist studies. Traditional and contemporary primary sources car...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Pure Land Buddhist studies.
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| Summary: | This diverse anthology of original Buddhist texts in translation provides a historical and conceptual framework that will transform contemporary scholarship on Pure Land Buddhism and instigate its recognition as an essential field of Buddhist studies. Traditional and contemporary primary sources carefully selected from Buddhist cultures across historical, geopolitical and literary boundaries are organized by genre rather than chronologically, geographically or by religious lineage, a novel juxtaposition that reveals their wider importance in fresh contexts. Together these fundamental texts from different Asian traditions, expertly translated by eminent and up-and-coming scholars, illustrate that the Buddhism of pure lands is not just an east Asian cult or a marginal type of Buddhism, but a pan-Asian and deeply entrenched religious phenomenon. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 795 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780824873097 0824873092 |