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Genshin's Ōjōyōshū and the construction of Pure Land discourse in Heian Japan /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rhodes, Robert F., 1953- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Series:Pure Land Buddhist studies.
Subjects:
Genshin, > 942-1017. > Ōjō yōshū.
Pure Land Buddhism > Doctrines.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Indian and Chinese background
  • The introduction of Pure Land Buddhism to Japan
  • The growth of Pure Land Buddhism in the Heian period
  • Zenyu, Senkan and the beginning of Tendai Pure Land discourse
  • Genshin's early years
  • Genshin and Pure Land Buddhism
  • Genshin's later years
  • The six paths and the Pure Land
  • Genshin's interpretation of the nenbutsu
  • Auxiliary practices and deathbed nenbutsu
  • Honen's appropriation of the Ojoyoshu.