Genshin's Ōjōyōshū and the construction of Pure Land discourse in Heian Japan / Robert F. Rhodes.

Author
Rhodes, Robert F., 1953- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
viii, 392 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Pure Land Buddhist studies [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-383) and index.
    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
    • Hōnen's appropriation of the Ōjōyōshū.
    ISBN
    • 9780824872489 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0824872487 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016048661
    OCLC
    960895545
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