Luminous Bliss : A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet /

With an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvativyūha-sūtraPure Land Buddhism as a whole has received comparatively little attention in Western studies on Buddhism despite the importance of "buddha-fields" (pure lands) f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halkias, Georgios T. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Payne, Richard K. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2012]
Colección:Pure Land Buddhist Studies
Temas:
Buddhist literature, Tibetan > History and criticism.
Pure Land Buddhism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist).
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Buddhisms and Other Conventions
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Early Pure Land Traditions in India, Tibet, and Central Asia
  • Chapter One: Indian Mahayana Origins and Departures
  • Chapter Two: Pure Lands and the Tibetan Empire
  • Part II. Pure Land Texts in Tibetan Contexts
  • Chapter Three: The Dharma that Goes Against the Ways of the World: The Short Sukhāvatīvyūha-Sūtra with an English Translation from Tibetan
  • Chapter Four: Tibetan Pure Land Commentaries
  • Part III. Pure Lands and Pure Visions
  • Chapter Five: Tantric Transfer in Sukhāvatī
  • Chapter Six: The Celestial Treasures of Buddha Amitābha
  • Epilogue: From Sukhāvatī to Tibet and Back
  • Appendix I: A Critical Analysis of the Orgyan-Gling Gold Bde-Mdo
  • Appendix II: The Means of Attaining the Sukhāvatī Kṣetra: Editions and Liturgical Texts
  • Appendix III: An Anthology of Pure Land Texts from the Treasure Tradition
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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