Right Thoughts at the Last Moment : Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan /

Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself is said to have done. This book explores how the ideal of dying with right mindfulness was appropriated, disseminated, and transformed in premodern Japan, focusing on the late tenth throug...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stone, Jacqueline I. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Buswell, Robert E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2016]
Colección:Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 26
Temas:
Buddhism > Japan > Customs and practices > History.
Death > Religious aspects > Buddhism > History.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Beginnings of Deathbed Practice in Japan
  • 2. A Realm Apart
  • 3. Exemplary Death
  • 4. Interpreting the Signs
  • 5. Anxieties
  • 6. Deathbed Attendants
  • 7. The Longue Durée of Deathbed Rites
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Annotated Bibliography of Deathbed Manuals
  • Notes
  • Character Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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