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Buddhist Hell : Visions, Tours and Descriptions of the Infernal Otherworld from Hell-On-Line.org.
There is a long tradition of Buddhist descriptions of hell, from the second century BCE until the twentieth century, stretching from Iran and India to China and Japan. These descriptions initially relied heavily on Hindu texts but developed their own distinctive features as elements from various cul...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Italica Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Hell-on-line e-books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Web Resources; Preface; Introduction; Bibliography; 1. The Great Story; 2. The Middle-Length Discourses of the Buddha; 3. The Friendly Epistle; 4. The Sutra on the Eighteen Hells; 5. The Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Retribution of Sinful Karma and the Education and Transformation in the Hells; 6. Avalokiteswara's Descent into the Hell Avîchi; 7. The Systematic Philosophy; 8. Mu-lien Rescues His Mother; 9. T'ai Tsung in Hell; 10. The Essentials of Pure Land Rebirth; 11. The Precious Record Transmitted to Men to Move Them30; 12. Miao-shen Visits Hell31; 13. Nangsa Obum32.
- 14. The Numbered Discourses of the Buddha3315. Tibetan Book of the Dead34; 16. Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution35; 17. Governor Kwoh Visits Hell36; 18. Voyage to the Western Sea of the Chief Eunuch San-Pao38; 19. Strange Stories from The Liaozhai Studio39; 20. T'ang-cheuk'ounn Taken to Hell44; 21. Wang Hsiu's Voyage to Hell45; 22. A Thai Near-Death Experience47; Notes; Glossary.