Chinese esoteric Buddhism : Amoghavajra, the ruling elite, and the emergence of a tradition /
Chinese Esoteric Buddhism is generally held to have been established as a distinct Buddhist school in eighth-century China. Geoffrey C. Goble provides an innovative account of the tradition's emergence that sheds new light on the structures and traditions that shaped its institutionalization, w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Chinese Esoteric Buddhism is generally held to have been established as a distinct Buddhist school in eighth-century China. Geoffrey C. Goble provides an innovative account of the tradition's emergence that sheds new light on the structures and traditions that shaped its institutionalization, with a focus on Amoghavajra (704-774). |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 319 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0231550642 9780231550642 |