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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goble, Geoffrey C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Colección:Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
Temas:
Amoghavajra, > 705-774.
Amoghavajra, > 705-774
Tantric Buddhism > China > History.
Bouddhisme tantrique > Chine > Histoire.
RELIGION > Buddhism > History.
Tantric Buddhism
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The three great masters of Kaiyuan and the teaching of the five divisions
  • Esoteric Buddhism in context: Tang imperial religion
  • Esoteric Buddhism in context: the An Lushan rebellions and Tang war religion
  • Amoghavajra and the ruling elite
  • The institutional establishment of esoteric Buddhism
  • The consolidation of Amoghavajra's legacy.

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