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Chinese Pure Land Buddhism : understanding a tradition of practice /

Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice is the first book in any western language to provide a comprehensive overview of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. Even though Pure Land Buddhism was born in China and currently constitutes the dominant form of Buddhist practice there, it h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Charles Brewer, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2019]
Colección:Pure Land Buddhist studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • What is the Chinese Pure Land tradition?
  • The development of the concept of the Pure Land
  • Self-power and other-power in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
  • Ethics and precepts in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
  • Defending Pure Land in late imperial China
  • Methods of nianfo in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
  • Lushan Huiyuan: the evolution of the first Pure Land patriarch
  • Conclusions.