Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism /

"What, if anything, is Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism? In 1224, the medieval Japanese scholar-monk Dohan (1179-1252) composed The Compendium on Esoteric Mindfulness of Buddha (Himitsu nenbutsu sho), which begins with another seemingly simple question: Why is it that practitioners of mantra and med...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Proffitt, Aaron P. (Author, Translator, Annotator)
Other Authors: Dōhan, 1179-1252
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Japonés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2023]
Series:Pure Land Buddhist studies.
Subjects:
Dōhan, > 1179-1252.
Dōhan, > 1179-1252. > Himitsu nenbutsu shō.
Pure Land Buddhism > Japan > History.
Tantric Buddhism > Japan > History.
RELIGION / Buddhism / History.
Electronic books
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An Introduction to Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism
  • Sukhāvatīin the Secret Piṭaka
  • Early Japanese Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism
  • Dōhan and the Esoteric Pure Land Culture of Kōyasan
  • Dōhan's Major Works and Kamakura Buddhism
  • Toward an Introduction to the Himitsu nenbutsu shō
  • The Buddha Amitābha in the Himitsu nenbutsu shō
  • Buddhānusmṛti in the Himitsu nenbutsu shō
  • Sukhāvatīin the Himitsu nenbutsu shō.

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