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Tracing the Itinerant Path : Jishū Nuns of Medieval Japan /

This study introduces the jishū nuns who participated alongside monks as fellow practitioners - not as wives, daughters, or mothers. They were partners in a Pure Land religious school devoted to encompassing the world with the name Amida Buddha through their continuous chanting of the nembutsu.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Griffiths, Caitilin J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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by Griffiths, Caitilin J.
Published 2017
Texto completo
Electronic eBook