Tracing the Itinerant Path : Jishū Nuns of Medieval Japan /

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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Griffiths, Caitilin J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Ji (Sect)
Buddhist nuns.
Buddhism.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire > 1185-1600.
Nonnes bouddhistes > Japon > Histoire.
Buddhism > Japan > History > 1185-1600.
Buddhist nuns > Japan > History.
Ji (Sect) > History.
Japan.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780824859398

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