Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan:

According to the Ōjōyōshū, all of these are effective means for ensuring birth in Amida’s Pure Land.This impressively researched and updated treatment of the formative text in the Japanese Pure Land tradition will be welcomed by all scholars and students of Japanese religions. It also offers a fasci...

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Main Author: Rhodes, Robert F. (Author)
Other Authors: Payne, Richard K. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [2018]
Series:Pure Land Buddhist Studies
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Links:https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824872533
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824872533
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824872533
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824872533
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824872533
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824872533
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824872533
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824872533
Summary:According to the Ōjōyōshū, all of these are effective means for ensuring birth in Amida’s Pure Land.This impressively researched and updated treatment of the formative text in the Japanese Pure Land tradition will be welcomed by all scholars and students of Japanese religions. It also offers a fascinating window into Heian (794–1185) religious life, which will be of interest to anyone concerned with medieval Japan
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Jan 2018)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780824872533