Approaching the Land of Bliss
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Approaching the Land of Bliss

Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amit?bha

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Approaching the Land of Bliss

Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amit?bha

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2003
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780824842987
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
History of Religion

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. 1. Pure Land Buddhism in Tibet? From SukhÀvatï to the Field of Great Bliss
  5. 2. Shengchang’s Pure Conduct Society and the Chinese Pure Land Patriarchate
  6. 3. By the Power of One’s Last Nenbutsu Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan
  7. 4. Amida’s Secret Life Kakuban’s Amida hishaku
  8. 5. “Show Me the Place Where My Mother Is!” ChĂŒjöhime, Preaching, and Relics in Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan
  9. 6. “Just Behave as You Like; Prohibitions and Impurities Are Not a Problem” Radical Amida Cults and Popular Religiosity in Premodern Japan
  10. 7. Ungo Kiyö’s Öjöyöka and Rinzai Zen Orthodoxy
  11. 8. From Generalized Goal to Tantric Subordination SukhÀvatï in the Indic Buddhist Traditions of Nepal
  12. 9. Buddha One A One-Day Buddha-Recitation Retreat in Contemporary Taiwan
  13. Character Glossary
  14. Contributors
  15. Index

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