Luminous bliss : a religious history of Pure Land literature in Tibet : with an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvatīvȳuha-sūtra /
Pure Land Buddhism as a whole has received comparatively little attention in Western studies on Buddhism, despite the importance of 'buddha-fields' (pure lands) for the growth and expression of Mahayana Buddhism. In this religious history of Tibetan Pure Land literature, the author delves...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press
[2013]
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| Series: | Pure Land Buddhist studies.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqg95 |
Table of Contents:
- Indian Mahayana origins and departures
- Pure lands and the Tibetan empire
- The dharma that goes against the ways of the world
- Tibetan Pure Land commentaries
- Tantric transfer in Sukhāvatī
- The celestial treasures of Buddha Amitābha.