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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Tác giả chính: Halkias, Georgios, 1967-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press [2013]
Loạt:Pure Land Buddhist studies.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqg95
Mục lục:
  • 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.