Luminous Bliss : : A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet / / Georgios T. Halkias; ed. by Richard K. Payne.
With an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvativyūha-sūtraPure Land Buddhism as a whole has received comparatively little attention in Western studies on Buddhism despite the importance of "buddha-fields" (pure lands) f...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pure Land Buddhist Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 5 b&w images, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Buddhisms and Other Conventions
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Early Pure Land Traditions in India, Tibet, and Central Asia
- Chapter One: Indian Mahayana Origins and Departures
- Chapter Two: Pure Lands and the Tibetan Empire
- Part II. Pure Land Texts in Tibetan Contexts
- Chapter Three: The Dharma that Goes Against the Ways of the World: The Short Sukhāvatīvyūha-Sūtra with an English Translation from Tibetan
- Chapter Four: Tibetan Pure Land Commentaries
- Part III. Pure Lands and Pure Visions
- Chapter Five: Tantric Transfer in Sukhāvatī
- Chapter Six: The Celestial Treasures of Buddha Amitābha
- Epilogue: From Sukhāvatī to Tibet and Back
- Appendix I: A Critical Analysis of the Orgyan-Gling Gold Bde-Mdo
- Appendix II: The Means of Attaining the Sukhāvatī Kṣetra: Editions and Liturgical Texts
- Appendix III: An Anthology of Pure Land Texts from the Treasure Tradition
- Notes
- References
- Index