Chinese Pure Land Buddhism : : Understanding a Tradition of Practice / / Charles B. Jones; ed. by Richard K. Payne.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Jones, Charles B.,
• HerausgeberIn: Payne, Richard K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Pure Land Buddhist Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)

Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice is the first book in any western language to provide a comprehensive overview of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. Even though Pure Land Buddhism was born in China and currently constitutes the dominant form of Buddhist practice there, it h...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Series Editor's Preface
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. What Is the Chinese Pure Land Tradition?
• Chapter 3. The Development of the Concept of the Pure Land
• Chapter 4. Self-Power and Other-Power in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
• Chapter 5. Ethics and Precepts in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
• Chapter 6. Defending Pure Land in Late Imperial China
• Chapter 7. Methods of Nianfo in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
• Chapter 8. Lushan Huiyuan
• Chapter 9. Conclusions
• Appendix: The Thirteen Chinese Pure Land Patriarchs
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author