Chinese Pure Land Buddhism : : Understanding a Tradition of Practice / / Charles B. Jones; ed. by Richard K. Payne.
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...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pure Land Buddhist Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
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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