Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism / / Aaron P. Proffitt; ed. by Richard K. Payne.

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• VerfasserIn: Proffitt, Aaron P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Payne, Richard K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Pure Land Buddhist Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.) :; 1 b&w illustration

What, if anything, is Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism? In 1224, the medieval Japanese scholar-monk Dōhan (1179–1252) composed The Compendium on Esoteric Mindfulness of Buddha (Himitsu nenbutsu shō), which begins with another seemingly simple question: Why is it that practitioners of mantra and meditatio...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Series Editor’s Preface
• Preface “A Monk and His Text”
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 An Introduction to Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism
• Chapter 2 Sukhāvatī in the Secret Piṭaka
• Chapter 3 Early Japanese Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism
• Chapter 4 Dōhan and the Esoteric Pure Land Culture of Kōyasan
• Chapter 5 Dōhan’s Major Works and Kamakura Buddhism
• Chapter 6 Toward an Introduction to the Himitsu nenbutsu shō
• Chapter 7 The Buddha Amitābha in the Himitsu nenbutsu shō
• Chapter 8 Buddhānusmṛti in the Himitsu nenbutsu shō
• Chapter 9 Sukhāvatī in the Himitsu nenbutsu shō
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Himitsu nenbutsu shō
• Bibliography
• Index