Approaching the Land of Bliss

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  • Approaching the Land of Bliss Book Detail

  • Author : Richard Karl Payne
  • Release Date : 2004-01-01
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Genre : Religion
  • Pages : 328
  • ISBN 13 : 9780824825782
  • File Size : 18,18 MB
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Approaching the Land of Bliss by Richard Karl Payne PDF Summary

Book Description: The discourse of Buddhist studies has traditionally been structured around texts and nations (the transmission of Buddhism from India to China to Japan). And yet, it is doubtful that these categories reflect in any significant way the organizing themes familiar to most Buddhists. It could be argued that cultic practices associated with particular buddhas and bodhisattvas are more representative of the way Buddhists conceive of their relation to tradition. This volume aims to explore this aspect of Buddhism by focusing on one of its most important cults, that of the Buddha Amitabha. Approaching the Land of Bliss is a rich collection of studies of texts and ritual practices devoted to Amitabha, ranging from Tibet to Japan and from early medieval times to the present.

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