Aspiring to Enlightenment: Pure Land Buddhism in Silla Korea

by Richard D. McBride II

Centered on the practice of seeking rebirth in the Pure Land paradise Sukhāvatī, the Amitābha cult has been the dominant form of Buddhism in Korea since the middle of the Silla period (ca. 300-935). In Aspiring to Enlightenment, Richard McBride combines analyses of scriptural, exegetical, hagiographical, epigraphical, art historical, and literary materials to provide an episodic account of the cult in Silla times and its rise in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824897862
• ISBN13: 9780824897864
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 212 Pages