Critical Readings on Pure Land Buddhism in Japan: Volume 3

by Galen Amstutz

Pure Land was one of the main fields of mythopoesis and discourse among the Asian Buddhist traditions, and in Japan of central cultural importance from the Heian period right up to the present. However, its range, inconsistency, variability, and complexity have tended to be misevaluated. The pieces reproduced in this set, organized both chronologically and thematically, have been chosen as linchpin works accentuating the diversity of what evolved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004401393
• ISBN13: 9789004401396
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.