Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism

by Jacqueline I. Stone

Book Overview

This study moves beyond the treatment of the original enlightenment doctrine as abstract philosophy to explore its historical dimension. Drawing on a wealth of medieval primary sources and modern Japanese scholarship, it places this discourse in its ritual, institutional and social contexts, illuminating its importance to the maintenance of traditions of lineage and the secret transmission of knowledge that characterized medieval Japanese elite culture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824820266
• ISBN13: 9780824820268
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"