Taixu's 'on the Establishment of the Pure Land in the Human Realm': A Translation and Study

by Charles B. Jones

In this book, Charles B. Jones provides the first English language translation of one of the most important texts of modern Chinese Buddhism: monk-reformer Taixu's 'On the Establishment of the Pure Land in the Human Realm'. The essay, written in 1926 as part of Taixu's attempt to revive Chinese Buddhism with a Humanistic Buddhist approach, incorporates Western thought into a reconstruction of the idea of the 'Pure Land in the human realm'. In his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350201251
• ISBN13: 9781350201255
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"