Approaching the Land of Bliss : Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha
by Payne, Richard K.; Tanaka, Kenneth KenichiFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-10-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Hawaii Pr
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ix | ||||
| Introduction | |||||
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1 | (15) | |||
| 1 Pure Land Buddhism in Tibet? From Sukhãvati to the Field of Great Bliss | |||||
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16 | (36) | |||
| 2 Shengchang's Pure Conduct Society and the Chinese Pure Land Patriarchate | |||||
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52 | (25) | |||
| 3 By the Power of One s Last Nenbutsu: Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan | |||||
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77 | (43) | |||
| 4 Amida's Secret Life: Kakuban's Amida hishaku | |||||
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120 | (19) | |||
| 5 "Show Me the Place Where My Mother Is!": Chújõhime, Preaching, and Relics in Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan | |||||
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139 | (30) | |||
| 6 "Just Behave as You Like; Prohibitions and Impurities Are Not a Problem": Radical Amida Cults and Popular Religiosity in Premodern Japan | |||||
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169 | (33) | |||
| 7 Ungo Kiyõ's Ojõyõka and Rinzai Zen Orthodoxy | |||||
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202 | (34) | |||
| 8 From Generalized Goal to Tantric Subordination: Sukhãvati in the Indic Buddhist Traditions of Nepal | |||||
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236 | (28) | |||
| 9 Buddha One: A One-Day Buddha-Recitation Retreat in Contemporary Taiwan | |||||
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264 | (17) | |||
| Character Glossary | 281 | (8) | |||
| Contributors | 289 | (2) | |||
| Index | 291 |
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