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The origins and development of Pure Land Buddhism : a study and translation of Gyōnen's Jōdo Hōmon Genrushō / Mark L. Blum.
LIBRA BQ8512.2.G96 B58 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blum, Mark L., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Gyōnen, 1240-1321. Jōdo hōmon genrushō.
- Gyōnen.
- Jōdoshū.
- Pure Land Buddhism--History.
- Pure Land Buddhism.
- Jōdoshū--History.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 470 pages : facsimiles ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- Text in English ; facsimile in Japanese.
- Summary:
- In this book, Mark Blum offers a critical look at the thought and impact of the late 13th-century Buddhist historian Gyonen (1240-1321) and the emergent Pure Land school of Buddhism founded by Honen (1133-1212). Blum also provides a clear and fully annotated translation of Gyonen's Jodo homon genrusho, the first history of Pure Land Buddhism.
- Notes:
- Includes Facsimile of the 1814 xylograph of the Jōdo hōmon genrushō.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-441) and index.
- Contains:
- Gyōnen, 1240-1321. Jōdo Hōmon Genrushō. English
- ISBN:
- 019512524X
- OCLC:
- 42643570
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