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Buddhist hagiography in early Japan : images of compassion in the Gyōki tradition / Jonathan Morris Augustine.
Van Pelt Library BQ960.Y557 A85 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Augustine, Jonathan Morris, 1972-
- Series:
- RoutledgeCurzon studies in Asian religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gyōki, 668-749.
- Gyōki.
- Buddhist priests--Japan--Biography.
- Buddhist priests.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
- Contents:
- The received biography of Gyōki
- The bodhisattva tradition and the hagiographer's craft
- Gyōki and the Sōniryō : violations of early monastic regulations in Japan
- Gyōki and the politics of the Nara Court
- Gyōki's charitable projects
- Gyōki and further developments in Buddhist hagiography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-165) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415322456
- OCLC:
- 57512635
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