Luminous bliss : a religious history of Pure Land literature in Tibet : with an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhavativyuha-sutra / Georgios T. Halkias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halkias, Georgios, 1967-

Series:

Pure Land Buddhist studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pure Land Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Pure Land Buddhism.

Buddhist literature, Tibetan--History and criticism.

Buddhist literature, Tibetan.

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller).

Tripiṭaka.

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Physical Description:

xxx, 335 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]

Summary:

A specialist in Tibetan and Himalayan religions and history, Halkia has held academic posts in Britain, Germany, and Japan. Here he anticipates some historical aspects in the constitution of Tibetan Pure Land literature, and signals when possible the dynamic relation between soteriology and contemplation and their impending synthesis in Buddhist orthopraxy. The religious literature was inspired by an impressive solar deity, he says, which emerged from a Mahayana polytheistic universe and attained over the centuries, trans-local eminence and unequivocal soteriological authority. He includes an annotated English translation with critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhavativyuha-sutra. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Indian Mahayana origins and departures

Pure lands and the Tibetan empire

The dharma that goes against the ways of the world

Tibetan Pure Land commentaries

Tantric transfer in Sukhavati

The celestial treasures of Buddha Amitabha.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller). English.

ISBN:

9780824835903

0824835905

OCLC:

780063841