Genshin's Ōjōyōshū and the construction of Pure Land discourse in Heian Japan / Robert F. Rhodes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhodes, Robert F., 1953- author.

Series:

Pure Land Buddhist studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genshin, 942-1017. Ōjō yōshū.

Genshin.

Ōjō yōshū (Genshin).

Pure Land Buddhism--Doctrines.

Pure Land Buddhism.

Physical Description:

ix, 392 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]

Summary:

Women have long been active supporters and promoters of Buddhist rituals and functions, but their importance in the operations of Buddhist schools has often been minimized. In Tracing the Itinerant Path, Caitilin Griffiths uses meticulous research and translations of primary sources to show that Chin'ichibo (?-1344), a nun who taught male and female disciples and lived in her own temple, was an example rather than an anomaly of her times. Filling the lacunae that exists in our understanding of women's participation in Japanese religious history, Griffiths highlights the significant roles female jishu held and offers a more nuanced understanding of Japanese Buddhist history. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Indian and Chinese background

The introduction of Pure Land Buddhism to Japan

The growth of Pure Land Buddhism in the Heian period

Zenyu, Senkan and the beginning of Tendai Pure Land discourse

Genshin's early years

Genshin and Pure Land Buddhism

Genshin's later years

The six paths and the Pure Land

Genshin's interpretation of the nenbutsu

Auxiliary practices and deathbed nenbutsu

Honen's appropriation of the Ojoyoshu.

ISBN:

9780824872489

0824872487

OCLC:

960895545