Michael (Hrsg.) Pye

Lay Buddhism and Spirituality

From Vimalakirti to the Nenbutsu Masters

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Early issues of The Eastern Buddhist contain short translations from various Buddhist texts, some of them quite important and all of considerable interest. Since they are set unobtrusively between modern statements and arguments about the nature of Buddhism, and in any case are difficult to locate, they have often gone unnoticed by students. Assembled here is a selection of those texts which have stood the test of time. Drawn from Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese originals, they mainly reflect the Zen and Shin Buddhist traditions, though in the wider context of early Mahayana Buddhism. Drawing them together into one volume brings out the fact t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-908049-15-5
EAN: 9781908049155
Produktnummer: 15749949
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 354 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.9 cm 538 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 538

Über den Autor

Michael Pye is Professor (emeritus) at Marburg University and a visiting Research Associate of Otani University in Kyoto. His writings have ranged widely over problems in the study of religions, studies in Buddhist thought and many aspects of contemporary Japanese religion. His major publications include Skilful Means and Emerging from Meditation.