RT Review
T1 Georgios T. Halkias, Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet. Pure Land Buddhist Studies Series; Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2013. xxx + 335 pp. $49.00. ISBN 978-0-82483-590-3 (hardback).
JF Religions of South Asia
VO 8
IS 2
SP 248
OP 252
A1 Zrenner, Michael M. B.
LA English
PB Equinox
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1774722437
AB Halkias’ work truly is a rich and well-rounded pioneer-study of a comparatively neglected field that introduces the pure-land traditions of India and Tibet with considerable analytical versatility and compelling intelligence. Nearing a decade of sustained research on Pure-Land traditions inside and outside Indo-Tibetan cultural areas enables Halkias to draw on considerable historical and doctrinal details which allows him to fully contextualize and deepen findings explored in a number of noteworthy articles (2004, 2006, 2009, 2013).
K1 Amitābha
K1 Amitabha
K1 Pure Land
K1 Pure-Land
K1 Religious History
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1558/rosa.v8i2.248