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 Sukhāvatīvyūha-sutra
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
| Subtitles: | Vphags-pa bde-ba-can gyi bkod-pa zhes-bya-ba theg-pa chen-povi mdo འཕགས་པ བདེ་བ་ཅན གྱི བཀོད་པ ཞེས་བྱ་བ ཐེག་པ ཆེན་པོའི མདོ |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Honolulu
University of Hawaiʻi Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Series/Journal: | Pure Land Buddhist Studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lamaism
/ Vajrayāna
/ Pure Land Buddhism
B India / Tibet / Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller)
B Buddhist literature, Tibetan History and criticism B Pure Land Buddhism (China) (Tibet Autonomous Region) |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XXX, 335 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0824835905 |