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Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan: Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition
Hardcover
Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion
Biographies GeneralBuddhismJapanese History
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ISBN10: 0415322456
ISBN13: 9780415322454
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 28 2004
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.78
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780415322454
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 28 2004
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.78
Language: English
This study of the bodhisattva Gyoki illustrates how Japanese Buddhist hagiographers chose to regard a single monk's charitable activities as a miraculous achievement that shaped the course of Japanese history.
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