Buddhist hagiography in early Japan : images of compassion in the Gyoki tradition

Jonathan Morris Augustine

Buddhist hagiography in early Japan : images of compassion in the Gyoki tradition

Name: Buddhist hagiography in early Japan : images of compassion in the Gyoki tradition
Author: Jonathan Morris Augustine

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Jonathan Morris Augustine

Publisher

RoutledgeCurzon

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Buddhist hagiography in early Japan : images of compassion in the Gyoki tradition / Jonathan Morris Augustine

Publication Details

لندن : RoutledgeCurzon، 2005م

Physical Description

vi, 173 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject

Gyoki, 668-749
Buddhist priests -- Japan Biography

series

(RoutledgeCurzon studies in Asian religion؛ )

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]951[-561( and index.

Contents

1. The received biography of Gyoki -- 2. The bodhisattva tradition and the hagiographer's craft -- 3. Gyoki and the Soniryo: violations of early monastic regulations in Japan -- 4. Gyoki and the politics of the Nara Court -- 5. Gyoki's charitable projects -- 6. Gyoki and further developments in Buddhist hagiography

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