The unified Silla dynasty period (669-935AD) that followed the Three Kingdom period in Korea was a time when Buddhism was being assimilated into the Korean culture and taking on certain aspects not borrowed from China. Buddhist specialists will be interested to see the ways in which the various schools were being adopted and changed in this time period.
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A Valuable Sourcebook for Advanced Students,
This review is from: Assimilation of Buddhism in Korea: Religious Maturity and Innovation in the Silla Dynasty (Studies in Korean Religions and Culture Series, Vol 4) (Hardcover)
ASSIMILATION OF BUDDHISM IN KOREA is a good book for serious students of the history of Buddhism in East Asia. The strength of this book is its bibliographical depth and international representation. It is a series of separate essays, buttressed by numerous lists of ancient publications and mentor-student genealogies.At the very least, this book puts Korea back in the pipeline from China to Korea to Japan. One article is written by a Japanese academician, and another concerns the unique character of Korean Son Buddhism. The opening essay establishes an overview, the second highlights Wonhyo, the third identifies the Korean characteristics of Pure Land Buddhism, and the last introduces Son Buddhism. All are daunting, scholarly productions well translated from original Korean and Japanese sources. The biographical essay on Wonhyo is particularly welcome, and the last two essays are very readable. The one theme which unites the four essays are a search for a unique Korean Buddhist character. Korean Buddhism's syncretic nature and balance of doctrine and practice are placed in historical perspective. However, this book is not for beginners of either Korean or Buddhist history.
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Too heavy on biography,
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This review is from: Assimilation of Buddhism in Korea: Religious Maturity and Innovation in the Silla Dynasty (Studies in Korean Religions and Culture Series, Vol 4) (Hardcover)
The book is a little confusing, presented in an annals form of short biographies that are never brought together into a thesis. While this might help someone with a thesis, it does little for the average reader of Korean Buddhist history.
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Silla, allied with the Tang, defeated Paekche in 660 and Kogury in 668. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ten Mindful States, Awakening of Faith, One Vehicle, Hung-chou School, King Hyogong, Silla Buddhism, Unified Silla, Studies of Silla Monks, King Munmu, King Taejo, Korean Buddhism, Northern School, Philosophical Thought, The Inscription of Master, Kaji School, King T'aejo, Nine Mountains, Pongam Monastery, King Aejang, Ma-tsu Tao-i, Silsang School, Hsi-ming Monastery, Hsi-t'ang Chih-tsang, King Hyegong, Paek Song-uk New!
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Ten Mindful States, Awakening of Faith, One Vehicle, Hung-chou School, King Hyogong, Silla Buddhism, Unified Silla, Studies of Silla Monks, King Munmu, King Taejo, Korean Buddhism, Northern School, Philosophical Thought, The Inscription of Master, Kaji School, King T'aejo, Nine Mountains, Pongam Monastery, King Aejang, Ma-tsu Tao-i, Silsang School, Hsi-ming Monastery, Hsi-t'ang Chih-tsang, King Hyegong, Paek Song-uk New!
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- Introduction of Buddhism to Korea: New Cultural Patterns (Studies in Korean Religions and Culture ; V. 3) by Lewis R. Lancaster in Front Matter
- Shamanism: The Spirit World of Korea (Studies in Korean Religions and Culture 1) by Richard W. I. Guisso in Front Matter
- Assimilation of Buddhism in Korea: Religious Maturity and Innovation in the Silla Dynasty (Studies in Korean Religions and Culture, Vol 4) by Lewis R. Lancaster in Front Matter
- Traditional Korean Theatre (Studies in Korean Religions and Culture, 2) by Oh-Kon Cho in Front Matter
- Ch'Oui Uisun: A Liberal Son Master and an Engaged Artist in Late Choson Korea by Young Ho Lee on page 81, and Back Matter
- Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism by Jeffrey Hopkins on page 40, and Back Matter
- Traditional Korean Theatre (Studies in Korean Religions and Culture, Vol 2) by Oh-Kon Cho in Front Matter
- The Foundations of Buddhism (Opus) by Rupert Gethin in Back Matter
- Buddhism in Koryo: A Royal Religion (Studies in Korean Religions and Culture) by Lewis R. Lancaster in Front Matter
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