In this book, Mark Blum offers a critical look at the thought and impact of the late 13th-century Buddhist historian Gyonen (1240-1321) and the emergent Pure Land school of Buddhism founded by Honen (1133-1212). Blum also provides a clear and fully annotated translation of Gyonen's Jodo homon genrusho, the first history of Pure Land Buddhism.
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"...an important contribution to the ongoing re-investigation of our assumptions about the character of Japanese Buddhism in that era." --eligious Studies Review
"Mark Blum's superb book is the first Western study of Gy-onen and the first translation of Gy-onen's history of Pure Land Buddhism, the J-odo Ho-mon Genrush-o . . . . how grateful we should be to Mark Blum for his exhaustive work in offering a study and translation of Gy-onen that is worthy of his legacy."-- The Journal of Religion
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Mark L. Blum is at State University of New York at Albany.
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By the dawn of the Kamakura period (1185-1333), Buddhism had sunk its roots into the cultural soil of Japan for more than six centuries, and reference to the Pure Land is evident from the outset. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
denzú engi, nenbutsu practice, triple mind, nenbutsu shú, homon genrusho, sangoku model, bussho kaidai jiten, sangoku paradigm, recitation nenbutsu, dentó mokuroku, hómon genrushó, sixteen contemplations, shónin gyójó, mappó doctrine, gyójó ezu, bukkyógaku kenkyú, shógyó zensho, fên section, eighteenth vow, first bodhisattva stage, fascicle number, chüeh ching, first bhúmi, one fascicle, flowery capital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Original Vow, Amida Buddha, Amitábha Buddha, Mount Hiei, Japanese Buddhism, East Asia, Shan-tao's Kuan-ching, Five Gates of Mindfulness, Vasubandhu's Ching-t'u, Hónen Shónin, Lotus Sutra, Japanese Buddhist, Chinese Buddhist, Iwanami Shoten, Land of Bliss, Shótoku Taishi, Hirakawa Akira, Japanese Tendai, Kokan Shiren, Lotus Sútra, New York, Amitabha Buddha, Indian Buddhism, Kamakura Buddhism, Kanazawa Bunko New!
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By the dawn of the Kamakura period (1185-1333), Buddhism had sunk its roots into the cultural soil of Japan for more than six centuries, and reference to the Pure Land is evident from the outset. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
denzú engi, nenbutsu practice, triple mind, nenbutsu shú, homon genrusho, sangoku model, bussho kaidai jiten, sangoku paradigm, recitation nenbutsu, dentó mokuroku, hómon genrushó, sixteen contemplations, shónin gyójó, mappó doctrine, gyójó ezu, bukkyógaku kenkyú, shógyó zensho, fên section, eighteenth vow, first bodhisattva stage, fascicle number, chüeh ching, first bhúmi, one fascicle, flowery capital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Original Vow, Amida Buddha, Amitábha Buddha, Mount Hiei, Japanese Buddhism, East Asia, Shan-tao's Kuan-ching, Five Gates of Mindfulness, Vasubandhu's Ching-t'u, Hónen Shónin, Lotus Sutra, Japanese Buddhist, Chinese Buddhist, Iwanami Shoten, Land of Bliss, Shótoku Taishi, Hirakawa Akira, Japanese Tendai, Kokan Shiren, Lotus Sútra, New York, Amitabha Buddha, Indian Buddhism, Kamakura Buddhism, Kanazawa Bunko New!
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- Buddhism in the Sung by Peter N. Gregory on page 188, page 193, and Back Matter
- The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue (Center for Korean Studies, Uc Berkeley) by Lewis R. Lancaster in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Dogen Studies (Studies in East Asian Buddhism, No 2) by William R. La Fleur on page 2, and Back Matter
- The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Hui-neng on page 99, and Back Matter
- Renegade Monk: Honen and Japanese Pure Land Buddhism by Soho Machida on page 2, and Back Matter
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