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Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in three countries
Title:
Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in three countries

Numen book series,

Sangoku buppō denzū engi. English.

Studies in the history of religions ;
Author:
Green, Ronald S., author.
ISBN:
9789004370388
Physical Description:
xviii, 182 pages ; 24 cm.
Series:
Numen book series, volume 159

Studies in the history of religions ; vol. 159.
Contents:
Introduction: Gyōnen and the organizational structure of his text -- Indian foundations and Chinese development of the Buddha Dharma -- Korean contributions to Japanese Buddhism -- Japanese development of the Buddha Dharma. Fascicle one -- Fascicle two -- Fascicle three.
Abstract:
"Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries is the first English translation of this work and a new assessment of it. Gyōnen (1240-1321) has been recognized for establishing a methodology for the study of Buddhism that would come to dominate Japan. The three countries Gyōnen considers are India, China and Japan. Ronald S. Green and Chanju Mun describe Gyōnen's innovative doctrinal classification system (panjiao) for the first time and compare it to other panjiao systems. They argue that Gyōnen's arrangement and what he chose to exclude served political purposes in the Kamakura period, and thus engage current scholarship on the construction of Japanese Buddhism"-- Provided by publisher.
Electronic Access:
1850-9999 http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10900153 BQ8512.9 J3 G96 ysh
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