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Renegade Monk: Honen and Japanese Pure Land Buddhism
Soho Machida
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Description for Renegade Monk: Honen and Japanese Pure Land Buddhism
hardcover. The Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism is one of the strongest Buddhist sects in Japan, with three and a half million followers. In this book, the author provides a detailed, objective account in English of the life and thought of its founder, Honenbo Genku (1133-1212), known as Honen. Editor(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Translator(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLC; HPD; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
The Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism is one of the strongest Buddhist sects in Japan, with three and a half million followers. In this book, Soho Machida provides the first detailed, objective account in English of the life and thought of its founder, Honenbo Genku (1133-1212), known as Honen. Opening with the destruction and chaos that beleaguered Kyoto during Honen's lifetime, Soho Machida explores Honen's social context to discover the roots of his thought and the source of his popularity. The Old Buddhist regime had a stranglehold on peasants, he shows, by concocting images of vindictive spirits, hell, and ... Read more
The Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism is one of the strongest Buddhist sects in Japan, with three and a half million followers. In this book, Soho Machida provides the first detailed, objective account in English of the life and thought of its founder, Honenbo Genku (1133-1212), known as Honen. Opening with the destruction and chaos that beleaguered Kyoto during Honen's lifetime, Soho Machida explores Honen's social context to discover the roots of his thought and the source of his popularity. The Old Buddhist regime had a stranglehold on peasants, he shows, by concocting images of vindictive spirits, hell, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520211797
SKU
KSG0033506
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Ref
99-1
About Soho Machida
Soho Machida is Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at National University. Ioannis Mentzas is a Ph.D. candidate in the Deptartment of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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