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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Series Editor’s Preface ix
  4. Editors’ Introduction 1
  5. I. Ritual Practices
  6. Overview 29
  7. Chapter 1. The Consecration Scripture Spoken by the Buddha on Being Reborn in Whichever of the Pure Lands of the Ten Directions You Wish 33
  8. Chapter 2. Esoteric Pure Land in Kakuban’s Thought 56
  9. Chapter 3. Akṣobhya Homa Fire Offerings for the Buddha of the Eastern Pure Land 79
  10. Chapter 4. Nenbutsu Practice in Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū 115
  11. Chapter 5. Visions of the Pure Land from the Mind Treasury of Namchö Migyur Dorje 139
  12. II. Contemplative Visualizations
  13. Overview 157
  14. Chapter 1. Liberating Desire 159
  15. Chapter 2. Maitreya’s Tuṣita Heaven as a Pure Land in Gelukpa Forms of Tibetan Buddhism 188
  16. Chapter 3. Amoghavajra’s Amitāyus Ritual Manual 223
  17. Chapter 4. Dōhan’s Compendium on the Secret Contemplation of Buddha, Fascicle One 269
  18. III. Doctrinal Expositions
  19. Overview 319
  20. Chapter 1. Answers to Forty-Eight Questions about Pure Land (Selections) 322
  21. Chapter 2. The Role of Buddhism in Emperor Worship 349
  22. Chapter 3. “The Future of American Buddhism” 379
  23. Chapter 4. Naikan’s Path 396
  24. Chapter 5. Wŏnhyo’s Commentary on the Amitābha Sūtra 420
  25. IV. Life-Writing and Poetry
  26. Overview 455
  27. Chapter 1. Biographies from The Accounts of Those from Mount Kōya Who Have Attained Birth in a Pure Land 457
  28. Chapter 2 Contemporary Pure Land Miracle Tales 477
  29. Chapter 3. In Praise of His Mighty Name 496
  30. Chapter 4. Pure Land Devotional Poetry by a Chan Monk 540
  31. V. Ethical and Aesthetic Explications
  32. Overview 551
  33. Chapter 1. Religion and Ethics in the Thought of Kiyozawa Manshi 554
  34. Chapter 2. The Pure Land and This World in Hishiki Masaharu’s Shin Buddhist Ethics 571
  35. Chapter 3. Toward a Pure Land Buddhist Aesthetics 587
  36. Chapter 4. A Confucian Pure Land? 602
  37. Chapter 5. Tanaka Chigaku on “The Age of Unification” 631
  38. VI. Worlds beyond Sukhāvatī
  39. Overview 663
  40. Chapter 1. The Divine Scripture on the Rebirth in the Pure Land of the Highest Cavern Mystery of Numinous Treasure 665
  41. Chapter 2. A Manichaean Pure Land 707
  42. Chapter 3. Śambhala as a Pure Land 744
  43. Contributors 763
  44. Index 769
Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts
This chapter is in the book Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824877149-014

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Series Editor’s Preface ix
  4. Editors’ Introduction 1
  5. I. Ritual Practices
  6. Overview 29
  7. Chapter 1. The Consecration Scripture Spoken by the Buddha on Being Reborn in Whichever of the Pure Lands of the Ten Directions You Wish 33
  8. Chapter 2. Esoteric Pure Land in Kakuban’s Thought 56
  9. Chapter 3. Akṣobhya Homa Fire Offerings for the Buddha of the Eastern Pure Land 79
  10. Chapter 4. Nenbutsu Practice in Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū 115
  11. Chapter 5. Visions of the Pure Land from the Mind Treasury of Namchö Migyur Dorje 139
  12. II. Contemplative Visualizations
  13. Overview 157
  14. Chapter 1. Liberating Desire 159
  15. Chapter 2. Maitreya’s Tuṣita Heaven as a Pure Land in Gelukpa Forms of Tibetan Buddhism 188
  16. Chapter 3. Amoghavajra’s Amitāyus Ritual Manual 223
  17. Chapter 4. Dōhan’s Compendium on the Secret Contemplation of Buddha, Fascicle One 269
  18. III. Doctrinal Expositions
  19. Overview 319
  20. Chapter 1. Answers to Forty-Eight Questions about Pure Land (Selections) 322
  21. Chapter 2. The Role of Buddhism in Emperor Worship 349
  22. Chapter 3. “The Future of American Buddhism” 379
  23. Chapter 4. Naikan’s Path 396
  24. Chapter 5. Wŏnhyo’s Commentary on the Amitābha Sūtra 420
  25. IV. Life-Writing and Poetry
  26. Overview 455
  27. Chapter 1. Biographies from The Accounts of Those from Mount Kōya Who Have Attained Birth in a Pure Land 457
  28. Chapter 2 Contemporary Pure Land Miracle Tales 477
  29. Chapter 3. In Praise of His Mighty Name 496
  30. Chapter 4. Pure Land Devotional Poetry by a Chan Monk 540
  31. V. Ethical and Aesthetic Explications
  32. Overview 551
  33. Chapter 1. Religion and Ethics in the Thought of Kiyozawa Manshi 554
  34. Chapter 2. The Pure Land and This World in Hishiki Masaharu’s Shin Buddhist Ethics 571
  35. Chapter 3. Toward a Pure Land Buddhist Aesthetics 587
  36. Chapter 4. A Confucian Pure Land? 602
  37. Chapter 5. Tanaka Chigaku on “The Age of Unification” 631
  38. VI. Worlds beyond Sukhāvatī
  39. Overview 663
  40. Chapter 1. The Divine Scripture on the Rebirth in the Pure Land of the Highest Cavern Mystery of Numinous Treasure 665
  41. Chapter 2. A Manichaean Pure Land 707
  42. Chapter 3. Śambhala as a Pure Land 744
  43. Contributors 763
  44. Index 769
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