Land of Bliss, the Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light

Sanskrit and Chinese Versions of the Sukhavativyuha Sutras

Luis O. Gomez (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

376 Seiten

1996
University of Hawai'i Press (Verlag)
978-0-8248-1760-2 (ISBN)

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A translation of two Buddhist texts on what is arguably the most popular of all Buddhist conceptions of an ideal world, the ""Land of Bliss"" of the Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. The two textsexplain the conditions that lead to rebirth in the Pure Land and the manner in which human beings are reborn there.

This is a free translation of two Buddhist texts on what is arguably the most popular of all Buddhist conceptions of an ideal world, the “Land of Bliss” of the Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. The two texts, known to Western students of Buddhism as the “Smaller” and “Larger” Sukhavatiyuha Sutra, explain the conditions that lead to rebirth in the Pure Land and the manner in which human beings are reborn there.

Reihe/Serie	Studies in the Buddhist Traditions
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	Honolulu, HI
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	528 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-8248-1760-5 / 0824817605
ISBN-13	978-0-8248-1760-2 / 9780824817602
Zustand	Neuware