The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism: A Study and Translation of Gyonen's Jodo Homon Genrusho

by Mark L. Blum

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195125245
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/21/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	9.46(w) x 6.66(h) x 1.46(d)

About the Author

State University of New York at Albany

Editorial Reviews

"...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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