Title Chinese esoteric Buddhism : Amoghavajra, the ruling elite, and the emergence of a tradition / Geoffrey C. Goble.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 319 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
	Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The three great masters of Kaiyuan and the teaching of the five divisions -- Esoteric Buddhism in context: Tang imperial religion -- Esoteric Buddhism in context: the An Lushan rebellions and Tang war religion -- Amoghavajra and the ruling elite -- The institutional establishment of esoteric Buddhism -- The consolidation of Amoghavajra's legacy.
Summary	Chinese Esoteric Buddhism is generally held to have been established as a distinct Buddhist school in eighth-century China. Geoffrey C. Goble provides an innovative account of the tradition's emergence that sheds new light on the structures and traditions that shaped its institutionalization, with a focus on Amoghavajra (704-774).
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Subject	Amoghavajra, 705-774.
	Amoghavajra, 705-774.
	Tantric Buddhism -- China -- History.
	Tantric Buddhism.
	China.
	History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Goble, Geoffrey C. Chinese esoteric Buddhism. New York : Columbia University Press, 2019 9780231194082 (DLC) 2019006611
ISBN	0231550642 (electronic book)
	9780231550642 (electronic book)
	9780231194082 (hardcover alkaline paper)