| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 257 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SUNY series in Buddhist studies
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SUNY series in Buddhist studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism offers proposals for creatively reinterpreting the Pure Land path. Japanese Pure Land thought brought about a major development in Buddhist tradition by evolving a path to enlightenment that is pursued while carrying on life in society. It is rooted in the Mahayana ideal of compassion and in the bodhisattva, or being of wisdom, who vows to ferry all living things to the other shore of awakening." "In this book, three Buddhist scholars utilize hermeneutic thought, process theology, and the mandala contemplation of Buddhism to address issues of modernity and religious values in the world today. In addition, the work proceeds to offer a new model of interreligious dialogue."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Dennis Hirota -- Contemporary Interpretations of Pure Land Buddhist Tradition -- Images of Reality in the Shin Buddhist Path: A Hermeneutical Approach / Dennis Hirota -- Understanding Amida Buddha and the Pure Land: A Process Approach / John S. Yokota -- Mandala Contemplation and Pure Land Practice: A Comparative Study: A Buddhological Approach / Musashi Tachikawa -- Responses from Two Western Religious Thinkers -- Pure Land Buddhism Today: Some Methodological Issues in Recent Revisionist Interpretations / Gordon D. Kaufman -- A Christian Critique of Pure Land Buddhism / John B. Cobb, Jr. -- Reconsiderations of Buddhist Theological Reflection -- Dialogic Engagement and Truth / Dennis Hirota -- A Call to Compassion / John S. Yokota -- World and Amida Buddha / Musashi Tachikawa -- Afterword / Dennis Hirota. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shin (Sect) -- Doctrines.
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Shin (Sect) -- Doctrines. |
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Pure Land Buddhism -- Doctrines.
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Pure Land Buddhism -- Doctrines. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hirota, Dennis.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Toward a contemporary understanding of Pure Land Buddhism. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©2000 0791445291 (DLC) 99040513 (OCoLC)41932600 |
| ISBN |
0585350299 (electronic book) |
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9780585350295 (electronic book) |
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