Luminous bliss : a religious history of Pure Land literature in Tibet : with an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhavativyuha-sutra / Georgios T. Halkias.

Author
Halkias, Georgios, 1967- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2013.
Description
xxx, 335 p. ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Pure Land Buddhist studies [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 293- 322) and index.
    Contents
    • Indian Mahayana origins and departures
    • Pure lands and the Tibetan empire
    • The dharma that goes against the ways of the world
    • Tibetan Pure Land commentaries
    • Tantric transfer in Sukhavati
    • The celestial treasures of Buddha Amitabha.
    Other title(s)
    Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller). English.
    ISBN
    • 9780824835903 (hard cover : alk. paper)
    • 0824835905 (hard cover : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2012007446
    OCLC
    780063841
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