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

by Gyonen (Author), Gyoonen (Author), Mark Laurence Blum (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  2002

  $238.85

  This work offers a critical look at the thought and impact of the 13th-century Buddhist historian Gyonen (1240-1321) and the Pure Land school of Buddhism founded by Honen (1133-1212). Also included is a translation of Gyonen's Jodo homon genrusho , the first history of Pure Land Buddhism.